what is texas in brand and what is san antonio brand question always been the alamo city. when i dug a little deeper i realized they were about to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to revitalize the alamo. there's this whole debate about what story that revitalized, renovated, with the new museum. what story was it going to tell? it seemed to bring this whole thing back to the surface again. i wrote in a column a fight at the alamo had more to do slavery and liberty. that triggered a firestorm and a big conversation. >> richard brought the idea to us went to breakfast south congress one monday morning. jason and i, at some point he starts going on about all that you don't know about the alamo. all that you think you know is wrong. and especially what a burden the anglo dominant narrative has been. and at some point we kind of jerked up and said what do you say? after about another hour he does nothing but his homework i said somebody ought to write a book about that. until years later we have. >> initially i thought it would be a fun thing to do with my friends. but as

san antonio is a modern, prosperous city. in fact now it is america's seventh largest. it is very cosmopolitan, and in many ways not stereotypically texa n. but it has one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american, and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history, where in 1836 a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. dr winders, bruce, how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as baddie mexicans versus goodie americans. this is a story about people. this is a story about two nations, this is a story about the idea of — what should government be like? it's really the convergence of mexican history and us history. the battle became a symbol of historic resistance, and the struggle for independence, which the texans won later that year. company, prepare to load �*em 12 times. ready? load! today, the alamo is one of the state's top t

so, classes just started in the san antonio independent school district. have you had any issues with children showing up maskless? >> no. fact, we've had the opposite. we've had families and educators who are showing up compelled to do the right thing. we had our first day of school on monday. and 99% of our educators and students showed up wearing masks. so we've been working really hard to have strong, compelling messages, you know, really knowing what we did last year our students have been in school since september of last year, not at 100%, but we know that there are very effective strategies in keeping our students safe and masking is definitely one of those. >> so what will you do if a student refuses to wear a mask? >> i mean, we are not a punitive district. we want to work in partnership and in relationship with those families to really help them understand why making the choice to wear the mask is important. we are working every single day with those families. and if a family has a concern or a health issue, we're going to work with them one on

la misión duró casi 8 horas >>> el avión partió 60 minutos antes del ahora planificado desde san antonio a las vegas y avanzaba vida a tierra a 15 millas por hora y el avión debía llegar antes de su impacto para conocer su poderío previo a comenzar a perder porfa una vez tocará tierra al este de luisiana. >>> cerca de las 11 de la mañana el avión ingresó a ida por el oeste del ojo. los movimientos del avión se volvieron bien bruscos mientras se podía apreciar la famosa pared del ojo donde están los vientos más violentos además era evidente poder observar el sol y solo algunas nubes gracias al aire que desciende en esa columna justo al atravesar la pared se lanzó la radiosonda que continuó lo que surgirían las modelos meteorológicos, movimientos de ida eran de categoría 4 los vientos. >>> el avión luego atravesó parte del cuadrante noreste del huracán, el más fuerte del sistema para hacer una 2a entrada y volver a medir sus vientos. en este momento, casi la mitad del centro de ida de sobre 12 millas de ancho estado sobre tierra. >>> esa preguntaba por qué la misión

san antonio is a modern, prosperous city. in fact now it is america's seventh largest. it is very cosmopolitan, and in many ways not stereotypically texa n. but it has one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american, and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history, where in 1836 a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. dr winders, bruce, how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as baddie mexicans versus goodie americans. this is a story about people. this is a story about two nations, this is a story about the idea of — what should government be like? it's really the convergence of mexican history and us history.the battle became a symbol of historic- the battle became a symbol of historic resistance, and the struggle for independence, which the texans won later that year. company, prepare to load �*em 12 times. ready? load! today

today san antonio got somewhere with that. they issued a temporary order, against governor greg abbott and his mask ban. that will at least for now allow san antonio and bexar county itself to require masks in schools which their health department wants them to do as kids head back into the classroom. joining us now is the mayor of san antonio. i know this is a really busy time for you and your city. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> let me ask you first of all, if i explained that correctly in terms of the impact of that ruling and the nature of this conflict you've got right now with the texas governor. >> the delta surge is so dangerous and so rapid that every day matters. and so we contended that the governor used his emergency powers unconstitutionally to behind bind the hands of local health officials from dealing with the actual emergency. it's tragically ironic he'd use his emergency powers from dealing with the emergency. effective immediately our public health authority has implemented a mask mandate for all public

