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does not want to see schools closed across the country. martha: what will he put behind those questions is the question. the american academy of pediatrics and three large health agencies have declared a national state of emergency in the united states stating this: we re caring for young people with soaring rates of depression and anxiety, trauma, loneliness and suicidality that will have lasting impacts on them. long after the pandemic is over, folks. $122 billion has gone to schools to provide money for mitigation measures, testing, where did that money go and safety. the focus on the white house, from the white house and the cdc has clearly been on vaccines. what about this other huge national emergency health issue facing this country. these parents lost their children to suicide during the pandemic. they know the heart breaking damage first half. the after-school activities like sports that was his community. that s what kept him involved. and that was gone. ....
standing by. what does it mean for the biden administration? good morning, dana. this disappointing jobs report comes as the omicron variant is threatening the economic recovery while inflation is at its highest pace in four decades. this is bad news for the administration. the bright spot here is unemployment fell to 3.9%, the lowest we ve seen it during the pandemic. administration is likely to highlight this as an achievement for them. but the report covers the week including december 12th. that came before the omicron spike ahead of christmas that really surged the cases across the country. economists say now policymakers need to be very careful. can t get close to the gdp. when you get that high there will be runaway inflation and maybe a default. for the biden administration to come out and propose things that will expand that debt is really, really reckless. december jobs report marks the lowest jobs growth of the entire year, dana. dana: there is that an ....
sandra: thursday. john: chicago public schools shut down for a second straight day as teachers stay home, like groundhog day, kids are left further behind. i m john roberts. sandra, good to spend thursday with you. sandra: friday eve you usually call it. billions to keep necessary resources to keep the schools open, improved ventilation and other safety measures. that does not seem to be stopping some school leaders from shutting their doors. john: hi, gillian. gillian: public schools taken $130 billion, to keep schools open during the pandemic but a lot of schools are shuttered. chicago, $1.8 billion in federal covid funding, milwaukee 504 million, atlanta, over 200 million and detroit, almost 800 million. all these school districts currently closed to students citing the omicron surge. on president biden s first day in office he said that $130 billion he would send schools via the american rescue plan would allow them to reopen. so, not only are those recipi ....
rattles the u.s. charles kicked us off with the very latest from atlanta. merry christmas. good morning. good morning and merry christmas, griff. taking time off to spend this holiday with their family. the omicron is certainly hard at work. u.s. daily covid cases up with more than 260,000 americans testing positive. according to john s hopkins university 3354 deaths were reported. more than a 50% increase in a single day. hard to find at home test kits is surely complicating matters. cvs and walgreens announced their limiting the number of tests folks can purchase due to a significant increase in demand long lines form at testing sites around the country while demand swells at unimaginable proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor ....
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the growing threat of omicron is forcing governments around the world to take quick action to stop the spread. and while scientists work nonstop to answer the many questions about the variant, omicron infections are rising rapidly. but the delta variant is the main cause of surging cases right now. u.s. health systems are at risk of being overwhelmed, especially across the midwest, northeast and southwest. we ll take a closer look at the u.s. in just a moment. europe is also seeing rampant spread. the uk reported more than 90,000 new covid infections for a second day in a row. and that s prompting germany to take tough action, adding the united kingdom to its list of areas with variants of concern. only german citizens or residents will be allowed to enter germany from the uk. for more on the sky-high infection rates across the uk and a major announcement from the mayor of london i m joined by cnn s sc ....