what you heard there sounds to me like a story that was about a texas a group of people who presented themselves legally in texas as immigrants. not as undocumented people, but as asylum seekers. did everything they were supposed to do, and were taken through florida. is there anything in the law that was passed in florida that allocated $12 million to do these removals that says that texas asylum seekers may be moved using florida money? because $12 million was allocated for this, and $615,000 per the mimy herald were spend on these flights. that s about $12,300 per migrant. first of all, i m filled with righteous anger about this action by governor ron desantis. and in the state budget, we fought to remove these dollars that republicans added in an effort to pursue their anti-immigrant and candidly, their political partisan agenda
of hearing aids that do not require a medical exam, a prescription or other specialty evaluations. the devices will be sold online or over the counter at pharmacies and other retail stores. up next, should white teachers be discriminated against in education? one big city district is planning to do just that according to the teacher s union there. we will take you there. first, beyond our borders tonight. firefighters continue to battle a blaze spain which has burned nearly 25,000 acres and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people. the european forest fire information says 615,000 acres have burned in wildfires so far this year in spain. the european commission says the continent may be facing its worst drought in 500 years. it reports current data suggests this drought is worse than that of 2018, which, in turn, was the worst since 1540. and a group of german air force fighter jets lands in singapore
are with new cases averaging more than 615,000 a day and deaths according to new figures out within the hour now averaging close to 1,500 a day. for whatever signs there are of the omicron variant is less deadly, the sheer bulk of cases is driving deaths up. first mayor adams, i spoke to him shortly before air time. mayor adams, appreciate you joining us. you have been extremely busy and firm that even as covid cases spike, kids among schools, the children will remain in schools and schools will remain open. we ve seen the problems in chicago between the city government and teachers union. do you anticipate having the same problems in new york with the union? the difference, i believe, on what is happening in chicago and new york is something that s played out behind the scenes. i did something that people don t do often.
release more and more viruses, we have to think about this i think in a different way. we often did think about this as a hurricane is coming, shelter in place, see what happens, assess the damage afterwards. we don t have to be so reactionary, i think, and we have been reactionary for a long time. there were steps, you know, in the early 2000s towards the pandemic preparedness plan, after the 1918 flu. as time goes on, if we don t deal with this acutely, people s attention spans and memories are short. hopefully, some of these plans, which i read those papers, they will set us up better for the future. right now we are in the middle of a crisis. 132,000 people in the hospital. we are almost at january 2021 peaks. these plans are for the future. right now we got to deal with the acute crisis. we are averaging 615,000 new cases a day, more than 1,400 deaths a day. 125,000 people hospitalized. explain the strain it s putting on the health care systems and hospitals right now. well, i
will set us up better for the future. right now we are in the middle of a crisis. 132,000 people in the hospital. we are almost at january 2021 peaks. these plans are for the future. right now we got to deal with the acute crisis. we are averaging 615,000 new cases a day, more than 1,400 deaths a day. 125,000 people hospitalized. explain the strain it s putting on the health care systems and hospitals right now. well, it s very difficult to put this really in human terms in the sense of understanding what it s like to be in a hospital where you are begging health care workers who have just tested positive in the last day for the virus who are not that severely ill to continue working because if they didn t there would be no one by the bedside for eight hours. we are looking at the situation, we are getting life-saving drugs to our communities. you know how many pharmacies are closing around the country because they don t have the drugs because the warehouses and