Tonight, as we come on the air, the president just moments ago on the coronavirus, saying, we need schools open, after saying today children are, quote, virtually immune, and that this thing is going away. Tonight, florida, for one, reporting a record increase in hospitalizations in a single day. More than 157,000 americans dead. The debate over returning to schools. Tonight, the districts that have opened already. The cases, the students testing positive. Images inside one georgia school, packed hallways, no masks. Chicago announcing they will begin the school year online. And the other unfolding crisis in texas, new moms testing positive, separated from their newborns. Also tonight, the pandemic president ial election. Tonight, the president s campaign trying to halt mailin voting for americans who want to vote from home in this pandemic. The campaign suing nevada to try to stop the state from sending ballots to registered voters. 24 hours after the president suggested mailin voting
reporter: but deaths from the virus rising in 32 states. hospitalizations in 28. florida topping half a million cases. the president insisting children have stronger immune systems. if you look at children, children are almost, and i would almost say definitely, but almost immune from this disease. reporter: but children are not immune. and some returning students are already infected. in canton, georgia, a second grader testing positive. all 20 students and the teacher are in quarantine. this was the scene at north paulding high school. many students without masks. the superintendent admitting to parents that the photo doesn t look good, but insisting they re following protocols and that class changes are a challenge. back to sool! back to school! reporter: in ohio, a protest calling for more time in the classroom. we here in dublin just want our kids to have choices. reporter: but in chicago, the third-largest school district in the country, a decision to restart classe