i said we got to get this out of memphis. i am not taking no for an answer. >> reporter: less than a week before the event when it becomes clear the supplies may not make it in time, marie turns to help to people she knew could get things done. members of the rotary club. rotary president barry vickery used to live in tennessee and knew people who knew people. >> it was an incredible network, bing, bing and one person says well, i don't know what it is but i am going to go call this person and you will get a call from somebody and you may get an e-mail from this person and we are going to do this. >> reporter: three memphis rotary clubs spraying into action and even executive from fedex involved. arranging a driver pulling up hours ahead of the children and their families. walter was the driver's name. >> i don't know how he's still standing. he must have been exhausted. he had a big grin and what he said was i heard you really needed this by tomorrow. it was -- it is overwhelming. >> reporter: so the 2021 grade school supply

annemarie, tell me that was like the memphis miracle. can you explain a little well about 2 weeks ago we found out that the school supplies we have ordered. we're stuck in memphis and we reached out to the local sunnyvale rotary club who connected us with 3 rotary clubs in memphis. >> and the miracle happened. they connected us with executives at federal express and made sure that the supplies got here driving up all night long. all day long to get here at 7 o'clock on sunday so that we could be ready at 8 o'clock this morning. every child here is going to get a gift card for $100. they can go and get backpacks and shoes that they need. and the school supplies that are going to be ready for them so that they can be ready to learn in the fall and we were so disappointed that they were stuck in memphis and this truly was a miracle of the communities coming together. we now have a network of fabulous people in memphis and we hope that if ever they need something in california that will be ready to help them as well. ok. thank you very now.

and get an e-mail from this person and we're going to do this. >> reporter: three memphis rotary clubs sprang into action and even executives at fedex got involved, arranging for a lone driver to make the mad 2,000 mile dash across country, pulling up just hours ahead of the children and their families. walter was the driver's name. >> i don't know how he was still standing. he must have been exhausted, but he had a big grin and what he said was, i heard you really needed this by tomorrow. and there was -- i still -- it's overwhelming. >> reporter: so the 2021 great school supply rescue mission was a success. and hundreds of children in need entered this school year a little better prepared thanks to a network of strangers across the country who really delivered. >> reporter: after all the supplies were off loaded off the truck, the staff asked him what they could do for him. he said he just needed a place to sleep, so he parked his rig right outside and they called local public safety and said, hey, just leave walter alone and let him sleep there. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>>

look, in tennessee, only six counties are implementing mandatory mask mandates, including mine and memphis. but only two of those counties are democratic strongholds. so you do see republican counties, like williamson county, being responsible in implementing mask mandates

we do have to do the things that memphis did. we have to decrease the number of students per classroom. improve the ventilation. we have to have outdoor time where they can take their masks off. those are important items to have. and i think that's the right approach. i don't think abandoning schools is the right thing to do at the moment. and by the way, those plexiglas items around desk are a waste of money. better to get hepa filters and improve the ventilation in schools and that's going to be a much better way of going. decreasing the time kids are in the hallways with each other, passing is also probably another important element. and, of course, when you can vaccinate them, in high school and getting all the teachers and staff vaccinated, are also important elements to happen. >> get vaccinated. that is my takeaway. dr. emmanuel, morgan, maura, thank you. >>> from around the country to washington now, we've got to take a look. the bipartisan infrastructure bill is one step closer to the finish line. leigh ann caldwell is t

looked better when shipped from supplier in indiana, pennsylvania, to warehouse in memphis, tennesseethen -- >> they were sitting there and sitting there. shipping company was clearly overcome with orders and lack of drivers. >> reporter: suddenly this one delivery became marie's full-time obsession. >> we've got to get this out of memphis, not taking no for an answer. >> we need to start now. >> reporter: less than a week before the event, when it was becoming clear the supplies might not make it in time, marie turned for help to people who could get things done, members of her local rotary club. president used to live in tennessee and knew people who knew people. >> it was just incredible network, bing, bing, bing. one person said i don't know what it is but going to call this person. you'll get a call from somebody and may get email from this person, we're going to do this. >> reporter: three memphis rotary clubs sprang into action and executives at fedex got involved, arranging for lone driver to make mad dash across country, pulling up just hours ahead of the children and their f

