reporter: in harford county a group of parents and students were upset because they couldn t see the speech live in school. a spokesperson says they are waiting because they didn t have time to review the speech and put together activities to go along with it. a spokesperson says the speech will be available to air tomorrow and thursday. for some the reasoning wasn t good enough. harford county is a conservative is a conservative district. it s a conservative place. i feel they are caving to the pressure made by parents that, to make this to make this speech political, it s sad we can t watch that in school. as a student body instead of making it into a classroom activity, one that is not what it is. i m here because i want to talk with you about your education, and what s expected of all of you in this new school year. reporter: in baltimore city classes were able to watch the speech live, sort of. you ll need the insight and critical thinking skills you gained
on campus, the university health clinic has seen at least 20 new students a day with suspected flu. each student gets flu kits that includes thermterings, ibew proarve ibuprofen, surgical masks and soap. one member of a team is sick and that worries the head coach. he s being isolated and you just worry about, it could be devastating to us if you he gets contagious on our team and coaching staff. reporter: but the situation at college park is really nothing compared to what is going on on other campuses. health officials at washington state university say 2,000 students have flu-like symptoms but they are not cancelling classes or any other school activities because they say students are doing well with the virus. most of the people who have gotten h1n1 virus have recovered actually more rapidly than we would expect with even seasonal flu. president obama also mentioned the flu in today s speech to school students. he urged them to wash their hands a lot, stay awa