NYC Mayor & Florida Governor Keep Schools Open Amid Covid Surge

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

News

4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The United States is in the red zone as coronavirus cases continue to rise and hospitalizations reach their highest level in nearly four months. The New York City Mayor and the Governor of Florida are on the same page as they both commit to keeping schools open as students prepare to return to class. Meanwhile, the FDA has recommended kids ages 12 to 15 receive a booster shot. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.
0:12.5	Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:17.5	From startups to scaleups, online, in, and on the go. Shopify is made for
0:22.9	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
0:32.6	Out front next, the U.S. and the red zone, COVID cases rising in hospitalizations now at their
0:37.3	highest level
0:38.0	in nearly four months as the FDA tries to take action. Plus breaking through Trump's wall of
0:42.9	secrecy. The January 6th Select Committee has firsthand knowledge of what Trump was doing during
0:47.6	the deadly insurrection. So, what do they now? And leader Chuck Schumer says he wants to force a vote
0:53.1	that could change the rules of Washington. But does he have the votes to make such a transformational move? Let's go
1:00.1	out front. And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, COVID surging across America.
1:07.2	New cases are now topping a record 400,000 a day, and hospitalizations, which I want to note,
1:14.0	consist of mostly the unvaccinated, according to the CDC, have crossed the 100,000 mark
1:20.1	for the first time in nearly four months. Just a few moments ago, a doctor at Texas Children's
1:25.2	Hospital calling the number of kids admitted
1:27.5	there staggering, adding that the main reason for the admissions is because of Omicron. So we're not
1:32.9	talking about kids who happen to have Omicron and are tested when they show up at the hospital
1:36.1	for something else. He's saying no. The staggering, the use of that word staggering, applies
1:40.1	to kids who are coming to the hospital because of Omicron. But as those cases hit epic levels across the country, vaccinated people are mostly not getting sick.
1:50.6	And that has changed the game.
1:52.7	Florida's governor, a champion of individual freedoms who, of course, has strongly opposed both COVID masking and vaccine mandates,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.