i'm from tennessee, a small town about 25 miles east of memphis.'m here to honor my great-great grandfather. he was fromton. so he enlisted in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. >> could you tell us a little bit about your ancestor what you know? >> what i know about him. he mustered in 1863 in tennessee, and he mustered out 1866. he was with the fifth and ninth regiment and in the battle of bryce's crossroads and had expeditions in mississippi. he also helped protect the country bank camp in memphis, so he was there for a while. he also had another expedition in tupelo. he was in tupelo. he had quite a few areas that he gone to and served. he was a canon shooter. so by the time he had gotten out, he did have some hearing problems, but other than that -- >> now what he did after the war >> not after the war. listening to my great-great aunt, i asked her what job that he had and she said oh, baby he didn't have a job. and he was soldier. he fought in the civil war. so that was his job. so that's the only thing that i knew about him. as far as

he also helped protect the country band camp in memphis. so he was there for a while and he also had another expedition in. tupelo he was in tupelo. so he he had quite a few areas that he had gone to and served. was a cannon shooter. so by the time he had gotten now he did hearing problems, but other than that, you know what he did after the war not after the war listening to my great great. aunt i ask her what job did he had and she said oh, baby he didn't have a job he wasn't a soldier he folded in the civil war so that was his job, so that's the only thing that i knew about him as far as the census goes it said that he his occupation before mustering in was was a farmer, but other than that after the war, that's all we know. and so you're going to walk down pennsylvania avenue. yes, i am so i will be walking down pennsylvania honoring my great great grandfather. so it will be a great adventure tell us about your organization. what do you do on a regular basis? well on a regular basis we have members most of the members are reenactor, but

new signing memphis depay opened the scoring after only 3 minutes.th a header early in the 2nd half — but they saved the best to last with riqui puig firing in their third in stoppage time. 3—0 to barcelona as they win their annual pre—season joan gamper trophy. mexican golfer abraham ancer has won the wgc invitational event in memphis after coming through a three—way play—off against the masters champion hideki matsuyama and sam burns of the usa. he's the first mexican to win a wgc event. the overnight leader harris english slipped out of contention by shooting a 3—over—par 73 which took him back to 15—under—par for the championship — and that meant he didn't even make the play—off. matsuyama, meanwhile, came from 9 shots back in his final round to keep his hopes alive — with burns and ancer joining him on 16—under—par, to make it into the play—off. it was ancer who sealed the win with a birdie at the 2nd extra—hole — and the victory takes him up to 6th in the fedex cup standings. the canadian tennis open in toronto returns this week after its absen

. >> i said we've got to get this out of memphis. i'm not taking no for an answer. >> it was an operation that involved three rotary clubs in two states, executives at fed ex and one willing driver. the cross country mission to get bay area kids much needed school supplies. series, we shared many stories of daring rescues, people being saved. this story is different but just as important. we have the story of the great school supply rescue benefitting some very deserving bay area students. >> what we're doing today is we actually got bags of food ready to go, prepacked. >> reporter: of all the things sunnyvale community services does, executive director marie bernard says the yearly school supply give away is one of her favorites. >> this is one of the most important and joyful events of the year. >> reporter: so when nearly 2,000 boxes of school supplies were ordered ahead of this year's giveaway it looked good. it looked good when the boxes were shipped from the supplier in indiana, pennsylvania to a warehouse in tennessee but then

