maria, would you way in a little bit before we lose rochelle. >> thank you, peggy and rochelle -- you made my job easy in outlining these major issues. i think what you have outlined that aspects of trying to understand these variants in real-time. we are seeing science in real-time, we are seeing collaboration and seeing innovation and we are seeing data sharing and i think it is foreshadowing what we will have to do into this year. the virus is under pressure and this is what viruses do. this is part of the evolution of the viruses and we are in a situation now where we have events within events and i think that what we are saying is that we want the world to understand that there is a process in place to evaluate each of these areas mutations, each of these variants in terms of transmission and severity and potential impacts on diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. right now as you pointed out, we are in a situation where diagnostics and therapeutics and vaccines work but we may be in a situation where that changes. we need to be on this where we have good eyes and ears around th

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rochelle walensky, the new director of the centers for disease control. ma'am, i'll just say it right now, thank you for what you're doing. and i am -- i will reiterated how intimidated i am by the task ahead of you. but the task ahead of you. but i'll also tell you if you get stepped on and you and the scientists at the cdc for any reason feel you're not able to lead with public health or not able to say what needs to be done. which i don't expect but if it happens please know you have an open door here to tell the public what's going on, and you'll not believe how much support you'll get for scientific freedom if there's any political trammel on what you're doing. >> i certainly hope to be back and i don't hope or anticipate it'll be for that reason. >> i look forward to having you back. good luck to you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. we'll be right back. stay with us. you >> all right we'll be right back. stay with us what a messed up- only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin'

perspective on the story now we can speak to journalist for shall harrison plus she's in sydney hi rochelle good to see you and this is a pretty bold move from facebook here at we saw what the australian treasurer had to say but what are other lawmakers saying about this. absolutely well the australian prime minister scott morrison said this move was disappointing and arrogant statements ironically posted to facebook actually. authorities saying that they were absolutely blindsided by these measures with with the news blackout coming at around 5 30 am local time here in australia scott morrison also saying that certain australia would not be intimidated by big tech and that they will push on to get this contentious media bargaining code legislated and implemented and pushed through to to become law. we also heard from the treasurer josh frydenberg as you mentioned he called the move heavy handed and wrong he also concerned that he'd spoken to the facebook chief mark. this day and said that they'd had. constructive discussion and that they'd buy the grader to find a part way forwards or so w

rochelle walensky warned people should get vaccinated as soon as possible to prevent new coronavirus variants from causing a fresh surge in cases. >> we have seen declines in cases and admissions and a recent slowing of deaths. cases remain extraordinarily high. twice as high as the peak number of cases before the summer. and that continue liberation of variants that spread more easily threatens to reverse these recent trends. amy: the cdc director also says the vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools. a position in astron fire from teachers unions nationwide. on wednesday, baltimore city schools announced a two-week delay to its plans to expand in person after students and parents joined teachs in a car caravan protest demanding stronger safety measures, including that all staff members be fully vaccinated. president biden's pick to become secretary of education received a warm reception on capitol hill wednesday. connecticut public schools commissioner miguel cardona told a senate committee he favors reopening schools during the pandemic with sci

rochelle walensky, the new director of the cdc. dr. again for being here and it is a real honor to have you. the comments at the covid briefing from the white house got a lot of attention and i think broadly speaking i am not a teacher. i know a lot of teachers. i feel like teachers are worried that even if kids are not high risk, if they get infected at school, many of the teachers feel like they are at high risk. why is it not a prerequisite? >> thank you for raising this and thank you for discussing this. i want to be very clear about what the science shows and what i believe in how that we should prioritize. thereis accumulating data something there is not a lot of transmission happening in schools when the proper mitigation levels are taken. masking, distancing, dedensification of the classroom, ventilation, contact tracing, hand washing. all of those things when done well the data and the science suggests there is not a lot of transmission in schools and that the case rates in schools are generally lower than they are in the popu

