des moines?e it surprises me how the rights of the first amendment are unequally applied so much today. as i travel the country, for example, speaking about journalism and it's actually scholastic journalism week this week so we're celebrating that and so many students don't have journalism at all. so there's an inequality about that and that's what really surprises me the most. if you go to more upper class schools or students with more white students, they are more likely to have free speech rights and journalism and all of the five rights of the first amendment. that surprises me but there are students around the country who are working on that and a so many of them are also journalists and we have a number of journalists here today, student journalists from florida, texas, arkansas, iowa and so we're all -- everyone is working on that. >> you know, it surprised me to read recently in the news, i forget where it was, somebody here will know, that a student was arrested for not ledging allegian

and we also -- we grew up in the des moines school system. in the des moines school system, we were taught that america is a free country. and in america we have freedom of speech. so we felt that we had the right to wear the black armbands. i think we understood that we didn't have the right to disrupt the school. and so we adopted this black piece of cloth. it doesn't make any noise at all. but it just represents a belief. and our belief was that the war in vietnam was wrong. and so when we got kicked out of school, we appealed it to the school board. and this is mary beth, our mother behind mary beth our father leonard, and chris singer to his right. also you see her black armband. >> she was suspended also, chris singer. >> i was back there somewhere. i wasn't in the shot. but we all attended the school board meeting. and the school board decided to support the principals. so we had been kicked out of school, and our lawyer with the -- what was then the iowa civil liberties union, now is the american civil liberties union iowa chapter, re

we had one here in des moines. we finally see a little brother there, >> stanley mentioned that our families that we grew up together. that is true. here you can see our brother paul. this is phyllis griffin, lynda griffin, mary beth and our departed bonnie. >> our sweet sister bonnie, who died in a bicycle accident. >> and i'm the photographer there, i will claim credit for that. >> i should've given you credit there, photojournalism, yay photojournalism. >> that was the first time we had back on brands. this is a symbol that goes way back through history. it shows that you are sad. there is phyllis and lynda and all of us girls wearing black armbands that data show how sad we were about the birmingham children being killed. we could do something about it. >> we took up the capitol, i brought two blocks from there right now here in des moines. this is also an amazing year for young people standing. up this time it was in mississippi for mississippi freedom summer. that summer is only about three or 4% of african a

phil from des moines, charlie baker in massachusetts, larry hooker in maryland. i worked for all of these. guys i love. them but here's the thing, they are so out of touch with their own party, they can't take their state party chairman. and you know for years in

supreme court decided in tinker versus des moines that students do not lose their first amendment rightscourt ruled in favor of three des moines, iowa, students who were suspended for wearing black armbands to school in protest of the vietnam war. the state historical society of iowa marked the decision with a commemorative event featuring remarks by mary beth tinker and her brother john. this event was held in 2019. ♪♪ >> welcome to a special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of an important milestone in u.s. history and for first a

they went to des moines and they did exactly what they said they would do., that may seem like something you would expect. but you're not going to find that in illinois where they have a bunch of overpaid professionals in corruption. you're not going to find that in california where they've completely lost their way. but you find that in iowa where we have a citizen legislature that's filled with businesspeople and farmers and veterans and a whole lot of people that are just like you and i. so, it really is, jack, with a deep appreciation, and i know i speak for everybody in this room, and i know i speak for everybody in iowa that cares about our future. what you did you should be proud of, and we are all very, very proud of you. the majority leader of the iowa senate jack whitford. [ applause ] in iowa our republican party is strong. [ applause ] and if you look at the importance of building the bench, you don't have to look very far, you look at joni ernst who was in the iowa senate just a few years ago. andy feenstra. it's so important to build the bench.

