pandemic. those are the words of chicago mayor lori lightfoot after the teachers union voted to return the third largest school district to remote learning amid a surge of covid cases. sandra, good day to you. sandra: and good day to you, john. we have a parent here to respond later in the show and i m sandra smith in new york. classes in chicago are canceled after 73% of the union members voted to go virtual until at least january 18th. why? the union says they want to see the safety standards met and case numbers to fall before they head back to the classroom. the mayor is firing back saying the decision is not based in science and the union is giving into fear mongering. jen psaki was asked about this a moment ago and what she said about keeping the schools open. we are more than equipped to ensure schools are open and will keep our children and educators who selflessly serve their community safe and ensure children are not enduring the mental health impact of not be
he has relationship with some of these world leaders for decades and he never thought that he would hear that and so you hear him say that, you hear him talk about it. another part of it too how unprecedented, how unprecedented that moment was on january 6th when a mob of 2000-person mob went to the capitol because they were lied to about the results of the election. because they wanted to overturn the election. so, just really want to make sure that we get that, that we understand why the reason he was telling that story and look, you know, look, as it relates to the names and what he was trying to, you know, what he was trying to say, many people, elected officials, many people, you know, they tend they can misspeak sometimes, right. and look, let me give you a couple of examples. you know, on sunday, speaker johnson said iran instead of israel. this happens. joe is not here, many times i call joe from u.s.a. today michael, i m sure he does not appreciate that. [laughte
and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it s not just possible. it s happening. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, september 30th. yes, the last day of the month. i m a.mara walker. and the last day of the month going out with a bang. i m omar jimenez. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we re watching a lot. we are hours away from a potential government shutdown. lawmakers still can t agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. the last-ditch efforts are underway to keep that from happening. submerging cars, disrupting mass transit and opting water rescues. we ll show you the damage left behind and where we re tracking more rain this morning. border security has become a major sticking point in the fight over a government funding deal. we re joined by one congressman who is seeing the impacts of the migrant surge firsthan