they've found their shot but you talk about the memphis grizzlies. we're taking on spain?rs ricky rubio. these are two teams that know so much about each other. we played them in 2008, 2012 in the gold medal games and the semi-final in 2016 in rio. spain wants to get past team us and there's passionate guys on both sides team usa can take what they did against the czech republic and iran it will take every single guy from starters to the bench they're going to have their moment this is going to be the biggest test >> i am excited. >> i'll see you later. >> i'll see you in a bit. >>> the olympic weight lifter laurel hubbard may not have made the podium but she did make history. the weightlifter from new zealand became the first openl transgender woman to compete in any games. she didn't compete -- complete any of her three lifts but she got applause from people in the room hubbard competed in men's events before quitting the sport years ago. some athletes have questioned whether she should be allowed to compete in women's events saying she has an unfair advantage. after com

from montgomery to memphis past police dogs, mobs and fire hoses listening to thoughts and hopes and fears. the author of four books of poetry in his poems appear in many publications including "the new york times" magazine and the los angeles times receiving multiple nominations and the 2012 library poetry prize for hisis poem. and was the mother of god. by broad potomac sure great poems in the early days of the nation's capital by tim roberts is the anthology of poems by both well-known and overlooked poets working and living in the capital from the city's founding in 1800 to 1930. included our poems by celebratedit writers such as francis scott key, walt whitman and frederick douglass as well as the work of lesser-known poets. kim roberts is the author of a literary guide to washington dc walking inlk the footsteps of american writers from francis scott key and five books of poems most recently the scientific method political af the hybrid book of poetry and prose focusing on topics such as race, corruption, gun violence police brutality reproductive freedom in sexual harassment a

here in memphis, there are six kids at this children's hospital in pediatric icu. and this is something that doctors are concerned about as hospitals are fuller than they normally are for children during the summer and as we lead into the school season. as kids were going back to school fully masked up to prevent these cases, but what we're seeing here in tennessee is that 10% of those new cases are coming from kids that are under 10 years old, the kids that cannot get vaccinated. when i spoke with dr. randolph at the shelby county health department, he said that he is extremely disappointed because all of this could have been prevented if more people had been vaccinated. only 37% of people in the county here are vaccinated. and what is more, and more concerning, during the month of july, after the republican statehouse pushback, they were ordered to halt any outreach to minors when it comes to vaccination via social media, they canceled any vaccine events on school grounds during the month of july leading up to going back to school. and that has since been reinsta

and "raising king" by joseph - parton move jr from coming to memphis, mobs, police dogs and fire hoses. and listen to his thoughts and his fears and his hopes. joseph ross is an author of four books of poetry in his poems appear in many publications. including the new york times magazine in the los angeles times and he has received multiple nominations and when that 2012 library little review, poetry prize for his poems. his many was the mother of god. "by broad potomac's shore" great poems from the early days of our nation's capitol, by kim roberts and by both well-known and overlooked poet. working and living in the capitol in the city's 18 hundreds to 1930. included are poems by celebrated writers such as francis - walt whitman and frederick douglass as well as the work of lesser-known poet. kim roberts is the author of the literary guide from washington dc. walking in the footsteps of american writers from francis to others. in five books of poems. it and most recently, the scientific method. political af, "political af" by tara campbell is a hybrid book of poetry. the collection f

now joining us ly from memphis, tennessee, here on the international very good evening from moscow to usa, is beijing rights, to be outraged by this study into the origins of the virus. absolutely, this is clearly a politicized effort from a government that repeatedly has proven itself possible. the china u. s. has been an incredible source of missed information about china most before and during the pandemic about many different issues. and certainly about the origins of covered, maintain congressional republicans loyal to trump. recently released to report their own report, the choosing china lab. and we have this, this new report from the intelligence community that is well known for lying openly to the american people and the international community to advance american strategic entrance. remember, all 7 is given to the un security council just by invading iraq after 911. and even when this intelligence community isn't lying, it often get things horribly wrong, like american prospect from progress in the past 20 years. so those who trust the american mission now whatever it is, do

