nment fo help one of the major medical centers in the state of louisiana.nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, even pharmacists. trying to give that louisiana hospital some relief. trying to keep them from falling apart at the scenes. the ap reporting today that hospitals in louisiana are under such intense strain right now because of the ballooning number of very sick people with covid. that some louisiana hospitals have started doing the unthinkable, turning away patients even with heart attacks or stroke. they are patients who need very very timely care, as you know, but there are simply not enough resources to care for everyone at once. this is the doomsday scenario in terms of the u.s. health care system failing, while we are still on a unprecedented new upswing. joining us now is dr. catherine o'neal, chief medical officer of our lady of the lake medical center in baton rouge. the same hospital getting help from that federal team. doctor catherine o'neal. >> thank you for having us. >> you did an interview with a no local news station that i saw

they are either on-site, already, or en route to help both at that university of mississippi medical centerso at another medical facility in the northern part of the state. next door, in louisiana, that state's government has also turned to the federal government for help. a 33-member federal disaster medical assistance team was deployed to baton rouge to our lady of the lake hospital, which is one of the major-medical centers in the state of louisiana. that team has doctors, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, even pharmacists trying to give that louisiana hospital some relief. trying to keep them from falling apart, at the seams. the ap reporting today that hospitals in louisiana are under such intense strain right now because of the ballooning number of very sick people with covid. that some louisiana hospitals have started doing the unthinkable. they have started turning away even patients with heart attacks or strokes which, as you know, are patients who need very, very timely care. but there are simply not enough resources to care for everyone, all at once. this is -- this is

that's near regional medical center not far from 6 ad.girl was playing in her home when she was grabbed by the stranger. the suspect is identified as dupree hornsby of san jose. that's his photo. police say he locked the little girl in a room and assaulted her. they say he did not know the child before this happened. >> one of the few details that we did collect during the investigation. was that this suspect was not known to the residents of that apartment. a complete stranger. and in doing that action entering a home and being so brazen and so assaulted it sports a child of this age. it is completely unacceptable. and i think not only every officer in this department. but every resident in the city would say the same thing. >> police say hornsby was chased out of the house by a member of the little girl's family an officer later found him based on the description given to police. hornsby is now facing 8 counts of felony crimes against a child under the age of 10. time for a look at the forecast as we look live over san francisco's embar

north bay medical center says it is close to capacity and is now restricting most visits. visits with covid patients not expected to survive are limited to an hour. the head of the hospital says unvaccinated people make up at least 80% of cases cases. north bay medical center is offering free vaccinations to anyone who wants one. >>> the delta variant surge is pushing one-state to the limit and requiring masks indoors again. more breakthrough cases including a member of congress. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham tested positive for covid and is showing mild symptoms. he said on twitter he is glad he is vaccinated because he would be feeling a lot worse right now. louisiana is ground zero in the united states right now with the highest infection rate in the country. some hospitals are running out of heads. >> there are no more beds left. these are the darkest days of this pandemic. we are no longer giving adequate care to patients. >> reporter: today, louisiana became the first state to reissue the indoor mask mandate. nearly 80% of u.s. counties are repor

north bay medical center says it is close to capacity and is now restricting most visits. visits with covid patients not expected to survive are limited to an hour. the head of the hospital says unvaccinated people make up at least 80% of cases cases. north bay medical center is offering free vaccinations to anyone who wants one. >>> the delta variant surge is pushing one-state to the limit and requiring masks indoors again. more breakthrough cases including a member of congress. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham tested positive for covid and is showing mild symptoms. he said on twitter he is glad he is vaccinated because he would be feeling a lot worse right now. louisiana is ground zero in the united states right now with the highest infection rate in the country. some hospitals are running out of heads. >> there are no more beds left. these are the darkest days of this pandemic. we are no longer giving adequate care to patients. >> reporter: today, louisiana became the first state to reissue the indoor mask mandate. nearly 80% of u.s. counties are repor

