that has been the strategic play book for the chicago teachers union since this began. make sure to move it further and a bit further. as a parent, i'm sick of it. my children are sick of it. our kids are being yo-youpon'ed around. parents have no idea what is going to happen next. this is failure for the future of our children, terrible situation for our children and for working families in chicago and i pray the mayor stands up, has backbone and make it unequivocal our kids will be in the best place in the classroom. >> todd: great response from the chicago public school. school closures could fuel community spread. it is the best way to approach covid-19 concerns in some schools. the union is on an island from fauch to biden, saying in-person learning is needed vitally. why is the union doing this? why have they decided to be on this island? >> it is simply a power play for a larger goal here, which is to run city government in chicago. they are a large union in chicago and i think at the end of the day, they smell blood in the water from the mayor and they will push

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 students. the district insists the classrooms are safe without the measures and the union will vote whether to walk out on wednesday. there's a similar back-to-school standoff taking place between the district and the union in new york city. despite the fact that public health officials and the education secretary have said classes should take place in person. >> any decisions on very short term or emergency closures are most likely based off of staffing issues. they're safety issues when you don't have

mayor of chicago. listen to what the mayor said. >> unfortunately tonight, leadership is compelling its membership to make a decision that will harm hundreds of thousands of chicago families who rely upon c.p.s. for their daily needs. i'm not going to let anybody snatch control of this system away from our primary stakeholders who are our students and our parents. >> john: she said she's not going allow anybody to snatch away, clearly that did not happen. >> she did. >> john: democrats and republicans are on the same page. >> here what's frustrating. parents know best, all right. trust the parents. they are the ones who should decide where the kids should go to school, pick which school you go to, nobody should be controlling education other than the parent, that's who should be doing this. whether it's what you get taught or when schools are open, the parents are to be making the choices and if your school wants to be closed, the parent ought to have a voucher to go to another school, send the child t

in chicago. known as the third ward or o block for folks here in chicago. one man leading the charge is pastor corey brooks. a man on top of the roof, a pastor that is saying enough is enough. it's time for the community to come together and fight the violence in this city. we have been following his journey conducting interviews with him from the studio. but we thought it would be necessary to talk to the pastor in person and see what's actually happening on the ground. we got the pastor and you can follow his journey on foxnews.com. he is going to be coming up in the show as well as the counsel councilman. we will be here all morning. >> rachel: what great message. i have a daughter that lives in a city very young girl. i'm happy to see someone taking a stand on crime. i don't want to mom you, lawrence but i really wish you would zip that coat up. >> lawrence: i promise you after this i am going to zip the coat up. i. >> rachel: i know you are a fashion icon. >> steve: look cool. >> lawrence: g

this is different situation in chicago. you have 70% of teachers saying they do not want to go to work. they voted for the union proposal to not go to work and that is what i think differentiates this situation from the situation in a lot of countries where teachers are shouldering the burden and doing amazing work. all the teachers are doing is defying the science and what the experts say that school is the safest place to be and defying what the white house is telling them to do. it all comes back to what trey gowdy said, democratic party did not learn a lesson from virginia. parents get mad when you go after their kids and do something to jeopardize kids. we saw youngkin win on crt, when you expand that to shutting schools period, not even discussion of what you are teaching, parents, it will come out in november of this year. we're awaiting the release -- please. >> ashley: one more point, it is unfortunate all teachers are lumped into this one sum. 70% were for this, but 30% are not for this. it is unfortunate that eve

chicago, 13. tuesday, 19 degrees for a meanwhile, that cold has to go somewhere, right now targeting parts of the northeast. rachel, back to you. rachel: thank you, rick. and for the record, i gave you a 10 on that test that the boys were doing. so there you go. rick: wow. thanks, rachel. [laughter] rhode island ray all right. well, still ahead, a comic book that focuses on real life heroes instead of fake ones. we meet the police officer behind the book shining a positive light on law enforcement here on law enforcement day. ♪ finish. ♪ ♪ people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible... with rybelsus®. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you

of chicago. the district says there are no classes going on today either in-person or virtually. in discussing why schools should stay open, president biden pointed to the more than $122 billion allocated to schools as part of the american rescue plan. you can see by the numbers, new york city, los angeles and chicago got nearly 10% of all of that money with $1.8 billion going to the city of chicago's public schools. schools got more money from previous stimulus packages and yet the chicago teacher's union says that the district is not doing enough to keep them safe. they want more testing and they want the district to hand out better masks. >> that money went out to the states. the states and the school districts have spent this money well. many of them. unfortunately some haven't. >> when our district was remote, our children suffered. there's no disputing that reality. >> across the country this week, more than 4,500 schools are either closed or fully online right now. chicago public schools s

