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i think the union is not listening to science, right. so, the union, the ctu is not the cdc. they don t get to decide what the thresholds are. you know, we have, we have the cdc and the department the chicago department of public health. they are both saying it is safe for students to go back to school. in fact, it is arguably the safest place for students to be. cnn s omar jimenez has more from chicago on what sealed the deal. reporter: the standoff between chicago public schools and the chicago teachers union is over. teachers will be back in class tuesday, and students will be back in class wednesday. the core of this dispute, of course, was the chicago teachers union didn t feel the school district had provided adequate resources to come back in-person safely. some of the major sticking points over the course of this dispute, one was the timing for returning in-person, given the recent surge in covid we ve seen in the community. and the metrics on when to ta ....
and will he or won t he play? that s still a question for novak djokovic and the australian open, why his travel documents are now taking center court. thanks for being here, everyone. let s begin this hour with the cdc director, dr. rochelle we wa len ski and dr. anthony fauci facing congress. the top republican on the committee set the tone early when senator bird said today is going to be a tough hearing. the senate committee has just started grilling officials about the federal response to the resurgent pandemic and the confusing messaging coming from the cdc on things like testing, face masks, and isolation guidelines. this also comes as the united states shattered another pandemic record. more than 145,000 americans are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus. the vast majority of them unvaccinated. the previous high was set one year, a year ago, and this number more than doubling since christmas. we re also following the aspects of this pandemic and the fallo ....
witnessed. at least 19 people are killed as a fire tears through a high rise apartment in new york city. we have the details on what sparked that horrific blaze. good morning, it is monday, january 10th. 5 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. we have reports from australia, from the bronx, geneva, atlanta, washington and the border of kazakhstan. we begin with friends, family, fans mourning the loss of america s dad. comedian and actor bob saget has died at the age of 65. best known as of course the family patriarch on the 90s sitcom full house he was found unresponsive at a hotel room on sunday. he was in florida as part of a series of stops on his comedy tour. hi, honey, i m home. hi, girls. hi, dad. saget was known on stage for his raunchy humor. he starred as the widowed father of three girls, danny tanner. okay. i have everyone s sandwich just the way they want them. turk ....
coming up in sport england are doing their best to defy australia, but can they bat out the final day and draw the fourth test in sydney? a look at what the weather has in the week a look at what the weather has in the week ahead. it s sunday ninth january. our main story: a senior government minister has given his support to reducing the coronavirus isolation period in england. speaking to the sunday times, the former vaccines minister now education secretary nadhim zahawi backed the idea of isolating for five days instead of seven. our political correspondent ben wright reports. at the moment, people who test positive for covid are required to quarantine for at least seven days of the process is a straining staffing levels in the public and private sectors. the united states recently shortened the self isolation window to five days stop earlier this month, the uk health security agency said doing the same here would be counter productive, but, it would keep t ....
plus, new details about novak djokovic s health before his trip to australia, as he waits to learn whether he can defend his grand slam title. details in a live report from sydney. and russia helps the president of kazakhstan restore order amid signs he is making a power grab following deadly anti-government protests. and we begin in the united states, where the rampant spread of the omicron variant is hurting health care and education. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. on saturday, the mayor of chicago rejected a new proposal from the teachers union. but as they battle it out, classes have been canceled, meaning many kids are now stuck at home. meanwhile, a record number of children under age 5 are in hospitals, infected with the coronavirus. and the numbers you see there represent the number of kids under the age of 5 per 100,000 in the population who are hospitalized. and with the fa ....