we're seeing a huge surge in covid cases, that thanks to the wiley transmissible omicron variant. first time ever that more than 1 million new covid cases around the world, every single day. and that's just the cases that are being counted. today in the u.s., it looks like 600, 000, which is a new record. what does that mean for all of us? you should prepare yourself for january that's gonna be disrupted in all kinds of directions. a lot of people are gonna get sick. they're gonna have to isolate. and that includes of course the schools, as well see cases among staff and teachers, and children probably continue to go up. many school districts are frantic bring kids and teachers back from the holiday breaks. some are taking measures of their own hands to curb the spread like in d.c., we're public school students and staff are required to show negative covid test results before turn school. i'm joined now by the president american federation of teachers,