so, this does present real, clear danger to people in chicago. and a little girl lost her life because of this. she could be alive today if this policy was not in place. you have been on the forefront talking about the gang issue, the drug issue, the violence issue in chicago. what are people in the community saying about this? >> every day chicagoans, not the politicians, but everyday chicagoans are fed up. they want someone to stand up and answer the call to take ownership of what is going on in the city of chicago. stop blaming, stop passing the buck but take ownership and deal with it. it doesn't matter what their background is or racial demographic is, none of that matters in the city. everyone is concerned about their safety and the safety of their neighbors and the neighborhood appear they cannot wait, they cannot wait for the next 14 months to come by so the upcoming election, a change can be made in the city of chicago. >> carley: wow a strong statement there and we can only hope that is true because something absolutely needs to change.

we're ready apparently to go back to remote learning at least in chicago where chicago's teacher unions are making demands, they are going to demand remote schooling. here's what they are requesting. all staff and students provide negative rules pcr test taken 48 hours before returning to will school. chicago public schools they are asked that they provide 300 testing sites, also provide n 95 and kn 95 masks to all staff and students. give principals authority to immediately go remote for any class where there is a positive covid case reported. brian, we can catalog and we should all the detriment and damage this does to children. we have talked about isolation, locals of learning, mental illness, but as a society, i just kind of want to step back and go i cannot believe we are so fear-driven and fragile. >> brian: absolutely. >> will: that he woodland even consider allowing this i saw a picture, brian, by the way in canada of them locking up hockey goals outside so kids couldn't play outside. we are back to filling up. >> brian: canada is the worst. >> will: we are losing our minds or

and mentioned their parents, from chicago. >> the public health office, the chicago teachers refusing to show up at school today after 73% of union members voted in person instruction. the schools no longer are safe due to a surge of covid cases and are demanding more testing, better face mask and closing schools if outbreaks occur. >> all we are asking is that we are safe. >> those concerns aren't supported by the science according to chicago's public health commission. schools are among the safest places for kids to be. >> i make a lot of our decisions, i give a lot of advice. you look at the data on this one, the answer actually is very clear. speak with the district spent more than $100 million over the past year on safety measures and given that transmission the virus in the schools is extremely low and 91% of the students fully vaccinated, there is no reason to move the entirety of the school district online. the union is seemingly alone in its opposition to in person learning. yesterday, president biden said school should stay open. today after this, the white house doubled dow

look at temperatures, 29 and 13 in chicago. 35 in new york. we have reinforcing shot of cold air coming today. wind chill advisories, watches and warnings in effect for northern plains and temperatures are below freezeing and dangerous to be outside. look at wind chill, what it feels like, feels like minus 21 in minneapolis, zero and minus 5 in saginaw, and cold air in the northeast today. temperatures 50 to 25 degrees below average, especially this evening overnight tonight and into tuesday. in terms of precipitation and snow, the great lakes is where we're seeing most of it today. we've got the cold air sinking as far south as great lakes and waters are still not frozen, that is bringing the lake effect snow, especially downwind of erie and ontario. still cold in kansas city. 38 in new york. 48 in atlanta. leftover precipitation across northwest. cold is the big story for much of the work week n. terms of storm systems, it is quiet, quiet for much of the country, that we will take. back to you. >> ashley: let's hope it stays quiet on the sto

the university of chicago is through threatening to basicall throw this kid out. that's what we're facing in american universities today. how insane is that? >> that young man has made the right medical decision for himself the fda warns against the risk of myocarditis there have been an increased risk of someone who takes the vaccine that's already recovered from covid 19. so we should never penalize a young person for making a correct medical decision. he weighed out the risks and benefits and came out with the right decision. >> dr., the uk's decision that enough is enough, people say it's political because boris johnson is in political trouble mask mandates are going, vaccination passports are going most other restrictions are all out the window. why is this significant? >> it felt a little like what i imagine someone sitting in the soviet union felt like when a regular person watching the berlin wall fall. we've seen the end of this covi regime and it's starting to spread, that movement will spread worldwide. i hope someday comes to california so we can be fr

