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poitier gone at the age of 94. a blazing star in the firmament of artistic excellence. his legacy in hollywood and beyond. i m phil mattingly in washington in for pamly brown tonight, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a sobering reality on the covid pandemic. that viral blizzard u.s. was warned about, it s here very clearly. the swift spread of the highly contagious omicron variant has pushed hospitalizations close to the records set almost a year ago. and the number of american children hospitalized with covid has soared to the highest level of the entire pandemic. helping to drive that number, children under a who at this point are still too young to be vaccinated. many hospitals are facing a staffing crisis because covid is infecting their personnel. some states have deployed national guard troops, seen here on your screen in protective gear, to help fill the void. new york is now the latest state to mandate booster shots for health car ....
spreads. all of this is fueling more debate on how school districts can best keep kids and teachers safe. meantime, hospital staffing shortages and dwindling testing supplies are becoming more common. in california the national guard is being activated to help assist hospitals where needed. in colorado the state activated its crisis standards of care to keep up with the rise in patients. cnn s nadia romero is in atlanta where students are returning to classes in school, right, on monday, so what are people saying about the plans? reporter: yeah, fred, that is the plan so far, right, but the original plan was for them to return to in-person learning once they returned from holiday break, but then we had this rise in covid-19 cases, so they went back to remote learning. monday is the day. and on that day as well starts mandatory testing for teachers at the atlanta public school district, twice a week, and students can get tested as well with parental consent. that s h ....
here we go. one house. two of them. yeah, hit two houses. wow. right? good morning, everyone. good monday morning. good weekend? good weekend. monday though. arg. you ll get there. we re glad you re with us. we start with weather. there is a dangerous winter storm dumping quite a bit of snow on southern california. that s right. southern california. and unleashing tornadoes as it heads east. we re tracking the severe weather threat. also this we re confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. there s growing concern this morning that china may be ready to provide weapons to russia. could it be a game changer on the battlefields in ukraine? what s ahead the cia is saying. house republicans taking aim at the biden administration s handling of a toxic train disaster in ohio. what we re hearing about investigation ands hearings on capitol hill. but we begin with the winter storm tearing across the nation right ....
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