general hospital. >> 165 staffers at lewis county general hospital remain unvaccinated meanwhile, there's new information about a possible vaccine for children under 12. nbc's rehema ellis has more. >> reporter: understanding some parents are anxious, the fda is stepping up its review of a covid vaccine for kids 12 and under, saying it will carefully, thoroughly and independently examine the data from the clinical trials. to complete its review as quickly as possible, likely in a matter of weeks rather than months >> right now we're doing the clinical trials. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci has suggested a similar timeline >> will be available for pfizer at the end of september and for moderna at the end of october. >> reporter: this comes just as it's back to full in-person learning monday for more of the nation's kids. meanwhile, the fda is urging parents not to seek shots for children under 12 who are not eligible for vaccination, saying younger kids may need different doses and they're working around the clock to figure out what that is. >> why can't children take vaccinations that are

this is a small hospital in lewis county.y were feeling the pinch of a staffing shortage like so many businesses during covid. then came this vaccine mandate. since then, 42 workers have resigned, six of them in the last 24 hours or so. and 125 of their staff is still not vaccinated and hasn't declared whether or not they are going to get the vaccine or leave by that deadline. six of those at least were in the maternity department. so this hospital was faced with what they can do to preserve their staff and make sure emergency services and other things are still running. they opted to pause for now their maternity services. here's the ceo. >> i will respect wherever people are, and if the vaccination isn't right for them, i truly am not judging that. but i also know they can't work here. i will acknowledge their work and their service, but we have patients to care for. we have a vision and a mission that we try to live by every single day. i don't get into being disappointed by adults. you know, we have honest conversations.

lewis county government says six maternity staff members resigned rather than get the coronavirus vaccine more are reportedly undecided. the hospital says in 11 days it will stop delivering babies for the time being. it will focus on recruiting nurgsz who are already vaccinated. all health care workers at hospitals and long-term care facilities in new york state have to be vaccinated by september 27th. >>> and the "miami herald" reports a fallen feline was saved at a college football game. video from saturday's miami appalachia state game shows the cat hanging by one paw from a facade of the upper deck at the hard rock stadium. it triried to pulll itself u up up fell to the lower level. fans using an outstrtretched american flag as a makeshift net caught the cat. it was okay whichch proves once again that cats really dne live. also, that people are great. >>> still ahead, music's night to the b w the mtv video music awards. let's go! l day without heavy pe? now they can! with downy light in-wash scent beads. it has long-lasting light scent, no heavy perfumes, and no dyes. who's ready for

. >> the number of resignations leaves us no choice but to pause delivering baby at lewis county general hospital. >> reporter: in north carolina business owner steven bullock feels stuck. >> it's a fight every day. >> reporter: the vaccination rate about 40% now he feels someone quitting to work somewhere smaller where the mandate doesn't apply. >> have you found anything that is capable of changing someone's mind at this point >> frankly, i have not folks are really dug in and it seems the harder you try, the further they go. >> reporter: and yet major corporations in favor. companies like amazon, home depot and walmart say they welcome the plan the hope, drive down u.s. covid cases as they start to plateau infections now down 10% from their peak during the latest wave driven by the delta variant. there are three main reasons why. increased use of masks indoors a steady rise of vaccination rates and the virus burns through until there is no one else to infect. >> our thanks to morgan chesky for that report. >>> let's talk about the nfl right now. as teams return to the gridiron, fans h

quit >> the number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at lewis county general hospital. >> reporter: in north carolina business owner steven bullock feels stuck. >> it's a fight every day. >> reporter: the vaccination rate of his 125 employees, about 40%. now he fears some quitting to work somewhere smaller where the mandate doesn't apply. >> have you found anything that is capable of changing someone's mind at this point >> frankly i have not. folks are really dug in, and it seems the harder you try the further they go. >> reporter: and yet major corporations in favor. companies like ams ornazon, home depot and walmart. infections down 10% from their peak during the latest wave driven by the delta variant. doctors say there are three main reasons why. increased use of masks indoors, a steady rise in vaccination rights, and the virus burns through until there's no one else to infect >> okay, morgan, thank you >>> overseas now nearly two weeks since the last american soldier withdrew from afghanistan and now our own richard engel returns to kabul, now fi