especially in an environment like we are facing in chicago. they are going out every single day and giving their lives. these are individuals who have families that they want to go back home too. been at the same time, they are trying to protect and serve our communities. so in no time should we declare or call them cowards for doing such a courageous job and doing it under a lot of stress and a lot of duress and being overworked. that is something we need to take light of and something we should not tolerate from anyone, calling our police officers cowards. >> laura: pastor brooks, during the school closures that are still off and on affecting communities, including chicago, you had a lot of kids with nothing to do. some not having the greatest home life, some okay. but what did that do to this mix of despondency, violence, and the cycle of violence? >> well, we have already experienced a large dropout rate in chicago with our public schools, with our boys in the first place. now we add to the situation by not having them in classrooms and no

just in chicago, 100,000 missing when they go remote. they are not getting the learning they need to. schools are the first line of defense for detecting mal treatment at home. new york city, estimated 8,000 reports were expected to come in, that did not come in. the country's 300,000 in the first three months. the idea that school closures, it's not a big deal, close for a day or two, a week or two, that's a mistake. it's not march 2020, we are new tools and a lot of new knowledge. we have to update our play book. >> john: as we pointed out at the beginning, some people are not getting the message, including the chicago teachers' union, one of the biggest in the country. listen to what the white house coronavirus coordinator said and the president of the chicago teachers' union said. >> we know how to keep our kids safe in school and the president could not be clearer. schools in this country should remain open. >> going into schools puts us at risk, puts our students and families at risk of contracting the coronavirus. and that's a sim

>> yes, we're experiencing rampant lawlessness all across chicago and every part of chicago. it started off as some thought just being in impoverished areas. they soon found out that violence and crime moves into other areas that normally don't have them like magnificent mile and up north and chicago and part of that is because we are not being hard on criminals. we are not being hard on those it who are breaking the law. we have to make sure that those who break the law, get penalized for breaking it and if we don't, we are going to continue to see the same lawlessness that we have been experiencing for years and this past year at record levels. >> lawrence: they let people all across the country lose their mind with no consequences. all the talk about criminal justice reform, i'm there. when justice needs to be reformed. but, when you have people just running rampant shooting people we have got to do something about it. chief and pastor you have been out front on that. we thank you for joining "primetime" tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. appreciate you. >> lawrence: chaos i

fox business is live in chicago. grady, what are you finding? >> hey, john, just like in 2020, last year it was the high taxes, high cost of living and a desire for more space and closer to family that drove people out of states like new jersey, california, new york and illinois. so, where is everybody going? well, you can probably guess, but united van lines survey found number one, vermont, followed by south dakota, south carolina, west virginia and the sunshine state in florida. you'll notice that most of those are red states and they are mostly states with less restrictive covid measures, and i don't know if the ambulances are as loud there as they are here in downtown chicago. the survey found in illinois and in the northeast a lot of the people moving were retirement age but in california it was a wider age range of people who are getting out because it has just gotten too expensive. the company expects much of the same in the new year. >> many companies have not solidified their permanent move forward plans when it comes to back to the of

classes are canceled for a second day in chicago, illinois. as the teachers and the families in that city are at odds. the city is caught in the middle apparently. what will it do? things are very different in arizona. governor doug ducey is getting some imagine or props for it, too. he may just have the kryptonite for those teachers unions. he is in "focus" next. >> the original consequence puts the public and new york city detectives and police officers in danger. it is not going the work and people in the city are going to suffer. >> harris: critics warning of more crime in new york city as a new district attorney announced will not prosecute criminals for a slew of crime. some calling it a political gift to republicans. power panel debates. stay close. ♪♪♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my

chicago new covid-19 mandate starts today. anybody five years old and up required to show vaccination for indoor spaces like restaurants. joining me not to discuss the impact of the mandate. executive director of the arc association. thanks to the both of you for being here. leonard, you told our producers you didn't think this plan was well thought out. why do you say that? >> well, the timing of that, first ball. they only allowed 14 or 15 days to implement the plan and those 14 or 15 days included christmas and new year's eve celebrations, which are huge in the hospitality industry. that is almost reckless. >> roger, let's take a look at where the locations are for requiring proof of vaccination starting today. indoor dining, of course, your game right there. indoor fitness and entertaining and recreation, anywhere where food and beverages are. we know by now especially when it comes to omicron, the vaccine is showing signs that it lessens the impact of covid and people that does not stop the spread of it from person-to-per

