the bengals jersey is a good option. let's wait until the game. we need one more. >> dana: are you nervous? >> you bet. >> dana: are you watching the nfl network? >> bill: i am religiously. >> dana: it will be okay. a few days left and they'll be there. i think the bengals will win. harris faulkner is up next with "the faulkner focus". here you go. >> harris: we begin with this fox news alert and at any moment we expect to hear from the cdc and whether it will update guidelines on children wearing masks in school. but democrats in danger of losing their seats on capitol hill aren't waiting for the cdc. for them it may be the equivalent to hitting the panic button now. they're one-by-one wiping away mask mandates as americans make it very clear free choice or else. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". now up until this hour the

white house was ignoring parents, business owners with its go to tool, the mandate on everything. and apparently president biden is willing to ignore even his own political party as democrats swing into full panic mode as public backlash around the mask mandates hits a breaking point. yesterday we were telling you about new jersey, connecticut, delaware, oregon. all lifting their school mask mandates suddenly. lots of political fingers pointing as to why the dems would do that. now illinois is hinting at a decision to ease statewide mask requirements. president biden is not budging on federal mandates, though. and now a top house democrat sean patrick maloney with a warning. erasing mask mandates in blue states is what we need desperately to win in november. >> it's the death of this pandemic and because of the president's leadership and the democratic plan to beat the virus that we'll be in a

position to communicate a clear off ramp and to make sure people understand they will be in a position to care for themselves, for their families, that we trust parents to know best for their children and schools. >> harris: wow, like they are speaking somebody else's language. just today congressman maloney tweeted it is time to give people their lives back. republicans say this is pure politics. >> if we know anything about the left it's about dependency and control and they will do anything they can to follow the polling numbers. they see it as an issue where voters are starting to hate this policy. we better change course. we know it was never about the science. never about keeping people or our kids safe and that's why they are changing because they know now that they are going to lose on this issue. so again it is an hypocrisy of the left and up here in washington, d.c. we're seeing where they don't follow their own guidance. >> harris: any indication, jackie, that the white house

will back democrats now lifting pandemic mandates out of panic politically? >> i tell you the white house would probably prefer not to answer that question. jen psaki danced all the way around it yesterday and they are trying hard not to wade into that conversation where they would have to come out one way or the other against these democrat states that have now bukd the cdc. you have seen this past week blue state mandates falling like dominoes with some of the states who previously imposed the harshest, strikeest restrictions rolling them back and it has created a patchwork of protocols across the u.s. that prompted a plea from the country's largest teachers union for the cdc to weigh in and give guidance whether this is in fact the right thing to do. the white house is saying don't expect those answers any time soon. >> you will have to ask the cdc. they move at the pace of data and science. >> do you believe then that the

democratic led states who are breaking with the cdc on this guidance that they are not -- that they are throwing science away and the cdc has -- >> we don't look at it through that prism. these states i think it's important to note they still allow for decisions to be made by local school districts. >> the white house is trying to avoid criticizing members of their own party. the cdc says the data doesn't support relaxing restrictions at this time. but that's not what medical experts are saying on cnn. >> we still have about 290,000 cases a day and hospitalizations that are higher than they ever were in the delta peak even. so right now i don't think is the moment to start relaxing those restrictions. >> case counts are declining and science has changed. >> what is behind the need for masks? it appears to depend on the politics of who you are talking to when it comes to masks for

kids in schools. there is a covid briefing this hour. hopeful will you we'll get more clarity. >> harris: no doubt. interesting to see if the white house is waiting to see what the cdc will do. they have an automatic how did maloney put it, off ramp? from all of this. well, the cdc changed its guidelines and president biden will support getting rid of mandates. joe concha with me now. he is in "focus." all right, let's start right there. this has so much suddenly like a broadway dance that we are going to watch happen. suddenly the democrats decided to dance this way. >> they're saying internal polls. even democrats as we played in that report are warning if you don't adjust to what the american people are saying, then you will pay for this in november on top of inflation,

crime, border and so on and everything that's going against the democrats at this point. i'm old enough to remember jen psaki a couple of weeks ago sending out a tweet directed at glenn youngkin, the republican governor, saying -- actually applauding school boards in virginia for defying the governor's mandate saying that you can lift the vaccine -- the mask mandates as far as children if their parents want to mask their kids they can. if they don't want to, that's fine, too. so when will ms. psaki send out a tweet to our governor of jj. i don't see that tweet coming. >> harris: he was hearing from parents. that governor's race got tight. not as tight as virginia but the republican was coming on. what happened to phil murphy? no doubt he was hearing from parents. you mentioned virginia governor glenn youngkin. i want to put this up.

