good morning. happy labor day. i'm chris jansing. we start this hour with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, with the u.s. surpassing 40 million total covid cases this weekend, just as millions of students prepare to go back to school. many students, of course, in the south and along the west coast have already been in classrooms for weeks now, and they're seeing the delta variant spread in real time. in texas, where republican governor greg abbott just lost his legal fight to ban mask mandates in school, more than 40,000 students are being affected by school closures in at least 45 districts. philadelphia's la salle university just canceled all in-person classes this week, amid a startling rise in cases, despite having a nearly 90% vaccination rate on campus. in florida, this tragic headline from our local affiliate, 15 miami-dade county school staffers dead from covid in just

ten days. overall the national picture is bleak. the "wall street journal" reports that, quote, since the school year kicked off in late july, at least 1,000 schools across 31 states have closed because of covid-19. a data service is monitoring school closures at 1,200 districts nationwide, and that includes the 200 largest districts. altogether these headlines paint an uncertain future for america's students. the majority of whom are still not eligible to get vaccinated against a virus that shows few signs of slowing down. so the question now is, how much worse could the fourth wave get and will we look back on this moment and regret sending our kids back to school? nbc's we have a pediatrician and an msnbc public health analyst, and president of the american federation of teachers. what a great panel.

thanks to all of you for being here. guad, according to the american association of pediatrics, one in five new coronavirus cases in the last week of august were in children. what is the state of the pandemic right now with kids? >> reporter: as you mentioned, the numbers are astounding. almost 5 million kids have tested positive for the virus. you mentioned a study with more than 1,000 schools shutting down across more than 30 states in the country. and if you look at the map of that study, the south being hit especially hard in places like mississippi, where more than 13,000 students have tested positive since the schools reopened, and we're only in september, with more schools now reopening we know that tens of thousands of students have been affected by the schools having to close down because of covid. some of them returning to learning from home, doing the virtual schools, and others just quarantining at home. so it is a very delicate situation for a lot of the schools across the country.

meanwhile, as you mentioned, we have lawsuits all across the country. more than 14 states with lawsuits between parents, school districts, and the states debating these mask mandates as the situation grows more and more difficult for the students. we also have a study that was released over a week ago by the cdc of a school in california where a teacher tested positive for the virus, an unvaccinated teacher, and then after more than half the students in the classroom also tested positive. this, another proof or more proof of how contagious the delta variant can be. >> yeah, and we don't need any more proof, doctor. this is a raging variant. i know you've been concerned that classrooms could be a vector for transmission. at the very least, what strategy should be in place as we see classrooms reopening? >> so, chris, i think one of the things i think is most important is that we have to get people vaccinated. that is the most powerful, the

strongest and the most effective -- >> i know. we keep saying that. but, you know, if you can't control that as a parent, what should you be looking for from your school? >> so here's what we should be looking for. not only from the schools, but for parents, also. and i think in the schools the minimum that we need to be doing is making sure that children and adults are wearing masks and that we've properly separated everybody in the classrooms. and, thirdly, that we have assured ourselves the ventilation systems work in the classroom. so i think what we're facing now, chris, is a new compelling message to parents not just worrying about your own child, but i would like parents to see themselves as advocates to try to force schools, school districts, the governors, the legislators, to take up this issue of what needs to happen. this issue of the reality of governors prohibiting mask wearing or prohibiting rules

requiring masks is insane. it is dangerous. if you have that, plus the delta variant, we have a serious situation that makes us feel very uncomfortable about where this is all going. so parents, please reach out, ban together with others, go to your ptas and demand that the schools take proper care of your children and everybody's children. i think that's going to be the ticket going forward here. >> and obviously, randi, a lot of kids testing positive, one out of five. but a lot of teachers are, too. and it was startling to see the 30-year teaching veteran, a beloved teacher, was one of the 15 miami-dade county public staff members who died of covid-19 in just ten days. are schools doing enough to keep your members and their students safe? >> so, chris, i was actually -- there were like five beloved teachers that died in miami-dade, and i was in the

school of two of them on friday talking to their kids and honoring their memories. so there are some schools that are doing a lot, there are some governors that are doing very little. and that's why, you know, when everyone is saying we have to be absolutely focused on if we want schools to be open and we know kids need them, we have to get as many people vaccinated as possible, knowing full well there are medical exemptions. we have to have mask mandates, we have to have good ventilation and we have to have the distancing and the kind of testing and quarantine processes. what we're seeing, chris, is in places that are doing that we are basically being able to open effectively. it doesn't mean there's not going to be some cases. of course there's going to be some cases. but what you're seeing in texas

