sequoias sustain climate change, drought, and wildfires? welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m erica hill in for jake tapper. we start today with our health lead. new concerns on this labor day that the long holiday weekend could worsen the coronavirus surge in the u.s. despite travel warnings from the cdc, millions hit the roads, rails, and skies for a getaway. college football is back with tens of thousands of mostly maskless fans packed into stadiums and some of the last districts to return to school are back tomorrow for in-person learning, including many in the northeast. top health officials worry this can put even more strain on hospitals which are already running out of icu beds in parts of the country. reporter: summer is over. this week in the northeast, many schools start back, but ominous signs from the south. kentucky schools opened already, and already one in five districts have closed at some point due to case counts, quarantines, or just lack o
body and my choice and seem to mean it when they said at the same people abandon their own argument immediately included iaarrived. suddenly on a time, they turn and demand that we wear the mas and get the shot. these were not optional suggestions. they weren t deeply personal decisions to made according to the dictates of individual conscience after consulting wit family physicians and clergy between you your character in god not all. these were mandates. all of a sudden democrats were arguing that actually politicians that do get to decide what you do with your body. it s their choice or not you re in check the powerful drugs whether you want to or no because we own you. whatever else it is it s not a pro-choice position to put it mildly. as we watch this happen, we wondered what are these people agreed to say the next time so-called abortion rights get challenged in court? and we know the answer because last night the supreme court of the united states ruled on the
senate. let s bring in john avlon. lauren fox also with us. john, let me start with you. the president of course trying to put this in the context of this is good for the job market, this is good for families. as we watch the numbers, the inflation numbers, the cost of living, calling it fiscally responsible, he has a huge sales job to do here to the american people. he does indeed. that said, i think there s more of an appetite for government spending than there has been in some administrations past, republicans having lost some moral authority on that issue. but the specter of inflation is a big day. that s something americans have taken for a long time that we controlled inflation. but it was a dominant political force for decades in america. to see that creeping up is a real warning sign for the white house as they put forward this massive spending bill, which they hope will transform kind of the approach of government to the citizens and vice versa. the more spending y
california s disneyland to orlando disney world. fox and friends first starts right now. jillian: one time you will catch me running is when i am being chased. a long run. lawrence: so long since i have been to disney world. growing up, it is the most magical place. i learned yesterday - you only live once. on that note good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. lawrence: we begin with heartbreak at the border, new images show two young siblings abandoned. texas governor greg abbott calls for child migrant facility in san antonio to close amid allegations of abuse. griff jenkins joins us from washington with more and some of what we are hearing is really disturbing. it sure is. unconscionable is how border patrol sector chief described the scene in the photos you saw, agents rescuing two toddlers found alone, crying, their mother s name and phone number one on their arms. in your daily example of the smugglers brutality. this as a
a scheduling shakeup as the house cancels the thursday session. where does that leave democrats massive abca24 relief. republicans say it is 90% full of non-abca24 non-healthcare spending. we begin with the state of pandemic restrictions and republican-led states lifting them. good evening, jillian. reporter: breaking this evening the president declared $1.9 trillion abca24 stimulus package is the most important piece of legislation of the past four decades but as the president charges ahead the cdc is announcing they will not release post vaccination guidance tomorrow as they had planned saying it is not actually ready yet. the president is lashing out at republican governors trying to open their state economies back up saying this about texas and mississippi. the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking, everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. daymac his reminder that despite some state servers and guidance his own nationwide mask mandate is still in effect