>> harris: fox news alert, cancel culture rages on. the new "teen vogue" editor in chief has been forced out, days before even starting her new job, after a staff revolt over derogatory tweets she wrote when she was a teenager a decade ago. she apologized for them in 2019 by tweeting this. "today i was reminded of some past insensitive tweets, and i am deeply sorry to anyone i offended. i have since deleted those tweets as they do not reflect my views or who i am today." but now mccammond the says thecountries he has overshd

the work she has done and she and the magazine has decided to part ways. she worked, just so you know, as an msnbc contributor and a reporter for axios, whose national political correspondent, jonathan swan, has this reaction today. >> i was just really sad to see this happen. i have worked her for four years. she doesn't have a racist bone in her body. if we can't, as an industry, except somebody's sincere and repeated apologies for something they treated when they were 17 years old, what are we doing? >> harris: meanwhile, in an editorial titled "no sin is ever forget in the brave new oak world," "the new york post" writes, "in this world the left has created, there is no path to forgiveness. there is on the smug dismissal. childish idiocy makes you a pariah for life." you're watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, my cohost,

emily compagno. katie pavlich. former maryland republican congressional candidate, kim is here. and syndicated radio host and former cia analyst, buck sexton. good to see everybody. katie, i'm coming to you first on this. woke won't stop. woke's gonna woke. >> they were using woke-ism to go after their political enemies, but now we see them eating their own, and this comes from a place of intolerance despite the left claiming they are the tolerant side of the political aisle, and nobody will be left unscathed. the truth is that the media has a lot of responsibility for feeling the monster of cancel culture and wokism for going after private citizens for tweets, going after politicians who treated something, for example, brett kavanaugh bringing up his yearbook in a supreme court hearing, but it's

quite unfortunate that these newsrooms are now taking a stance that if he said something and apologized for it that there is no grace, no moving forward, and where this really comes from is there are a number of students who are in these college environments of woke-ism that is about cancel culture and having no room for growth or discussion, quite frankly. all this people have now moved into newsrooms, whether it's "the new york times," "teen vogue," and all across the spectrum of media. i think this presents an opportunity for other media outlets to be more forgiving, to be tolerant to get people space to grow and learn from their mistakes, and not just cancel people over something they said. as teenagers or maybe just in general, maybe someone said something and they didn't mean it or it wasn't of the best professional -- i would say capacity, but there needs to be room for discussion, forgiveness, and moving forward without ruining careers and lives. >> harris: this happened when

she was -- in this country we call you an adult when you're 18, that she was underage, 17. she was a teenager. she was the demographic of "teen vogue." [laughs] your thoughts? >> kim: i agree with katie on this. if they can come after ms. mccammond, anyone will be under scrutiny. and we should be worried about that. she was a teenager at the time, but i remember when ms. mccammond came after charles barkley for a bad joke he told many years ago. so she was a pioneer when it came to cancel culture. now to see cancel culture devouring one of its own pioneers, again, anyone is up for scrutiny at this point in time, but we do need to have room for growth. i think that is what a lot of people say is the problem about cancel culture. how do you grow and learn if you can't make mistakes connect that's part of life. i don't feel terribly bad for her, because like i said, she was a pioneer in the cancel culture movement, but again, that set the dangerous precedent for so many people moving

forward. we've done a lot of things as teenagers. i know a lot of people who are older. thank goodness they didn't have social media in their teenage years where they would be caught up, too. but we have to have some forgiveness here. >> harris: [laughs] "older." >> katie: harris is raising her hand. >> harris: [laughs] i'm glad there were no -- i mean, it's hard to explain life out of context sometimes. i leave it at that and you can think whatever you want. i think that's important. is let that happen since his teenage years. let's pop up some of her successes and why she's been called a rising star in the media. from a political reporter at xes -- and you heard what jonathan swan had to say about her in support -- former contributor to nbc and msnbc named the emerging journalist of the year by the national association of black journalists, best in 2019. emily, your thoughts on this? >> emily: there's an argument

