last two weeks, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate, just 35%. and the death rate may be the most important number has actually gone down. all of that is the backdrop for millions of kids heading back to school this morning, and confusion doesn t even begin to explain the feeling out there. some districts are bringing back masks, some are ramping up testing like here in new york city, while others are going virtual all over again. according to one data company, nearly 2,200 schools have announced that they are going to be closed starting today. bottom line, because there are no federal rules, schools, towns, districts, they have all their own rules, they are essentially on their own. that is why you ve got places like madison, wisconsin, where cases are up almost 50%, they re going virtual, but in houston where cases are up more than 600% over the last two weeks, schools there are open with masks and testing. and while covid is making a mess of the school situa
fights behind closed doors. you walk out and wow. willie what? you know. nancy pelosi would never allow this never. to happen. never. you just don t go out there and get humiliated three times in a row. what a contrast. nancy pelosi never went to the house floor. people saying, what it s going to happen? you went to the house floor, you knew if nancy put it on the floor it s going to pass. did all the work before. hear from a lot of people, willie, kevin pl m had a month to lock it up and didn t do it. he didn t flow how to closed deal so humiliated yesterday. i got to say, that marjorie taylor greene fed up saying she s had enough. you had kevin mccarthy attacking members of his own caucus yesterday. you have the wall street journal editorial page, gop chaos caucus. house republicans said they want to drain the swamp and save america, but they can t even get through day one without a display of dysfunction. it s just it s just chaos. new york post a
He s a gone pecan. he s occupied so much space in our minds and so much space in everything, and was backing mccarthy. made calls. no one cared. no matter what the day was, they stop caring. i don t think they re very interested in him. i don t think he can help mccarthy. i just don t think he is much of a political force anymore. i guess he s got some residual pile within a certain element of the republican party, but not as much as people think, and certainly a ton less than he did months ache. i really don t think he s that big of a factor. james carville, thank you very much for being on this morning. we appreciate it. it s nice to see you. thank you, james. very good to have you on. thank you. wear my crimson tie next. and that that s
On that. not a lot to give and the problem is this, for a lot of them isn t just an winning. it s about defeating the leader. not even about mccarthy. it s no the about kevin mccarthy in a lot of ways but a question for the 200 other members. will they let the 20 decide they re in charge? looks like they may at end of the day. hmm. so many strings to pull on within this story. one is obviously there is no house of representatives today. congress is not complete. house of representatives, members have not been sworn in, because there is no speaker. the second element of it is, kevin mccarthy clearly forget before you get to ideology and soothing the ruffled wings of the republican party you ve got to get to math. got to be ale to add. and the third aspect that
Complications. his heart health went out and had to resuscitate him twice. on the field and resuscitated a second time at the hospital. reporter: we ve heard from medical experts the next few days crucial to see if hamlin will breathe more on his own. bring you updates as we can. the family releasing a statement from inside the hospital. got that. part of it, just warranted to thank everybody including football nation for, again, expressing sincere gratitude for the love and support and asked people to, please, keep damar in their prayers. another big element of this story making a lot of traction online is the gofundme for a toy drive that damar started in 2020 to help buy toys for children in need. he had a goal this year of $2,500. as you it see now approaching $6 million. fans just flooding that gofundme to show support, again, for