>> the number of resignations received leaves us no choice, but to pause delivering babies at lewis countyeral hospital. >> in north carolina, business owner stephen bullock feels stuck. >> it's a fight every day. >> the vaccination rate of his 125 employees, about 40%. now he fears some quitting to work somewhere smaller where the mandate doesn't apply. >> have you found anything that is capable of changing someone's mind at this point? >> frankly, i have not. folks are really dug in and it seems the harder you try, the further they go. >> and yet major corporations in favor. companies like amazon, home depot and walmart say they welcome the plan. the hope, drive down u.s. covid cases as they start to plateau. infects down 10% from their peak during the latest wave driven by the delta variant. doctors say there are three main reasons why. increased use of masks indoors and a steady rise in vaccination rates and the virus burns through until there's no one else to infect. >> morgan is with us. are there other reasons why doctors say the numbers are slightly going down? >> yeah, kate. docto

the gender reveal party with even delivery for that matter, one hospital lewis county health system neare ontario taking a break from bringing babies into the world. the reason? simply not enough employees to deliver them following the state vaccine mandate. 13 workers in the hospital maternity ward walking off of the job. six of them because they won't get the vaccine and another seven say they are undecided. by the end of next week decembes to stop here the hospital's chief executive hospital says a drastic change is temporary. >> if we can pause the service and now focus on recruiting nurses who are vaccinated, we will be able to reengage in delivering babies parents was county. >> adding is a growing problem around the country. >> we are not alone. there are thousands of positions open north. >> to ramp up the rollout nationwide, last week president joe biden announced for federal employees a vaccine mandate and must have employees vaccinated or tested regularly. while the american hospital association supports the new measure it once this policy may result in exacerbating the severe

. >> the number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at lewis countyeral hospital. >> reporter: in north carolina, business owner steven bullock feels stuck. >> it's a fight every day. >> reporter: the vaccination rate of his 125 employees, about 40%. now he fears some quitting will work somewhere smaller where the mandate doesn't apply. >> how do you find anything capable of changing someone's mind at this point? >> frankly, you don't. >> reporter: major corporations in favor. companies like amazon, home depot, and walmart say they welcome the plan, the hope, to drive down covid cases as they start to plateau. infections down 10% from the peak during the latest wave driven by the delta variant. doctors say there are three main reasons why, increased use of masks, a steady rise in vaccination rate, and the virus burns through until there is no one else to infect. >> president biden responded. >> look. i'm so disappointed that particularly some of the republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health o

this is shocking the vaccine mandate resignation force a lewis county general hospital to pause baby is a county in new york. we'll pull up the statistics on who is vaccinated at the hospital. 27% of the hospital's workers are not vaccinated, that's 165 people. i mean, doctor, to pause deliveries, how can you do that? >> i thought about this all night. it's a really important topic. i'm glad that we're doing it today. it's a hard one to have an answer for but i'll tell you this. i do think healthcare workers should all be vaccinated because god forbid somebody brought covid to a woman in delivery. so you've got to side on that. but what about the issue of natural immunity, people, healthcare workers who had covid, who got over it who have antibodies now. what about somebody who had one shot, had a problem with the shot, has a partial immunity. all of that has to be factored in. the hospital will hire other people. what kind of conversation was had with the employees? is it a threat? what kind of conversation? i think this is an extremely safe vaccine and i have had a lot of success j

the hospital at question here is the lewis county health system in upstate new york, far upstate, northeastt it doesn't matter where you work in new york, if you work in health care, according to new rules, you have to have at least one shot of the vaccine by september 27th. this is a very strict mandate here in new york. there are no testing out options, there's not really many exceptions and when some of the staff at this hospital took a look at that, 30 of them quit. 20 of those people who quit are from the clinical side of things and 6, apparently, from the ob section of the hospital which is why the medical leaders there, the administrators there say they're not going to have the staff available to deliver babies. this is a big concern, obviously, for this area and for this hospital, and one of the administrators talked at a press conference about what it's like to see staff walk away rather than take the vaccine. >> we would like everyone to be vaccinated, but we also understand we live in a place, in a country where you get to choose certain things. and if you choose not to be vaccin