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san antonio is a modern, prosperous city. in fact now it is america's seventh largest. it is very cosmopolitan, and in many ways not stereotypically texa n. but it has one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american, and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history, where in 1836 a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. dr winders, bruce, how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as baddie mexicans versus goodie americans. this is a story about people. this is a story about two nations, this is a story about the idea of — what should government be like? it's really the convergence of mexican history and us history.the battle became a symbol of historic- resistance, and the struggle for independence, which the texans won later that year. company, prepare to load �*em 12 times. ready? load! today, the alamo is one of the state's top t

today san antonio got somewhere with that. they issued a temporary order, that will at least for now allow san antonio and bear county itself to require masks in schools, which their health department wants them to do as kids head back into the classroom. joining us now is the mayor of san antonio. i know this is a really busy time for you and your city. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> let me ask you first of all, if i explained that correctly in terms of the impact of that ruling and the nature of this conflict you've got right now with the texas governor. >> the delta surge is so dangerous and so rapid that every day matters. and so we contended that the governor used his emergency powers unconstitutionally to bind the hands of health officials from dealing the actual emergency. it's tragically ironic he'd use his emergency powers from dealing with the emergency. effective immediately our public health authority has implemented a mask mandate for all public schools. it is effective immediately. it's already going to have

san antonio is a modern, prosperous city, and now it's america's seventh—largest. it's very cosmopolitan and, in many ways, not stereotypically texan. but it has got one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american, and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history where in 1836, a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. doctor winders? how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as baddie mexicans versus goodie americans. this is a story about people. this is a story about two nations. this is a story about the idea of what should government be like? it's really the convergence of mexican history and us history. the battle became a symbol of historic resistance and the struggle for independence which the texans won later that year. company, prepare to load. ready? load. today, the alamo is one of the state's top tourist attractions and

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joining us now is the mayor of san antonio ron nirenberg, mayor ron nirenberg, thank you so much for being here i know this is a busy time for you in your city. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> let me ask you first of all if i explained that correctly in terms of that impact of that ruling in the nature of this conflict that you have right now with the texas governor? >> the delta surge is so dangerous and rapid that every day matters. we contended that the governor used his emergency powers unconstitutionally to bind the harried of local officials, from dealing with -- to prevent us from dealing with the emergency, we did win that ruling in court so effective immediately or county -- excuse me, our public health authority has implemented a mask mandate for all public schools. it's effective immediately, it's already going to have impact and we believe it will save lives. >> tell us about the balance of health capacity right now, in and around san antonio in terms of how bad the current surge is and how strained your health resources are, and what you are expecting as schools g

we'll talk to the mayor of san antonio in a few minutes who says, i hear your threat governor abbott, i see the legal brief you filed yesterday, but i'm doing it anyway because i want to protect our people. we're hear his argument in a minute. the cdc has updated its guidance to recommend pregnant women do get vaccinated against coronavirus. they previously had a neutral stance on whether immunization was safe for pregnant women. now they say there's no increased risk of miscarriage among those who have been vaccinated. the cdc found pregnant women were more likely to get severely ill than not pregnant ones. a 30-year-old woman died days after giving birth to her daughter on july 27th. she cradled her newborn long enough to take two photographs before being taken to the icu. let's bring in dr. kavita patel, an msnbc medical contributor. lots to get to with you, but let's start with pregnancy and the new recommendation from the cdc, did they make the right call here for pregnant women? >> yeah. we've been speaking for months this is safe and now we got more data, this is from a cdc reg

i live in san antonio, i'm here right now. and this morning there was a town hall or forum that was for utility assistance and rental assistance. and hundreds if not thousands of people showed up to that. but they went out to the people and tried to make it as easy as they could for folks to come in and get their questions answered, get their applications in. these are not only tenants but also landlords. that's important, because some people when they hear about the eviction moratorium, they say, look, these landlords have had to wait too long. these funds are actually available to landlords ultimately. so only 11% of these funds have gotten distributed. 89% have not. states and localities need to get their act together, cut the red tape, don't wait, but go out into the community. and on top of that, i believe that congress should act as soon as possible to extend an eviction moratorium and states that don't have one in place should immediately consider one. >> secretary julian castro, i appreciate your time and i especially

