support school masking policies. the kadhja family foundation found 63% of parents favor masking unvaccinate students and staff to wear masks. happening in florida in cases and hospitalizations and in terms of kids and controversy over masks has become a microcosm of the crisis from other parts of the country, just across the united states. as we enter yet another dark chapter in this pandemic. nbc s kerry sanders is in riviera beach, florida. i know where you are, kerry. you know where were you are. one of the places where the school district requiring masks. also with us, broud county mayor steve geller and nbc s dasha burns where children are heading back to school without mask requirements, and another place where cases among kids are rising. kerry, first to you in riviera, florida. talk to us about what s going on there. reporter: yes. talk a little about the schools and what s going on here.
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police department and fire department are providing mutual aids and response. we have our units on site to provide assistance and support. it would be more appropriate for broward county to provide a formal comment or statement on the incident at this time. broward county is where ford lauderdale and hollywood are, where this airport is located in broward county. it s one of the biggest counties in the state of florida as a lot of our viewers know the southern part of the state. just north of miami. miami dade county. it s interesting, renee. fort lauderdale police and fire, they are providing mutual aid and response. i assume a lot of others are as well. absolutely. all hands on deck when you have a situation like this. broud county, as you know, that s the sheriff s office there that has jurisdiction over this particular airport, but when we have an incident like this, it is all hands on deck because they have to have all their resources. you see the amount of people alone that hav
got here over to the hospital in less than 21 minutes. she had no chance. between the first responders your people who got her, you know who i m talking about, they got her there, scott. what a job you ve done. the doctors did a great job over at the hospital. the combination is incredible. i hope you re getting credit. believe me, you deserve it. job you ve done is unparalleled. mr. president, these are the leaders who they led swat teens, staging areas. the president down in florida visiting with the sheriff of broud county, an individual we spoke with last night. he visit aid hospital just before then. matt and betsy, are you still there? we re sort of curious that the president who looked like he didn t want to visit with vips of the mass murder that happened down there and decided to go there. whether he s going to be addressing any of this, we re
but he s worried. they get scared, confused. only four of them. you re talking about a county full of elderly people a lot need special needs. if they go to a special needs shelter, there is one probably filled to capacity. they have to bring their caregivers with them, because there is just not the personnel there to take care of the special needs of the elderly. you know, wolf, there are hundreds of thousands of elderly here in palm beach county. certainly are and broud county, fort lauderdale, miami-dade, and worried about the elderly. we ll get back to you. with billions and billions expected in damage, fema will have a major role to play in the immediate aftermath of hurricane irma. joining us from gainesville, florida, the former administrator of the federal emergency management agency. thanks for joining us. you have a lot of experience on this issue. what s the number one priority for fema when in a monstrous