on recruiting nurses who are vaccinated, we will be able to reengage in delivering babies here lewis county, that the numbers will increase of individuals who are vaccinated. fewer individuals will leave and maybe with a little luck, some of those who resigned will reconsider. >> republican governors are pushing back on the vaccine mandate for federal workers, health care staffs, and large companies. the surgeon general said many believe the goempbt took the step but arkansas's republican governor said it will backfire. >> the problem is, i'm trying to overcome resistance but the president's actions in a mandate hardins the resistance. and we talked about the fact that we've historically had vaccination requirements in schools, but those have always come at the state level. never at the national level. >> no evidence for that. evidence really doesn't show that at all as christine is about to tell you about deal. the surgeon general told cnn.biden will announce more covid measures later this month. >> important to note the president's vaccine mandate won't apply to every employee of a big co

recruiting nurses who are vaccinated, we will be able to re-engage in delivering babies here in lewis countyas we get closer, the numbers will increase of individuals who are vaccinated, fewer individuals will leave and maybe with a little luck some of those who have resigned will reconsider. >> hospital officials say that staffing short annals have been an issue for years, particularly in the maternity department. >>> this morning, coronavirus hospitalizations appear to be leveling off somewhat even as the surge in new cases among the unvaccinated continues to overwhelm some facilities. about 78% of all hospital beds are in use in intensive care units. 80% of icu beds are in use. and in some places hospitals are at capacity and that's forcing them to make some tough decisions around rationing care. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is joining us with more on this story. i mean, this is so alarming. when hospitals are running out of beds, then what happens? how are they deciding who gets care? >> yeah, brianna, all hospitals and health systems have some plan in place to deal with the sur

the number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at lewis county general hospital. >> reporter: and there are nearly a 100,000 people hospitalized with covid nationwide. intensive care units in several places are overwhelmed, even maxed out, like in alabama. "the washington post" reporting that a man who was having a cardiac emergency died because he was turned away from 43 hospitals, none of which had an icu bed available. jake? >> athena jones, thank you so much. a brand-new cnn poll in the politics lead gauges our support for mandatory vaccines in the u.s. right now. i want to bring in harry enten, he's cnn's senior political writer and analyst. so, harry, this new poll shows that more americans are in favor of requiring vaccines. break it down for us. >> sure. so, look, take a look right now across different specific actions that you might take. attend school in person, attend a sporting event, work in a grocery store. look at that and compare those numbers to april. you see increases across the board. now 55% if for attend school in person. wo

it's happening at lewis county general hospital in loville, an hour and a half northeast of syracuseworkers have quit and that 165 others are still undecided hospital officials warn other departments there are at risk as well if workers don't get vaccinated meanwhile, hospital beds are filling up in states with low vaccination rates. this is ray demonia. two weeks ago he died of heart problems at a hospital in mississippi. his family said emergency staff reached out to 43 icus across three states only one hospital, 200 miles away from his home, had a bed available for him. he was just three days away from celebrating his 74th birthday. same story in idaho where covid is pushing rural health facilities to the brink. the situation so serious that some hospital patients are being treated in hallways and converted conference rooms here satisfies shaquille brewster. >> reporter: they say it is getting bad and only getting worse when you factor in high transmission in this community one in every four people who go to get a coronavirus test are coming back with a positive result a rise in c

