but for tubman to take her place in newark, columbus had to go.cial justice protests in spring of 2020, mayor baraka decided to have the city remove the statue one night. ♪ ♪ ♪ at the time, he said columbus's removal was “a statement against the barbarism, enslavement, and oppression that this explorer represents.” thiss all that's left of the christopher columbus statue. cooke john's monument to harriet tubman will replace this. it will include a two-and-a-half story tall structure, a figure for visitors literally to walk into. >> i envision, you know, you would stand here so you would stand within this space and you could feel like, you know, you are a part of her. you are part of this legacy that is harriet tubman. you know, you are harriet tubman. >> hill: a newark committee of historians, art experts and civic leaders selected cooke john's design, the center of which is a series of intertwined profiles of tubman. and where the profiles connect at the head, a north star, which will be lit up at night. the monument also includes a wall with his

amy: and we will look at a fight in new jersey to stop a new gas-fired power plant in newark. >> a year after passing the strongest environmental bill in the country, the governor is betraying our communit he's trying to put up a fossil fuel plant in our neighborhood. governor murphy is breaking his promises. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden has publicly endorsed changing senate rules to prevent republicans from using the filibuster to block voting rights legislation. biden spoke tuesday in atlanta, georgia. pres. biden: to protect our democracy, support changing the senate rules. whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. when it comes to protecting majority rule, in america, the majority should rule in the united states senate. amy: senate majority leader chuck schumer is expected to introduce proposals to change the filibuster rules as early as today in an effort to pass the john lewis voting rights advancement a

one day 1/3 of your work force calling out sick at newark.or anyone outside of america, newark is a massive hub for united headlines. tom: i looked at all united flights coming out of newark and it's tons and tons of flights. we're all living this and all our viewers are listening, this folds into the instability right now. i want to emphasize data dependency and on c.p.i. wednesday at 8:30. tom: pleased we're on the same page 30 minutes into the program. jon: when it comes to the economic data some expect the search handle to be the 3 u2, 1 and they expect the federal reserve to hike. this is the federal reserve show me why i should not hike? show me what the numbers should be, how do you stop the fed from hiking in march? lisa: how do the inputs have to remain hot, not only the supply chain but rents and other issues seeing inflation. jon: lisa abramowicz, tom keene and jonathan farrow. this is bloomberg. is bloomberg. jon: five-day losing streak, we snapped it and snapped it nicely on the is s&p this morning. futures up, advancing more tha

in newark, a little over 60,000.tem active positives, we have 11% of my entire teaching staff, so i have 3,000 teachers, 11% of my classroom teachers are in fact positive, and we only know that because of mandatory testing last week. >> you both have your work cut out for you. really appreciate your time. obviously we'll be watching very closely what happens there. superintendents carvalo and leon, we appreciate you, thank you. >> thank you. >> and we'll be right back. with clean, fresh ingredients, panera's new chicken sausage and pepperoni flatbread is a mouthwatering explosion of yes. craft? yes! heartiness? yes! living life to the flavor-fullest? heck yes. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this is the only healthcare system in the country with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers, in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical school, and where th

international -- or newark liberty, people on cots, people -- long lines. you know, this has been happening day after day after day. only positive i can tell you, liz, is we've been reporting on this so extensively, people come to the airport almost expecting that there's going to be a cancellation or a delay. so i guess, you know, underpromise, overdeliver. liz: what a great way to start the new year. stuck in newark, new jersey. i'm allowed to say that, i live in new jersey. [laughter] jeff, great to see you -- [laughter] new jersey's the best punchline. it used to be cleveland, but, you know -- i've lived in both of them, ladies and gentlemen, thank you. >>> the biden administration focusing on the high cost of meat at this hour. there is a bilge meeting with farmer -- big meeting with farmers at the white house. a ceo is here to tell us how he sees inflation, is it going to moderate this year? are things breaking up when it comes to the supply chain log jams as well? his bulk-buying customers in the new year, what he says they will see. closing bell rin