imagine being a chicago parent. he worked at a butcher shop, take the subway, go into an office building. you have adults breathing on you all day. they are still going to work. teachers can't go to work in one of the safest averments there is, a classroom question i would do this: i would threaten the chicago teachers with a test, not a covid test, an actual test to see if they can actually teach, to see if they are qualified enough to teach the students. basic reading, riding, and arithmetic -- i would throw in questions about covid to see if they are knowledgeable about this virus. if they can't get over 80% -- you had a great idea, geraldo -- if they get over 80%, negotiate in good faith. i don't think these teachers are smart enough to be in the classroom. >> geraldo: dagen, jesse mentions tests. one of the proposals by the teachers union is that kids get tested, every kid gets tested before they open the school, and kids can get tested, in the opinion of the union, without the consent of the parent. >> they ar

day four tomorrow without school in chicago. alicia: is terrible for all these families at home sitting there watching their kids and suffering from studies in anxiety level and the stresses and for students as well as parents. he really says something. don't you think that the mayor of chicago is really ticked off about this. take a listen. >> the chicago teachers union is an illegal walkout they abandoned their post and kids and their families and we spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make her school safe, they are safe we have the data to demonstrate that and we've got to get the teachers union to get real and get serious. alicia: they had the money, the vaccine, there's masks, what more is going to take. jimmy: it takes me a lot to side with lori lightfoot. i put her added nine on a scale of bill de blasio, she is right and this is shameless on the teachers union to make a comparison to a snow day or a blizzard. were not talking about snow weeks and to be clear a snow day is an act of god this is an active teachers uni

classes in the windy city, that chicago are closed again today. and unions are trying to go remote in places like san francisco where teachers are planning sick apps as opposed to a poop out, and looking at pressure of not working, which is in the face of the science, look at this. it's because we have seen over and over again is that with the appropriate protocols in place, schools are not major sources of transmission of covid. how many children in a typical year are hospitalized with the flu in chicago? it's comparable to what we are seeing with how many eric hospitalized with covid, schools first to open, lasted close, in a city where bars are open, why would schools be closed? >> greg: so true, couldn't we respect the unions more if they told the truth, they just don't want to work in the wintertime, it's cold in car won't start. >> dagen: they don't get respect even for telling the truth, because they are trampling on the children develop mentally, educationally, and i do think we need to stop calling at the unions. it's the teachers. in chi

chicago, just saying. all right, we'll move on. good to see you. happy new year. critics calling out president biden's disastrous first year in the white house and it's reportedly raising major concerns among democrats who say they are worried about 2022. it's just months away when have to face the midterm elections and they are looking at this guy is a problem. plus, this -- >> aoc and all these people think they can tell you how to lead your life, and people are fed up with it. they are sick and tired of the government telling them how to lead their lives. >> harris: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez getting called up for hypocrisy as she was vacationing maskless in florida at a big event. not just this one. we have other pictures way she's got a crowd around her. you know, the things that they should say we should mask for. while her home state is living under very strict mandates. cheers to her, she's got a drink. good for her. ♪ ♪ ["walk the line"] people with moderate to severe psoriasis, are rethinking the choices they make like the splash they cre

unfortunately our kids here in chicago are the ones paying the consequences. speak with the union votes not to show up tomorrow, the city said it will be an illegal strike and they will have no choice but to cancel classes. shannon. >> shannon: we will keep an eye on it, thank you. other large school districts across the country, more than a thousand school called out sick with 400 teachers on the district's first day back to following the holidays. schools remained open with students in classes. the number of callouts expected in decline in the coming days. in detroit, remote learning to january 14th. once classes start up thursday my superintendent nikolai with the covid rate hovering around 36%. plus los angeles school district ordering all students and staff to get tested before returning to class with winter break next week. the school board member say that goal for mandating test is for safety and peace of mind. the u.s. from the country in the country to record a million plus of covid-19 test and a single day. as america continues to deal with long test

okay, all of the studies show that, even joe biden and the mayor of chicago were saying that. so what the teachers unions are doing is just really, i think, an attack on our children, so this has got to end. .children need to be in the classroom right now. they need to be back learning. also, mike, remember if they're at home, they are putting a burden on working parents. what are working parents going to have to do? skip work, leave their children. it's tough on parents as well. we need to think of all of the families when these policies are being promoted by these out of control left-wing unions. mike: sarah, do you want to respond? >> you know, i think that's really unfair. i agree with you that kids should be in school, but i think we need to be fair to teachers and recognize that they're scared for a real condition. this can be a deadly disease. i think if we are going to send our kids back to school which we absolutely should, we should all agree to have them wear masks. it's absolutely worth it for their safety and the safety of their parents and, of course, the teacher

