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Watch the full story at www.xfinity.com/sing2 welcome back to "politics nation." the threat of the new omicron variant has highlighted the important role testing plays in combatting the spread of covid-19 and exposed some of the weaknesses in our current system. a new white house initiative will require insurance companies to reimburse the cost of at-home tests. but is that enough? joining me now is dr. wayne j. riley, president of the suny downstate health services university. we know that president biden is consulting with his advisers on how to contain the spread of omicron, of the varian...

Disagreeing on is how teachers are evaluated and the role testing plays in that. the district is expecting to close a large number of schools and they want to say when you hire new teachers they are laid off. the position is that the principal should be able to decide who to hire. >> make it clear, on the layoffs, it's when they decide to close a school. it's not based upon the evaluation of the specific teachers there. >> right. >> it's an evaluation of the school and they get rid of all the teachers. the union is saying we want those teachers who have not been evaluated to be first in line i...