Thursday, March 18, 2021: "Masks are not theater"

Dr. Anthony Fauci clashes again with Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul during congressional testimony today, this time defending wearing a mask after being fully vaccinated. 

Plus, President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta Friday after a deadly shooting devastated the community and renewed concerns about anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin wishes President Biden "good health" after Biden called him a "killer."

On today's show: Dr. Celine Gounder, Seung Min Kim with the Washington Post, Melanie Zanona with POLITICO, global analyst Jill Dougherty, and Athens-Clarke County, GA commissioner Mariah Parker. Plus, CNN's Evan Perez and Natasha Chen. 

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