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 being locked out of the online platform. reporter: that s right, bianna. the teachers union reporting that teachers tried to log in to their remote teaching platforms and have been locked out. we asked the school district about it. they didn t explicitly confirm that s what was happening, but did reiterate they considered this vote a work stoppage, and in the communication they sent out to families in the aftermath of this vote, they called it an unfortunate decision and said they now worry about the well-being of students, as they also said teachers will not be paid for this. part of the concern from the chicago teachers union is they don t think the current measures in place for returning to school in person are safe enough for staff and students. and what they want is more access to