. > >entubado luchando contra la muerte un hospital en florida broward, donde se rompieron las hospitalizaciones que le haya tocado >> ni ella ni su esposo querían vacunarse y ahora se arrepienten >> solo estamos pidiendo a dios que nos dé otra oportunidad, que se compadezca de nosotros y procuro milagro >> los contagios de covid-19 han subido como la espuma llegando a niveles similares a las de otro tipo de la pandemia. las últimas cuatro semanas florida tennessee y california con luisiana ven aumento >> las mutaciones hacen que el virus sea súper poderoso y esto pasa precisamente porque cuando las personas no se vacuna la oportunidad de circular de tomar información y volverse más fuerte que lo que la doctora dice que aunque un mínimo porcentaje algunos pacientes vacunados están siendo atacados con el virus. >> comencé a sudar tenía fiebre, sentía el cuerpo cortado. >>desde hoy los trabajadores estatales de california, deberán probar que están vacunados o hacerse pruebas de manera semanal y entrase luisiana es el primer estado en restituir el uso obligatorio de cubrebocas sumándose a washingto

but also want to point out, remember, broward county is one of two counties in florida that sort of isesantis other whether to have mask mandates in school. broward voted tuesday that they will have mask mandates in all public schools with no opt out. something that goes against the governor's executive order. and we expect them today to respond to the commissioner of education to a letter that he wrote them about an investigation for noncompliance. >> leyla santiago with the latest for us. thank you. >>> on the other side of the country, los angeles county expanding the health order as the delta variant surging and will require vaccinations for all emt, paramedics and dental office and home health workers. after california became the first state to require all employees in health care be fully vaccinated against covid-19. this week the l.a. city council will require proof of vaccination from anyone wanting to enter indoor public spaces. and joining us now, mishtchell feral. and that legislation would require eligible individuals to have had at least one shot, at least one dose of the

three teachers in florida's broward county tied from covid in a span of just 24 hours.the district are hospitalized with the virus so joining me now is roslyn, the school board chair for broward county. thank you for joining us. how are you doing this evening? >> i'm hanging in there, don. it's been rough the last couple weeks as we continue to see people lose their life to covid. we're continuing to work in our community to get people vaccinated and to also have to fight the threats and pulbullyi of our governor in the state of florida who does not understand the significance of us mandating masks when we open school on wednesday. it's been really, really difficult and challenging but you know i'm blessed that i serve with nine board members, eight of which feel the same way i do. we're standing our grounds. we believe the lives of our children and our staff are invaluable. we won't be bullied or intimidated to place a value on their lives. we've been threatened to have our salaries taken away because we mandated masks. we've lost two teachers in educational support pr

county tonight with the latest. >> in florida's browardhe first day back to school is over. for second grader adrian alexander it was pretty good to be back. >> hot. >> the mask was hot? >> yeah. >> but you wore it? >> yeah. >> was it okay? >> yes. >> the national mask versus no mask argument hit broward hard tuesday night as well as alatch that county in gansville. ron desantis executive order that school district mandates mask was parents must have the final call for their child, not the district. both are only allowing the opt out option with a doctor's note, which led the state board of education last night to unanimously sanction both districts without specifying exactly what that means. >> every school board member and superintendent have the duty to comply with the law whether they agree with it or not. >> miami-dade the largest school district in the state finally decided today on what its policy will be starting monday, students must wear masks mandatory unless they have a doctor's note. parents may get the opt out option later if