that this isn't cancel culture, its accountability. in the words of the editor of "the infatuation" who re-upped this, "i'm tired of organizations pretending to give a damn about diversity and inclusion. time and time again this shows that the gatekeepers pay lip service to diversity that they don't believe antiracism includes or should include asian-americans." she writes, "let me talk about accountability versus cancel culture, we talk about this should have been addressed. "teen vogue" has presented itself as a champion of inclusiveness and empowerment, but is this truly a leader who embodies these beliefs?" she wrote that in that apology which only came after she was outed. she referred to these tweets as deeply insensitive, but she writes, they are not insensitive, they are racist. i think it's important to note as well the pressures came from the corporate side. we had ulta pausing a contract

with "teen vogue" as well as the employees he wrote that letter, published on the internet. they called this into question. so i do think it deserves a deeper dive, that as these employees are articulating, and people articulating whether indeed someone in that particular position should be there, given these specific past behaviors, that it's not a rote, knee-jerk cancellation, the accountability they deem appropriate given that particular position dedicated to inclusivity and diversity. >> harris: i am curious to know how other countries see us around the world. because "teen vogue," one of our coworkers at fox news pointed this out, was touting just recently saudi arabia as a fun place to vacation. and, you know, most of their readership are women, if not nearly all. i haven't looked tremendously at the statistics and demographics of "teen vogue," but it certainly would make sense based on what is in there.

this is interesting, because when you consider what is happening in saudi arabia, they have made some progress. women can't drive unless there's a man with them. there's a lot going on there. what are your thoughts on how people around the world look at us? and that history that exists for "teen vogue." >> buck: i think that to other countries, especially our competitor nations around the world, we just seem like we are in this process of being an increasingly fundamental unserious place with a lot of cultural self immolation going on. we have here hypersensitive crybabies, in particular the institutions of culture, and they've created these rules that are constantly shifting. the truest tyranny is not really strict rules, its capricious rules. you never know when the woke mob will forgive you or come after you. of course if you are conservative you never get forgiven. as you look at this, other countries are held together by at least some shared sense of

unity, identity, nationality, whatever it may be. we are pulling each other apart or being pulled apart by people who are not clear what the rules are themselves. >> harris: it is so true. and who makes the rules? who is deciding who is woke enough? kim, i want to get your response to this, because it is something -- richard fowler was on last hour with us, one of our fox news contributor's, and he tried to make this about race based on something he read about how black girls are not allowed to grow up. in my head almost popped off. unlike, this is about america. it's not about one group of people. what are your thoughts on it? >> kim: no, you're absolutely right about that, harris. i have to push back on it being about race. i remember when joanne reed had old tweets that came up and she dismissed them, and she said she thought her account had been hacked. same thing with anderson cooper. i believe he left his phone in his locker at the gym, and someone must have hacked it. i think they pick and choose who

they want to cancel. right now we see a lot going on with even governor andrew cuomo. if he was a republican, you best believe he be canceled with all these allegations. i think they pick and choose and it doesn't have to do with race. >> harris: yeah, i just wanted to add one more thing. under "teen vogue"'s push for saudi arabia and young women to go there on vacation, i mentioned the driving situation, that men can still file cases against their daughters, wives, or female relatives for disobedience, which can lead to their forcible return to their male guardian's home, or imprisonment. there's a lot going on, and "teen vogue" is willing to have a platform and say -- and saudi arabia is a beautiful country, but if there's room to talk about their transgressions, as they room to talk about someone like alexi mccammond? all right, we'll move on. white house press secretary jen psaki finally calm the situation at the southern border a crisis, and then

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humiliating. >> harris: sean hannity on russia's president, challenging president biden to a live televised debate. this after the president called putin a killer and said he would pay a price over the u.s. intelligence report on russia trying to interfere in the 2020 election. here is how the white house reacted to putin's suggestion. >> i will have to get back to you. if that is something they are entertaining, i don't have anything to report to you in terms of a future meeting. the president will be in georgia tomorrow and quite busy. go ahead. >> harris: i think she almost said "circle back" and swallowed it. anyway, president biden leaving the white house and the last hour and said he would speak with putin at some point, but nothing more specific. buck sexton, you are taking? >> buck: remember when biden was brought into the obama administration as the vp because he had such a long history of foreign policy?