he claims vindication as more states have lifted their mandates. here is what he tweeted. in the last week we have seen democrat-led states like oregon, connecticut, new jersey, delaware move away from universal mask mandates in schools. i'm pleased there is bipartisan support for doing the same in virginia. >> well played. glenn youngkin can read polls, too. monmouth university poll out. 70% of americans agree that it's time we accept covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives. the only reason why that 70% number isn't higher, the only ideological group that doesn't agree with that are democrats. 47% say we should move on. we had a roadmap and we had that roadmap from 1918. the u.s. military did a great study. all right. of 120 training camps that experienced outbreaks, 99 imposed on-base quar an teens.

21 didn't quarantine. conclusion, case rates between the two categories of camps showed no statistical difference. if a military base can't lock down and control a virus how are civilians going to do that? >> harris: a great example. in 1918 they had a lot of situations we don't have right now. with the spanish flu we saw 50 million people across the world die. they didn't have vaccines or they didn't have the kinds of they -- therapeutics that could slow down pneumonia. we could help people put them -- they were blind-sided by the whole thing. if they were learning those lessons then and i have not seen that reporting. that's excellent detail. i do want to get into this. a liberal host raising concerns about the move to loosen covid restrictions. nothing about this person leads me to believe that they are an epidemiologist. he tweeted the daily average for covid deaths in this country is still above 2 half

and a half thousand. how did we normalize mass death in this country? another msnbc host suggested that children don't actually mind wearing masks in class. watch. >> do you think it's time for school mask mandates to end nationwide? i live with kids who are more than willing to wear their masks and it is my parents who complain about my children having to wear masks. my kids don't mind it. >> harris: your reaction. >> i guess i can't say the word i want to say but i'll say bull. i have and 8-year-old. >> harris: you brought us scientific details for things that were the go-to tools. the lockdowns. we saw it early on under a different president obviously and then we got vaccines and we learned more and still as omicron hit we were going back to the same habits. >> my 8-year-old said she can't remember a time when she was in

school without a mask, because she can't. she is in second grade. kindergarten, first grade, second grade. my 6:00-year-old has never been in any sort of school environment without a mask. we see what has happened with children in terms of their mental health as far as wearing masks and not being able to express themselves and not knowing what their teachers look like half the time when their masks are off. from an educational perspective and it's unacceptable because of the lock downs. the modern example, johns hopkins and that particular study showed that it didn't make a difference here either. >> harris: you have made the compelling argument that no doubt democratic strategists are telling their clients who want to run and win seats 272 days from now. we're counting. so that's some of what they are hearing. the white house is hearing this, too. but they stand pat. we'll see if anything changes

today. thank you for being in "focus." >> good to be here with you. this is great. >> harris: what could possibly go wrong? the biden administration is planning to put hundred of illegal immigrants under house arrest in major cities. i'll leave it there. you think about that during the commercial. we'll get into it. plus this. >> it has been a lot of little issues that have built up over time and this is, you know, 90% of truck drivers are vaccinated. why put a mandate on now? it seems like a slap in the face. >> harris: it's not just about canada now. the canadian trucker protest of vax mandates may be coming here to america. a similar convoy could be making its way to washington but the white house so far is shrugging it off. we have a date that they are shooting for. will cain in "focus" next.

