this happened with randi weingarten. what is with the cdc? how political are these people?that was a smooth segue from jesse's parenting advice so thank you. young jesse needs to hang out with uncle harold on a plane every once in a while. i think judge jeanine, running an airline on any day, on a good day, it's hard. you throw a schedule mishap, you throw covid, weather. you've got a real challenge. what he did was to assess how his pilots and how his workers were adjusting and more importantly how he could best serve his customers. i think he made a recommendation that evidently the cdc and others have been considering it is probably the smart thing very jesse's idea about peering the pilots who may have covid, there may be some value in thinking about how you might be able to utilize those who are asymptomatic and have tested. i think the five day quarantine is probably going to help airlines as we move into spring break and some of the other winter breaks. busy times. >> judge jeanine: 's i will go to greg next. greg, is it better to rebook or stay with your airline? we

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randi weingarten said i am concerned about lots of districts do not have the infrastructure for testing test tuesday. it will be really, really bumpy. frustrations are high and grace is in short supply, sir. >> there is a level of urgency that we should not lose. making sure our children learn in person. the impact of remote learning is very real for us parents who have had to experience it at home as well. we need to do everything in our power which includes getting access to those tests. thanks to groups like the rockefeller foundation, contracts were set up early for school staff surveillance testing regularly done in their schools. we see more and more of that happening. these systems are robust so that our students can stay in the classrooms. >> are you saying that the road will not be as bumpy as randi weingarten said it is? >> i have been doing this since march 2020. it is really important that we continue to work together. i do think that there will be bumps in the road. superintendents today are receiving calls from those expecting to be in the classroom tomorrow. let's keep ou

let's discuss the impact with an educator and the president of american federation of teachers randi weingartenr being with us. it's not just "maus" it's other books. yesterday," to kill a mocking sb bird" why is this book banning a trend. it seems it happens every few years? >> so, first off, let me just say "to kill a mockingbird" i was a high school social studies teachers and i used "to kill a mockingbird" as a key way of showing the limitations of justice systems in place where is you had jim crow and racist laws. and it was a wonderful way of teaching in an age-appropriate manner. and creating the kind of critical thinking that you need to do in schools. what i think is happening is that we have a terrible, cultural war that is going on, by some people, who want to actually censor and to stop kids from having the robustness that they need for their lives. and what's very dangerous about it, just like the book banning, that we saw in autocratic regimes, what's very dangerous about it is that we are stopping kids from grappling with really tough issues. but really important issues. slavery.

we got it right for most of the current school year said randi weingarten. last year president-elect biden made reopening classrooms a centerpiece of his pandemic plan. take a look. >> we'll do everything we can to keep our educators and students safe to safely reopen a majority of our k-8 schools by the end of the first 100 days. >> most of that $130 billion for public schools came out of the american rescue plan. biden's signature legislation. now a new daily wire investigation finds that some districts have been busy reallocating that money. milwaukee earmarked $24 million for programs that include anti-racism and bias professional development. california earmarked 1.5 billion for projects that include restorative practices and "implicit bias training". the white house is totally fine with this. take a listen to jen psaki. >> we distributed the money out to states. some have spent it, others have not spend it. different schools made different decisions on how to spend it. >> when schools are closed, kids miss out on breakfast and lunch and after school he

they have to get after randi weingarten and all of her counter parts at the teacher's union. they have continued to hold kids hostage. the mom put it well. kids are being held hostage. we know the harm that's been done to them. >> martha: here's randi weingarten when she applauded the $122 billion that came from the american rescue plan. >> the glue that holds it together is resources and relationships. the resources from the american rescue plan and the collaboration among educators including administrators and union reps and parents. >> martha: so where did that money go, betsy? >> most of that money hasn't been spent. it's been closer to $200 billion that's been designated for kids in k-12 education. most of that money has not yet been spent. so it is only a further testimony to the fact that this is only about a union agenda, political agendas and it's got to change. i encourage mayor lightfoot if the schools that the teachers unions don't put their workers back to work and the teachers back in the classroom, send the money to the families and let them find the option for

