days. tonight, the union accused the mayor of turning down an offer for thousands of so-called shield tests, which are saliva-based, along with ppe. we have been fighting for resources for months. our teachers are ready to work. they ve been ready to work. they ve been ready to work remotely under safe conditions. our members have caught covid. our students have caught covid. they are catching covid all over the world. there is a surge. it s not just a surge here in chicago. chicago mayor lori lightfoot joins me tonight. appreciate you being with us. so, where do things stand right now? i mean, will teachers and students be in school on monday? well, i think we have made significant progress over the last two days, but i want a deal done this weekend. our kids need to be back in school. schools are safe. there s been no question about that. uh, we have, as all school systems across our city, across our our our state and our nation when there is a need to shut down a classro
people can t find at-home rapid tests, pcr texts can take several days to get results. what do you think needs to happen to get testing to a better place? well first of all, what we were discussing in our articles is not for the immediate time. it is a strategic plan for three to 12 months. but maetdly, we created the testing infrastructure and then when the vaccines came along, everyone thought, well, we re past this and let it go away. we need to re-create a testing infrastructure. much more pcr testing, much more at-home testing, and a much more coherent strategy for what happens when someone tests positive, so that they get the appropriate treatment whether it s the new oral medications from pfizer and merck or a monoclonal antibody. or if they are not eligible for those, they can go on to a research study and they are advised about how to isolate, so as not to infect other people. we don t have that kind of infrastructure. so we need to build more testing
tonight, the white house says it is in touch with chicago s mayor and illinois governor in hope of re-opening chicago schools, despite the omicron surge. chicago s largest school district in the nation with classes in limbo because of a standoff between the teacher s union and the mayor, who will join us in a moment. now, the union is insisting on virtual learning, while the mayor is demanding schools open. it is meant no school for three days. tonight, the union accused the mayor of turning down an offer for thousands of so-called shield tests, which are saliva-based, along with ppe. we have been fighting for resources for months. our teachers are ready to work. that he have been ready to work. they ve been ready to work remotely under safe conditions. our members have caught covid. our students have caught covid. they are catching covid all over the world. that s not just a surge here in chicago. chicago mayor lori lightfoot joins me tonight. appreciate you being with us. so, whe
order to get past omicron. what we re suggesting is that s for this immediate moment but you need to plan today for three months from now so we are not caught in the same problem. i think one of the problems we have with the testing regime is we didn t plan in june/july for how to properly use at-home tests, mixed with pcrs and make sure that the whole system was operating smoothly, and then connecting it to any potential therapies we had at that time, the monoclonal therapies. so, if we plan today, we won t have a recurrent or shouldn t have a recurrence of this these shortages and things in the next few months. dr. ezekiel manuel, really appreciate it. thank you. thank you. again, supreme court heard oral arguments today on vaccine mandates. joining us now, jeffrey toobin and chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. jeff, you heard oral arguments. the question from the justices today. what way do you think they are leaning? it went badly for the biden
for more testing. the governor and i have had multiple conversations, so we are in a good, i think, place with both our governor and the white house. but fundamentally, anderson, as you know, there is a shortage of testing nation beside. we are going to provide as much testing as we possibly can but recognizing that, right now, across the country there is a shortage of tests. but even working within those constraints, and we put on the table i think a testing regime that will address a lot of the union s concerns. we had, i think, very productive dialogue today around testing and other issues, which is why i m confident that if there is good will on both sides, we can get a deal done. well, why do you think school districts in new york city, washington, d.c. have been able to move forward with in-person learning, your city hasn t? well, we are the only school system in our city cps that hasn t. um, that has shut down and isn t doing in-person learning. every other school system