Don Lemon Tonight starts with its big star, d lemon, right now. D is very familiar with this idea. You know, what do you want to own . Do you want to own that the vaccine was bad . I dont think so. Not long term. It is sketchy which is why trump doesnt own the vaccine, the way he could. He could say, hey, i brought it to you. Everybody, look how good everything is because of the vaccine. Take it, take it. He doesnt because he got booed in alabama and he knows there are too many in the base he doesnt want to upset. Do they want to own removing roe v. Wade and telling women from 8 to 80 you dont get to decide on your body . Lets say, from 18 to 80 because voting age. Yeah. You dont get to determine were talking about Freedom And Freedom of choice when it comes to the vaccine, but not for you, ladies. Yeah. Well, and do you want to own this sort of End Run around the legal system and what is should be constitutionally correct and possible. When if democrats, one day, want to do a similar
Safer as classes begin and coronavirus continues to surge across the country. The average is now above 116,000, more than 73,000 people are hospitalized. And Take A Look another this map. Mostly red and orange here. 99 of us live in a county that the cdc says has either substantial or high transmission and the cdc now forecasts there will be as many as 662,000 american deaths from covid by september 4th. As of today, the u. S. Death toll stands at 618,457. That more than 40,000 people can die from covid in a month. Cnns Jacqueline Howard is here. How strained are the hospitals, the medical facilities across this country . Victor, it feels like deja vu, because we are hearing of hospitals and Health Systems being overwhelmed, the Icu Beds are filling up. Earlier this week, Victor N arkansas, Governor Asa Hutchinson said they only had Eight Icu Beds available in the entire state. Thats what he tweeted on monday, Eight Icu Beds for this state. So we are seeing big, Big Surges in cases and
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
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