lori lightfoot aside, all of her politics, what does the law say?re seeing lawsuits against the unions and school districts, saying "we gave you mandates, gave you a long enough time to come up with a plan, and you are failing, therefore we are suing you to comply with that." legal processes are slow and cumbersome. with an order by the courts, what would change? how could they get it plan overnight if they couldn't over a year? people who don't care about the disparity between those of my children of color and children of privilege, which i'm sure all of us do -- this furthers it. private schools are still up for those who can afford it, leaving those who can't left behind, as a school district and unions fail us. mayor lightfoot said it best when she said "we are failing those children who came dell might look like me and came from backgrounds like mine." enough is enough. >> harris: where are the fellow democrats to come out and support lori lightfoot? leslie, you said not all democrats are owned by unions. is there a plethora somewhere that i do

really big turn-around for lori lightfoot. talking about how angry she is at the teacher's union and that children are suffering at the hands of their obstructionism. >> we are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school. failing grades. depression. isolation. so much more. >> martha: these things are very rile. bill bennett, dan henninger and jason riley next. student loans don't have to take over for the rest of your life. with sofi it's possible to get them paid off and start new. ♪♪ it's totally normal to have constipation with belly pain,

lightfoot said that teachers union add what dot have to do with safety.ion or said on the zoom call and parent stood them up. they see catholic, charter schools, suburban schools back in class and their kids are tired of remote learning. >> obviously, there is a way to get the schools open and to heck have it be open safely. the children see that and they don't understand why their teachers don't want to come back to the table and negotiate and get the schools open. >> the vice president of the teachers and dismissed the notion of a strike and the only s where they are concerned with his safety, harris. >> harris: amen to that, mike tobin, i feel so bad for these kids. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus," "outnumbered" now. fox news alert, a new fierce decision on capitol hill with a growing number of pushing calling for immediate passage of biden without public support. this is the president set to meet with ten moderate republican senators just hours from now. on the coronavirus relief counter proposal. however senator bernie sanders who talked

mike: you're listening to chicago mayor lori lightfoot, big battle between the mayor's office and the teachers union, they reached a tentative deal taking the final steps in terms of getting children back in the classroom will require ratification from the teachers themselves. we will see if that happens. mark meredith following all of this from wilmington, delaware traveling with the president today, good afternoon, mark. mark: mike, good afternoon to you. parents are frustrated and local leaders are up access and teachers split on whether or not it's safe to go to school or not. it's been a big issue in chicago and looks like they have a possible agreement there, there's still a lot of questions about other cities across the country as they try to decide when is the best time to get back to school. we heard from so many of the teachers unions that are concerned about ventilation in school and not strong rollout of the vaccines for teachers nationwide. local leaders have been claiming that the unions have been dragging their feet the whole time saying they have been doing what they c

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where is the democratic party to back up lori lightfoot? political pressure. if you have 12 hours that passed in chicago, what have the union bosses been doing? who did they call and wlo did they consult with? >> dana: are they brave enough to do a press conference like lori lightfoot? i haven't seen them. >> bill: she was very impressive. catch you tomorrow. i love the turtleneck four days in a row. >> dana: one more day to go. i'm going to make it. great to marjorie taylor greene over controversial statements she made before being elected. mccarthy continues to condemn what she said or tweeted but mccarthy will not take further

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this was a bitter fight between your union and mayor lightfoot. in an interview with the "new york times" that was published yesterday, she said, quote, when you have unions that have other aspirations beyond being a union and maybe being something akin to a republican party, there will always be a conflict. she went on to say, quote, they want to take over not only chicago public schools but take over running the city government. that will play itself out over time. what do you think about that? >> i think in the middle of a pandemic, it's a bad move. i think number two, our union believes in advocating for the people who exist in chicago. our students, our members, there are families that reside in chicago. so advocating for housing stability. advocating for schools without police. advocating for the ability of our students to have art and music, language and libraries in their school communities. that is our leadership, and i think that america would be best served when all of us unite on making sure that our students get everything that they n

i will tell you this, griff, if i were lori lightfoot i would fire every one of these teachers that will not go back to school in chicago and will not go back to teach these children. griff: why won't lori lightfoot lean on the teachers to reopen. >> it's amazing to me, congress appropriated 110 billion dollars to help get children back in school. in tennessee most of the classrooms are open. our county mayors, our school boards, our school systems, our teachers, our parents, they're all working together to make certain that children get back to a normal lifetime, a normal school day, but you're not seeing it in these big cities. and that's why people are getting out of them as fast as they can. griff: so, with the covid relief package, which is moving right down the path to getting passed with reconciliation, are you calling for a contingenty in that final piece of legislation, to get that money you have to reopen? >> yes, we have said and i had an amendment that we filed that said you can't get these federal dollars in you are not going to have children back in those classrooms. if you