rochelle walensky. thanks so much for joining us. good to see you again.hools should be the last thing to close and the first thing to open unquote. should all students be back in classrooms before the end of this school year? >> good morning, jake, thanks for having me again. really, what we have said in our guidance is that the amount of classroom activity really depends on the amount of spread in the community. we know that the amount of disease in the community is completely reflected as to what's happening in school, if there's more disease in the community, there will be more in school and that most disease in school does not come from in-school transmission but comes from into the community. so what we would advocate for is to have more kids in school as our community spread comes down. >> so the cdc guidelines suggest schools could opt not to reopen in person classes if they're in a red zone with the high community spread that you just referred to. according to our analysis of federal data, that includes 99% of american children, but you have said,

rochelle walensky. welcome to "meet the press." before i get to the school guidelines, i want to ask about a report out of the uk that indicates this uk variant, not just potentially more contagious, but potentially more deadly, and this is obviously the variant that officials like yourself fear could be the dominant strain in this country. how concerned are you that we're up against another dark period? >> good morning, chuck. thanks for having me. i think we have to watch this very, very carefully. we've known now that this b117 variant that came from the uk, we have over 1,000 cases here in the united states in over 39 states. we know the early data have demonstrated that it's around 40% to 50% more transmissible. already that means we're likely to have more cases and more deaths from this. now, this early data that have come from a prior set of early data have suggested there might, in fact, be increased morbidity and mortality. all of it is really -- wraps up into we can't let our guard down. we have to continue wearing masks.

authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochelle salamanders bookshop. when we show salamander opened a jewish bookstore over nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. where show sell amanda's family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel or the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. i felt the story which i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works for defining ideas of what i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and tracked down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again. today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are reexamining history and all those like a 1000000 of garlic who see the past from new perspectives. these again about sort of how to do this generation has not had to h

i might be wrong on that, but, rochelle. dr. walensky: i am unfamiliar with data there. what i can tell you is most of the data that we have from schools have demonstrated that and teachers specifically have demonstrated that when disease comes into the school, it is not because of spread that is happening in the school, it is because the members who are attending school teachers, , staff, bus workers, and what not, bus drivers have gotten disease from the community, not from one another in schools. reporter: okay. and so my follow-up question is: dr. fauci, i've seen you on tv saying that, you know, you can't vaccinate all the teachers before you reopen the schools, but i've also seen the president and the vice president saying, “look, it's really, really important that we vaccinate teachers and they need to be prioritized.” and so, i know you don't have the data, but assuming that the number isn't zero, what do you say to the teacher or the person who lives in a teacher household who says, “you know, i don't want to be the next or last person to die of covid because we

cdc director rochelle wilensky is pivoting a bit. schools can reopen, teachers don't need to be vaccinated but the biden administration said she was speaking in her, quote, personal capacity failing to mention her personal capacity and the highly regarded specialist who runs the nation's biggest health agency but she is backtracking a bit saying americans with high rates of disease known as spread zones it is not safe to open schools. >> we need to make sure as we come out of red zones and decide to get down from red to lower rates of transmission and we need to do the work to get those mitigation strategies up and running in all the schools. >> reporter: in other words check off the long list of items teachers unions have mandated before opening schools. the change of tune did not go unnoticed on social media, quote, the cdc's position makes no sense in this interview illustrates it will, quote, follow the science, teachers unions don't like it. an op-ed, liberal washington post concluded cdc schools report will keep millions of kid

this is what rochelle walensky said to my colleague jake tapper today.. >> we really don't want to bring community disease into the classroom. we also know that mask breaching is among the reasons that we have transmission within schools when it happens. so we really need to do the hard work to make sure that there is universal masking, there's strict six feet of distancing between, that there's cohorting or podding, so that there's restriction of disease if it wrb to be transmitted, and all of the contact tracing and what not that needs to be done. and all of that is really hard to put together. >> so she's basically saying even if the schools have the masks available, that the problem is mask breaching. so how can every school ensure there won't be mask breaching especially in areas where there are no longer mask mandates? >> that's exactly what the challenge is honestly, pamela. and it's why dr. walensky and dr. fauci both believe vaccinations should be prioritized for educators. and it's a complex problem, it's that road to put all of that together.

