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Lawsuit, when you think about sending your kids back to school, what are your options? >> well, our options are either, you know, send my two kids to school -- i have an autistic son and my older son has adhd and is high risk. so it's a difficult decision between sending them to school and masking up and hoping and praying or keeping them home and struggling through their education than not getting what they need. it's a very tough situation. i kind of feel like i'm between a rock and a hard place right now. >> i can only imagine. veronica, i would love to hear how you are processing this as w...

No way to be protected. and so, you know, we explored a lot of different options, we wrote letters, we called, and asa just kept saying my hands are tied. on the other side of that, we knew that with the special session it would be just a game to them. while we have some power house fighters in there that tried to stand up for the good things, it's just at this point the legislature is kind of a joke. >> veronica, tell me more about that because for those who don't follow your state so closely, hearing you say that you knew the legislature wasn't going to take this seriously or that they are a...

Federal law prevents governments discriminating against people with disabilities. there are many more examples. what do you think is behind the visceral anger that so many parents feel about their children having to wear masks? >> i think a lot of it is politically driven. well, i think all of it is politically driven. i think that unfortunately when all of this happened, we had a president who very much politicized the entirety of this pandemic. and i'm not quite sure how people reconciling it in their head that, you know, they don't need to keep their kids safe. but it's unfortunate. it's fr...

>> it is the best arrive late to a party than not at all, but the governor's regret cannot reverse the law. it would take the legislature overturning the law to allow mask mandates once again in arkansas. now would be a good time for officials in little rock to do it. 1 in 5 cases involves kids under the age of 18. children 12 and under account for nearly 700% increase in cases since april. joining me now, veronica mcclain and ashley simmons, both mothers of young children who are suing the state of arkansas over its mask mandate ban. thank you both for spending some of our saturday with me. a...

Of course, they are welcome to join us on the program. veronica, for you as a mom of a 3-year-old and an 8-year-old, what is this about? >> this is about protecting my children. also my concerns for all the other children in this state. my 8-year-old has been virtual since march of 2020. we were able to keep our child virtual because we have a sitter that's able to watch him during the day when my husband and i work. but, you know, he's really missing out on the social connections with his friends. and also, you know, kind of thinking about it in terms of, you know, he just needs to get back t...