. >> donna: the chicago teachers union not budging after those threats from mayor lori lightfoot.city is postponed until at least tomorrow. that's because the district and union failed to reach a deal and parents are super frustrated. >> from everything that i've read from the cdc recommendations, the science, they have met and exceeded those. i don't think it's a case for us to sit back and go off our instincts. we have to go off the science. the sign says we should open up our schools. >> are coming up on a year with some kids have had to sleep in their bedrooms and then beyond zoom classroom for eight hours and they don't socialize. we are killing our children mentally. it's mental abuse we are doing to our kids. >> donna: dana, parents are frustrated. teachers are frustrated. everyone is pretty much frustrated. there is no national blueprint on how to safely reopen all of our school districts, whether they are small or large school districts. let me ask you a question. what type of blueprint do we need right now to ensure that all of our schools are reopened at some point duri

mayor lori lightfoot ordering educators back to the class rooms as negotiations stall. todd: republican senators headed to the white house of today to talk covid relief. we're live in d.c. jillian: hunker down and stay home, a massive nor'easter pummeling the east coast right now, we track the hon tear storm as -- monster snowstorm as cities brace for the biggest storm in years. todd: i wiped out while i walking in today. i had my big bag and i was like this looks like a nice snow pack. jillian: last year i fell so hard in front of my building as we continue to look at this shot. it was a huge pack of ice. i fell on my head. i was sore for days. todd: are you okay now? jillian: debateable. todd: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this sunday monday morning. i'm todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. at least a dozen homeless activists are arrested after attempting to take over a washington state hotel. >> please give us blankets. todd: the activist group had reserved rooms for one night but then reportedly demanded pandemic housing. other of guests an

why isn't he backing up local leaders in san francisco with mayor lightfoot?hael bloomberg seems to have an idea why. he is telling the president, grow a backbone. >> it's time for joe biden to stand up and say that kids are the most important things. important players here, and the teachers are just going to have to suck it up and stand up and provide an education. >> jesse: all right, greg gutfeld is wearing five layers today to represent each one of us here on "the five." i'm sorry it's so cold here, what do you think about what is going on? does joe need to listen to many mike and grow a backbone? >> greg: obviously, this is trump fault. he's the reason for the shutdown, for covid, the crime, the blizzard we are experiencing. he's responsible not only for my postnasal drip about my prenasal drip. a lot of people don't get that and i also blame him for the reboot of "sex and the city." new york has been through a lot, we don't need another "sex and the city." you know how the saying is a wash pot never boils. we are watching water being boiled by morons. th

mayor lightfoot said the teachers union stood them up yesterday., there will still be no class today. jen psaki dodged the issue saying the president supports mayor lightfoot and the teachers. >> they're prioritizing the right thing, the health and safety of the kids and teachers and making sure that the children are getting the education that they deserve. >> now parents, some of whom have put their careers on hold have grown inpatient. one parent told john roberts when parents speak up, they're subject to cancel culture. >> there is social media backlash from the public and union representatives when parents speak out and we're mislabelled and our voices are squashed, bullied. our businesses and places of work are contacted. >> the ceo of chicago public schools promised if teachers didn't show up today, they would be cut off from the technology. it's called google suites, the technology that teachers use for the remote teaching. if any moves the city moveses or makes have not been public. nothing is clear right now. jerry? >> jerry: thanks, mike.