and then people that actually paid attention to foreign policy pointed out that he had a long history of being wrong for about 30 years on every major foreign policy challenge that he ever tackled or dealt with. on the issue of how he is going to show america to the rest of the world, i think that our adversaries, notably the countries that can actually cause problems in different ways, russia, china, china being the bigger of the concerns, see this and they view biden as something of a clown. what biden is saying is meant to play to the russia collusion base of the democrat party by saying things to putin that are unhelpful and causes nothing but problems, really, because there are areas where he's going to have to deal with russia and biden is going to find a way to make the responsible decisions decisions, i can assure you. >> harris: i'm curious, katie,

what exactly putin lead -- if he's sincere about this -- even want to chat about. those are my words, calling it a debate, because that's what we would call people who don't agree getting together and talking the issues. he calls it a discussion, a chat. what will they talk about on live tv? >> katie: [laughs] live television. it's no surprise that two were leaders who are adversaries would get together and have a conversation. every president has done that with president vladimir putin, including barack obama and president trump. this is not about getting together and having a conversation about policy and sanctions and energy from russia to europe. this is about watching joe biden operate and seeing that just this week he is referring to kamala harris as the president of the united states during a very benign statement about vaccine distribution in the united states. he is seeing weakness in joe biden's ability to make basic statements, and he is seizing on it to embarrass the

president. it's not just about russia. he saw china yesterday, members of the chinese communist party meeting with the secretary of state in alaska, and fairly embarrassing us there on american soil. using talking points from the left about the status of race in america against our secretary of state, and sitting by and kind of taking it live in front of reporters. it has not been a good week in terms of the strength that america is showing against russia or the chinese. >> harris: i can't help but think, katie, just a quick follow-up with you, that this isn't also the determination, that how dare america talk to us about free speech when their own president won't go lives with free media. it does make us look like they are hypocritical. >> katie: well, yeah, the president is holding a press conference next week for the first time. the latest president to do it, and also let's not forget that they have locked out reporters

from the border detention facilities. they are not letting anybody in, they have locked them out as right-alongs and not asking questions directly from president biden. if biden can answer questions from reporters, he can't certainly do a one-on-one with vladimir putin on live television. >> harris: he's likely to show up like that picture, on a horse. [laughter] >> kim: we know that these two have a long history together. back in 2009, then-vp biden said russia was the biggest threat to america. he continues to say that. remember, he said he wanted to do a reset, push a reset button when it comes to dealing with russia. that is what he hopes vladimir putin was not going to run for a third term. then he did and of course he backed out on saying he was going to reset with russia. it's a long history with these two. i thought it was interesting that vladimir putin responded to joe biden's killer statement by saying it takes one to no one.

i think that would be interesting to hear what he was referring to in that statement, but i would love to see a live interview, running for office myself those are the best interviews because unfortunately there's a lot of edits done. i would love to see a live interview between the two. i think they should hash it out. why not be completely transparent with russia and with americans that want to know what's going on? >> harris: look at kim klacik, stepping up and getting ready for a live debate, and we can't get the president. i think we will see what happens next thursday, how many questions he will actually take. real quickly, buck, your last thoughts? >> buck: look, joe biden is going to have to step it up a lot -- or, rather, people are going to realize around the world that he is not up for the challenge, and those of us who have been feeling all along like that was clear, we see evidence in these early indicators on foreign policy, we forget about

the progressive left wing stuff we've seen on the domestic front and say we told you so. we are already getting to the "we told you so" point, that joe isn't up for this. >> harris: well, mitch mcconnell told me. he said, "i didn't ever see him as a moderate, i always knew he'd have a left-wing government and administration." and he didn't fool everybody in terms of what you're talking about. new allegations from some of governor andrew cuomo's accusers, and some of the details could use a parental warning. virtual learning may soon be a thing of the past. the new cdc guidelines that could get our children back in person in the classroom all across america. >> you can have nearly double the number of students that you previously had. and that is good for a sense of community and engaging with your classmates. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> emily: fox news alert, the white house covid response team is set to hold a briefing and expected to announce a game changer. the cdc now saying elementary school students can sit 3 feet apart in classrooms rather than 6 feet, as long as everyone wears a mask. middle and high school students can also sit 3 feet apart, provided community transmission is not high. the 6-foot rule has kept many schools from reopening full time, the teachers unions are already pushing back at the expected revision. the head of the american federation of teachers, a close ally of president biden, tells "the new york times," "the problem is it's a debate about convenience, not about safety. safety. all of a sudden, because we can squeeze in every single kid if it's 6 feet, macular there's no studies that say 3 feet are fine. what's going to happen is people are just not going to trust it." katie, i'd like to start with you on this. your thoughts? >> katie: that statement from the teachers union leader is

