mcbride, is it a situation according -- your thoughts.hat we will never see the end of coronavirus? we're just going to have deal -- >> coronavirus is here to stay. coronavirus is here to stay. we don't want it to be. it continues to take lives and cause unnecessary suffering. but it is here to stay, that's the reality. so what we need to do is mitigate the risks by getting vaccinated, by staying home if we're sick, getting tested if we're sick, but i want to just ask -- so to talk about what dr. azar just said, you know, she said, i don't envy people who have to make these decisions. i would say, if not, doctors making these -- or helping public policy decision makers make these decisions, who? we are so politicized. we are so polarized. you know, i put together with 15 other doctors this urgency of normal tool kit to help put into the hands of policy makers facts and information and a framework to make complex decisions. we are parents, we are physicians, we are scientists, we have no political ideology or ties. we're not backed by any

lucy mcbride, this is a key moment in this pandemic. and i think it is possible to say, you know, you don't have to say we made a mistake, it is in the an admission of mistakes to say we're going to do something different going forward. it is an admission of where things stand now. so people can get politics out of it, maybe they will make, you know, they will come to reasoned decisions. dr. lucy mcbride, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> the supreme court just green lit alabama's new congressional map, even though a lower court said it discriminates against black voters. and a big morning for movie lovers. the oscar nominations are about to be announced. we'll tell you the big change to this year's best picture category. >>> and making history, team usa figure skating star nathan chen breaks a world record. did hitting the ice with john berman more than ten years ago set him on this path? i think we know the answer. >> you won't believe what i told him there. >> you inspired him, clearly. my asthma felt anything but t normal. ♪ ♪

lucy mcbride, thank you for being here. laura, for having me. >> obviously there's confusion. i just have to ask, who should people be following? obviously politics has a way of seeping into all these discussions. but when the average person is figuring out to mask or not to mask, that is the question, who are they listening to for the answers? >> it's a great question, and i think for two years people have been starved for clear, transparently communicated facts and data and a framework within which they can make complex decisions to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. i'm a primary care doctor. i don't know everything. but i do know a few things about helping people manage risk, managing their risk for severe outcomes from covid-19, managing their risk for diabetes, dementia, heart disease. at this moment in the pandemic, laura, where we have been blessed with incredibly safe and effective vaccines that take the fangs and claws away from the virus, where we have more widely available oral antiviral

i rob mcbride, their insult. thank you. est funeral has been held for legendary indian singer lot. outman jessica, who died at the age of 92 early on sunday. ah, she suffered multiple organ failure at a hospital and mom by the contracting coven. 19 in january, i am an extender and ramadi, and many bollywood celebrities attended her last rights. author mariska sang more than 30000 songs in a career spanning decades. she was revered as the melody queen and nightingale of india. today's the national morning at the gone prag to looks back at the life and legacy of the revered cultural star. oh, to many in india and beyond. to listen to let them again sca songs is to hear the voice of the nation. ah, she could reach the highest no i need, i hear conquer any range unfettered by shondra or style o sheets. misty motions of famous boldwood act is on screen with a voice often described as each las and piano ah, born in the city of indoor in 1929. let them engage good. was the eldest of 5 children. her father with a classic

lucy mcbride joins us.dates in schools. do you think that's a good idea? >> i think we have to be talking about the off-ramp for masks and we asked for that conversation that's based upon science instead of politics back in november before omicron. the governor in new jersey made some pretty -- was pretty good in terms of the basis for it. he said that vaccinations are up in new jersey, that the numbers, community spread, is really low now and the -- the spread in schools are really low. so, you know, what we asked for in november and i'm glad you have lucy on as well, is a metric that was based in science so that we could ultimately have an off-ramp for masks. no one wants masks in schools, not teachers, not students, but, you know, it's time in this covid pandemic to actually do a little bit of planning based upon science, as opposed to just announcement by announcement. >> we have two years of science now so we know -- it made a lot of sense obviously early on to have masks on in schools, we didn't know