or des moines, they forget it. that is not what we do here. our number one goal is to keep those promises. i want to talk about the top three items we promised. number one, i can't believe i am saying this but the hottest issue last fall and in january when we got to the capital was should our kids go to school? it was a heated debate. we were one of two states, iowa and florida were the only two states. [applause] that said no matter what town you live in, no matter the school district, parents, if you want your kids in school, they will be. we kept that promise last january. the second thing we ran on that is important to us. as states fight to defund the police and make their cities unsafe, we have committed to you guys that we will back the blue. [applause] >> this last year, we passed probably the most comprehensive back the blue bill so that law enforcement officers know that when they have our back, we will have theirs as well. we are proud to get that done as well. the last thing that brings us all together as republicans is fiscal con

mary beth being the 13 year old girl who wore the black armband to school in des moines, iowa, in 1965, which sent home and later sued with the others and that became the tinker versus des moines case, upholding free speech rights. mary beth came to my class in pennsylvania and she told her story with the armband. the student started asking questions. the first question was, look, you are fighting the good fight. you are fighting the war in vietnam. these people today that view hates, racist and sexist hate, these homophobes and trans foes, they just want to hurt people. why should they be allowed to speak? and mary beth thinker had a very pointed response, i will never forget. and they said, at my school, in des moines, there were students who had dads who were risking their lives in southeast asia. you don't think that they were hurt by armbands telling them that their dads were dying for ally? speech hurts. that's why we need to protect it. because it hurts, there will always be an impulse to stand down. but when you do, it's actually the people at the bottom that are going to be hu

des moines case and the supreme court upheld student speech rights. mary beth tinker came to my class at the university of pennsylvania and told her story with the armband and the students started asking questions and the first question was, look, ms. tinker, you were fighting a good fight, you were fighting the war in vietnam. these people today that spew hate, racist and sexist hate, homophobes, they just want to hurt people. why should they be allowed to speak? and mary beth tinker had a very pointed response which i'll never forget. she said, listen, at my middle school in des moines there were schools that had dads and uncles and brothers that were rivging risking their lives in southeast asia. you don't think they were hurt by this senator-nosed kids? of course they were, speech hurts. and that's precisely why we need to protect it. because it hurts, there's always going to be the impulse to stamp it down. when you do, it's actually the people at the bottom that are going to be hurt. and i mean really hurt, censored. and that was her message. so

he said listen at my middle school in des moines. there were students that had dads and uncles and brothers that were risking their lives in southeast asia. you don't think they were hurt by this not-nosed kid telling them that their loved ones for maybe gonna die for a lie. of course. they were speak hurts. and that's actually precisely why we need to protect it. because it hurts. there's always going to be an impulse to stamp it down. but when you do, it's actually the people at the bottom that are going to be hurt. and i mean really heard ie censored and that was mary about southern messick, you know, some of the other students said look free speech. it's just something about power people with power use that term to protect their own speed than to prevent others from using it and very good said no, you've got it wrong. it's the opposite. in 1965. i was at 13 year old girl. speak was the only power that i had. um and across time and this was the real message of the book people without power have used free speech to challenge their

his second as a radio announcer in des moines, iowa. in des moines, iowa. his career was largely in entertainment. in entertainment. in radio then in movies. it was in dixon, illinois. which was a rural town, basically a farm community where farmers came in to buy supplies, sell their goods, et cetera. at a young age, he became a friend of franklin roosevelt. began his life as teenager who was a new deal draft largely because of the experiences his family had. his father, jack reagan, as you could tell from the name, had irish, was an irish descendant. jack reagan was a fast talking black stabs shoe sales man. as a shoe sales man in dixon, illinois in the early 20th century, he went door to door. went to people's home to sell shoes to them. i don't think they were wearing nike high tops, but maybe they were. he was selling shoes and during the great depression, his father lost his job. quite literally. hard for us to imagine today, people stopped buying shoes. and his father lost his job. his father, who was already a heavy drinker, wam an even heavier drin

you can see not much going on, a few clouds across the midwest. 77 for minneapolis, des moines, 91 many of these spots will be 10 to 20 degrees above average. in the atlantic, a large storm system, a cat 4 right now, hurricane sam. 145 miles an hou degrees cooler weather in greater cleveland area sunny sky, in new york, 79 >> we'll take a look at your week ahead in weather coming up. >> thank you >>> coming up, police seize a drug with the power to kill over pl million peoe. >>> a tragic fall of a mother and toddler at petco park. proven to keep killing bacteria for 24 hours... ...touch after touch. microban 24. the best things america makes are the things america makes out here. the history she writes in her clear blue skies. the legends she births on home town fields. and the future she promises. when we made grand wagoneer, proudly assembled in america, we knew no object would ever rank with the best things in this country. but we believed we could make something worthy of their spirit. ready to shine from the inside out? butry nature's bounty hair,ke skin and nails gummies. the numb