the university of mississippi medical center. and he's talking of course about that state's hospitals just being swamped with sick people, with covid. the exact quote that got so much attention today, he said, if we continue the trajectory we're on, within the next five to seven to ten days, i think we're going to see failure of the hospital system in mississippi. republican governor tate reeves of mississippi has publicly been playing down the severity of the covid situation in his state. saying, there's no reason to panic. everything is fine. there's no panicking. that led to headlines like this one around the state, this is from mississippi today, mississippi lives are at risk, our governor is hiding. led to this headline tonight, with mississippi hospitals near calamity, governor reeves leaves state for republican political event. and that's true, he did. but while the state's governor is, you know, otherwise occupied in telling everything is fine, and criticizing the use of masks, and refusing to talk about any -- refusing t

in a statement, a spokesman wrote santa clara valley medical center, spittle and saint louise regional hospital in gilroy will all comply with california state public health order. >> regional medical center and his sister hospital. good samaritan said they, too will implement the policy effective tomorrow. there was no immediate reply from stanford or other south bay hospitals. but universal compliance is widely expected. >> in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> all right. where you can grab your phone right now. go ahead and scan the qr code on your screen for our continuous coronavirus coverage. it's going take you over to our website. we have updated information about mask mandates, breakthrough cases and much more just go ahead and scan a qr code on your screen. all right. well, still to come, across morning news police are looking for a man after 2 women were sexually assaulted and palo alto. you're looking at that sketch. but more on that coming up. and a hit and run. >> caught on camera in the oakland hills. the victim says he believes the driver was trying to kill it. and

visitors here to san jose's valley medical center or any hospital across the state for that matter will only be allowed access if they've been vaccinated or can show proof of a negative test. >> the mandate was announced last week by the california state department of public health taking a look at the video. we can see that it goes without saying that pretty much everybody in hospital environments are masked up anyway, that said effective tomorrow visitors to any of california's hospitals, public or private will be only allowed access if they're vaccinated against covid-19 or provide evidence of a negative covid-19 test. the order applies to hospitals. skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities. the new statewide policy says all health care facilities either verify that visitors are fully vaccinated with documentation to prove it. those either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated must show proof of a negative test which shows where it was given and proof of was done within 72 hours. in a statement, a spokesman wrote santa clara valley medical center, o'connor hospital

that's the clinical director at the university of mississippi medical center, dr.lan jones, giving that update from the latest, the second parking garage covid ward hospital that's had to be set up in the state of mississippi in the space of a week. we are seeing federal resources increasingly getting tapped now for these mostly southern states of that having these big surges. again, mostly southern but not entirely. in mississippi, we do have dozens of federal health workers from the federal department of health and human services, they're a disaster team that's on site staffing one of the parking garage covid units. in recent days both the state of oregon and state of tennessee announced their national guard would deploy in hospitals in those states to try to backstop very, very, very overstretched medical staffing in the state's hospitals. today at the pentagon briefing which for obvious reasons was mostly about afghanistan, the defense department had to announce their covid response news. defense department announced they have prepared five teams, five disaster

at least 20 medical person from the air force arriving at the university of mississippi medical centerfirst federal help that mississippi as receive. they also got a federal d disaster medical assistant team from health and human services, to set up in staff a field hospital in the parking garage, at the university medical center in jackson. now in addition to that, they have these air force and army personnel arriving to provide further help. there are three vaccines, that have been in use in the united states for months now. pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson. before today, all three of those vaccines were approved under something called emergency use authorization. millions and millions of doses safely administered of all three vaccines. they've all proven to be effective, and keeping you from keeping you infected, if you still get infected they're very effective at reducing the chance of getting dangerous. all the states that are so overrun right now, it's basically because of low uptake of vaccines, in those states. today, interesting progress, for the first time the fda grants

