Order banning Mask Mandates, in schools, his Office Today put out a Statement Warning of, quote, financial consequences for noncompliance for dissenting School Superintendents and schoolboard members. The most recent data shows the Positivity Rate in florida, for children under 12, at more than 20 . And more than 24 for ages 12 through 19. And because kids under 12 cannot be given the vaccine, publichealth experts have been pushing for mask wearing in schools. Which, in florida, puts them at odds with the governor. Same for texas, where Covid Hospitalizations are climbing so steeply that at one, big hospital in houston, tents are being set up, in case they are needed to handle the overflow. The School Superintendent there, recently, proposed a Mask Mandate to be taken up by the board laterthis week, in defiance of governor abbotts orders. And schools in dallas announced a mandate, today. In South Carolina, which also bars such action, the governor, henry mcmaster, had this to say. Shut
Our time is short because i want to get to it. I really want people to see this. I will be watching, i love you, d lemon. More than you know, i will see you soon. This is Don Lemon tonight. We have got a lot to get to tonight. And i am going to get to my take, in just a moment. I thought this was so important, i taped it just before the broadcast. We moved a lot of things around so that we can show you this. You know how bad delta is. Newdaily cases topping 100,000. Dr. Anthony fauci predicting that, Number One that number, excuse me, could double to 200,000 new cases, per day. So i just want you to hear from two people who contracted covid. A husband and a wife. Both, unvaccinated. Here it is. So joining me now to talk about their experience is travis and kelly campbell. As you can see, travis is, still, in the hospital, and kelly is with him. Travis, kelly, thank you so much. I really appreciate you joining us. Thank you. Thanks for taking the time to hear our story. Try to get the m
The british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in jail in tehran after being found guilty of propaganda against the regime in iran. Well speak to her husband in the next 15 minutes. And she was one of the brightest stars on oscar night, picking up a trophy for best supporting actress. Youn yuh jung will be with us later in the programme. Hello im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The situation in india is grim. Doctors have harrowing accounts of the covid crisis in many cities as the country battles a Terrifying Wave of new infections. There are more reports of patients dying in the streets with desperate families trying to buy oxygen on the black market as hospitals run out. On monday, india recorded a new global high for daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day. 353,000 people were infected. Despite this, the government says there is no need to panic. 0ur South Asia correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan reports. In guj
In the world has even come close. We will bring you a comprehensive rundown of what the president said at the Press Conference, he also talked about china, gun control and about former President Trump. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 0ron bbc 0r on Bbc News Channel or bbc world news. We will start in washington, dc. Joe biden has held his first ever formal White House Press conference as us president. 25 us and International Journalists were in the room. One issue that came up repeatedly was the surge in the surge in migration on its southern border with mexico. The vast majority, the overwhelming majority of people coming to the border and crossing are being sent back, are being sent back. Thousands, Tens Of Thousands of people who are over 18 years of age and single, people one at a time coming, have been sent back, sent home. Were sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming. Were trying to work out now with mexico their willingness t