Tonight, mask confusion. The CDC says if you're fully vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask.

So why are some states and businesses saying something different?

The reaction tonight to the sudden reversal.

As states and businesses grapple with their own mask mandates, who is keeping them and who's dropping them?

When people come in and say they've been vaccinated, how do we know?

Violence rocks the Middle East. Israel ramps up its attacks on Gaza. As bombs and rockets fall,

families race to shelters. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been wounded, including children, as the

death toll rises in Gaza and Israel. National terrorism alert, the new warning tonight about

violent extremists. Trouble for Matt Gates, a former friend of the Florida congressman agrees to plead guilty to

charges, including sex trafficking of a minor. What he's telling the feds and what it could mean

for Gates. Were you aware she was 17 at the time? Trump's party. House Republicans choose Trump

loyalist Elise Stefonic to replace Liz Cheney in party leadership,

cementing the former president's influence on the GOP.

Bizarre recount. The 2020 election audit in Arizona, right next to a carnival. And fueled by conspiracy theories, why they're using UV lights and checking

for bamboo fibers.

And it's Friday, so CBS's Steve Hartman is on the road for a war fought with wit, not weapons.

This is the CBS evening news with Nora O'Donnell. not weapons.

This is the CBS evening news with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy Friday. We're going to begin with fallout over the bombshell announcement by the CDC that fully vaccinated Americans no

longer need masks indoors or outside.

Well, tonight, local governments, retailers and restaurants say the promise of the newly

relaxed policy is running into the reality of rolling it out nationwide.

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