and all of them recoveredm virt the time. >> she said, i'm are very, very weak. and she had two purple circles, bigger than silver dollar bills on her cheeks. >> that was eight days after being diagnosed with covid, her mother rushed her to the emergency room. doctors delivered her baby, crew and five days later she was placed on a ventilatorer. >> so kaylee is doing okay, she is not doing better or worse. >> that was the update from the doctor. >> from me personally, i want you to know, thank you. >> you said thank you. but something about the way you said thank you to me sounded personal to you. yeah, it's personal. i know she is her mom and she doesn't want to lose her, but i don't want to either.

>> what's going through your head? >> i'm scared for her, i don't want her to go through this. i hope we can pull her through. we are not in a place where we knows she is going to make it or not. >> every one of the patients here are covid positive in the icu has a single disease ever filled every icu bed in here? >> never in my lifetime. >> reporter: jennifer has been an icu nurse for 37 years. >> we have been called murderers. we don't know what we are do. i'm on social media the other day and somebody is educating me on what we should be doing to treat our patients. he was the manager of a mattres gallery. and i thought, well, you know, everybody needs mattresses. i support what you do. but in turn, i expect the same kind of respect. >> reporter: amen. >> so, welcome to lafayette. born and raised. >> reporter: one of the beauties of south louisiana is how people

rally together to help people after hurricanes and floods. but with only 40% of the area fully vaccinated? >> there's fighting and division and hatred, if people come and spend the day with me, i assure you they wouldning to get vaccinated. >> reporter: there's lies about the vaccine. >> there's another part of me that doesn't understand how the public can so easily believe random people on social media who have no medical background. >> reporter: shannon ivey is a covid icu nurse and so is her husband, benjamin. >> to say they are making it out to be way worse than it is, it's not that bad. you know, i wish we were making it up. i wish i was not holding the hands of somebody as they are about to be intubated and they say, am i going to die? >> since the on set of delta variant casesdoctor has only has

come off the ventilator and survive. it's something kaylee's family is praying for. they have left a rosary this in her hand and a prayer blanket across her and in sight, are pictures of her family if she wakes up. >> the hardest part is leaving your children or adult child fight the virus alone. >> she is the youngest covid patient in the icu. >> and she is fighting for her life. >> over the weekend, kaylee's lungs collapsed, her family was called to the hospital, this they thought it was the end, but they were able to revive her and she lives to fight another day. when we walked out of the hospital after spending nine hours here on friday, they asked us one thing, they said, david, please tell folks to get vaccinated. that was david reporting

from lafayette, luiz liouisiana the cdc is reporting that children are notti the innoculations, many could not get vaccinated last year and the health care system is having a hard time catching up. then there's the coronavirus, as the school year begins, a news poll shows that 69% of parents are concerned that their children will get covid in school. cases are skyrocketing among kids 12-17. up almost 1400%. since june. meg oliver discussed the issue with the secretary of education. like most kids, jeremy augusto want to go back to school. when i was in school, i was feeling safe and like i was learning something. >> both are vaccinated and play on the football team.

secretary of education miguel cardona recently visited their school to talk with student agent et leads about a safe return to the classroom and the field. >> we need our student leaders to say, don't be the reason you cancel my season. >> we know students learn best in a classroom. we know for their, not only their academic needs but social and emotional well-being they belong in the classroom. >> is it safe to open full time with the delta variant? >> as a father, i would not send them in if i did not feel they were safe. i would not ask anybody to do anything i would not do with my own children. they are going back to school and getting on the field and the court. i know as a father, their mental health depend s on the ability to engage in community. i'm fortunate that my children are of the age to get vaccinated. if we follow the mitigation, we can keep the children safe. >> much of the concern from the

parents is the rise in infections of kids. in just three weeks the number of covid are tripling. and deaths are rare. withes less than .03% of cases involving kids. ity. how do you reassure the parents who are scared? >> i think that is an on going job for educators across the country. i recognize that fear and i experience that fear as a parent. but if our schools are open and honest with parents and take questions they have and alay their fears, show them examples and tour the schools. she w they will see the parents are safe. >> when it comes to kids, 54.7% of 16-17-year-olds have received a dose of the vaccine and among 12-15 it's 45%. the lowest vaccination rate for

