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He ties it to january 6th. hes calling for change to senate rules. will that happen, though? more on that coming up ahead. but we want to start with that major update from the fda on booster shots as covid cases are hitting new heights. alison barber is outside a new york city school as children in the nations largest school district return to class with new testing protocols. meghan fitzgerald is in chicago with new vaccine requirements there today. also with me dr. hilton, associate professor ...

U.s. education secretary says testing is important, but not the only strategy for keeping students and teachers safe. >> its really important that the testing protocols are put in place but not done in isolation. increasing vaccination helps. adherence to the mitigation strategies that we know where car part of the strategy. >> still a small but growing number of schools are closing this week were conducting online instruction. that is what they are doing with atlanta public schools nationwide. ...

Place over -- over the past three semesters, so this is our third semester working with covid protocols in place, whether its the filtration or whether its the kind of the vaccine mandate or whether its actually the testing protocol. i think that los angeles, we have really one of the strongest testing protocols around, so even those positivity rates you just described, you know, today were seeing lower numbers. its about 13% for our students, 11%, just under 12% for our employees, so having peo...

Some adding booster requirements to vaccine mandates. others increasing testing protocols or upgrading standards for masks. princeton university announcing travel restrictions that will bar students from leaving the county or township upon return to campus. then just as quickly scrapping that plan. while yale tries a campuswide quarantine for the start of the semester telling students avoid local businesses, restaurants and bars, including outdoor drinking or dining. the latest attempts to manag...

Improve endurance and your ability to train and compete and come back stronger. its not surprising something like this has been used. a lot of russian athletes were using maldonian in years past. always looking to be one step ahead of the testing protocols. >> and so what does this mean for any medals russia would have taken home? what does this mean for the next days ahead? >> thats the $64,000 question. you dont know if they will be kicked out of the olympics, particular athletes, how will thi...

What your neighbors are going through who havarent vaccinate. if youre not vaccinated, now is a good time to do it. >> what a lot of what were talking about now is leadership, and the example of leadership. we learned today that president obama, who you worked for, hes decided to cancel a big birthday party he had planned for this weekend. it was going to be hundreds of people all outdoors, even with vaccine requirements and testing protocols they apparently had in place. the big thing is cancel...

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Vaccination, that you are doing social distancing, and you would like to see testing protocols in place, whether its, you know, a once a week rapid test or pcr testing, but we do see across the nation major shortages in terms of the ability to test, which puts stress on all of this. i do think over the next two weeks were going to see more and more schools closing. they will be challenged in terms of the number of teachers and staff who are healthy and able to continue in the classroom. theres g...

Pfizer booster shot for children 12 to 15 years old. the current situation has some schools returning to remote learning, new york public schools are open for in-class instruction. the nations largest school system welcomes students back after holiday break with enhancing testing protocols. >> were going to double down on testing, to get as many people tested as possible. the safest place for our children we know is in a school building. people not in school are not in their rooms, theyre in the...

Hospital, so sick, and so many more fatalities. >> thank you. lets bring in dr. raja, executive vice chair of the department of emergency medicine at massachusetts general hospital. also a professor at harvard medical school. doctor, so nice to have you this morning. so lots of new years eve parties happening tonight and a lot of kids going back to school on monday. what do you think the testing protocols should be in schools? should kids be tested the morning of, should they be tested all nex...