fifty-three years ago martin luther king was assassinated in memphis. what lessons can we learn from king? >> goodness, a lot. my mind immediately goes to i think some of his thinking that the dream language the march on washington speech in particular is commonly known language really sort of ignores what people refer to as the whitewashing of king. think about his critique of american culture and what he calls the giant triplets of militarism, poverty and racism. most americans have no idea of the complicated, thoughtful know what's critique of the american culture and really in some ways the international order that he makes through those three doors of militarism, consumerism and poverty. andd racism. there is a ton they are to think about, to read, and to learn from. and i think that provides us a lens through which to seeee our own country and see the world. and some ways just describing a little more honestly and a little more accurately. we can make a better cultural decisions about who was a statue we put on a pedestal in a circle. or who we na

that's because the school supplies were stuck in memphis for 3 weeks executive director maria bernard club and got help. >> i sent out messages to 3 big rotary clubs in memphis and she started getting phone calls and e-mail messages from arrived last night sunday at 7 o'clock. >> that's why sunnyvale community services is calling this the memphis miracle 1600 low income pre-register sonny bill students will get started kids for the school year and target gift cards in sunnyvale. yulia sevice kron 4 news. >> 9.42 the time. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ find a fridge that fits your budget. and your good taste. explore the showrooms of style at lowe's. shop exclusive hisense appliances. >> 9.45 right now and we are talking a limb picks there been a couple of big stories coming out this morning about the u.s. women women. the winning goal jade carey on the floor and simone biles coming back for one final time to do the ballots without scream. that will be tomorrow night. and as we continue to track all things competition wise. we're also taking this week is an opportunity to explore the host c

maura barrett in memphis for us. maura, thank you. let me bring in dr.nahid bhadelia, infectious disease specialist, msnbc contributor. dr. bhadelia, i was going to start with a different question. but 7 1/2% of those that are eligible have gotten the vaccine among -- between 12 and 18. that's a disaster. i'm curious, are we tracking the vaccine status of the parents of children that have been hospitalized? >> i have not seen that, the studies, household contact is what you're really looking for, how did kids get sick that are hospitalized. i have not seen those studies. what you are seeing is that this is a highly transmissible variant and so more kids are getting infected. and even if the percentage of kids who may be unvaccinated that get hospitalized might be smaller than a vulnerable high-risk adult who's unvaccinated getting hospitalized, but the sheer number of kids who are now vulnerable who are unvaccinated who are getting sick is increasing the percentage of people, percentage of kids who actually end up in the hospital. and add to that anecdot

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seeing is they exist in other places, they might exist in a local park from monument existing in memphistime so they should be common ground with city park even along monument avenue before anything was removed, it was supposed to bee a public space, meant to be shared space but notot really. visiting a friend last november she said black folks never felt comfortable in those spaces, she's african-american, didn't feel comfortable in these spaces so it's not common ground, it's not shared some people are okay with that. like that's fine, we don't need you anyway but not on a cityscape, not in a city, none of these cities that are talking about models of diversity, they are not looking at the ways in which their city might be marked by confederate memorial, confederate street names and the like. i think some cities like even the one i live in in charlotte has been reckoning with that, what do we do? what we do with this confederate memorial landscape? >> i'm not going to answer -- not going to ask you to answer that question, i told people the history, we just have a few minutes left but

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the thing that doctors are looking at is the fact that the community here in shelby county where memphisnated. the number of fully vaccinated adults sits at about 37%. i spoke with a doctor this morning about the types of cases they're seeing. take a listen. >> our vaccination rate unfortunately is not where we want it to be here in shelby county and the surrounding areas. i think that's fuelling the delta variant. we've seen completely healthy kids come in and be admitted. what we've seen with our patients that have some comorbidities we've seen it present pretty quickly. >> reporter: he said healthy kids and kids with comorbidities, other doctors mentioning memphis is a diverse urban population. so those issues around racial lines applies to kids too, but he did emphasize these are healthy children he's seeing as well. dr. fauci mentioned anybody spending time around kids should be vaccinated because these younger kids can't be. >> it is so frustrating and scary to think about a children's hospital being full by the end of the week. then you think about what's happening in the state of