but as rob mcbride reports from so many of them find it hard to adapt to a life there. as this launch of enter meeting between 2 cultures with a common purpose, south korea, ministers, and officials on one side, on the other young defectors from north korea wanting to make their mark in business planning. and jessie came, came to south korea 8 years ago, bringing with her a lifelong love of food, which she is turning into a successful online business promoting north korean cuisine quiet although, till my own as a child, i was fascinated by the ingredients. the smile characteristics of food and always prepare meals for the whole family, my home town, you can see me. her home is near to mount, back to considered by north korea's leadership to possess special significance and straggling the chinese border through which most effectors escape to the south. these north careers heavily fortified border with south korea much harder to cross . and the scene of dramatic attempts, such as this defection by a soldier in 2017, amid a hail of bullets once they get out of north korea,

rob mcbride al jazeera, so that ali banner is in bahrain on the 1st official visit by an israeli prime minister. the golf state normalize relations with israel and 2020 through a u. s. broke in agreement as well. and bahrain signed a security cooperation cooperation, dale earlier this month, take his president, is in the united arab emirates for the 1st time in nearly a decade. matchup tape, 81 as being hosted by the crown prince of abu dhabi mohammed been said, al nyhan, taking the u. e. where for some odds for years onto the ab spring as they supported opposing sides in regional conflicts, mexico's president has suggested politics and economics all the reasons behind a u. s. ban on mexican avocados. the suspension on imports was announced after you as the official report of being threatened while during inspection work in mexico. farmers in michigan state are regularly extorted and attacked. i cartels and criminal gangs. i theory under there, soon to we're looking into the matter to understand what was the threat. the truth is that mexican ever carriers have been exported here, but w

rob mcbride al jazeera, so the russians gator camilla valley ever is claiming that a contaminated cup may be behind have fail doping tasks she's been cleared to continue competing at be facing games having earlier been suspended and ever says she believes the banned substance was from her grandfather's heart medication, her, our agreement was a sir compilation which her, her happened with a product. her grandfather was thinking. even if you are not his the book, you had a pre beated services in your body. the title for your competition. oh you, you will be disqualified. the weld anti doping agency is also investigating the adults in charge of camilla valley ever who's only 15. kara donovan is a former world karate champion. she says the case raises why the concerns about how young athletes are treated. we have traffic entire history of and it opened that the focus goes down to the archies. when many cases, the support personnel is the entourage in the system and the culture. so like, we're never going to see meaningful change unless you go after the people, young athletes in particula

but as rob mcbride reports from sol, it's a position that has often been marked by scandal. this like most elections before, it is likely to be a straight to horse race between a conservative units of young and his liberal opponents, the j mm. young. with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact, they seemed to accept, pulled their young by yankee the gun don't you have to party politics with a vested interest offer limited choices. as a result, people are left to bite the bullet. in truth, the less only to evil. neither has international standing, but they are vying for a job that now has global reach. there's south korea's importance in the world economy, especially and high tech manufacturing. it's cultural clout is growing through movies, drama, and k pop. and it's key geopolitical role in sign o u. s. relations as well as it's fraught dealings with north korea, the outgoing liberal president, moon j. n, has made it his mission to improve into korean ties. but his term is ending with the north, increasing its missile testing with the threat of launchi

rob mcbride al jazeera, so the u. s. has asked honduras to arrest and hand over its former president wine orlando, hernandez to face some specified charges. years prosecutors believe he engaged in the acts of corruption and drug trafficking to fund political campaigns. allegations is always denied and, and has left office last month. he was president for 8 years. a funeral has been held for a palestinian teenagers, shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest in the oxide westbank 11 others were injured on sunday. stephanie deca report. oh gosh. oh, allies cut short. the body of 17 year old from a double solid is taken to be buried. was killed by israeli forces during confrontations. new janine in the occupied west bank. the stand off started when these really army arrive to demolish the homes, palestinian prisoner mohammed, java dot, who's accused the fatal shooting and his really subtler in december. that also led to norm standoff between policy and gunman and israeli army. the army said, quote, it identified wha

joining us now is jim mcbride is of financial expert with mcbride group to shed a little light on how jim, good to have you with us. good afternoon. good afternoon. well, the market what a day. what a correction. the dow recovered down somewhat 800 out of the gate. nasdaq up 436 points. why the turnaround whenr today, ukraine and russia. well, that's a very good question. it's one example of the old adage of cell on the rumor and by on the news, i think in the news is really is that russia is a minor player in the global economic world. just to put it into perspective, their gross domestic product is less than italy's and poland exports more goods to the european union and russia does. russia does have a lot of natural resource is as we all know, oil and gas, particularly they have a good source of raw materials, palladium, aluminum and nickel. but russia doesn't make anything they don't make cars. they don't make phones. they don't make semiconductors. as one of your earlier guests said economically would russia is just a big gas station and their impact on the global economy is goin