exactly that it exposes everything about what they are doing. they don't think that every single kid should be back in the classroom. i think that should explain why they think certain kids should be excluded, because the teachers unions refuse to go back to work. there's tons of schools all around the country, big school districts, small school districts, rural classrooms, urban classrooms, that have been back in schools since last august. there is no excuse. regardless of whether the cdc says 6 feet or 3 feet, the teachers unions are continually coming up with excuses not to do their jobs. unfortunately, in a lot of these places, none of the teachers can be fired due to these union protections. again, the people that suffer the most are single mothers, women have had to leave the workplace, and poor and low income students who are no longer able to get an education who are losing out among their peers in america and around the world, because the selfish teachers unions members refused to go back to work, while

continuing to pull a taxpayer-funded paycheck. it is so asinine that this is continuing. >> emily: kim? >> kim: yeah, so i can tell you personally, my daughter, four years old, she's been in school since august. there was no big break out there. everyone's doing fine. if everyone contracted the virus, they'd be out 14 days and all the advocates in the class and teachers would get tested. they go about life. she's been doing a great job and so has the school. again, being left behind, as katie was saying, it hurt single mothers and parents in general, but in baltimore city, only 61% of baltimore city school students have been logging on consistently. so there are a lot of kids not getting the accurate education. we already know how to 35 failing schools in maryland, 23 of them are located in baltimore city. there's a lot of issues here and we'll see a lot of kids that will be very behind. i don't think they have any plans to even correct or rectify that situation in general. for me, i am glad my daughter is

back in school, but if she wasn't, i would be one of those moms that would have to stay home and go do the online learning with my daughter, and i couldn't afford to do so. >> emily: buck? >> buck: it's not that schools should just reopen, should all be a bit now. we know that schools never should have closed. people need to reorient their thinking on this. there have been schools that have stayed up in this time. the fauci-ites, as i call them, were wrong. they show that they are not major nodes of transmission, children are at acceptable risk, meaning almost zero risk, and don't pass it on to adults very well. this also shows you, with a change from 6 feet to 3 feet, anybody at home should do this. go try and find out where the 6-foot rule comes from.

they figured it was a decent guideline. in fact, there was debate early on in the pandemic about whether he should have always been 3 feet. you think about how long is 3 feet of social distancing, for a lot of people, it's about an adult arm length. that's not much distance at all, so the whole thing starts to feel like it is arbitrary and a lot of people have turned into control, justifying their existence by nagging us into oblivion over things that we heard a million times, and have had very limited if any benefit. school closures, they were wrong. they never should've close the school. katie is 100% right. the teachers unions are holding kids hostage to get more goodies and benefits and make sure that work from home stays around forever. >> emily: harris? >> harris: there so much to say about what you just said. thank you, emily. they've been a teacher almost 40 years, leaving the union in los angeles, the powerful

teachers union, because they are pushing for defining the police as far as the reasons they want to get back in the classroom. that's one of their demands. federally instituted medicare for all. "i didn't sign up for that, i didn't sign up for the policy, i just want to teach." we have gone so far afield from what really matters, as kim was talking about her little one, the future of these kids. if the cdc really wanted to weigh in, why don't they weigh in on the thought of actually putting our kids in school across the summer? and last summer? finding ways to make up that gap. along the learning gap for a lot of kids in america, as kid said, it's going be very hard for them to catch up. i'm old enough to remember, which is what we say, the colloquial saying. i'm old and after a member year. "it could have been 10 feet paid" when you see them in the grocery store without a mask, remember that schematic they put out? your little spittle goes everywhere? i don't know how they settled on