coming up after the break i'll talk live to randi weingarten the outspoken president of the american teachers. but before we go to break richard lui is here with the latest on the massive and fatal fire in the bronx. >> we've been watching the latest coming in on the story the fdny saying the fire was sparked by an electric malfunctioning space heater in a bedroom. 19 people are dead including nine children. they were 16 years old or younger. in total more than 60 people were injured. the fire department says this started in a duplex apartment on both the second and third floors then spread through the building. it started around 11:00 a.m. and was under control around 1:00 p.m. the mayor saying this is the worst fire the city has seen in some 30 years. for now more of "the mehdi hasan show" after a short break. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable.

randi weingarten says right now educators are focused on keeping everyone safe in keeping kids in schoole the omicron, sir, she says more than 90% of schools remain open. >> but more must be done. eat to prepare for contingencies. we've got 2 or more weeks of really tough sledding. so let's get the you know that the rapid tests into people's hands under guidelines released thursday, teachers, staff and students who get covid can reture to school after just 5 days. if they haven't had a fever for 24 hours. and what i'm asked for 5 more days, the cdc also recommends both unvaccinated and fully vaccinated. staff undergo weekly testing despite new rules, some school districts like those in chicago are still opting to return to virtual learning. of course, i want children back in school, illinois senator durbin says he hopes better directives, encourage teachers and staff to return. i don't want to ever put him in a dangerous situation when it comes to public health friday. the cdc strongly recommended all children 5 in up get their shots and boosters when eligible to return to school safely.

can you tell us why randi weingarten is always on tv but we never hear from you? can you tell us how many teachers there are in the united states? guest: we have two unions in this country, the american federation of teachers and the national education association. we represent not only teachers but professionals and bus drivers. we represent higher education members as well as students aspiring to be teachers and we represent bus drivers and retired teachers. we also represent nurses and counselors. we represent people who have made a decision to dedicate their lives to educating students of america. we work closely together to ensure that not only do all of our students get what they need and what they deserve but that we deal with issues of equity and access come a that we deal with issues of resources -- access, that we deal with issues of resources. one thing we said early in the pandemic, march of 2020, when the nea convened over 60 organizations to talk about what we were calling a homework app, now much more, we were talking about the lack of technology an

randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers and has pushed for greater testingveral weeks to make that a reality in the united states. and there are some districts who are doing that — detroit and washington, dc in particular. new york city is trying to do that. la is trying to do that. and what you're seeing is that the surge of the virus is so great that it will force, and it is forcing, some schools and school districts to go on to remote, even though everyone wants to be in person right now. there is not a teacher or parent or school administrator or union head who would not tell you that, of course, being in person is the best, and that is what we are trying to do, but the fight right now is with omicron and making sure that if people are sick, they stay home and isolate and that you have enough staff to be able to run a school and run a school safely. so vaccines, boosters, ventilation, testing, driving this week and well—fitting masks. and staff shortages, as you allude to there, is one of the key problems, notjust in the united states but all around the

let's speak to randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers.g with us. the priority now, i guess, is just to keep schools open for as long as possible? the isjust to keep schools open for as long as possible?— isjust to keep schools open for as long as possible? the priority is to kee them long as possible? the priority is to keep them open — long as possible? the priority is to keep them open and _ long as possible? the priority is to keep them open and to _ long as possible? the priority is to keep them open and to keep - long as possible? the priority is to i keep them open and to keep people safe. and i think, you know, iwas listening to your programme before we started and the kind of in flex of a reflexive point of everyone taking a negative covid test before they walk into schools, we have fought for the last several weeks to make that a reality in the united states. and there are some districts who are doing that — like detroit and washington, dc in particular. new york city is trying to do that. la is trying to do that. and what you're