as espn reports the new orleans saints are dealing with an outbreak meanwhile, public schools in des moines, iowa, are set to reinstate a mask mandate today the move comes after a federal judge blocked a ban on masks in iowa schools the judge cited the need to protect students with disabilities from contracting covid-19 iowa's republican governor who originally signed the mask mandate ban back into law says she plans to appeal that ruling. >>> the fbi going under the microscope today in capitol hill nbc's chris pollone joins us from d.c a lot of things unfolding today. but first i hear the fbi took action against one of the agents involved >> that's right. nbc news has confirmed that the fbi has fired an indianapolis fbi agent who first interviewed gymnast mckayla maroney. nassar is the former usa gymnastics team doctor accused of abusing more than 250 women in his care. they are examining the response to the allegations against him a july justice department report slammed the agency finding fundamental errors by the indianapolis field office handling the case. it said agents there never op

meanwhile, in iowa des moines public schools will reinstate a mask mandate after a federal judge's ruling. that mandate will go into effect tomorrow. andrew. >> alex presha there in washington, d.c., thank you. >>> massachusetts is calling in the national guard to get kids to school. 90 members of the guard will begin training today to drive school buses because of the shortage due to the pandemic and retirements. really there is a shortage of workers across the economy, and experts say the shortage of basic goods as well like metals, plastics and wood could last into next year. covid cases overseas are behind a backlog in shipping and prices are skyrocketing. supply chain problems are also hurting supermarkets, which are planning more price increases. >>> secretary of state antony blinken is defending the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. during a congressional hearing two republicans called on blinken to resign. but he defended president biden's decision to pull out saying, the attempt to rebuild afghanistan failed. >> if 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars in support, equip

cities like memphis, milwaukee and des moines all set records. >> it's horrific. >> reporter: ronalds the former -- poronal serpas the former police chief says he is stunned. >> indiscriminate use of powerful weapons in crowds of people. >> reporter: experts blame the social and economic toll to have the pandemic coupled with the spike in gun sales, three of every four murders involved a gun. carl day is an activist and pastor in philadelphia. what's going on in the streets with all these homicides? >> what we really see now, man -- unfortunately, we had a perfect storm in a worst way. seeing young boys telling me their closest friends went from being in sports to having an excess of money and suddenly wanted to sell drugs or wanted to partake in violence or purchase weapons. >> reporter: late today in philadelphia, there was yet another homicide. 22-year-old man shot five times. police are still looking for the suspect. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues there in philadelphia, thank you. well, today, a federal judge approved the unconditional release of john hinckley, jr. he's the man

high numbers of murders in major cities, including albuquerque, new mexico, memphis, tennessee, de moines, iowa, and milwaukee, wisconsin. and in pennsylvania, where we've seen 400 murders so far this year. the city is on pace to set a new record for 2021. here in chicago, a 104 people were shot and 19 were killed over the long independence day, weekend in july. so when these numbers are reported for 2021 here and across the country, it is likely that the total murder numbers will be higher. apologies for that slight glitch there now said the children is warning the babies born in the past year will face almost 7 times the number of scorching heat waves in their lifetimes. as their grandparents, the charity conducted the research with climate scientists and found that newborns will live through more than 2 times the number of droughts. and almost 3 times the number of river floods and crop failures. especially if they're born in low and middle income countries. they'll also experience it twice the number of wildfires as people born 60 years ago. but there was some hope if emissions are cu

