just a moment. right now, as well, millions of people across the country and around the world, really, continuing to experience this dangerously high temperatures. we re going to break down the latest on the sweltering heat wave and what can be done. also, to capitol hill. democrats in the house eyeing a measure to ban assault weapons, but the bill facing pretty strong opposition from republicans and slim odds of passing in the senate. we ll talk about that. we re going to speak with the highland park mayor who testified before the senate about her town s recent tragedy. that s coming up. hey, everybody. we re going to begin this hour in washington, where ten hours from now, the house january 6th committee is going to hold its latest hearing in prime-time, a season finale of sorts to this initial batch of hearings, with even more expected later on this year, possibly in the fall. tonight s hearing is going to dive into those crucial 187 minutes the committee says it took
isolating for? it s a good question. we don t, we have asked that very question right now. i do think they re going to follow all the cdc protocols on this. obviously, so the president can lead by example. you know, even to this point, we ve seen him wearing a mask, often, when he meets inside with individuals, he was wearing at masks at times during the course of his travel over the last week. so i think they re going to do everything we can to be careful about his health here, obviously. but to be totally sincere, this is breaking news to us. we re trying to get a better understanding. we re certainly pushing the white house new details about how this will impact their plans. again, to be clear, this announcement that president biden has tested positive for covid was made just this morning. the test happening just this morning, as well. now, about two-and-a-half years into this pandemic, for the first time, president biden has tested positive. i want to bring yamiche alcindor, wh
US Sen. Brian Schatz called on the Hawai‘i Department of Education and the Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools to adopt, as feasible, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “test-to-stay” guidance, which allows students to stay in school if they are exposed to COVID-19, reducing time away from school and stopping learning loss.