center. a big value added for that states medical system which has been pushed far past its limits. that field hospital though in the basement of the university of medical center is not enough in mississippi. today, mississippi health officials held a press conference to announce that a second field on spittle's being opened in a second parking garage at the university of mississippi medical center. another doctor said that last week the state was on the brink of the states hospital system failing. a reporter today asked him to give an update on that to let people know if that was still the case. this is what he said. >> in the systems of care right now, there are, across the state, makeshift icus, icu patients in hallways, icu patients being held in yards. patients on high flow oxygen and other invasive devices. in terms of the state of the hospital system, we're standing in a garage with field hospitals. i think that speaks to itself. health care in mississippi is not good right now, in terms of what we can do, just from the point of being able to care for the patients, we as phys

when you are seeing a field hospital and a major academic medical center, we are pretty much on the -- you know, at a collapse-type system >> reporter: while the governor declared a state of emergency. >> we find ourselves, today, at or near our peak levels from the previous surges in, both, hospitalizations, as well as in icu patients >> reporter: over in georgia, hospitals continue to be stressed with nearly 90% of the state's intensive-care beds taken. and nationwide, more children are battling the disease. with a record-high number, over 1,900, being hospitalized with covid a reality strongly felt in texas. >> if your child has a heart -- congenital-heart defect or something, needs an icu bed or more than likely, if they have covid, need an icu bed, we don't have one your child will wait for another child to die. >> reporter: in florida, over 6 million residents remain unvaccinated. >> i had 108 patients in my 29-bed er. the 29-year-old emt who came to our hospital, and died of covid this week, left a 5-year-old kid >> reporter: however, the campaign is making progress with near

visitors here to san jose's valley medical center or any hospital across the state for that matter will only be allowed access if they've been vaccinated or can show proof of a negative test. >> the mandate was announced last week by the california state department of public health taking a look at the video. we can see that it goes without saying that pretty much everybody in hospital environments are masked up anyway. that said visitors to any of california's hospitals, public or private will be only allowed access if they're vaccinated against covid-19 or provide evidence of a negative covid-19 test. the order applies to hospitals. skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities. the new statewide policy says all health care facilities either verify that visitors are fully vaccinated with documentation to prove it. those either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated must show proof of a negative test which shows where it was given and proof of was done within 72 hours. in a statement, a spokesman wrote santa clara valley medical center o'connor a hospital and saint louise r

with some of the people running this medical center., all of them, you know, around the same age as those 13 who were killed thursday in that awful suicide bombing outside of kabul international airport. they were describing the enthusiasm among the staff here. this is something i have been hear all week, how much people really want to be involved in getting as many out as they can in this military community. why? because they have such strong connections to the war going on in afghanistan that has been going on for 20 years, and one of the head nurses here said she has been a duty nurse for 20 years and this incident, she reminded her, she said, and even a decade ago, when all the wounded soldiers came in from afghanistan, and doing her best to fix them up and send them on to walter reed, which is what happened last night of the last 31. >> there's no other feeling like that than to know that you stand ready to support service members who have made the call. we're here and we got their back and they can go out and do what their country

air force arriving at the university of mississippi medical center in jackson this weekend. 20 army medicalersonnel headed to north mississippi medical center in tupelo. you will recall this isn't the first federal help mississippi has received. they also got a federal dmat team from health and human services to set up and staff a field hospital in the parking garage at the university medical center in jackson. now in addition to that, they have air force and army personnel arriving to provide further help. there are three vaccines that have been in use in the united states for months now. pfizer, moderna, and johnson & johnson. before today, all three of those vaccines were approved under something called emergency use authorization. millions and millions and millions of doses safely administered of all three vaccines. they've all proven to be effective at keeping you from getting infected. if you do get infected, they very effective of reducing your chances of getting dangerously ill. these states that are so overrun, it's because of low uptake of vaccines in those states, but today, inte

