cnn's adrienne broaddus joins us from chicago. adrienne, are they any closer to a solution there?id my name, there is a little bit of progress, just a short time ago we heard from the president of the teacher's union. he says they're hitting a brick wall and the union made compromise but still not enough progress to return to the classroom. over the weekend cps released a news release. on the news release, 11 proposals made by members of the union, and let's take a look at some of the progress. in one column there's wins for both sides. the district has agreed to providing n95 masks to students and teachers. the district agreed to reinstate health screenings on a school-by-school basis, and the district will offer weekly covid testing to students and staff, but again, there is no agreement on school-by-school remote learning and the president and the union say that is what they want. if things get bad in school they want an option to return to remote learning. cps and the mayor rejected the union's request to return to remote learning this wednesday and in-person learning next wee

adrienne broaddus is live for us in chicago with more. think the question is how long is this going to go on, adrienne? when will they get back to school? >> reporter: this is the big question, brianna. members of the teachers union said their target date to return to the classroom is january 18th, if not sooner. all of this on top of the district reporting a record number of new cases. i want you and our viewers to take a look at this number. six the break, cps is reporting more than 422 new cases among its students and more than 270 cases amongst staff. as you know, this is the third straight day school has been canceled for students in the chicago public schools. it all started on tuesday. that's when members of the chicago teachers union voted refusing to show up in person, requesting to switch to remote learning citing covid concerns. in response, the district canceled. now, the city's public health commissioner says she is in favor of more testing. that's one thing members of the union are requesting. she said schools are not lead t

or you touched on it, adrienne, this protest had been going on for months. is there any resolution in sight? well, it's really a difficult one. basically the military quits the relationship with the civilian side. there was a joint civilian military, ab government in the past until the cool happened that was basically the end of this relationship. now people on the streets are really angry and they're not ready for any compromise. they are saying we want an end to the military leadership and we want a civilian leadership. we want a democracy. we don't not do not want to have any compromises. on the other hand, the military is also in a difficult situation because they have a lot to lose. they have been in, in power in this country for a long time. so one economical benefits. a lot of generals and senior and military officials have been profiting from the state of school for a long time, and they have huge interests in the economy. basically, the military controls very important part of the economy. and the 2nd part is, is the justice question. if a civilian

adrienne broaddus live in chicago. fourth day in a row.y are caught in the middle. and so are their parents. negotiations took place over the weekend. but still here we are monday morning, no learning plan for nearly 340,000 students. there was some bending, but we haven't seen a breakthrough. let's begin with what members of the union and the city disagree on. the main point of contention boils down to remote learning. that's what the city's mayor lori lightfoot is saying. the mayor alleges members of the union want a district-wide shutdown if there's a surge in covid cases. and school officials with cps, as well as the mayor, say they categorically reject this. the mayor says they've offered a trigger which would trigger a school-by-school or case-by-case metric system. members of the chicago teachers union have asked for better testing, more masks. and that's something the city and members of the union agree on. but the negotiations will continue today. and here we are, the fourth straight day students in chicago public schools aren't i

adrienne broaddus is out front in chicago tonight. and adrienne, you have been following this fight between the union and the city. i know that it's -- it's literally ongoing, as you are reporting right now. what is the latest that you understand? >> reporter: you know what, erin, everything keeps changing. at this hour, negotiations continue. but still, no deal. and in the middle of this, because there is no deal, we are talking about 340,000 students -- students who missed school three days in a row. and if there is no deal today or if the city and the union doesn't come to an agreement over the weekend, on monday, school could be cancelled, again. members of the union here speaking out just moments ago reiterateling that they want more testing. one teacher said testing, testing, testing. that is what we need. we do know the state's governor has been in touch, as you mentioned, with the biden administration to get some extra help. we also spoke with a parent. she has a 2nd grader. she made it clear she supports teachers and apprecia

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. >> cnn's adrienne broaddus joins us from chicago. a deal came through late last night and this is one of those issues here which is frankly bipartisan, right, that you have a democratic mayor in addition to many republicans calling for those schools to open. so how did they manage this? what did they agree on? >> reporter: well, jim, i can tell you if you talk to the union president, he will tell you this deal or this agreement isn't perfect. the union members didn't get everything they wanted. but from their perspective, it does have measures in place that will help in the fight against covid. for example, the city, and the district will provide enhanced weekly testing . on top of that, the city and district will provide students and staff with kn 95 masks. there is also a provision for upgraded contact tracing, where people will be paid to do the contact tracing. and here was another sticking point, a threshold or metrics in place, triggering schools individually to flip to remote learning while in the middle of high transmission o

