protocols. other places are going back to school in person today. there was a post holiday week of virtual learning in atlanta. nadia ramiro has more for us. reporter: christine and laura, here in the state of georgia the governor says even if a teacher has been infected with covid-19, tested positive, they can still go back into the classroom and teach as long as they re asymptomatic and wear a mask. he s leaving those guidelines up to each school district to decide how best they see fit to handle their schools and teachers. atlanta public schools are going back to school on monday after a week of remote learning. it means mandatory testing at least twice a week. that testing element is still a point of contention in chicago and in new york city where the teachers unions say they want more testing, they want more time for their kids to get tested and to get vaccinated before they feel safe coming back into the school classroom but the mayors of chicago s
deter russia from invading ukraine. laura and christine. live in geneva. thank you. it is time for three questions in three minutes. let s bring in nic robertson. while the u.s. and russia talk about ukraine, tell us more. reporter: yeah. ukraine saying it wants to be able to have that option as a sovereign state to be able to join nato if it so desires. it rejects russia s troop buildup. it s been concerned about the efforts to destabilize them politically inside the country. we heard from the nato secretary general ian stoltenberg. their position that they cannot become a member of nato is a non-starter as a negotiating position cannot be considered as a negotiating position for the current talks beginning. he welcomes the fact that russia will talk to nato. going to be speaking with ukraine as well. they will talk to ukraine over
the next day or so. from nato perspective as well as a u.s. perspective, very clear. unlikely to achieve unlikely to achieve russia s objectives in these talks this week just to set up the issues very likely. nick, let s talk about the situation in kazakhstan. fred pleitgen reports that there are thousands of people detained and more than 100 people killed. how does that situation influence the u.s./russia talks now? reporter: russia is going to be distracted to a degree. president putin will have certainly a very keen eye on what s happening in kazakhstan. he s deployed 200,000 russian pair a troops as part of a peacekeeping mission. it s supposed to have limited objectives. breakup demonstrations. their rules of engagement allow them to return fire on armed groups. the question for putin is how long does he want his forces to stay there when kazakhstan s