, that has led to a flash flood watch for arizona today. we could see in some areas up to 4 or 5 inches of rain. and again, with the ground so dry and picking up this much rain in short order, that is the recipe for some flooding. and also right here, i want to show you that across the midwest today, we could see a significant severe weather setup later on this afternoon on into this evening, there is a level three out of five ring, and that includes madison, wisconsin. we could see very damaging winds later. >> thanks for keeping a close eye on all of that, tyler mauldin with that. >>> and if you are feeling pain at the pump or in the pocketbook, inflation is likely to blame. over the past dryear, prices ha skyrocketed. the cpi was up more than 5% annually last month. and gas is up a whopping 45%, which is programs not all that surprising after so many months of empty roads zs and lower dem. but the president of the federal reserve bank believes the surges will be temporary. >> we know that as the economy goes through this first rapid shut

he said arizona does not allow mask mandates, vaccine mandates, vaxing passports or discrimination in schools based on who is or isn't vaccinated. we've passed it into law. one doctor had a message. >> i am so sick of this virus filling my emergency department and those of my colleagues around the country. i'm sick of watching sickness, severe illness and death. and to the folks that don't want to put a mask back on for a short period of time until we get these surges understand control, i would ask them, to you live with anyone who is unvaccinated, do you live with anyone for whom the vaccines might not work perfectly? do you have kids, do you have elderly parents, wear a mask for them for the short term to keep them protected while we try to get this back under control. >> and the mask debate is heating up in florida. a group of anti-mask protestors burned some outside a school board meeting and it forced a delay in the meeting. and governor desantis is also criticizing mask recommendations in schools. he said that he trusts parents to make their own choices when it comes to masking

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an emergency physician at valley wise health medical center in phoenix, arizona, joins me now, live, from miami. doctor, good to see you, and thanks so much. what -- what do you make of this study that was published in the journal "nature" shows the virus variants can evade these monoclonal antibodies? and -- and, also, that one dose of pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine is way less effective than two doses. what does all that tell you? >> yeah, no, i think it's a fascinating basic-science study that honestly jives with what we are seeing clinically. monoclonal antibodies are fine but really what's important in beating this disease is vaccination. and so, this study suggested that one dose isn't nearly as effective as two. but the full-vaccination dose requires two doses. you know what's even worse than one or two doses of the vaccine? is natural infection. and immunity that provides. so vaccination is just definitely the better route to go. better than natural immunity. better than one dose. two-full doses provides quite a bit of protection. >> and to that point, i mean, half of the u.s.