attorney in des moines, i said no, let somebody else do that. it is an important job but five and a half years i enjoyed it but i will do some other things. then did ministration 2017 was chugging along it was determined general sessions needed eight different chief of staff. i was pushed by some friends who told me not only that i should do it but i had to do it. move to washington d.c., and as they say the rest is history. except usually chief of staff do not usually become the acting attorney general. those of you who are around at that time there was a slight controversy when the president put me in as acting attorney general all he did was the right thing for the right reason every single day until bill barr took over in 2019. and i went out to what i was doing which is a private practice of law of that almost 75% of my professional life. that being said i want to talk about where we are on immigration and truck that to where we were. i will make a bold statement we have a border under control illegal immigration through our southern border

high numbers of murders in major cities, including albuquerque, new mexico, memphis, tennessee, de moines, iowa, and milwaukee, wisconsin, and in pennsylvania, where we've seen 400 murders so far this year. the city is on pace to set a new record for 2021. here in chicago, a 104 people were shot and 19 were killed over the long independence day, weekend in july. so when these numbers are reported for 2021 here and across the country, it is likely that the total murder numbers will be higher. pollution has been smothering bangladesh for years causing deaths as well as damaging the environment and the economy. the country's got the worst pollution in the world, according to global air quality reports tend to challenge re, is inductor that's been ranked. the world's 2nd most polluted capital city. in 2021 . with that, she has one of the worlds fastest growing economies, but its rapid urban development and heavy construction in the densely packed capital dot com at a cost pollutions for a man who lives in taca. it's a hard reality. i've been admitted here for the last 2 weeks, but i've been s

his second job as a radio announcer in des moines, iowa. the moines, iowa. his career was largely occur in entertainment, not policy, in entertainment. in radio and then movies as well. he was born in dickson, illinois. a small rural town in illinois where farmers came in to buy their supplies, sell their goods, etc. and then at a very young age as i already mentioned he became a great fan of franklin roosevelt. he began his life as a teenager who was a new deal democrat. this was largely because of experiences he and his family had. his father, jack reagan, as you can top from the name, was an irish descendant. jack reagan was a fast talking, backslapping shoe salesman. well loved. as a shoe salesman in dickson, illinois he went door to door. he went into people's homes to sell shoes to them. i don't think they were wearing nike high tops. we don't know. he was selling shoes, and during the great depression his father lost his job. quite literally. it's hard for us to imagine today. people stopped buying shoes. his father lost his job. his father who was al

when i was in third grade, my family moved from des moines to de corpscorpsa, iowa. we hiked and fished and biked. throughout this time is when we started to learn about climate change and science classes. we kind of learned the basics but we didn't understand that humans had an -- such an impact on their rate at which the climate was changing. as a child i kind of accepted that that's the way that it was, it wasn't until much later when i continued to do my own research and took more classes and science and social studies that i became aware of the importance of this issue. that's when it also started to feel overwhelming. after years of going to the same parks and natural places i was starting to see this toll that a lack of environmental policies and inadequate funding were beginning to take on the places that i cared so much about. for example, backbone state park and strawberry point, iowa, is close to here, it is a place my family and i love to go to when i was growing up. recently when i'm driving home from iowa city to decora i'll stop there to stretch my leg

high numbers of murders in major cities, including albuquerque, new mexico, memphis, tennessee, de moines, iowa, and milwaukee, wisconsin. and in pennsylvania, where we've seen 400 murders so far this year. the city is on pace to set a new record for 2021. here in chicago, a 104 people were shot and 19 were killed over the long independence day, weekend in july. so when these numbers are recorded for 2021 here and across the country, it is likely that the total murder numbers will be higher. the social networking giant instagram is pretty a hold on a children's version of its popular up. it says it will work to address concerns about the vulnerability of younger users as politicians. and campaigners have urged the platforms owner, facebook to drop its plans for instagram. kids pretty excited about the primary focus is on physical appearance and that the platforms haven't done enough to protect children. just colon is executive director of fair play for kids. it's dedicated to putting an end to marketing to children. he welcomes instagram's decision, but he says the company needs to do muc

