And if there s one place that needs extra attention right now, it s florida. Over the last week, more than 134,000 people there tested positive for covid. To put this into perspective, the u. S. Was seeing sevenday averages close to this in late may and early june, so a single state is now seeing as many cases per week as the entire country was just two short months ago, and yet florida governor ron desantis is facing a countrysized case count, he is playing politics despite the fact florida leads the country in the number of children hospitalized for covid19. He is banning mask mandates is schools and refusing to put in place mitigation measures really anywhere in the state. Let s go to orlando, florida, and natasha chen. Natasha, give us the latest here on florida s covid situation. It is just going downhill quickly. Reporter: yeah, jim. The health officials are doing everything they can. We re at the mexican consulate in downtown orlando where they vaccinated about 20 people today.
president biden is facing a staggering number of migrants crossing into the country and they say it could reach a two decades high. there are new concerns about whether the influx could spread coronavirus. two samplings in texas showed the rate of infection among migrants was over 10%. there are new concerns about migrant children. there are over 600 unaccompanied minors coming here a day in recent weeks. this morning secretary alejandro mayorkas said the administration does have this under control. the minors who are arriving and who are placed in the department of health and human services facilities are tested. they are all tested, isolated, and quarantined. our covid-19 protocols that are administered by the department of health and human services are operated very efficiently. eric: we ll hear more when president biden speaks to the media later in the week. for now, david spunt is live at the white house with more on that. let s begin with steve harrigan, live at the b
that a second current aid accusing cuomo of ogling her body and kissing her on the forehead. this rein of abuse of power will end soon. oral roberts the 15th seed the upset maker are history makers. here i have am, baby signed sealed, delivered i m yours drone today in studio. welcome aboard, folks. it is the first monday of spring 2021. hi, everybody. and look ainsley is on vacation this week. we have rachel with us and will is in for brian who is going to be hosting the 7:00 p.m. show all week long. good morning to both of you. will: good morning to both of you. rachel: good morning. will: so nice to meet rachel in person. will: first time after seven months. today is meeting rachel in person after the covid. steve: can you turn and look at each other rather than the camera. will: good to see you. steve: good to see you both. we just saw march madness, there is a lot of madness on our southern border. and president biden has vowed to ease the migrant surge whi
riots or were preplanned by a small group of criminals who deserve punish finance to the fullest extent of the law. attorneys say flat out he did not incite the resurrection, using figurative speech. call it protected political speech and something politicians in their view would give to a rally of supporters firing up the crowd. not saying, saying to the former president, then president, was not intentionally them to come to the capitol, storm the capitol and lead a scene of deadly violence we saw on january 6th. this foreshadows the argument that will happen later this week. tomorrow will be the debate over the constitutionality of the proceedings. the trump team saying it s not constitutional. democrats saying it absolutely is and a vote to determine whether it should go forward. we expect there to be 51 votes allowing it to proceed. see how many republicans break ranks. more than five at the moment. then the substance and facts. what happened. donald trump s actions
letlow s passing. julia, jude and i are praying for her and their two children during this teenager time. as the house grieves congressman letlow s grief from our sorrow is come pounded by the grief of so many other families who have suffered lives cut short by this terrible virus. luke had such a possible spirit and tremendously bright future ahead of him. he was looking forward to serving the people of louisiana in congress and we were excited to welcome him to our delegation where he was ready to make an even greater impact on our state and our nation. letlow leaves behind a wife and two young children. louisiana s governor has ordered flags to be it will ordered to fly at half-staff for the young congressman s funeral. griff griff our thoughts and prayers for his family. other top story lucas tomlinson joins us live in washington with where this stimulus battle stands. lucas, good morning. good morning, griff. pretty much s treasury secretary says millions of had ch