so these are the allies of randi weingarten. listen, i'm not surprised by this tweet, ainsley. and the union is ruining american education. we know that. frankly, ainsley, we've been having this conversation all weekend long. i watched pete hegseth's miseducation of america, this is conversation that we've been having since we started our show together, the three of us. we came to the same conclusion that pete came to with his experts at the end of miseducation of america, on fox nation. number 1, we need to get children out of the public school system. stop the bleeding. you can't keep bringing your kids home fromle 62, deprogramming then and after dinner go to the school board meeting and reforming it. you have to get them out, get them in a classical education that will allow them to be free thinkers and not be indoctrinated. we have to work to attaching education dollars to the child and not to the school system. these are all things that need to happen. if you have the money to take your kid out of the public school system or awoke private school, take them out. if you can

american federation of teachers president randi weingarten are.ber from keeping your kids out of schools for months on end or holding the taxpayer ransom and not releasing hostages. let's take a look at what she said last august. >> let me just be personal for a moment, which is vaccines are single most important way of dealing with covid. >> laura: ouch! i guess not, but congrats on the new honor. tonight, we have another "positively boosted" to announce, jimmy fallon who you may remember from this christmas hit last month. ♪ ♪ >> laura: well, positively boosted we wish you a quick recovery in mild cases. perhaps, it can be its own elixir. in the meantime, be sure to look out for the next edition of "positively boosted." speaking of boosters before he took office, eric adams will hear out protesters but now that he is safely in office, he is so far using the media including my next guest. joe rose was arrested after it tried to get served about a vax card. joe, i want to show the audience part of the text you received from adam sunday after you a

randi weingarten, head of national federation of teachers added this: speak with the teachers are trying the best they can. they need to be respected, not vilified. chicago is the exception that proves the rule. >> now it was more expectation than exception when announced yesterday congresswoman alexandria ocasio=cortez testing positive for covid-19. just over a week ago, she was seen dining mask list with her boyfriend in miami and giving out tugs at a brunch. the team said in part she is experiencing simple gnomic symptoms and the congresswoman received her booster shot this fall and encouraged everyone to get her booster and follow all cdc guidance. when the cdc director said the public has lost trust in their guidance, she simply said "our job is to provide updated guidance." ." todd. >> todd: all right, alexandria, thank you very much. florida governor monte santos on the fight to keep schools open, listen. >> extended rule closures will rule that years and years down the line but we signed into law earlier in 2021 a parent's bill of rights and parents are in the driver's seat when

but outsourced his education policy to major far left teachers unions, including one led by randi weingarten a real-life radical extremist who worked as hard as she could to keep your kids out of school for nearly two years. now she is lobbying in favor of a vaccine mandate for all public school kids. so don't be surprised if joe biden tries to require vaccines for all public school children as young as five, even though the science is not showing a lot of 5-11-year-olds dying. you see what's happening here? the administration has no plan or strategy to deliver on joe's lofty campaign promise that he was going to stop the virus. oh. okay. shut it down. they are doubling down, tripling down from looking for ways to deflect the blame. right on cue, one white house spokesperson, what do they do? all else fails and you screwed up that bad, blame donald trump for it leaving biden with no plan. listen to this. >> we had covid, we saw an economic shutdown with 10 million americans out of work. we saw covid-19 raging across the country. schools, businesses across the country closed. there was no pla

. -- randy weingarten. >> this is a great day for you all, you're going to have one of your own in the white house and jill will make a great first lady. >> joe and i will never forget what you did for us. joe and kamala won't only listen to you, they'll make sure your voices are leading this movement. >> laura: oh, they're leading it all right and as a result of biden doing the teachers union spied spitting, schools are closing again and the cries of working parents go unheeded. >> i'm missing a day of work and my children are not in school.ee it's very hard on my family right now. there's no reason for them to be at home.ea my kids are being held hostage at home. >> laura: news flash! joe biden and kamala harris don't care. it's infuriating! the fact is, just as we predicted, biden is far too weak to tell any of the special interests lined up at the trough to stand down. they've let entire party get hijacked on january 6th and liz cheney is desperate 20 use the committee to retake the republican party from the populous, which might be good for her, i guess, but it does nothing to hel

