Starting today, if you're fully vaccinated and you're outdoors,

you need, and not in a big crowd, you no longer need to wear a mask.

The CDC is able to make this announcement

because our scientists are convinced by the data

that the odds of getting or giving the virus to others is very, very low

if you're both been fully vaccinated and out in the open air. So go get the shot. It's never been

easier. Once you're fully vaccinated, you can go without a mask when you're outside and away from big crowds.

It's never been easier. President Biden announces new CDC guidance on outdoor mask use.

The question this morning, will the chance of gathering outside safely encourage more of us to get vaccinated?

Plus, the president delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight.

The question is, what exactly will he ask of Congress?

And Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy sidesteps a question about whether conference chair Liz

Cheney should remain in House leadership. The question this morning was his non-answer an answer?

It's way too early, the show that is breathing a sigh of relief this morning, literally.

I am Casey Hunt on this Wednesday, April 28th.

We'll start with the news.

We're learning new details about President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress tonight.

A key theme will be that government works.

One White House officials said the address will be something of a victory lap on his administration's handling of the pandemic,

the vaccination campaign, and the immediate impact of the American Rescue Plan, including those stimulus checks.

It will also be a, quote, sober assessment of what we've been through and a, quote, clear-eyed

assessment of the challenges we still face. The White House says racial justice will be another

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