and mississippi and florida are the places that do not have mask mandates and where governors have done nothing to actually help. and i sound angry because i am. we have to make sure schools can open or we have to make sure we keep people safe. >> if you're a thinking, breathing human being, to think of kids in school having to go to a memorial for one of their teachers, it breaks your heart, frankly. and obviously there's a physical aspect to this. kids are getting sick. but there's a mental health aspect to this. i know everyone said we have to get our kids back to the classroom for mental health reasons. i'm not arguing. i know my little nieces and nephews couldn't wait to get back to school this year. but they should not have to go back to a school and have a memorial for one of their teachers who dies. >> absolutely not. people die, i mean there's all sorts of issues, but here we have people dying because

policies are inadequate. i am furious that we're letting governors get away with these crazy regulations, these efforts to stop districts and states -- and their states from enforcing basic principles that we know are scientifically sound. they could have prevented who knows how many of those tragic deaths. i'm thinking this has got to be some level of criminal negligence on the part of the governors who are promulgating this nonsense and keeping places, organizations and locations from doing the right thing to protect their students and their teachers. and i actually have spoken to some legal counsel about how much immunity do governors actually have from getting sued and more, being criminally responsible for policies that are killing people. hate to be so blunt, chris, but that's what this is coming down

to. >> what was the answer? >> the answer is they're looking into it. we're going to put together a consortium of legal experts who can advise how to proceed with potential criminal charges against governors who are being so willfully, intentionally ignoring of the principles that we need to save lives in our schools among teachers and ultimately among students. we have a lot of work to do on this. but they cannot remain not accountable for the policy decisions and this nonsense. >> that's a long-term, randi, as you know. you have a school year facing millions of kids around this country. what does it look like, do you think? i mean, should schools be prepared to go full remote again? how are you seeing this? >> look, i think that -- and i'm asked that question a lot, chris, about what's the red line. and i think that we're going to

know that if we can't -- like take a state like texas or a state like new york, where there's going to be mask mandates -- i'm sorry, a state like california, a state like new york, where you both have mask mandates and you have throughout the state a vaccine or test policy. if we can't keep kids safe when we have those things in place, we can't keep educators safe when we have those things in place, then we're going to have to look at other choices, including remote. but the first thing is the safety protocols are the way to get kids and keep kids in school and that's why i take -- i've been in lots of states in the month of august. i've been to lots of places that have reopened. in the main, when teachers have gotten vaccinated, school staff have gotten vaccinated -- unfortunately, a lot of the people, i don't know if every single one of the teachers in miami who died were vaccinated or not. i know many of them were not. but if we can actually have

these strict protocols of vaccines, masks, ventilation, distancing, and then a good protocol for quarantining. and if that doesn't work, then we're going to have to consider plan b. but first things first, as irwin said, we've got to get these governors to stop their madness, stop their irresponsibility. they are morally reprehensible for not allowing -- for may being us have fights about mask mandates. >> and then parents are forced to make decision bsby their kids and we know, randi, one of the things covid pointed out was health inequities in this country. but we get into a situation where there is not arrested, would you expect to see a trend -- i know in some places they're seeing it already of parents moving their schools from public schools to private schools, where we have control and where they can put some serious protocols in place, but, again, those are people who have that option, who have the

financial ability to do that. >> so, chris, you know, we learned a lot about testing from the private schools that got ppp money at the very beginning of covid, and could put the testing protocols in. and we learned so much about testing from that. you've got lots of catholic schools, for example, that put mask mandates in in florida, and so why is the governor not allowing us to do that in public schools? so i do actually think at the end of the day that our parents want our kids in school. they know school is important. it's important to deal with the isolation of covid, the inequities, on and on and on. we need governors to work with us to actually help do the number one requirement they have in their gubernatorialship, which is keep people safe. stop with the politics and start with the safety. >> stop with the politics.

great to see all of you. thank you for giving us a lot to think about. i want to turn now to the impact the delta variant is having on the labor market on this labor day weekend. last week's lackluster jobs report showed that millions of jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic are still gone, especially in retail and hospitality. and in a major blow to those looking for work, federal unemployment benefits are set to expire for millions of americans today, even as the delta still rages. i know you've been talking to some of the millions of folks who are losing their unemployment benefits this week. what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, certainly a lot of anxiety building up to this point. a number you'll hear a lot about is the record 10 million jobs available to americans. but you talk to the unemployed and they tell you it's not cut and dry. there are a lot of people with

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welcome back. in a win for abortion rights advocates a texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against an anti-abortion group this weekend preventing it from suing provider planned parenthood under strict new abortion laws in texas.