a spokesman for regional medical center and its sister hospital.too, will be implementing that policy there was no immediate response from stanford. some of the other hospital. all hospitals are expected to comply with this order. i'm also told the state is looking into some possible exceptions to yet to be announced exceptions. but beginning tomorrow. if you go to the hospital visits him and you have to be vaccinated or prove that you had a negative test. >> live in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> thank you for that, rob. in the east bay now an effort to combat crime in oakland. the president of the city's chinese chamber of commerce says he's fed up. that nothing is being done to stop violent crime. and now he's calling on governor gavin newsom to declare a state of emergency. kron four's. haaziq madyun has the story. >> california governor gavin newsom seen here walking the fine line observing destruction from recent wildfires. now the governor is being summoned to the city of oakland to help stop another situation that is being described

in a statement, a spokesman wrote santa clara valley medical center, spittle and saint louise regional hospital in gilroy will all comply with california state public health order. >> regional medical center and his sister hospital. good samaritan said they, too will implement the policy effective tomorrow. there was no immediate reply from stanford or other south bay hospitals. but universal compliance is widely expected. >> i'm told the state is still clarifying the policy. to some degree mid some yet to be announced possible exemptions. otherwise the policy will be enforced beginning tomorrow in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news google says its workers who decide to work from home could actually see a pay cut in their checks. >> according to reuters, the tech giant rolled out a new salary structure that could see workers who live in the suburbs that the hardest, the company says workers who previously community and our to city offices would likely see their salaries slashed by as much as 15% if they choose to continue working from home. other tech giants like facebook and twitter h

they own a second facility in san jose, regional medical center. like good sam, they have a low two-star quality rating for medical services. state violations show in 2019, inspectors cited them for failure to provide considerate, respectful care to two separate patients. this failure resulted in one of its patients' remains being held at a local mortuary for 298 days. another patient's remains being held in the hospital morgue for 108 days. >> if they could hold on to remains for that long, how could they not hold on to my baby's? >> reporter: her experience was at good sam's. not at regional. but she feels hca is responsible. a hospital spokesperson sent as you statement saying we should have been more proactive. we are sincerely sorry. >> how could you not value life? it's awful. >> reporter: this inside source worked at regional medical center. the person is speaking anonymously because they're still in the industry. as a coordinator who had direct contact with the facility's morgue, they say for years, they witnessed these problems at least sev

>> no. >> one of two just opened at the university of mississippi medical center this one is funded and staffed by samaritan's purse. 32 beds, all of them for covid patients in need of critical care. you think they'll be full by the end of the evening? >> probably not all of them by the end of the evening because it takes time to accept every one of them. but, you know, by the end of the week. >> reporter: and steps away, new fears that the state's only children's hospital, 28 kids are currently hospitalized, 8 in the icu. >> we're seeing kids who are more ill frequently with severe covid, even children who have not had previous underlying illnesses. >> reporter: donovan evans is 11 years old. he has covid-19, and on monday he was admitted to children's of mississippi >> next month he'll be old enough september the 26th will be his birthday >> reporter: his parents think he got the virus at school. donovan has asthma, and had been wearing a mask, but they say other students did not. >> the school failed us >> it's a lot for an 11-year-old to go through. >> reporter: severe illness and d

he was taken to john muir medical center where he later died. police say all parties involved are cooperating with them. a homicide investigation is underway in concord. bullets could be seen peers through a car door. police say shots were fired around 10 o'clock last night near clayton road officers arrived. they say they found a 22 year-old man shot to death. 2 others were found nearby also suffering from gunshot wounds. details are limited at this time. concord police are asking if you have any information about the shooting to give them a call. >> 17 people from across central florida have been arrested accused of being child predators among the suspects. several employees at disney world. according to the polk county sheriff's office, an undercover sting operation called operation child protector led to the arrest of the suspects. deputies say all of them intended to engage in activity with what they believed were children. but instead they encountered undercover officers in total. the suspects face 48 felony charges and 2 misdemeanors. 9 o