. >> meanwhile in florida, broward county schools are defying governor desantis and his threat to defund the district by keeping a mask mandate in place and the superintendent of leon county schools which covers tallahassee is pleading for a temporary mask mandate telling desantis he initially assumed the governor's stance but circumstances have changed. >>> illinois governor pritzker has announced a mask mandate in schools statewide just days after hins of thousands gathered for the four day lollapalooza festival in chicago's grant park. a september festival just south of downtown in hyde park has now been canceled. and in a late move yesterday, cvs has stopped offering johnson & johnson at its pharmacies. the one and done vaccine was touted as a game changer but as suffered from poor perceptions about its effectiveness, concerns about rare side effects and production delays. >> vaccine ethics in the spotlight as the world health organization calls for a moratorium on booster shots until at least the end of september. >> i understand the concern of all governments to protect their peopl

the interim superintendent of florida's broward county public schools says only one student and one teachere entire district refused to wear mask on the first day of school, wouldn't follow the mandate. this is a district with more than 250,000 students. i want to bring in the interim superintendent of broward county public schools. vicky, that is extraordinary. only one teacher and one student refused to wear masks in a state where the governor is fighting against wearing masks. were you expecting a lot more pushback? >> we were anticipating some pushback on this. we've been aggressive in trying to push out the message that it is required in order for our students to be able to come on campus. and as well with our staff members. so it was a little surprising. we did have people coming on campus without the masks, but we just simply would you please put a mask on and offered them a mask and they put it right on. and fell right in with what we needed them do in order to protect everybody. >> we have heard the governor threaten that you are going to get money withheld from the state for imple

broward county. as you know, florida is becoming the epicenter for the coronavirus. roward county, most of the hospital beds are filled to capacity, and i think that on saturday, we only had five pediatric beds left. it is a situation where it is running rampant, and we employ over 500,000 employees and we could not bring the students back without masks. we have to use all of the mitigation tools in the tool box. vaccinations, and we are encouraging the people to get vaccinated, and yesterday, we voted to give the staff, permanent staff a $250 incentive to get vaccinated and show proof of that vaccination by october 20th. we believe masks absolutely have to happen, because we have 40% of the students 12 and under who don't have an option for vaccination, and we believe in practicing socially distancing when you can. we know that when you come into the classroom with 26 students and teacher making 27, you can only practice at maximally three feet socially distancing. so we believe that the pandemic is real. it is deadly. we have lost teachers, and we have lost esps, an

i used to live in broward county, florida. broward would like to protect students, children from covid. they want to have a mask mandate because children can't get vaccinated. elementary school kids can't be vaccinated, teachers are worried. he's like not only can you not protect kids, but he pointed out, oh, by the way, we can cut the pay of any school board members who try to defy him. so what he's saying is you will let covid into your schools. you will open in person. you will send your kids in person. and you will let covid in the door with them. this to me sounds like -- it's homicidal. does it make any sense to you? >> no, joy. and you know both of us have deep florida roots. but i think that this is part of the larger, long-standing insidious sort of hold that donald trump has on the party and ron desantis in particular. you know, when donald trump sort of took over the republican party, i always said that the most dangerous thing that he did, not just for the party but for american democracy, was to call truths and facts into

florida and texas. this as three teachers in broward county, florida are dead from covid and two others hospitalized. are in danger of getting debilitating symptoms of long covid. the question you've all had. why and why are some more susceptible than others? dr. sanjay gupta with the report and the mayor of tupica tells us about having her gull bladder removed an

that was reported to us, i know of three of those teachers that passed away from covid in broward county. floridar the covid-19 virus, and broward county, our hospitals are now close to being filled with capacity. we're in a very, very difficult moment in time. we're losing people to covid or having people get infected with covid, and then having lifelong complications. our district is using our so 2 funds to incentivize staff to get vaccinated, but there are a lot of people that have still not gotten the vaccination, and it is becoming a deadly thing for them not to be vaccinated, or it's becoming very challenging where people are getting covid and they're living with lifelong complications. we have not opened schools yet, so that's why the eight of us on our board are adamant that we cannot have people in schools without masks because we are li living backlash of people dying with covid. >> you open next week and you have defied the governor and are proceeding with having a mask mandate in your school -- schools. does the loss of these teachers affect that battle or the reopening? >> well, it d