it's on the east shore freeway west bound at mcbride. it doesn't look having much of an impact on traffic. it is early, definitely friday light with not a lot of cars on the road way. if you are taking 80 even with the crash, you should be good to go. the rest of the east shore freeway commute to the bay bridge is clear. we have usual stuff off of 205 to 580, altamont pass. there is a crash at north flynn and that's been cleared off the freeway. what you are looking at is what you would expect as you make the ride through the area. highway 4 is clear and no delays on 101. >>> details coming in about the attack of a long time 49ers fan daniel luna. >> we are learning more about moments leading to his attack outside of sofi. justin andrews has been all over this investigation. anything new from detectives? >>> i have been in contact with police since yesterday morning. this morning we are getting new details and we are waiting to confirm. we know the detectives have identified a car that may have been tied to what happened. they're hoping

the widow will serve a single 5 year term, but as rob mcbride reports not from so it's a position that has often been my ad by scandal. this like most elections before, it is likely to be a straight to horse race between a conservative unit. so y'all and his liberal opponent, the jame young, with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact they seem to accept, oh, oh, they're young nike, the gun, don't you go to party politics with a vested interest, offer limited choices. as a result, people are left to bite the bullet in truth, the less only to evil. neither has international standing, but they are vying for a job that now has global reach. there's south korea's importance in the world economy, especially and high tech manufacturing. it's cultural clout is growing through movies, drama, and k pop. and it's key geopolitical role in sino u. s. relations as well as it's fraught dealings with north korea, the outgoing liberal president, min j in has made it his mission to improve into korea and ties. but his term is ending with the north increasing it's miss al, testing

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we do have reports of a crash west bound 80 at mcbride avenue not blocking lanes but could be to the right shoulder and right now not seeing a big impact on traffic. that is an area that gets busy after 6:00. bay bridge toll plaza, clear. no delays into san francisco. seven minutes is it from the maze into the city. if you are taking the golden gate bridge out of marin, things are off to a good start. south 101 from highway 37 across golden gate bridge into san francisco is looking good. a 12 minute commute across san mateo bridge between 880 and 101. on 101 along the peninsula, traffic is moving nicely. no delays on 880, a live look near the colosseum, things are moving nicely in both directions, headed south into hayward or fremont, traffic is light and it is friday light north through oakland and as you work to the maze. here is vern with sports. >>> straight ahead in sports, somebody was making some noise in local college basketball. and with the pros, why eight was great last night on the corner of third and warriors way. >>> good morning. got the nba and the warriors where the

rob mcbride al jazeera, so just a heads in the sport and olympic official reveals details of carmella believe us doping defense will find out what it has to do with her grandfather's hop medication. ah. ah ah ah. his son with the latest. thank you very much, adrian. one, the olympic official has revealed details of camilla, but it was a doping defense. it's claimed contamination with her grandfather's heart medication could have resulted in the russian skate as positive tests. but eva is about to take part in the women's individual competition. on monday, a sports court said the 15 year old that should be allowed to compete at these games, despite failing a doping test and a pre olympic event investigation into that possible offense that could take months to reach a conclusion. agreement was the sir confirm the nation. richard hufton with poto for her grandfather was faking even if you're on the book, you had to pour you butin services in your body of the time of competition or you knew really be disqualified. the world anti doping agency is also investigate in the adults and a charge

but as rob mcbride reports from so many find it hard to adapt to life. but this launch of enter meeting between 2 cultures with a common purpose, south korea, ministers, and officials on one side, on the other young defectors from north korea wanting to make their mark in business planning. and jesse kim came to south korea 8 years ago, bringing with her a lifelong love of food, which she is turning into a successful online business promoting north korean cuisine quiet. although, till my own as a child, i was fascinated by the ingredients. the smile characteristics of food and always prepare meals for the whole family, my home town because he me, her home is near to mount, back to considered by north korea's leadership to possess special significance and straddling the chinese border through which most effectors escape to the south. is north careers heavily fortified border with south korea? much harder to cross and the scene of dramatic attempts, such as this defection by a soldier in 2017. amid a hail of bullets, once they get out of north korea, many