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>> jim, our positivity rate here in san antonio hit over 20% last week. we have covid testing in all of our schools. our positive rate is hovering about 2%. last year we never went above 1%. i'm worried because more and more hospitals are reporting children being hospitalized. my parents trust us. my staff trust us. we want to maintain that trust. in order to keep our children safe, have stability in our classrooms, we need to make sure our federal and state leaders are doing everything possible. this is not a time for politics. this is about making sure we have a strong academic year and that our children are safe. >> so, if the texas supreme court in the next legal step here upholds the ban, will you comply? or will you kind of dare them in effect and continue to require vaccines? >> i have full support, jim, of both my community and my board and my staff. we're going to do what's right for our children. again, we'll let lawyers deal with the legal ramifications. we're going to keep our children safe and we're going to make sure our classrooms are stabl

i'm in san antonio now. i got an emergency alert that said, nine and ten of hospitalizations are people who are unvaccinated. there are kids going to school next week. greg abbott was telling cities, no, you don't need to mandate masks. these are unvaccinated children. they don't have to disclose covid cases. in san antonio, if your kid has lice, you have to disclose your kid has lice. yet you don't have to disclose your kid has covid. there's something wrong with that. i was reading there are about 329 icu beds in the entire state. this is failed leadership at its core. you will have the courts -- my hope is you will have the courts reverse some of these decisions, because we saw what happened in florida today. you have the biden administration sending ventilators. i won't be surprised if the same thing happens in texas soon. >> let me play a fun video for you, tim, because i know you will appreciate it. this is ted cruz. this is what he said when it comes to covid guidelines and democrats. take a listen. >

this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us. miriam pawel. however, i would like to introduce myself first so you know who to complain to later. my name is greg barrios, a former book editor of the "san antonio express" news. i worked for many years in los angeles for the "los angeles times." i've written for the "new york times." currently, i write for the "los angeles review of books," and i'm on the board of directors of the national book critics circle. i'm also the author of a book of poetry that deals with la calsa. that's what it is called. at this time, i'd like to introduce miriam. miriam is the former pulitzer prize-winning editor who spent 25 years at "news day" and the "los angeles times." her book, "the crusades of cesar chavez," a biography, is the first comprehensive biography of the iconic, charismatic leader. she has also written "the union of their dreams," a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of chavez's united farm worke

i think she wants to base out of san antonio. i'm notts entirely sure. >> sean: my favorite barbecue is ribs. as she make ribs and chicken? that's my favorite, my personal favorite. >> she definitely does. >> sean: i have my masterbuilt electric smoker in my backyard. i love it, i use it all the time. i'm sure it's not as good. now, she has had a little business at home, you mentioned in one interview. now she'll have the truck, and she'll be able to provide this great food for so many people. do you know the location of it yet? >> you said the rotation, what do you mean by that? >> sean: the location of where the truck is going to be. >> oh, the location! well, so right now it's going to be being made in san antonio, texas, and she loves cooking in houston, because she has a little hot spots she loves to, where shehe had her pit on whee. i'm pretty sure he's p going to houston, texas, but she might go to san antonio, too. i don't know what she wants to do. she might want to travel all over the country, who knows? she's been prov

this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us. miriam pawel. however, i would like to introduce myself first so you know who to complain to later. my name is greg barrios, a former book

this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us. miriam pawel. however, i would like to introduce myself first so you know who to

