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
house pandemic response team in just moments. let s start with cnn s omar jimenez live in chicago for the latest on the showdown between the teachers union and the district. we re hearing teachers are being locked out of the online platform. reporter: that s right, bianna. the teachers union reporting that teachers tried to log in to their remote teaching platforms and have been locked out. we asked the school district about it. they didn t explicitly confirm that s what was happening, but did reiterate they considered this vote a work stoppage, and in the communication they sent out to families in the aftermath of this vote, they called it an unfortunate decision and said they now worry about the well-being of students, as they also said teachers will not be paid for this. part of the concern from the chicago teachers union is they don t think the current measures in place for returning to school in person are safe enough for staff and students. and what they want is more access to
m are you a christian author with a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! hello everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for kate bolduan. here is what we re watching at this hour. chicago suddenly canceling schools as a city-wide tragedy. a deadly fire in philadelphia leaves a staggering death toll, 13 dead. the mayor saying seven children are among the victims. mike pence in the spotlight.
way. the actor is accused of making false reports to authorities he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019. one of two men who prosecutors claim helped smollett stage the hoax is now testifying that smollett wanted him to, quote, fake beat him up. cnn correspondent omar jimenez live in chicago. this is key testimony from a key witness saying this is exactly what smollett asked him to do. reporter: yeah, jim. this is the key witness of the trial, him and his brother, these are two people that smollett allegedly paid to stage a fake hate crime. we re on the other side of some very significant testimony that abimbola osundairo gave over the course of yesterday. he said that smollett picked up in a car at a separate location days before the alleged hate crime would have taken place, back in january of 2019. and as they drove to the apartment, he said smollett told him that he wanted bola to fake
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