now declaring she has run out of patience with the teachers union, lightfoot says schools are meetinging cdc recommendations. positivity rate at 5.4%, the lowest since october but lightfoot says the unions continue to move the goalposts to add items. for instance, a man to defund police. >> cps had three weeks of successful uply mentation of these mitigation plans in our schools. that was until the ctu blew up that success and created chaos that we are now enduring. reporter: now one thing making these negotiations difficult the announcements come late at night. parents don't know whether to pack a bag for kids. those who work can't tell employees by the end of the business day if they will be showing up the next business morning. connell? connell: still not solved. mike tobin in chicago. perfect storm for one super bowl staple, chicken wing prices usually go up a lot before the big game. this year they're more expensive than usual. the price per pound up 30% per pound compared to last year. we have a nationwide chicken wing shortage of all things. another effect of the pandemic i gue

i saw your interview with mayor lightfoot. those are crocodile tears.ve kept the public schools closed but yet the private schools are open. that is the problem in l.a. where i live and chicago and these big democratic cities. teacher's unions, they care about power and control. >> martha: you look side by side at the private skills, catholic schools, parents that have the ability to sends them to those schools but leaves so many other children that don't have the option without an option. here's lori lightfoot at her press conference yesterday. >> in this difficult time, black and brown kids that look like me coming from circumstances like the one that i grew up in that are struggling and are failing. we're failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school. failing grade. depression, isolation. so much more. >> martha: she's right about that. depression and isolation. they say they don't have enough time or money to get this figured out. they had the whole summer to work on this. many schools did it. >> crocodile tears. all summe

lightfoot said, "that's chaos." stacy davis gates, if you cod respond? i don't think there is a response to that post up for the likes of me, i don't know why any politician would harbor ill will and provoke fights with teachers, paraprofessionals, school clerks, coordinators, social workers, counselors, librarians. i don't understand that. furthermore, the members of the chicago teachers union in coalition with parents and students across the city has struggled together. they have struggled to get support. they have struggled together to keep cops out of schools and to get nurses and social workers inside of schools. to bring the issue of housing and security to the forefront and fight for housing for our students who do not have permanent housing. so this concept that we are not partners is simply another misleading action, statement from the mayor of the city. amy: and if you can talk about the importance of organizing and striking. right now in this period during the pandemic, the most effective way you see to keep the schools safe and to bring every

ane bit, i'll talk to chicago mayor lori lightfoot about how her city is getting the vaccine to black and brown residents who need it most. but back to politics first. because as president biden pushes forward on covid, he's already pulled back from more ambitious offerings on raising the minimum wage and reducing student debt. drawing criticism from progressive democrats in congress who say this is the time for full force, not half measures. joining me now is congresswoman ayanna pressley, democrat of massachusetts. congresswoman pressley, thank you for being with us this evening. >> good to be with you. >> you have introduced a house resolution this week that essentially calls on the federal government to guarantee every american a job. i would imagine it's designed to address the present damage of covid, but it's not an entirely new idea. we both know it has a history among black economists and civil rights leaders going back at least a half a century. what does your resolution propose, and why now, congresswoman, as we're in the grips of what we're in? >> well, thank you, rev, for

here the lori lightfoot, the mayor of chicago. supporter, this is a liberal left wing woman. yet there is no support from the democrat party for her position. they are all backing the teachers unions in an unconscionable and defenseless position that they're in. this is where the party is. whether you look at this or immigration or the energy issue, those who thought this was going to be a moderate democrat administration are wrong. now let's look at the facts here. the human cost to these kids is incall kuhl able. books written and papers presented years from now about part of a lost generation. 75% of the kids in chicago are black and hispanic. many of them poor. i know the chicago schools very well. these are the kids for whom school matters the most. and they are being deprived of it. socially, emotionally, academically they are really hurting and destroying these kids to say nothing of what they are doing to their families. this is the democrat party of today. this is not the democrat party that in part favored school choice

it was really nasty and negative and i just saw that lori lightfoot did interview in the new york times where she said that she learned a lot about the fear that she got herself involved in the middle of negotiations. they have a very good set of protocols now in chicago for pre-k, for elementary, and for middle. in the pre-k students started again last thursday. but what had happened, and this gets to the vaccine issue and the accommodation issue, is that we are still in the middle of this pandemic. and we push very hard. again, remember, we represented both health care as well as educators. obviously for health care, to me, that is the number one priority. not that it was required for a nurse to work in a covid-ward, of course it is not required. but what happened is that it provides another protection to these front-line workers. the same in terms of grocery workers and in terms of emts and teachers and bus drivers and other educators. what the vaccine does is it basically gives you protection against being really sick. it is these mitigation strategies the cdc just did that stop tra

your thoughts. >> kim: i can't tell where mayor lori lightfoot's priorities are.baltimore. for her to say "i want people to be able to walk down the street anyway they please," obviously she has never been to east or west garfield park or englewood where the crime and homicide rate is through the roof. last summer there was a drive-by at a funeral. i don't even know what world she's living in but she doesn't have the schools open and she's got other things that should be on her priority list and here she is talking about welcoming illegal immigrants. it makes absolutely no sense to me. >> emily: harris. >> harris: actually i'm going to give my time, yield it to kennedy because she had quite a bit to say. >> kennedy: hello. thank you very much. i don't think we have immigration figured out i'm going to go back to what i said earlier in the show that this is really legislative failure. when you have different cities and states, contradicting what federal immigration policy is, people who are most vulnerable are the ones who get hurt the quickest. on a different subj

