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He ties it to january 6th. he's calling for change to senate rules. will that happen, though? more on that coming up ahead. but we want to start with that major update from the fda on booster shots as covid cases are hitting new heights. alison barber is outside a new york city school as children in the nation's largest school district return to class with new testing protocols. meghan fitzgerald is in chicago with new vaccine requirements there today. also with me dr. hilton, associate professor in critical care medicine at the university of virginia. she's also an msnbc medical contributor. ...

U.s. education secretary says testing is important, but not the only strategy for keeping students and teachers safe. >> it's really important that the testing protocols are put in place but not done in isolation. increasing vaccination helps. adherence to the mitigation strategies that we know where car part of the strategy. >> still a small but growing number of schools are closing this week were conducting online instruction. that is what they are doing with atlanta public schools nationwide. more than 2,000 schools have yet to open. concerns of surging covid cases. >> trace: jonathan, than...

Place over -- over the past three semesters, so this is our third semester working with covid protocols in place, whether it's the filtration or whether it's the kind of the vaccine mandate or whether it's actually the testing protocol. i think that los angeles, we have really one of the strongest testing protocols around, so even those positivity rates you just described, you know, today we're seeing lower numbers. it's about 13% for our students, 11%, just under 12% for our employees, so having people in school is safer for them and we think that's what's going to be shown as people return t...

Some adding booster requirements to vaccine mandates. others increasing testing protocols or upgrading standards for masks. princeton university announcing travel restrictions that will bar students from leaving the county or township upon return to campus. then just as quickly scrapping that plan. while yale tries a campuswide quarantine for the start of the semester telling students avoid local businesses, restaurants and bars, including outdoor drinking or dining. the latest attempts to manage the spread of omicron deflating to too many students trying to capture what's left of a fleeting c...

Improve endurance and your ability to train and compete and come back stronger. it's not surprising something like this has been used. a lot of russian athletes were using maldonian in years past. always looking to be one step ahead of the testing protocols. >> and so what does this mean for any medals russia would have taken home? what does this mean for the next days ahead? >> that's the $64,000 question. you don't know if they will be kicked out of the olympics, particular athletes, how will this affect the team medals, maybe the u.s. can move up and get the gold in figure skating, as natha...