reporter: desantis is refusing to budge, seeming to relish a fight with the white house over schools. think seriously about, if the federal government can come in and overrule the rights of the parents with covid and force masking of kindergarteners and first graders, given how covid is such a small risk relative to past flus and other respiratory viruses, will they be able to do that every single school year? reporter: evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, new york. and the famed civil rights leader reverend jesse jackson and his wife are both in hospital after testing positive for the virus. that s according to the organization jackson founded, the rainbow push coalition. it says doctors are currently monitoring their condition. the 79-year-old we know is at least partially vaccinated. he received a dose of the pfizer-biontech vaccine in january. still ahead here on the program, tens of millions of
intimidate educators protecting our children. reporter: but desantis is refusing to budge, seeming to relish a fight with the white house over schools. if the federal government can come in and overrule the rights of the parents with covid and force masking of kindergarteners and first graders, given how covid is such a small risk relative to past flus and other respiratory viruses, then will they be able to do that every single school year? reporter: evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, new york. could florida school board members actually be punished for telling students they need to wear masks? we ll ask the head of broward county schools why she is fighting state leaders. for rosalind osgood, it s personal. she moved to defy governor ron desantis s mask mandate ban after three teachers died of covid within a day of each other. we ll be speaking with her. also coming up, dr. jonathan
step in vowing legal action to protect school leaders battling desantis over masks. we re not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children. reporter: but desantis is refusing to budge on school policy seeming to relish a fight with the white house over schools. seriously if the federal government can come in and overrule the rights of the parents with covid and force masking of kindergartners and first graders given how covid is such a small risk relative to past flus and other respiratory viruses, will they be able to do that every single school year? reporter: cnn, new york. thanks for that report, evan. we want to tell you in georgia a group of mayors is sounding off on brian kemp over his executive order that allows businesses to disregard local covid safety measures. later this morning, we ll talk to the mayor of savannah. he has something to say to the governor and he ll say it here.