harris: critics are going after white house press secretary jen psaki speaking against youngkin s executive order banning mask mandates in schools. two school districts are defying the governor s order. she tweeted thank you to arlington public schools for standing up for our teachers, kids and administrators. then pure fire. federalist co-founder molly hemingway responded with this. this isn t a ban on masks but on forced masking of children against other parents s wishes. a concerned parent who does press briefings daily without a mask on. weird. joe concha fox news contributor
order compliance within 28 hours and withhold state phoenix suns in an amount equal to any federal project safe grant funds or successor grants awarded to the school district for its noncompliance with the department rule 64 dr 2115 in addition to state funds of each school board members annual salary. reporter: they did offer parents of students in those districts to comment. a majority of those that called in voiced their disapproval for mask mandates. a handful did call in to support their district. we should mention quickly six of the districts filed a joint lawsuit challenging the department of health s emergency ruling there in florida banning universal masking protocols. it was in july that the governor issued an executive order banning mask mandates in schools. laura, christine? all right, nick, thank you so much for that. all right. the treasury secretary calling out those d.c. antics that
and a lot of people will be watching to see what the guidance is coming from the federal administration on that. so, expect some news in that speech. potentially, on vaccines and what their plan is going forward. but very much, not where the white house expected to be in september. and of course, a lot of this is unknown. a lot of it is driven by the delta surge and this is having an effect on the economy, as well. with the president blaming that anemic jobs report from last week for the month of august on the delta variant. that s right. and will they make a move um you know, bolder move toward more federal mandates? we ll see. kaitlan, thanks a lot. -let let me bring in dr. eileen marty, professor of infectious disease at florida international university. and dr. lance van gundy, he works in an emergency room in iowa dealing with the surge in covid patients right now. good evening, to you both. and thank you for joining me. let me begin with you, dr. marty, because you advise t
of school for kids in broward county. they re currently defying governor ron desantis orders by instituting their own mask mandate. what are you hearing and seeing on the ground there? garrett, broward county kicks off the school year in the middle of a political tug-of-war over masks. this district requiring them despite the governor s executive order banning mask mandates in schools and this tension came to a head last night in an emergency state board of education meeting where the superintendent of broward was questioned over this decision. it did get heated at times and ultimately, this district and another district also requiring masks were sanctioned by the state in the and the first fun tiff measures taken on these issues and it is not clear what those sanctions will entail. broward is not budging on this. they re looking at the data. last year they had 31,000 covid
and the teachers union but i actually don t even know um if the governor would allow us to do that. i don t know the legality of that, in this state, yet. and the governor signed an executive order banning mask mandates in schools, as most people know, now. um, which is something the broward county school board voted this week to defy. what message do you have for the governor, as the numbers, sadly, continue to grow? you know, he has spent a lot of time mocking masks and vaccines. and i would just hope that leadership, at the highest levels of government, like, you know, our governor, would start to take this very seriously. and take public-health measures to keep our students and employees safe. and empower local-elected officials to do so, as well. we are the closest to our constituents. we are the closest to our communities. and we know what s best. you know, people on school boards. i mean, it is a thankless task and it is a difficult task. and so, a, thank you for what