. >> errol barnett, thank you. >>> many health officials are worrying we're lifting the mask mandate toos soon, especially with the emergence of a more contagious variant. let's bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. some people excited, some still nervous. what do the viewers need to know? >> remember, this was a court decision, not a public health agency decision. so that said, there's a lot of confusion around the country right now, and it does seem like the flood gates are opening for people taking off their masks with. this kind of confusion, it's reasonable for people to ask, first, what is the covid weather report where i live? you can go to cdc.gov, put in where you live and it will tell you how much covid there is around that area. and the second is, what is your risk profile? what is your risk tolerance in the next two to three weeks. if you're going to see somebody who is vulnerable, you might say, for the next two or three weeks, i'm just going to be very careful and wear a mask when i can. >> that's really smart. what about families with kids under

here is cbs' erroll barnett. >> we welcome you to d.c.w. airport. >> reporter: real airports in a virtual world. what began as a simple idea to engage kids stuck in isolation from the pandemic, grew from 180 countries taking on the challenge, using the video game building world of "minecraft." >> we created a fully autonomous program. >> reporter: a grade school in grand rapids came up with the space terminal. >> reporter: a term from detroit added virus detectors. >> we love building structures. >> reporter: these brothers of buffalo, new york, teamed with abby roe of west virginia to design runway lights at charleston'airp >>relyede bioluminescent fungi. >> reporter: two 11-year-olds and a 9-year-old came up with bioluminescent fungi. >> they give off a lot of light. >> please help me congratulateth bioluminescent fungi. >> pleas the west virginia mountaineers. >> reporter: what they prize most, making new connections during a disconnected time. >> in one word, meaningful. >> even through this craziness we still made a best friend. >> rep

as erroll barnett reports, the decision is likely to fuel even more mask confusion. >> reporter: for travelers who are immunocompromised or with young, unvaccinated children, the maskless reality is a new and frightening challenge. brian vastag traveled to alaska for treatment for his autoimmune disorders. the mandate was lifted. now he feels stranded. >> it's been extremely fraus frustrating, anger provoking. we travel for medical care all the time. especially people with rare diseases or hard-to-treat diseases, it's going to be riskier for us. >> reporter: was this policy ended too soon? >> no question about it. >> reporter: cbs medical consultant dr. david agus says even though aircraft have exceptional air circulation filtered every two to three minutes, travelers with suppressed immune systems are still especially vulnerable. >> those people will have more of a difficulty going out in public with a potential of being exposed. they can get very ill. >> reporter: polling shows more than half of americans support mask requirements for travel. bus transport poses the highest risks f

here's erroll barnett. >>> i say enough. >> reporter: president biden on an unprecedented effort to ease the financial squeeze for fuel. placing the blame for recent jumps in global energy prices squarely on russia's war in ukraine. >> our prices are rising because of putin's actions. there isn't enough supply. and the bottom line is if we want lower gas prices, we need to have more oil supply right now. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing several new efforts including accessing a third of the nation's strategic petroleum reserve until october. >> i would call it the mother of all strategic petroleum releasea consumer gas but for byproducts like jet fuel and diesel, impacting all corners of the economy, contributing to inflation. how long do you think it will take between this announcement and americans seeing the result at the pump? >> i think we get a little relief here in april and may. >> reporter: meanwhile, drivers in maryland and georgia are enjoying a so-called holiday from state gas taxes. >> i'm glad it's going down a little bit now. >> seems to be making an improvement. >> repor

errol barnett, thank you. let's turn now america's southwest where a wildfire near flagstaff, arizona, has tripled in size, forcing more than 2,000 people from their homes. powerful gusts have fanned the flames as high as 100 feet in the air. the fire started sunday and has burned at least two dozen structures and charred an area larger than manhattan. about 1,000 animals, including horses and goats, have been moved to shelters. streaming giant netflix suffered its biggest stock loss in nearly two decades, losing more than $50 billion in market value. today's losses come after netflix announced its first loss of subscribers in more than 10 years, and now the company is considering some major changes. here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: the latest netflix blockbuster drama is netflix itself. >> special agent john hartley. f.b.i. >> reporter: the streaming giant lost 200,000 subscribers last quarter when it was expecting to add 2.5 million. one problem? customers are sharing passwords and netflix estimates mo

