calling out sick. we have the business. we don t have the staff. and so that s really frustrating. and there s new clients that want to come in that we have to turn away. and in chicago, families are caught in the middle, trying to plan their lives as the standoff over covid safety protocols heats up between teachers and the country s third largest school district. and it s a showdown between one of tennis biggest stars and the home of one of its biggest events. all because of covid regulations. as novak djokovic s lawyers try to argue that he should be allowed to play in australia. a hearing just hours away. there was a ton of either miscommunication or people being misled purposefully. and at the center of this is the number one tennis player in the world. a very good morning to you on this sunday, january 9th. i m cory coffin in for lindsey
an apparent conspiracy at the white house to steal the election. and then, we need to give this to the justice department so they can take the next steps. representative tom malinowski for us this morning, with your very thoughtful opinion here on what s happening and what you would like to see moving forward. we really appreciate it. we would like to check back in with you as this investigation continues. and coming up here on msnbc, terms rejected. the mayor of chicago shoots down a proposal by the teachers union just moments after it was announced. the latest on the standoff that can keep schools closed for a fourth day. plus, will he stay or will he go? we are just hours away from learning if novak djokovic will play in the australian open or if he ll be sent back to the u.s. and the new controversy he s now facing. the new controy he s now facing. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn t care. we ve still got the best moves you ve ever seen good for you, but shingles d
want remote learning, but the union is saying, i don t want remote learning, either, but i want it for a short period of time. yesterday, the union was saying, we just want it as a tool when we get into these really extreme periods. whether the major will budge, you know within the problem here is that this has sort of become an ideological issue like remote learning versus in-person learning, when it s also a public safety issue, too, where there s, you know, there are surging cases. so, you know, eventually, people are going to have to compromise, but right now, people are pretty extreme. i mean, we re hearing words like, coming from the mayor s mouth like, never, ever will i go back to remote learning. so i don t know when she might. so it s hard. some of these extremes, the nevers on each side of the aisle will hopefully at some point be broken down, somewhere in the middle to at least get kids back in school at some point and safely. sarah carp for wezb in chicago,
there threshold for delaying non-urgent surgeries, as the nation grapples with the still-rising flood of patients. and this morning, talks between the chicago teachers union and the school district are continuing as they work towards getting kids back in classrooms among this omicron surge. tomorrow, more than 330,000 students will be out of school for a fourth day if the two sides don t come to an agreement on covid protocols. city officials have already rejected most components of the latest proposal. they call for more testing and a return to in-person learning on january 18th. the city says it s already spent enough, about 100 million, on additional covid protection measures. this standoff comes as surging omicron cases pummel chicago. joining me now, sarah carve, an educator reporter for wbjz in chicago. there has been a lot of back and forth on negotiations this weekend. walk us through where we stand with the talks this morning. so, yesterday, after the
chicago teacher s union sort of took this unusual step of laying out their proposal publicly, then immediately, the mayor turned around and said, you know, we are not for this and, you know, her last line of her statement was, we will not relent. and this was not completely unexpected, because some of the things that the chicago teacher s union continue to demand are things that the mayor and the school district continue to reject. and they re both very staid in their positions, so even though they re still talking, until they kind of break through on a few, you know, major issues, it s sort of at a standstill. all right. let s talk about those issues. two of the largest school districts in the country, new york and los angeles, have been able to keep kids in the classroom. one of the big sticking points here that seems to be a problem in chicago is the union proposal includes a metric for closing all schools, when there is a surge in cases. but the district favors a