We expect to hear from the Broward County School Superintendent robert runcie, as students and the Community Try restore some sense of normalcy, if thats possible two weeks after a former student burst on to campus and killed 17 people. Screen right, the white house where President Trump will meet a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers on school safety. In amendment mornings i will be joined by a congressman who will be at that meeting with the president that you can about who to expect. Eruptiony on this very brahm earlier in the week and talked about how things would be and feel different for those students when they return today. They picked up in fourth period which is where they had left off before that shooter began the massacre. And so this day has been a tough one. Lets watch and listen to the superintendent. Im joined by our School Board Members. School board chair nora rupert. Vice chair heather brinkworth. School board member dr. Roselyn osgood. And School Board Member robin bartle
i did it because i wanted to protect my grandchildren, my children in this community, and i m encouraging everybody, you don t trust the vaccine, trust me. you need to get vaccinated. this disease will kill you or leave you with a lifelong complication that not only impacts you, but also impacts your family and the people that you love and care about. yeah, it is heartbreaking to see what has happened in your school district just in the course of a day. thank you so much, roselyn osgood with the school board there in broward county. thank you. up next, the big-time college football boss making an urgent plea directly to fans. and the dramatic twist in the britney spears case. is it the beginning of the end of her father s hold on her life?
well, despite what governor ron desantis says, we know from the health administration official 200 ventilators were sent to florida earlier this week from the strategic national stockpile. and if you just look at the numbers and here are the anecdotes, what s happening here in florida is just really concerning. it is seeing one of the highest hospitalization rates in the country. we noah corresponding to the florida hospital association that nine out of ten i.c.u. beds are currently taken, and this was as of last friday, so perhaps those numbers may have gone up by now. we know that children s hospitals in the area are saying they are feeling overwhelmed. in fact, the c.e.o. of the children s hospital association that represents more than 220 hospitals around the country said that pediatric intensive care units are nearing or exceeding capacity. so with that in mind, the broward county school board voted yesterday to require masks in schools for everyone regardless of vaccination statu
who is chair of the school board. she said mask mandates are about protecting lives. i m just not willing to risk or play resolution roulette with somebody s life, especially not a child, a 5-year-old, 4-year-old child that can t get vaccinated, come into a school, catches the coronavirus, goes home and infect the people in the house, the people on the bus, lord knows how many people we have impacted with this pandemic if we are irresponsible reporter: now, osgood also said in the interview to cnn she will not be bullied by governor ron desantis. she was referring to an announcement that he said that superintendents and school board members could risk losing their salaries if they do impose mask mandates. and a total of three school districts in florida have done so without giving parents the option to opt out. president biden yesterday
brinkworth. school board member dr. roselyn osgood. and school board member robin bartleman. and our school board member ms. patty good. the past two books have certainly been a challenge to. say that it has been emotional, heart-breaking and overwhelm would go certainly be an understatement. but we have seen the worst of humanity but we have also seen as followed by incredible acts of kindness and support from throughout broward county and the rest of the world. we are extremely grateful for that everyone sharing in the grief that we are going through. today was a major milestone for us. we took major step in the recovery process as students returned to school today at majory stoneman douglas high school.