florida. the broward county school board voted to mandate masks last week. that in line with cdc guidance because they are at a high transmission area for covid-19. that's the science. in response the governor signed an executive order threatening to cut state funding to schools that do that, that require masks. appears that threat worked. rosa flores joins us on the phone from everglades national park on the phone because the governor is set to speak any moment now. what is the district saying about this change? they followed the health guidance but they had school funding held over their heads. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. so many districts around this state are having those exact conversations. they are trying to figure out how to keep their students, their teachers safe. meanwhile, complying with this executive order but they really feel like they're hands are tied behind their back. jim, the governor is expected to have a press conference here at 9:30. normally we would be set up and i would have a live picture for you but the governor normally

hurtado tiene la polÉmica >>> las juntas escolares se han convertido en campos de batalla en broward, floridadisfrute >>> es lo que quiero >>> su protesta no frenÓ a la junta de seguir las recomendaciones de cdcs y hacer obligatorio el cubre boca. >> una orden mÁs que desafÍa al gobernador desantis . >> (hablan en inglÉs) >>> ahora el republicano amenaza con congelar el salario de superintendente que exigen mascarillas a los estudiantes. >> el sindicato de maestros de miami-dade que el aÑo pasado contÓ unos 10.000 contagios entre niÑos a pesar de in complementar la mascarilla pide que sean obligatorias >>> como sienten los maestros volteando y viendo que estÁn tomando estÁs medidas. >> cuando vemos que el gobernador desantis actÚan como dictador, nunca hemos visto a un gobernador actuar de esta forma y por eso es preocupante >>> la misma tensiÓn se vive en texas en donde el gobernador abbott prohibiÓ las mascarillas en las aulas >> mientras tanto distritos como dallas y austin padres de familia temen por sus familias >>> si va a la escuela y alguien estÁ enfermo y se lo trae a la casa quÉ vam

you have done to combat these mandates and you have seen even in blue pleading counties in florida like browardhey are looking at mask mandates again, rising grassroots efforts and you know very well not just republican spread amongst democrats, parent saying i just want my kid to have a normal school year. the mortality rate for kids who don't have comorbidity or diseases, mortality rate of the virus is 0%. >> and i think one of the dangers i feel having mandatory mask at this time, given statistics you cite, i think a lot of the bureaucratic authorities are going to say we massed for cobit, flu is more dangerous for kids than cobit, maybe they need to mask the kids every flu season and then it never ends. if the cdc had its way, i think it probably have kids and masks indefinitely and it's not a partisan issue. parents have to deal with this in real time just like last summer there was such hysteria because florida was going to go to school in person five days a week in the media was raising a ruckus and other people but parents across the board want the ability to send their kids to school a

florida and texas. this as three teachers in broward county, florida are dead from covid and two others hospitalized. dr. fauci says even the vaccinated are in danger of getting debilitating symptoms of long covid. the question you've all had. why and why are some more susceptible than others? dr. sanjay gupta with the report and the mayor of tupica tells us about having her gull bladder removed and a pacemaker because of covid. >>> it's august 13th, why conspiracy theorists were wrong about this date and others. good evening. i'm erin burnet. three teachers in the same school district died in the span of 24 hours and two more hospitalized this is happen income broward county, florida, right now ground zero for the fight against that state's governor's attempt to ban mask mandates in schools. the school board has defied governor ron desantis as he continues to threaten to cut funding and salaries and the school board kept the mask mandate in place and that's important because all three of the teachers that died were unvaccinated and all three of them were set to teach kids that were too young to get

expuestos al virus en la florida, dos maestro y un asistente de la educación fallecieron >> buenas noches, este ciclo escolar comienza bajo la sombra de la variante delta en condado de browardsistente de maestro han perdido la vida en un lapso de 24 horas no se habían vacunado información confirmada por el sindicato de maestros >> y el condado exigirá el uso obligatorio de la mascarilla pese a que no todos los padres están de acuerdo >>que proteja a los maestros y niños basados en recomendaciones científicas de los expertos >> distrito escolar de miami dade y condado de broward inician ciclo escolar esperando que no suceda lo ocurrido en palm beach donde 400 niños están ya en cuarentena, donde 20 empleados están afectados 440 estudiantes están en cuarentena el superintendente responsabiliza a ron desantis al permitir que la mascarilla sea opcional una batalla idéntica libra dallas se impuso ya también el uso obligatorio de la mascarilla y según darío washington post 10 mil estudiantes ya están e cuarentena y esto esperan que se supere al abrir más distrito escolar en las próximas semanas >> muchas gracias, muy complicado pero en todo esto algo hay de positivo aumenta nuevam