rochelle walensky said there's growing evidence schools can reopen safely.said, that's even before all teachers can be vaccinated. stephanie sy has our conversation again tonight. stephanie: judy, teachers and school staff say they need enough protective gear and safety measures in place before they return to in-person school. they also want more access to the covid vaccine. only about half of states are specifically prioritizing teachers as an eligible group for vaccines right now, although teachers may still qualify because of their age or medical conditions. last night, we heard from the head of the largest teachers union. now, for a different perspective i'm joined by christopher morphew, dean of the school of education at johns hopkins university. thank you so much for joining us. there are k-12 age students who have not been in in person school since last march. how much learning has been lost? >> first of all, thank you for inviting me. we are starting to see some evidence around a learning loss and it looks pretty significant. last june, a colleague

rochelle walensky. i understand these -- doctor, as i understand these new guidelines, if you have proper mitigation in place even in communities with high transmission, some students can go back to school at least some of the time for in-person instruction, is that correct? >> good morning. good to be back with you. in fact, that is correct. so even in the areas of the highest community spread, we are advocating with the strict mitigation measures that you described including universal and mandatory masking as well as 6 foot of distancing, that at least our k-5 children should be able to get back to school at least in a hybrid mode. chris: so given that the, doctor, is there any scientific reason why, for instance, the 52,000 public school students in san francisco have been shut out of school for 11 months now, since last march? >> it's a great question. what we have tried to do with this new guidance is to take the extensive literature that has occurred from september through now where we've had expe

rochelle walensky.cine will begin shipping as soon as tonight. here's the latest. >> reporter: the u.s. vaccination effort is getting another shot in the arm with up to 4 million doses of the new johnson & johnson vaccine ready to rollout immediately. that follows the meeting on sunday afternoon held almost exactly a year since the first covid related death reported in the u.s. >> people are listening. people are engaged. people really want to know what this important advisory committee has to say. >> reporter: the committee voted unanimously to recommend the johnson & johnson vaccine to adults over 18. the johnson & johnson vaccine is considered 72% effective and offers 86% protection against severe forms of covid-19. efficacy rate not as high as in pfizer and moderna trials, but experts say it's apples and oranges. >> it's hard to compare them side by side because they were tested at different times. >> reporter: the johnson & johnson vaccine only requires one dose and isn't stored frozen. another pos

didn't the cdc director rochelle walensky say earlier in the week that a vaccine wasn't a prerequisitegoing back to school. >> that took everyone by surprised. that a vaccine is not required but only if you have all of the necessary safety measures in place. now director walensky says her agency plans to release guidance on whether teachers should be vaccinated before schools fully reopen in person. >> more to come, obviously. thanks very much. it is almost the weekend. just in time we will see >> all lanes are open after a garbage truck caught fire in san francisco. the truck went up in flames around 11:30. in the northbound lanes near the off ramp. all lanes were closed for some time. again, they are back open this evening. all right. you can tell from the shot that it was a clear, sunny day today. let's get to the accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. wow. needed the shades today, sandhya. >> yeah. it was bright and sunny and mild to warm, ama. we will continue this for the weekend since there are so many people enjoying it. i know we need the rain but i do not have it yet. i wan

researchers in la rochelle on the atlantic coast say the animals were disease free but were bruised and showed other signs of trauma they're asking for a winter moratorium on the use of large fishing nets which can reach up to 10 meters deep europe's most active volcano has been putting on one of its most spectacular displays in recent memory mount etna on the italian island of sicily has been spewing lava and ash into the air for more than a week okinawa just say this level of activity is rare but poses no serious threat to nearby populations. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe cases of cope with 19 the single shot job to get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week. and don has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme 600000 astra zeneca jobs arrived on wednesday the un that scheme will see more than 2000000000 coburg 1000 doses delivered to developing countries biotech firm a dearness says u.s. regulators ar