so universities chicago stands firm and the ignorant approach arthure, we wish you the best. we'll be following this case if filingg one against the university. >> but i hope for their sake they relent. thanks so much, arthur. >> thanks a lot. but coming up, one woman's emotional breakdown reveals the devastating fallout ofle covid insanity and all those rules the last fight is next . apologies droplets, just dangers to your breathing. give mike your most ultra pure steam. it's all germs destroyed just pure steam, happy sinuses, good breathing again. ma my pure must do it. buried in receipts, invoices and other paperwork that's preventing you from doing what matters most to get the allour new and rapid receit smart organizer to scan, digitize and organize your documents >> after u.k. prime minister boris johnson announced the end of most covid one commentator could not hold back. because it literally ruined our lives. nobody spoke about it at all. commentators had union reps come onom the stage but this is the first time i've cried on tv. i watched my entire life fall apart.

>> you know, we've had enough in chicago. we had eight children under 12 years old murdered by gun violence last year. 48 children under 12 were shot and lost their lives. here we are in 2022, you know, off to a horrible start once again with the violence that you just mentioned here and be 10:30 one fatal shootings and the month of january. so, this year is looking to be as bad as 2021. >> todd: the neighborhood crying out for help, take a listen. >> you got your brain but you come here as a punk and into hill of streets. >> black on black crime needs to be stated and latino crime needs to be spoken about. that is who are killing our youth, our elderly. >> these kids cannot go out to play. they can't do nothing! >> todd: brian, if he has this conversation every single monday following another bad week on the streets of chicago. when will words become action because nothing is happening? >> that is a great point. it is part of my frustration as a legislature. i'm constantly faced with ideas and proposals that will limit law e

we have eight degrees in chicago. 41 in new york, 37 in memphis. coldest air of the season has arrived as far as lubbock, texas. moisture could turn to snow. heavy rain and freezing rain layer and snow for parts of kentucky and tennessee, the mid-atlantic that got hit with snow earlier this week. here is our setup heading into tonight and friday. one thing with the storm system, it is a quick mover and will bring snow to certain locations. coastal new england will watch this. there is future track. around this time tomorrow morning, i think i will be outside on long island talking about the snowflakes falling and the latest thinking, in the mountains, we will get higher snowfall and in new england, we could hit the jackpot. new york city, one to four, maybe five inches of snow, the most we've seen this season. we'll watch this system across midsouth toward the mid-atlantic tonight and we have another big storm moving into the west and bringing quite a bit of snow. we've got blizzard warnings for the great state of montana. heavy snow and blowing sn

. >> showdown in chicago as the teachers union forces the last-minute school closures for a second straight day. thursday january 6, you are watching "fox & friends." >> i'm ashley strohmier and for correlation can. the mayor to teachers pay or take legal action if they don't get back to work. mark meredith is live in washington with the latest, good morning, mark. >> ashley good morning to you guys and chicago getting another day off today after city leaders in teachers union failed to reach an agreement on pandemic particle. the union voted earlier in the week to move classes online because of sharp increase in covid cases but instead the school system canceled activities altogether. the city said remote learning is not a viable alternative to in person learning and war of words with 350,000 kids. union leaders say they stand behind their efforts. >> going to schools, it puts us at risk and students and families at risk of contracting the coronavirus, and the public health office. >> todd: chicago's mayor lori lightfoot calls it illegal and both parents and students across this to be are

today the chicago teachers union will hold a vote whether to return to remote learning. can you believe this? defying the school district and mayor forcing students to go virtual. one parent says teachers are facing the burden on parents, not fair to kids. congressman dan crenshaw and dr. marc sieshg gel and jim gray and on john madden. i'll toss back to two men. gel a and on john madden. i'll toss back to two men. gel a on john madden. i'll toss back to two men. egel d on john madden. i'll toss back to two men. >> kevin: thank you. looking forward to it. accurate. biden administration pointing the finger at meat packers on the inflation crisis, todd. >> todd: bring in cheryl casone from fox business joining us live with details. >> cheryl: happy to join the guys this morning. the white house is unveiling one billion in federal funding to target meat packing companies 6789 they are accusing the companies of price fixing. pat lafrieda reacted to the allegations earlier. >> reinstating that cool act so american consumers can make the decision of spending and will be a few

