ensure schools are open. the president couldn t be clearer, schools in this country should remain open. martha: grady trimble reports. grady? martha, mayor lori lightfoot and chicago s top public health officials say schools should stay open here in chicago, this cdc and dr. fauci says it s safe and president biden says schools should stay open. yet the chicago teacher s union members voted by 73% to shut down in-person classes today in the city of chicago. the district says there are no classes going on today either in-person or virtually. in discussing why schools should stay open, president biden pointed to the more than $122 billion allocated to schools as part of the american rescue plan. you can see by the numbers, new york city, los angeles and chicago got nearly 10% of all of that money with $1.8 billion