rochelle walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendations by monday.y nearly 4 million doses will be available immediately, which could increase vaccination for states by 25%. joining me now to discuss is dr. wen, a cnn medical analyst and former baltimore city health commissioner. she's also participating in the clinical trial for johnson & johnson vaccine. good to see you, doctor. >> good to see you, fred. >> so in your view and based on your experience now, will this third vaccine be a potential game-changer? >> absolutely, fred. and here's why. first of all, it's important for us to have any new vaccine, because supply is a limiting factor. so now we know there is another vaccine that appears to be safe and very effective, especially at preventing severe disease, because that's what we care about. we should keep in mind that this vaccine in clinical trials prevented 100% of severe disease that was serious enough to cause hospitalization and death. that's really important. and also having a single dose, really important, too, because the simpler you

states across the country are pushing their governments to move them up in the covid-19 vaccine, less rochelle metzger introduces us to a north carolina woman who's fighting not only breast cancer. but state bureaucracy as well. >>been nervous a diva barney says living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, she takes 20 pills a day and undergoes daily chemo treatments. so i take my last breath and some you know part of lives we first introduced you to barney in january she was calling on the state to re evaluate its vaccination plan north carolina adjusted its priority list to vaccinate people, 65 and older barney along with members of her breast cancer support group got pushed from these 2 groups to to group bore i'm not just representing me i want everyone to be able, you know they're going to turn and treatments, you'll be able to dozens of e-mails phone calls and voicemails to the governor's office state and local health departments and secretary mandy cohen's office went unanswered then about a week ago she finally got a response from doctor cohen's office reading part of it to me over zo

perspective on the story now we can speak to journalist for shall harrison plus she's in sydney hi rochelle good to see you and this is a pretty bold move from facebook here and we saw what the australian treasurer had to say but what are other lawmakers saying about this thing. absolutely well the australian prime minister scott morrison said this move was disappointing and arrogant statements ironically posted to facebook actually. authorities saying that they were absolutely blindsided by these measures with with the news blackout coming at around 5 30 am local time here in australia scott morrison also saying that sir australia would not be intimidated by big tekken that they will push on to get this contentious media bargaining code legislated and implemented in and pushed through to to become law. we also heard from the treasurer josh frydenberg as you mentioned he called the move heavy handed and long he also concerned that he'd spoken to the facebook chief mark zuckerberg this day and said that they'd had. constructive discussion and that they both are graded to find a half way forw

doses from one to 2 million about 5% of americans have been not vaccinated twice cdc director doctor rochelle walensky reported new coeonavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to decline. but said it's still too early to attribute that to vaccinations alone we should stress and that comfort doctor anthony fauci said he's working with pfizer and moderna to determine if a person has been vaccinated can still spread the disease there have been some studies. >>that appointing into a very favorable direction that will have to be verified and corroborated. >>the studies in the meantime fauci said the most important thing americans can do along with masking and social distancing get vaccinated. and the biden administration recently signed the final contracts to purchase a 100 million more doses each of the pfizer and moderna shots which helps that reach its goal of vaccinating or at least making the vaccine widely available to the public by the end of summer live in washington, i'm jessi jesse, we know that that's the goal but from from other americans dealing with all that severe weather out th

rochelle walensky, addressed those concerns in a tweet. schools a long needed road map for how to do so safely under different levels of disease in the community, unquote. >>> nbc's blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: it's the long awaited guidance from the cdc, getting kids safely back in classrooms. but after reading it, shauna is even more concerned. >> my initial reaction was it's taking us five steps backwards. this is going to be a real impediment to getting kids back in the classrooms. >> reporter: jessica allen want today hear more about ventilation. >> i'm frustrated. because i'm holding into the hope there will be clear actionable guidance coming out. >> reporter: and keri rodriguez is hopeful but cautious. >> it's wonderful to get this guidance, but if the guidance is not implemented, it doesn't mean anything at all. >> reporter: as for teachers? >> it would have been great to have this ten months ago. >> it is a relief. >> reporter: guidance includes implementing a color coding system to determine which schools should be op

