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to get a bit easier? the government will today look at the testing process for returning home. the airlines industry is warning of financial disaster unless things change. a breakthrough for england in the fourth ashes test. stuart broad with the only wicket as rain affects day one in sydney. good morning. a cold and frosty started the day for us with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, but as a ridge of high pressure builds a cross is, things will quieten down, the wind will ease. all the detail throughout the programme. it s wednesday the 5th of january. our main story. more hospital trusts in england have declared critical incidents, the highest state of alert, as the nhs comes under significant strain from rising covid infections. with uk daily cases at a record 219,000 yesterday, the prime minister has acknowledged that parts of the health service could be temporarily overwhelmed in the coming weeks. seven hospital trusts in england have reported serious problems so f ....
closed nationwide. we need our children to be in school. i think the term distance learning is like a contradiction in terms. philadelphia, you know, when children aren t in schools, they re many aren t getting the one decent meal they get during the day. the instance of child abuse basically disappears because you re not picking that up in school. most importantly the socialization and social development. the kids surely missed last year. i think we need to do everything we can to get children back to school. it s a precious thing. because it s a precious thing we need to treat it preciously. 77 of philadelphia s 215 schools are shifting to 100% online today. schools in detroit, l.a., atlanta, milwaukee, seating, cleveland, washington, all also going remote or they re delaying their start for at least a few days after the holiday break. in many cases, they re waiting for covid tests, rapid tests which are scarce, or pcr tests which take days to return results. in ....
adding the recommended isolation time and have for infected americans. that s feeling a public debate about whether a negative test should be required. trace: getting that test is easier said than done. americans are standing in line for hours and of the time for results as long as four days. dana: we have team box coverage for you. i know max like cancellations. mark has reactions. let s first go to washington where kevin is standing by. great to see you. lots of moving parts in this story and from the white house perspective, probably not necessarily a good thing. you may recall the president said back in april of last year that covid deaths and cases were way down, and we are making great strides in the fighting as the pandemic. now several months later, cases continue to surge. there is growing frustration over what appeared at least to some to be a lack of messaging consistency with respect to retesting recommendations. even as the country struggles with t ....
of security talks between the u.s. and russia set to begin next week, political pressure is also building for president biden on multiple domestic issues including his handling of the covid pandemic and spiking inflation senior national correspondent rich edison s life in delaware where the president is spending the weekend. good evening john the biden administration is trying to deter another russia invasion of ukraine the last one was in 2014 the president spoke with ukrainian president a short while ago according to the white house president underscored the commitment of the united states and its allies and partners to be the principle of nothing about you without you and other wings do consult with ukrainians on any decision that they make they have mass tens of thousands of troops along its border with ukraine. the president said he warned vladimir putin with unprecedented sanctions against russia if it invades. the president is scheduled to return to the white h ....
julie: good morning, trace. i m julie banderas and fox news live. the sky in colorado an ominous shade of red. the flames erupted yesterday morning. some were sparked by downed power lines. the situation even prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. gusts of 100 to 110 miles per hour moved this fire down a foot ball field in a matter of seconds. very little time to get out. very little time to even get the most important parts of your life. trace: reporting live in boulder county, colorado. alissa, good morning. good morning. this situation actually continues to evolve and as the sun comes up we ll get a better look at the extent of the devastating damage that took place and continues to take place as i stand here. our photographer we managed to put up this shot two minutes ago. we had been on the move and we were inside a neighborhood. i m in lewisville, colorado. you can see the house still in flames. we have fire crews over there. we were stand ....