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they lost a child to this madness in our city in chicago. it's heart breaking because it opens your wounds back up when you meet another mother that is going through the same thing you went through. you comfort them. they are not by themselves. there is somebody that knows that pain that is willing to help you in any way i could help them. >> trace: mrs. ramirez, i look at the numbers. last year there were 21 children under the age 18 killed in chicago. names like melissa and jasmine, savannah. michael. you see these names. but they are not national names because there are no black lives matter protests. there is no outrage in the street. why is that in chicago? >> you know what? that's the same question i ask myself: why? why don't we have that also for the children that have been killed? i am working with a mother who lost her 4-year-old while he was getting a haircut. a bullet came in the window and shot him. he was only 4 years old. to me one is too many. our children deserve to live in a better city. a lot of children are getting shot f

let's go to garrett tenney in chicago first. >> as to that federal emergency funding, last year chicago public schools received just over a billion dollars and already it has put $100 million of that towards safety measures. this morning, though, the head of the chicago teachers union said with the current surge of omicron the city is facing, those safety measures don't go far enough. >> right now going into schools puts us at risk, put our students and families at risk of contracting the coronavirus. we've been failed by the public health office and teachers the only thing is whether we go into the building. >> the city and health officials say that is fought true and that all of the available data continues to show schools are among the safest places for students. they are not a source of community spread and for teachers fully vaccinated and boosted no risk of being hospitalized due to covid. last night chicago's public health commissioner said right now any decision to close schools is clearly not about trying to do what's best for children. >> in what world would we think to close

chicago should follow his lead. and so what they're doing is, you know, if the school unions in the state of arizona say, you know what? we are not coming in today, then every parent who wants $7,000 is going to get it don't know where the money is coming from. could be part of the leftover covid money. it not only applies to private tuition at private school which is fantastic. but child care, school coordinated transportation, and online tutor willing. and ultimately, ainsley, what this does is this is giving for the first time, the parents of arizona school choice. so it's like okay, we're going to give you public money so you can put your child in the school where you feel that they will best be treated. and educated. >> ainsley: i think it's great in new york they spend $40,000 on each child to go to a public school. what if you gave money to patients and they got to use that to go to a private school or catholic school staying home. we are hoping that schooled don't close. i know some here are pushing for that

, especially in an environment like we're experiencing in chicago. they're going out every single. day. they're giving and their lives. these are individuals who have families that they want to go back home to. buto at the same time they're trying to protect and serve our community. so c at no time should we declae our call them cowards for doing such a courageous job and doing it under a lot of stress and a lot of duress and you know, being overworked and that's that's something that we need to take light on and that's something that we should not tolerate from anyone callinger our police officers cowards. >> pastor brooks, during the school closures that are still oftenar affecting communities including chicago, you had a lot of kids, nothing to do. younodo have some some not havig the greatest home life, some okay.y.y.but what did that do to but what did that do to this mix of despondence, io the violence and the cycle ofle violence? >> well, we already are experiencing a large dropout rate lar in chicago with our puc schools, with our boys in the

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chicago is 08% minority. and, yet, joseph is a part of that only 10% that decides to show up for work. it starts with education. what do you think happens to those kids when you rob them of education? the reason why i say rob, karol, is because people pay for that education. >> that's exactly it. we pay for this education. and this is not free. and the chicago public schools got over a billion dollars from the federal government. they could do any covid security measure that make them feel better. they can take any number of actions. they complain that they didn't have masks, they didn't have filtration systems. they can do all of that with the money that they got. any of that they remain in the way of kids learning. that's what's always been so amazing to me. in places like new york and places like chicago, in really the blue cities that have decided to forget about children completely. fill with the same people that march for equity and pretend that they care what happens to minority children. where are the

including in chicago and including across the country. he believes not having them open as you have touched on impacts the mental health of children. we have seen that very. >> i mentioned before many kids get their nutritional support in school over 7 million kids get mental health services. it's obvious and important vehicle for understanding child abuse not to mention just the loneliness of factor and the potential for depression, suicide, drug abuse very. >> we all know in your more isolated you will search a developmental health illnesses because this is something that's already a problem in america. >> politicians and parents alike are pushing for kids to return to school pointing to the damaging mental health effects of remote learning for the cdc reports emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts among 12 -- 17 -year-olds were up two and half times higher than the summer of 2020 and more than two times higher than this number from 201,918, this winter. doctor benjamin miller he is the president of well-being trust.

