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Department of health to request 300 ventilators and other breathing devices from the federal government. despite his hands off masks off approach to the pandemic, or perhaps because of it, rhonda scent is is being rewarded by republicans with donations from across the country as hospitals in florida are filling up with a sick people. political reports, quote, desantis political committee brought in four point $3 million last month and has more than $40 million in the bank, a sizeable advantage o...

Of visitors here at stormont right now, but the bigger picture is that covid regulations here are still more strict than in england, scotland and wales. also the infection rate at the moment is the highest of any of the uks devolved nations and the vaccination uptake is the lowest. 85% of people here or thereabouts have had a fistjab. across the uk the figure is 89%. as the background to the discussions today, they have made their first decision and that is they will be easing the rules on self�...

And now with concerns over this delta variant, were looking at a lot of chaos that could be happening at the last minute in this back to school shopping season. >> calculators, colored pencils, graph paper. >> reporter: these school supplies are being bundled and sent to children in need. but the items here are on most kids back to school list. and this month is peak shopping season. one expected to break records. >> were expecting record-breaking spending for both back to school and college thi...

I mean, im the parent of four adult kids. but when the kids were little my wife anne and i, you know, always wanted to see the kids in school. but the problem is everybody stamped their feet and demanded in-person classes but nobody wanted to roll-up their sleeves and do the hard work and put the policies in place in southern states to make it happen. it meant mandating masks. it meant mandating vaccines for everybody 12 and up. and nobody wanted to step forward and do the hard work. and now i w...

Sent to children in need. but the items here are on most kids back to school list and this is peak shopping season. one expected to break records. >> were expecting record-breaking spending for both back to school and college this year. >> reporter: parents are projected to spend $37 billion this year. up $3 billion from last year and the highest in a decade. >> a lot of this is centered around families and students expecting classes to take place in person. and theyre spending more because of t...

It is thursday, august 12th. we have a lot to get to. we start specifically with covid and vaccines. right now the u.s. is averaging more than 700,000 doses being given out every single day. thats good news. the highest we have seen in a month. and new government announcements will push that number even higher. on wednesday, the cdc adjusted its guidance for pregnant women and is now recommending they do get vaccinated. new research shows there is no increased risk of miscarriage from the vaccin...

Learns july apprehensions are the highest in more than 20 years. griff. >> reporter: unbelievable, todd and jillian, good morning. consider this, more than a half of a million migrants have illegally crossed our southwest borders since secretary mayorkas last visited in may and today he is headed to ground zero in the rio grande valley, tweeting, quote, wheels up for south texas, dhs is executing our plan to rebuild a safe, orderly and humane immigration system, this aztecs as congressman chip r...

Don. remember, last fall, we started to see this surge up in the mountain west states and in the -- in the upper midwest. so, were going to likely see that, again, in the mountain-west states where vaccination rates are, also, low. but for now, its a matter of getting through the next-few weeks, as schools open. you know, everybody stamped their feet and said we have to do in-person classes. and i get that. i mean, im the parent of four-adult kids. but when the kids were little, my wife anne and...

>> look at it. read the laundry list. >> you have to think at some point they have to cut this off. the record stock market. gdp is the highest -- >> why? they dont care. >> when you feel it in your pocket and you saw the inflation numbers -- >> you could have cut it off last week after the first -- >> martha: its interesting. you heard the president, you know a couple weeks ago talking about how, you know what? companies you need to pay people more. pay them more. heres the problem. theyre payi...

With kids in your hospital. how many are you seeing at this point? is it a rise, and whats the range of ages? >> thank you, john. you know, we are unfortunately at war right now in the pediatric population in terms of viruses. we are currently battling rhino virus, rsv as well as covid. we have seen a significant increase in the number of covid positive children that come through our e.r. this is actually the highest weve ever seen since the beginning of the pandemic. we are seeing kids really f...