cases can cause organ failure or bleeding from the mouth, eyes or ears. the virus is spread maybely through rodents. transmission from human-to-human is rare. officials say preventing covid-19 remains the main priority. hong kong announced it will shut down all kindergartens and primary schools until at least after the lunar new year next month. and by that point we will start organizing vaccination programs at the schools. as far as these restrictive city lockdowns, there is no timeline for how long they could last. bret? bret: alex, thanks. up next, big money politics in georgia, a republican former senator putting her own money on the table to take on democrats. first, beyond our borders tonight a couple of stories, russian troops hope live fire military drills near ukraine. thousand troops were equipped with hardware including tanks and armored vehicles it comes one day after russia and the u.s. held security talks in geneva.