it was to march from memphis to jacksonville mississippi. then they would go into the community's purpose was to register voters. and is there that they began to go around the confederate monuments. the statutes are in the town squares, the center of town are they are on courthouse lawn. which is also where people like maybe register to vote, at the courthouse. it is a confrontation with confederate monuments in its reclamation of the state that confederate monuments sit on. and they have dominated for so long. and so once you see that happening, and then by 1970s, you begin to see individuals who are civil rights veterans are being elected to the local city councils for the first time. they begin to challenge with the representatives of government now and they're going to challenge these monuments on the courthouse lawn. bjorn: a great topic, one of the people that you talk about is harvey, from charlottesville. karen: charlotte's. it's easy to confuse. bjorn: the things that harvey did in the city. karen: right so harvey began, maybe peopl

. >> morgan chess can i is outside a hospital in austin, texas, and mark barrett at a hospital in memphis, tennessee. morgan, governor abbott is asking other states for help in texas. some hospitals are setting up overflow tents. what is the situation like on the ground there? >> reporter: getting worse by the day. multiple professionals over the state are saying this time around it's not a ppe problem. this is a health care provider problem, a staffing problem felt in almost every corner of the state. we know at last check, there are six icu beds open here in the greater austin area for a population that sits around 1 million people to the north and the metroplex, we have less than 100 beds available for a population that touches about 8 million people. we do know that they hopefully should be getting reinforcements sooner than later from a staffing standpoint but in the meantime, we are seeing those tents open up across this state. the governor has also said that he plans to open antibody infusion centers. those will treat the covid patients who may not necessarily have to spend days in

our pediatric hospital in downtown memphis currently has at least nine children in the intensive careis not an adult disease anymore. and to opt to allow children and parents to opt out of a mask mandate in schools is putting all of our children directly in harm's way. not only the children but their families. more vulnerable populations. our hospitals are full. we have nowhere to treat these patients. and health care workers are also very tired. >> and so here you are, raising these alarms as i mentioned. you're part of the state covid task force which was put together in march of last year. when's the last time you all met? >> i can't exactly remember, but i believe it was either june or july of 2020. >> so more than a year ago is the last time you met. why is that? >> well, i don't know what the goal of the task force was to begin with. normally a task force is a various group of diverse people coming together to develop ideas and solve problems, and that's not really what this task force was about. we were never asked for our expertise or advice. and so the whole purpose of it is

in other places they might exist in a local park like theal nathan bed for forest that existed in memphisne point. thatat there was and so should e common ground with city park and even monument avenue in richmond before anything was removed was supposed to be a public space and meant to be shared space but is not really and visiting a friend last november in black folks never felt comfortable in the spaces she's african-american and said she didn't feel comfortable in these spaces. it's not common ground and is not shared and there will be people that say that is fine we don't need you anyway but not on a city that are -- say that they are talking about the models of example. for those sorts of things and they're not really looking at the ways in which their city might be marked by confederate memorials, confederate street names and alike. i think some cities like even the one in charlotte has been rocketing with that, what do we do with this confederate memorial landscape. >> i'm not going to ask you the answer to i that question, the book does i told people in the history books but we

exist in other places, they might exist in a local park like the bedford forrest monument existed in memphis at one point. those are also should be common ground for city parks. and even along the monument avenue in richmond, before ,anything was removed. it was supposed to be public space read is meant to be shared space but is not really. i was visiting a friend once in november and she said, they never felt comfortable in those spaces the blacks and she's african-american. she suggested and feel comfortable these d cases. and so as not, graham, it is not shared. it is not shared and some people are okay with that brady some people say that's fine we don't need you anyway. not a cityscape. some of the cities that are you know, they are talking about the models of diversity for example. those sorts of things and not really looking at the ways in which their city might be marked marked by confederate street know,are memorials or you and the like. i think that some cities like you know what i live in charlotte, has been reckoning with that. what do we do, when we deal with the confederate mem

