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Capping a hectic week of all things kids. a conversation with mayor eric adams. he is committed to keeping classrooms open for learning. he is also pushing new yorkers to start thinking differently about how we all live with covid. president biden talked about this new normal. some of his former advisors are urging better planning. we will speak with one of them shortly. there is the problem of where we are with new cases averaging more than 615,000 a day and deaths according to new figures out within the hour now averaging close to 1,500 a day. for whatever signs there are of the omicron vari...

Tennis now and top seed came through a tough first—round match at the vienna open. it wasn't plain sailing for the greek with a match lasting an hour and three quarters. next up hour and three quarters. next up is the american qualifier in the last 16. and a pair of shoes worn by basketball legend michaeljordan have fetched a record $1.47 million at auction in las vegas. they are the earliest known shoes worn jordan as a professional. the previous record for sporting sneakers set last year but also for a pair ofjordans and sold at $615,000. love those shoes. you can get all the latest sports...

Currently hospitalized. eight in the icu. >> we're seeing kids who are more ill with severe acute covid even with children not having previous illnesses. >> reporter: donovan is 11 years old and on monday she was admitted to children's in mississippi. >> i was trying to get him vaccinated. he was not old enough. >> reporter: his parents think he got the virus at school. he has asthma and had been wearing mask but they say other students did not. >> the school failed for us. >> it's a lot for an 11 yeerkd to go through. >> reporter: severe illness and death in children from covid-19 is extremel...

>> reporter: his parents think he got the virus at school. donovan has asthma, and had been wearing a mask, but they say other students did not. >> the school failed us >> it's a lot for an 11-year-old to go through. >> reporter: severe illness and death in children from covid-19 is extremely rare. of nearly 615,000 covid deaths nationwide, just 361 have been people under the age of 18. but tonight donovan's parents with this warning. >> i would never thought it got to my son, but he is human take precaution by wearing your mask and getting this vaccination. >> ellison, mississippi has one of ...

Do you agree with randy weingarten, the head of the largest teachers union, who said teachers should be mandated in schools? >> i think we should. we are in a critical situation now, we've had 615,000-plus deaths and we are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall, into the school season. this is very serious business. you would wish that people would see why it's so important to get vaccinated. but you're not going to get mandates centrally from the federal government. but when you're talking about local mandates, mandates for schools, for teachers, for universities for colleges, i'm...