Behind. What do you do . These are the types of impossible choices that parents across this country are up against. Well talk to one of them in a minute. Headlines like these make it even more frightening. Childrens hospitals, mostly in the south, overwhelmed by a surge in young covid patients. One mom in tulsa spent the last week documenting her Toddlers Battle against covid. Little aurora needed a ventilator. The good news, she is now breathing on her own and will be able to go home soon. You would think stories like these would inspire some gop governors to rethink their war on mask mandates. Just today, the superintendent of Leon County School district in florida announced he will defy Governor Desantis Ban on mask mandates. This comes after Governor Desantis promised to make good on his promise to withhold paychecks. The state says two School Districts must rescind its mandates by this weekend or lose out on pay. This morning on Fox News, the u. S. Surgeon general pushed back agai
Time with school approaching. Vaccinations among adolescents are lagging. How concerning is this . Its very concerning. This is a significant chunk of the u. S. Population. Also, think about it, children under 12 cant get vaccinated. So a lot of them have older siblings who are 12 to 15. So we rely on those to protect the younger ones, but the numbers are not looking great. Only 25 u. S. Children ages 12 to 15 is fully vaccinated. You can see thats really lagging behind other age groups. Kids that age started out great and the numbers really took a nose dive. Lets see what parents say about why theyre not vaccinating their 12 to 15yearolds. First of all, about a third have received at least one dose. 18 of parents are saying im going to wait and see. I want to wait and see how other kids 12 to 15 do. Spoiler alert. They do great. They dont die of covid. Its amazing. They should try it. In the definitely not group is 25 . 1 in 4 parents of a child 12 to 17 say they will definitely not v
kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. president biden says that he is confident democrats will eventually put aside their differences and agree on two massive spending bills that are the center piece of his domestic agenda. the president met with democratic lawmakers on friday after party progressives blocked a vote on a bipartisan bill to fix america s roads, bridges and airports. after their meeting members of the progressive caucus said they appreciated the president s input but some came away hoping for more. still feel like the president ought to weigh in and make specific asks. it is his agenda. would i have preferred that he engage sooner on the reconciliation bill, sure. i think the president should be involved. very few of us have seen the president in the nine months he s been president. and i think that he should come to a caucus. cnn s ryan nobles has more on the message biden brought to
prisons? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. breaking news in our politics lead. moments ago president joe biden arriving on capitol hill and now meeting with house democrats hoping to mend the interparty skirmish. one member of democratic leadership, hakeem jeffries of new york, expressed optimism this afternoon that the delayed infrastructure vote will happen today. and he says it will pass. the speaker has indicated we re going to vote today. i expect a vote today. i expect that the bill will pass today. whether or not that happens depends on if progressives in the house democratic caucus are happy with the progress made on a separate piece of legislation, the much larger build back better act. a bill that would expand social safety net programs such as medicare or child care. we know a compromise has been floated by the white house and by democratic leaders. a topline number of $2.1 trillion but there is no indication yet if moderate democrats, such as joe manch
the gop led election audit in arizona was concluded. not surprisingly, not only did the quote, unquote, audit not change the results, but president biden actually widened his lead. you got to hand it to donald trump. the man just keeps losing. and it doesn t look like his luck will change any time soon. the house select committee to investigate the january 6th attack issued its first four subpoenas this week. and they all went to trump loyalists including his most recent chief of staff mark meadows. in texas, the migrant crisis along the southern border continues to escalate, and it s not just republicans condemning the biden administration s response to the thousands of haitians seeking an escape from their ravaged country. after this photo went viral of a border patrol agent on horse back grabbing a migrant, the reaction from prominent democrats including the vice president was swift. i m pissed. i m unhappy. and i m not just unhappy with the cowboys. with the administrat