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Out in the courts. the courts will have the final say here. katy, we talked to mothers on both sides of the legal question here. first you're going to hear from tasha whose son has cystic fibrosis and she says this is a blatant violation of the americans with disabilities act and that removing that power from local school boards could put her son's life at risk. and then you're going to hear from stephanie, who says that her kids were suspended for wearing -- not wearing masks when they had every right to and that we're not considering the downside of masks. >> for kids like mine, when other c...

Going to mask any more depending on each individual parent, what we're really saying is that your children with disabilities, your high-risk children don't matter. your child may enter their school with a mask on or a mask off. they have a choice. we don't. we have to do what our doctors tell us to do. >> reporter: so, hallie, what tasha said is an argument made across the country in these cases which is that taking this power away from school boards to protect children is really a violation of americans with disabilities act. whereas stephanie said the masks have become a political issue and ...

In virginia. that state poised to become the latest republican-led state to ban mask mandates in schools as soon as this week. talk a little bit about the battle that's playing out there. >> reporter: chris, virginia really does illustrate the new normal here, which is the pallet over how we're going to live with this long-term. you have a localized battle here going on, because decisions will be made at the local level about masks. and the question is, whether that's going to be made by schoolboards or parents. we talked, chris, to two mothers who are engaged on legal battles from the first s...

The boy is tasha, next to him as his brother tim moore, the little girl's their sister lisa. when they saw our cameras today they just had to say hello. tasha talking to us wanted to know that it is really cold here, it is. it said it's snowing in the spring for some reason. he talked it up to what he said in ukrainian was nature's failure. when we come back on me to show you around this refugee welcome center where pasha, to more, and lisa have landed. and show you have some of ukraine's 2 million refugees are preparing to continue their journeys. that's up next. p next nicorette knows, quitt...

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