jeanne says that for several years now the city has had similar contracts with john muir medical center and the apple store downtown in regard to apple. it almost completely quenched the grab and went ran issues that they were having that store, that they're nearly gone. they almost don't happen. all in the police department says vehicles tied to major retail thefts outside of the city have been captured on surveillance cameras outside nordstrom. the score continue to employ private security in addition to the new agreement with police officers will begin the new shift next week in walnut creek phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> in pleasant hill. a man was shot and killed last night after police say he was vandalizing cars banging on windows trying to get into homes. it happened on shadow mountain quarter camelback road and plus. police say there were gunshots. they found an intruder had been shot in the living room of a home. he later died at a hospital. other neighbors also reported a man behaving or radically trying to get into houses. the intruder shooting is the 3rd such incident

families we spoke to had, not just for good samaritan but for its sister facility, too, regional medical centersan jose, both owned by hc health care. we spoke to the family members that uncovered health violations showing staff at both hospitals mishandled patient bodies, multiple of them. in one case state record show failures by regional medical staff resulting in a patient's remains being left at a motuary for nearly 300 days. staff was also accused of losing a woman's small body because it was stacked under a large one for days. we spoke to her daughter who says after years she is still shaken up. >> you lose someone as important as a mom, you try to find peace, and -- sorry. i mean they just took that. >> i mean you can see why she is so upset. so how did you even find out about this? >> jess, we came across these cases after reporting on good sam, all of the other reports. first we found the lawsuit detailing the woman's body stacked underneath another woman. we found out about that. while we were reporting that one, a woman called who had been following our reporting, saying something s

karen tables and, chief medical offer for marin health medical center. first the report in bloomberg about herd immunity, experts talking about 80, maybe 90% to combat the delta. what do you think about that? >> we don't know exactly what number is needed to reach herd immunity, and the bloomberg report is credit for people who have the covid infection but are not vaccinated. we know you'll get a much stronger immune response from vaccination, so we don't believe that infection, previous infection should be a proxy. we also don't want to encourage people to contract covid instead of being vaccinated. so our goal is vaccination and we don't know exactly the precise number for herd immunity is, but we can say we need more shots in arms. this current delta spike that we are seeing in the bay area, which is much worse than other parts of the country, just points to the fact that if you are eligible to be vaccinated, please go get the shot. don't say oh, i've had covid, that's going to help towards herd immunity. the message is get vaccinated. >> it's not jus

self, one relative says she brought him here to alto bates medical center, and that she hasn't seen him since. did you see him? brian lawrence's family is searching for him passing out flyers this stop a homeless encampment in berkeley. they tell me the 56 year old vanished after being discharged from the hospital monday night at eight o'clock. they say he suffers from schizophrenia and dementia down to my very pit. i'm concerned, i'm worried. i know how he functions. family members say lawrence has the mental capacity of a five year old. so when did they come into your apartment? oh i'd say seven. they say he's paranoid, often imagines that people are following him. one relative says she drove him to er at al to bates summit medical centre in berkeley monday afternoon. she says his ankles were swollen. he had complained of pain in his neck. she says she wasn't allowed into the hospital when he checked in because of covid restrictions. she says she went home and called al to base repeatedly to ask when he would be discharged, but found out he had been sent home before she could pick him

visitors here to san jose's valley medical center or any hospital across the state for that matter will allowed access if they've been vaccinated or can show proof of a negative test. >> the mandate was announced last week by the california state department of public health taking a look at the video. we can see that it goes without saying that pretty much everybody in hospital environments are masked up anyway, that said effective tomorrow visitors to any of california's hospitals, public or private will be only allowed access if they're vaccinated against covid-19 or provide evidence of a negative covid-19 test. the order applies to hospitals. skilled nursing facilities. an intermediate care facilities. the new statewide policy says all health care facilities either verify that visitors are fully vaccinated with documentation to prove it. those either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated must show proof of a negative test which shows where it was given and proof of was done within 72 hours. in a statement, a spokesman wrote santa clara valley medical center, o'connor hospital and sain