let's get more now from cbs' errol barnett. >> reporter: tonight, the c.d.c.l, saying at its recommendation, the t.s.a. will extend the travel mask mandate for 15 days, which pushes its expiration from april 18 through may 3. >> candidly, it's time to let the masks go. >> reporter: speaking before the announcement, delta c.e.o. ed bastian displand why he's been pushing for the requirement to end. >> i feel very strongly that the mask mandate should be lifted and let individuals, including our own employees, make their own decisions. >> reporter: but passengers speaking to cbs news have a different view. >> i just feel safer flying and being in tight quarters with a lot of people with a mash. >> considering the numbers are actually going up, i think it's a very smart idea. >> reporter: a recent poll found 60% of americans support a travel mask extension. and the spread this month of the ba.2 subvariant of omicron is why the c.d.c. says its order is still needed, determining its next move based on upcoming data of hospitalizations and deaths. >> people are just

well, clearly, we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we begin with cbs' errol barnett at a gason in bethesda, maryland. good evening, errol. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight, president biden is offering gas customers like the ones you see behind me a wartime bridge as he describes it to get through the fuel intensive demands of the summer until u.s. production picks up this fall. but with so much at play on the global energy market, there's just no guarantee, what you pay to fill up, will come down. >> i say, enough. >> reporter: tonight, president biden on an unprecedented effort to ease the financial squeeze for fuel, placing the blame for recent jumps in global energy prices squarely on russia's war in ukraine. >> our prices are rising because of putin's actions. there isn't enough supply. and the bottom line is, if we want lower gas prices, we need to have more oil supply right now. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing several new efforts, including accessing a third of the nation's strategic petroleum reserve until october. >> i would call it the mother of all strate

cbs' errol barnett is at reagan national airport with more. >> reporter: today, mlsz of air travelers are on their way. >> just to be with family over this holiday time. >> reporter: domestic ticket prices have jumped 40% since january, but that hasn't softened demand. >> i'm just ready to go and travel, you know, and see family and friends. >> reporter: delta airlines sold more tickets last month than in any march in its history and will now fly more than 480,000 passengers per day through sunday. unted will carry more than 400,000 a day through monday. but staff shortages, left over from the height of the pandemic, are leaving pilots and flight attendants frustrated. >> enough is enough! >> reporter: like these from spirit airlines protesting today in las vegas. >> we're going to be in for some really tough three or four see yholutis totris thewh you don't haheffit.>>ep southwep unis become tumety threat, while alaska airlines pilots have been protesting for weeks over their work loads, the airline responding by cutsingly schedule through june. >> the airlines were overscheduled. th

errol barnett, cbs news, at reagan national airport. >>> british prime minister boris johnson will bee for parties his office hosted during covid-19 lockdowns in june of 2020. it is known as the partygate scandal there. johnson himself was at those parties and violated his own covid rules. >>> a new study involving ucsf shows how psychedelic mushrooms can help with depression. we should note this is a medical study and use and sale of magic mushrooms is prohibited under federal law. scientist in london analyzed brain scans for nearly 60 people in two trials, in the first, opera dispensed knew they were being given mushrooms , in the second they were not sure if they received the psychedelic or an antidepressant. researchers say the scan showed the mushroom treatment made the brain more flexible and fluid and made it easier for the brain to get rid of negative thoughts. those changes were not observed in the recipients who were given the antidepressant. >>> still ahead, he had one of the most memorable voices in comedy. >> ladies and gentlemen, i hope you can hear the sound of my voice