but today, randi weingarten said she is also optimistic, given how omicron continues to quickly spread. >> just like airlines can't function, schools cannot function. lyanne: she also said she would like more rapid tests given on a regular basis to the teachers. >> every teacher who needs a rapid test right now gets one in new york city. why doesn't that happen in san francisco? lyanne: the school district says it is kits to teachers. while more are needed, the district says all staff has access to pcr testing on a regular basis. if anything, her presence here today was uplifting to teachers, who deserve some kind of acknowledgment in this our times. way that everybody is doing stuff and you are watching all of it, it is masterful. just masterful. lyanne: we were in the classroom today, and the teacher did an amazing job in keeping the students engaged, despite having 11 students out today. weingarten acknowledged that because of this variant, teachers have had to become, again, problem solvers. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. people gathered today to reme

have a young child, kayleigh, and i mention my 6-year-old and i also have a second grader, and randi weingarten the head of the american federation of teachers is the one who fought to keep schools close so of course now she advocates the government forcing parents to get their kids vaccinated as young as five years old. harris brings us up, this is the main question, what is the science behind this? what data supports keeping kids vaccinated at that age or masked at that age, because schools are some of the safest places for them to be? what we learned in 321, and a lot of us knew this already, the teachers unions are no longer seen as those who have the best interest of schoolkids in mind. only themselves, only their power. we saw a happened in virginia to harris' point earlier as far as parents can evolve. terry mcauliffe made that a choice between teachers unions and parents and glenn youngkin aligned and some of the parents and he won a state that joe biden won by double digits based on the education issue alone. education is making a comeback, in the midterms it will be a top three issue

randi weingarten, dr.yor of new york city has vowed that schools in his city will stay open. we'll get an update on how back to school in new york city went today. it's the country's largest school system. today. it's the country's largest scolho system. dry eye symptoms driving you crazy? inflammation might be to blame. time for ache and burn! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those'll probably pass by me! xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid eye drop specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects, include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. don't touch container tip to your eye or any surface. after using xiidra, wait fifteen minutes before r

randi weingarten tweeting until the surge virtually all public schools were open for in person learning year. but just last year president-elect biden made reopening classrooms a centerpiece of his pandemic plan. >> we will also do everything we can to keep our educators and students safe, to safely reopen a majority of our k through 8 schools by the end of the first 100 days. >> most of the $130 billion public schools took in came directly as biden's signature legislation. the american rescue plan. now a daily wire investigation finds not only are some schools shuttering, they have been reallocating the government's funding. milwaukee, earmarked $24 million for programs including antiracism and bias professional development. california earmarked 1.5 billion for projects including restorative practices and implicit bias training. the white house insists they are totally fine with all of this. >> we did distribute that money out to states as he noted yesterday. some have spent it. others have not spent it they spent it in different ways. different schools made different decisions. >> new

randi weingarten says right now educators are focused on keeping everyone safe in keeping kids in school. despite the omicron, sir, she says more than 90% of schools remain open, but more must be done. eat to prepare for contingencies. we've got 2 or more weeks of really tough sledding. so let's get the you know that the rapid test into people's hands under guidelines released thursday, teachers, staff and students who get covid can return to school after just 5 days. if they haven't had a fever for 24 hours. and what i'm asked for 5 more days, the cdc also recommends both unvaccinated and fully vaccinated. staff undergo weekly testing despite new rules, some school districts like those in chicago are still opting to return to virtual learning. of course, i want children back in school, illinois senator durbin says he hopes better directives, encourage teachers and staff to return. i don't want to ever put him in a dangerous situation when it comes to public health friday. the cdc strongly recommended all children 5 in up get their shots and boosters when eligible to return to school saf

