griffin, thank you. tens of thousands of kids in chicago, a huge school district, the third biggest school district in the country, they re not going to school today after the chicago teachers union voted to stay home from school until january 18th or whenever the latest coronavirus surge subsides. so let s start now with cnn s omar jimenez, live in chicago. omar, this is not what the school system wanted. this is not what the mayor wanted. but this is what the teachers have forced. reporter: that s right, brianna. and the communication that the public schools district sent out not long before midnight yesterday, they called this an unfortunate decision, and said they are now worried about the well-being of students. that messaging went on to say that teachers will not be compensated for this, as they consider this a work stoppage. now, part of what the chicago teachers union had asked for, part of what their concerned about is they don t believe the current measures in place are
hannity was sounding the alarm behind the scenes while pushing lies in front of the camera. first, this morning, other news, classes canceled today in chicago, that s the third largest school district in this country after the teachers union voted last night to teach virtually rather than in the classroom, citing concerns over the fast spreading omicron variant. cnn correspondent omar jimenez has been following all of this. omar, i m curious, first of all, how long have they voted to stay virtual? reporter: so the union indicated this yes vote doesn t just apply to today, but that members intend to refuse in person teaching until at least january 18th or until both the school district and the union can reach an agreement on what safe in person learning actually looks like. now, the chicago school district sent out a communication not long before midnight last night, notifying families that class
yes, rev. on january 18th, the day after the holiday, yolanda will be addressing an audience of students from all of the schools that are together with the national cathedral, as well as an online presentation, the same presentation will be streamed. and she is the third generation of kings who have spoken at the national cathedral. i have spoken, and now yolanda renee will be speaking. we are so excited about that happening the day after the holiday. it s at 9:00 online at the national cathedral. you know, i saw the video of your father speaking. i was too young, and i clapped for you speaking. but yolanda taught me how the young folks do this. i ll do this for her. martin luther king iii, thank you for joining me. coming up in this week s
but they want is for election day to be a holiday, three weeks of voting before that and count every ballot that arrives ten days after election day. it is wide open for fraud. it s based on a huge, huge fake problem which is that racial minorities in this country don t have access to the ballot box like everybody else. how offensive to every black and brown person in america who has every right as everyone else does to vote and they are making it up. i wonder how those college kids parents feel spending thousands of dollars of those kids are not in a classroom but instead they are in a tent out in front of the building complaining what they are doing 2,000 miles away. watch fox nation specialness education america available january 18th. thank you very much. not only do centrum multigummies taste great. they help support your immune defenses, too. because a healthy life. starts with a healthy immune system. with vitamins c and d, and zinc.
he is putting the full force of the presidency behind him. it is not they have bad leaders, they have bad followers. they are calling their own voters deplorablea. interesting strategy, paul. that s it for us tonight. never forget to show you care about your freedom where freedom matters. get it on the website. it is tuesday, january 18th. we begin with fox news alert. democrats pushing forward with efforts to overhaul the election city and facing off with each other, members of their own party are standing in their way. i m todd piro. i m greg. this is fellas edition of fox and friends first. the senate is expected to debate ahead of a potential vote tomorrow. alexandria hoff has details.