shoot to kill without warning. chaos in kazakhstan. security forces ordered to open fire. more of what we are learning from newly released cour t documents. january 8, we hope you are happy and healthy and we hope 2022 is good to you. how are you? greatful to start 2022 with you after a few weeks away. we start with growing concern as our nation s kids are battling the omicron variant. hospitalizations are averaging about 800 hospitalizations a day. the highest it has ever been. an 80% increase. look at that chart. states are asking hospitals to help with staffing shortages now. more staff calling out sick. with child health hitting these and more dispute of how in person learning has played out. reporter: a week of clashes and confrontations. chicago, the largest school district with classes in limbo due to a standoff. the union insisted on a virtual learning and push to keep schools open. we ve made significant progress but i want a deal done this weekend. our k
averaging nearly 8 hup per day, fueling the debate playing out across the country when and how should students return to the classroom. right now sfunts in the third largest district are in limo. a zanl jaaf gone after the chicago teachers union voted to reach remotely and cancelling classes since wednesday. in georgia public school teachers and staff get this who test positive for covid no longer have to isolate before returning to work as long as they wear a mask. contact tracing is no longer required. meanwhile, the state the supreme court s conservative majority appears ready to block president biden s vaccine requirement aimed at large businesses. this effort hangs in the balance as the administration also deals with a messaging problem. white house a.i.d.s. and scientists are frustrated by communication missteps by dr. walensky, the cdc leader who vowed to restore trust in the agency. struggling to do that right now. let s go to ar let saenz at the white house. what i
president biden is urging americans not to overreact. and in particular pleading with the unvaccinated to go get their shots now to protect themselves and their families. president has also doubled the government s order of pfizer s antiviral pill, which reduces hospitalizations and severe illness for those infected. the cdc is attempting today to clarify new guidance after receiving criticism for cutting the recommended isolation time after a positive covid test, from ten days to five days. we ll have more on that in a moment, so you can have all your questions answered. the other story, of course, we re following this morning, tomorrow marks one year since trump supporters rushed the capitol, violently disrupting the peaceful transfer of power, following the 2020 election. lawmakers investigating the riot are encouraging former vice president mike pence to cooperate while revealing how top fox news personality sean hannity was sounding the alarm behind the scenes while push
the house committee investigating the insurrection now says it wants to interview the former vice president about the january 6th ininsurrection. we begin this story in chicago where the nation s third largest school district canceled classes after the teachers union voted to refuse in-person work. they voted to switch to remote learning due to a surge in covid cases, the move leaving tens of thousands of students ca it comes as the rapid spread of omicron shows no sign of slowing down. the united states now averaging more than 550,000 cases per day. that s an increase of 358% since last month. about 113,000 americans, and it s important to stress nearly all unvaccinated are currently hospitalized with covid, up 90% over the last month. we expect to hear from the white house pandemic response team in just moments. let s start with cnn s omar jimenez live in chicago for the latest on the showdown between the teachers union and the district. we re hearing teachers are bein
the first one hitting tonight, it could bring freezing rain to i-95 again tomorrow morning during the commute. the next storm moving across the country set to hit new york city, philadelphia, the northeast. tonight, at this hour, 30 states from california all the way to the east coast already under winter alerts and ginger will time it all out. tonight, the cdc under growing scrutiny after suggesting people infected with covid could leave isolation after five days without any test to make sure. well, what the cdc is now saying tonight about a test five days later, and dr. jha is standing by. we ask him, what kind of test is actually best to know whether you might still be contagious? the major headline involving former new york governor andrew cuomo tonight. what the albany d.a. has now decided on whether to prosecute the case. the court battle involving prince andrew unfolding here in new york. the continuing fallout involving jeffrey epstein and what the judge has now