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Next. he was right about omicron and we'll ask him about that in a moment. first, grady trimble is in chicago. he says that teachers are threaten to strike if they have to go back. >> yeah, hi, martha. chicago schools are back in session today but that could change because the teacher's union is threatening to walk out. they asked the district to go virtual the first two weeks in order to implement new safety protocols. they're asking for testing for all staff and students. they want 300 test sites established and they want the district to hand out masks like n-95 and kn-95 to all teachers and...

>> steve: snow day. >> brian: talking about this virus and a new approach. obviously this current approach is not working and i love with his former advisers, medical advisers helped on transition team and advisers during his campaign said you have got to approach this different. number one, yours the term humility, humble. you didn't see delta or omicron coming. easier said than done but got it at least make that objective. i was not encouraged by some of the recommendations, get a voucher program to assessing n-95 and kn 95 masks. improve the air and waste water, surveillance and genomic seq...

Guidance? >> i think it is probably been a long time coming. but i do understand where they were coming from early on. we didn't have enough n-95s for health care personnel who are in the thick of it, treating people who are being intubated or on oxygen and spreading the virus more. i think now we know definitively they're better. we've always known that. but we can't let that mean that masks of any kind aren't better than no mask. it is still better to wear a cloth mask than none at you will. it is better to wear a surgical than a cloth. but n-95 are the best. >> are you concerned with so muc...

Masks, telling americans that loosely woven cloth masks provide less protection than n-95 and kn-95s. but tonight, the warning on how many of those could be fake. here's phil lipof in new york. >> reporter: tonight, covid cases surging to record highs. the u.s. reporting more than 5.5 million new infections in just one week. hospitals across the country feeling the strain. >> not only are you physically exhausted, you're mentally exhausted and sometimes your heart hurts. >> reporter: in 40 states, icus now at or above 80% capacity, levels not seen in a year. a record 158,000 americans are batt...

Seven of them have less than 10% of icu capacity. >> hospitals, many of which, including mine are at capacity and we're seeing the worst of it currently. >> reporter: on friday, the cdc updated guidance to recommend wearing the most protective mask or respirator that fits well and could be warn consistently and saying that n-95 and kn-95 offer the highest protection. >> it is not just filtering particles, it is attracting particles. >> reporter: another important tool in the fight, vaccinations. but the rate of new cases is currently about double that of new vaccinations. the supreme court on ...