this morning, students returned to school in broward county in florida with a district wide mask requirementn defiance of the governor's order. cnn's amara walker is live outside a school in broward county. broward going its own way despite whatever penalties, you know, governor ron desantis now threatening, amara. >> reporter: yeah, it sure is, john. so 261,000 students across broward county public schools will be returning to the classroom in the next couple of hours or so, including here at bay view elementary school. as you said, face masks will be required. if anyone refuses to do so, they will be turned away per broward county public school policy. as you know, john, there's been a lot of drama in the lead justleadup to the reopening of the school year and last year it culminated by the vote by the florida board of education to take the next steps to punish the district over masks. it's the first day of school here in broward county florida and students will be required to wear masks, the decision defying the governor's order. >> we have districts who are picking and choosing what laws

delta se ha desatado una guerra política sobre el uso de cubrebocas por lo pronto en el condado broward en floridas esto pese a la orden del gobernador, que prohíbe a los distritos escolares imponer este requisito, entre los padres ya hay opiniones encontradas. >> tenemos que proteger a todos los niños. >> tienen que estar en un salón de clase para aprender el uso de la importancia de la mascarilla que no sea obligatoria que sea decisión de los padres. >> interesante el distrito de profesores piden que sean gobernador astral gobernador amenaza con congelar el salario de los superintendentes que lo pongan, una norma. >> en texas el gobernador abbott también prohibió la orden de cubrebocas obligatorio en el salón de clases pero una organización educativa lo demanda para bloquear la orden algunos distritos como estos seguirán pidiendo su uso en este ciclo escolar. >> y otro problema que enfrenta texas son hospitales cada vez más llenos por la nueva ola de coronavirus solamente houston los índices de casos subieron 18% en las últimas tres semanas por esto faltan camas en hospitales y escasea personal

that's according to the latest data from florida's health department. in browardounty, florida, three teachers in the same school district died in a span of 24 hours. and two more are hospitalized. broward county also ground zero for the governor's fight to ban mask mandates in schools. the school board has defied governor desantis as he threatens to cut salaries and funding. keeping the mask mandate in place. >> hearing three educators in one day and two of our community members have passed away it was really a really strong blow. so, i'm extremely happy that our school board and our superintendent are going to enforcing the mask mandate. i am thrilled to hear that our president of the united states is backing all of florida school boards and superintendents that are going to take that position. >> reporter: at least three schools in mississippi have temporarily closed following an outbreak of covid-19 cases. in gwinnett, georgia, 629 positive cases between students and staff since the start of school on august 4th. even states traditionally doing were with the v

broward county school's policy. drama between governor ron desantis and two school districts here in florida. that includes broward county and alachua public schools. this fight over mask mandates came to a head at an emergency meeting last night where they voted to take steps to punish these two school districts over them mandating masks, which defies the governor's executive order signed earlier this summer. it's not clear what exactly will be imposed. it could include removing some district officials. it could also include withholding funding. during that meeting we heard from the interim superintendent of broward county saying she was concerned about the surge because there's only five icu pediatric beds available in the county. some alarming numbers to leave you with, just this first week of school nearly 5,000 students, faculty and staff testing positive for covid-19 and more than 14,000 now quarantining or in isolation due to covid-19. >> thousands testing positive, more than 14,000 in quarantine. parents, let that be a warning. mask your children as they go to school. that's the safest

