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People are concerned that city life is over now we warn them but they didnt listen. democrat leaders clung tong lockdowns and then they replaced the lockdownsan with damaging mosque and vaxxed mandates. so what was the result? well, it wasandawh stagnation and even regression with public transportation telling the story best nowow the start f the year, new york public transit ridership was at about 45% or so prepandemic levels in d.c. the metrof bus system s scaled back weekday service tok a wee...

Philadelphia, good to see both of you. ron, walk us through what youre hearing from the educators. >> its a scramble and a strain and every day is a little different. thats what were hearing, its very difficult these days to be a teacher, very difficult to be a student, because of just the shortages of staff and shortages with bus drivers in the morning school day trying to have extracurricular activities after school. waterbury a half day system in the middle school and high school so they can ...

Extreme winds. freezing temperatures turned saturdays flood waters into ice the next day. while the sea spray on these homes also froze over. in rhode island, bus drivers digging out for hours to get ready for the school week ahead. >> we want the kiddos to be able to get to school and on time. >> reporter: the winter weather taking a tragic turn too. at least four dead on new yorks long island, three dying while shoveling snow. hours of treacherous conditions paralyzing travel from maryland to ...

Get americans, keep them at work. and the essential workers on the job. that can mean some of you used hero retention bonuses, higher pay, temporary paid leave to combat burnout on essential health care workers like delaware, illinois, kansas, michigan, minnesota, and pennsylvania have all announced. it can mean paid leave. as its being done in the state of washington. but keep schools open, to keep kids in school to make up for learning losses, bring back more teachers, tutors, bus drivers, sch...

But were hearing heartbreaking stories from our people in the field. were hearing bus drivers who are driving three or four routes, teachers who are taking on multiple classrooms, and they move into the lunchroom or the cafeteria or a library because thats the only place that will fit them. ive heard stories about students who go to their second period class and the door is locked because theres no teacher and theres no substitute. its heartbreaking out here. >> what kind of effect is that havin...

Substitute teachers. the most recent survey of schools in october found more than 75% of principals were having trouble finding substitute teachers. according to ed week research center. one school district seeing 2,000 subrequests while only have 700 in the pool. those your headlines. in california they are asking some of the parents to step in. >> steve: and they are in a big way. >> pete: same with bus drivers. >> steve: they need help. all right. so, coming up, a week from yesterday, is vale...

Somebody suspects. its unclear if the shooter was in a car or walking on the street. minneapolis public schools releasing a statement saying, quote: investigations are currently underwail and until we have more information, we are not sharing specifics. for now, we recognize the deep impact this has on our students, staff, and families. the statement also referring to a shooting in which a high school student was shot in north minneapolis. separate incident. the 15-year-old said to be in grave c...

>> pete: sad part sad part of this every time we report on attack on incident like that. takes a day or two and then learn about the rap sheet. there is also a rap sheet. thats the way it works it becomes a cascading task. get away with something bigger and bigger. sometimes a data point that hits you. bus drivers in new york city are requesting body armor. bus drivers in new york city are requesting body armor. >> steve: its that dangerous. >> pete: that dangerous to drive a bus outside that wi...

Americans -- keep them at work. and the essential workers on the job. and that can mean some of you used hero retention bonuses, higher pay, temporary paid leave to combat burn-out in essential healthcare workers like delaware, illinois, kansas, maine, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota and pennsylvania have all announced. it can mean paid leave as it is being done in the state of washington but keep schools open, keep kids in school, to make up for learning losses we need to bring back more tea...

Crisis. so who do you hold accountable? >> look, theres a lot of folks to be held accountable and youre right, alex, that many of them are politicians who failed to take the crisis seriously, especially former president trump. we need to understand that at a time when our country was calling for shared sacrifice, when we were asking nurses to go into hospitals without adequate protection, bus drivers to get people to work, frontline workers all over this country to take immense sacrifices, we sa...