rochelle walensky. we'll bring you that as soon as it begins. this comes at a critical point in the fight against the virus. as experts are warning that the country is now in a race against time and also simultaneously at a cross roads. with new variants popping up across the country and a vaccine distribution effort that is still plagued with delays and uncertainty. leading one top infectious disease expert to warn of this. >> the fact is that the surge that is likely to occur with this new variant from england is going to happen in the next six to 14 weeks. and if we see that happen, which my 45 years in the trefnches tel us we will, we will r going to see something take we've not seen in this country. >> after the year that we've been through. at the same time the extreme financial toll that the pandemic has taken on almost every american is also in the spotlight today. in just a few hours ten republican senators will be meeting with president biden at the white house to talk about the covid relief package that he's been pushing. the group of

thanks again to cdc director rochelle walensky for being here. we'll see you again tomorrow night. "way too early with kasie hunt" is up next. >>> never in the history of congress have people been deciding where other parties are putting people on committees. >> senator mcconnell said her views amount to a cancer for the republican party. >> well, i denounce all those comments that were brought up. everybody -- and she came to the floor -- she came inside our conference and denounced them as well. she said she was wrong. she has reached out in other ways and forums. and nothing that she said has been based upon since she's been a member of congress. the voters -- the voters -- no, the voters decided she could come and serve. >> the qanon congresswoman gets a pass from house republicans, while congresswoman liz cheney had to fight back a challenge for her leadership post. cheney more than survived, but the question is, what's next for marjorie taylor greene? >>> plus, new remarks from president biden on his nearly $2 trillion economic relief proposal. he says he wants a bipartisan b

director doctor rochelle walensky encourages americans to get vaccinated even with a new cdc report revealing about half of recipients don't feel well for a short time after their second shot this should not deter you from getting your second does, but you need to have a light fitting of activity after getting vaccinated while the u.s. remains focused on adults new studies are in the works about the vaccine's safety for children we will likely get information. >>for high schoolers at some time in the fall doctor anthony fauci says that could mean the start of child vaccinations with data on younger kids expected in twenty-twenty to the final decisions we always leave to the fda. >>and as the fda continues to evaluate the country's 3rd coronavirus vaccine. the white house is opening more community vaccination centers, the team just announced today 4 in florida and one in pennsylvania that will be able to eventually that vaccinate thousands of people every day once up and running live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >>thank you jesse pfizer is seeking approval now from the fda to store its vac

authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochellealamanders bookshop. when rasho cell amanda opened a jewish bookstore over nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. or show salamanders family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel or the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. the story which you did i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works. and i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and tracked down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again hi martin today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are reexamining history and authors like and lena gorelick who see the past from new perspectives. these again about sort of how to do this generation has not had to have the same confrontati

rochelle walensky. she joins us from boston this morning.ou heard the british prime minister give himself a little bit of wiggle room on committing to reopening schools in his country next month, particularly given this new research on b117, that highly contagious strain that is found to have higher hospitalization and death risk associated with it. should areas of this country, where there is b117, still have in-person classes? >> doctor: there are over a thousand b117 cases we have documented in this country in 39 states. we estimate now that about 4% of disease in this country is related to b117, and we have projections it may be the dominant strain by the end of march. the amount of disease in school is very much related to the amount of disease in the communities. so the work we do to decrease the amount of disease in our communities is that much more benefit to getting our schools reopened. >> brennan: you said on friday at a press conference that 90% of the country's schools are in areas with high levels of transmission. don't those s

