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He is the president of the united states. the buck stops here, right? covid rates in places like texas and florida have massive implications on the tourism industry, the agriculture industry, business, you know, i which is why you have many large businesses with large foot prints in texas saying what's going on here? in florida, 151,000 new cases last week, surges in the 20 to 39-year-old age group, who guess what? also have kids who are also going back to school who are also, you know, in the middle of this politicized debate about whether they can, should, must wear a mask, under what circum...

Public health -- >> such a central aspect is schools and now they are reopening and the question of what does your student do, what does their teacher do is becoming such a political issue really seeing lawmakers not just governors but lawmakers on capitol hill delve into this. what is their calculation here? they're saying it is an infringement on parental rights to make students wear masks. what do you hear from lawmakers? >> when you talk to republican strategists who are planning what the campaign message is going to be in the midterms, they will tell you that they are seeing people resona...

The u.s. is now leading the world with the highest rate of new covid cases. this was the level of spread a month ago on july 15th. here it is today. 98% of americans living in communities with a dangerous level of transmission. with students returning to school across the u.s. we are watching in real time how fights over wearing a mask in the classroom are tearing communities apart. one example is a school board meeting in tennessee where antimask demonstrators threatened doctors. >> we know who you are! >> we know who you are! >> we can find you! >> you will never be out in public again. >> o...

That indoor masking should be the case including really in all schools in this country at this point, but even in schools that don't have masking, parents can still do their part and take matters into their own hands. for example talk to other parents in your choiild's class. see if the majority of parents would agree to also put masks on their kids and make sure your child ts wearing at least a 3 ply surgical mask not a cloth based cover. try to get the school to disclose all positive cases and increase testing. that is something there is funding for for schools around the country. schools sh...

Course about masks in this country but for some parents they view this as an issue that is galvanizing for them. and republicans are starting to think they might be able to win back some voters if they talk more and more about schools. now, the question will be if kids aren't back in school or have to get pulled out because there aren't mask mandates that will have a backlash effect for republicans as well. that is a really delicate balance how to message this. >> we'll have to wait to see how it plays out politically. up next we'll talk about a surge in covid cases in children as some hospi...