safe enough for students and staff to return in person, amid record covid-19 case numbers we have seen among students, staff and throughout the city of chicago over the past few weeks. but the school district has pushed back on that saying, transmission is not happening in the classroom. they have seen no widespread evidence of that. and further they argue that the tactics of doing a district wide move to virtual learning just isn t practical. part of what they propose is doing school level metrics on when to move to remote learning. for example, a particular school has 50% of the student or staff population, that has to quarantine or isolate. now, moving forward, we are expected to hear from the teachers union a little bit later this morning. but we know that this doesn t just apply to today, the teachers by voting yes on this have indicated that they intend to stay virtual or at least move toward that until january 18th. but, of course, this negotiation
there threshold for delaying non-urgent surgeries, as the nation grapples with the still-rising flood of patients. and this morning, talks between the chicago teachers union and the school district are continuing as they work towards getting kids back in classrooms among this omicron surge. tomorrow, more than 330,000 students will be out of school for a fourth day if the two sides don t come to an agreement on covid protocols. city officials have already rejected most components of the latest proposal. they call for more testing and a return to in-person learning on january 18th. the city says it s already spent enough, about 100 million, on additional covid protection measures. this standoff comes as surging omicron cases pummel chicago. joining me now, sarah carve, an educator reporter for wbjz in chicago. there has been a lot of back and forth on negotiations this weekend. walk us through where we stand with the talks this morning. so, yesterday, after the
martinez, arguing this current tactic of negotiation isn t practical. i have been very, very clear that it is not practical to have a district-wide decision when there is such a variance across our city on how covid is affecting us. it feels like groundhog day. they are compelling leadership to harm hundreds of thousands of chicago families who rely upon c.p.s. for their daily needs. for their education, for their nutrition, for their safety. that s real harm. reporter: now, part of what the district has proposed includes school-level metrics on when to move to remote learning. for example, when 50% of the student population has to either isolate or quarantine. moving forward, the teachers union has indicated that this push to refuse in-person instruction isn t just for today, but goes until at least january 18th, or until both
calling in bruce willis or what nasa is doing with this dart mission where they re trying to crash this spacecraft into an asteroid. they called bruce willis and said hey, do you want to come down for the launch and he said no. so we re on our own, john he ll be surprised by the asteroid that sneaks up on us but nasa, hopefully will not be. come on, bruce. we need you. america needs you. things to do. i think he s free. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world and perhaps on asteroids flying near earth. who knows? it is tuesday, january 18th. i m john bedrrman.
hostage. tonight the negotiations are ongoing and hoping to hold a deal but the district is working on contingency plan. the people to prepare to stay home as late as january 18th, shannon. shannon: dear anna, we know you are honest, thank you very much. searching around the country, new york city is taking particularly hard hit with a spike in case numbers and rise in hospitalizations as parents opt to keep their kids home from from home. laura ingle has the latest tonight from new york, good evening, laura. hi, shannon. it s not the start to the new year many had been hoping for. with covid cases surging and many students out of the classroom once again, new yorkers are just trying to navigate how to stay safe while resuming normal lives as best as a cane. many new york city public schools have sent schools back to remote learning at home with renewed concern over covid. according to the center for