in hillsboro county, florida, in the tampa area, school board holding a meeting about whether to make masks mandatory after 10,000 students are in quarantine or isolation. in browardate sanctions after making masks mandatory and davis, florida, nbc's dasha burns. >> reporter: broward county is kicking off the school year in the middle of a political tug of war. this district imposing a mas mandate despite the governor's executive order banning mask mandates in schools and these tensions came to a head last night in an emergency state board of education meeting where the state did move to sanction broward county and another district that's also requiring masks. we don't know what these sanctions will entail. what we do know is that broward is not budging on this they say they are looking at the data last week the state reported more than 31,000 covid cases among those under the age of 19. and broward says they have an overwhelming majority of people in this district who do want to see masks in schools i spent today talking to parents and students here. take a listen to some of what we heard. >> i'm all for kids wearing masks. i believe it helps everybody in the lon

. >> reporter: in florida the broward county school board is offering cash incentives to get the vaccine. >> there are a lot of people that still have not gotten the vaccination and it is becoming a deadly thing. >> reporter: three of their teachers just died within 24 hours, all unvaccinated. >> we have not opened schools yet so that's why the eight of us on our board are adamant that we cannot have people in schools without masks. >> reporter: meantime more than 10,000 texans are in the hospital now fighting covid-19. >> in dallas we haveu beds left for children. that means if your child is in a car wreck, if your child has a heart -- congenital heart defect or something, needs an icu bed or more likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> reporter: in these five states more than 90% of icu beds are now occupied. the situation is worse in states where vaccination rates are lowest. in mississippi, just 36% are fully vaccinated. >> almost 8,000 mississippians have died from covid. how many mississippians have died fr

el condado de broward en la florida dieron reversa a su mandato de que al volver a clases a mediadosestado firmÓ una orden ejecutiva que autoriza el retiro de fondos a las escuelas que exijan el cubrebocas. sobre este tema se pronunciÓ la secretaria de prensa de la casa blanca. dijo que deben quitarse del medio los polÍticos que se oponen al uso de mascarillas y el mandato de vacunaciÓn. agregÓ que la casa blanca estÁ en conversaciones con los gobiernos de florida, texas y luisiana donde ha habido un notable aumento de casos de covid—19. nueva york exigirÁ constancia de vacunaciÓn a todos los que quieran comer en restaurantes, entrar a un teatro o ir al gimnasio. la gran manzana se convierte asÍ en la primera ciudad del paÍs en imponer este requisito. este requisito de la vacunaciÓn tambiÉn lo estÁn exigiendo grandes empresas a sus empleados. es el caso de la procesadora. claudia: cada vez son mÁs las compaÑÍas que pierden la paciencia con sus trabajadores y ahora estÁn requiriendo vacunas de covid—19 para todo. el procesador de carne y aves mÁs grande del paÍs anunciÓ que las vacuna

now a number of school districts in florida including broward county which is the ft. going against the governor's order this school board voted 8-1 to require students to mask up in schools despite what the governor said. and the judge in texas now temporarily allowing san antonio and bexar county to mandate masks despite the overnor's ba on just that here's morgan chesky >> reporter: we are in the middle of a covid emergency that medical staff across the state of texas says is and was very much preventible, and you look at the dwindling space, at the icu's. not just here in austin and across the state it is incredibly concerning. at last check in the city of austin, in the metropolitan area, home to nearly 2 million people there are only six icu beds available. you go to the north and the dallas-ft. worth metroplex, that number is not much better. nearly 8 million people call that area home this is absolutely a concern and coupled with that is the fact children will be going back to school incredibly soon. we know the executive order from greg anti-said school distri

