to their children at school. talk steam coverage now, reaction to this hot button topic, but first chief correspondent emmanuel. should parents be involved in what the kids are being taught at there. the central issue in the governor s race, this guy, harry jackson and naval academy graduate retired nature of naval intelligence officer. he was inspired to speak up about looks in that. get the books actually did contain pornographic material as well as material pushing towards children and i felt compelled to act because this material was creating in my view, an environment where kids could be groomed for sexual predators. virginia has been ground zero appearance protesting what s happening in their schools. jackson s as a big reason for that is what parents learned during the covid lockdown. parents are more aware of what their children are being taught in schools. this pandemic has forced parents
orphanhood is emerging as a tragedy. at least 120,000 children lost a primary caregiver to covid as of this past june. parents or grandparents and 65% of those children are minorities. let me ask you about the crazy that s still associated with covid-19, an apple store security guard in new york city is recovering today after he was stabbed while trying to enforce his store s mask policy. what more can you tell us what happened and how he s doing. reporter: it was a 37-year-old security guard at that apple store and apparently was stabbed, sustained nonlife threatening injuries while enforcing the maverick mandate. this is a hot button topic. one that s turned violent.
standing supreme court precedent. joining me barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst and former attorney in michigan. welcome. this is a hot button topic so let s get into it. you have the justice department throwing something of a hail mary here. how solid is their case? well, alex, i don t think it is a hail mary. i think it is more like tom brady with two minutes to go on the clock. i think this is prepared, ready, skill and a brilliant response. i think it is on very sound legal ground as to the procedural posture. remember, that is what was so problematic about this statute. it was designed in such a way to isolate state actors and empower private actors to enforce the law by filing lawsuits, and in that way they created statute that may have been beyond judicial review. in fact, the legislative director for right to life of texas had said, we have created a statute that will stymie judicial review. there s only one entity that can file a lawsuit here, and that s
continue to encourage people to get vaccinated. i wonder what s working. we showed on the screen the vaccination rate for the state of mississippi. it s just over 40%, which is far below the national average. this is for fully vaccinated people which as you can see on the screen 53.4%. so what works, then? you say education. what is getting through, in your experience, to folks who are still refusing to take the shot? unfortunately i think what s taking those who are still hesitant about receiving the vaccine is they know someone or one of their loved ones has become ill with the virus. that has just been my experience here at our institution, here at singing river. those drastic steps i think need to be prevented to allow somebody to get the vaccine or encourage them to get the vaccine, you know. this has been a hot button topic for a long time that we see since the vaccine has been out. and we just have to continue to
needed. some democrats say it might take too long for congressional approval to launch quick strikes. congress has the constitutional authority, but under circumstances, you do not want to leave it to hundreds of members of congress and hundreds of personalities to politicize this issue to make it a hot button topic while they can take advantage. the pentagon says the president has the authority to call for air strikes with or without a new aumf. as a matter of international law, the u.s. acted pursuant to its rights. they were necessary to address the threat and appropriately limit it in scope. as a matter of domestic law, the president took this action pursuant to protecting the u.s. and iraq. we expect to hear more from john kirby. he is having a press briefing that starts in about 10 minutes. see on jennifer, looking forward