medical center has a lot of heft.he beds. it's a matter of all of the nursing staff across the different hospitals in the state of texas. a lot of nurses and hospital staff are exhausted too and have left their post over the last year and a half. so this is another thing to keep in mind. it's not just the beds, it's the trained people that know how to work the respirators and very sophisticated equipment as patients get sicker and sicker. >> right. if you overwhelm the hospitals, not only do you run out of space potentially but you also run out of workers to take care of those patients. >> and, jim, by the way, that's -- remember, that's what we saw in south texas last summer. that's where the mortality -- that's when mortality shoots up is when our icus get overwhelmed. imagine if this starts happening with pediatric icus. >> i can't even think about that. let me switch gears to college kids, because a lot of college kids are going back to school or entering college for their first year. we're used to hearing stories

doctor lopez is the director of the mcallen medical center.go home at the end of a 12-hour shift. she and her hospital are overwhelmed by unvaccinated migrants many who are covid positive and very ill. is that overburdening the system in the hospital? >> things got a little bit hectic and we're making plans. we are working extra shifts. we're planning to get help soon from this because the cases are increasing very much, fast. we deal with suffering, we deal with pain, we deal with loss, but this is my first time that i see people suffering alone and the only face and hands and only optimistic word that they can have is from us, from the nurses. i mean, i think that this is a time where you really -- realize that this is what you are made for. >> dr. lopez said many of her fellow staff have gotten sick and died. as a group they mourn but still shoulder on, anxious, worried, but dedicated. >> i had one that had a trauma and really the reason for admission was trauma. when he came into the hospital he was positive for covid. in the hospital deve

at the entrance of regional medical center in san jose signs the effective august 11th.ndate requires all visitors to show proof of the vaccine or a negative test result within 72 hours. it's not just this hospital, but all hospitals in the state. obviously our hospitals and acute care settings. i still national facilities are. high risk settings. um our tolerance f

self, one relative says she brought him here to alto bates medical center, and

we are doing what we can do here at the medical center. we announced a couple of weeks ago that until the vaccine is approved and completely out from under the eua, that we have a phased-in approach requiring our employees and students are vaccinated or wearing n95 masks. once the vaccine is out from under the eua and fully approved from the fda, then we will require it just like we do with a lot of other vaccinations. but it is tough. it is a tough sell in this state. >> you know, normally people also have a really strong feeling about staying alive, right, and keeping their kids alive. i honestly -- and i don't mean to say that to be facetious. i cannot understand these sort of vehemence and rage around being told just do this thing to keep yourself safe, wear a mask or get vaccinated. at least wear a mask. as a, you know, as somebody you said on the medical side of the world, can you understand why someone would take such a hard-core, angry opposition to staying safe and alive? >> you know, we've got a lot of folks in mississippi that s

this clinic as operated by united medical center of afghan doctors.ave many people with digestion problems, dysentery, diarrhea, malnutrition. also some of the respiratory problems. it increases day by day. particularly among the refugees, tb, skin disease and other contagious diseases are increasing. those diseases which relate to the living conditions of the refugees do not change. there is no unified preventive program against these diseases for all of the refugees. and therefore bring these diseases. our main problem is obtaining the necessary and needed medicine and supplies so we are not able to treat a patient if it's necessary or required for your always faced with the shortages. you do not have enough to treat the refugees. muhammad is a commander in northern afghanistan. the boys are very brave and they are very strong. they always fight in g hawed. many places we are fighting with the enemy these boys did not leave their position. many of them have been killed in the battle. they could have a run and escaped but they stood there steadfast.