ic the teachers aree investing in a service called news guard and afc president randi weingarten proclaimed it will provide a valuable lesson in media literacy and a discussion point for teachers in class on what can and can'tin be trusted. butt this is ironic on two fronts, right? first, becausenic, weingartenhe and her cronies, all they do is spread fears, fear and lies to keep schools closed, make everyone paranoid about covid even little kids that misinformation randy. and secondly, the founder of news guard once called the new york post hunter biden laptopor story quote a hoax likely perpetrated by the russians. and it's not justro the classrooms that are being targeted by these self-appointed misinformation czars mis, even the covid overls are getting into the act. surgeons week, biden's general who is fairly creepy,y, just called forreep a social mea crackdown on any dissent from the cdcc. ec we've got to recognize that our technology platforms, particularly social media, these have an important role to play these these platforms have so much stepped up to doo the right thing and do

. >> so the biggest threat to schools staying open, as i understand it, and i had randy weingarten onlines or nba teams, the nba wants to play its games, they've got all the money and all the testing in the world, they're a very resourced outfit compared to the random new york city public school. but if 12 players on the team have covid, the team cannot play. delta wants to run their airline but if 30% of their pilots are out, they can't. what's alarming is the level of outbreaks, particularly teachers. >> the teachers calling in sick is a big issue. some principals say 30% of their staff are calling in sick. we're hearing from new york city and chicago that kids are being coraled together in an auditorium or gym because there's a lot of teachers out and other support staff, whether it's custodians that are cleaning and sanitizing, doing a really important job during the pandemic, or those that work with our students with special needs, disabled students, nurses who are doing some of the virus testing. the other really big barrier here is the lack of rapid tests. the biden administrat

dagen: in terms of education, you should be hoping that randi weingarten comes to rally after rally fore that certainly didn't help terry mcauliffe in the gubernatorial race in virginia. talk about -- [laughter] no self-awareness. she showed up at the final rally when education was one of the biggest issues for voters in that state, and she's kind of the poster lady for school closures. but i think depress. congressman, great to see you. >> thank you so much for having me this morning. i appreciate it. dagen: always. thank you. we appreciate it as well. >>> coming up, a new covid variant that could be more contagious than omicron. what you need to know about the strain just found in california. plus, the hottest stock picks from our top investors. what you should be considering adding should you retro-tech? next hour, like atari? no, they're not around. next hour in the word on wall street. ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. whether you've enjoyed the legendary terrain in telluride, the unparalleled landscape of

i suggest you take that up with randi weingarten, again. >> thank you for that answer. looking at pews recent survey of fathers and mothers, it states that 82% of fathers prefer to work full-time, while only 51% of mothers say the same. what does this tell us about the choices and preferences made by men and women? any thoughts on that? >> sure. men and women, on aggregate, have different choices and preferences. a discrimination at play and unfortunately the era could potentially lead to us taking some of these disparities which would mean that the era would be set against the choices of actual american women and about how they want to balance their lives, careers and family. that isn't progress for women in my book. >> thank you. how can lawmakers help support women entering the workforce or staying at home with their children or a combination of the two. that is a much larger subject i can touch on in a few minutes. it would provide them with better education for their children and educational options for their children states that provide school choice for example i

it your answer to randi weingarten, dollars? deloras?ree there is a tremendous amount of stress on children and families and teachers. like yesterday, this is the very first day back at this virtual learning. and everyone was frustrated. it was really not a good thing. my 7-year-old was frustrated. the teachers didn't know what they were doing there has to be a better plan. i agree with the gentleman with us that says that you know, they need that emotional connection and interaction is really good for students. like i said, you know, when you go into the schools, my opinion, only thing they use that money for is for laptops and, you know i didn't get free wifi from them. but that's the only thing they use it for. and i think there should be a better plan in place. you know, just taking temperatures. >> brian: testing. if you want to do testing, every school should have it. there is enough money there. ross, real quick, you were just telling me in the break that's what they used to make money for home learning better laptops and ipads. r