look, in tennessee, only six counties are implementing mandatory mask mandates, including mine and memphisrongholds. so you do see republican counties, like williamson county, being responsible in implementing mask mandates while their legislative friends are trying to -- we are playing with children's lives. we are in the midst of a pandemic. a lot of these children cannot even get the vaccine because they are not over 12 years old. so let's stop playing political football with peoples lives and do the right thing. it's that simple. >> why do you think this is happening? you're there on the, ground we talk about it every day on tv because it's happening in louisiana, in texas, in florida, but what's the motivation? your close to these folks, why? >> you know in my personal opinion, i think it's another way to try to implement a voucher program. tennessee is one of the states that was really forthright about trying to implement vouchers and those guys struck a. down now we're trying to use this pandemic to as a way to create another school district so there's parents that can send their ki

he had expeditions in mississippi and he also helped protect the camp in memphis. he was there for a while and he had another expedition in tupelo he wasn't tupelo. so he had quite a few areas that he had gone to and served. he was a cannon shooter. so he did have some hearing problems by the time he was done but other than that. do >> you know what he did after the war? >> not after the war, but listening to my great great and i asked her what job he had and she said baby he didn't have a job. he was a soldier. he fought in the civil war. that was his job, and that's the only thing i knew about him. they said that his occupation before that was a farmer. other than that after the war, that's all we know. >> and so you're going to walk down pennsylvania avenue? >> yes i will be walking down pennsylvania avenue to honor my great great grandfather. so this is a great adventure. >> >> tell us about your organization, what do you do? >> on a regular basis we have members and most of the most are reenactments but we have teachers and historians and we have the african i

but in hot spots like memphis, almost one in four new cases are kids under 17. >> now we're seeing more kids who are symptomatic and more kids being hospitalized due to the delta variant. >> tonight cities and states are issuing more mask mandates, including california and oregon hawaii's governor limiting social gatherings and california asking school staff to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing. meanwhile, governors in seven states banning mask mandates in schools, including texas and florida. >> we believe that the parent rather than the government should ultimately be able to make that decision >> reporter: in texas, districts fighting the same battle, facing threats of fines >> our goal really is to keep school open. >> reporter: susana cordova, deputy superintendent of dallas school district says when it came to the more than 140,000 kids filling classrooms, masking up made the most sense. with the governor's executive order in place, was there any hesitation here? >> we obviously want to make sure that we're following the law. we've been really clear that the mo

but shelby county is the largest school district in the state surrounding memphis, more than 100 thou students. the reality of the situation here is that over the last two weeks, they have seen a spike in cases of more than 200%. almost 25% of those cases are among kids younger than 17 years old. and so school officials here said there was no question when it came to wearing masks. i was here as school opened this morning. kids came bounding out of the cars already wearing their masks, excited to get back inside. school is back in person for the first time in a year and a half. i want to hear from one of the students. he is a senior year. he basically said he's willing to do anything to stay in person. >> you still want to be here. so you'll take that little inconvenience of having a mask on. just to still be in the school. virtual is a struggle. i really wish i was here for my junior year. i'm going to take every minute and make it count for my senior year. >> parents expressing the same sentiment. they're excited their kids can be back in person. they're supportive of the school dis

jude's children's hospital in memphis.don lamar, the state representative has said, that there are a lot of kids involved in this debate who are not open to making their own choice. they're not old enough to make their own choice, and they're not old enough to get the vaccine even if they could make their own choice. so we are now -- this has morphed into this weird political debate that is actually risking the lives and livelihoods and health of children. you're seeing that. >> that's absolutely right. thank you, ali. i think that people need to understand like many areas in our country with low vaccination coverage, our communities are seeing an unprecedented rise of new covid-19 cases. and unlike previous surges where the hospitals were working at full capacity, in this surge -- 24% of all of our covid cases in the county are in children. we have over 1,000 active covid-19 cases in those who are less than 17 years of age. the situation is -- for our children. all these cases are leading to hospitalization, intensive car