imagine having a medical center near your hotel room, where you have doctors, pharmacy, even room servicemixed use always makes sense when you are building new structures in terms of amenities. sometimes in my professional career, i am getting ready for one set of challenges and it is not what i expect. the planet is also facing climate change, other rushers. how are you sure that you are building the building of the future when you're not sure what is coming at you? daniel: when we look at climate change, in florida, we have been dealing with hurricanes, climate. our buildings are structured for major hurricanes, over 200 mile-per-hour wind. the glass are put in wind tunnels, they throw materials at the glass. you are not going to be able to break it with a hammer. we are prepared for any kind of climate issues, whether it is climate change or sea level rise. we have addressed those concerns. matt: unfortunately, that was the fun part, and i have to get to the difficult part of the interview with you. when it comes to masking, you have a governor who wants to make it more of a personal c

they are were brought here yesterda yesterday,, they're now at the medical center. ur care by a trauma surgeon and an anesthesiologist. so this air base is very much qualified to deal with the evacuations with the evacuees and the medevac care of the service men. kim. >> thank you so much, atika shubert at ramstein air base. appreciate it. you can learn how to help refugeesgy going to c cnn.com/impact. >>> the man convicted of assassinating rfk could soon be a free man. as the kennedy support the release of their father's killer. stay with us. with skin-strengthening nutrients and moisturizers... ...that help rebuild your skin with every shower. before treating your chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more, you're not the only one with questions about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start, with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injectio

we spoke with some unvaccinated patients on the covid ward at a jackson hospital, baptist medical center recently. they were all on breathe mag sheens, struggling to survive. listen. >> reporter: you were more concerned about the vaccine than the disease and now you say you regret it. >> exactexactly. that's right. >> reporter: you wish you had gotten the vaccine. >> exactly. >> reporter: all of those p patients who were unvaccinated who are sick now said they all plan to get the vaccine if they do recover and get out of the hospital. looking ahead to schools reopening here in this state, the governor has said there cannot be a mask mandate in schools here. we know children are 12 are not eligible for the vaccine and their cases are spiking. the positivity rate for children under 12 is 18.1%. the governor here is not going to allow a mask mandate. he said it's freedom of choice for parents. if schools defy that order, they risk losing funding. they could be ineligible for grants. it's certainly a situation for the government here against many parents who might want their children masked

debris flew off the medical center in new orleans. hospitals across the area continue treating patients even in the hazardous conditions. >> we have considerable amount of damage to htal . >> on cbs this ink hoital sayslansns children's to evacuate patients because of pour concerns. >> we currently have fuel for emergency generation to last about another four days. we don't know what our ability will be to get additional fuel in. >> we are only now seeing up close the devastation left in ida's path. brick buildings like this one in downtown new orleans were completely reduced to rubble. >> officials say they are working to use generators to pump storm water out and drinking water in as ida leaves a trail of damage across louisiana and mississippi fema officials say it will be weeks before the power is fully restored across the area. >> a mandatory curfew has been put in place so people will stay off the roads and let the emergency crews through. officials stay duration of this storm pummelled the area for hours as a category 4 is what

their 3rd dose of vaccine associate chief medical officer of the santa clara valley medical center. doctor jennifer tong. >> says this person qualified because they're on medication that suppresses the immune system. some examples of people that would qualify or organ transplant recipients and people in cancer treatment. >> but we know is that those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised likely didn't have as much of a response to those first 2 doses of vaccine. the 3rd dose is only for those who received the moderna or pfizer vaccine. this group is at a higher risk of all illnesses and infections, but especially something as contagious. >> as covid-19 and the delta variant. but we're trying to do is we're trying to catch this vulnerable population up. >> to the vaccine response that the rest of us likely had doctor tong says right now the majority of people hospitalized with covid-19 are unvaccinated. >> but they're seeing some immunocompromised people who are vaccinated experiencing severe breakthrough cases as well. we have had a handful of cases of vaccinated individual