can you tell us why randi weingarten is always on tv but we never hear from you?ell us how many teachers there are in the united states? guest: we have two unions in this country, the american federation of teachers and the national education association. we represent not only teachers but professionals and bus drivers. we represent higher education members as well as students aspiring to be teachers and we represent bus drivers and retired teachers. we also represent nurses and counselors. we represent people who have made a decision to dedicate their lives to educating students of america. we work closely together to ensure that not only do all of our students get what they need and what they deserve but that we deal with issues of equity and access come a that we deal with issues of resources -- access, that we deal with issues of resources. one thing we said early in the pandemic, march of 2020, when the nea convened over 60 organizations to talk about what we were calling a homework app, now much more, we were talking about the lack of technology and digital

look at this tweet from union leader randi weingarten. this was yesterday.and the safety measures in place including testing, masking, ventilation. there is a lot of stress is. oh, please, cue the eye roll. this is actually a gross failure of biden's testing response. testing is chaotic. cdc rules are contradictory and confusing. omicron rages despite mass vaccination and now the schools in chicago, boston, destroy and milwaukee is -- are going remote. the president himself has said the schools must be open, so why isn't he applying serious pressure? the first lady is a member of the teachers union, and there are millions of parents struggling with the education of their children. i'm sure they will be voting this year. second hour of "varney," well, we're just warming up. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ stuart: all right, all right, all right. i'll calm down a little. but here is liz peek who's probably going to fire me up all over again. liz, parents -- i speak to a lot of parents. they are absolutely fed up. am i right? is education going to be one of the biggest issues at the po

this for you, we've got a new report, and it says the american teachers federation -- that's randi weingarten'sy institute, and the answer is by 400% since 2008. in dollar terms in 2020, nearly $20 million. and where did that go? almost exclusively to democrats. i'm not surprised by that, but i am surprised by this: if you look at the resolutions that the unions have published, it's all about education justice, social justice, black lives matter, lgbtq, daca, it's this radical rethinking of education and society as an extension of that. and that's why when you go around, there's a different feeling out there. everyone's trying to be more inclusive, but we became more divisive as a result. and i guess with covid and the kids working from home it was a wake-up call for so many families what was going on in schools. stuart: parents may well be the next demographic block to be bigtime operatives in american elections -- lauren: it's already started. stuart: yeah, for example -- lauren lauren in chicago there's a parents' organization that just started a few weeks ago, and their whole goal is to be

but try telling those things to randi weingarten.hers from the unions. the teachers are the unions. teachers are part of that. and if you see 60, 70, 80% of teachers voting to go remote, then it's the teachers who are the problem too, not just the union. again, there are a lot of great teachers in there, but they're voting for it, you're a part of it. stuart: got it. you're a bitcoin guy, i believe, still. >> yes. stuart: we've got $47,000 right now on bitcoin. what's your prediction for 2022? >> well, it was up 66% in 2021. i think 2022 continues to be a year of more institutional adoption. the challenge will be regulation and the temptations of autocrats and others to want to tamp down on it. that's something to certainly pay attention to, but you've got a couple of south american countries that are adopting it, cities like new york and miami that have embraced it. people listen to me about this, i'm just enthusiastic about it and its possibilities. especially almost for individual freedom in transactions. i still love it, i do. st

pseudofist, theory terry mcauliffe said parents should not be telling school whats to teach randy weingartens what parents voted against voted on for glenn youngkin john roberts news channel points out school districts cf virginia have to decide this week with whether to adapt new opt-out mask policies again this is about giving parents a choice, and children in europe were masked in school grounded horrible forcing children to be being masked in the classroom. >> a i go back to what scotus did supreme court ruled joe biden vaccine mandate unconstitutional. and yet you've got the administration still encouraging bifrs to go ahead with it total lawlessness. >> well also, they love to say we are following the science, no they are not. i am one of the millions of people got three shots still got omicron get shots don't portray it miracle thing going to cure everything masking ridiculous dagen pointing out, europeans knew that what youngkin is doing -- reinforces governor desantis of flurry other courageous governors i think the beginning i think you will hear more of governor youngkin in the fu