this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us. miriam pawel. however, i would like to introduce myself first so you know who to complain to later. my name is greg barrios, a former book editor of the "san antonio express" news. i worked for many years in los angeles for the "los angeles times." i've written for the "new york times." currently, i write for the "los angeles review of books," and i'm on the board of directors of the national book critics circle. i'm also the author of a book of poetry that deals with la calsa. in fact, it's called "lacalsa." . at this time, i'd like to introduce miriam. miriam is the former pulitzer prize-winning editor who spent 25 years working at "news day" and the "los angeles times." . her book, "the crusades of cesar chavez," a biography, is the first comprehensive biography of the iconic, charismatic leader. she has also written "the union of their dreams," a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of chavez's

i think she wants to base out of san antonio. i'm not entirely sure. >> sean: my favorite barbecue is ribs. does she make ribs and chicken? that's my favorite, my personal favorite. >> she definitely does. >> sean: i have my master-built electric smoker in my backyard. i love it, i use it all the time. i'm sure it's not as good. now, she has had a little business at home, you mentioned in one interview. now she'll have the truck, and she'll be able to provide this great food for so many people. do you know the location of it yet? >> you said the rotation, what do you mean by that? >> sean: the location of where the truck is going to be. >> oh, the location! l, so right now it's going to be being made in san antonio, texas, and she loves cooking in houston, because she has a little hot spots she loves to, where she had her pit on wheels. i'm pretty sure he's going to houston, texas, but she might go to san antonio, too. i don't know what she wants to do. she might want to travel all over the country, who knows? she's been provided

this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us.

san antonio's mayor says lives will now be saved. >> it is effective immediately. it's already going to have impact and we believe it'll save lives. >> reporter: in florida, two school districts mandating masks, too. in open defiance of governor ron desantis. >> no more masks! >> reporter: in williamstown county, tennessee, protesters heckling health care professionals who spoke about the benefits of masks at a school board meeting. some could be heard shouting, "we will find you." tonight, the cdc is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated. pointing to growing evidence that the vaccine poses no increased risk for miscarriage and no safety concerns for pregnant women or their babies. but just 23% received one dose of a vaccine during pregnancy. in utah, grayson bakes was pregnant but didn't get the vaccine. she got infected with the delta variant and is now fighting for her life on a ventilator after her baby was safely delivered by an emergency c-section. >> her baby shower was actually scheduled for saturday, but instead of having a baby shower, she got a ventila

jo pierce aree prominent couple in san antonio i've mentioned several times ates the texas book festival in austin. mrs. pierce e-mailed me separately to say texas history museum has abruptly canceled the speech by the author's new c book a on alamo. at above you are familiar with that book. in texas is to keep the truth from competing with myth, this is crazy andel related to censorship. i know we touched on the alamo a minute ago. i wanted to acknowledge that e-mail. speech have heard about that situation. the streisand effect. i think when you draw attention to things like this this will probably make people go outve and read the book even more. people don't like to have ideas kept from them. that is an unfortunate situation i have not read the book yet. that should be on my nightstand next too. >> host: will be on the book festival circuit this fall? >> i think so. i'm supposed to be in the book circuit this fall. i'm hoping we will be able to be there in person. the virtual things are nice but it's also nice to be out and meet people. you know what those are like. stuart yes texas i

i live in san antonio. i'm here right now. and this morning there was a town hall or forum that was for utility assistance and rental assistance, and hundreds, if not thousands of people showed up to that. but they went out to the people and tried to make it as easy as they could for folks to come and get their questions answered, get their applications in. these are not only tenants, but also landlords. that's important, because some people when they hear about the eviction moratorium, they say these landlords have had to wait too long. these funds are actually available to landlords, ultimately. so only 11% of these funds have gotten distributed. 89% have not. states and localities need to get their act together, cut the red tape, don't wait, but go out into the community. on top of that, i believe that congress should act as soon as possible to extend an eviction moratorium and states that don't have one in place should immediately consider one. >> secretary julian castro, i appreciate your time and i especially appreciate

county officials in dallas and san antonio won two legal victories yesterday. they requested a temporary restraining order against the governor's executive order banning mask requirements. it's a temporary legal verdict. it will continue to be hashed out in courts next week. quickly san antonio schools and county officials implemented a mask requirement for anyone entering government buildings and school property as well. and all of this comes as the hospitalization situation continues to worsen across the state. more than 10,000 people hospitalized because of covid. we have not seen numbers that high since the worst days of the pandemic back in late january, and there are just over 320 intensive care unit beds available at this point according to the latest data from the texas department of health. this is a very urgent situation. and in many areas across the state, according to state health officials, there are single digit number of icu beds available for patients in need of critical care. all of this is a very intense situation. the governor says that he co