abortion rights advocates are pushing back against the law called the heartbeat bill. it limits abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy. advocates say it could cause a ripple effect against reproductive rights across the country. joining me to break down the impact we're already seeing from this new law, reporter at the 19th, and internal medicine physician at california pacific medical center. good to have both of you here. so, jen, break down the reaction we've seen over the weekend for us. >> i mean, i think people are, for a good reason, very upset right now. s.v. 8 is under like any other bill that's ever been passed before. it's the first of its kind nationally. the ruling in favor of planned parenthood, barring them from being sued is significant, but it doesn't end the risk. another abortion provider in

texas, they have four clinics and they are the lead plaintiff in the s.b. 8 suit. they were performing abortion centers until midnight before s.b. 8 went into effect. the number of providers at their clinics has dropped significantly from monday to wednesday, when this bill went into effect. access just isn't there. all the clinics in the state are complying to s.b. 8. people are upset and they have a lot of reason to be. this is an unprecedented kind of bill and it's an unprecedented restriction on abortion access and it's an unprecedented restriction on constitutional rights and how we think about how protecting those rights look like. >> doctor, medically what does this mean for women in texas and what does it mean for abortion providers there? >> well, chris, this law means that an abortion as we know after six weeks is illegal in the state of texas. and to be clear, what you detect at six weeks is actually a tiny collection of cells that are showing some electrical activity.

that's not a functional heart. this law allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and anyone else who helps a woman get an abortion, which includes giving a woman a ride to a clinic. strangers with no connection to the individual can actually bring these lawsuits and don't need to show any connection to the people they're suing. and for context, it was mentioned earlier, but important to point out that many women don't realize they're pregnant at six weeks. this is already too late for that. and this law also means if you learn you're pregnant and the baby has a fatal condition, in the past you had the option to terminate the pregnancy, so your baby didn't suffer at birth. this is no longer possible and this law also has a narrow definition of allowing for termination only if the pregnancy could endanger the mother's life and i suspect that providers are going to be the really conservative with the interpretation of this because they don't want to cross a line. then also women who are raped or who have experienced inseft

can't terminate a pregnancy. >> legislators in at least six states very quickly expressed interest in writing similar legislation. we know in some states there are republican governors who are looking at a possible challenge to joe biden. what is the assessment? how quickly could we see copycat laws maybe popping up around the country? >> copycat laws, just like you said, are in motion right now. that's the thing that's important to remember when we're talking about this kind of legislation, is that none of this has happened overnight and none of this is happening in a vacuum. the texas s.b. 8 bill has been in the works for a long time. it was part of a long-term strategy by anti-choice lawmakers, not just in texas, but nationally. other states are ready to go. they were closely watching what was happening in texas so they could be ready to jump in with similar bills as soon as they got the sign from the court system that this was something available to them. and it's happening. i think we can expect to see,

especially in places where things have been struck down like in georgia, which had a ban that was enjoined, we're going to see thing happen. and i think we can anticipate copycats that don't just apply to abortion, but apply to other things that are constitutional rights. the scope seems endless in terms of the legal precedent this sets for letting private citizens enforce legal statutes, basically and giving the government a hands-off stance to let these things play out. religion, speech, second amendment rights, i feel like anything is game now with s.b. 8 in action. >> doctor, as we talked about, a lot of texas women will not now have the right to an abortion. they would need to cross state lines to get one. we've already seen some of that. we're talking about an estimated 85% to 90% of pregnancies that are covered under this new law. and that's if they have the

means to be able to cross state lines. what are the fears among medical providers for women who don't have the means or the opportunity to leave the state? >> well, chris, it's very concerning. if you're one of the 7 million women of child bearing age in texas and you need this form of health care, you will, in fact, need to travel out of state at your own experience. we know that many people, especially young people and people of color, don't have the ability to do this, the logistics and the cost make it impossible for them. so, again, it's quite concerning to think about what could potentially happen. and if the federal courts allow this law to stand, it's very likely that other conservative states near texas are going to move to pass similar laws in the coming months. chris, if the desire is fewer abortions, expanding access to health care, sex education in schools, and easy access to contraceptives are what allow for that, not making access to medical treatment illegal. >> and you know, jen, we only

have a few seconds here, but really "the new york times" had an article today that is what you just touched on, that this is a movement that has for decades been patient, it's been strategic. did pro choice activists get outma nuverred here and is it time to show the strategies we've seen from the other side over the last decades or is that an unfair assessment? >> this was level been a long game and we're seeing the fruits of that labor now. in terms of what pro choice lawmakers can do, we're seeing some of these things in action, like new jersey, which is trying to pass a law to codify and we're seeing this in a few different states. if we're seeing this, states where abortion is effectively banned and roe does not exist and then there are states where that is not the reality, hopefully if there are states