el argumentos que tenía aprobación de emergencia en la florida un padre arrestado por negarse que su hija usara mascarilla en una escuela de browardla preocupación de padres de familia >> las imágenes evidnecian que el distanciamiento social no se cumple en escuelas del país como en esta preparatoria de (nombre en inglés) donde un estudiante grabó las imágenes que son un argumento para padres de familia que quierne que sus hijos estudien desde casa >> es difícil tener distanciamiento social >> la madres excigieron que las escuelas del tercer distrito escolar más grande del país tenga aprendizaje remoto >> para mi niña que no ha sido vacunada >> y la amma de la chica está preocupada >> no quireo que mi hija llegue a casa enferma >> en estados como florida la discusión es de padres que están convencidos >> mascarilla y distanciamiento social son preocupaciones de los padres en distritos escolares se reportan miles de estudiantes conagiados >> 6500 estudiantes perdieron uno o más días de clase 3500 en cuarentena >> sí hay personas no sabemos si son alumnos que están contagiados y me quedé preocupada qué le vamos a hacer >> hoy un gru

. >> reporter: in broward county, florida, schools are requiring masks and defying the governor's order. just days before the new school year, officials report three members of the teaching staff died of covid in just 36 hours. >> marcus with us live tonight from dallas. i know the cdc director is also explaining when the immunocompromised should get the third shot. >> reporter: yes, she recommends it be given at least four weeks after the second. and it's preferably the same vaccine. this coming just 24 hours after dr. fauci told us they're studying this for everyone else. looking at realtime data to see how immunity wanes over time. >> marcus, thank you. >>> the other major headline this friday night, we've learned that the first of 3,000 u.s. troops heading to kabul to help get american personnel safely out of the embassy are arriving more ground. the biden administration deploying thousands more troops claiming to show them entering kandahar, seizing at least 17 provincial capitals in just the last week. we've also learned that americans at the u.s. embassy have been told to destroy

the school board in broward county, florida, has decided to maintain their mask mandate in classrooms, but the decision did not come without a fight. we have the chair of the broward school board. thank you so much for being with me. i want to start here with how you got to this decision. because i know it was a passionate, long meeting that happened today. what did you weigh, how did you reach this decision? >> certainly. we listened to the people of broward county. we received hundreds of emails. we had parents give public testimony. we heard from students. we heard from my community. we took data into account. we believe in science. florida has become the epicenter for the coronavirus. in broward county, most of our hospitals are at full capacity. many of us have personal stories of family members or people that we know our neighbors have been impacted by covid, some who have died and some who are now living with lifelong implications. and at the end of the day we refuse to be bullied into a perspective parochial self-interest where we are forced to place a monetary value on people

protesters demonstrated outside as the broward county florida school board voted to institute a mask mandate in schools this was in spite of the governor's order barring mask mandates. and he has threatened to withhold pay of school administrators violating his order. >> my children have displayed more maturity and compassion than our governor. >> ultimately our view is that it's appearance decision. >> we are looking at a range of options to support public health officials, leaders, teachers and officials trying to protect students and the community. >> texas governor greg abbott executive order has had a legal obstacle with the judge issuing a temporary restraining order late last night. we have you covered on all platforms as kids go back to school. coming up tomorrow morning we go on with what the santa clara county sheriff whose children have returned area a lot has changed since they were in class full-time. you will not want to miss our exclusive interview starting tomorrow at four and 30. coming up at 5:30 we have an expert joining us live to weigh in on booster shots as well

florida. thank you all both for coming on. and i'm going to start with you. browarde second largest district in florida and the sixth largest in the country says it wants to keep its mandate requiring masks but will make its final decision before classes resume on august 18th. what do you want them to do? >> i want them to keep the mandate. i've heard that we have over about 7,000 parents and educators have e-mailed our school board members to ask them to keep the mandate full and keep us safe in our schools and keep our children safe. >> how many schools, andrew, that your union oversees and look to at actually wants to the have the mask mandate but isn't imposing it because they're worried funding will be pulled by the governor given his threat? >> we're seeing today actually a lot of school districts coming out and isaing they are going to actually have a mask mandate. they've all said now they're going to have a mask mandate, but what they're doing to meet the governor's requirement is they're giving an opt out to parents. you know, at the end of the day what we'

