two kn-95 masks. the union s vice president wasn t happy about the deal either. calling it pathetic that teachers had to walk out to get the very little that they did and slammed mayor lori lightfoot for not giving up more. why would anyone be happy about sacrificing pay for face covering? this mayor is unfit to lead this city and she is on a one woman kamikaze mission to destroy our public schools. the proposal still needs to be approved by the full union membership and that s expected to happen as soon as tonight. if it goes through, mayor lightfoot says she is hoping there won t be any more disruptions to schools. at least for the rest of this school year. clearly leaving the door open for potentially another standoff with the union this fall. bret? bret: garrett tenney in chicago, thanks. many are leaving permanently. few are faced the negative effects of the pandemic like
steve: snow day. brian: talking about this virus and a new approach. obviously this current approach is not working and i love with his former advisers, medical advisers helped on transition team and advisers during his campaign said you have got to approach this different. number one, yours the term humility, humble. you didn t see delta or omicron coming. easier said than done but got it at least make that objective. i was not encouraged by some of the recommendations, get a voucher program to assessing n-95 and kn 95 masks. improve the air and waste water, surveillance and genomic sequences. they call for low cost of accessible testing. that we know is an epic fail by the administration. clearly they point out in july when you said we have the upper hand on the virus. that was obviously the wrong message,
represent the gold standard right now, but at the same time, if those masks aren t available to you, a lower quality mask like a surgical mask or even double masking with a cloth mask, still is better than no mask at all. family and to your community. reporter: it comes just as the government rolls out a new program tomorrow, reimbursing insured americans for up to eight at-home covid tests per month. but insurance companies warn it will take time to set up the new system. keep that receipt, and you ll be reimbursed for that purchase. i just think it s going to be potentially a little bit bumpy here in the next maybe even several weeks. reporter: as for those free rapid tests, the president has promised to send to american homes, the white house today said each household will be able to order four tests at covidtests.gov starting next wednesday, and they will take 7 to 12 days to ship out. and today, growing concerns in chicago where hundreds of public school students staged a wa
we have no option but to change the senate rules including getting rid of the filibuster for this. [cheers] peter: progressive voting rights ad activists boycotted biden. we don t need another speech and have him come to georgia and another prop what we need is work. peter: one who lives in the city biden spoke in a no show citing a scheduling conflict stacey abrams. i spoke to stacey this morning. we have great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. long lines in this country this month haven t been at polling places but, instead, covid testing sites. i think it s obvious that the administration has failed the american people on getting enough tests. peter: now the feds can t snap their fingers and make tests appear but they can update guidance according to the washington post to recommend n-95 or kn-95 masks. something that even the most pro-mask politicians struggle with. does this look stupid?
cloth masks provide the least protection with omicron so contagious, and that n-95 and kn-95 masks provide more protection and they re especially important for people at high risk of infection or severe disease. tonight, as this moves across the country, in new york, the encouraging news a glimmer of hope on all of this. once the epicenter of this omicron wave at the start, what the governor now says they re seeing. here s erielle reshef tonight. reporter: tonight, the cdc is out with that long-awaited guidance on masks, warning that loosely woven cloth masks provide the least protection, that n-95 and kn-95 masks might be a better option, and that these highly protective masks may be important for people in high-risk settings or at risk for severe disease. but the cdc stopping short of urging americans to upgrade their masks, even though health experts have been recommending higher quality masks in the wake of omicron. the cdc is recognizing that n-95 and kn-95 masks really