that want to codify roe on their own state statutes, they can do that and that provides some opportunity to people who are able to leave the state and travel. so there is some momentum. but there's questions still and we've done reporting on what kind of federal action there might be from the women's health protection act to what the fda might be able to do in terms of the medication abortion act. there's a lot to wait and see and see who will step up and want to lead. >> great to see both of you. thank you. coming up, the clean-up under way across the country and the power struggles still going on in louisiana eight days after hurricane ida made landfall. mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don't know.

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welcome back. recovery efforts continue today for those in hurricane ida's destructive path. in louisiana, the lights are starting to come back on, but nearly 400,000 residents remain without power today. that's according to the area's power company. while it's down from nearly 1 million last week, no power means no air-conditioning, and temperatures are rising. and some families are now searching for elderly relatives, after evacuation plans for nursing homes apparently went

awry, moving residents into warehouses, reportedly riddled with flooding and filth. the state shut down seven nursing homes saturday in response to what they called inhumane conditions. meanwhile, in the northeast, president biden today approved disaster declarations in new york and new jersey. he's expected to visit parts of the northeast impacted by the floodwaters tomorrow. in manville, new jersey, residents are recovering from flooding. tell me what you're seeing there, what is happening in that town to get them back on their feet? >> reporter: hey, chris, good afternoon. we've been here all morning driving around and block after block after block, this is what we're seeing. the wreckage is immense here. a few days later, residents still taking out all of their damaged belongings onto the street to essentially be picked up as garbage. we've seen the red cross come around today handing out cleaning supplies, as well as

local churches trying to help out. neighbors from nearby towns coming over as well to help these people who are still very much in the middle of this clean-up. right now in new jersey, there are still four people missing. i want to ask my cameraman to turn over here. the family that lives in this house right behind me, they told me they've been here for over 20 years and they have never seen devastation like this in this area, even with tropical storm florida, irene. take a listen. >> when water starts coming up to the catch basins, we know it's time to get out. so what we did that night, wednesday night, me, my son and a few other friends here went house to house telling everybody to get their cars out now. you didn't have a choice. you either got them out or you lost them. and then the next day, next morning, this house here, the water was already to the first floor. the lady is screaming out the window. me and my son went over there, got them out, brought them to my

house. >> reporter: and like you mentioned, chris, president biden will be touring the devastation tomorrow. i've been asking residents what they want to hear from him. they're saying two words, send fema. they say they need immediate assistance with this wreckage. but then in the longer term what we're hearing from people is infrastructure. we've also heard this from governor murphy here. he says the state needs to be built back better, because as it stands right now it is clearly not prepared for these extreme weather events back to back, chris. >> isa, thank you so much for that. what a shocking scene we're seeing there. i want to turn to jefferson parish, louisiana, part of greater new orleans where nearly 150,000 residents, about one-third of the population there still don't have power. i'm joined by jefferson parish president. thank you so much for joining us. your next have been suffering now for eight days. what are your most immediate

needs right now? >> our most immediate needs are just that, getting the electricity back on. our local energy company is working really hard, i have no doubt. the communication with them has been constant, so i'm pleased with that. look, i just found out about another death in our community, i just found out about it. it seems like there was a hit and run last night, very tragic, probably because the street lights are out. so, again, we have had -- at count, we have lost seven people in jefferson parish because of this storm, but really only one from the storm itself. the others are post-storm deaths, carbon monoxide poisoning, a fatality at a gas station with a fight. so the dangers of the community are very real, so anybody coming back needs to understand we have had more deaths after the storm than during the storm. and it's a very dangerous

situation, again, being a pedestrian with the lights out, getting hit by a car. very, very tragic situation that probably didn't need to happen. but everybody has to be very vigilant in our community until we can put this back together and all the safety pieces are in place. but they're not now. we're still under a boil water advisory. we're still struggling to get water and sewer. we have a flash flood watch today that's going to complicate things. people are trying to save the contents of their home. so if we get rain today, that's not a good situation. >> the logistics of a situation like this are mind-boggling. do you feel like you're starting to get a good handle on the people who actually need help, the people who stayed, who don't have the money or the means to get into a safer situation? how are all the logistics coming together right now, understanding that it could still be a while before you have power and clean water? >> yeah, as the days go by, i

