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for anyone who's ever had problems
telling twins and triplets apart is
color coding them the answer thankfully
that will be explained on today's show
i'm carl azuz the first story we're
unmasking in today's down the middle
coverage involves face masks themselves
suddenly they're no longer required on
public transportation in the united
states but that's a court's decision not
the federal government's last week we
told you how the biden administration
had extended the mass mandate for people
traveling on planes trains and other
forms of public transit the rule had
been set to expire on april 19th the
centers for disease control extended the
requirement until at least may 3rd but
this week a federal judge struck down
the rule saying it was unlawful because
it went beyond the cdc's authority and
didn't follow the usual steps for new
government requirements so does this
mean the mandate is done gone finito for
public transportation we don't know yet
the biden administration can still
appeal the court's decision which it
called disappointing it says the justice
department will be reviewing it and
deciding what to do next meantime the
white house and the cdc say they still
recommend wearing masks on public
transportation but several airlines some
of which strongly criticized the
government's mask requirements were
quick to tell travelers that masks were
no longer needed on flights when some
passengers heard this they said they'd
still keep their masks on while others
who were aboard flights at the time
cheered some other transportation
companies like uber lyft and amtrak have
also dropped their mask requirements
though they say passengers and operators
can still choose to wear them opponents
of the ruling have said it obstructs the
government's efforts to respond to the
covet pandemic and protect people who
need it most supporters have said it's a
win for freedom and for people on public
transportation who've been miserable
while wearing masks
a surprise court ruling has ended the
transportation mask mandate for now u.s
district judge catherine kimball mizell
said she does not need another hearing
to decide that the rule exceeds the
cdc's authority mizell's monday ruling
first threw the travel industry into
disarray but now a growing list of
airlines confirmed mass are no longer
required on their flights the federal
government began requiring mass on
planes trains buses boats and in
terminals starting in february 2021 last
week the biden administration once again
extended the rule to expire on may 3
citing a rise in coronavirus cases but
only hours prior the airline industry's
top lobby wrote the white house to say
the mandate must end we've done it for
two years and it's time to to move
beyond that and now make that the
responsibility of individuals these
coverings are required
judge mazzell was appointed to federal
district court in 2020 by then president
donald trump in her ruling mazel said
travelers have been quote forcibly
removed from their airplane seats denied
boarding at the bus steps and turned
away at the train station doors likening
it to quote detention and quarantine
immediately following her decision
passengers at airports across the
country continued wearing mass unaware
of the ruling hopefully it ends i'll
always wear my mask
i lost my grandmother to covet a year
ago
and some very particular about the mask
up next it's been almost two months
since russian military forces invaded
neighboring ukraine and the battlefield
is changing for one thing russia has
been unable to capture the ukrainian
capital in the north u.s officials say
that's because of apparent tactical
mistakes by russian forces and fierce
resistance by ukrainian fighters so now
russia's concentrating its fight on
eastern ukraine in what a ukrainian
official calls the second phase of the
war with the change in tactics comes a
new weapons shipment from the united
states this one worth 800 million
dollars we've reported on numerous
american contributions like this the us
has sent billions to support ukraine
even though it's not part of the nato
alliance that america is a key member of
how is russia responding to these
shipments
the first shipments of that new more
heavy-duty military assistance for
ukraine started arriving in the region
over the weekend but there is already
concern that more equipment may be
needed soon a u.s official said there is
growing concerns about the ammunition
inventory of the ukrainians as it's
expected that heavy ground combat will
be picking up in the coming days in
eastern ukraine now this new round of
800 million dollars worth of security
assistance includes 18 howitzers and 40
000 artillery rounds but a source said
that those could be expended and used in
just a matter of days now the pentagon
has been working trying to address how
to arm the ukrainians faster defense
secretary lloyd austin as well as
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
general mark milley have held daily
calls with their counterparts in the
region urging them to ship more supplies
and equipment into ukraine ukrainian
president vladimir zelinsky told our
colleague jake tapper that he's
appreciative of this new military
assistance but said that much more is
needed and will be needed in the coming
weeks now at the same time russia has
been protesting the u.s sending this
type of equipment into ukraine sending a
diplomatic note to the state department
warning of quote unpredictable
consequences if they keep arming the
ukrainians but for the time being the
u.s does not appear to be deterred in
any way from providing these this type
of weaponry to ukraine and they're
adapting the kinds of weapons that they
are sending sending more sophisticated
and heavy duty
equipment and weaponry into ukraine even
after some administration officials had
earlier been hesitant to do so worrying
that it could pose a greater risk of
escalation but it's clear that the u.s
is listening to the demands of the
ukrainians in trying to fulfill their
needs as quickly as possible
acknowledging that more may be on the
way as well arlett signs cnn the white
house
ten-second trivia what is the most
common type of twins identical twins
mirror image twins fraternal twins or
monozygotic twins
monozygotic is just another way of
saying identical but the most common
type of twins is fraternal
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but this next story is three times the
fun it involves triplets the chances of
a woman being pregnant with three babies
at once are one in ten thousand if they
happen to be identical like the
wisconsin trio you're about to meet they
can be tough even for parents to tell
apart especially when they're infants so
besides different outfits what can be
done about this
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when you're dealing with identical
triplets you can't expect them to always
be introducing themselves so is it any
wonder that this tip for triplets went
viral on tick-tock
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forget pedicures this is a cure for
misidentification
the boy's proud aunt posted the nail
polish hack
who gets what color of the triplets how
does that work so henrik is blue
james is green and thomas is red the 15
month old hassel quiz triplets were more
of a hassle to tell apart when they were
younger for a few months you know having
that there is a backup just to make sure
you didn't feed the same kid twice
posters on tick tock called the nail
polish trick genius it brought back
memories
i did this with my twins and it wore off
in the bath i spent days convinced they
were mixed up i'm still unsure and they
are 21.
okay even nail polish wouldn't solve
problems on the magnitude scene in the
parent trap then he would hire like like
sisters holly i like twins
but the parents of these wisconsin
triplets aren't taking any chances in
addition to weekly nail polish
application they tend to dress the boys
in their color these kids truly are
color-coded
yes
and we're not color-coded they're
numbered
unexpected item in bagging area
these triplets have swept the internet
off its feet with their painted toes
genie most cnn
new york
is it genius it's thorinious an
interesting way to polish up on
parenting of course when they're older
it could land you in deep triple it
might leave one blue another red in the
face the third green with envy but if
you're a fan of color-coded kids baby
mom totally nailed it today's shout out
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