that includes atlanta, detroit, milwaukee and newark.are going to look at what's behind those decisions-- and that gives me a chance to introduce our new chief washington correspondent, geoff bennett. he has been a white house correspondent, he has long covered politics and many national stories. welcome, geoff! we are very glad to have you join us. >> reporter: judy, thank you very much. it's a real privilege to work with you and the team and contribute to the solid storytelling and reliable reporting for which the "newshour" is known. as you mentioned in the introduction, the current spike in covid cases is presenting a rale challenge not just for school officials and teachers but, also, as you can imagine, for students and parents, and to learn more about why one school district decided to return to virtual instruction, i spoke with newark school superintendent roger leon earlier today. superintendent roger leon, welcome to the "newshour", thanks for your time. >> thank you, geoff. >> reporter: in your district, 90% of teachers are va

el aumento de contagios provoco que la ciudad de newark cierre la atenciÓn al pÚblico.vertidor catalÍtico. ramÓn: un hombre muriÓen el intercambio de las autopistas en la ciudad de oakland. mientras tanto una mujer en santa rosa fue arrestado el pasado 2 de enero por cometer el mismo delito. para tener todos los detalles de este caso lo invito a que escanea el cÓdigo que ve en pantalla. el departamento de policÍa de oakland ha registrado arrestos en el 2022 la segunda vÍctima falleciÓ esta maÑana. en napa las autoridades tratan de localizar un vehÍculo sospechoso. esto ocurriÓ el pasado 23 de diciembre en napa. si tiene informaciÓn sobre este caso repÓrtelo a las autoridades. nos comunicamos con el vocero de la policÍa y nos dio mÁs detalles sobre lo ocurrido. >> no sabemos si han sido saldados. ante el aumento de casos de coronavirus la posibilidad de las clases virtuales no se descartan. carla farÍas sale a las calles y nos dice quÉ le dijeron. la opiniÓn de los padres estÁ un poco dividida. escuchemos. >> en la casa sÍ es tu bien, pero no es igual. en su casa no hace

spirit paying flight attendants double. >> rena roy joins us live now from newark liberty international airport tonight where over 100 flights have been canceled today. these disruptions are expected to continue? >> reporter: terry, that's right. tomorrow and monday expected to be the busiest travel days to return home, and we're already seeing more than a thousand cancellations sunday alone. terry? >> hard day. rena, thanks very much for that. >>> next to the daring high wire rescue outside albuquerque, new mexico, amid icy conditions. nearly two dozen people stranded overnight in a tram. rescuers reaching all of them late today. and a winter storm impacting millions across the country tonight. a state of emergency declared in kentucky. tornado watches in effect across several states as this system sweeps east. elwyn lopez is in atlanta. >> reporter: tonight, a dramatic high wire rescue in albuquerque, new mexico. all 21 people being pulled to safety after being stuck in a cart on a tramway for more than 14 hours. >> it was taking roughly about 5 to 15 minutes for every two people to g

the plane, then returned to newark, where law enforcement officers were waiting. united said the plane was diverted due to unruly passengers. at least 17 people were killed at a popular nightclub in cameroon, where a fire set off explosions leading to a panic. there were also reports of a number of injuries. the club is located in the nation's capital of beyond, worker said there was a short circuit that customers initially thought was a firework show. the flames then spread to an area where cooking gas was being stored, and that's where the explosion occurred. the tragedy came as the central african countries hosting the month long african football cup of nations tournament. tonga is getting worldwide help in rebuilding from a natural disaster flights from neighboring countries or landing in the island nation as it deals with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and the tsunami that followed. australia is sending multiple flights carrying food and water , along with medical supplies and telecommunications equipment . new zealand and japan have also se

