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

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

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 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

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

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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

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

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

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

my my next stop is the city of san antonio. but not before the sunset limited limbs up to its name. —— lives up to its name. 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 typically texan. but it has one historical attraction which get to the very heart of what it means to be american, and what especially —— more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history, wary 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, how are you? but historian bruce says it would be simplistic to see it as bad mexicans versus good americans.— see it as bad mexicans versus good americans. this is a story about people- _ good americans. this is a story about people. this _ good americans. this is a story about people. this is _ good americans. this is a story about people. this is a - good am

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. >

>> 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the legislation of the house floor is to un-do what the appellant court did in san antonio to say that the local governments can run the cities and the school districts require masks in schools, and the attempt is to un-do it and not to help. two, the people have to do what they believe they have to do, but we are working on the consensus and transparency and the announcement for them to go back was not known for the larger caucus, but a number of us committed to fight, and we want reforms at the national level and we will hold out unless and until we can get the federal voting rights on the president's desk. >> what does that commitment look like? how long can you stay away from providing a quorum? a year? until the next election? i have to tell you that i cover the congress, and i don't think that the cavalry is coming to help you guys in terms of a federal voting law any time soon. >> i appreciate the perspective, and i believe in hope, and moral consciousness and i believe it is elevated to the top of the talking points at a national level, because people are fed up. when you are l

antonio school district about mask mandates. people know the doctor says getting the virus is a thousand times worse than taking the vaccine and the side effects you see pretty quickly with the vaccine. people understand, take the vaccineat but the gop governor n texas is saying it's up to parents and individuals to decide, not the government. what do you say? >> i'm not sure that we about the legal situation in texas specificallyly. can the president ordered the school board -- excuse me can the governor ordered the school board to do something but as far as mask mandates in schools are concerned remember in my view they are secondary to the idea of the schools being open and children being in the school and the enormous damage that was done to students in terms of isolation and lack of social development over the past year was incredible and cannot he repeated. the idea of having them in classroom seems to be much less the problemm than having them take assignments we zoom which was devastating. liz: byron great to see you. co

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

cbs' omar villafranca reports from san antonio. >> reporter: it's a quiet morning in san antonio. but it's about to get loud. >> constables office! >> reporter: bear county constables are constables are evicting a tenant who may be armed, a dangerous job that requires backup. >> we could be somewhere in the area, so we have to remain alert. >> reporter: deputy laura valencia is with the constable's office. >> you don't have the original key? >> reporter: we followed her and her team on several evictions. despite a federal ban, evictions have continued here, but there are fewer constables to do the job. there have been over 18,000 evictions filed in bear county since the start of the pandemic. they expect that number to increase by three to five times once the c.d.c. ban is lifted in october. does it still get tough emotionally for you to have to go and do this?otiona >> the tough part is just seeing the families that you have to tell them, you know, we've given you the 24 hours to vacate already. evictholle has sixmedindin o children. they were evicted two weeks after michelle gav

. >> 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

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

cbs' omar villafranca reports from san antonio. >> reporter: it's a quiet morning in san antonio. but it's about to get loud. >> constables office! you're under repossession! >> reporter: bear county constables are evicting a tenant who may be armed, a dangerous job that requires backup. >> we could be somewhere in the area, so we have to remain alert. ncfi ou don't have the original keys? >> reporter: we followed her and her team on several evictions. despite a federal ban, evictions have continued here, but there are fewer constables to do the ere have been over 18,000 evictions filed in bear county since the start of the pandemic. they expect that number to increase by three to five times once the c.d.c. ban is lifted in october. does it still get tough emotionally for you to have to go and do this? >> the tough part is just seeing the families, that you have to tell them, you know, we've given you the 24 hours to vacate already. >> reporter: michelle medina and josh barkley know the pain of eviction. the 28-year-old couple has six children. they were evicted two weeks after mi

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

borja: yo voy a poner la imagen de san antonio para encontrar el amor este fin de semana. ya les cuento el lunes. carolina: hasta el lunes, muchas gracias.

. >> 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

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

the trailers will be stationed in san antonio >>> more than 5,000 students and hundreds of employees who intended or worked in hillsborough county public schools in florida now in quarantine or in i say lace because they were exposed to covid. the atlanta falcons say they have become the first nfl team to have every player vaccinated. >>> intense heat continues to boil western states as intense wildfires burn more land by the hour california's dixie fire is now the largest blaze on record in the u.s. and has consumed nearly 579,000 acres. it's only 31% contained. and in utah the new parlays canyon fire is forcing evacuation for more than 6,000 residents. a local emergency has been declared for summit county on monday officials declared the first-ever water shortage for the colorado river after water levels at lake mead, its largest reservoir, fell to an all-time low. arizona will be the hardest state hit, losing 18% of its share from the river next year that's around 8% of its total water use. >> let's head over to meteorologist janessa webb with all of this. janessa, good morning. >