6 feet, they never told us scientifically. i don't know how they got to 3 feet. they haven't told us scientifically. they never went there. it's interesting. they pick the signs they want? i know now. >> buck: you know, the shutdown restaurants in new york an estimate of 1.6% of cases of transmission at most were occurring that way. the most recent cdc estimates are that last mandates may have had over 60-day period, about a 1.7 reduction in case rate, within the margin of error. how much more of the data have to see before we realize that they are doing a lot of improvisation on the go? >> emily: harris, to your point about the lawsuit the teacher is filing a arrogance the teachers union, the heart of it is that he wasn't allowed to leave. that free will is not even a factor. >> harris: "we own you." they told him, we own you. yep. >> emily: the white house is

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populations. that includes two sites right here in new york city. when in brooklyn and one in queens. the american rescue plan will allow us to continue to increase the number of community vaccination centers. we launch the federal pharmacy program, which has allowed millions of americans to get a shot in their local pharmacy, the same way they get their flu shot. last week the president doubles the number of pharmacies participating in the program. already people can get vaccinated at one at 14,000 pharmacies around the nation. for americans who aren't near pharmacy or vaccination center, more than 500 mobile clinics to meet people where they are. today at the health center, to many health centers serve 30 million people. two-thirds of patients are below

the poverty line. they are sending vaccines directly to 250 of these community health centers by, and by the end of april we will deliver to an additional 700 community health centers. this work is the result of the biden administration's partnership with state and local officials. workers in the nonprofit and private sectors, it's leading to significant progress. as we can see the weekly vaccination progress report, the current seven day average is 2.5 million shots per day. 2.5 million shots per day, that is -- we continue to build on. importantly, now 2 out of 3 adults aged 65 and older have gotten at least their first shot. this is critical, because 80% of

covid deaths have an individual 65. coupled with increasing the number of vaccinated is in the field and crating more places to get vaccinated, the president announced last week that all adults in the country will be eligible for vaccinations no later than may 1st. all adults eligible, no later than may 1st. finally, i want to provide an update on how we are working with our north american partners on efforts to stop the spread of covid-19 across the continent. as part of the national strategy to end the pandemic, the united states is committed to engaging with the international community, and efforts to address public health and humanitarian concerns. under the president's direction, the u.s. engaged with the w.h.o. on day one of this presidency. we committed to providing the

most vaccinations of any country in the world. we also announced with our partners last week that we are working to achieve expanded manufacture of safe and effective covid-19 vaccines in facilities in india. and now, given our facility vaccines apply in the u.s., we are able to announce that we are lending a portion of our releasable astrazeneca vaccine to mexico and to canada. our approach to this wartime effort is to have as many tools in our toolkit as possible. right now you will get three effective vaccines that went through a rigorous review process, to be authorized by the fda. we have other vaccines going to that process now, including one from astrazeneca. as we elate the results of these trials here in the u.s., many

countries have already approved astrazeneca but need more supply. that includes canada and mexico. balancing the need to let the approval process vaccine take place here in the u.s., with the importance of helping to stop the spread in other countries, we will loan a portion of our releasable astrazeneca vaccine to mexico and canada. this actually will allow our neighbors to meet a critical vaccination need in their countries, providing more protection immediately across the north american continent. in total, around 4 million doses. to be clear, this will not reduce the available supply of vaccines. the doses we are loaning are not approved for use in the united states. with that i will turn it over to

dr. wilensky. >> thank you, i'm glad to be back with you all today. let's begin with the data. covid-19 cases continue to remain, with the most recent seven-day average at 53,200 cases per day. the most recent seven-day average of hospital admissions is slightly below 4700 admissions per day, similar to the 7-2 average we had on monday. that continue to decline with the current average of 1,025 deaths per day. today i want to talk about a top priority for us at the cdc, and for me as a parent. the cdc efforts to support the safe reopening of schools for instruction, we have frequently said the cdc believes schools should be the last place to close and first place to open. the benefits of in-person instruction are well-recognized. as a mother of three myself, i