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>> harris: with no end in sight canada's freedom convoy extending beyond the nation's border spilling into the united states and truckers are protesting canada's vaccine mandates and other covid restrictions shut down the busiest border crossing in north america backing up roads in detroit. while the bridge there is reopened, truckers are continuing to protest in the area and call out canadian prime minister justin trudeau. >> i think it's disgusting for any leader of a country to vilify people for exercising their democratic rights. he said many times publicly that he supports peaceful

protests but accept i guess when it disagrees with what he believes. >> we're not trying to remove democracy we're following it. >> harris: things are getting ugly. this shows an ottawa police officer wrestling a 78-year-old great grandfather to the ground for honking his horn in support of the truckers. he was taken away in cuffs and given a ticket. now they haul away grandpa. what is happening in canada could actually happen here. "politico" is reporting that a so-called people's convoy of truckers is expected to converge in california by early march. they are shooting for march 4th which is a friday going into the first weekend of march before making its way to washington they will go coast to coast. but the white house is appearing to shrug any of the potential disruptions off. watch. >> this white house have any

concerns about the similar protest happening in the nation's capitol? >> what i would reiterate is we know that requirements work. we have not seen a disruption as it relates to requirements to the industry. where we have seen disruption has been related to these convoys and protests. everybody can peacefully protest. we fully support that but important to know where disruption is occurring. >> harris: even at cnn they're sounding the alarm on the convoy on the problem it could pose for president biden. >> what started as a protest against the vaccine mandate has turned into so much more. this isn't something the biden administration is going to ignore given those bridge crossings. there could be impacts of supply chain between the united states and canada. >> harris: "wall street journal" editorial board said the lesson for the covid-19 police is that when you have lost even canadians, the most law abiding people on the

planet, you have lost the political plot. time to adopt a new strategy more tolerant of the need to return to life, not dominated by pandemic fear and government command. will cain co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. i want to get your initial reaction to the idea that this could be coming here in the way of the white house ignoring yet another crisis but also americans are fed up. >> harris, i find this issue the most fascinating thing taking place in the news cycle. i'm trying to decide what not to say american news cycle. what this is reflective of or an illustration of is something taking place across western civilization and reveals our most pronounced or inherent divide. it is not racial, black or white, it is not political, republican or democrat. it truly is to anyone to think

it sounds pandering and become more so obvious the divide between the common man and elite. in canada you see the rising of the blue collar worker the common man. these people are not anti-vax or not necessarily republicans. not necessarily conservative. these are people that individuals should retain the right of choice and they are resisting a top-down approach to their life fro the elites who tell them what they should think and hear and what they should submit to in terms of mandates. that's not limited to canada, harris. that could easily come right here to the united states and take place in the u.k. we see it on the streets across europe. here is the thing, harris, ask yourself this. how does it end? we can discuss where does it go? how does it end? what happens? >> harris: look to canada for soeft answer.

they're winning. when i read the headlines the last couple of days the truckers are winning their argument. this idea you describe yes, it is spreading around the world but i see america as some of the originators of that kind of freedom. it is inherent in who we are having not always had it. one of the organizers of the freedom convoy told fox news digital she is down right disgusted by the liberal media's coverage of the protest. we showed you the clip from cnn say the white house better stop ignoring the truckers. another trucker says it seems like everything is a cult or an insurrection or assault on democracy these days. i don't understand how people fighting for their freedom can be an assault on democracy. your reaction. >> nor do i. these truckers have been called every insult under the sun from fringe to far right to hateful to a cult. and harris, i think you are right that the united states is

sort of the original freedom-loving population but we're not leading the way right now when it comes to resisting top-down elite mandates. think about the power the common man has. what will justin trudeau do eventually? will he send in the military? not enough ottawa police or tow truck companies. sound like the tow truck companies are resisting hauling away the truckers. >> harris: well, they're trucks. >> you better have a big tow truck. what will he do, send in the military to break up the protest? even if he did that how does he pick up the slack in the supply chain? will the military deliver the goods and services across canada the truckers are supposed to be doing on a daily basis? this is the power. you know, you bring it back to the united states of america, we do not know the power that

we hold over the people that would like to lord their power over us. ultimately these elites are a minority. radical minority in their ideas but still in the united states of america the power rests with the people. it will be interesting to see when the american people lead the way. >> harris: everybody has a visceral reaction to that great grandpa being hauled off by the canadian police and you say what is justin trudeau going to do? if he does too much of that it could get interesting. truckers are honking their horns and now they're being silenced. you know what? tammy bruce and i got into this, will. i thought of you as she was speaking and you made a similar point. she made the point about the freedom convoy protest in comparison to the protests here in the united states. just watch and listen. >> i think we saw the inkling of that with the school board meetings and parents. that was the same dynamic