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shahreef is here with us now, president and ceo of university hospital in newark, a former new jerseyso much for being here. i understand that 10% of your staff is out, roughly 300 people in various departments, and that is due to this pandemic that we're seeing, at a time like this when i know it's already frantic and so fatiguing for everybody there. give us an understanding of a life -- a day in your life right now. >> yeah, thank you so much for having me. yes, close to 10% of our staff has been out. we're starting to see a little bit of a down tick in that and i hope that continues and that's good news. but right now, our staff are pretty demoralized. they've been dealing with this now for two years. we continue to have our hospital admissions with covid comprise 75% of them. our folks who are completely unvaccinated. we think a lot of these admissions are still preventable, but regardless, i think this is a really tough time because when we were first surging in the spring of 2020, it was sort of similar to with an adrenaline, a light at the end of the tunnel for cases going dow

so we're seeing a very concerning increase in hospitalizations here in newark.ients in house, more as -- the most, as you've said, since may of 2020. even in the winter peak because we were highly vaccinated area of the country, we only saw about 60 patients in the winter between 2020 and 2021, so we're seeing a variant that can evade immunity, that is extremely transmissible, that is exploding in terms of the cases in the community. there are lines outside of our testing clinic right now, and very concerningly, we're seeing a lot of our own employees out of work due to covid, which presents its own extremely important health care risk to the 260 or so patients in our hospital without covid. in addition to the ones with covid, because of course we need to adequately and safely staff feds and make sure that critical surgeries and other procedures are also delivered. and so we've gone to the lengths of reaching out to our nursing school, medical students, nursing students to try to shore up staffing. we hope that because the omicron variant seems to be less severe

in the town of newark. you may still be able to fight city hall . you just can't go inside it.s been closed to the public since monday, along with the police department. the reason covid. the staff of 179, who are working from home, just as it did a year ago. it does feel back to the future base. mayor michael hannan said the risks were too great to workers and to the public to stay open. we have a number of employees have been exposed exposed anymore. employees we don't have to do is certainly not exposed to public. so for at least the next two weeks, city business is being conducted online and from a distance. we felt that for the past year prior to the opening of city hall were able to provide those services and effective manner to the public. all done remotely. not everyone got the message. people came to the civic center and were met by locked doors. when delivery service worker had to drop off. some papers in other places are still open. you still got to wear your mask. i don't see why they have to be closed. things had a good idea because now it's a new the new thing i s

he says, so i was at the newark airport last night at the newark, mary, i'm it's clipping my toenails at the edge of the bed. one of toenails flew off into the shag carpet i couldn't find and went to sleep, flew to st. louis the next day for a good checked into the airport. mary, outside at the edge. my bed there was a toenail on the gets fit. perfect, so it really is and it's just, i mean when you're in your early twenties, that's great. but you know, and i have teenage kids that i'd like to see, you know, i know aren't going to be long for the house. so i'd like to hang out, let everybody, but when you get the call to be in more v as in go to london, k kids, i'm going to london. now, when i told my kids, i got the daily show, they were 6 and 9. and i go to my 9 year old, they go, hey, daddy's got a great gig it's, it's a big one. and i go, i, it's in new york though, and it was like a pat on the back, like, have a great time when you go to new york and we'll stay here and you can kill your self flying back and forth. i will let you know when john dropped out. i thought he would do t

things are the worst with the numbers, if you're traveling to denver, chicago o'hare, atlanta were newark new jersey, you are a prime candidate for frustration today in aaa estimated over 100 million travel this holiday season we have a lot more people on the move this year with road travel be the number one choice over 100 million people hit the road and 6 million took to the skies and 3 million booking buses, trains and cruises we want to share new numbers that we got from tsa today they report over 1800 people are calling out sick but they do want to mention that they screened 1.6 million people yesterday on new year's day but still a lot of people not yet home on the sunday. jon: sound like a mess. laura ingle live from new york, thank you. back to work and back to school tomorrow for those who weren't going back to remote learning and working as many americans adjust to the surge of omicron cases and how some states are taking more precaution as the new year gets underway. ♪ with liberty mutual, so we only pay for what we need. -hey tex, -wooo. can someone else get a turn? yeah, hang

lydia hu live at newark international. lydia, thank you. covering this but the winter weather, it's not just in the airports what that people are getting stranded. it's on i-95. take a look at these pictures. there are drivers on i-95 in virginia, northern virginia, outside of washington, d.c. that have been stranded for 15 hours, more than 15 hours. these are live -- these live pictures that we're seeing right now, these are live pictures in fredericksburg, virginia. anybody who has been up and down had this corridor knows that area of i-95 is a nightmare he anytime but these are people who are running -- there were multiple crashes due to icy, snowy conditions. people are running out of gas. they've been stuck right there for more than 12 hours, 15 hours. virginia state police receiving 2 you thousand calls there. there are reports this morning that drivers again are running out of gasoline, food and water in these frigid conditions and i ask this question. where is governor ralph northam? hes is still the governor for about -- you know,

