since the weekend of october 15th. griff. >> griff: wow. peter live first at the white house. peter, thank you. julie. >> julie: many schools across the country are moving to remote learning as the omicron surge grows. what will this mean for students and their parents? especially after christmas break. alexander hoff's live in washington to kind of give us a picture of what to expect. alex. >> it's kind of a reversal here. many kids feeling its regression. from new york to new mexico. hundreds of thousands of kids will remain home after christmas break. this is after president biden himself sat on to say that classrooms should remain open. not the case in prince george's county maryland where learning has moved to virtual through january 18. the district said this about state open, "the positivity rates have challenged us to do so, causing anxiety amongst many school communities and disruption to the school day." maryland's governors of the