viral video showed kids in U.S. pledging allegiance to supreme leader of Iran

- Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the U.S. Capitol to cast the tiebreaking vote in-favor of the $740B Schumer-Manchin spending legislation.
- A now deleted viral video taken in Houston, Texas showed children ages 4 to 14 years old pledging their allegiance to a supreme leader of Iran.
- Only 7 of the 500 largest school districts in the United States are requiring masks in schools as ongoing mask-wearing research funded by the National Institute of Health carries on.