for patients who still haven t gotten their kids vaccinated, please get them vaccinated. look out for their interests here. it s the best way to protect them. and for parents of kids too young to be vaccinated, surround your kids with people who are vaccinated. there s a lot of reason to be hopeful in 2020. maria: well, thank you, but, of course, it is 2022, president biden. and the teachers unions are once again calling the hots, voting against the shots, voting against in-person learning in chicago. new school closings in place in chicago and some parts of san francisco. right now going to schools puts us at risk, puts our students and families at risk of contracting the krone a virus. coronavirus. maria: coming up, governor christie nome is here with south dakota s answer to mandate school closings and inflation ahead of her state of the state this upcoming week. plus, we are still fighting covid two years in with omicron ripping across the country. yet joe biden s c
now, the polarizing media environment means pro-trump people will feel offended by the attacks, pro-biden feeling the harsh words were justified. i m trying, as always, to stick to the facts, but i get the deep level of distrust. none of this moves the ball or helps solve a single problem facing the country starting with covid. it s just more finger pointing that some folks may well be tuning out. january 6th remains a double tragedy. the violence two blocks from here, a year ago and the toxic politics that have led to a more divided america. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, brian kilmeade joins us on the media coverage of this emotional week. the 46th president devoted much of his speech in the capitol rotunda to denouncing the 45th prime minister. we didn t see a 45th president. we didn t see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack sitting in a private dining room off the oval office in the white house watching it all on