we've seen hhs with a field hospital in the parking garage at the mississippi medical center.saw a small navy team dispatched to a small hospital in lafayette. they're going to be able to staff 16, 18, 20 beds maybe. tell us about the match between the magnitude of the problem that you're living through and what kind of external resources might make a dent, might help. >> well, i think right now we do need help from outside, no doubt about that. and we have a phenomenal leader of our alabama department of public health, scott harris, who was in meetings all day today with a white house representative, a vaccine coordinator fleerd the white house, who's here in alabama, and this was one of the lead issues they were discussing throughout the day today. he's going to be here tomorrow as well. we welcome the input if there the white house and from the national level to be able to try to get us the resources that we need. and in addition to that, i will say this in a somewhat hopeful kind of way. we have seen this play out, maybe not to this extent in our part of the country, but w

fighting for control of different territories we've arrived in the ship very district the. 7 medical medical center in new york and then you put about 10 hitters of puppy fields to be cut down today at least them to the plant. it wasn't obvious from a far where the fields in question were, but it turns out that puppies come in for colors in this region, that white we only have 2 l to complete the operation before news of it filters through to the taliban, or them particularly zealous isis opponents. the locals are much more afraid of them than of the police. ah, some i got them all the way by say by yes up with our family. is that about the mark from beginning to mark your function? you know, what was it was we soon spotted our old friends. they willingly surrendered the field and so the authorities have no claim against them. at least that's the official line. why though, didn't the police simply wait a little longer so that they couldn't stand arrest the people who actually harvest the puppy? that remains a mystery. may not live for me because i saw that too much. but the one on madonna telling m

matt, you spoke with doctors and nurses at the medical center where you have some 31 service members suicide attack at the airport. they're now being treated there. what are they telling you? >> reporter: actually, they were telling me some of the same stuff i've been hearing from the members of this huge military community, this sprawling community of people that i've been hearing all week since i've been here. they've been saying that everybody wants a piece of this. they are so concerned about afghanistan and it really just points to the depth of feeling this military community has. we were talking about something like 55,000 americans living around here. all of them have been deeply touched by the wars in afghanistan and iraq. it really just goes to show how profoundly touched by the images they're seeing on television all of these people are. we heard these 31 -- and they're not all uniformed soldiers. ten of them, we heard, were afghan civilians who were collected from the debris of this horrible bombing and also brought along with about 20 service members also critically wound

aid ye an broadus is in the parking garage at the university of mississippi medical center. it is beginning to take patients in this morning as well. what more are we seeing on the ground? >> reporter: well right now they continue to set up here and that overflow hospital is being set up to relief the strain from the emergency department behind me. i want to take you inside, but for now use your imagination. if you walk into the ground level of the parking garage here, where you would normally see cars parked, there are at least 20 beds. these beds are going to be used to treat low acuity covid-19 patients. and for so of the staff here it is like deja vu and it is happening again. and there is a big plea from health officials for everyone to get the vaccine. listen in. >> when you're seeing a field hospital and a planlor academic medical center, we're pretty much on the -- at the collapse type system. >> almost 8,000 mississippians have died have covid. how many have died from the vaccine? zero. we haven't verified a single death. >> reporter: as of yesterday, the health dep

. >>> our next guest is the chief medical officer at conway medical center in south carolina. health care facility s.e.a.l. se just put the covid 19 tests back up after take them down last may. dr. paul richardson joins me now. seeing the tents go back up, you said it was like a gut punch and this is because you're seeing a rise in covid-19 patients and i'm guessing many of them unvaccinated, doctor. >> yeah, erica, we sure are. we have seen a tremendous increase over the last few couple of weeks, ten days we've gone from single-digit admitted patients to this morning we have 31 admitted covid positive cases so a tremendous increase over the last ten, 11 or so days. >> i imagine for your staff, you said it was a gut punch, there are so many that i have spoken with since the start of the pandemic who were exhausted a year ago. to see the tents again, how are they holding up at this point, your staff. >> i'll tell you, the staff at conway medical center have been phenomenal. i mean, every single person on this christampus has gone above beyond. a and i can't say how proud i am a