>> adrienne, thank you. >>> let's talk about this with a mom, natasha dunn is the mother of a seventhr in chicago public schools. as a working mother who only found out late last night that schools are going to be closed, how are you managing this? >> well, i mean, i'm bag to square one. it's really difficult for me to really be able to pay attention to my daughter's learning needs and work full time. i feel like this was a catastrophic failure. i do think that the ctu was completely reckless and forcing an entire district to go on remote learning when the -- when cps has mitigations in progress now. our school district is not the most perfect school district at all. but what i will say is that they do have a transparent process for us as parents and community to see what are the needs of our schools in terms of safety. and so far, the data have shown that our kids are safe in the building. now some schools might have problems, so i'm not saying all schools are perfect, but it does not resonate to the point where you should interrupt the learning of over 300,000 students at 500 school

. : joining me now to help answer it, adrienne elrod, democratic strategist and former senior aid toign, and shermichael singleton. welcome to you both. first, adrian, let me ask you your reaction to the breaking news we reported not 30 minutes ago that arizona's democratic party is censuring senator kyrsten sinema, what are your thoughts on that? >> i think this spells real trouble for kyrsten sinema. far long time she was on the national stage being ridiculed. now she is losing her base at home by the fact that the arizona democratic party, which is ground zero for debates of the democratic party in any state has issued this rebuke. so i think it spells real trouble for her. she's not in cycle this election, she'll be in cycle in '24. she's got some time to try to fix this and try to make good on being a democrat and change her ways in the senate. i think this spells real trouble for her back home. i think it certainly lines her up for a primary challenge in 2024. >> yeah, i mean, ruben gallego's name has been put out there and i asked him directly if he was considering it and he s

let's get right to chicago and bring in adrienne broaddus.kids aren't going to today, but if everything goes well, tomorrow. >> reporter: exactly. so not four days of missed school, john, five. sanjay was just talking about those high-quality masks. let's get right to this agreement. that's one thing teachers of the union here in chicago wanted. they wanted to make sure students were able to wear kn-95 masks. what we know about this agreement, the city has agreed to provide kn-95 masks to students and staff. it also has agreed to add some enhanced pllayers to weekly cov testing. now, there will be a threshold. there are metrics in place that will trigger individual schools to switch to remote learning if covid cases, the transmission is high, based on cdc guidelines. however, the president of the union said this is not a home run. he said the deal is not perfect, and it doesn't have everything members of the union wanted. but it does have those added layers of protection. rank and file members will vote on this final agreement later this week

joining me now to discuss, adrienne elrod, democratic strategist and former senior aide to the biden/e mitt romney, he called this plan, quote, nuts. what do you make of it? >> yeah, look, i agree with him, alex. i think that voters have the expectation that individuals running for the highest office in the land should go before the american people and answer very difficult, complicated and nuanced questions about their plans to lead the country forward. and i think completely removing themselves from the process does not do justice, nor does it instill trust and faith or confidence in republican candidates running for president. and so i think the rnc making this decision is a terrible idea. i think we need to go before the committee along with democrats and debate the tough issues, put forth the best plans and earn votes of the american people however skeptical they may be, and the only way you can do that, alex, is being before a moderator or moderators answering difficult and challenging questions and showcasing that you can stand against a fire with ease and calm, which is what w

. >> adrienne, thank you very much. i want to go to chicago public school ceo pedro martinez. and i really appreciate your time, sir. and i know this is -- this is obviously minute by minute, right, we are awaiting a decision on tomorrow. where do things stand right now? and do you have an answer to what tomorrow's going to look like for kids in chicago? >> so, erin, you know, we have been working at this all weekend, all through today. um, i -- i feel cautiously optimistic that we can come to agreement on most things, including school-based metrics. you know, we -- it's never been an argument for us about investing more in pp and e. we always wanted to enhance more testing so i am going to be cautiously optimistic so there's discussions going on right now that are both sides want to make a deal. so, you know, i'm hoping we have news for parents very soon. >> and so, i know, you know, you are giving me this update now. an hour ago, chicago public schools tweeted no decision's been made yet, regarding school tomorrow. so, when will parents know whether they can go to work or ha