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san antonio is a modern prosperous city, but now it is america's seventh—largest. it is very cosmopolitan and in many ways, not stereotypically texan. but it has got one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in american history where in 1836, a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. doctor winders. how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as baddie mexicans versus goodie americans. this is a story about people. this is a story about two nations. this is a story about the idea of what should government be like? it's really the convergence of mexican history and us history. the battle became a symbol of historic resistance and the struggle for independence which the texans won later that year. ready? load. today the alamo is one of the state's top to attractions and re—enactments make help

gonzales gets a start in local politics, housing issues in the san antonio area. is involved with the pan american progressive association in texas. this launches his career of progressive politics. and in 1956 he becomes the first mexican american elected to the texas senate. twice he filibustered measures in the texas senate that would have resegregate and texas public schools. that earned him a lot of national attention, and a great quote in time magazine that we came across, it may be some can chloroform the conscience, but if we feel long enough, we hate, and if we hate long enough we fight. he runs for governor in the late 19 fifties in texas, he is trounced. but he gets a name recognition. he becomes a viable candidate for a special election in 1961, in a san antonio district. and he comes into the house. and he serves in the house for nearly four decades. best known for his service in the house committee that he chaired in the late 1980s and 1990s, he passed a lot of important housing and banking reform. critical of the big banks, and also a proponent for

the ruling clears the way for officials in the county which includes san antonio to mandate masks and government buildings and schools. this comes after a district court judge granted a temporary restraining order against abbott's executive order of the governor tried to get the ruling dismissed. tonight san antonio's mayor tweeted "the texas fourth court of appeals has upheld our local health authority school mask directives. there are still some long days ahead but i'm encouraged with the law continues to be on the side of students, teachers, and public health." despite a growing list of local municipalities who legally are challenging the order against mass mandates on tuesday he said "the assertion that the governor of the state of texas doesn't have the authority to protect the rights and freedoms of texans is just plain misguided." governors at least seven states have some kind of order keeping school district from coming up with their own mass mandates. including florida, a pro-mask protest took place there yesterday in st. john's county just south of jacksonville during a heat

gonzalez gets his start in local politics, housing issues in the san antonio area. he's involved with the pan american progressive association in texas. this launches his career in progressive politics. in 1956 he becomes the first mexican american elected to the texas senate. twice he filibustered measures in the texas senate that would have resegregated texas public schools. that earned him a lot of national attention. he had a great quote in "time" magazine we came across. it may be some that the chloroform their conscious, but if we fear long enough we hate, and if we hate long enough, we fight. he runs for governor in the late 1950s in texas and is trounced. he gets name recognition and becomes a viable candidate in 1961 in a san antonio district and he comes into the house. he serves in the house for nearly four decades. best known for his service on the house banking committee. he chaired it in the late 1980s and early 1990s, passed a lot of important housing and banking reform. critic of the big banks and also a proponent for many years of opening up the rat

they recruited the people from oklahoma to come to san antonio. in texas. do you know how much a train engineer was making? he was making $14,000 a month. you are telling me that they do not have any money? forget it. i was in san jose, i had not been there in a while. they had built a whole new eight lane freeway. where did they get the money from that? they were always saying we do not have any money. when -- when out of office, there were millions of dollars in the coffers for the roads. it was just never used. host: let us start with the mass transit. that seems to be a sticking point up to the release. the money being set aside for amtrak. can you elaborate? guest: for transit, there was a dispute by the negotiators of the legislation. some of them argue that transit had already been dedicated several billion dollars from sue covid aid -- from covid aid. individual senators from the urban settings rely on transit, they argue there is an additional need of about $40 billion to bring most of the transit systems around the country to a better state of rep

