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Asymptomatic does not need to remain isolated or get another test before returning to normal everyday activities. the agency has added that someone who has access to a test and wants one should go get them. the cdc also says that people who have recovered from the virus and have isolated for five days can get a rapid test if they choose, but do not have to. joining me now is sam brock in miami. nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez is in new york. live from chicago, nbc news correspondent, mara barrett. also with us is dr. kavita patel, a physician and fellow at the brookings institution. she ...

>> dr. patel, thank you. it is so important to just be clear. and you are so clear. i can't thank you enough for that clarity. mara, you're in chicago, where school is closed today, not because of snow, because of a fight >> exactly, jose. and although it is a frigid, wintry day, snowing here in chicago, like we're very familiar with, another matter that we've become familiar with is this clash between the teacher's union and chicago public schools. a vote overnight by the teacher's union made chicago public schools cancel classes today. the teacher's voted to -- with 72 to 73% majority to vot...

Best in the classroom, but adamant that they don't believe that the classroom is safe roup. that cps isn't providing enough safety measures for students and teachers to stay safe. and right now, chicago seeing the highest positivity rate at 24% that it's ever seen during this entire pandemic. and then when we look at the vaccination rate of students, of children 5 to 11 years old, the vaccination rate is only at 24% as well. so teachers are concerned about the safety of their students and parents are wrapped up in the drama of all of this, as well. the school district saying that they're going...

Middle schoolers and high schoolers out of school again today. steph? >> another threat aimed at middle schoolers. those are fourth grade kids. we've got to do something else here. mara barrett, thank you so much. we will keep an eye on that hearing later today. but coming up next, we're going to look at the helpers. those who ran towards danger when storms like we just saw down in kentucky hit. we'll be speaking to one navy veteran on the ground in kentucky, next. one navy veteran on the ground in kentucky, next ♪ well the sun is shining and the grass is green ♪ ♪ i'm way ahead of sch...

In just a few hours, the parents of the suspected oxford school shooter will be back in a michigan courtroom, two weeks after authorities say their son fatally shot four students, six other students and a teacher were also injured. i want to go straight to mara barrett. mara, these parents, they've been behind bars basically since this whole thing started. it's the same jail that their son is in, though i don't believe they've seen him. why are they back in court today? what's about to happen? >> reporter: so, stephanie, today is the probable cause hearing for james and jennifer crumbley, the ...