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more and more people are taken to the streets to increase the pressure on the regime corresponded. adrienne creech is in sudan and he sent us this report from ha, 2 a call for action for demonstrators in sedans, to including sherry up to the since the military coup in october, people have taken to the streets every week, calling for democracy. i want the civilian government to return to power. sure that the military turn back to clock, because they don't want a civilian and democratic government. they raped women, they killed revolutionaries asked us, i hope, will marquilla with our protest fighting. we will make sure the democratic system comes back to lariche about daniel to latin america, die me know me, any or sharif abdulla the fight against the military regime is personal on the banner. the picture of her son was a doctor, shot dead while trying to help other protesters. recently sedan had been moving towards becoming a democracy, but this latest military take over his crushed all hopes. general upton, idaho han is now in charge and the protesters want him out. but once again, they're

now, earlier we spoke to adrienne l. cassandra, a political risk consultant and lawyer. he believes the u. k. allegations stem from the countries own political crisis. brittle left you on some time ago and it's 6 for its place in the world. we know that the global writ written project appears to be a false. we know that the current, the, or is johnson is having a very serious trouble. and in my opinion, what the british government is doing through the british intelligence is to why i mean, to say it's place within the u. s. framework to contain russia. but also we have to bear in mind, at least trust is aiming to step into boys. johnson shoes is a big advantage for her to go in february and one time through russia and portrayed her so as a totally read leader who again, you know, stood up to kremlin. and to put in this all the politics within the tory party and national politics in the u. k. so yes, it is a distraction and it's not only britain which moscow believes as bogged down in so called fake news just hours ahead of this week. security talks, the u. s. state depar

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and, adrienne, my colleague adrian can speak to the infrastructure and the bike racks. but point well taken, while we are increasing the number of bike racks, device racks that we are implementing and as part of our scooter share permits, we require a pike rack c so that these permittees do pay into the infrastructure and that their devices are using and are required to be locked too. so that's a piece of what m.t.a. is doing as well and we've increased the number of bike racks that we've implemented, but you'll see on adrienne's slides, bike racks are both one of the successes because we've put in so many and still remain one of the challenges because we need more and speed limits. the speed limits for scooter share are set by the california vehicle code and the top speed is 15 miles an hour. i will say having tested the scooter in that controlled environment at the demonstration last week, it does feel very fast and kind of scary as a rider and i know as then a pedestrian experiencing that device and that level of speed and the bicyclists that could be jarring and but

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. >> reporter: adrienne southworth said she came away more convinced that 2020 was problem plagued after world is on the edge right now of are we going to continue trusting the system. >> reporter: it was one of frank's stops on his nationwide tour. in missouri, they featured frank and state representative with a flyer calling on county clerks to end. he met with the mesa county clerk under investigation by the fbi for her alleged involvement in a security breach of the county's election system. in montana, montana free press reported he met with staffers for the state attorney general. here in texas. >> i'm going to walk through the checks and balances again. >> reporter: hayes list county elections said with widespread hacking would never succeed. >> if you even change a period, a period in the election programming, it sends up a red flag that immediately stops the entire process into we can identify what would have triggered that red flag. >> reporter: in harris county alone, they suspect thousands of voting machines. >> six months out we start checking all 13,000 pieces of equipment

adrienne broadus, thank you. >>> new this morning, one texas school district trying an innovative, someroach to stay hope. hayes consolidated innovative school district south of austin is asking parents to fill in as substitute teachers. joining me, the superintendent for the hayes consolidated independent school district, eric wright. mr. superintendent, thank you for being with us. why asking parents to step in? >> just because we have a shortage at the moment, as do all schools across the nation. we just decided to be innovative, i prefer that instead of desperate, obviously. we are extending the offer to parents just to allow them to come in and help us out. we know many of them prefer to have in-person learning, and many of them, i think, will be willing to step in and bridge that gap so that we can continue to have in-person learning, because we know it's so crucial for kids. >> i didn't mean desperate to be bad. i meant everyone wants schools to stay open so much right now you're willing to try almost anything. what's the response been? >> so far we've gotten i think three total