worst with the numbers we pulled these up if you're traveling to denver, chicago o'hare, atlanta or newark new jersey you're a prime candidate for frustration today. as i mentioned earlier the roads and rails are very busy aaa estimating 209 million people traveling for this holiday. that is 20 million more than we saw last year. if you're after and things are crowded no matter where you are that's why the numbers are up. molly: tough going for a week ahead as well. laura ingle. thank you. kevin: schools are scrambling to deal with surging omicron as students and teachers prepare to return to winter break. some are ramping up testing and even reinstating mask mandates while others are returning to remote learning. this despite the biden administration calls to keep schools open education secretary reiterated that on "fox news sunday" today. >> we've been very clear i expectation is for schools to be open full-time for students for in-person learning we remember the impact of school closures on students last year in our science is better we can have better tools. it's really important that

todos los estudiantes de newark deben recibir clases virtuales durante esta semana. martes 18 de enero. en breve le contaremos por quÉ de la alcaldÍa de napa le pide a los residentes que dejen de tapar los baches. los detalles cuando volva locutor: un hombre que muriÓ el domingo en un accidente vehicular en la autopista 80 fue identificado como jerry, quien trabajaba como policÍa. el agente iniciÓ su carrera policiaca despuÉs de estudiar en febrero de 2019. el accidente se produjo despuÉs de que un conductor perdiera el control de su vehÍculo. un grupo de residentes de vallejo ha estado recaudando dinero para reparar baches en las calles de esa localidad, este grupo saliÓ de nuevo a las calles para realizar mÁs reparaciones y tapar los hoyos despuÉs de que el alcalde dijera que por favor dejarÁn de hacerlo. tamara nos amplÍa en el siguiente reporte. tamara: este grupo de residentes ocupÓ nuevamente parte de su tiempo libre reparando decenas de parches en vallejo. >> me da mucho gusto que alguien estÁ poniendo de su parte para que algo pase. tamara: el llamado se hizo

stuck newark is closing city hall and police headquarters until january 18th due to a covid outbreak there. emergency services are not affected. >>> small businesses are slowing down again. to many struggling to keep enough staff on hand to keep the doors open. >> we are running on skeleton staff and sending people home that test positive. >> what else could go wrong? >> we are down to less than bare-bones actually. >> pegasus books created a positive pool of money employees can draw on if they need it. >>> more help may be on the way from congress. bipartisan group of senators is pushing for a another round of stimulus checks for gems and restaurants and other businesses. >>> this group is concerned about their future. it has nothing to do with covid. the epa is buying land along the corridor. this extension will eventually run below. that means the businesses there now will have to move. one owner we spoke with has less than a year to relocate its truck center from its current five acre site. >> we think about it every night . we have a hard time sleeping. >> buying the land is a l

the governor's decision is being celebrated by community organizers in newark's ironbound neighborhood who've warned the power plant would worsen the already poor local air quality and exacerbate the climate crisis. organizer maria lopez-nuÑez spoke on democracy now! earlier this week. >> majority black and latinx are working class, immigrant communities, deeply affected by the issues. despite all of our social economic issues from immigration issues, housing issues, we still fight to make sure we are bettering, knowing we helped build a park along the river. we have a vision for our community. th is all we are asking for. not anything extra, we're just asking for a chance to fight for clean air and clean water. amy: to see the rest of her interview, go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ♪♪ [music break] amy: the beatle's "i'll follow the sun" covered by ronnie spector. the girl group icon and leader of the band has died, the ronettes passed away wednesday from cancer at the age

we're appreciative in newark for that. it's also going to be impacting the broader public health concerns that our community is facing because the public health issues as a result of the pandemic worsening, delayed care, chronic conditions getting worse, behavioral issues, these incredible men and women in uniform will be there for all the public health issues in our community for at least 30 days. we're grateful for that. >> tell me about your hospitalizations. there's been this debate about are the covid hospitalization numbers about people in the hospital for covid, or is it people -- a combined about half of them are there for covid, half of them test positive for covid because they're in for something else? is that a distinction that matters in the current situation you're facing? >> it matters, but not in some of the ways that people might think. about 60% of our patients now are actually here with covid instead of for covid. in other words, they don't have the classic covid respiratory symptoms. however, some people