feel better about things because we're strengthening our systems, our water, sewer. fuel, i believe they were able to tap into some inventory from other states. refineries are still not up and running. once they get power, it's i'm told five to seven days before they're at full production. so we don't have quite as long of a line at the gas stations, although many are just closed. but at the federal level they were able to tap into inventory from other states. but really every family has to make their own decision. it's expensive to stay out. the hotel bills are increasing. it's also difficult to be here in this weather and maybe now rain with no air-conditioning. that's tough, too. so my job is to get out what it's like here on the ground. we're working really hard. and every family has to make their own choice about it. but fortunately the schools are not opening this week, so that is not bringing families home to get kids back in school. that gave us some more time and i was very grateful that both

our private school system, as well as our public school system is not coming back this week. that certainly gives us more time. >> my understanding is that three of the nursing homes that were closed down this weekend were in jefferson parish. the state health department says that the problem wasn't the evacuation plan, it was the execution. but they said the bottom line turned into a horrific situation for these frail, elderly. how do you think things went so wrong and is it your understanding that these residents are at least now in a safe situation? >> yeah, i think, you know, when you're running a nursing home down here where we have storms, you have to have a good plan in place, whether you're going to stay and keep our residents locally. obviously moving elderly residents and vulnerable residents is also difficult. but that plan needs to be a strong plan that you can implement, and i think it was just failures on that front. unfortunately, we have 13 nursing homes here in jefferson parish.

three of them were with this outfit, part of this conglomerate, whatever you call it, group of nursing homes, and we lost one of our residents to this. our teams here, one of our people here, reached out to the nursing homes, reached out to the assisted living beforehand. we knew who was evacuating, who was staying and we have been bringing fuel and generator power so their generators can keep going to the ones that stayed. so even though we don't regulate this, we proactively reached out to our nursing homes and assisted living and have been staying in contact with them, sometimes they evacuated after the fact. but we had an idea of what was going on. these folks evacuated pre-storm and it is a tragedy that they were not prepared for this level of people. i mean, i'm not saying it's an easy thing to do. but if you're in that business and you're located down here on the gulf coast, the plan has to be a strong one if you're dealing with, you know, people's

loved ones and people who are so vulnerable. that is a tragedy that did not need to happen. our louisiana department of health closed them down, or for lack of a better word, temporarily shut these seven down, and i'm sure a legal process has to take place. but i'm told that everybody is in a different place now and is taken care of outside of this bob dean organization. >> the very definition of running a nursing home is to help people who can't help themselves. a tragic situation. but thank goodness to hear from you that some help came in very quickly. thank you. we do appreciate your time. we wish you all luck. we're thinking about you folks down in louisiana. up next, as we approach the 20th anniversary of september 11th, the legal proceedings for 9/11 terrorists, including the alleged mastermind of the attack now set to resume at the prison. we are there live next. there l t ''

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buzzy. why this community? what made you want to do such a deep dive there? >> look, this is really what the landscape looks like right now. this community was really interesting to zero in on because their fight started in 2018 long before most americans knew the phrase critical race theory or having these conversations. it started there with a vie kal -- viral video of students in the district chanting. there is a diversity and inclusion plan. and in the months after george floyd's murder. so it comes after this incredibly politicized and racialized time and then you see

a backlash and what we're hearing from listeners is that they're seeing this issue in their communities. they're raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. it lead to the charges that you mentioned there. and it is really becoming just this central symbol of a national struggle that is playing out all over the place. and south lake's struggle again got a start before anyone had the language to talk about this. we really transport viewers back in time. understanding how this community first developed. why there is racial tensions in this suburb. what students are saying. i think one of the things that makes this project special is that we're so much of the students intimate life experiences that we often don't get transported inside of a pool. so we're really excited that it seems like this is really resonating with people right now, chris. >> in part you say this is something that suddenly has become a topic all across

america. are there lessons from one community for other places going through this? highly politicized discussion. >> i think one of the things would be to listen to children. we have interviewed students in the district for hours at a time. one of the things we consistently hear is that their voices are ignored in the debate. there are poll suggestions legislating around critical race theory. they are calling on each other at school board meetings, but the people's whose lives are affected. and they tell you that no one asked them for their opinion. no one asked them to share testimony. no one asked them what they want to learn about or what makes them comfortable.

so it is strange. ask the kids what they want. and if you're a reporter working on the stories, interview the kids and give them a say when we talk about race and history and identity. the kids are often more comfortable talking about these issues than the adults are. >> i want to give you a chance to let people know what is coming up in the last three episodes. >> episode three that dropped just this morning helps you make sense of how we got here. we see how all of this gets politicized. a local problem is emblematic of a fight. what it is like to be a student of color in a big and

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