UPCOMING DAYS AHEAD. MAKE SURE YOU STAY WITH US. DESTY: TSHI MORNING THE SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS, THEY EAR PREPARED, IN CASE OF WINTER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. PATRK:IC OUR DANIEL ROBINSON, JOINS US NOW LIVE IN GREENVILLE, WITH HOW THEY PLAN TO KEEP YOU SAFE ON THE ROS.AD DANIEL: CREWS SAY THEY ARE PREPARED TO WORK LONG HOURS IF NEEDED. OFFICIALS SAY, ALL CREWSRE A PLANNING TO WORK LONG HOURS THIS WEEKEND IF NEEDED TO MAKE SURE TH AT THE ROADS STAY SAFE. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND, WE’RE TOLD -DNCOT WILL MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT PRE-TREATING THE ROS.AD SC, DOT SAYS. THERE ARE 2500 EMPLOYEES. READY TO RESPOND IF NEEDED, 60,000 TONS OF SALT. DAN OVER 525,000 GALLONS. OF SALT BRINE READY TO USE. DESTY:IN STARTING TODAY, A FEW SCHOOLS IN LAURENS COUNTY LLWI TEMPORARILY SWITCH TO E-LEARNING. THOSE SCHOOLS ARE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN. OFFICIS ALSAY IT’S DUE TO THE RECENT COVID-19 TRENDS, AND STAFFING SHORTAGES. STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL TUESDAY. WELL, SPARTANBURG DISTRICT ONE AND 3 SCHOOLS WILL AOLS TRANSITION TO E-LEARNING TOD.AY DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAYS IT DUE TO A STAFFING SHORTAGE AND A HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENT ABSENS.CE STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM NEXT TUESDAY, JANUARY 18. AND GREENWOOD DISTRICT 50 HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL LEARNGNI DAY FRIDAY. FOR MORE ON THE SCHOOL CHANGES, HEAD TO WYFF4.COM. THIS MORNING, WE’ HLLEAR FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT THE CURRENT OMICRON WAVE AND THE LATEST STEPS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING TO COMBAT COVID. AIXA DIAZ HAS MORE FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT WILL TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESOURCES BEGIN MADE AVAILABLEND A MOBILIZED TO HELP STATES AND HOSPITALS DEAL THWI THIS LATEST SURGE. THE U. MS.AY BE NEARING THE PEAK OF THE OMICRON WAVE. BUT EXPERTS WARN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS COULD BDIE FFICULT. >> OMICRON WITH SIT EXTRAORDINARY, UNPRECEDENTED DEGREE OF EFFICIENCY OF TRANSMISSIBILITY, WILL ULTIMATELY FIND JUST ABOUT EVYBERODY. >>OC DTORS SAY WHILE VACCINATION MAY NOT PROTECT YOU FROM INFECTION IT KEEPS SEVERE SYMPTOMS AT BAY AND KEEPS YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS 10 MILLION DOSES OF PFIZER’S ANTI-VIRAL PILL TO TREAT COVID WILL BE DELIVERED BY THE END OF JUNE. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO BUYING MORE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENTS AND PREVENTIVE THERAPIES FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS. MEANWHILE, THE CDC HASN'’ OFFICIALLY CHANGED ITS GUIDANCE ON MASKS, BUT MANY HEALTH OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE AMERICANTOS UPGRADE FROM CLOTH MASKS TO N95 OR KN95 MASKS IF THEY CAN FIND THEM. >> REACHING FOR A HIGH-QUALITY MASK WHENEVER YOU CAN, ENSURING THAT IT FITS AND IT FITSOU Y FACE WELL IS IMPORTANT. >> THE WHITE HOUSE COVID RESPONSE COORDINATOR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS STRONGLY CONSIDERING OPTIONS TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICANS. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AIXA DIAZ. DESTY:IN GREENVILLE COUNTY COROR NEHAS RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR A MAN FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAN DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, DUE TO A FALL. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FOUND GEORGE’S BODY IN A ROCK QUARRY NEAR BROWN ROAD IN PIEDMONT ON SUNDAY. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE CORONER HAS RULED GEORGE’S DEATH, ACCIDENTAL. AN INMATE HAS DIED AT THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY DETENTNIO FACILITY. OFFICIALS SAY YESTERDAY MORNING ANDREW HODGE WAS FNDOU UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CELL. HE WAS IN A SINGLE CELL, BEING HELD OMUN LTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING MURDER. NOCLUDING MURDER. WORD YET ON HOW HE DIED TUESDAY NIGHT AUTHORITIES SAY 4 , INMATES HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS. NARCAN WAS USED AND ALL INMATES WERE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DETENTION CENTER. WE’RE TOLD A SEARCH DID NOT TURN UP ANY DRUGS BUT AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN , MCCARTHY SAYS HE WILL TNO COOPERATE WITH THE JANUARY SIXTH COMMITTEE. THE HOUSE SECTLE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY SIXTH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL REQUESD,TE THAT MCCARTHY VOLUNTARYIL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS COMMUNICATIONS WITH ENTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHITE HOEUS CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS. AIN STATEMENT, MCCARTHY SAID HE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE COMMITTEE. MCCARTHY IS THE LATEST REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER WHOSE COOPERATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. REPRESENTATIVE, JIM JORDAN OF OHIO AND REPRESENTATIVE SCTOT PERRY OF PENNSYLVANIA HAVE ALSO SAID THEY WOULD NOT COOPATEER AFTER RECEIVING REQU.TS LAWMAKERSAI PD THEIR RESPECTS TO HARRY REID. LATE SENATOR DIED -- LIGHT IN STATE IN WASHINGTON SEAT. HE SERVED FIVE TERMS IN THE U.S. SENATE AND ROSE TO BE MAJOTYRI LEADER. HE DIED LAST MONTH. AT 82-YEARS-OLD. AFTER BATTLING PANCREATIC CANCER. SENATOR HARRY REID IS THE 34TH PERSON TO LIE IN STATE IN THE U.S. CAPITOL ROTUN.DA THIS MORNING THERE IS A CRITICAL , NEED FOR BLOOD DONATNIO SOME PATIENTS ARE HAVING TO WAIT DAYS BEFORE GETTING IT. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAYS IT’S FACING THE WORST BLOOD SHORTAGE IN MORE THAN A DECADE. ACROSS THE COURYNT SHELVES ARE RUNNING ON EMPTY. THOSE IMPACTS BEING FELT HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AT JUST 11 YEARS O,LD TRAILND A HAS -- DREYLAN“ HAS EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHA.ND HE HAS SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND LAST YEAR, HE WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF A TRANSFUSION, BUT THERE WASN’T ENOUGH ON THE SHELF. THE FAMILY WAITED THREE DAYS FOR BLOOD. >> IT WAS JUST A SIGH OF RELIEF AT THAT POINTHT AT WE DO HAVE SOME BLOOD THAT HE IS ABLE TO GET SOME BLOOD AND