cnn's adrienne broaddus is joining us now. what went into this decision?cted. one mom says she appreciates the district's desire to keep students and staff safe when it comes to remote learning, she says her kids are already behind and like this, they can't survive. >> put down 10 plus 5 it equals 15. >> once i'm done with 7, i just count to 4. >> reporter: on a cold night in flint, michigan. >> how many in the one's place. >> reporter: this woman helps her children, 8-year-old kyliah. >> 10 plus 1 equals 11. >> yeah. go baby. >> reporter: and 9-year-old son -- >> google slides. >> reporter: with homework. >> then we count up to see what makes it to 14. >> boo yeah. >> reporter: the kids have only been in the classroom a few months over the last two years. >> i miss talking to my friends and eating with them and having fun with them. >> i want to go to a school. >> reporter: citing the recent surge in covid cases, flint community schools announced they would continue remote learning until further notice. no return date on the calendar. this decision a cont

union last night, they said that's something they were pleased with, also pleased parents -- >> adrienne, we will jump in and head over to capitol hill, senator rand paul now questioning. >> there is one position in peoria, then the mistakes would only affect that position's patient, physician's patient, the people who chose that physician, but when the planner is a government official, like yourself, who rules by mandate, the errors are compounded, and become much more harmful. a planner who believes he is the science, leads to an arrogance that justifies in his mind using government resources to smear, and to destroy the reputations of other scientists who disagree with him. in an email exchange with dr. collins, you conspire, and i quote here directly from the email, to create a quick and devastating published takedown of three prominent epidemiologists from harvard, oxford and stanford, apparently there is a lot of fringe epidemiologists at harvard, oxford and stanford. and you quote, in the email, that they were from dr. collins, and you agree, that they are fringe. immediately ther

. >> adrienne broaddus, thank you very much. >>> a coalition of voting rights groups in georgia are planningo boycott president biden's speech today in atlanta. they say without a concrete plan to pass election reform laws which have been blocked by republicans, the president shouldn't bother coming. cnn's jeremy diamond is live at the white house with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, brianna. president biden heading to atlanta, georgia, today, where he is expected to make a forceful push for two pieces of stalled voting rights legislation. legislation that has been stalled in the senate amid republican opposition and a reluctance by two senate democrats to change the rules of the filibuster to pass these pieces of legislation. the president is expected to draw a direct connection between his speech last week, that fiery january 6th speech, and what remains to be done to secure american democracy. in the words of the president, the president is expected to talk about the fact that voting rights are under assault, in his view, and talk about the fact that this is an opportunity for ja

joining me now adrienne espo, and chantel brown from ohio, a member on the committee from over sightth me. congresswoman i'll start with you since you're the woman on the panel and newest member of the congress. you just got off your own campaign, so you have seen what it takes to do that g.o. tv game, get grass roots out there. with rampant voter suppression happening across the country, i'm curious your thoughts can the democrats hold the majority without passing legislation to protect voting rights in this country? >> thank you for having me, happy new year tiffany, and my colleague and dr. johnson. we need to talk about what's happening across america when we look at the bills that have been passed, i think there's 34 laws in 19 states restricting voting rights. we have to make sure we are doing everything in our power to stop that. so a coordinated campaign on these baseless accusations of voter fraud and election fraud just really needs to come to an end. protecting our voting rights is a constitutional thing. so we have to make sure that we are doing everything in our power to

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adrienne, would you like to add to that?supervisors, high, i would like to add that this is one of five current contracts that the city has and these vendors provide options for city departments as needed. the other four contracts are handled by oceia right now and they do cover all of the no one-telephonic needs. the language contract is the largest and this is used by most departments and why o.c.a. is handling it. >> thank you, director pun. you're saying there are four other contracts that o.c.a. administers for language access that are for non -- for in-person -- or actually, what's the scope of those other four contracts? >> the other four contracts, supervisors, cover translation, document translation, as well as on-site, in-person, and remote or video interpretation. >> got it. and for the on-site, in-person, and video interpretation contract, so that's separate from the language line contract? >> yes. those are five separate contracts. so this is based on the previous r.f.p. that i think was issued about four years