any age group. >> should there be a mandate for vaccines for students and staff? >> i would support it, as you know, i don't have the authority to mandate vaccines. what i can tell you in places where they are relaxed about it, we have hospitals that are overrun. in those places where they are getting vaccine nated we are ab to function normally. >> the football team plans to be fully vaccinated when school reopens in september. >> one main reason i got my vaccine was to be like a role model for my other teammates. because i know some of them are library, hesitating. >> their head coach john sheppard said students return to school is critical. >> somewhere, maybe around a third of our student athletes, i would say, were at endanger for on slipping through the cracks. >> so you have been spend ing your summer calling homes and trying to get them to come back. >> yeah,hen a snt can

return safely to participating in, you know, all the things that they love doing. it's just great to be a part of it. >> part of the safe return to school comes with the recommendation from the cdc, that all students and staff wear masks. in just last week, president biden ordered second cardona to take action. including possible legal action againstovernors who ban masking in public schools. >> we are not going sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators trying to protect our children. >> it's sad to think that poor policies and political agendas are going to get in the way of the kids getting on the field. we need to follow the mitigation strategies that we know work. get the politics out of this. let the education leaders do their jobs. to be honest with you, i wish we did not have to wear masks. my children don't want to wear them. i have fatigue myself. if it means giving my children an opportunity to be in school. i'm for it. new upgraded axe body wash.

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can make it less scary. this is protecting you and your unborn baby. >> we need to impress on women how serious covid infection in pregnancy can be. >> reporter: pregnant women that contract covid are more likely to have severe infection and be on a ventilator. but only 23% of pregnant women have received at least one voice. >> they hear a chorus of don't eat this or take that and don't put anything in your body. the natural reaction is oh, maybe i shouldn't. here we are saying, this is a prevention that is going to save you, potentially, from something far worse. >> a new study shows pregnant women infected with covid are in a significantly higher risk for preterm birth. these are babies who are going to be in the hospital longer and go through the lives with more can difficulties. >> zumerman said she felt

relieved after getting vaccinated. >> i felt instantly like we made the right decision, like i was starting on my journey to protect myself and protect my kid. >> sophie is now 4 months old. perfectly healthy and hitting

. most people have a natural fear of bees. but not a young girl who lives outside chicago. and as michael george reports, she is creating quite a buzz at the illinois state house. >> reporter: scarlet harper is fearless, especially when it comes to bees. >> wow. >> reporter: this 11-year-old wants to get as close as she can. you are not afraid of them at all? >> nope. i mean, you have to be respectful of them. >> reporter: when scarlet learned the bees in her neighborhood were being wiped out by mosquito pesticides she rallied. >> make phone calls, get your

state rep activities on board. bees are vital to humans. they pollinate a third of our food supply and without them we cannot survive. >> reporter: not a lot of kids your age are going to the len ths you are going to save bees. >> instead of thinking of my age as a disadvantage. i use it as a tool. because i'm a little younger, i cannot get bogged down in what might go wrong. >> reporter: while the so-called bee bill was starting strong, it's now stalled. >> we are not giving up. not one bit. >> reporter: every hive needs a queen. >> and that is the overnight news for this tuesday, for some of you the news continues. for others check back later. for cbs this morning. and you can follow us online any time at cbs news.com.

reporting from the nation's morning this is cbs news flash. as of 12:01 eastern today, new york has a new fwogovernor. kathy hochul is now the governor of new york state. more than 1700 firefighters are scrambling to keep the caldor fire away from the lake tahoe basin. one of the nation's most famous land marks. the fire has already burned 100,000 acres. the afghanistan flag will be shown today at the opening ceremony for the paralympics in

tokyo. the country's athletes however, will not be there. it's a sign of solidarity after