. >> reporter: five days before classroom doors are set to open in broward county, florida, two teachersh other from covid-19-related complications. all three of them were unvaccinated. the county teachers union said. >> there are a lot of people that have still not gotten the vaccination, and it is becoming a deadly thing for them not to be vaccinated. >> reporter: 138 of about 35,000 employees have tested positive for covid-19 since august 1st, according to the county covid dashboard. >> we are living it right here real in broward county. >> reporter: this at the end of a tense week dominated by florida's governor ron desantis taking on school districts over mask mandates. the governor threatening to withhold salaries from school board members and superintendents choosing to override his executive order that essentially prohibits mask mandates in schools. although unclear if and how that would happen. >> if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i'm standing in your way. >> reporter: some school districts fighting back. in broward the school board voted this week to keep

. >> reporter: in broward county, florida, schools are requiring masks and defying the governor's order. just days before the new school year, officials report three members of the teaching staff died of covid in just 36 hours. >>> and marcus moore with us live tonight from dallas. marcus, the cdc director is explaining when the immunocompromised should get this third shot. >> reporter: yeah, david, the cdc director recommends it be given four weeks after the second. and that it's preferably the same vaccine. this recommendation coming just 24 hours after dr. fauci told us they're studying 46 looking at realtime data to see how immunity wanes over time and looking at whether everyone else will need one. >> marcus, thank you. >>> the other major headline on this friday night, we've learned from the pentagon that the first of 3,000 u.s. troops to help get american personnel out of the u.s. embassy are arriving there. the taliban gaining more ground. the biden administration deploying thousands of troops to help with the evacuations of many personnel at the embassy. video tonight released

florida. >> reporter: five days before classroom doors are set to open in broward county, florida, two teachershours of each other from covid-19-related complications. all three of them were unvaccinated. the county teachers union said -- >> there are a lot of people that have still not gotten the vaccination and it is becoming a deadly thing for them not to be vaccinated. >> reporter: 138 of about 35,000 employees have tested positive for covid-19 since august 1st, according to the county covid dashboard. >> we're living it right here real in broward county. >> reporter: this seat the end a tense week dominated by ron desantis taking on school districts over mask mandates. the governor threatening to withhold salaries from school board members and superintendents choosing to override his executive order that essentially prohibits mask mandates in schools, although unclear if and how that would happen. >> if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i'm standing in your way. >> are you going to bully him into wearing your mask? >> reporter: some school districts fighting back. in br

florida, the epicenter of this debate. john: it is the first week of school for this first grader in broward county, florida. the better part of a year spent learning virtually away from friends and teachers, he is eager to get back to the classroom. his father makes sure he has a new back-to-school necessity -- a face mask. the broward county school district with more than 200 60 thousand students, the nation's sixth largest, began the school year with a requirement that all students and teachers wear a mask indoors unless they have a doctor's note. >> little kids that have been really exposed to what is happening and their parents talk to them about what is going on, they don't have any issues. luca has never told me like, i don't want to have these on. john called across town, kelly's 14-year-old son was nervous and says wearing a mask did not help. >> i think it's just annoying, honestly. it gets in the way. >> it really is not doing anything, and it is more of a detriment to the kids because it is not a healthy thing to have a mask on all day. you know, at what point do people need to stop being respons

florida's broward and alachua say they are in compliance because they allow a doctors note. compliance with the executive order. the florida board of education was directed to withhold state funds on a monthly basis in the amount of the school board member salaries until the district's comply. it's unbelievable. it's a different story in new york state where one of the first actions taken by the state's new governor was to put in a universal mask mandate in schools, and the 57th governor of new york, governor kathy hochul joins us now, and we're going to get to your mandate for schools in a moment, which i congratulate you on, not a hard call, but apparently in these political times it might be. but first, i want to learn more about you as the first woman to lead the state of new york. kathy, what lessons, i have been doing a lot of research into your background, your life of service, your family's story of struggle like many americans, what lessons do you draw from your mother and your grandmother that will really impact the way you lead this administration? >> good morning,

