spectators safe? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is now thinking about nothing other than that big thanksgiving dinner. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 9th. we ll start with the news. pediatric covid cases are surging to record highs as millions of students across the country return to the classroom this week. the most recent data from the american academy of pediatrics show pediatric covid cases have surpassed 250,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. about one in four new crohn cases are among children. nbc news correspondent kerry sanders has more. reporter: the return of the classroom potentially dangerous with a quarter of all new covid cases now with children and families at odds over how to keep them safe. the battle over masks still raging with a judge ruling florida must stop enforcing mask bans, a major blow to republican governor ron desantis. this is what hurts c
first giant leap towards a new age of space travel. fox & friends first kicking off your week right now. if you want to fly. come and take a ride. jillian: i have not heard that song in a real long time. i hope i never have to see you dance like that ever again. todd: wake up with that. jillian: you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m ashley strohmier, in for jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. today president biden meets with the attorney general and local leaders to look for solution as summer violence heats up. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us with more as violent crime plagues the nation s streets. reporter: president biden and the attorney general will focus on reducing gun violence as crime rates are soaring in many u.s. cities and each summer weekend brings more violence. in the bronx, a 3-year-old was a 13-year-old was killed in broad daylight yesterday. eric adams who is a former police officer says his party is wrongly foc
for the covid delayed year as uk city of culture 2021. radio jingle: bbc cwr! good morning, happy saturday! this is rachel new. i hope you ve had some caffeine in you already, because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will be become a giant stage, to mark the start of a big year. ..as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day, because we re going to make sure that you do not miss a moment of this. cove ntry. it s been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017. cove ntry! ..way before covid forced artistic directorjustine themen to change all her plans. you see the track? it s down here. because we can t be bringing audiences together in large numbers, or even participants, we have had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. there s one of you that isn t. ..to avoid large crow
at the european championships. a decision on whether lockdown restrictions will be lifted in england will be announced tomorrow with boris johnson urging caution ahead of a possible four week delay. we have weakened the link between the transmission of the virus and hospital admission. is it the end of an era for benjamin netanyahu? his 12 year reign as prime minister is expected to be ended by a vote in the israeli parliament later. and it s the most expensive ticket in town. a mystery bidder pays $28 million to travel into space with the amazon founderjeff bezos. good morning, i m here at tregenna castle, the resort in st ives, cornwall in the south west of england hosting the g7 summit. it s another gloriously sunny morning here but today sir david attenborough will address world leaders gathered here with a warning that they have to help save the planet. he ll tell them the choices they make on climate change will be some of the most important in human history. last nig