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We need to continue that trend. >> jonathan lemire, i want to talk to you about masks n school, that's one of the mitigation efforts that's been in place for a while. we know some counties and states remaining controversial and there is lawsuits to prevent that from happening. can you deliver your message to us why that is so important particularly now with arrival of omicron surges and cases surging among children. >> absolutely. we know the mitigation strategy works. i am a father, i want my children to be safe. and while my children tell me they don't like wearing masks, i don't like it. i ...

That all said, i think most of us have been expecting a relatively quick decline. obviously hoping that we'll see a relatively quick decline. that's what we're seeing in new york city as you reported. we're seeing that in washington, d.c. i'm hopeful this wastewater data is more evidence that we're going to see it in boston and obviously we're going to want to see it across the country. >> as we see it in new york city, as we see it in boston, as we see it in d.c., those are three cities. we have yet to see superclear evidence, at least definitive evidence that this is happening on a scale lar...

Tonight, a showdown over re-opening schools and we are standing by for a vote any moment here from the powerful chicago teachers union which has been threatening to shut down america's third largest school district over chicago's decision to re-open public schools in the midst of the covid surge. and this is a battle that is playing out in many cities across this country. tens of millions of children are caught in the middle. many teachers' unions claim proper mitigation efforts, like testing, are not there. but officials, including president biden, disagree and have made it very clear now -- ...

Set up the school testing programs. 8.3 billion has gone to community testing sites including for the uninsured and at the community health centers and pharmacy programs, dr. walensky mentioned it. 5 billion gone to procure tests and supplies and an additional 4.5 billion will go towards the 500 million tests that are in the process of pro curing. the testing money as you recall was for testing, contact tracing, and mitigation efforts. some of that funds have been used for mitigation efforts. for example, when children are crossing the border, one of the responsibilities that we have within nh...

Now, school systems across the u.s. are increasingly putting in-person learning on hold as the omicron variant continues to cause covid cases to spike and teachers unions to worry over safety. new infections are averaging more than 600,000 a day, and all-time highs you can see there on your screen. health experts are warning that the highly transmissible variant will continue to drive up both cases as well as hospitalizations. now, they say numbers are likely to get worse before they get better and that it's critical for americans to continue mitigation efforts to help prevent infections. but ...