single dose. all this as schools are reopening across the country. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta for us. here in the southeast many school districts have already reopened and here in metro atlanta several school districts are reporting first cases of covid-19. the numbers in the hundreds. the delta variant is more than two times as contagious as previous strains of the virus and although school children, children in general are at low risk, relatively low risk for serious complications from the disease compared to older folks, their hospitalization numbers are increasing. in fact, twice as many kids have died from covid as they would in a previous typical flu season. obviously this is something people need to take seriously and causing educators and some politicians to rethink mask mandates. back in the spring arkansas governor hutcheson, republican, signed a law blocking school districts and other entities from imposing mask mandates. he now regrets that decision.
toward final votes and includes $550 billion of you spending for public works spending over the next five years but not a guaranteed slamdunk if it clears the senate faces a rocky road ahead in the house. we have fox team coverage with the reaction from the white house. first available go to congressional correspondent, live on capitol hill. good evening it is increasingly doubtful the senate even approves the bill tonight or tomorrow gop tennessee senator is stringing out the time allocated after 67 of the 100 members voted to break filibuster he opposes stepping on the gas. is absolutely no reason to rush this process and attempting to limit scrutiny of the bill than the democrats artificial self-imposed driven timeline. is referring to what comes next once a senate approves the bipartisan bill turning to the democrats three.$5 trillion infrastructure bill the stall tactic exasperated - exasperated chuck schumer. we can get this done the easy way or the hard way in
of covid positive for illegal immigrants released by the federal government without any federal facilities to house them. fox team coverage denied bill melugin in mission texas shows us what s happening on the ground right now. we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. good evening, elected democrats and republicans have access to the same data about covid-19. vaccines, treatments dating back more than a year but both sides are now using the same data to justify entirely different approaches to governing during delta. florida governor ron desantis who is bucking the biden s administration s back-to-school rules like making everyone k-12 mascot. what are the harmful effects of putting a kindergartner in a mask for seven hours? have a talk about the emotional, academic, physiological? why isn t the cdc studying that? education secretaries are urging him to reconsider. our kids have suffered enough. rep or a republican to by the presid
special report starts right now. shannon: good evening, welcome to washington. i m shannon bream in for bret baier. the calls are increasing tonight for the removal of new york democratic governor andrew cuomo. following yesterday s bombshell report by the state s attorney general. accusing him of sexually harassing 11 women. so far cuomo is refusing to resign. state lawmakers are moving forward with impeachment proceedings and criminal investigations are underway. we have got fox team coverage. howard kurtz on the media reaction to the allegations against one of their favorite politicians. we begin with correspondent bryan llenas in new york. hello, bryan. shannon, good evening. there are now reportedly enough votes in the new york state assembly and senate to impeach new york governor andrew cuomo if he chooses not to resign. this, as the new poll says nearly 60% of new yorkers believe the governor needs to go. [chanting] hey, hey, governor cuomo s got to go. to
500 penal. republicans it bolstering the covid lab leak theory. we need to have a serious investigation. why would democrats not join us in getting answers? are. pete: good tuesday morning. i m pete hegseth in for brian kilmeade. steve: good morning, dallas, texas. ainsley: we thank you for waking up with us y all. we love that state. steve: the metroplex. it is august 3rd, 2021 it is a tuesday and live from the mezzanine level, welcome back to the couch, folks. ainsley: i like that song. pete: it is the metroplex, isn t it? steve: metroplex fort worth, dallas. ainsley: you spend a lot of time visiting your daughter she moved back there. steve: she is working there. her husband is working there. went to college there. ainsley: dallas is a fun town. love dallas. steve: we re going to start with something you probably have, and that is covid confusion. today president biden is going to have to address the nation again, a second time within a week about concerns over t