this comes after staff members quit. 165 staffers at lewis county general hospital remain unvaccinatedtion's largest school district is students back in new york city classrooms. teachers and staff have to be vaccinated or undergo covid testing. as of now there is no vaccine mandate for students but there will be biweekly covid testing in every school for all students. >>> there is still a lot of confusion on the best way to educate america's youth while keeping everyone safe from covid. >> this morning the "today" show is hoping to give clarity with a special town hall. here's savannah and hoda with a preview. >> good morning. we've got a really exciting event on the plaza coming up in a bit. >> we're hosting a one-of-a-kind coronavirus in the classroom town hall with two special guests dr. row chel walensky and dr. miguel cardona, secretary of education. >> we'll focus on the biggest issues facing the new school year and the concerns being raised by both parents and teachers and hear directly from students how they're feeling about returning to the classroom after an unprecedented ye

since then, 42 employees from the lewis county general hospital resigned and it could put other departmentsthis is kristen dalgren. you spoke to the ceo of this hoept. what did he tell you about how this mandate is impacting care? >> right. so this is the state mandate, the hospital following along. they told the workers in august that this was coming down and that people had to get vaccinated by the 27th of this month. 42 of them zuded to resign. another 125 of them still have not gotten the vak sunation. they haven't said which side they are leaning to. and so when six of the workers were in the maternity department, the hospital looking at what they can do to make sure they're still giving care and they figure that labor and delivery is something mem do have a due date. it doesn't always go that way. and there could be emergency situations. but they thought they would be able to direct the people, work with local obstetricians to get the women to other hospitals. i asked the ceo though whether this was an inconvenience or a danger to women. here's what he had to say. of. >> you know, hav

in upstate new york, lewis county general hospital shut down its maternity ward, as six of its nursesnot to get vaccinated, that's their call, we respect it, but we do need a vaccinated workforce it is not an option. >> reporter: memorial humam in houston has set a november deadline those that have refused will be treated as having resigned. >> you can remain a member of the family, or leave your family and pursue user career at a different place or institution. >> reporter: with the biden administration looking to impose a national mandates for healthcare workers, it would be harder for, workers to opt out and find another job right now, though, courtney, there's an 8.3% vacancy rate in healthcare workers that's a record. >> and i'm shush the field is feeling stressed and strained after the last year and a half of what they've been doing with, or more. in my hometown, i understand there are two hospitals also pushing these mandates one of them has moved the mandate back to december, after getting an awful lot of pressure forgive me if this is a silly question, but does moving it back

pete: focus on nurses who are vaccinated we will be re-engaged delivering babies in lewis county.rses that will take the shot, we can care for you. rachel: that is a way to get a woman really angry, she is in labor, tell her to pause she will kill you [laughter] will: talking about hospitals being potentially overrun, inconcluding a staffing shortage. a condition where more staffers are looking to opt out of work. exacerbating the labor shortage, they're very adept creating labor shortages past several months, totally disconnected from vaccine mandates, but creating a labor shortage. rachel: why can't they give nurse as test? when we went to the w hotel yesterday where we did our 9/11 commemoration, we had to take a test before we went in. there are the rapid tests. why couldn't they do that? pete: that would be fairly easy but if your agenda is 100% compliance of a vaccine this is what we decided you have to do, a covid test is out for someone who won't comply. rachel: absolutely. will: toby keith shares a patriotic message for 9/11. >> never forget. always remember, stay vigilan

for some rural hospitals, it is a big russ being lewis county shut the mat earnity ward after six nursesace shortages. >> we do need to have a vaccinated work force. it is not an option. >> so they are holding firm. >> memorial in houston has set an october deadline despite being short staffed. so far, two dozen as of 2,900 have refused >> you choose to remain a member of the family being vaccinated or you choose to leave the family and pursue your career at a different organization >> with biden administration making the mandate, it could make it harder to find work elsewhere. >> what is the outlook for the federal mandate and whether it issup held in the courts in texas, a judge upheld one hospital's mandate in a lawsuit brought by nurses. here in new york, a federal judge issued a stay on new york state's deadline because of issues involving an opt out for those who have religious exceptions that will be a key for the supreme court. the supreme court 100 years ago did up hold the state's right or government's right to impose a mandate for the public good. >> not a vaccine >> no. it wa

