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about where the judge and her family lived and went to church. that person found the judge s home, shot and killed her son and injured her husband. these acts and threats of violence are not associated with anyone set of partisan or idealogical views. but they are permeating so many parts of our national life that they risk becoming normalized and routine if we do not stop them. that is dangerous for people s safety. and it is deeply dangerous for our democracy. in democracy, people vote, argue and debate. often vociferously to get the policy outcomes that they desire. in a democracy, people must not employ threats of violence to effect that outcome. citizens must not be intimidated from exercising their constitutional rights, their free expression and association by such unlawful conduct. the justice department will continue to investigate violence and illegal threats of violence, disrupt that violence before it occurs and hold perpetrators accountable. we have martial ....
pandemic. those are the words of chicago mayor lori lightfoot after the teachers union voted to return the third largest school district to remote learning amid a surge of covid cases. sandra, good day to you. sandra: and good day to you, john. we have a parent here to respond later in the show and i m sandra smith in new york. classes in chicago are canceled after 73% of the union members voted to go virtual until at least january 18th. why? the union says they want to see the safety standards met and case numbers to fall before they head back to the classroom. the mayor is firing back saying the decision is not based in science and the union is giving into fear mongering. jen psaki was asked about this a moment ago and what she said about keeping the schools open. we are more than equipped to ensure schools are open and will keep our children and educators who selflessly serve their community safe and ensure children are not enduring the mental health impact of ....
dollars so that they could stay open, be prepared, open safely, all of that. no many of them are saying we ll have to go virtual again. so the president criticized specifically some of the states and he s asking where did the money go? we also back then included an $10 billion for testing for schools. that money went out to the states. states and the school districts have spent the money well. many of them. unfortunately some haven t. martha: unfortunately some haven t. there s the podium. we re waiting for jen psaki that will probably get questions about this in terms of the accountability. where does the money go? if the money is supposed to be for testing and safe open schools, we don t we have that in some cases? we ll dig into that. that money was allocated for those specific things. why are we still seeing challenges? $72.8 billion allocated to testing and detecting the virus in an ample fashion over the course of 2020 and 2021. edward lawrence digging into th ....
lines and in airports plagued by delays and cancellations from winter weather and staffing from covid issues. we have fox team coverage tonight. rich edson at reagan national international airport virginia where omicron surge and winter weather. a lot of snow in washington continued to cause chaos. jacqui heinrich at the white house where it appears the purchase of 500 million covid test kits has still not come to fruition. we begin with jonathan serrie in atlanta. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. for now it appears the expansion of the fda s emergency use authorization applies only to boosters manufactured by pfizer. the cdc director rochelle walensky is expected to sign off on the plan later this week. the fda s announcement comes as many students return to school from holiday break. under the plan everyone 12 and old we re qualify for fires booster as soon as five months after completing primary doses. some immunocompromised children would also qualif ....
children, ivanka trump and donald trump jr. and the insurrection one year later. the committee investigating the riot knows what donald trump was doing during the siege this week as washington plans tributes and ceremonies, trump plans to counter are a program with more lies from mar-a-lago. we begin with major covid news. the fda this morning authorizing pfizer vaccine booster shots for 12 to 15-year-olds, and it chopped a month off the time line to get your booster from six months to five months after your last shot. the hope is to stem this, a stunning code of, the u.s. averaging 400,000 infections a day and more than 1,300 deaths a day. hospitalizations overall are not rising as fast as cases, though pediatric hospitalizations are surging. let s get straight to cnn s elizabeth cohen who is with us now to walk through what the fda is doing, elizabeth, and why. john, let s take a look because this is so important. the parents of children this age, they started getti ....