loans are payments are supposed to resume soon. there are things that georgians want for themselves, for their families, and for their communities. and the right to vote is preservative of all of the other rights that we have. and it s necessary for all of the things that we re fighting for. thank you for being with me. i so appreciate your time. thank you. thank you so much for having me, jose. thanks. still ahead, kids in the nation s second largest school district going back to school today, despite the highest-ever covid rates among staff and students. ten times what it was before the break. we re live there, next. and we re watching capitol hill, where dr. anthony fauci and cdc director rochelle walensky are testifying in front of a senate committee about the omicron response. we re going to bring you there shortly. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. you there shortly. you re watching jose az-balart reports.
happen, yes, republicans are against it, but democrats are against it, too, and joe manchin and kyrsten sinema will shoulder a lot of the blame, when in reality, the white house understands the reality on capitol hill that this isn t going to pass, but they have to show a fight. it s an unenviable situation for the white house to be honest with you to have to get into and lean into a fight that it knows it has absolutely no chance of winning in any time in the near future. jake sherman and carol lee, thank you for being with me this morning. fascinating conversation. appreciate it. still ahead, what came out of seven hours of security talks between the u.s. and russia? not much. but we ll see what happens. plus, we re keeping our eye on the white house where in just a little while, president biden will be leaving for georgia to deliver that call to action on voting rights. we re also watching capitol hill, where dr. anthony fauci is about to testify in front of a senate committee a
president s to-do list like voting rights. we have run-away inflation eating at people s money and the threat of china in the pacific region, russia on the verge of innovating ukraine. instead of focusing on that, they re giving speeches about a problem that doesn t exist. look at the last couple months, president biden failed to contain the pandemic as promised, he failed to advance his social spending plan, the build back better plan. now democrats decide to try something different with voting rights. charles? martha: thanks, peter. covid the focus today on capitol hill. the cdc director rochelle walensky and dr. fauci facing questions from lawmakers on the administration s omicron response to chad pergram with the latest. chad? this was the first hearing on the pandemic of the new year. lawmakers from both sides were furious about the lack of tests
new daily cases since the pandemic began, more than 162,000 on friday. the netherlands is relaxing some of its covid restrictions. nonessential stores, hairdressers, beauty salons, and other service providers will be allowed to reopen on saturday. the prime minister says it s a big step. it s also, he says, a risk. and i m joined now by cnn s melissa bell in paris. melissa, when you think about it, europe still grappling with omicron, and it s not peaked yet in most places. reporter: it s not peaked yet, and you mentioned the netherlands a moment ago. what the health ministry explained is he announced some of those relaxations of the rules, beauty salons able to open from saturday, it was about learning to live with this particular variant longer term. it is spreading faster than any other we ve seen, more widely than any other we ve seen so far, with records set in germany, france, spain, the netherlands, and that peak still ahead of us.
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