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geoff: school superintendent of newark, roger leon, thank you for your time.zabeth holmes, founder of the blood testing company "theranos" and a one-time darling of silicon valley, has been convicted of fraud. the verdict came down last night in the closely watched trial that rippled beyond the tech world. stephanie sy has more. stephanie: judy elizabeth holmes , was found guilty on four charges of fraud for lying to investors about the effectiveness of her blood testing device. she was acquitted on four other cunts related to defrauding patients who used the test. the jury could not reach a verdict on three other fraud charges. for more on the wider implications, i'm joined by margaret o'mara. she is a professor of history at the university of washington and author of the book, "the code: silicon valley and the remaking of america. thank you for joining the newshour. i want to remind you that elizabeth holmes was a media sensation when she first pitched theranos as a disrupter in the blood testing space-she had a remarkable fall from grace that culminates in

joining me is the president and ceo at university hospital newark in new jersey.hospital in terms of patients and how they're doing and staff and how they're doing. >> thank you so much for having me. we are still in the concerning situation. we now have about 150 patients with covid-19 in the hospital and we're still seeing admissions every day. unfortunately, that is on a fairly regular basis. we are around 300 with staffing shortages and folks out due to omicron. we are still in the thick of this. this is announcement by the president and white house and department of defense could not come at a better time. we are getting 23 women and men in uniform next week. we are having meetings today and tomorrow to prepare for their arrival. i look forward to it. this is something that will tangibly help our staff. >> we will talk more about the military teams and what they will be doing. morale among health care workers. heralded on the streets two years ago and now they have to use vacation days and some told to return to work if they are asymptomatic without testing.

schools like newark, new jersey are going remote temporarily. others are continuing in-classroom learning. >> my children are going to be in school. >> reporter: but can it be sustained during what one expert called an omicron blizzard? >> a lot of teachers, a lot of staff are going to come down with covid, and whether schools are going to be able to remain open with reduce staffing, we'll have to see. >> reporter: after harsh criticism, the cdc is clarifying its isolation guidelines for people who test positive. and at least one new jersey hospital, though, that new rule has been a welcome change to ease a staffing shortage. >> many have been calling us saying i want to come back to work. what that rule did was allowed them to come back safely. >> reporter: at the nation's airports, thousands more flights canceled monday, hit by a perfect storm of covid sickouts and winter weather. for those who got the moderna vaccine, their guidance has not changed. they should still get a booster shot six months after their first dose. >>> as students across

some hospitals are getting much-needed relief. 25 members of the military arrived at a hospital in newark, new jersey, yesterday to help with staffing shortages. employees there are urging people to get vaccinated and wear masks which remains a heated issue. laura podesta is in new york with more. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. hospitals here in new york city, one in brooklyn and another in the bronx, are also getting military help soon. it's not a permanent solution. the service members will be working at the hospitals for about a month, but it is a much-needed assist for the nurses and doctors we know have been overwhelmed by the omicron variant which is still so prevalent. and we're continuing to see pushback from many who don't want to get the vaccine or even wear masks. an american airlines flight from miami to london was forced to turn around wednesday after a passenger refused to wear a mask. >> we were about an hour and a half into it and had to come back. >> reporter: the woman in her 40s wouldn't comply with the federal mask mandate. she was not arre

covid permitting in newark . rob roth, ktvu fox two news.earned that a powerball ticket sold in sacramento hit the jackpot, the california lottery announced. the winning ticket was sold at a 7 11 store in sacramento. there was also one other jackpot winner in wisconsin. a ticket will be worth $315 million california lottery says the last two powerball drawings have been lucky for california. the other part that makes this wind so exciting for california is this is the second powerball jackpot in a row. ah that hit in california. so the last time someone won the powerball jackpot was just back in october three months ago. the 7 11 store that sold the ticket gets a $1 million bonus just for selling that ticket still to come here at noon. it's being called flu rhona, but health officials are saying about the risk of getting covid and the flu at the same time in the push. to get more people boosted as eligibility expands, plus it's gonna be hard to block transmission altogether . it just is because i'mon is so transmissible recommendations when