the far left mayor of chicago says they should be back in school. these kids, it's been a rough couple of years, and it's our job as the adult to get them back in the classroom. all right. we'll keep following all that. meanwhile, democrats are fighting for a path forward to overhaul u.s. elections despite not having votes to do so. chuck schumer is now urging his colleagues to support changing the filibuster, a key senate rule. house majority whip weighed in on fox news sunday. listen. >> i have side the filibuster ought not be applied if constitutional issues like voting. we do not allow the filibuster to get in the way of the credit of the united states of america because it would jeopardize the future of this country. >> sandra: all right. so let's bring in byron york, chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner." great to have you here, byron. it appears chuck schumer is forcing members of his party to pick a side on this issue. going farther than we have seen him go before on it. where does it go? >> probably nowhere. i mean, th

the teacher's unions in chicago, 75% of chicago teachers voted not to return toin-person learning. 75%. any teacher that refuses to teach is should not be teaching. what the school districts ought to do and what the mayors ought to do is do what ronald reagan did when the air traffic controllers refused to work and fire them. there's no excuse. this is not about protecting kids. we know kids -- most kids, covid is like the flu. we don't shut down our schools for the flu. in germany, the german government reported that in 15 months, not a single healthy child under the age of 18 has died in the country. not one. we don't know the number in the united states because the cdc doesn't track it. i'm sure it's similar. what is so -- covid is not a risk to these kids in a serious way. you know what is? not being in school. since covid hit a 51% increase in suicide of teenage girls. poor kids that are having learning losses from which they will never recover. for some of these kids without -- with parents that are abusive orb absent, school is the only normalcy that they have. it's the only pla

dedicate enough to the teachers union in chicago. more ridicule come in, kamala harris is way at the same time the entire nation was transfixed as you know by the horrifying images of drivers dropped in the freezing cold in virginia's i-95. the vice president is getting savaged after trading as "because of the bipartisan infrastructure law, america is moving a gun." that is what infrastructure is all about, getting people moving. bad timing. the headaches don't stop there for rvp, remember all those reports of turmoil in her office accusations -- herbie in a terrible boss who lashes out while complaining about potus giving her all the crummy jobs. will she just lost another top staffer, that makes at least five high-profile departures since the vice president took office a year ago. greg, is it really fair to criticize her for the fact that she tweeted at the same time i-95 was choked up? how could she know? >> greg: it is so unfair, these attacks. we all know that this is more from a republican frustration and her obsession with her

chicago specifically was given $5.5 billion. we as american citizens prioritize teachers in order for them to be the first in line to get vaccines. 91% of them are vaccinated. now, in school districts there were times in the winter when a cold or flu bug runs rampant through. we all know that. you don't strike because of that, trace. >> but we've learned in this pandemic that the politicians have very little power when it comes to opening and closing schools. the teachers unions control the narrative here. the chicago teachers union statement reads as follows here. let us be clear. the educators of this city want to be in their classrooms with their students. we believe that our city's classrooms are where our students should be. regrettably the mayor and her cps leadership have put the safety and vibrancy of our students and their educators in jeopardy. lightfoot responded by saying we spent $100 million. this is not a safe tin i have battle but a political one. >> dana: and the weakness of lori lightfoot who doesn't have good

chicago public schools are coming back with the same conclusions. there's no significant transmission. that's the science. now what are we talking about here? keeping kids out again perhaps tomorrow after they have been off the last few weeks because of christmas and new year's. we can't keep doing this. it's not productive in the science. the science is on the side of the argument that kids should be back in school regardless of what's going on with the coronavirus. >> martha: quick final thought. this is more transmissible but we're in an environment where you have many more people that are vaccinated. >> yeah, no, exactly. and again, the chicago public schools, the teachers, 90 plus pus vaccination rates. very low risk for the kids. we know what this does to kids. how it damages kids. to keep them out of school. again, the teacher's union here is just making a power play. we'll see whether they get away with it or not. >> martha: the biggest cause of death for 18 to 45-year-olds in the united states is fentanyl overdose. >> that's right. >> marth

our kids are sitting back idling in chicago. doing nothing every day. >> sandra: you are -- you are a good dad, you know. i know that thought process, we have been in the shutdowns before, but you are back in it and 95% of the country is back in school, your kids are at home. so i know you are going to do everything you can as a parent because that's what you do. you adapt to these challenges. have you had any thoughts about maybe you are going to try to find another school? i don't know, you know, obviously private schools are very, very expensive. but i know how important their education is for you and the socialization of school as well. so are you thinking about alternatives? >> absolutely. and it's sad because you know, my children, we attended private school, they attended private school for much of their careers, in fact, it was just before covid that we put all of our kids in public schools. so, my wife and i are looking at our budget trying to figure out if we can get the kids back to private school, we want them to be