without trucks where americans were saying very vocally enough is enough and that can and will grow. this has been inspirational for people. they are seeing it. american truckers, supply lines. they remain under attack. i have to say we had the great resignation. we have people who are not going back to work. that might also be interestingly a very quiet protest that is occurring. >> harris: will. >> yeah, here is what i think is so fascinating and take us back to the original question you asked me. this dynamic between the average american, the average citizen of the western world and the elites will become undeniable. you think all the parents if virginia called domestic terrorists vote republican? probably not yet. the point is this crosses partisan divides. anybody that dares stand up to this elite group think that tolerates no dissent is called a domestic terrorist. is called when you are a

trucker you are called a cultist. joe rogan & your voice must be silenced. it is becoming undeniable and i think we've never seen at least in my lifetime this type of flex from those who think they have power against those that actually have power. >> harris: this type of flex. what tammy bruce said about the great resignation, there are 38 million people who quit their jobs by october of last year. she said that's the equivalent to a silent protest that could build. great to have your comments on that. let's get to this. big backlash as the biden administration may be looking to place hundred of migrants under part-time house arrest. i call them illegal immigrants. they're here illegally and now if they put them under house arrest they are making that

point. they say it is much cheaper than holding them at detention facilities as illegals are flooding across the border if record numbers. reuters is reporting pilot programs will begin in houston, texas, baltimore, maryland, with 100 to 200 single adults under house arrest in each city. detainees would be required to be in their home from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. with exceptions for work and extraordinary circumstances. critics such as the arizona attorney general mark brnovich say this is a joke. >> it is obvious the biden administration is trying to not only dismantle ice but eliminate our entire southern border and the taxpayers hard working middle class taxpayers will subsidize this progressive left social experiment. unfortunately it will be all of us paying the cost. >> harris: talk to me about what the a.g. is saying there. what kind of a social experiment is this?

>> one that they say is driven by compassion. under this house arrest you point out supposedly it will cost $6 to $8 a day to house a migrant on house arrest verses $122 in a detention center. they're confined in their home. what do they do all day? and i think you find the answer quickly is they go out and work and live the life they came to the united states to live. but here is what's funny about that. supposedly it is driven by compassion. more compassionate approach to this than the trump administration. interesting who they are compassionate towards. it is inexceptable from the rising crime crisis. you are compassionate to those who break the law, not for those who suffer at those who are breaking the law, the hands of those breaking the law. by the way like a permissive parent who constantly meets a rule-breaking child with compassion you'll only get more

of it. you'll get more illegal immigration and thus less compassion towards americans who will lose jobs, suffer from crimes from illegal immigrants or rising crime crisis suffer higher rates of murder. who is the recipient of your compassion? >> harris: we've seen the bus loads of adult males mostly and some women not families being dropped off in cities. this accelerates that with legitimacy now. they are here illegally. we'll house them and only keep track of them in the sleeping hours, and who knows if they are keeping court dates? they weren't keeping them before. now you have legitimized and normalized their illegal behavior. great to have you in "focus" today. thank you. republicans are predicting a red wave this november. there are more women and hispanics running as part of

the gop than ever before. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel is in "focus" on the party's path to winning back the house and senate. then there is this. >> joe biden's hhs are going to distribute crack pipes. maybe the government's money would be better used to open up a treatment facility rather than to offer a means to facilitate the addiction. >> president biden: >> harris: they're looking to distribute crack pipes to drug addicts and calling it racial equity. your tax dollars will pay for all of that.

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democrat governors lifting school and state mask mandates. the cdc director dr. walensky just said there is no update on guidance on school masking from the cdc. so apparently the guidance is still that children should continue to mask up in schools and also generally in areas of high transmission. she did say that decisions about these things can be made at the local level meaning those democrat governors depending on cases and the numbers and vaccination rates and said it has always been that way. so my question would be then why did president biden go after desantis, the governor of florida, when their numbers were among the lowest in the nation last summer? why go after texas governor greg abbott? if it was always their decision. what does the white house do now? the blue state governors are bucking the cdc. she just said dr. walensky said they don't have to listen to us. they can make their own

