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Defying the governor who opposes universal masking rules. >> just try to -- if you look at the guidelines, he just said if everybody wears a mask, what i understand from it, there will be less quarantine. even if you have the same positive cases. >> reporter: more than 8,000 cases among students and staff have been reported in the florida largest school districts. the largest district, miami dade, hasn't started school yet. president biden said he'll step in, vowing legal action to protect school leaders battling desantis over masks. >> we're not going to sit by as governors try to -- >> desan...

Hybrid learning options. despite the urgency of these numbers, pandemic politics remain. in florida, the state board of education vowed to punish two school boards that passed mask mandated. other boards voted in mandates too, defying governor ron desantis, who opposes universal masking rules. >> it just -- if you look at your guidelines, if everybody wore the mask, from what i understand, there will be less quarantine, even if you had the same positive cases. >> reporter: more than 8,000 cases among students and staff have been reported in florida's largest school districts. more than 29,000 ...

Mississippi leaders reinstituted hybrid learning options. despite the urgency of these numbers, pandemic politics remain. in florida, the state board of education vowed to punish two school boards that passed mask mandates. other boards voted in mandates too, defying governor ron desantis who opposes universal masking rules. >> if you look at your guidelines, it says if everybody wears a mask, what i understand from it, there will be less quarantine. even if you have the same positive cases. >> reporter: more than 8,000 cases among students and staff have been reported in florida's largest sch...

Press the white house bows vaccinations, -- about vaccinations, masks, changing cdc guidance. let's take a look at a recent encounter with you and white house press secretary, jen psaki. >> why did the president say if you have been fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. let me repeat, if you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask if that was possible that that was going to turn of out not to be true. >> i think we're all dealing with an evolving virus where there's no playbook and no historic precedent. howie: is it hard to pin down the white house when the guid...

Announcement and drama playing out in arkansas over vaccines and masks. talk about what's happening there? >> reporter: so the governor has been very clear that there will not be any sort of vaccine mandate in this state, even though you have obviously a large employer in tyson, making that decision for their employees, but the governor here, governor asa hutchinson is calling a special session to try to reverse legislation he signed just a couple of months ago that largely banned mask mandates and asking the general assembly to amend that to make it possible for schools to enact masking rules...