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That. it is a catastrophic cascading effect on our parents and the families, and that doesn't even begin to account for the fact of the social and emotional toll that it takes on our students. >> chicago public schools were closed for a third day in a row on friday amid a clash between the school system and its teachers. now, the teachers union is demanding a return to remote learning saying the schools lack sufficient testing and other safety protocols. in response, the school system canceled classes saying the teachers have orchestrated an illegal work stoppage. this is the biggest dilemma i...

So i think we wait to see what the data shows about the outcomes that matter. >> that's such a good point, and we have to remind people of that, the vaccines were great, they avoided a lot of infections for other waves of the virus but they were never intended to make it so that nobody ever got this disease, they were intended to keep you out of the hospital and keep you from dying. on that point, the vaccines are incredibly effective. in fact when we're looking at this omicron wave, the staggering. for caseloads. they're up a little bit for hospitalizations. but the average number of daily de...

From the uk health security agency — and said absences among teachers would rise now that schools are back. the us recently shortened isolation for those testing positive for covid from seven days to five. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now there's a suggestion that — in england, at least — that peri...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lawyers for prince andrew argue for the first time in court, that the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him, should be thrown out. they say he can't be sued, because of an agreement signed by his accuser. the us registers more than a million new coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours — setting a new global record for daily infections. president biden has urged americans to get booster shots. the uk also sets a new record — as it surpasses 200,000 new daily cases for the first time. borisjohnson had th...

Cautious because of what could be coming? >> it is way too early for an all-clear signal in terms of what omicron is meaning for the economy. because, yes, the data that came out today from adp, it really only captures the state of the jobs market through the middle of the month. we know that it was really the last week or two of december when we saw cases really skyrocket in the united states, including in new york. so it is easy to see how omicron could slow down the jobs boom because of all this business disruption and the threat that maybe workers who are on the sidelines maybe don't want ...