diplomacy, what was it mean? let s go out front. good evening. 340,000 students are waiting for word on whether they will be able to go back to class in the nation s third largest school district. chicago school officials are still negotiating and with a standoff in the second week, anger is boiling over. the attacks are incredibly personal. the mayor is relentless. she is being relentlessly stupid. she s being relentlessly stubborn. they abandoned their post and kids and families. this is raw emotion and anger. you don t usually see this, even when they feel that way. the standoff is in part because of confusing parameters by the federal government. the biden administration is clear they want schools open. we have been clear that we want to see schools open. and they have. but making saying you want schools open isn t the same thing as making a clear list of what is and what is not necessary to keep schools open, and that is giving oxygen to the disputes we are
you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the omicron surge taking a toll on school, hospitals and businesses. we re following it all. so many organizations and institutions are over burdened and in some places like chicago t situation is clearly boiling over. reporter: that s right. stress delays, frustration, cancellation it s all part of the omicron surge and all parts of the country. in chicago they are locked in debate. in so many places we re seeing a will we haven t seen before to keep moving forward through covid. parents are outraged and making their outrage known to the teachers union in is a very different dynamic than ever before. reporter: tensions mounting in chicago. more than 340,000 students missing school for a fourth day. teachers refusing to return to the classroom. we re very frustrated that there are no public health leaders standing up and saying we should be moving to remote learning environment especially for a district of this
aaron burnett out front starts now. now a race against time to find survivors in an earthquake that s killed more than 3800 people as they definitely search for survivors. the death toll is rising, and we are have a live report in just a minute. plus, desantis versus disney. why the florida governor cannot quit fighting the most magical place on earth. a place so magical that he reportedly got married there. and putin s ex-wife living a life of total luxury, now sanctioned by many countries, including the united states. we re going talk to a reporter who literally went knocking on her mansion door. what she found, what they said, and she s got the pictures to prove it. let s go outfront. and good evening. welcome to all to a special edition of outfront tonight. i m erin burnett. we re going get to all of these stories and much more. i want to begin, though, the devastation and desperation unfolding right now as we are all watching this. 4300 people now confirmed d
invaded ukraine. the u.s. secretary of state eye to eye with the russian foreign minister. we ll get an update on their talks and the state of the war from key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight the alleged anti-semitic plot uncovered in michigan is adding to fears for the safety of jewish americans and elected officials. cnn s pablo sandoval has all the details on the threats he s accused of making. reporter: tonight officials foil an alleged plot. a federal complaint filed in eastern michigan naming jack eugene carpenter ii as a defendant. sources telling cnn he was arrested just a day after allegedly posting disturbing anti-semitic threats online using the handle tempered reason. a law enforcement source telling cnn among those specifically targeted by carpenter michigan attorney general damon nestle. i was a target of the heavily armed defe
the drama. i m pamela brown, in for anderson tonight. the former president kicked off speculation that an indictment that maybe eminent the social media post over the weekend stating that it may come tomorrow but he offered no proof of that. and his own lawyer told cnn that let they write in the media. everyone is in the dark about what is going on behind the closed doors of the grand jury room. and about when they could reach a decision. all we know is that if the former president is charged, it will be historic. and not just for the reasons we cited, but also because of the nature of the crime being alleged. a payoff and cover-up of the alleged relationship with an adult actress, something trump has denied. but more importantly, because any potential indictment could also be the first of more charges to come for former president trump. those would involve separate investigations out of the justice department and the state of georgia. and to his actions surrounding electio