the florida board of education gave broward county 48 hours to allow parents to opt out of face coverings or the state would begin to withhold funding. n now, this has largely been at the direction of florida governor, ron desantis, who opposes mask mandates. but broward officials say their district is in compliance, since they provided exceptions to the mask mandate for students with a medical condition or other special circumstances. well, officials say they have no plans to change their current masking requirements. they say universal masking is absolutely critical to protect the health of students and staff, and limit the strain on the healthcare system. >>> new restrictions to control the covid outbreak are meeting with sometimes-violent resistance in australia. six police were hospitalized after officials in melbourne clashed with demonstrators and used pepper spray as the state of victoria went into a full lockdown. more than 200 were arrested there, as well as dozens more in sydney. thousands of protestors marched in various cities, as australia recorded its worst daily case count

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in florida students in broward county are headed back to class with a mask mandate in place, in direct an order by governor desantis who banned the mask mandate. dasha burns is outside flamingo elementary school. the state voted to sanction districts with a mask mandate in place. we look to the significant news that is expected to come out on booster shots for a lot of people. we'll talk about that in a second. >> reporter: hallie, broward county school district kicks off this school year in the middle of a political tug-of-war, something that's been frustrating for parents, administrators and teachers as they want the focus to be on kids getting back to the classroom after a year and a half of disrupted learning. instead, this district is now facing sanctions. last night the first punitive measures against the school district for requiring masks. broward is staying and sticking to that mandate. they say they are looking at the data, last week the state reported more than 31,000 covid cases among those under the age of 19, and here in broward county, they are still reeling from the los

schools in broward county florida instituting mask mandates as students return to class today. ron desantis. the state board of education voting to punish counties like broward and olachua for violating the governor's ban on such mandates. in hillsborough county, florida, where parents can opt out of the mask requirement, almost 10,000 students are quarantined due to covid cases. one school district outside dallas, texas, getting around the governor's ban on mask mandates by making masks part of the dress code. president biden directing his education secretary to take additional steps to protect children. >> this includes using all of its oversight authorities and legal action, if appropriate, against governors who are trying to block and intimidate local school officials and educators. >> reporter: and the debate over masks in schools isn't just continuing. it's heating up in some places. it's not just shouting matches. in austin, texas, one parent reportedly ripped the mask off one teacher's face during a meet the teacher event tuesday night prompting the superintendent to cal

florida is still defending his order to ban mask mandates if schools. two elementary teachers and a teaching assistant died over a 24-hour period this week in broward countyorida. also someone with job ties to the school district. at least three of them were told were unvaccinated. it's tragic but also speaks to the importance of protecting unvaccinated children from exposure and bolsters the argument for mask mandates. this comes days before classing start in broward county and its only heightening concerns. on the whole, vaccinations are on the rise in america. nearly a million doses were administered today according to the white house. more than a half a million of them were first doses. our single best immunization in a day in months. there will be more shots for the fully vaccinated. cdc advisers recommend a third dose for some of the nine million immuno compromised americans. sooner than later, most americans will need a third dose according to dr. anthony fauci but not at this time. the pigg biggest battle is to fn antedote for all the division. that's where judge clay jenkins comes in. he is the dallas county official you just heard warning about

notify just the last hour, the school board in broward county, florida, the state's second largest schoolublican governor ron desantis. he threatened to withhold broward state funding as well as two more counties. cnn's leyla santiago reports from one of those counties which started school today. >> reporter: it makes you pause, it does make you pause, but our goal is the health and safety of our students and our staff. >> reporter: school board member tina says she's willing to risk her salary to spare the students of alachua county from risking their health. as kids step into the classroom for the first day of school, governor ron desantis is threatening to withhold salaries from superintendents or school board members who are mandating t masks. >> the party that emphasizes local control and has completely removed the decisionmaking authority from our own elected officials here. >> reporter: in alachua county schools, students are required to wear a mask for the first two weeks unless they provide a doctor's note. the governor's office says those counties are not complying with his exec

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