hospital. you take something vaccination clinics across the country, we need to protect our students. at the end of the day, we want all of our students in the classroom, but we want to do it safely. the brookings institution which has surveyed parents for time since the pandemic. parental concerns about their children s well-being has began to ease during the summer. began to ease when 93% of students were in person school. brookings wrote the following quoting here, this evidence suggests that the relevant normalcy of in-person learning this year may be driving reduce parental concerns. as you know, closures and school curricula became hot button topics. former education secretary bill bennett said this in an interview with fox this week. watch. the american people are saying we are not taking this anymore.
this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. getjabbed for christmas thousands of nhs staff and volunteers will keep vaccination clinics open in england over the festive period. the uk prime minister boris johnson encourages people to have a vaccine in his annual christmas message saying it s a wonderful thing to do for ourfamilies. at least 37 people are killed in a ferry fire in southern bangladesh. a former minnesota police officer who claimed she confused her handgun for a taser has been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting 20 year old daunte wright the little town of bethlehem marks christmas eve in a year where tourism has been blighted by covid
plans to keep schools all remote only until january 18. during that time, they re offering families free rides to vaccination clinics. major. garrett: meg oliver, thank you. turning to the severe weather across the country. chicago finally got its first measurable snowfall of the season today. the latest first snowfall in city history. the wintry conditions are stretching into the northeast. meanwhile, more than a dozen cities across the south hit record highs for the day. houston recorded its hottest december day ever 84 degrees. those warm temperatures will bring threats of severe weather tomorrow, including possible tornadoes across tennessee and alabama. the parents of the 14-year-old girl killed in a clothing store dressing room by a los angeles police officer s stray bullet called for justice today, one day after police released video showing the chaotic moments before the shooting. here is cbs jonathan vigliotti. i had a customer in my store attacking customers. reporter