so keep these coverings close. >> o'donnell: errol barnett, thank you.re worried we're lifting the mask mandates too soon, especially with the emergence of a more contagious subvariant that now makes up nearly 20% of new cases. for more on what this means and how you can protect yourself, let's bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. jon, we're glad you're with us to help make sense of all this. some people excited, some are still nervous. what do our viewers need toers t decision not a public health agency decision. so with that said, there's a lot of confusion around the country right now, and it does seem like the floodgates are opening for people taking off their masks. so with this kind of confusion, i think it's reasonable for people to ask themselves two questions. first, what's the covid weather report where i live. you can go to cdc.gov, put in where you live and it will tell you how much covid there is around that area. the second is what is your risk profile, what is your risk tolerance in the next two to three weeks? if

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm errol barnett. >>> this is cbs news flash. tom hanson in new york. fighting rages on in eastern ukraine, as the russian invasion enters week seven. the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs called for more weapons, warning a battle for ne world war ii. >>> the first privately funded and crude mission to the international space station is expected to launch at 11:17 a.m. eastern. the spacex mission will take three paying customers and a professional astronaut to iss for just over a week. each person reportedly paid $55 million. >>> and at noon eastern, the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences will meet to decide on sanctions on will smith after he slapped comedian chris rock at the oscars. smith has since resigned from the academy. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connecttv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> tonight, history on the nation's highest court. judge ketanji brown jackson will officially be known as justice jackson, making her the first black woman on the supreme court. >>

well, clearly, we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we begin with cbs' errol barnett at a gastion in bethesda, maryland. good evening, errol. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight, president biden is offering gas customers like the ones you see behind me a wartime bridge, as he describes it, to get through the fuel-intensive demands of the summer until u.s. production picks up this fall. but with so much at play on the global energy market, there's just no guarantee what you pay to fill up, will come down. >> i say, enough. >> reporter: tonight, president biden on an unprecedented effort to ease the financial squeeze for fuel, placing the blame for recent jumps in global energy prices squarely on russia's war in ukraine. >> our prices are rising because of putin's actions. there isn't enough supply. and the bottom line is, if we want lower gas prices, we need to have more oil supply right now. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing several new efforts, including accessing a third of the nation's strategic petroleum reserve until october. >> i would call it the mother of all str

cbs' errol barnett is at reagan national airport with this latest news. good evening, errol.. >> reporter: absolutely, norah. good evening. this decision by the biden administration is likely to fuel more mask confusion. the c.d.c. says an appeal is needed to protect its public health authority. meantime, though, air travelers, like the ones you see around me, will be stuck with a decision: to mask or unmask. for travelers who are immunocompromised or with young, unvaccinated children, the maskless reality is a new and frightening challenge. brian vastag traveled to alaska for treatment for his auto immune disorders. the mandate was lifted. now he feels stranded. >> it's been extremely stressful and frustrating, anger provoking. >> reporter: also fearful of flying home. >> we travel for medical care all the time, especially people with rare diseases or hard-to- treat diseases. it's going to be riskier for us. >> reporter: was this policy ended too soon? >> no question about it. >> reporter: cbs medical consultant dr. david agus says even though aircraft have exceptional air c

errol barnett, thank you. let's turn now america's southwest where a wildfire near flagstaff, arizona, has tripled in size, forcing more than 2,000 people from their homes. powerful gusts have fanned the flames as high as 100 feet in the air. the fire started sunday and has burned at least two dozen structures and charred an area larger than manhattan. about 1,000 animals, including horses and goats, have been moved to shelters. streaming giant netflix suffered its biggest stock loss in nearly two decades, losing more than $50 billion in market value. today's losses come after netflix announced its first loss of subscribers in more than 10 years, and now the company is considering some major changes. here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: the latest netflix blockbuster drama is netflix itself. >> special agent john hartley. f.b.i. >> reporter: the streaming giant lost 200,000 subscribers last quarter when it was expecting to add 2.5 million. one problem? customers are sharing passwords and netflix estimates mo