. >> 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

. >> 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

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: cameron davies is a houston native who now lives in san antonio and operates cruising kitchens, the largest manufacturer of mobile assets in the world. his team will design, build, and donate this truck to tamyra's mom. plickle's famous barbecue truck is coming. but first the tears are coming. >> it's time for you to take care of her. because she's been taking care of you. >> i can't believe it. thank you so much! >> i've been wanting this for her for so long. >> reporter: and now with the gold and some giving both tamyra and her mother's dreams are coming true. all just part of the plan. >> i think we need to make a trip down to texas. >> suddenly i'm craving barbecue. >> yes. that's every day. but that's what's making news in >>>ight now "americis morning" -- on the brink. afghanistan now on the verge of a taliban takeover. the pentagon sending thousands of troops back into the country. disturbing new accounts of taliban atrocities, targeting women. we hear from two experts on how this could have happened so quickly. and the concern for u.s. citizens and allies in kabul. is t

i'm heard that houston, austin and san antonio are considering that move right now. so then maybe other districts will follow suit. there is strength in numbers. >> we'll be watching. keep us posted. any developments. appreciate it. and welcome home. >> thank you. >>> a u.s. peace envoy is in the middle east to deliver a message to the taliban. stop taking control of afghan cities. well that stark warning work? more after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ aloha! isn't this a cozy little room? sorry your vacation request took so long to get approved, so you missed out on the suite special. but lucky for you, they had this. when employees are forced to wait for vacation request approvals,it can really cramp their style. i'm gonna leave you to it. um, just— with paycom, employees enter and manage their own hr data in a single, easy-to-use software. visit paycom.com and schedule a demo today. ♪ rock the boat don't rock the boat, baby ♪ ♪ rock the boat don't tip the boat over ♪ here we go. ♪ don't rock the boat, baby rock the boat ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. it's tim

fema agreed to the request and those mortuary trucks are being deployed to san antonio as we speak. expected to arrive by the end of the week. they will then be deployed across the state of texas to handle the dead bodies that are piling up faster than texas funeral homes can handle them because of covid. cases and hospitalizations increasing rapidly all across the country. the federal government innovating and moving into new phases and new ways to help in order to try to cope. but this is all hands on deck. stay with us. overwhelmed by the ups and downs of frequent mood swings of bipolar i? ask about vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i in adults. full-spectrum relief for all bipolar i symptoms with just one pill, once a day. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles, or

san antonio's mayor say 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 man dating 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 a baby shower she got a ventilator. >>

. >> 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 he got covid he declined quickly. passing away within days. in corpus christi, ems crews are >>ou feel ?orr:e rehe a ent do >> 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 teachers across 14 states are now quarantined for exposure to the virus. [ crowd chanting "my child, my choice" ] >> reporter: but some parents across the country are pushing back against mask rules. >> parents should have the right to gove

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the story you heard from the judge is true also in austin, san antonio, fortunately we do have some beds. pedi-icu beds at our hospital. >> given the state, they'll fill up quickly. you're urging the fda to approve the vaccine for kids as young as five. why is this such an important step? >> it's really important to get everyone vaccinated ultimately in the united states, and we've been working really hard at getting 12 to 15-year-olds vaccinated and 16 to 18-year-olds vaccinated. we know that the fda will grant emergency authority soon. it's under careful consideration by the texas children's hospital. we've been participating in the trials and in the studies. and submitting the data and the information. but as 5 to 11-year-olds return to school, if they're unmasked and unvaccinated, that's a formula for those children getting covid, ending up possibly at texas children's hospital. maybe even one of our icus. we want to prevent that. and so the best defense against covid-19 whether it's for children or adults or adolescents is everybody needs to get vaccinated, and then we need to wear

we are seeing in san antonio, the school district mandating that staff has to get vaccinated. we're seeing a bill bare knuckled fight between localities, school districts and the state. i have lost count of the number of lawsuits. every county, every school district, every entity is suing and fighting with the state. we're looking at our public universities, for example you t, we can't have a mask mandate. we cannot ask our students if we are vaccinated and we cannot ask them to wear masks, however with the university administration is doing to accommodate that, and enduring a surge, is there giving us as professors discretion. just actually today, we got a communication saying, if you feel the need, for your health, the health of your family, or for concerns about your students, that you need to move on line for the first month, you can do so. that is fine. so i think at the very least, you have that. we have seen a collective sigh of relief among faculty because of that. because while many of us are vaccinated, for example i have kiddos who are not vaccinated yet. they are t

. >> he's buried at the fort sam houston cemetery in san antonio. she visits his grave regularly. despite her pain, she feels her son did his duty. >> i don't think it was all for nothing. always been fighting for your freedom. that is about all i know. it is wh it is. it had to be done. at least going to war. i think he did. and the people paid a high price. >> while a majority of americans were in favor of leaving afghanistan, recent polls show a majority criticizing biden's handling of the pullout. in congress, democrats and republicans are worried about the fate of afghans who worked with the u.s. for years and were left hind. >> america is gointo debate our longt war. we will debate it for decades -- decades to come. we are going to talk about the mistakes, successes, the one thing we know to b true is in the next couple of months, we have an opportunity to find some honor by doing the right thing and standing bpeople whose service and loyalty to this country cannot be questioned. >> democrat jason crow criticized the execution of the withawal, but insists it was the right de