experts worry a spike in infections will send more people into hospitals that are already under siege. here in new york s long island jewish hospital, doctors are braces for more cases. what are some of your concerns going into winter? as people now are gathering for the holidays and being inside, these new variants spread very easily, we know they re very contagious. much more contagious than delta even. we know that there are a lot of super spreader events in colleges right now that are happening, so all those college kids are going to come home and spread covid to their families. reporter: it comes as more than 100 athletes across professional football, basketball, and hockey teams teiv t w for covid or were exposed. more than 70 nfl players alone, including cleveland browns quarterback baker mayfield, along with his head coach. and l.a. rams wide receiver odell beckham jr. there s been a substantial increase in our positive cases
he did have lunch with vice president kamala harris, our borders are. a big day, they might ve even had cocktails, who knows. you know who did not have a day off? all customs and border patrol agents. they are not getting days off. they are now dealing with a crisis of epic proportions, every single hour of every day, and dealing with people with a high rate of covert positivity, and the border patrol have at a high rate, and even some of those agents have died. the biggest super-spreader of all super spreader events, joe biden, courtesy of you, make no mistake, biden because this disaster. every other disaster. now begging opec for energy. none of this would have happened if donald trump was president. going back to the days of oh, feigning outrage over donald trump s mean tweets. to me, kind of seems appealing right now. somebody that controls the borders, somebody that was believed by the international community, that he would blow you to smithereens just like he did the caliphate a
reporting tonight for us miguel, thank you. we ll turn now to millions of americans traveling this labor day weekend, bringing with them new concerns of possible super spreader events. it comes as an alarming new report shows children now account for more than one in five new covid cases. we get more now from tom costello reporter: from the beaches to broadway to baseball, street festivals to barbecues, covid caution is back. more indoor mask requirements and fewer people taking that last summer weekend getaway. by one estimate, at least 10% fewer americans are going anywhere this weekend compared to prepandemic 2019 but we still need your to not spread germs and viruses. reporter: air travelers a bit more cautious why wouldn t you be if there is more contagious than the last version, that s reason to be concerned. reporter: in just the last week, more than 7,000 people have died of covid, most unvaccinated folks are seeing their loved ones get sick, get hospitalized