high numbers of murders in major cities, including albuquerque, new mexico, memphis, tennessee, de moines, iowa, and milwaukee, wisconsin. and in pennsylvania, where we've seen 400 murders so far this year. the city is on pace to set a new record for 2021. here in chicago, a 104 people were shot and 19 were killed over the long independence day, weekend in july. so when these numbers are reported for 2021 here and across the country, it is likely that the total murder numbers will be higher. a man who tried to fascinate former us president ronald reagan for decades ago will be freed from all remaining restrictions next year. if he remains mentally stable. john hinckley junior wounded reagan and 3 others in 1981 in the shooting in washington. since being released from a hospital in 2016 hinckley lived in virginia under, according post restrictions for us judge ruled on monday, those measures including travel and internet use would be lifted from june. next, yes. yes, president joe biden has received a booth a shot of the 5 coven, 1900 vaccine. federal regulators have approved a 3rd dose of

high numbers of murders in major cities, including albuquerque, new mexico, memphis, tennessee, de moines, iowa, and milwaukee, wisconsin, and in pennsylvania, where we've seen 400 murders so far this year. the city is on pace to set a new record for 2021. here in chicago, a 104 people were shot and 19 were killed over the long independence day, weekend in july. so when these numbers are reported for 2021 here and across the country, it is likely that the total murder numbers will be hire us president joe biden has received a booster shot of the pfizer cove at 19 vaccine. federal regulations have approved a 3rd dose of the job. americans over the age of 65 and for adults with underlying health conditions. president biden is 78 adults who work in high risk and institutional health settings also qualify for the booster. the social networking giant instagram is putting a kids version of its popular app on hold. instagram is owned by facebook and us politicians. and campaign is the urge the company to drop its plans for instagram, kids, critic, se facebook and instagram's primary focus is on

attorney in des moines i said no let somebody else do that. it's an important job but he did of her and a half years and i enjoyed it but i also did some other things and the administration in 2017, was soaking along and determined that the general chief of staff and they told me that not only that it should do it but i had to do it. so back to the department of justice to move to washington dc and as they say the rest is history. initial chiefs of staff don't become the acting attorney general and is remember those of you who were around that time in a slight controversy when the president put me and is acting attorney general and all i did with the right thing for the right reason every single day. and then bill took over in 2019 and i went back to what i was doing. almost 75 percent of my professional life ebbing sediment talk about where we are out right now on immigration. and perhaps that was where we were, we had an amicable statement, we had the border in control in the trump administration. illegal immigration in our southern border h

cities like memphis, milwaukee and des moines all set records. >> it's horrific. >> reporter: ronald surpass, the former police chief in new orleans and nashville, said he is stunned by the firepower. >> multiple gunshots, powerful weapons, indiscriminate use of those powerful weapons in crowds of people. >> reporter: experts blame the social and economic toll of the pandemic. coupled with the spike in gun sales. three out of every four murders involved a gun. carl day is an activist and pastor in philadelphia. what's going on in the streets with all these homicides? >> what we really see now, man, is just unfortunately the perfect storm in the worst way. i've seen young boys tell me that their best friends or closest friends went from being into sports to then having access to money, now suddenly had interest in wanting to sell drugs or wanting to partake in, you know, violence or purchase weapons. >> reporter: late today in philadelphia there was yet another homicide. a 22-year-old man shot five times. police are still looking for the suspect. norah. >> jeff pegues there in philade

if you like tonight's show, you will laugh a lot more in des moines, iowa, or jacksonville, florida,find on the website. [applause] >> when you guys go to sandals, he will come home with a lot more cats. >> jesse: thank you, kat thank you curtis. set your dvr so you never miss an episode. and our lovely studio audience. got filled will not be seen tomorrow night. i repeat, he will not be seen tomorrow night. we will have special coverage of the california recall election, be 30 is next. -- "fox news @ night" is next. i'm jesse watters and i love you too come america. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." shannon bream from a brand-new set in washington. raking tonight round 2 for antony blinken begins in a few hours. the secretary of state testified before a's senate committee. plenty of fireworks as republicans last administration's handling of the afghanistan withdrawal. and sitting by the live to break it