covid permitting in newark . rob roth, ktvu fox two news.'s department stores are scheduled to close this year, but none in the bay area is on that list. six macy's and one blooming stare. bloomingdale's outlet store will shutter this next round of closures. the closures are part of macy's three year plan to close about 125 locations. the company first announced it would be closing stores before the pandemic hit, but then last year announced another round of closures. the company has said the closures would occur at its least productive stores in lower tier malls. on wall street today. financial markets ended the day down after the federal reserve raised expectations that it will move faster to raise interest rates to fight inflation. the dow fell 392 points today. nasdaq was down 522 and the s and p finished the day down about 93. the chp joined forces with sonoma county firefighters for a rescue in an adele state park. the chp helicopter was sent to the park yesterday afternoon for a report of an injured horse back rider. paramedics had fo

in newark, rob roth, ktvu. fox two news. costa unified school district is closing some schools due to a high number of student covid cases and teacher absences . king elementary enrichment is already closed and switched over to distance learning. district spokesperson says the school recorded 10 cases among students when school resumed on monday. students are expected to return to the classrooms there on january 11. also the district is planning to use two extra days on its calendar to close all schools this friday and next monday. the district says those days will be used for deep cleaning. a group of teachers in san francisco maybe planning to walk off the job tomorrow over the district's coronavirus protocols. ktvu christien kafton tells us the district is already dealing with hundreds of sick calls from educators this week. just three days back from the winter break, and san francisco schools are already feeling the impact of the highly contagious omicron variant with 693 educators out on wednesday. now the teachers unio

have mild symptoms impact growing on schools, too many schools in philadelphia now joining atlanta, newark and milwaukee temporarily going remote, due to rising cases and staff shortages. >> some of the stuff i don't know because it's new. >> reporter: the cdc is updating its guidance for the recommended five-day isolation period for those that test positive for covid. the agency is still saying no negative test is required to get out of that isolation period, but you should still wear a mask critics had questioned the policy since people should still be contagious the cdc says if you want to take a test ap test positive, keep ice lath for another five days. >> masks remain very important peter, thank you >>> tomorrow marks one year since the nation watched in horror as hundreds of trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol. washington, d.c. is on high alert ahead of the anniversary. >>> capitol police have stepped up security but say they aren't expecting any threats. president biden and vice president harris are set to speak about the capitol riot tomorrow law makers are holding several c

beginning tomorrow, and instead teach remotely many schools in philadelphia now joining atlanta, newark, and milwaukee temporarily going remote due to rising cases and staff shortages. >> it's harder for me to learn because some of the stuff i don't know because it's new. >> peter, i know the cdc has faced backlash for advising covid patients that they don't need a negative test to get out of isolation. now i understand the cdc issued an update what do we know? >> reporter: that's right. the agency is saying no negative test is required to get out of the recommended five day isolation period, though they say you should still wear a mask critics questioned the policy since people could still be contagious the cdc tonight says if you want to take a test and test positive, keep isolating another five days lester >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> while the president says testing will improve, right now many americans are waiting days for results and hours to get tested gabe gutierrez went inside one of the country's largest labs, which says it's busier than ever >> repor

it will be remote learning in cleveland for the first week of the year, and in newark, new jersey, the state's largest school district, students are virtual until at least january 18th >> the week before winter break, and then the days leading up to winter break, the numbers were unlike we had ever seen before >> reporter: yet new york's new mayor says the nation's largest school district will stay open. >> we can't close down our city every time there's a new variant. we can't allow our children to keep missing school >> anne joins me from times square anne, happy new year the new mayor of new york saying he's determined to keep things open, but omicron is already straining city services, right? >> reporter: it is, kate now it's the fire department warning new york city residents to only call ambulances in medical emergencies. crews, they say, do not have covid tests and won't take you for a ride to the hospital just because you want one. kate >> all right, anne, thank you. >>> public health officials obviously are concerned about those rising omicron case counts, but there's also som

