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0 see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, america's covid recovery and an economic pinch. from the gas pump to grocery stores and beyond-- consumers nationwide get squeezed by a sharp surge in prices with no end in sight. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano in los angeles where energy demands, shipping problems and labor shortages are making everything more expensive. >> yuccas: also tonight, mandate standoff: the push to vaccinate police officers meets resistance in several cities. plus, mistaken strike: the u.s. offers to pay a family of afghans killed in a botched ...

Today is the deadline for officers to tell the city if they've been vaccinated against covid or be put on unpaid leave. but the union says the requirement will lead to many officers being off the streets at a time when gun violence is skyrocketing. omar jimenez reports. >> our institution is that people will comply. >> reporter: chicago mayor lori lightfoot is doubling down. >> it's pretty straightforward. are you vaccinated or not? if you are, you up load your information. if you're not, then you go to a separate page and you indicate that, and that you'll be taking the testing option. >> rep...

That and that you'll be taking the testing option. >> reporter: at the center of it all is the city's requirement to disclose vaccine status by friday. city employees, including police officers who don't comply, would be placed on unpaid leave. >> do not fill out the portal information. >> reporter: the president of the police union claimed this week, without corroboration, it could lead to a police force at 50% or less this weekend. now telling officers to refuse direct orders on the mandate from police leadership and even record it on body camera. >> the leadership is so ridiculously poor at...

Face suspension. >> i am concerned of making sure we are well prepared if there is another delta. i am concerned keeping our schools open and economy going. >> reporter: the governor is preparing the national guard to step in if necessary. the state's commissioner is hoping that won't be the case. >> we are looking at having so many of our people vaccinated that will not be necessary. at this point, things are still being tabulated. >> reporter: in new york city, fears of staffing shortages in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated, no testing option. some 10,0...

A national guard to step in if necessary. the state's health commissioner hoping that won't be the case. >> we are looking at really having so many of our people vaccinated that that will not be necessary. but at this point things are still being tabulated. >> reporter: in new york city fears of a staffing shortage in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated tomorrow. no testing option. some 10,000 employees may not be allowed to work. the mayor says substitutes are standing by and most teachers are vaccinated. >> a 93% of our teachers, 98% of our principals. the...