Happening now growing anger and confusion as America's school struggle with

reopening plans due to the amachron crisis. Chicago cancelling classes now for more than 300 the of all kinds are reeling from staff shortages as new COVID

case counts keep shattering records. Also tonight, investigations are underway

in one of the deadliest home fires in this country in decades.

Officials say a faulty space heater sparked the inferno in a New York City apartment

building that kills 17 people including a children.

Now they want to know if the alarm or door systems malfunctioned as well.

And the tennis star Novak Jokovich is now planning to compete in the Australian Open after a judge ruled he can stay in the country

but the drama over his visa and vaccine status may not necessarily be over.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States

and around the world.

I'm Wolf Litzer.

You're in the situation room.

We begin this hour with the amokron surge here in the United States taking a

worsening toll on America schools, hospitals, and businesses.

CNN's Alexandra Field is following it all for us.

She's joining us from New York, Alexandria.

So many organizations and institutions in this country right now are overburdened and in some places like Chicago

this situation is clearly boiling over.

That's right. Well stress, delays, frustration, cancellation.

It is all part of the omicron surge and all parts of the country.

In Chicago, they are locked in debate, but in so many places we are seeing a will we haven't

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