In has to be locally decided in the absence of data. I believe that masks are better than having received the vaccine that didnt work new. But thats not to say that im convinced that we can make the statements that the best way to protect kids in school is as some has advocated universal masking. Better Ventilation And Sanitation and routine testing twice a week. Reinforcing in parents they dont send their kids to school if theyre sick or if siblings are sick. Dana Betsy Devos is standing by with her reaction to all of this and Casey Stiegel is live in dallas this morning. Good morning. Most dallas schools dont officially start until next monday but starting Today Anyone visiting or returning to a public School Campus now required to wear a facemask. That decision was made by the superintendent here citing the Health And Wellbeing of students and staff because of the highly contagious Delta Variant of covid. It is a move that openly defies Governors Ban on School Districts implementing
Louisiana, and alabama, cdc data shows that the seven Day Average of daily first doses has more than doubled since the start of july. Thats hopeful. Still, the country is seeing record breaking hospitalizations, including more and more children. Nbcs Kathy Park has the latest. Reporter cities across the country sounding the alarm, as covid cases explode to dangerous levels. Austin activating its emergency alert system, warning residents the situation is dire, just six icu beds available. And for the third time this week, florida broke a record for daily covid cases as doctors say more kids are getting sick. There are more children in the Hospital Today than weve had at any point in the past 18 months. Reporter in just four days more than 3,000 kids in louisiana tested positive for the virus. And due to the ongoing health emergency, Jazz Fest in New Orleans is cancelled for the second year in a row. This weekend, hospitalizations in the u. S. Topped more than 66,000. A grim Milestone We
the u.s. senate is in session this hour, powering through amendment after ae amendment as they grabbed with the relief bill, the process called a vote-a-rama got started only after democrats compromised with each other to end the epic roll call vote. it will likely last for some time since republicans have drafted more than 100 amendments. they say the bill is too expensive but democrats say it is the only way forward. senate democrats are completely united in our belief about how important this entire bill is for our fellow americans. for getting the vaccine to our people, for reopening our schools, for keeping american workers, families and businesses afloat. and for putting our country on the road to a strong recovery. ramming through an ideological spending spree packed with noncovid related policy, but only 9% addresses the fight against the virus itself. we are already on track to bounce back from this crisis. that is not because of this bill. it is because of our w
that s about as far as that bill is expected to go. the clash expected ahead on the floor of the u.s. senate. where does it all leave the biden administration? this now leaves voting rights and the build back better act stalled in the upper chamber. now, we have new reporting about a change in strategy for the white house. it could mean cutting much of washington out of the president s schedule. then the omicron wave pushing hospitals to the absolute break. there are more americans in the hospital right now than at any point in the pandemic. the u.s. surgeon general warns we haven t reached the peak of it yet. also, a scary warning from the nation s top airline ceos about those 5g cell networks. they say those signals could interfere with a vital tool that pilots need to land planes in bad weather. the negotiations that we re just learning about to avoid that interference. there s been a major development on that story in just the last hour. we are going to start with o
and statewide cases are up more than 80% since monday. we must learn to live with covid, adjust and pivot at the right time and we re doing that in new york and i m extremely optimistic on how the city is going to respond. clearly new york and washington, d.c. are ahead of the curve but not by much. so expect in the next three to four weeks we ll see everybody hit with this. reporter: the risk of new year s eve celebrations becoming coast to coast superspreaders is for health experts terrifying. and i m really worried that we re going to be in a tidal wave the admissions particularly for kids in the coming weeks. reporter: hospitals in many places are already flooded with patients. even as nurses and doctors fall ill prompting desperate measures. in new hampshire, yet another federal medical team, the department of defense deploying around the country for months, will arrive next week to help with the over load. in oklahoma, the national guard is barring unvaccinate