they might exist in a local park, like the nathan bedford forest monument existed in memphis, at one point. you know, there was -- [inaudible], and so those also should be common ground with city parks, and even along monument avenue in richmond, before anything was removed, it was supposed to be a public space, right? it was meant to be a shared space, but it's not really. you know, visiting a friend last november, and she said, you know, black folks never felt comfortable in those spaces. she's african american, and she said we just didn't feel comfortable in these spaces. so it is not common ground. it's not shared. it isn't shared. some people who are okay with that; right? there will be those people who say that's fine, we don't need you anyway; right? but not on a city scape, not in these cities that say that they are, you know -- they're talking about being models of diversity, for example, you know, those sorts of things, and they are not really looking at the ways in which their city might be marked by confederate memorials, by confederate street names, you know, and the lik

developing story out of memphis, tennessee. u.s.ng a shipment of counterfeit covid-19 vaccination cards. the package was en route from china to new orleans, and officials say the cards had typos and unfinished and misspelled words. customs and border patrol officials in memphis made more than 100 seizures of more than 3,000 fake cards to date. up north to alaska, where three volcanos are erupting at the same time. two spewing low levels of ash and steam. these eruptions have been going on for about a week, happening in a remote stretch. so far haven't been threatening any nearby communities and no flights have been affected. >>> and meet spot, a state of the art robotic dog, researchers of virginia tech are using him to survey one of the school's major construction sites. professors and students are also using spot to study the role of autonomous technology on construction sites. well, it took months to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the senate but now another battle is brewing on capitol hill, and this one is pitting de

so it's still moving to the north of baton rouge and farther to the north, puts rain down in memphisnd nashville. 4 to 6 inches. we know what's happened in tennessee over the past couple weeks with all of that rain. that ground is still saturate and rain goes from southeastern ohio back into d.c. we'll see some of this rain. by the time it gets there, 30 miles per hour wind, but it's still there. the storm was a treacherous storm for a lot of people and derek's equivalent of an ef-3 tornado going 30 miles wide going all the way up, lasting for hours where ef-3 tornadoes can last you like 30 seconds by the time it's gone. this was a long duration, long and big destruction event. >> tell us a little bit more about the flooding risk that still exists as well as the potential wind damage that comes from that tornado equivalent for such a long period of time. >> oh, i think we're not going to believe what we see. what we see and, derek went through and his crew went through a significant eye-wall. didn't get to the eye. but he was on the easy side of this eye. the other side of the eye, w

impacted tomorrow, but the good news, lester, we're going see temperatures cooling down by sunday from memphis, nashville, philadelphia, raleigh, and augusta. lester >> a lot going on those maps, al thanks >>> as hospitals treat more children getting covid-19, that's not the only emerging threat they're dealing with these days. here is catie beck with that. >> reporter: when 1-year-old nora spiked a fever of 102 in june, mom lacy greene worried she caught covid. >> it usually is the first thing that comes to mind any time she is running a fever, because that's just the world we live in. >> reporter: nora tested negative for covid but positive for rsv, respiratory syncytial virus. which presents cold-like symptoms most of us contract it before 2 years old and recover in one to two weeks. but it can be much more severe for infants and the elderly. >> we're having this huge rsv surge in the summer time. typically the peak is some time in december or january. >> reporter: the summer surge of rsv is a compound fracture for hospitals nationwide many already battling rising covid cases in pediatric u

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from there to escape new york's tough and crowded conditions, bessie's family made its way to memphis. about a year after giving birth to a third child, bessie's mother died leaving bessie's father alone to care for his three own children. a rabbi petitioned the orphan home to accept the children as so called half orphans. the orphanage admitted her and her siblings. the home was on st. charles avenue near the stately mansions of new orleans most prosperous citizens. in the home bessie grew up with more than 150 orphans and half orphans from throughout the deep south. its trustees were not content to provide them with near subsistence. instead the home groomed bessie as an all american girl who reflected the values and culture of her prosperous benefactors. in addition to a reform jewish education, the home provided bessie with a robust secular education at the isadore newman school, the isadore newman manual training school where the cutting edge curriculum emphasized home economics and woodworking as well as rigorous academics. the home built this unique school to educate its wards