. >>> president biden is facing trouble in iowa according to polling from the des moines register.one-third of iowans approve of president biden is doing. his handling of afghanistan received only 22% support. >>> the vote now faces a battle in the senate. no republicans voted to support the bill funding for refugees, and a $28 billion disaster aid package that would help in part california wildfire victims. >>> the fbi confirmed the remains found in wyoming were those of gabby petito. the search for her fiancÉ still ongoing in florida. >> reporter: the manner of death in this case provides new direction for investigators, the cause of death has not been yet released and it could be several days before we have a final autopsy report. in the meantime the search for brian laundrie is intensifying. the fbi is asking for the public's help now to help find him. investigators here on the ground in florida searched most of the day yesterday in the swampy terrain trying to look for any clues or evidence of brian laundrie. his parents said that's where he last said he was going on tuesday o

des moines schools not wasting time. students must wear masks starting tomorrow.side of charlotte, north carolina, the union county public school district going in a different direction, stopping contact tracing for students and pretty much ending quarantine rules for kids who may have been exposed. some of parents are not happy. >> i have a first grader that's at an elementary school here in the county, and it's very concerning for me, i'm currently pregnant, and i'm concerned for my family's safety. >> reporter: florida's governor desantis says if a city or county agency makes getting vaccinated a condition of employment, it will be fined $5,000 per violation. the mayor of orange county, florida, in a statement said, i'm not going to take action that would adversely impact the safety of our community. i question whether or not the governor really sees it that way. the unvaccinated filling up hospitals and icus. unfortunately, nothing more can be done to save some people. >> we will worship together, we will have congregational singing, and we can do that without

we're in a suburb of des moines. that banned mask mandates earlier this year. what would you say to people who are skeptical about the benefits of masks >> bella, thank you for that question we have seen data after data that have demonstrated that schools that are not masking are closing because they're having outbreaks. schools from georgia we saw last year had 37% less closure, less outbreaks, where they use masks. data from l.a. demonstrating 3 1/2 times the rate of covid in kids if they're not masking. so i would say the data absolutely show what masking decreases outbreaks in schools >> jodi, bella, great job. thank you so much. >>> let's go to dallas, texas. wayne carter is the education reporter at kxas, nbc -- 5 he's inside a magnet elementary school hey, wayne, good morning >> good morning, hoda. there are more than 100 different school districts here in the dallas/ft. worth area each one has their own rules and their own protocols. in richardson, they originally listened to our governor who ordered no masks

kansas city, des moines.ad, and there's no sign of any big cooldown. temperatures will return to the midwest kind of back to normal by the middle of the week. we also have a huge hurricane out there. we get a couple of these every hurricane season. sometimes they head for land. sometimes they don't. this with one is a don't. it's going to even miss bermuda. it's going to be harmlessly out to sea. i's category 4, but this one unlike previous years will stay well off the u.s. east coast. for today, enjoy another beautiful fall-like day, almost like summer, jonathan. >> bill karins, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, america's top military brass will appear on capitol hill for the first time since taliban's rapid takeover of app afghanistan. jake sherman joins us for that. >>> before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? i'm your answers to waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet us #jonlemire. i'm worried about the number of yankee tweets coming along. ee tg this is iowa. we just haven't been properly int

in july 1942, they started training them in des moines. 440 officer candidates included, 40 black women, and by 1943 the waac had become regular rise and could be posted overseas. so there's a lot of issues about posting women overseas. the majority of them are now posted overseas. now this is one of particular interest this is women ordinance workers, wow. these two red stone and huntsville arsenals in alabama there were two plants in huntsville, redstone and huntsville. i was interested in redstone. redstone was an extraordinary place for women. it's not very well known. here is the i.d. badge of a woman working in redstone, showing this. they had to be trained in very, very intense ordinance manufacture. 45.2 million units of ammo were produced in these two arsenals. and women were the bulk, as you can see. by 1942 they were two women. by 1944, 54% of the work staff for women. this was very dangerous work. burst charges, medium and major caliber, chemical artillery, rifle grenades, demolition blocks and bombs of varying weights in sizes. and this is very much -- you can see here, but