know all too well the difficulties that arise for our children, and parents and caregivers. children are not able to attend in person for schools. these challenges are especially difficult for children and families from well-resourced communities, as well as those from racial and ethnic minority communities and those with disabilities. safe in person instruction gives our children access to the critical social and mental health services that prepare them for the future, in addition to the vital educational needs that they need to succeed. when i became cdc director, i promise to rebuild trust in our public health institutions and keep people safe, it is critical to make decisions based on evidence and fact for us. on separate health, cdc release our operational strategy for k-12 schools, based on the latest science at the time. to help schools open, and remain

open for safe and-person learning. the science told us then, just as it tells us now, that k-12 schools that implement strong layered prevention strategies can operate safely while protecting teachers, staff, and students. we've seen data demonstrating that this is safe, even in areas of high community spread. cdc's operational strategy focuses on five key mitigation measures for schools conducting in-person learning. this includes universal and correct use of masks, physical distancing, hand washing and respiratory etiquette, cleaning to maintain healthy facilities, and diagnostic testing with rapid and efficient contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine and in collaboration with local health departments. when we released the operational strategy, i said that the cdc was going to follow the science and would update the guidance as new evidence emerged. this is essential since the

science is rapidly changing with more data emerging every week. since the initial release, cdc scientists have been actively reviewing the latest science and conducting their own study to expand the evidence space, and we now have new information to help us refine our recommendations. specifically for physical distancing. last week the infectious diseases published a study that was covid-19 in 251 massachusetts school districts over a 4-month. lack of time. it found that physical distancing of at least 3 feet between students could safely be adopted in school settings when everyone, students and staff, wear a mask at all times. today, the cdc is publishing three new studies in the mmwr that adds to this evidence. one study looked at data from utah elementary schools and found that covid-19 spread was low, with students placed less

than 6 feet apart in classrooms, even though levels of virus spread in the community were high. another report examined data from kindergarten classrooms in springfield and st. louis, missouri. this study found that transmission occurred at lower rates in classrooms than in the community because the schools use multiple layered prevention strategies together. the third study looked at covid-19 rates among students in florida and found that 60% of cases of students were not related to spread in schools. it also found that in-person activity resuming was not associated with proportionate increase in covid-19 cases. importantly, the study also found that covid-19 rates were higher among students and school districts, that did not have mandatory mask use policies in place. layered mitigation strategies, including strict use of masks among students and a distance of at least 3 feet between students

were common factors among the schools that demonstrated decreased transmissions from covid-19. this continues to underscore why it's important for schools to use layered prevention strategies to provide the greatest level of protection. in light of the expanded evidence on physical distancing, today cdc is pleased to update our recommendation for physical distancing between students and classrooms in our-12 operational strategy. specifically an arm entry schools, the cdc is now recommending that all students remain at least 6 feet apart in classrooms where everyone is wearing a mask. regardless of whether community covid-19 risk is low, moderate, substantial, or high. in middle and high schools, they are also recommending that students be at least 3 feet apart, and classrooms, where

everyone is wearing a mask, and the computer any time at community level of risk is low, moderate, or substantial. because covid-19 is spread more likely among older students, the cdc recommends that middle and high school students remain at least 6 feet apart in communities where covid-19 risk is high unless cohorting as possible. that's when groups of students are kept together with the same peers and staff without close interaction with other groups or cohorts. to reduce the risk of spread throughout the school. we recognize that cohorting is harder in high school students, but the science indicates that the students are also at higher risk of transmitting sars-cov-2. i want it emphasize that these recommendations are specific to students in classrooms with universal mask-wearing. cdc continues to recommend at least 6 feet of distance between teachers and staff and other adults in the school buildings

and between adults and students, common areas in the school, when masks cannot be worn, such as when eating, during activity such as singing, band practice, sports, exercise, and other activities that can increase exhalation, these activities should be moved outdoors or too large well ventilated space is possible. 6 feet should also be used in community settings outside the classroom. today's announcement builds on ongoing efforts to support teachers, school, staff, and students, as well as our work in educational public health stakeholders to provide the guidance, tools, and resources, to get our nation's schools open as quickly and safely as possible. this includes our plan to invest $10 billion to support covid-19 diagnostic and screening testing for teachers, staff, and students, which we announced on wednesday. our ongoing work to get teachers

