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Learning. chicago and boston staying with in-person learning, with massachusetts distributing more than 227,000 rapid tests to staff. and here in new york city tonight, the largest school system in the country, they were open today, handing out masks and ramping up testing. dr. ashish jha standing by to answer your questions. but we're going to begin tonight with abc's trevor ault, leading us off right here in new york. >> reporter tonight, millions of students starting the new year back in the classroom with covid cases exploding. today, the fda authorizing pfizer booster shots for 12 to 15-y...

The debate over whether schools should remain open or go to remote learning, at least just temporarily. the nation averaging 400,000 new cases of covid a day. that's up 200% in just the past two weeks. tonight, as i mentioned, the fda now authorizing a booster for teens 12 to 15 years old. and for everyone 12 and older, teens and adults who got the pfizer vaccine, the fda is saying no longer wait six months, get the booster after five months. tonight, covid staff shortages contributing to the cancellation of more than 3,000 flights. just as many now return home from the holidays. washington, d...

>> they all reached the same conclusion. >> i didn't have much of a choice, forced to put something into my body. >> i felt, what they have done is basically held for ransom your health insurance, your benefit, your livelihood, your career in some cases. >> authorizing pfizer's vaccine for 5 to 11 year-olds. >> the fda signed off on pfizer and moderna vaccine booster. >> president biden is set to speak about the omicron variant. the seriousness of the threat. >> what it is about the variant that worries you? >> the rapid rise in infections. we have seen it in a population where we thought that...

Y uft thrit is now in all 50 std accounts for 90% of the country's new cases. covid testing lines are still very long nationwide. president biden, in an interview with abc news, denied the shortage of covid testsis a failure but admits the administration has struggled to meet the demand. >> no, i don't think it's a failure. i think you could argue we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago. >> month you did you get it wrong? >> how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. i mean, the whole world. who saw it coming? >> there are several positive developments ...

It is not? >> if it spreads too many, many people, even if it makes a small proportion ill, that's still an awful lot of people. people will get, be in the hospital, stress the healthcare system. nevermind, being a threat to their lives and causing agony to their family and friends. so, yes, i keep coming back to vaccination. people who haven't gotten vaccinated, get that first dose. those who are eligible for boosters, get theirs. and, parents, let's bring in the children 5 and older. they are all eligible for vaccines right now. >> let's talk about what dr. fauci says about how vaccines are ...