i know, but it's 3rd floor gray. mcbride. good results have been looked nazi. a lot stress more if you run a british journal still got a lame, a bridge to douglas. i get the result. posters, elders, to do a patient trouble. still 3136 wires canal to load. now now i know, but i wouldn't say literally throw that though, so yeah, little professional. yep, resorts, 95 entity off for the study, julie gilmer, germany and ukraine to participate in this me, person that is showing up in your mind to say, decided most know anybody in accordance, you know, well, kinda new to this meeting, your new dimension to general terrace this if you'd like to bring the projects in and in accordance with the rule, $39.00 of accounts of the provisional rules, the procedure 9 fight and res decarlo and sexy, general political piece, building effect putting decided this particular to counseling up again. it's consideration of item to the agenda. my wishes to warmly come, the secretary general has that consistent tenure terrace and give him the floor sankey, very much mister president. mis

but there is an accident. 80 westbound at mcbride avenue in richmond. but we're not seeing any delays there as you're traveling heading into the city maze that fremont street exit a little under 7 minutes for your drive. so things are moving along pretty nicely along highway 24 westbound west of camino pablo in orinda. there is an accident. the air. i'm not seen any delays because of that accident. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. 13 minutes as you're traveling along 92 westbound there heading out of richmond across towards sandra fell a little under 9 minutes and the golden gate bridge 20 minutes. 37 to the tolls. james, back to you. randi, thank you very much for a team that time. and in the headlines this morning in the south bay. >> san jose, specifically the san jose spotlight is suing mayor sam liccardo saying he used his personal phone to do city business. >> so the spotlight has partnered with the first amendment coalition in the lawsuit filed in santa clara county yesterday. and here's what they're asking for in the lawsui

rob mcbride al jazeera sol. friday prayers remain out of bounds at a centuries old mosque in indian administered cashed me. it was closed back in 2019 . when the government in new delhi revoked the regions autonomy indian authorities have long seen it as a place of anti government activities, have me middle explain. this imposing structure holds especially place in the hearts of many cush metes. for centuries, the grand mask has been a venue for prayers and an arena for political activism, but has largely remain closed for nearly 2 and a half years. humor says, you almost reported to my you, i come every friday for prayers, but all in vain. the mosque remains closed. i feel sad and distressed. we believe operators will be answered if he prep the jam your must chip. on fridays, it used to give me solace. push meters claimed in full by india and pakistan, but governed by the 2 nations and bots. indian administered kashmir has seen protest and violent uprisings against new del is rule for decades. the grand mosque

the justice department had reached agreements with travis and greg mcbride mcmichael on sunday. breeze mother pleaded with the judge to reject them, saying the deals would allow the men to serve the first 30 years of their life sentences in federal custody, avoiding harsher conditions in georgia's prisons. the judge gave them friday to withdraw their guilty pleas. governor gavin newsom is highlighting his 3 billion dollar multi-pronged plan for tackling the state's homelessness crisis. the governor toured a behavioral in transitional housing facility in south los angeles on monday. you can see our cameras were there. he's his proposal, includes funding for encampment, rehousing strategies and plans for 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots. the governor says it's the largest investment of kind in california's history. well, supporters say that another new bill could go a long way towards solving the homeless crisis. that bill would make sports betting legal in california. proper jonathan mccall explains how it all works. >> this november, california voters are set to deci

i want to see was rob mcbride reports now from sol. they still follow a pattern. we do know that north korea has been accused now for years of being involved in all sorts of nefarious international criminal activity as a way of getting much needed foreign reserves to basically let it survive. it has been involved, for example, has been accused of being involved in international narcotics in illegal sales. but it does seem to have found a lucrative avenue in cyber crime with another report in 2019, for example, from the un suggesting that north korea had managed to accrue $2000000000.00 worth of digital assets in recent times. with the current economic, dire straits that your career is in, it seems as though it's not going to desist from this cyber crime because of course, it faced his international sanctions. the impact of 2 years of basically being cut off from the outside world. by the pandemic, it is very difficult to di, economic straits, or talk of food shortages in north korea. and as we get into 2022, it's still the same question of how to deal with north k