rochelle wallensky is warning americans not to throw away the progress sunday. >> please watch the super bowl safely. gathering only virtually or with the people you live with. >> reporter: while tampa is hosting the big game, others are turning into mass vaccination sites. >> the reason this site was chosen, making sure that communities that are often left behind are not left behind, they're prioritized. >> reporter: a new study in the uk of the astrazeneca oxford vaccine found it may slow transmission, but that vaccine is not available in the u.s. >> the astrazeneca company has not provided the kind of transparent information that the other companies have. >> reporter: here on capitol hill, democrats in the house and senate have taken a procedural step needed to pass a $1.9 trillion relief bill without any republican votes. he conen or pre bid is coidenrepublicanllk >> reporter: though there's little evidence they will. >> if it goes forward without any changes from what was originally proposed, i would predict that not a single republican will support the $1.9 trillion plan. >> report

authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochellelamanders bookshop. when rasho salamander opened a jewish bookstore even nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. were shown cell amanda's family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel will the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. i felt the story which i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works for defining ideas of what i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and tracked down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again. today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are reexamining history and authors like and lena gorelick who see the past from new perspectives. the 2nd about so how did this generation has not had to have the same confr

authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochellelamanders bookshop. when we're shown cell amanda opened a jewish bookstore even nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. were shown salamanders family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel or the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. which i found the story which i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works for defining ideas of what i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and try to track down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again hi martin today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are reexamining history and authors like in lena gorelick who see the past from new perspectives. these again about sort of how to do this generation

rochelle walinsky's comments come after governors in montana and iowa lifted the restrictions. >> i think we're not gut oft woods yet. we need to get our kids back to school. we need to get our communities back to some normal functioning before e contagious variant first found in the uk. >>> and memorials were held across florida on the anniversary of the parkland school shooting, one of the deadliest mass school shootings in our nation's history. this was the scene yesterday in ft. lauderdale. it was three years ago yesterday an expelled student opened fire inside marjorie stoneman douglas high school armed with an ar-15 rifle 14 students and 3 staff members were killed. a dad who lost his daughter in the massacre says the support means the world to him. >> we're happy to see the community come together to take some time out of their day to remember the victims, to remember my daughter, to remember the other 16 wonderful souls that were taken that day. >> president biden yesterday called on congress to toughen gun laws including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning as

rochelle walensky, about president biden's back to school plan. and heyward donigan will be with us to tell us how her company plans to help with getting americans vaccinated. plus we'll check in with dr. scott gottlieb. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> brennan: good morning. and welcome to "face the nation." the headlines this morning are similar to what they were almost exactly a day, aweek, and aa year ago, after being acquitted in the foreign interference impeachment case. now former president donald trump has been acquitted again, this time for incitement of insurrection. but this time seven republican senators broke with their party. it was still 10 votes short of conviction. we want to begin this morning with one of the impeachment managers, colorado democratic congressman joe neguse, and he's in washington. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, margaret. >> brennan: you closed you're argument yesterday by saying extremist groups may be emboldened and the violence on the 6th may just be the beginning. are you saying repu

authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochellesalamanders bookshop. when we show salamander opened a jewish bookstore over nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. were shown cell amanda's family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel or the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. i felt the story which you did i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works for defining ideas of and i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and tracked down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again. today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are really examining history and authors like and lena gorelick who see the past from new perspectives. these again about sort of how to do this generation has not h

rochelle metzger reports.e public spotlight on the coronavirus pandemic it may be easy to forget that were at the height of flu season, we just really have dot seen hardly any clue at all according to the centers for disease control and prevention seasonal influenza activity in the united states is lower than usual for this time of year. >>the incident is just incredibly loud in our practice and all around we're seeing very very little on the order of a handful of hospitalized cases this cdc map shows flu activity nationwide the shades of green mean low to minimal compared to the cdc map from the same week last year red and purple states had high to very high flu activity respiratory viruses all spread kind of the same way through close contact with respiratory droplets. i think we're seeing the impact of the preventive measures for covid spilling over into flu and then of course a lot of flu spreads through school and kids and so a lot of kids are not in school and so they're not spreading those germs. the cd

