The house committee investigating the insurrection now says it wants to interview the former vice president about the january 6th ininsurrection. we begin this story in chicago where the nation s third largest school district canceled classes after the teachers union voted to refuse in-person work. they voted to switch to remote learning due to a surge in covid cases, the move leaving tens of thousands of students ca it comes as the rapid spread of omicron shows no sign of slowing down. the united states now averaging more than 550,000 cases per day. that s an increase of 358% since last month. about 113,000 americans, and it s important to stress nearly all unvaccinated are currently hospitalized with covid, up 90% over the last month. we expect to hear from the white
Critical condition. the storm leaving tens of thousands without power. more on this story as we get it this morning here. dana: claudette is regaining strength and expected to become a tropical source. it is on the way to the carolina coast. in alabama officials say 13 people were killed in separate storm-related incidents. jonathan serrie is live where a tornado tore through the area. what are you seeing this morning? you are seeing the results of just one of the tornadoes that this tropical storm spawned as it came ashore in alabama. on top of these roofs you can see the frame of a trailer blown up on the roof. as we pan to the right you can see damage from trailers that once stood here. dozens of trailers shattered in this tornado. based on a survey of the damage the national weather service determined the tornado that came through this neighborhood
Done. however the council says the government has done too little for industrial policy leaving tens of thousands of jobs at risk in the auto industry the sector could easily use some state support especially for all to multiple suppliers the government could also help by subsidizing part time work and retraining programs. we are witnessing a downswing in traditional auto industry technology carmakers are focusing entirely in new technologies so we have to adapt to that as suppliers through the fall combine it all costs money the council says the government should abandon its so-called black 0 goal of keeping the budget balanced and refrain from taking on new debt it especially advise investing in infrastructure to avoid a recession. just. from our viewpoint the balanced budget is a good device to reduce demand and shed debt in a period of recovery but as the economy slows it is very clear that insisting on
Flooding as it creeps slowly inland from the gulf of mexico. this isn t over just yet. the storm hit louisiana as a hurricane, the first of this atlantic season, leaving tens of thousands without power. natasha chen reports from franklin, louisiana. reporter: we re hearing from the st. mary parish emergency officials that on sunday they got at least 7 inches of rain, more rain than they got during the entire barry event the day before. really the problem has come the day after the storm came through. we ll show you what the flooding looks like here in franklin. this is supposed to be their parking lot but this is what flooded after barry saturday night into sunday. of course they were very much prepared for this. the barricade that we re looking at has been here for years, but we did see a lot of folks bringing in extra gravel, plugging holes, so they were prepared for this flooding to get much worse. now, this is all coming from a drainage canal that they are hoping will recede
9 p.m. slot. the name of the program, tucker carlson tonight. well, tonight s going to be monday night. famous to o reilly factor, so it s a very exciting week with tucker at nine, martha maccallum earlier at seven with big bill as usual, 8 p.m. eastern. good luck to tucker with the beginning of his new program. arthel: good luck, tucker. we ll be checking it out. good luck, martha, too. and, bill, well, he doesn t need luck, he s got it handled. [laughter] meanwhile, a massive winter storm pounding nearly the entire eastern seaboard. some cities in north carolina seeing as much as 10 inches of snow. yeah, 10 inches of snow, that s what i said, in north carolina, leaving tens of thousands without power. it s affecting air travel nationwide with many flights being canceled. ice and sleet also making for dangerous driving conditions, and this hard freeze just may stick around for a while.