joe pierce, from san antonio and i've met them several times in austin, mrs. pierce e-mailed me separately to say that the texas state history museum has abruptly canceled the speech by the authors of the new book on the alamo. i don'ten if you're familiar with that book. and texas is trying to keep the truth from competing with myths. this is crazy and related to censorship. now, we touched on forget alamo and i wanted to read the e-mail. >> i've heard that, it's what they call the streisand effect. when you draw attention to things like that, this will probably make people go out and read the book even more. people don't like to have ideas and things kept from them, but that's an unfortunate situation if that's -- from what, the things that i've actually read about it. i haven't read the book yet. that should be on my night stand next. >> will you be on the book festival circuit this fall? >> i think so, yes. i'm supposed to be on the book circuit this festival. i'm hoping to be able to be there in person. virtual things are nice, but it's nice to be out and

there is one going on right now in san antonio and according to the dallas superintendent, it doesn't include his specific school district. so he said that the mask mandate here in dallas isd continues and parents that we talked to are on his side. take a listen. >> we're super excited that dallas isd has taken the initiative and making sure our kids are safe at school and keeping their mask on. >> i feel like whatever is necessary to keep the children safe, we have to do it. regardless of the mandates. so i support the superintendent. and we have masks, where is her mask? we are masks, we little bitty pre-k mask, and we'll encourage her to wear it and we'll wear ours as well. >> reporter: now kate, those parents and the superintendent, what they're looking at are the number of hospitalizations in the state. more than 11,500 people are hospitalized in the entire state of texas that has about 30 million people. there are 322 icu beds in the area where i am in dallas county, there is 83 icu beds available in this region. kate. >> rosa, thank you so much. >>> there are also new warnings

host: doctor pierce is a retired couple at san antonio i have met them several times at the san antonio book festival that she e-mailed me to sayal the history museum has abruptly canceled the speech by the authors of the new book on the alamo. i don't know if you are familiar with that book texas is trying to keep the truth from competing this is crazy and related to censorship but i wanted to acknowledge her e-mail. >> i heard about that situation. it's like the streisand effect this will probably make people go out and read the book even more. but thatn, is an unfortunate situation from the things that i read about it. >> i haven't read the book yet. that should be on my nightstand next. host: will you be on the book festival circuit this fall? >> i'm supposed to be. ii am hoping i can be there in person. it's virtual but i liked a lot and meet people you know that atmosphere it is a lot of fun. host: and texas is in person this year. cleveland ohio go ahead. >>caller. professor gordon reed related to sally hemmings? we know the name sally hemmings and we know her story. what i miss

there's one that's going on in san antonio right now. this is giving local officials confidence that they can move forward and they've got a lot of parent support. take a listen. >> we're super excited that dallas has taken the initiative in making sure our kids are safe at school and keeping their masks on. >> i feel like whatever is necessary to keep the children safe, we have to do it, regardless of the mandates. i support the superintendent, and we have masks. where are our masks? we have little bitty pre-k masks, and we'll encourage her to wear it and we'll wear ours as well. >> here is the backstory on this fight between local and state governments. the biggest county states, biggest counties in the state, biggest school districts are revolting against the governor after the governor issued an executive order last month, jim and poppy, that in essence ties the hands of local officials behind their backs. it suspends the powers they have to impose mitigation measures to stop the spread of covid-19 and now they've said enough is enou

. >> reporter: this is now ending up in the courts, but just a short while ago, a judge in san antonio, texas, has ruled against governor greg abbott's executive order prohibiting the issuing of mask mandates. this judge is essentially has ruled in favor of a request for a temporary restraining order by bear county and the city of san antonio. this happened just a short while ago. this is just temporary. there will be a hearing next week to flesh it out even more. but a similar temporary restraining order has been requested by officials here in dallas county as well where the dallas school superintendent is also requiring students, staff, and teachers to wear masks when school starts up next week. again, all of this and this fight continues. the pace of the coronavirus spreading through texas is really skyrocketing, putting a great deal of pressure on hospitals across the state. dallas county officials explained today why they're pushing to get this temporary restraining order. >> enough. i'm not going to let children get sick and people die while i wait around to see if the governor c