. >> the number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at lewis countyeral hospital. >> reporter: in north carolina, business owner steven bullock feels stuck. >> it's a fight every day. >> reporter: the vaccination rate of his 125 employees, about 40%. now he fears some quitting to work somewhere smaller where the mandate doesn't apply. >> have you found anything that is capable of changing someone's mind at this point? >> frankly, i have not. folks are really dug in and it seems the harder you try, the further they go. >> reporter: yet major corporations in favor. companies like amazon, home depot and walmart say they welcome the plan. the hope, drive down u.s. covid cases as they start to plateau. infections now down 10% from their peak during the latest wave driven by the delta variant. doctors say there are three main reasons why. increased use of masks indoors, a steady rise in vaccination rates and the virus burns through until there's no one else to infect. >> joining us "new york times" reporter covering health policy, her later report titled "g

he had been serving in american military since the year 1680 and lewis's third great-grandfather was lieutenant colonel of gloucester county virginia. they lied in the american early wars and his father in three of his uncles fought in the war of 1812. four brothers from the same family in the generation just ahead of his. captain lewis g8 armistead g8 is for gustav is a doll this. he's killed in 1814. captain edison armistead dies of disease while on duty in 1813. luis and addison. what is our civil war guys name lewis adam to -- armistead. the most famous uncle is the third lieutenant colonel george armistead who commanded fort mchenry in the battle where francis scott key wrote the national anthem. george took the original "star spangled banner" he did about the flagpole and took it home and it remained in the possession of the armistead family for 90 years until george's grandfather gave it to the smithsonian so if you go to the national him museum of history you'll see that came out of the armistead family one of the most iconic pieces of it in american history. george dies a few years after the war probably have a he

lewis hamilton and championship leader max verstappen. birmingham city moved up to fourth in the championship with a 2—0 win over derby county.e now won just one of their last 13 games under manager wayne rooney, dating back to last season. there's one match to tell you about in rugby league's super league tonight. st helens are now guaranteed a top—two finish after thrashing leeds rhinos 40—6. they scored seven tries against a leeds side hit by injury and suspension. morgan knowles scored two of the tries. and britain's ethan hayter has retained the overall lead after stage six of the tour of britain — but only just. after taking four—and—a—half hours to cover 123 miles, it boiled down to a sprint finish in gateshead between the top riders. belgium's wout van art won the stage just ahead of hayter and now trails him byjust four seconds with two stages left. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall, with the headlines. 20 years since the the world was reshaped by the 9/11 attacks. people across the united states and the world prepare to reflect on the events and remember all those killed and inj

>> reporter: on the morning of september 11th, 2001, lewis and diane were excited getting ready to move into a renovated house in westchester county. diane, a friend of mine for more than 35 years, says her husband did not have to go to work that day. but felt it was important to just go in briefly for a morning meeting. >> do you remember anything about him going to work that morning? >> yes, because we were so giggly and silly. >> reporter: lewis was a senior vice president of a fiduciary trust company, he worked on the 95th floor of the south tower of the world trade center. he called diane from the office that morning asking if the movers had arrived. >> and then he started to reflect a moment and he said oh, my gosh, and i said what, what's wrong and he said oh, i think that plane, i see a plane, it's going to hit the north tower. and i said what? and he said i'm sorry, shine have told you that because you have the movers and you're -- just don't worry about it. i'll call you back. >> so he was afraid he was going to scare you. >> yes. >> and he said he was going to call you back. and then he hung up. >> then he hung up. >> m

hovel county corruption in spain's la paloma island, is widening extending to nautical miles into the sea. fishing boats are docked, bringing the port town to a standstill. fishermen, nicholas and lewis bid es is worried that a giant wave of law could submerge. does the court? we are afraid, we don't know how things will bolt. there is such a reach v o, the versity here, and he's a scary to see that they are evacuated, people in this area with at least 2 active craters. volcanic activity is intensifying. liquid lava is overflowing, and a cloud of ash, shooting for kilometers into the sky. grounding all commercial flights. more villages are being evacuated, putting spain coord eskoville on high alert. from the coast. the volcano sounds like a huge crashing wave in with each explosions. at times comes the sonic boom shaking windows. you can feel it in your body and soaking the wind life in the ocean. the reception is reverberating into the ocean. sensing danger are rare, blue sharks and pilot whales. if the wind 1000 degrees celsius love continues its path to the cold atlantic ocean. scientists predict a thermal shock sending plumes of toxic chemicals into the air, killing many of the