. >> reporter: chicago mayor lori lightfoot says the city spent $100 million on ventilation, masks and safety protocols. last week more than 70% of union members voted against returning to the classroom including preschool teacher vanessa saucedo. >> we had significant number of families affected by covid, and entire households who got sick. >> reporter: a libertarian think tank had been studying the link between unions and reopening schools. he looked at 800 school teunion, t the stronger the a school will reopen in person. and covid-19 not the only part of the equation. >> it is not because they're bad people. there is a lot of good people in the teachers union, but it's incentives, stay home for same pay and job security. >> reporter: demand for teacher union have become a big sticking points in negotiations. in chicago, raised concerns about remote work requests being denied, and teachers in los angeles say being vaccinated is not safe enough. they want s r drs before thetu classroom. president of the country's largest teachers union, becky pringle, says safety is their top priorit

not only chicago lightfoot failing to control crime in the city she is failing parents as well. why a cooling off period meaning negotiations would continue intensely but in the take action against teachers who were refouz to report to classrooms >> this is a very difficult situation. and we are in it still because of the incompetence of the previous administration. why trump? it is always trump's fault. nice try. mayor y. shannon fox news at night take it all from here. >> shannon. >> thank you very much. have a great night. >> house republican leader mccarthy meets with majority row green. as democrats and the media try to make the lawmaker the saint of the gop. green under fire from republicans and dem credits alike for past vows and objectional centsaments expressod social media. republicans believe her

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and spend $100 million on everything from filtration systems to facemasks but late as mayor lori lightfoot said when they make progress union leaders make more demands. the union says negotiations are about the safety of teachers. >> it is not about if we return but how to return and how we return is with maximum amount of safety we can obtain. >> reporter: when asked about the school crisis in chicago the white house dodged controversy. >> we trust the mayor and unions to work this out. they are prioritizing the health and safety of the kids and teachers and working to make sure children in chicago are getting the education they deserve. >> reporter: tens of thousands of parents in chicago just want their kids back in the classroom. >> he is expected to show up and do his job pandemic or no pandemic. i had to put my career on hold and stay home with the children every day to make sure they are doing their lessons. >> reporter: mayor lightfoot's office announced a 48-hour cooling-off period, all learning will be remote for the next few days while the city and teachers union tries to get ba

today mayor lori lightfoot and the head of the public schools system said a tentative deal was in place teachers' union disputed that. evan mcmorris-santoris following this story for us. where are we? >> reporter: as you say, this is a very nasty fight with teachers against the city of chicago about whether they should reopen schools. during wethe week we saw the mar requiring schools to reopen and teachers said if you do that, we might go on strike. then today we saw the mayor come to the microphones and say, we have a deal. she said that deal was based around safety. >> i am confident -- confident -- that the measures that we have and will put in place will make our schools even safer than they already are and will be a model for other systems in illinois and throughout the country. >> that . >> reporter: that was just a couple hours ago that mayor lightfoot said that. just after that, the teachers tweeted that despite her saying there is a deal, there isn't a deal. it has to go through a lengthy process in that teachers' meeting and it could go on and on. we don't have an answer in c

chicago's back to school battle heating up, mayor lori lightfoot ordering all educators back to the classroom after negotiations with the teachers union stalls. will we see a strike? jillian: hunker down and stay home, a massive nor'easter pummeling the northeast right now. we track the storm as cities prepare. todd: republican senators headed to the white house to talk covid relief. the democrats' promise of unity appears to be short-lived. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ it's the final countdown. ♪ the final countdown. jillian: it's something you would say, todd. todd: isn't that a cool shot. just to be clear, that's not europe, even though the song is by europe. isn't that a beautiful shot. jillian: it is. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. president biden set to meet with senators today over coronavirus relief. jillian: bernie sanders dismisses calls for unity and promises to get a call through. mark. >> reporter: it's cold in the nation's capitol this morning. president biden wants both parties to work together t