and school staff vaccinated during the month of march, more than 9,000 pharmacies in our federal retail pharmacy programs that are now prioritizing vaccination appointments for teachers and staff who work in k-12 schools. if you are an eligible educator or school staff member and have not yet been vaccinated, i encourage you to go to cdc.gov to learn about how you can sign up four and appointed through this program. i am hopeful we will turn a corner, getting back into in person instruction as soon as possible as a critical first step in doing so. we are grateful to all decided to produce the evidence to so we can move quickly to this end. thank you. i look forward to our questions and i will now turn it over to dr. fauci. >> thank you very much, dr. walensky -- >> harris: we have been watching the cdc director there,

dr. rochelle walensky, and this is the white house press briefing they're holding with the covid-19 response team. what really popped there, obviously, where the distancing rules to get kids across america back in. there was some science that she was pointing to which showed that younger kids and homages schools still need to be 6 feet apart with universal mask wearing. middle school and high school kids, so preteens and teens, need to be 3 feet apart with universal mask wearing unless they are in a community where is a high amount of cove 19. i want to bring it outnumbered blue and getting a lot of science. she didn't say anything that had something to do with study or science. >> are they really going to take out rulers? 6 feet, 8 feet, good separation? they never should have close the schools and how they are looking for some science-based reasoning

to create the basis for reopening. they never should have closed the schools in the first place. there are private schools here in new york city, i know people and then who have gone to school with all whole time. they haven't been getting covid, it's been fine. this is the micromanagement of the cdc against -- look at the publicly available data about mandatory mask wearing in schools versus nonmandatory masks in the state of florida. governor desantis is running around saying lockdowns fail for a reason. they never change what they actually want here, which is the ability to continue to control and micromanage. dr. rand paul yesterday schooled dr. fauci on the science behind vaccination. >> harris: they argued. >> buck: but they want change because it's become political. >> harris: you know -- >> buck: i'm passionate about it. >> harris: i can tell that you are. i think we are. kim and i are moms. we are clearly -- by the way, if you have a high household that is a mix of elementary school,

junior school, and high school, that gets really confusing. and you're hoping someone has the time and the resilience to do this day in and day out to keep with the rules to stay open if that's what it takes. buck, one of the things you are seeing, in at least 15 states today, you have that as the backdrop trying to get kids back in school. they have a thing is that in 1918, with 50 million people around the globe with the pandemic of the flu, they never closed schools. your point, it's a lot. >> buck: we are over 365 days to slow the spread. no one should ever forget that. the same dr. fauci who is now lecturing the rest of the country as though he hasn't been wrong over and over again, who never upsets the democrats. despite being wrong by his own admission, list ten people a year ago that mask wearing is laughable. i don't know what else to say other than people think for themselves, see what happens, look at what's going on around them. as a school issue this couldn't

be more clear. the lockdowners were wrong, schools should be open. 6 feet, 3 feet, four and a half feet, this is absurd now. >> harris: kim? >> kim: i'm old enough to remember when they were telling us that we should maybe consider wearing goggles because the coronavirus could go through people's eyes. they've been consistently wrong, as buck has said come over and over again. the interesting part is the fact that they never specified what masks should be worn, to protect from coronavirus. you can have a scarf, a heavy-duty mask that the doctors where, it doesn't matter. for me, that was always a telltale sign that they really didn't know what they were doing and they didn't know if the mask actually works. otherwise they would tell us which specific masks should be worn. i never thought that this was anything, i never thought we would do 14 days to flatten the curve. i thought, you know what? this is the way they are controlling everyone.

the teachers union, they were in on it. and the cdc, i think she said the schools should be the first ones to open the last was to close. i think it's crazy she said that. they tried to close the schools almost immediately the parents have to deal at the state. >> harris: real quickly, katie? >> katie: dr. fauci said new york was a shining example of how this pandemic should be handled. we know that wasn't true. the biggest thing -- the other issue is that the cdc gave out these guidelines which essentially didn't have -- they weren't backed up by evidence and data and how they are coming to the table by studying open schools in places like utah, and i guarantee you when they start opening up of the schools, the biden administration will have the victory lap of that opening of the schools when a number of them have been open already

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