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Three weeks. but by then, school has started, and all of these children are losing time being integrated in school, like will, and we're watching will's brother coming home every day. >> that time is so precious. judy, matthew, thank you both. meanwhile in texas, the cdc reports covid hospitalizations are up by more than 30% since last week. and health care workers are pleading for a mask mandate. >> our team lost a 43-year-old man. within an hour, his 37-year-old wife passed away from covid, leaving behind an 11-year-old. sorry. i'm begging, i'm really begging for a mask mandate, even if it...

The department of education says it will pay the salaries of florida school board members if the state makes good on its promise to defund districts that defy the governor's order. which brings us to a woman named judy hayes, one of the dozen parents suing florida's governor, saying their children with disabilities need a mask mandate to stay safe in school. hayes lives in orange county and her 10-year-old son, will, has down syndrome, as well as other underlying health conditions. judy hayes joins me along with her attorney, matthew daetz. litigator for the disabilities independence group. ju...

President say that we're heroes, i can't even put into words how much i appreciate hearing that from our leaders, knowing that he's on our side, his wife is an educator. i feel like they get us and they're in this fight with us. and i'm hopeful we'll get somewhere. >> matthew, how soon could this lawsuit change the situation in florida schools? >> well, currently we're waiting on the governor to give a response, and the governor's response is due on the 24th. but we're also reaching out to the department of education and the department of justice. they are the enforcing authorities when it com...

Not optimal for him or anybody else. >> matthew, take us really big picture here. what's at stake in terms of disabled children's right to an education? >> well, the a.d.a. and section 504 actually guarantees these children a right to go to school and to go to school in a safe environment. while you can do something so easy as to put on a mask to secure the health of kids like will and kids who have asthma and other disabilities that they would be in danger of getting sick or even dying, we're really dealing with high stakes for these kids. either they're excluded from school, or they have to ...

With disabilities need a mask mandate to stay safe in school. she lives in orange county and her 10-year-old son, will, has down syndrome as well as underlying health conditions. judy hayes joins me along with her attorney, matthew daetz. how is your kid's first week of school? >> thank you very much, alicia. so my 13-year-old had a great first week. he's in eighth grade and she's super excited to be back and to see his friends and just to get back into the classroom. he's taking fun classes, so he's excited about that. but for will, not so good. he's 10 and he's supposed to be in fourth grade...