in a statement, don t show up in georgia without a plan to get these bills passed. some of those groups plan to boycott the president s speech tomorrow. we shall see. we ll have live coverage of the president s speech tomorrow. it s expected to start sharply at 4:00 eastern. we ll see you there. that does it for us tonight. we ll see you tomorrow. way too early with jonathan lemire is up next. president biden heads to georgia today in a renewed push for voting rights legislation, but as democrats and republicans clash over the filibuster, the question is will we see anything get done on capitol hill? plus, u.s. hospitalizations from coronavirus have broken new records as omicron cases surge. with hospitals across the country reporting critical staffing shortages, the question is how is the nation s health care system coping? and dramatic body cam video shows los angeles police officers pulling a pilot out of
patients. health insurance companies will now be required to cover the cost of at-home covid tests. that will start this weekend. the biden administration announced the change yesterday. under the plan, private insurance companies would pick up the cost of eight over-the-counter covid tests per person each month. starting saturday, a family of four could get up to 32 free home covid tests per month. demand for tests remain high with many stores and pharmacies struggling to keep them in stock. the administration is sending out 500 million tests through the website starting this month. we ve seen the cost of those tests skyrocket in recent days. school will be back in session for the third largest city in the nation. the teachers union and the board of education in chicago have agreed to end the teachers work action that saw school canceled for the last four school days. under the agreement, students
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because of covid cases. still ahead, the leading effort by republicans in wisconsin to overturn the 2020 election results. mind you, it s january 2022. and as we go to break, a look at this date in history. 18 years ago illinois governor joe ryane commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state s death row two days before he left office. their sentences all reduced to life in prison by governor george ryane. our capital system. today i m commuting the sentence of all death row inmates, 167 of them. row inmates, 167 of them entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital.
a look at axios am, nicholas johnson. what s our one big thing today? american covid crouch with new data from the axios coronavirus. it shows how many americans that are responding to omicron and the data. they have not seen since april. people are responding they are changing the way they live their lives. nine and ten know someone with covid. many vaccinated are also infected. of course more mild with people who are vaccinated and boosted but they are changing behaviors. people are spending more time social distancing and keeping people out of classrooms and staying away and trying to do