um, in san antonio, there was a report of -- um -- you know, healthcare workers being assaulted over arguments when it came to masks. i, personally, have thankfully not had to deal with anything like that but i do have to continuously remind some mask-hesitant patients and a family member or two to put their mask on. and it's something that is, unfortunately, spilling over into our hospitals. >> yeah. it's -- it's really sad to see. we will have to leave it there but thanks so much for coming on. thanks for all your work, you and all the healthcare workers out there. really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> breaking news. u.s. helicopters on the move getting american citizens out of afghanistan, as the country is on the brink of total-taliban takeover. stay with us. it's time for the biggest sale of the year, on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it helps keep you effortlessly comfortable by sensing your movements and automatically responding to both of you. and, it's temperature balancing to help you stay comfortable all night. it even tracks your circadian rhythm, so you

. >> reporter: after multiple school districts in texas deified the governor's mask ban, a san antonio judge issued an order, allowing local school officials to issue their own mandate. and as u.s. covid cases now top 36 million, the push to vaccinate and confusion over booster shots continues, despite the fda urging no need for boosters, some states like mississippi are advising doctors to consider it as pfizer and moderna conduct their own safety trials, texas officials confirming some people are intentionally getting more doses than they should experts say that decision is premature. >> i don't believe that most people should be going out and doing this on their own. it's going to cause a lot more confusion. and we want to actually look at the safety and efficacy data of third shots before we make guidance about who would benefit from it and who won't. >> reporter: and with the likelihood of booster shots becoming a reality, the cdc has announced it will be holding an advisory panel this upcoming friday to discuss how to best move forward on that front in the meantime, the country o

joining me now is julian castro, former mayor of san antonio. he's now an msnbc political analyst. thank you for being here. it's helpful that you're also a former mayor. your thoughts on the governor now testing positive, the fact he's still holding maskless events, and refusing to allow schoolchildren to be protected with mask mandates. >> it's absolutely maddening, joy. it's the height of hypocrisy. you put out the stats there. texas right now has one of the worst covid-19 situations. only 314 icu beds left in a state of 29 million people. more pediatric cases of covid, i think, right now than any other state, or right around the same amount as florida. it's surging here, and at the same time, the governor is in a tug-of-war with communities across the state and school districts that want to do everything that they can to protect children and businesses that want to protect customers by requiring vaccination or at least requiring masks. school districts that want to require masks. they're fighting that out in court. the governor has said, no, you can't do that. you can't take th

. >> reporter: san antonio, texas, briefly running out of ambulances. dallas running out of pediatric icu beds. >> in dallas, we have zero icu beds left for children. that means if your child's in a car wreck, or more likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. your child will just not get on the ventilator. >> reporter: a texas family is mourning the loss of 12-year-old ryland diac. they say he was healthy. but when ryland got covid his mom tells "blue bonnet news" he declined quickly. passing away within days. in corpus christi, ems crews are now racing to get more people vaccinated. >> you feel it? >> yeah, i feel it. >> it's done. >> okay, that wasn't that bad. >> reporter: we were there as they went door-to-door giving shots to kids like 13-year-old derik leal. >> i feel like you should still wear your mask, even if you have both of your shots. >> reporter: today, chicago and los angeles mandating vaccines for teachers. with schools reopening, more than 10,000 students and teacher

. >> reporter: in texas after multiple school districts defied the governor's mask ban a san antonio judge issued an order allowing local school officials to issue their own mandate. and in kentucky the governor mandating all schools mask up. as u.s. covid cases now top 36 million, the push to vaccinate and confusion over booster shots continues. despite the fda urging no need for boosters, some states like mississippi are advising doctors to consider it. as pfizer and moderna conduct their own safety trials, texas officials confirming some people are intentionally getting more doses than they should experts say that decision is premature. >> i don't believe that most people should be going out and doing this on their own. it's going to cause a lot more confusion and we don't -- we want to actually look at the safety and efficacy data of third shots before we make guidance about who would benefit from it and who won't. >> morgan, what do we know about the safety of getting a booster shot at this time? >> reporter: lester, the safety of the shot going to be prime topic of discussion a