"the des moines register," says a positive covid-19 case was reported on average once every 50 secondss a professor at the university of virginia. let's start with you on this j&j news. in broad terms, what do you make of the new data from johnson & johnson? >> it's exciting news. they've been waiting to hear exactly what does this mean for me. what we see for the single shot, it still is holding up really well, about 79% effective against infection, about 81% at preventing hospitalization. if you get that booster shot, they're claiming 100% protection against severe covid and 94% protection against symptomatic covid. at six months they were reporting you see a 9 to 12% increase in your antibody response. it shows for those persons, the fda will be reviewed this data to see whether or not this booster shot will be adequate for americans to use. i think it will be. >> we're getting a real reminder of the toll this is taking on so many families, including the families that are doing the right thing. you talked to a family of a vaccinated man who died after a breakthrough case, is that ri

president biden's job approval in iowa 31% according to the des moines register poll has dropped significantlyst along texas but around the country. >> yeah, if he was to continue to talk about the protesters in belarus and ignore russia and china, those numbers will continue to go down, look, he showed up i guess he gets credit for that by the way in not talking about russia and china. then he talks and emphasizes i'm told about climate change, global warming, we used to call it but doesn't mention china there either. which, of course, is whistles in the wind. if china doesn't get -- do something, if we don't force or use our efforts to get china to do something. nothing -- nothing better will happen. he doesn't seek a cold war but he is in a cold war. somebody should tell him that he is already in it china must be very happy with that speech the border is a disaster. it is a catastrophe. and the human catastrophe here of these 15, 16,000 people is just exacerbated by the catastrophe of the secretary mayorkas who says the border is closed, you know, there you are. you want to believe secretar

des moines schools not wasting team, students must wear masks starting tomorrow. outside of charlotte, north carolina the union county public school district going in a different direction, stopping contact tracing for students and pretty much ending quarantine rules for kids who may have been exposed. some parents are not happy. >> i have a first grader that goes to elementary school here in the county and it is very concerning for me, i'm currently pregnant and i'm concerned for my family's safety. >> reporter: and florida's governor desantis in an effort to counter biden's vaccine mandate says if a city or county agency makes getting vaccinated a condition of employment, it will be fined $5,000 per violation. the mayor of orange county, florida in a statement said i'm not going to take actions that would adversely impact the safety of our community. i question whether or not the governor really sees it that way. the unvaccinated filling up moment and icus. unfortunately nothing more can be done to save some people. >> we will worship together, we will have cong

fox 17 in des moines as iowa senator chuck grassley says he is running for re-election in 2022.in an eighth term. a move that makes it more likely the g.o.p. can keep control of the senate. his seats, rather in next year's midterm elections. grassley turned 88 this month. fox 9 in minneapolis where a former police officer derek chauvin files a new appeal in his murder conviction for the death of george floyd. chauvin is raising 14 issues with his prosecution, including the court not changing the venue for the case and refusing to sequester the jury. the filing also questions the court allowing prosecutors to add a third degree murder charge. and this is a live look from milwaukee from fox our affiliate out there. one of the stories out there the ryder cup day one is back and so are the fans. check out that first t packed into the stands ahead the first day of play. the american team take on europe. fans belted sweet caroline chanting u.s.a., singing the national anthem. it was awesome. that was 6:30 in the morning. the sunrise over the wisconsin golf course whistling straight. i

all right, joining us now is nbc news correspondent allison barber who is in des moines, iowa, and a welcome to you both. allison, they are reporting that someone is testing positive for covid-19 about once every 60 seconds in that state. how do you think it is affecting families there? >> reporter: we met one family who thought they were doing everything right. they got vaccinated as soon as they were eligible at the beginning of the year. they decided to attend an indoor gathering where there weren't any covid protocols because they figured they were fully vaccinated and they would be fine. but shortly after attending that gathering, they found out from other people there that about a dozen people had tested positive for covid-19. she and her husband gary both tested positive for covid-19. both of them had preexisting conditions. ardith survived her fight with covid-19 but her husband gary did not. she and her family, they are convinced that if people around gary, around them at that indoor gathering had been fully vaccinated or had been wearing face masks, something to protect eac