students may be on vacation today, but mounting confusion and frustration from parents and teachers isn t taking a day off. after the cdc rolled out its new guidelines for reopening schools friday, which focused on five strategies for in-person learning, including universal mask wearing, physical distancing, hand washing, cleaning and contact tracing. but the cdc also recommended full in-person learning only in places where levels of community transmission are low. the problem, according to a cnn analysis of federal data, almost 90% of american children attend schools in high community spread areas, located in so-called red zones. as that transmission comes d down, we ll be able to relax some of these measures. the issue has become a political land mine for the biden administration, try ing t get kids back into classrooms while also appeasing teachers unions and parents in hard-hit areas, many of which have demanded vaccinations and other measures before going back to i
i m also prepared for some form of diplomacy. the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship that s 30 miles offshore right out of the water. when i took office, i decided that it was a fairly basic, simple proposition. and that is i got elected to solve problems. i do get good ratings. you have to admit that. all in all, i ve been hired to solve problems, not create division. are you going to include the congressional black caucus and the congressional well, i would, do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? set up the meeting. let s go, set up a meeting. but what i know i have now is i have electoral support from republican voters. i put it out before the american people. got 306 electoral college votes. i guess it was the biggest electoral college win since ronald reagan. my predecessor, oh, god win , i miss him. wow. joe biden and donald trump s first news conferences as president. what a difference, joe. big difference. and
particular industry. and they won t back down. a top u.s. diplomat warns the drum beat of war is sounding loud from russia. what will vladimir putin do next? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper starting with the politics lead. for the first time in the january 6th investigation, the u.s. justice department is using the rare charge of seditious conspiracy related to the insurrection at the capitol. prosecutors indicted 11 defendants on this charge including the leader of the oathkeepers, the violence prone far right extremist group. prosecutors say that the defendants opposed by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power. video from january 6th shows a group in oathkeepers insignia, many wearing helmets, moving in a single file tactical formation through the crowd. and according to the indictment the defendants conspired beginning in november, 2020. they recruited members and affiliates, organized training and paramilitary combat tactics.
likely to send you to the hospital and it may cause less severe illness than previous strains of the virus. right now omicron has been detected in all 50 u.s. states, as expected. it accounts now and very quickly for at least 90% of new covid infections in the u.s. still, americans are keeping their holiday plans and the president and public health officials say that is safe for we should note the vaccinated. today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. we just learned the tsa screened more air travelers yesterday than at the same time in 2019. of course before the pandemic. we re also seeing, though, big lines for covid tests across the country. last night president biden responded to criticism that the u.s. did not get those tests out quickly enough, that it wasn t prepared. we hear this over and over again, empty shelves, no test kits. is that a failure? no, i don t think it s a failure. i think it s a you could argue that we should h
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel shabi who s an author & journalist and katy balls who s deputy political editor at the spectator. more from both of them in a moment, first, tomorrow s front pages. the guardian looks ahead to the chancellor s annual budget announcement on wednesday, saying that he ll scrap the public sector pay freeze amid a cost of living crisis. the daily mail also leads on rishi sunak s budget, reporting a pay rise for seven million people, including nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces. the i has an exclusive with a former top adviser, who warns the chancellor of a lack of cash for schools ahead of wednesday s announcement. the ft is reporting that the uk s three spy agencies have contracted amazon s cloud computing arm to host top secret intelligence files. the times warns of a winter of rising fuel prices, after the cost of petrol hit a record high. and there s only