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i will take you to newark. it is even worse there.terminal at newark liberty. that is one of the most hard-hit ones today along with reagan national. over 400 cancellations there. and dulles is bad. baltimore is bad. overall numbers now, we're over 2,000 cancellations today. we're pushing 3,000 delays. and here's the deal, it continues into tomorrow. they are already canceling flights tomorrow as well, not as many. 263 tuesday and another 73 already canceled for wednesday. so this is not going away anytime real soon. you know, you wonder, we said where tough airports were today. today the tough airports over the weekend, oh o'hare had 1400 cancellations, denver a lot and newark as well. that was largely weather. today is largely weather but it is hard to separate out the issues caused by omicron and lack of personnel on parts of the airlines as well as the faa. one thing here to leave you with that is even worse. the new 5g, couldn't think of it there for a minute, 5g is going to be rolled out this week and the airlines say that is go

every flight was canceled some people didn't show up as crews worked to de-ice in clear the roads, newarkout here live you can see behind me there is not too many major issues at that time quite a few cancellations this time across the cancellation more than 1000 delays and make sure if you're headed to the airport today you check to see if you do have any flight issues you do want to be sitting here with all the people waiting for your baggage. david: i feel sorry for them, thank you, we appreciate it crude oil hovering a seven-year high as supply lingers in heated tensions in eastern europe shows no signs of slowing down. ceo daniel turner joined to me now, good to see you, we really have the worst of all worlds just as we lose our energy independence and a lot of that has to do with the regulations from the bite administration. we have an increasing dependence on a nation russia which is about to invade ukraine which is the worst of two worlds colliding. >> there are parts of this country that are importing liquid natural gas from russia. you will see the tankers in the northeast is be

least a few days of remote learning due to the omicron variant including atlanta, milwaukee, and newark. >> superintendents today are getting phone calls learning that some of their schools may have 5% to 10% of their staff not available due to covid-19. >> reporter: top health experts are reassuring parents that in-person learning is the best track for students right now. >> i think it's safe for them to do so. there's a lot schools can do to keep numbers lower, improve ventilation, have kids and adults masking, vaccinate everybody who's eligible. >> reporter: this comes as the u.s. is seeing an average of nearly 400,000 new daily covid cases nationwide with hospitalizations approaching 100,000. testing still in high demand as well. one of the largest testing companying in the country, quest diagnostics tells abc their turnaround has stretched to three days from the average one day. now dr. anthony fauci saying the cdc may revise again for asymptomatic covid patients after getting pushback. the agency could recommend that a person get a negative covid test before ending isolation. the

at university hospital in newark, more than 300 workers are out, while patients continue to stream in, nearly half are infected with covid, 17 of them are on ventilators. how dire is your staffing shortage? >> extremely dire right now. it's really bad, i'm being transparent with the public but also my staff. >> reporter: 123 medics will arrive next week to help for a month. >> the risk of losing hospital care and more staff every day, all of those keep me up every night. >> reporter: one out of every five hospitals has a critical staffing shortage nationwide and six states report an i.c.u. capacity of less than 10%. so you've reached the break point? >> i really do think so. i think our nurses who have been working again for weeks on end and our doctors and our support staff really are at the limit. >> reporter: there is a glimmer of hope. over the last four days here, the doctor sails cases have leveled off but the staffing spornlgts could last several weeks if not months. norah. >> o'donnell: thinking of our healthcare workers, meg oliver, thanks. we turn to a significant new develo

departments in the bay area that have shuttered offices temporarily in the past week due to covid newark, close city and police offices. those will reopen on january 18th. hayward city hall offices are closed on fridays for the entire month of january. brent would close their city hall police headquarters and unit municipal services center until further notice. and the city of vallejo is close. city hall through february. 28. >> east bay health officials in contra costa county are now requiring first responders to receive a booster shot. kron four's. charles clifford has the story. well, here in contra costa county covid-19 cases continue to surge. health services says the omicron variant of covid-19 is mainly to blame amongst the people who are getting sick. the unvaccinated make up the majority. >> people who are vaccinated also falling ill, but people who are vaccinated and boosted make up the smallest percentage of new cases. now for that reason, health services has decided to booster mandate for many of its first responders as of monday, january law enforcement, firefighters and eme

