school, into political disputes for their own game. some are even trying to take power away from local educators by banning masks in schools. they are setting a dangerous tone. so, on the presidents threat of legal action against states with mask mandate bans in schools, jennifer reuben writes this in the washington post today, quote thankfully, still with us our free donna edwards and mark mckinnon. mark, we are coming off four years of scorched earth, no one is calling for that. no one is calling for another
defiant. tonight the reaction from his accusers. and the woman set to make history by taking over the governor s seat the battle over boosters and word some americans have already received an unauthorized third shot and the showdown over schools president biden blasting mask mandate bans by gop governors in states that include florida and texas. the senate passing the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. 19 republicans voting with the democrats a major win for president biden. but what obstacles will it face in the house? the dangerous heat wave more than 125 million americans under alerts the massive dixie fire now threatening 16,000 homes. the taliban seizing at least six regional capitals after the departure of u.s. troops. our kelly cobiella inside afghanistan and our series justice for all. the prosecutor says he was wrongly convicted.
into the pandemic, parts of america are essentially back to square one with vaccine rejectors holding americans who did the right thing hostage with their intransjens and with republican politicians denying protection for the newest vulnerable population, our nation s children. across the country and principally in the south, the delta variant that s ravaging communities has hospitals stretched to their limits in florida, georgia, louisiana and arkansas. texas has its fewest icu beds since the pandemic began. the search coincides with the start of the school year in parts of this country. and while california today became the first state to require vaccination or weekly testing for teachers, republican governors ron desantis and greg abbott of texas have doubled down on their ludicrous and dangerous mask mandate bans. but even in states where school boards are empowered to put in masking requirements, things are going south, so to speak. in tennessee, health officials are warning that
left more children hospitalized as the new school year begins school districts and parents challenging mask mandate bans, and by the governors of florida and texas. also, the military s new vaccine mandate. and families reunited as canada reopens its border to fully vaccinated americans. just in from the lawsuit from a jeffrey epstein accuse alleging prince andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. california s dixie fire exploding to nearly half a million acres. plus, the new heatwave and a tropical threat. the urgent new u.n. report on climate change being called a code red for humanity. the governor cuomo accuser breaking her silence as a top adviser steps down the taliban seizing a fifth capital after the american withdrawal. our team on the ground my exclusive with the ceo of united airlines, the first
biden called on him to resign. that pressure helped to create what became an insurmountable challenge for him inside new york and the assembly. now we have a woman governor stepping in to fill his shoes in the next couple of weeks. phil, he hit the big breaking news of the day. obviously, cuomo, but on covid and children and the return to schools and this fight over mask mandate bans. the president said for a state to nullify the local mandates he said was counter intuitive and disingenious and doesn t think he has any federal power to stop that. he was walking through in his mind in realtime if front of national television cameras what he was seeing by some of these governors. particularly governors that have made it clear they don t like government intervention on just