decisions based on the vaccination rates and numbers of cases. where in the world will the white house fall on the politics of this? we're watching. the gop is hoping for a red wave. women and candidates of color are leading the republican effort to flip the house in november. look at the numbers there. according to the national republican congressional campaign committee, more than 253 women, 228 people of color have filed to run as republicans across the house map. and it comes as the gop is looking to win more latino voters especially those tired of the president's border crisis. the rnc has opened up multiple hispanic community centers in south texas. >> they have taken they have banked on hispanics going to vote for democrats. when we began to see those numbers not shift the way they were supposed to shift for the

democrats we saw an opportunity. >> harris: ronna mcdaniel rnc chairwoman in "focus" now. talk about the strategy and why you think it is working to get such attraction for people in diverse lanes to run as republicans. >> we are seeing so much growth in our party in the hispanic community from people who own small businesses who want school choice, who are business owners. biden's economic policies are hurting them. they love this country. we're in these communities a year in advance of the election and having conversations and it is really going well and expanding our party. we're going to see more hispanic voters vote republican in this election than ever before. >> harris: the gop platform arguing republicans need to run for something and not be against everything.

namely biden's failures. while former u.n. ambassador nikki haley argues that biden is wrong. republicans stand for everything america needs right now. your take. >> i agree. we stand for energy independence, we stand for parents' rights to have a say in their kids' education and also on these huge issues that we're dealing with with covid. we believe in having a secure border. we believe in supporting our men and women in law enforcement and not what the democrats are doing with the defund the police. kevin mccarthy will come out with a promise for america before the election so we can contrast what republicans are going to do when we get the chance to govern versus what we see under biden with rising inflation, ridesing gas prices and rising crime on every level our country is failing under joe biden. >> harris: chairwoman mcdaniel there has been some reporting that republican pushback to the rnc's decision to censure liz

cheney and adam kinzinger in their participation in the january 6th committee. here is what senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said. >> they share the view of the national party committees is that we support all members of our party regardless of their positions on some issues. the issue is whether or not the rnc should be sort of singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority. that's not the job of the rnc. >> harris: what is your reaction to that? >> first let me start by saying the media has distorted some of the language in the censure. legitimate political discourse never should have violence. we think the january 6th commission has gone beyond its scope and reaching into people who weren't there on january 6. some of them are rnc members

with nothing to do with any of the violence we saw at the capitol that we condemn unilaterally. disagreement in our party is welcome and makes us great. we have a big tent. when you have two members willing to go with nancy pelosi when the minority when the republican party was not able to put people on that committee of their choosing, that's a step too far and where the rnc members who represent the grassroots came down on this issue. >> harris: i want to get to some of the breaking news that we just had moments ago from the cdc holding tight on its guidelines for masking kids in school and then dr. walensky saying the states have always been able to make at a local level make their own decisions. i was curious to then why would president biden have gone after some republican governors who were doing that? do you have any thoughts on that? we haven't heard from the white house. we will in an hour. they are supposed to hold a news conference.

maybe they'll change their own mandates. >> you are so right. they went after desantis and abbott now democrat governors are saying we don't have to wear masks anymore and radio silence from the white house. it has been muddled messaging all along and politically motivated. if it is a republican governor one thing, a democrat governor another thing. if science is science, it should be the same for both parties and that's where the biden administration made it a partisan issue instead of a public health issue. >> harris: more on this breaking now. chairwoman mcdaniel, come back in "focus." so here is more. new york governor kathy hochul announcing moments ago that new york will lift the statewide mask or vaccine requirement for indoor businesses effective tomorrow. she says counties, cities and individual businesses however can choose to keep masking if place.

the key word there is they can choose to. she also says the mask mandate for school children will remain in place. so new york is not following new jersey, delaware, oregon, connecticut, those blue states on the lead for masking children. it will be interesting to see what the parents of new york have to say about that and whether she would capitulate. what we're seeing among some of the dems. we'll keep covering it. it has been a busy hour. next we'll hear from the white house. they are supposed to be up in a little while. let's see what they have to say. will they follow the cdc? the blue state governors didn't wait for the cdc, some of them. they rolled on their own. the cdc now says they could have always done that. the biden administration facing fierce backlash reportedly planning to distribute crack pipes to drug addicts with taxpayer money. plus this. >> to walk around maskless then say if are you a governor of georgia you'll mask up all the

kids is not a recipe for political success. >> harris: georgia governor candidate stacey abrams says she is sorry and took off the mask for that one photo and to read while socially distanced from the children at the school she visited. however, we now have seen a burst of other pictures showing all the other times that she was close to them even without a mask on but they had to mask up. so if masking is critical, is it not critical for her? the list of democrats caught in the act getting longer and longer now. we'll slow scroll with music. ♪♪♪ ♪ your cheating heart will tell on you ♪