newark's city and police offices are closed until next tuesday. city hall offices are closed on fridays of this month. brett would has closed its city hall. it's police headquarters and the municipal services center until further notice. and the late host city hall is closed through february. the 28th, the california nurses association is angry about new return to work rules from the state health department. >> it says that people have tested positive for covid or who were exposed but have no symptoms. you can go back to work without isolation or further testing on 4 talk to a registered nurse about why they disagreed with the guidance. >> if we go to war, knowing that we have covid. we know that we are potentially. infecting our non covid patients. our non-covid co workers for some people. maybe they got the cold. that's well and good, but we never know what else will develop after that cold. >> the guidance does say that before these changes are made, there should be every attempt to bring in additional staff today to members of the santa clara

joining us now to make sense of all of this, president of university hospital in newark. doctor, need your guidance and insight at this critical time. i don't know if you follow me on social media i'm trying to make sense of the data what are you seeing on the ground right now >> thank you for having me first, with the omicron variant, it is a less severe variant. so tracking cases as the primary metric doesn't make any sense anymore in terms of society and health tracking hospitalizations and showing health care demand is more important than even when you look down at hospitalizations as of yesterday, our hospital had 115 people with covid out of 360 beds they happened to test positive because they were there for other things and 40% were actually sick. even within the hospital data, if there was a better way of tracking illness and disease in terms of the case and the strain on hospitals we are facing a very significant staffing shortage anybody has to be out of work at least five days according to the new cdc guidelines to have staff taking care of you in a bed impacts

but there's a ten-mile stretch of it linking newark, new jersey, to new york city, traversing beneath hudson river, which is slowly falling apart. in october, we reported on the gateway project, a proposed $30 billion infrastructure project that would provide a major upgrade. this week, the long-delayed project reached a major milestone and its proponts are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. before the pandemic, about 200,000 people everyday rode through the tunnel under the hudson river between new york and new jersey, but almost none of them got this view. i'm in the rear of an amtrak train to see how a tunnel built in 1910, 111 years ago, is holding up. my guide is craig schulz from amtrak. am i still seeing some of the damage from super storm sandy on the ceilings and the sides? >> millions of gallons of saltwater inundated the tubes. the salts and chlorides really left behind by that saltwater have infiltrated the concrete and are essentially eating away at the infrastructure from the inside out. and so, what we have to do basically is essentially gut the tunnel right down

and then on monday, newark and had to be used at the lake merritt station as well as the pay fair station. senator alex padilla, along with other state officials announced a historic campaign against big tobacco. the campaign is attempting to ban the sale of flavored products which they say appeal to children. so these products include meant menthol and original candy flavored cigarettes. senator, pretty is efforts also include great, given the products from the american lung association in its 20th annual state of tobacco control report, california got an incomplete for ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products. officials say that's due to the referendum petition filed against sb 7.93, which waso designed to restrict such sales. however, the state did get an a for the strength of the it smoke-free workplace laws. so progress on that front. members of the california democratic party are threatening to pull the party's endorsement from lawmakers to reject a proposal to establish a singer pair health care system here in california. the warning comes ahead of an appoint important elec

event, jock of it, you're speaking to the practical fixation for real hard for a a yourself with newark is only funding for a choice. and that's all british. now, as we saw on a oh, okay, yeah, just tuning in listening to a press conference being help. i know that you're teaching brother in the mail a a sure you go to can flag we're all here. so from true for sure. sure. so. so you know, for you super fun to recover from star grandmother you all on your foot. i can you watching out? he will come back to that press conference or a little later because the big story today is that no joke of h did when he is called battle challenging the cancellation of his visa. when he arrived in australia, the open that shooting pate take place over the next few days or so. his family and i that joke of it, you are speaking to the press them. i will be back with more matches after this. ah . join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. i'll be speaking to guess in the world politics sport. business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm ah b the the news the news was seen. okay, let's go back to o