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in fact, chicago's mayor, lori lightfoot, said city representatives sat on a zoom call yesterday, and teachers union just stood them up. so notifications were sent out to parents that after almost a year there will still be no class today. the chicago school crisis came up in the white house press briefing. jen psaki dodged the issue saying the president respects mayor lightfoot and supports teachers. >> he trusts the that mayor and the unions to work this out. they're both prioritizing the right things, which is insuring the health and safety of the kids and teachers and working to make sure the children in chicago are getting the education they deserve. >> reporter: as a you know, a lot of parents have put their careers on hold, and some of them have grown impatient. one parent told our john roberts when parents speak up, they are subject to cancel culture. >> there is a social media backlash from the public and union representatives when parents speak out, and we're mislabeled, and our voices are squashed, we're bullied. our businesses and places of work are contacted. >> reporter:

this is mayor lightfoot speaking at a news conference thursday. >> the right thing for our kids and this difficult time, black and brown kids who look like me coming from circumstances like the one i grew up in who are struggling and are failing. we are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school. amy: the chicago teachers union responded on twitter -- "one of the more disappointing moments from the mayor's press conference was her accusation of 'fear mongering,' when there have been 230,000 positive cases and nearly 5000 deaths from covid in her city. how do you explain 'fear mongering' to those families?" and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. week i'm back, we go to ethiopia to speak with the head of the african cdc post of african nations are racing to secure vaccines but it could take months, if not years. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] "prayer for africa." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today in africa, where countries across the co

hour, the mayor of chicago lori lightfoot joins us.st donald trump as his impeachment trial gets underway tomorrow. and two words for you, tom brady. >> with all that you've done, where does this rank? >> i'm not making any comparisons. being down here with this group of years is -- every year is amazing, and this team, this world championship you can't take it away from us. >> tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers dominate the kansas city chiefs, winning the franchise's second super bowl title and the seventh of brady's legendary career. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, february 8th. with us, we have white house reporter from the associated press. most of "politics nation," reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. we also have co-founder of punch bowl news with us and senior columnist for "the daily beast" matt lewis joins us. >> let's talk. jonathan la mere, you grew up with this guy in new england. >> it's kind of cool. >> even you couldn't have imagined how easily he could have won last night's game agai

chicago mayor lori lightfoot saying they have reached a tentative deal with teachers after she threatenedblock them from holding classes online. the teachers union in the city still has yet to see any sign of this agreement and have not signed off on it. hello, everyone, and welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric, and hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. the teachers union in philadelphia telling members to stay home tomorrow over coronavirus safety concerns, and all of this is putting pressure on the biden administration after the president said he would reopen most elementary and middle schools in his first hundred days. let's bring mark meredith in now. he has more from wilmington, test, where the president is spending the weekend. mark in. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. chicago and philadelphia, just two city of many that are trying to figure out if and when their teachers and students will go back to school. you mentioned the biggest news today which is that tentative agreement out of chicago that would push back the way, the timi

but mayor lori lightfoot says that union leaders make more demands.he safety of teachers. >> discussion is not about if we return, but how we return and how we return is with the maximum amount of safety that we can obtain an agreement. >> when asked about the school crisis in chicago, the white house dodged controversy. >> we trust the mayor and the union to work this out. they are both prioritizing the health and safety of teachers and working to make sure that children in chicago are getting the education they deserve. >> and tens of thousands of parents in chicago just want their kids back in the classroom. >> my husband is an essential worker. he is excited to show up and do his job every day pandemic or no pandemic. i've had to put my career on hold and stay home with the children every day to make sure they are doing their lessons. >> and in the last few minutes, mary mary lightfoot's office announced the 48 hour cooling off period. remote learning will not be cut out. in fact, all of class will be remote for the next two days. bret. >> bret: m

chicago's democratic mayor, lori lightfoot, says she's had it with the teachers and wants them back in classroom as quickly as possible. >> my patience is up. we can't wait hours and hours and hours and have no response other than we're working on it. that's not good enough anymore. it's similar are my not good enough anymore -- simply not good enough anymore. >> reporter: earlier tennessee senator marsha blackburn responded. >> if i were lori lightfoot, i would fire every one of these teachers that will not go back to school in chicago. if. >> reporter: teachers unions are also resisting returning to the classroom in l.a., boston, cleveland, philadelphia, san francisco where the city actually sued its school board as well as here in the nation's capital. at the white house, jen psaki was pressed on the issue. >> president biden use the power of the bully pulpit to help cajole teachers who are unwilling to go back to schools to go back? >> i'm just going to reject the premise of the question. we're going rely on cdc guidance which, again, is not officially out yet to determine the best