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>> harris: candidate for georgia governor stacey abrams is facing new backlash after more photos emerged showing her maskless at a school last week. the democrat quickly deleted the initial photo and apologized. >> i went to read to kids for

an african-american read-in day. i followed the protocols. i told the kids i'm taking my mask off because i'm reading to kids listening remotely as well and we were socially distanced and in the excitement after i finished because it was so much fun working with those kids i took a picture and it was a mistake. protocols matter and protecting our kids is the most important thing and anything that can be perceived of undermining that is a mistake and i apologize. >> harris: caldwell, fox news political analyst richard fowler fox news contributor. great to see you both. everybody makes a mistake. putting the genie in the bottle. more than one picture when she said there was one occasion. now there are several of them in the same situation. >> i'm sure there will be more pictures coming out with her probably escaping the mask rules again in other situations.

the height of hypocrisy. we see it time and time again. before the commercial break you scold a list of many democrats created this these rules burdensome to businesses and individuals and they still disobey their own rules. i'm glad to see her apologize. i hope it is a real apology. >> harris: legitimacy is something and integrity not easy to come by once you make a mistake like this. you saw the governor of california gavin newsom eating a $300 a plate meal at french laundry with his friends during a lockdown indoors with no masks. it has haunted him still to this day. why can't democrats live by their own rules? >> i think hypocrisy is bad in any. when you have elected leaders here in the united states or the melee happening with boris

johnson in the united kingdom. if you create a rule you have to follow it period. >> harris: wow. that sounds like a spanking for your party. i guess it was. all right. love is tough sometimes. okay. critics outraged over a report that the biden administration plans to use taxpayer cash to distribute crack pipes to drug addicts. a department of health and human services spokesperson reportedly telling the washington free beacon saying it would fund smoking kits to smoke illicit substances. marsha blackburn from tennessee demanded some answers saying government funded drug paraphernalia is a slap in the face to communities and first responders fighting drugs flowing into the country from the southern border.

>> every single day reality calls and the biden administration just hangs up. i don't think when moms and dads lie down at night in america and can't sleep they are worried about clean injection sites and sterile crack pipes. you want to hit the addiction problem in america a hard lick? seal the border right now. >> harris: so richard the other tie-in in this, they're saying it's for racial equality. how is giving away drug paraphernalia going to help racial equity in america? >> a couple things here. whoever released this particular statement or released this grant application from the federal government or hhs get a mulligan from me. when you read into what the grant does here is what it does. something we've seen work in many places. we saw vice president mike pence then governor of indiana institute a similar program in a county in indiana with a

large outbreak of hiv/aids because of drugs. what it says states and low kalts have the money they need to insure folks who are addicted to drugs and who need drug treatment can get it. it also includes making sure if you're an i.v. drug users you have access to needles so you aren't spreading disease in communities. >> harris: i get the health part you brought up and familiar with what pence did in indiana. the pushback on this is we're making more addicts by having an open border. encouraging one. >> it was completely as nine to me and very personal as many of our viewers grow. i grew up with a mom addicted to crack cocaine and reminded of a saturday evening when i was getting ready for church and my mom sat in the seat across from me shaking. this was like any other day she was coming in and done drugs. this time was different. she literally was cutting her

wrists attempting to kill herself in front of me. when i think about what this administration is doing, it brings back the pain which i experienced as a 9-year-old that rushed right back to me. they need to get this thing out of there. we don't need to have drug kits given out to drug addicts. we need to stop this process now. >> harris: i have to let you go. my prayers and heart are always with you. good to see you, richard. "outnumbered" after the break.

>> emily: the face-off over masks intensifying as more state governors defy the white house and rollback mandates. i'm emily compagno and this is outnumbered. i'm joined by my cohost harris faulkner harris faulkner and kayleigh mcenany host of kennedy fox business, hannity, and former white house press secretary at fox news contributor news contributor, ari fleischer. a list of democratic states enforcing mask mandates and schools is growing as the governor of massachusetts says