host: rochelle, new york, democrat's line. rosetta, go ahead. caller: i want to say that... i keep hearing everybody talk about impeachment, impeachment. which, he should be impeached. but you said impeachment is an abuse of office. but it is not criminal. why isn't it criminal? why couldn't the democrats say ok, we are going to impeach him for criminal activity as well? this is prior to the covid business coming out, from the beginning. my whole point is why shouldn't he go to jail? he should be in jail. if you went to jail, that would be like killing two birds with one stone. first of all, he would not think about running for office because he has been a criminal, he has been in jail. host: go ahead. guest: so she makes an excellent point. just to be clear in terms of terminology, he was already impeached. that is the same as someone filing a civil complaint against you, you get slapped with a lawsuit. but again, impeachment is not about crimes, can't put anybody in jail. it is about basically the process for whether you get fired. we all have this in our employment situat

doses from one to 2 million about 5% of americans have been not vaccinated twice cdc director doctor rochelle walensky reported new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to decline. but said it's still too early to attribute that to vaccinations alone we should stress and that comfort doctor anthony fauci said he's working with pfizer and moderna to determine if a person has been vaccinated can still spread the disease there have been some studies. >>that appointing into a very favorable direction that will have to be verified and corroborated. >>the studies in the meantime fauci said the most important thing americans can do along with masking and social distancing get vaccinated. and a biden administration did recently sign the final contract to purchase 100 million more doses each of the pfizer and moderna shots which will help it accomplish its goal of at least making the vaccine widely available to americans by the end of the summer. >>live in washington, i'm jessi tenure. >>thank you jesse. winter storms across the country have already led to dozens of deaths and left millions

over to australia for more details from journalist michelle harrison the she joins me from sydney rochelle can you tell us more about the deal that was reached to restore news content to australian facebook feeds. well facebook has turned the news tap back on reversing the ban out of the australian government agreed to make amendments to its proposed contentious media bargaining war that would fulfill tech giants to pay for news at crucial amendments is that at the code may not apply to google in facebook if they can show that they signed and not deals with news outlets before the college becomes law and the government will consider existing commercial agreements out before the take our names who designated under because of the deals that google for example cut recently with some of the country's biggest media companies will work in its favor so basically if the tech giant sign another commercial agreements they won't be required to operate under the cloud anymore out of the card is lurking there in the government will use it as leverage if it satisfied. that the companies have made if it'

surely demand for the vaccine is still far outstripping supply says deputy health director doctor rochellea well right now our allocation on average about 40,000 doses and we run about 5 6,000 a day and our hope is to run up to. >>as much as possible with our pop ups and mass vaccination sites in our stationary sites are clinically sites. >>the recent decision to make all county residents, 65 and over are eligible for the shot regardless of their health care provider has further increased demand that officials could not say by exactly how much sounding a more optimistic note about the pace of vaccinations is the biden administration's chief medical adviser doctor anthony fauci hu says by late march or april it could be in his words open season for everyone to receive shots. if and when doctor fauci is optimism is borne out mass evacuation sites like levi stadium, the largest in california has the potential to vaccinate up to 15,000 people daily until there is more vaccine, however the county will continue to service smaller existing vaccination sites while at the same time opening pop-up c

rochelle we're told that's. everything petrovic is that her miss have made. here's the jam. for the last taking you so long valentina is petrovic his wife who you'll never see we also get pickles and fruit preserves paris petrovich and valentina have been living in harmony for 40 is. he like the. you know my wife makes me the happiest man in the world and i wish everyone could be just happy to be rich but i also seem a traveling with her. i'm 65 now and i've only travelled once to my brother's funeral no where else just work work work work work work and travel it's me it's what to live. because it's always been passed away that and she as long as i've not had a risk always photius it you know but some of it i always have to be doing something i need to. call it adrenaline. if i just sit around for several days i don't crazy. even a month working. everyone needs this much energy like this in the let me just. you know you have a day and night you know and i'll come get the bread don't worry. yes just like the plan because the bread at 4 am. we'll be bringing it to the people i