or mcbride is monitoring developments from salt. these tests have certainly raised the stakes here in asia pacific and i think it's been important to from and to be lincoln's point of view. and also from his counterparts from south korea in japan, really to put on a united front in that joint statements. and also in that joint news conference that they have delivered in hawaii with all of the participants condemning what they called provocative actions by north korea. also hinting at the possibility that can juggling the north korean leader has possibly said that he might end the more a tory among nuclear testing. and also the launch of longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles, which would certainly really step up with that would certainly be an increase provocation and blink. and also accepted the fact that, that the north koreans could use the current crisis in ukraine and exploit that to launch more missiles, but did not seem phased by that saying he and the allies here in asia pacific already to meet that challenge. as f

last spring and ron mcbride, who's in the south korean capital sol, robot mortar, we know about this discovery that crypto theft is funding. north korea's missile program of this latest report does seem to confirm what north korea has been accused off for a number of years. now of basically being involved a large scale and international crime in nefarious criminals schemes, f, anything from a narcotics to illegal om sales as a way of trying to get much needed foreign revenue just to keep it viable. and it does seem to have found in a cyber crime, a particularly lucrative source of all of these crypto currencies. in fact, this latest report indicates this was $50000000.00 worth of a crypto. currencies gathered a crude over the space of a year. there was been an earlier report in 2019 to the u. n. that said that at north korea had managed to get $2000000000.00 worth of digital assets to help fund it's missile and that nuclear programs. and of course, as north korea becomes more economically desperate, they, it doesn't seem as though it is going to desist at the, from this, at the, if t

rob mcbride reports, it's a solution to an 11 year old problem that japan says is perfectly safe. but it still leaves asian neighbors, nervous, and according to many experts is probably the best of only bad options. in just over year, japan wants to start releasing more than a 1000000 tons of treated water from the site of the plant damaged by the 2011 earthquake in synonymy. along japan's northeast coast. water used to cool the reactors as well as ground water that came on to the site and became contaminated, has been stored in a growing number of tanks that are quickly reaching capacity. inspectors from the international atomic energy agency have given assurances they will be closely monitoring the operation in the coming months and years. the r e a will contribute to bending confidence that the what are the charge is conducted in a safe and transparent manner. in line with this, with the international safety standards, but there's been widespread opposition to the plan, especially from communities along this part of the japanese coast through my program was still on our kuni di

rob mcbride has more from salt, i think for him president moon j. and this is a pretty realistic assessment of the current state of play on the korean peninsula . this was in an interview with media here in south grand, also international media. it comes as he has only a few months, more left in office. he remains fairly up beat about the prospects of dealing with north korea, saying that it is possible conditions could exist whereby joe biden, like his predecessor, could meet with a kim jargon of north korea to talk about the nuclear rise ation. reminding the world, of course, that the americans have said they are committed to diplomacy, that they are willing to start the process of dialogue any time anywhere. but it does come of course, against this background of increased missile testing by north korea, that in the month of january alone, north korea fired off and 9 ballistic missiles to cruise missiles. and what was the busiest flurry of missile activity in all of the years? all of its weapons development. also, he ended on quite a so, but notes

rob mcbride al jazeera, so it's 2 months since typhoon ride devastated large areas of essential philippines . any 10000000 people were affected by the storm with at least 2400000 still in need of help. jimmy ellen again has this report from behold, province. one of the worst hit areas. jessie garcia thought it was just an ordinary typhoon. they said they were by the sea side with their children until the water rose. like a wall. you'll thin me fill up when i all of a sudden our roofs were blown away and we had to swim away from the current with our children. it was terrible, terrible, but all of us are by, thankfully, jesse said their house in his boat, which he once used for fishing, is now this choice. this caused, so vineyards, in all by is one of the worst. his areas here in the province of ball survivors here tell us some of them were able to salvage a few pieces of whatever is left of their homes. but for what they say when they're not even allowed to rebuild here anymore. typhoon way locally known as the dead caused extensive damage in the desires and the men in our region. it killed

rob mcbride, al jazeera sol, one of the most important festivals for buddhists has been celebrated in spectacular fashion in thailand. 1000000 lanterns billets, as part of combinations for mar, how push a day. it's been staged by talents. the mikaya buddhist sect which is marking 52 years since it was founded, the movements considered somewhat controversial. it was an orthodox interpretation of buddhism bids, wealth, and links to a former prime minister. ah.