kumasi: firefighters in marin county are making sure no hotspots flareup after this grass fire burned close to homes. the fire chard 44 acres in lewisalley near mount lassa drive. >> we have an air-quality alert, which means it is possible there could be pockets of unhealthy air. overall, our air will be moderate and improving as we head into the weekend. kumasi: we are following a fatal accident in livermore that just cleared out of lanes. the sig alert lifted, which is better news. traffic is starting to improve. the feds are now on the case of mick fleury machines -- mcflurry machines. in an effort to make it easier to fix their own equipment. reggie: there's a growing concern about they vaccine cards as more places that require them -- are requiring them. >> and this morning's gma first look, cracking down on fake vaccination cars. more than a dozen front-line workers in new york charged in an alleged covid vaccination card scheme, accused of forging covid-19 vaccine cards. the manhattan district attorney saying some of the suspects charged with buying the cards work in hospital and nursing home settings. >> it is completely una

lewis hamilton and championship leader max verstappen. birmingham city moved up to fourth in the championship with a 2—0 win over derby county.ies against a leeds side hit by injury and suspension. morgan knowles scored two of the tries. and britain's ethan hayter has retained the overall lead after stage six of the tour of britain — but onlyjust. after taking four—and—a—half hours to cover 123 miles, it boiled down to a sprint finish in gateshead between the top riders. belgium's wout van art won the stage just ahead of hayter, and now trails him byjust four seconds with two stages left. and that's all the sport for now. good evening. with low pressure sitting across the uk today, it has been a showery picture. there have been sunny spells between the showers as we saw in suffolk earlier in the day, but we've also seen a lot of lively showers through the second half of the afternoon across the eastern half of england. the weekend, though, will bring fewer showers for many of us with some sunny spells, but it'll feel fresher. and the reason? the low pressure that's been bringing those showers yesterday and today that's sittin

lewis pena, abc 7 news. amanda: you can keep track of the fires with the abc 7 wildfire tracker that is on abc7news.com. a 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled los angeles countyjust before 8:00 last night. the epicenter was in carson but felt as far as san diego. it caused the marathon refinery to lose power, which led to this massive flaring event. people were concerned but we are told this is a normal safety measure. officials are assuring neighbors they are not in danger. here is one man's reaction. >> everything just went boo. lord, please. i don't want to die this way. amanda: that's the owner of a hair salon who was in the middle of a haircut when the quake hit. lapd not receive any significant reports of damage. let's check with lisa arden for a look at the weather. it is going to be a chilly weekend for us. lisa: we have a lot of cloud cover in advance of a cold front heading our way. a high of 65. we should be at 70 this time of year. we will do an about-face and be well above average monday and for many days next week. i will tell you how much rain we could see coming up. amanda: the grand opening for a healing clinic in oakland. where it is expandi

lewis voting rights advancement act which will repair the damage that was done to the supreme court by the original voting rights act when the supreme court had that terrible decision in 2013, shelby county vs. holder where they struck a blow against the preclearance provision and really opened up the door to all of the voter suppression that we've seen over the last eight plus years. and so i think it's the combination of the two pieces of legislation, both the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act that can get us into a better place. it's my hope that the senate will take up this legislation as early as next week. they'll secure a majority of support plus the vice president, and then they have to confront the realities of the filibuster. if the republicans are going to continue to block fundamental voting rights legislation, then we need a voting rights exception to the filibuster so we can protect our democracy. >> so you think there's any chance that the filibuster will be thrown out? because, you know, at this point if these bills don't pass, i wonder if the democrats can hold the house or the senate. and i think a lot of people wonder if the republica