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Governor ron desantis did acknowledge the rise in cases overall but he did point out that children, pediatric cases are still between 1.1 and 1.4% of overall hospitalizations, lindsey. >> and stephanie, i know when we get information from health departments and school districts, it's not necessarily clear, but do we know whether the teachers at the school behind you got covid because school was in session and it's possible that they got it as a result of so many people being back? or had school not started yet, or is it still unclear? >> reporter: you know, lindsey, that is still unclear, beca...

Going to try, senator nelson and i, to pass the fix nics act, which is fixing the background check system, because the background check system is only as good as the information that's on it. one of the problems we have, and this will be an uncomfortable discussion in this country, we'll have to look at hipaa laws because right now people can't even talk to each other about what's going on in their lives. that's going to have to be fixed. what you're doing now is making a difference. it's already started to make a difference. i believe it can and will make a difference if this doesn't end here...

This issue will take more than a 5-k run. if it happens in the next three weeks, it will be because of what you guys have done. on monday of this week, we're going to try, senator nelson and i, to pass the fix nics act, which is fixing the background check system, because the background check system is only as good as the information that's on it. one of the problems we have, and this will be an uncomfortable discussion in this country, we'll have to look at hipaa laws because right now people can't even talk to each other about what's going on in their lives. that's going to have to be fixed....

Get a concealed carry permit. >> you mentioned mental illness. recently, the republicans voted to repeal an obama era -- what was in the obama era, which is that people who are mentally ill have a much more difficult time getting access to high -powered weapons. why would anyone want someone with a record of mental illness to have access to weapons? >> we would not. but there is a due process situation here. what defines it, who is entitled to someone's private medical records, hippa. on the one hand, we celebrate first amendment rights. we also celebrate privacy and things like hipaa laws. if...

Involved, the cia was making him watch isis videos. and the idea that the fbi would then hand him back his gun after he -- after he logged out of the hospital, checked out of the hospital -- shouldn't the fbi be able to like, well, i don't know if we should give the gun back to you. >> precisely. but this is where i don't think fbi agents are being well trained. they're trying to find out if he had links to isis and look at his records and et cetera. you wonder if they put all the pieces together. i recognize my bill. i talk about my bill, it was passed law and signed with the president in dec...