rob mcbride following this one from sol. this does follow a pattern, we do know that north korea has been accused now for years of being involved in all sorts of nefarious international criminal activity as a way of getting much needed foreign reserves to basically let it survive. it has been involved, for example, has been accused of being involved in international narcotics in illegal sales. but it does seem to have found a lucrative avenue in cyber crime with another report in 2019, for example, from the un suggesting that north korea had managed to accrue $2000000000.00 worth of digital assets in recent times. with the current economic, dire straits that your career is in, it seems as though it's not going to desist from this cyber crime because of course, it faced his international sanctions. the impact of 2 years of basically being cut off from the outside world. by the pandemic, it is very difficult to di, economic straits. there are talk of food shortages in north korea and as we get into 2022, still the same questio

deep freeze, even small initiatives, it seems keep alive the hope of close the ties, one day, rob mcbride al jazeera, so friday pres remained out of bounds of the centuries old mosque and indian administered kashmir was closed in 2019 where the government new delhi revoked the regions autonomy. indeed, authorities of long seen it is a place of anti government activity up the middle as more. this imposing structure holds especially place in the hearts of many cush metes. for centuries, the grand mask has been a venue for prayers and an arena for political activism, but has largely remain closed for nearly 2 and a half years. he was, as you almost reported, you my, you, i come every friday for prayers, but all in vain. the mosque remains closed. i feel sad and distressed. we believe operators will be answered if he prep the jam your must chip on fridays. i know it used to give me solace. push meters claimed in full by india and pakistan, but governed by the 2 nations and parts indian administered kashmir, has seen protest and violent uprisings against new del is rule. for decades. the grand

as hong kong has been trying to do eradicated, rob mcbride with more from so driven by the only cross variance, the recent surgeon coby 19 and south korea has been both exponential and alarming from under 5000 new cases. the day, just over a month ago, the country has been hitting over a $100000.00 new cases per day. but it's another way in this country of 52000000 people. the total number of infections has risen from 1000000 to 2000000 in about 2 weeks. it means that in and around the greater metropolitan area of sol, which is how to half the country's population, long lines that testing centers on now the norm. but thankfully, due to a high vaccination rate, we have not been seeing the same rise in serious illness and hospitalizations. the vaccines have been holding up and south korea. it seems, has taken the same view with many european countries and the us. but now is the time to tough it out until the, with the virus and the number of cases is increasing rapidly, but i think we are taking a course that we have to follow if we are to reach the post coffee, 900 euro. the country is

one day, rob mcbride, al jazeera, so foreign ministers from the association of south east asian nations have discussed how to restore peace in miramar, a surgeon current of ours cases in the region. when not all the foreign ministers could attend the meeting in the cambodian capital upon pen. as san would not accept to foreign ministry representative from emma because they were appointed after lawyers military coup. friday prayers remain out of bounds at a centuries old mosque, an indian administered kashmir. it was closed in 2019 when the government in new delhi revoked the regions autonomy. indian authorities have long seen it as a place of anti government activities on middle as more. this imposing structure holds especially place in the hearts of many cush metes. for centuries, the grand mask has been a venue for prayers and an arena for political activism, but has largely remain closed for nearly 2 and a half years. he was, as you almost departed, you mind, i come every friday for prayers, but all in vain. the mosque remains closed. i feel sad and distressed. we believe operators w

in the indo pacific region where rob mcbride joins us live from. so with the latest, rob, so we've seen a number of missile test lately from young. presumably, north korea will be high and blinking for gender then. yeah, that certainly has raised a tempo here, but i think entity, blink, and really wants to hear that's as far as northeast asia concert. it is business as usual or crisis is usual. of course north korea developments of its weapons. it's missile and nuclear arsenal has been a permanent fixture here for years. for decades, i think blinking at this crucial moment wants to know that the situation at least the status quo, is contained, as he prepared for the much more immediate and potentially far more dangerous crisis of ukraine. hurtling down the tracks towards him, and i think he is getting the kind of assurances that he would expect from america's most senior allies in this part of the world, japan and south korea. at this trilateral meeting, the meeting has been held. we are now getting. we understand a news conference with some of the

