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Judge to strike down governor abbotts ban on mask mandates joining us now is clay jenkins the highest elected official in dallas. good to see you again judge. what happened when we went through this last year? the governor imposed similar restrictions on mandating in shutdowns, have masks, things like that and a number of judges and localities challenged the governor at the time. where do things stand? >> ali, its good to see you again as well. thank you for having me. moments ago, i received an...

The surge. two of texas largest school districts, dallas and austin are fed up and chosen to impose mask mandates in dfiance and judge jenkins is asking to strike down a ban on mask mandates. joining us now is clay jenkins, the highest elected official in dallas county, texas. good to see you again. we went through this last year because the governor of texas imposed similar restrictions on mandating and shutdowns and masks and things last year and a number of judges and localities challenged th...

Is being spent debating masks in school, given the amount of lives and learning lost in the last year? >> well, again, my advice to governors and others would be to leave these decisions to local officials and try to go into the school year with as many layers of protection as we can and see how it goes. especially against the more contagious variant that we dont know how were going to be able to control this inside the classroom setting. remember, different localities have different resources a...

How do you know thats over the line? ill give you one piece of reasoning. a federal judge recently blocked floridas attempt to ban that kind of vaccine information saying that vaccine documentation or passports cannot just be banned outright by the state. wow. freedom. now for context, parents know many states and localities assess kids health and vaccination information. just like some businesses will exercise their freedom. theres that word again. their freedom. to offer their services, busine...

Are going to get sick, we are going to get sick, our families are going to get sick, and then beer going to take it out into the community because were going to be around more people because more of our students are coming back because our state also didnt fund virtual learning the way they did before. >> ovidia, a judge just granted san antonio county against the governor allowing them to issue mask mandates in schools. do you think this is the only way to fight against the governors policies a...

Infrastructure. theres all kinds of junk in this bill. they push up the debt. every household in america owes the federal government must a court of a billion dollars with this additional infrastructure bill. almost every household in america. theyve got all kinds of crucially important things in here. they are creating a new department that promotes female truck drivers. they have a digital equity act, internet access for prisoners, what else? federal funding of local projects called traffic ca...

>> well, wolf, i think what california is doing is going to help create a safer learning environment for our students and a safer environment for educators. and this is actually one of the reasons, wolf, you see workplaces and healthcare systems and universities moving toward vaccine requirements because they also want to create a safe place for workers, for clients and for students. so, ill say it as a dad of two small kids. when i think about them going to school, i want to be absolutely sure ...

Our state didnt fund virtual learning the way they did before. >> a judge granted a temporary restraining order against the governor, allowing them on issue mask mandates in schools. do you think this is the only way to fight against the governors policies at this point? >> the governor has left our school districts, our parents, our localities no other choice. when he took away masks in may, things were looking better. and the governor can easily say, you know what? in may it was looking better...

Theres all kinds of junk in this bill. they push up the debt. every household in america owes the federal government almost a quarter of a billion dollarsed with this additional infrastructure bill. almost every household in america. theyve got all kinds of crucially important things in here. they are creating a new department that promotes female truck drivers. they have a digital equity act, internet access for prisoners, what else? federal funding of local projects called traffic calming. eve...

Governor since 2015. shes set to become the states first female governor. miguel march kwez joins us now. >> shes served at every level of government. she was in the house of representatives, the state level right now. she serve d as county clerk and on theham berg town board. she brings a different governing style to albany when all is said and done. she visits all the counties in the state. all 62 counties every year. she gets around to them and shes basically made herself available over the y...