reporter: in fact, david what mayor lightfoot said it was her last, best and final offer and then the teachers refused it. part of what they don't like are some of the protocols, thresholds for pausing in- student learning. combinations for those who care for at-risk people and the administration of vaccines. what that means to parents and students is that they go into this weekend not knowing if monday will be class, a standoff , or a strike, and this after students have been out of class for almost a year. >> we are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school. reporter: now, teachers unions contributed $43.7 million to campaigns in 2020. only 2% of that money went to republicans so 98% went to democrats and now the democrat in the white house, unions are not getting pressured to compromise and take a deal. >> he wants us not just to reopen but to stay open and he wants to do that in a safe way and we're going to rely on cdc guidance, which again, is not officially out yet. reporter: and just short time ago, chicago mayor lori light foot sent out a messag

there's been a breakthrough in the showdown over chicago resuming in-school learning mayor lori lightfoot announced a tentative agreement today with the city's teachers union. they've been at odds over covid safety concerns with the union refusing to return to classrooms without more safeguards under the proposed deal the k-8 staff will gradually start the in-person schedule later this week >>> tonight we're remembering boxing great leon spinks he was the legendary underdog who toppled muhammad ali for the heavyweight championship in 1978 spinks learned his way around the ring early joining the marines then fighting for team usa in the 1976 olympics recently he'd battled prostate cancer leon spinks was 67. >>> half a world away from us the australian tennis open is starting with tens of thousands in the stands. everything looks almost normal again. tonight, matt bradley on how they're pulling it off safely >> reporter: tonight, it's advantage australia. the city of melbourne serving up a rare covid era international sporting event in front of a full audience. and setting an example for th

well it's already reacting quite badly to that the mayor lori lightfoot has sent out a defensive note saying that there were agitators from outside of town but she was also criticized she came in for heavy criticism in this report in part for the fact that she stopped the trains and buses coming to the downtown area and she lifted the bridges so what that ended up meeting was in a lot of areas some of them very poor largely black neighborhoods the protesters were sort of left there and that was another criticism of the police that they would pen people in so they couldn't get out and then pepper spray them here's a statement from the american civil liberties union that came out just after this report once again this city in chicago police department failed to plan in any meaningful way to ensure that officers on the ground would respect the 1st amendment rights that is free speech rights and safety of those marching for justice and ended up saying that without those that guidance police retreated to their usual discriminatory practices you have african-american groups who have critici

chicago mayor lori lightfoot said public schools cannot deny parents the right to have their kids backpublic school system implemented daily screenings, new air filtration systems, sanitizing stations, contact tracing. now, rapid testing could have the potential to ease some teachers' concerns. a new study shows that weekly sk screenings could slash infections by up to 50% in high schools as cnn's erica hill now reports. >> we are really good at pumping the brakes after we wrap the car around the tree. what we need to do is anticipate this is coming. >> reporter: fast-spreading variants now identified in more than 30 states. the most common first documented in the uk especially concerning. >> there's increasing data that suggests that some of the variants, the b117 variant, may actually be increased -- lead to increased mortality. >> reporter: on wednesday the u.s. surpassed 450,000 covid deaths. for nearly a month, daily reports have been stuck at or above 3,000. cases and hospitalizations, however, are improving. including a dramatic shift in california where new cases have dropped n

school opening still in the air after negotiation hit a wall at the center, mayor lori lightfoot threateningn >> those who do not report to work and i hate to even go there, but we're going to have to take action let's avoid that >> an estimated 62,000 students and 10,000 teachers were set to begin classes today. chicago public schools said teachers would be locked out of their teaching platforms of they fail to show up, a move the teacher's union said would lead to a strike. >> coming up, snl reminds us nothing works in america. >>> ananmbd aer a flert texas for -- the chucky doll into one delicious cereal? it took a lot of bran-storming. get it? kellogg's raisin bran crunch. two scoops of delicious. loves me. loves me not. new neutrogena® skin balancing! 3 made-for-you formulas with 2% pha exfoliate and condition for soft, balanced skin. find the one. neutrogena® ♪ rich, indulgent chocolate with a luscious caramel filling. with love from san francisco. ghirardelli caramel squares. makes life a bite better. honey honey? new nyquil severe honey is maximum strength cold and flu medicine with