one day rob mcbride, al jazeera soul. one of the most important festivals for buddhists has been celebrated in spectacular fashion in thailand. 1000000 lanterns billets as part of combinations for mar, how push a day. it's been staged by talents. them are higher, buddhist sect which is marking 52 years since it was founded. the movements considered somewhat controversial. it was an orthodox interpretation of buddhism beds, wealth, and links to a former prime minister. ah, this is our 0. these are the top stories. the head of nato says the alliance will look at boosting its forces in eastern europe, western powers, believe russian troops are still building up around ukraine, much more hooligan acc, which way we're seeing a large concentration of troops. it hasn't changed over the last week. we're seeing some small rotations, but i wouldn't call these rotations of pullback of russian troops. constant right there. we will confirm the pullback of russian troops once it happens and once a short period of time passes after the

seated, and welcome to the podium the executive director of the national governor's association, bill mcbride. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. on behalf of all of us other at the national governor's association, a very warm welcome to all of you. we are excited that so many people are here today with us as we begin our 114th year. we have a great program this weekend. to get us kicked off, i would like to introduce nga's chairman, governor asa hutchinson. governor hutchinson became chairman of the national governor's association last year. he chose as his chair's initiative to highlight computer science education, which we will learn much more about this weekend. from the early days of his professional career, asa hutchinson's work in arkansas has caught the high of national leaders. president reagan appointed him as u.s. attorney for the western district of arkansas. at the time he was the youngest u.s. attorney in the nation. he was elected three times to the u.s. house of representatives, where he pursued his passion for work on criminal justice issues in the house. and in the hous

lucy mcbride, i'm grateful to you for joining us tonight. >> thank you so much. judy: pharmacists and pharmacy workers have gotten far less attention an other health care workers duringhis pandemic, but the stress and pressure they face has been intense. just weeks ago, as omicron was surging and many staff were getting sick, major pharmacy chains and independent stores had to reduce their hours, even close down at times. while that immediate situation s improved, staffing shortages and working conditions have been a problem throughout the pandemic. moreover, pharmacy technicians earn very little. here's some of what we heard from pharmacists themselves. >> my name is dr. bled tanoe. i am a pharmacist. i used to work for a major chain pharmacy here in oklahoma city. w i work inpatient as a pharmacist. >> my name is david hale. i'm an overnight pharmacist working for one of the large national retail chains. i've been a pharmacist for about seven years now. >> hello, my name is dr. lannie duong, i'm a clinical pharmacist in california. >> hi, i'm dr. jennifer morro

jim mcbride with the boston globe, covering that team, the patriots. jim, i mean, i got to ask you, one, what he meant to the patriots and not just to the boston area or massachusetts but when you look at patriots followers, this extends many states beyond to a big chunk of new england and beyond. how big a sports hero in that time and is there anyone comparable? >> yeah, he joins the mount rushmore of football with bobby orr and larry bird and bill russell and ted williams. just along with bill belichick and robert kraft, he helped transform that franchise into a perennial super bowl contender and really, the envy of every professional franchise in the world, not just in the nfl. so what he meant to new england was huge. i don't think, most die hard prosecutor patriots fans didn't want to see him leave. moves the needle in new england. was he going to retire or not, it was still the biggest story in boston and hasn't played there for two years. his impact, immeasurable. >> on the field and off. i mean, this was a career that was not scandal plagued an

doctor lucy mcbride is an internist in washington, d.c.ritten columns for "usa today," "the washington post," "the atlantic" and others. welcome to the newshour, thanks for being herincomer your latest piece you cite the alarming mental health crisis we've seen among kids in america, the learning loss that we also know is very real, but those as you note in your piece are mostly related to school closures and lockdowns and remote learning. on on masking scifically. what is the evidence you have seen that shows masking in schools is harmful for kids? >> two years of living in the pandemic have caused a lot of harm to children and it's difficult to quantity fie the losses, emotional and social toll that children have faced. it is also recognized that there is mounting data that our earliest readers have trouble when they don't see faces. so children who are struggling with speak and language delay, children who are, have english as a second language, and every child who wants to connect with peers, mentor meanters or teachers it is really ti