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Abortion is not the only hot button issue texas lawmakers are taking on. new texas laws go after voting and whats taught in the classroom too. >> reporter: texass new law banning abortion effectively after 6 weeks is the most restrictive abortion law in the country right now. but it wasnt the only law that went into effect on wednesday. there are texans crying out about several of these 666 laws that went into effect. example, permitless carry. you no longer need to have a license to carry a gun...

10 inches of rainfall. so a dangerous situation. pamela, 90% of the fatalities in these tropical systems comes from storm surge and inland rain. weve got to be ready for that in addition to the dangerous winds. >> ken graham, thank you. as hurricane ida targets louisiana, hospitals across the state are already near capacity filled with covid-19 patients. as of right now the hospitals there will not be evacuated. officials are encouraging people not to come to the hospitals in louisiana unless ...

And we put everybody in masks, nobodys going to die or lose their life from wearing a mask. we cant play games, play russian roulette with peoples lives. >> thats a very good point, rosalind osgood, thank you for staying up late with us, thank you for the conversation. for more on that sadly hot-button issue is dr. jonathan reiner, professor of medicine at george washington university. good evening, doctor. i just spent this past week in a covid hotspot, florida, talking to officials there. ho...

Wearing yellow. jillian: an oklahoma school board member forced to apologize after she accused maskless students of committing murder. todd: come on. carley shimkus here with her new apology. carley: thats right. so mask mandates in schools have obviously become the hot button issue and an oklahoma school board member is apologizing for saying this about children. listen. >> its just not okay for kids to commit murder by coming to school without a mask and when it comes down to it, its possible....

I can. todd: the presidents remarks come after he addressed states that have banned mask mandates like florida and texas, the president calling the efforts, quote, disingenuous, arguing that governors should allow districts to follow cdc guidelines. guidelines. jillian: board member forced to apologize after she accused maskless students of committing murder. todd: thats some language. carley shimkus is here with her new apolicy. carley: good morning, guys. mask man dates in schools have of cour...

Agencys models project a huge surge nationwide, but says quick action could avert a wider crisis. >> if we work together, union nooi as a country, vaccinate anyone who is interested and unvaccinated and put our masks on to prevent disease, we could really control this in a matter of weeks. however, our models show that if we dont do so, we could be up to several hundred thousands cases a day, similar to our surge in january. >> reporter: west virginias governor issued a dire warning. >> were run...

Staring at that and waiting and seeing inaction from washington. it is remark raable that the wh house waited for that eviction moratorium to pass an extension of that. of course that hasnt happened and the house is on recess this week. >> the question is, how long. lauren, this is very much a hot button issue. i believe you have protests behind you here that have been taking place all weekend over this. >> reporter: thats right. and theyre relatively small this morning, jim. but folks have been...

Virus by getting more people vaccinated. and there still might be more hesitancy now because of this new information that came out, but health officials are saying that essentially when you do get vaccinated it increases your chances of getting sick. also prevents death, tenfold. so they are stressing the importances of still getting vaccinated, moving forward. but obviously this is a hot button issue, a very political issue, and last night dr. rochelle walensky the head of the cdc was on fox ne...

Her appeal. that leaves the state court peelings imtact and the supreme court ducks this hot button issue. three of the courts conservatives, thomas, alito and gorsuch said the court should have taken this case. >> any rubble of rumblings about the justice briar retirement watch. >> reporter: the answer is no and if you look back at the past nine times supreme court justices have stepped down for reasons other than health all announced their intentions to step down on or before the last decision...

World test, because if they come back without any covid cases on board, and especially with the kids on that ship who are too young to be vaccinated and if they come back healthy and does that give the green light for other ships? >> well, it is a positive sign, but we have to take it slowly. there were several infectious outbreaks early in the pandemic, and important to note that this ship is sailing at 35 to 40% capacity, and when we increase the capacity, the kids are not vaccinated. so it is...