school opening still up in the air and mayor lori lightfoot is threatening action >> those who do not report to work and i hate to even go there, but we're going to have to take action let's avoid that >> an estimated 62,000 students and 10,000 teachers were set to begin classes today. chicago public schools said teachers would be locked out of their teaching platforms if they fail to show up, a move the teacher's union said would lead to a strike. >>> two skiers -- >>> let's take a turn and go back to time square where nbc meteorologist janessa webb is braving the storm, nothing compared to later. >> exactly you got we have this young man and many people braving the elements can you tell us how you feel about the potential of 17 inches of snow and cold weather. >> 17 inches, it's wild. have to get a lot of salt. yeah coming to work was crazy on the highway. it's blocked out, can you barely see. >> exactly so a lot of people braving the elements we're hoping everyone is careful. we're going to continue to watch this system make its way across the northeast. that's a if you need some s

mayor lori lightfoot is frustrated with the teachers union and the fact that students are not back inool with three children at home doing remote learning, where you with all of this? >> i am sharing her frustration. i believe that to the schools have been open, they have them ready and receiving students and now they are closed again. for reasons of fear and panic, and the ctu has cultivated among their members, and when did chicago become a city, that did not believe in science? the data and the cdc and the plan suggest that it is working. >> john: you are saying that parents are afraid to speak out because of potential pressure from the union? >> yes, there is social media backlash from when parents speak out and are mislabeled and are bullied, and businesses in places of work are contacted. but i will continue, yes, i will continue to speak out because i am not afraid to advocate for my job. >> john: the teachers union as mike tobin pointed out did not show up, prompting tweets between the school of the union. the cbs bargaining team was instructed not to attend negotiations today

that appeared to come to an end today when mayor lori lightfoot gave this remark at a press conference>> at long last, cps has reached a tentative agreement with the chicago teachers' union that opens up the school doors for safe in-person learning for our pre-k cluster and k through 8 students. but i also want to thank the teachers. i know many of you have worked harder than year than you've ever worked before because that's what the circumstances demanded for you to manifest your love and commitment to your students. >> so it sounds like a deal. everyone is on the same page now. everyone is going to move forward. kids are going to go back to school. not so fast. the chicago teachers' union tweeted out a notice saying, hey, we haven't made a deal yet. we have to go through our rigorous process of looking into that deal and looking into the offer made by the city and go through all of the different steps that it takes to make that happen. so we don't actually know at this hour whether or not there is a deal and we won't know for sure what the details of whatever it is that are happenin

jillian: mayor lightfoot trying to reach a deal teacher's union with in person learning.om brady getting support ahead of his tenth super bowl from his boss for the past nine. patriot owner robert kraft telling cbs quote i'm routing for tom brady. i'm so excited. we have had great communications and he is such a special human being. we were privileged to have him here for two decades. and is he one of the finest human beings i have ever met. send it back to you. ainsley: that was night from robert kraft. brian: quick thing. thanks, jillian. quick thing i got a text message from someone don't want to use their name they said and this is a great point with student loan debt. i took a home equity loan out to pay my my kid's college do i get reimbursed? what about everybody who went into debt pay them off made them look like absolute sucker was for doing that unbelievable. the way i understand it joe biden said yeah i could sign something but i want you to go pass something and then i will sign it. steve: one of the suggestions is that they are calling for it to happen now to

mayor lori lightfoot threatening action >> those who do not report to work, and i hate to even go therebut we're going to have to take action let's avoid that >> an estimated 62,000 students and 10,000 teachers were set to begin classes today. chicago public schools said teachers will be locked out of their teaching platforms if they fail to show up and a move that would lead to a strike >>> a snowball fight in the mid-atlantic hundreds of virginia tech students held a massive snowball fight on the university drill field. it's a campus tradition there. meanwhile, the washington, d.c. snowball fight association sponsored another fun battle on the national mall. more than 100 people joined in on that fight. washington, d.c. has not seen a major snowfall in two years. i don't know what's more surprising that it hasn't seen a major snowball in two years. or there's a washington, d.c. snowball fight association >> right all of those associations are going to be busy with the snow coming down. let's go back to times square with nbc meteorologist janessa webb and check in with her janessa, goo