look think about it in chicago. they spent over 27,000 dollars per ked per year. give that money to parents and allow them to find alternative arrangement private school tuition on average in chicago is half of that amount only about 11,000 dollars per ked and fund student directly instead of a system in that sense, that's only way to fix this. only way to hold schools accountable so that the schools work for the kids. and the families as opposed to other way around. >> you're right cory thank you so much for fighting this fight i appreciate you take time with us. thanks a lot. >> thanks so much. dan: you got it coming up on unfiltered dazzled silicon valley made billions by defrauding. >> a health care pioneer is being compared to visionaries like bill gates and steve jobs. >> i like to welcome elisabeth holm. >> incredible holmes. >> now facing prison time. how does elizabeth holmes pull something like that off? a panel including family friend of holmes weighs in next. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a

chicago voted to stop teaching students in person. chicago cancelled classes today. one teacher battling cancer has refused to stop teaching students in person. that teacher is joe. he joins us tonight. thanks for joining us. bless you for this. tell us why you made this decision. >> hello. well, in the previous time i already mead a decision. i joined -- chicago public schools as a teacher. my role should inside the classroom with my students. it should understand be in the [inaudible]. first and fore most i am a teacher. secondly, i believe that there are ways to fight city hall. you don't dangle the plight of the kids in the middle of the fight to it seek your demands. there are other ways i believe. i have nothing against the union. but i have something against people using the union as a tool for political gain. that's my stand. i feel that despite my battling cancer, i still have a role to play right now. i just want to make my life relevant. the thought they can still be of service to my students and i can touch their lives and make a difference in their lives

jon: as we look ahead to the new year news like chicago and washington had spikes in crime last year, we will dig into plus critical race theory which is not real. >> you oppose critical race theory being taught in schools is not part of virginia's curriculum. >> the mainstream media is trying to get it right this year but they have been wrong a lot, will break it down with the wall street journal james freeman ahead. ♪ >> i'm jon scott and this is the "fox report" is the bottom of the hour and here's our top stories representative marjorie taylor green personal twitter account has been permanently suspended, the social media company said green had repeatedly spread misinformation about the coronavirus in the vaccine greens congressional twitter is still active. in florida police are searching for two men who vandalized the key west landmark officials say the pair set fire to the city's iconic southernmost point on new year's day. the incident was caught on video. while the first day on the new job is going to be tough new york city newly sworn in mayor eric adams is one to remember

now to chicago. chicago teachers refusing to return to in person learning until omicron subsides or new safety measures are put in place. the late night decision impacting more than 300,000 students, not to mention their parents. chicago's mayor lori lightfoot blasting union leaders for, quote: politicizing the pandemic. correspondent garrett tenney has the latest from chicago. >> we failed by the public health office. >> chicago teachers refusing to show up at schools today. after 73% of union members voted against in person instruction. the union argues schools are no longer safe, due to a surge of covid cases and are demanding more testing, better face masks and clear metrics for closing schools if any outbreaks occur. >> all we are asking is that we work in safe and fair conditions. >> those concerns are aren't supported by the sints, according to chicago's public health commissioner who says schools are still among the safest places for kids to be. >> i make a lot of hard decisions. i give a lot

public school classes cancelled in chicago after a union vote. your thoughts on what is happening there? >> sean: who is running the ship here? is it teachers union, the mayor, who is in charge? you think the wake up and the union says they will not show up for work. this throws a wrench into the plans of families across chicago. can i go to work today? do i stay home with kids and do zoom? how will my kids continue to learn on zoom and not be in person and social consequences from not socializing with other kids. this is devastating for families in chicago, the bottom line issue the mayor has to step up and start pushing back on unions, teacher unions have too much power, pull it back and say, if you don't want to teach, that issin foo, find someone else to educate young people as opposed to letting you you sit home in your pajamas and teach and you get full salary. >> kennedy: you are a parent of nine, what do you do when something like this happens and what are we doing to the kids of america? >> sean: again, this is hard for parents and the p

minus 8 in chicago. minus 22 in minneapolis. let's track this latest storm system as it moves across the tennessee and kentucky area in towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast. it's going to be our big, our first measurable snow for the northeast including new york city. the bulls eye is really going to be the mountains of kentucky in towards west virginia and up towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast where we have our winter weather advisories. we are thinking 2 to 5 inches in and around the new york area. we will fine tune the forecast but for the latest snowfall totals fox weather.com download the app. and we will give you the latest. i prom missed my kids at least an inch of snow tomorrow so fingers crossed. >> ainsley: my daughter is excited too. thanks so much, janice, florida's governor ron desantis is going to join us live. more americans than ever are calling it quits. former mcdonald's ceo ed renzi tells us what can be done to stop the great resignation. ♪ still like that old time rock and roll ♪ that kind o