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Us his story. Plus we have a new account of the incident from his friend who tried to intervene. Inside the family, a damning new book by President Trumps niece says hes blg cheating his way through life since childhood. How the white house is hitting back. First here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death. Dont get yourself into false complacency. A dire new projection showing coronavirus could kill 2000,000 americans by november 1st. This as the white house is pushing governors to reopen schools. I think its going to be good for them politically, so they keep the schools closed. No way. Brazilianment Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive following months of down playing the virus. The new book by trumps niece with her phd in Clinical Psychology accuses her uncle of being a sociopath. Its a book of falsehoods. The assault of a black indiana man being investigated as a possible hate crime. Its still there, still ugly. Still raw. We need to know about it. Several nba teams arrived in orlando ahead of the season restart on july 30th. Well be doing daily testing. Dramatic video showing a man catching a 3yearold lit boil from a burning building. If you need further proof that carbs are comforting, here you go. Why do you have a whole loaf of bread. What are your thoughts on how hes come after you . The facts are delivered on the table. Theyve been there for two weeks now. To be linked to the party is one thing. To be wrong on the factual information is another. On cbs this morning. Take a look what happened when a mom decided to put a wig on her baby. Why does she look like a 45yearold woman. She wears it well. Hi, baby. Her smile. You can see the babys mom cant keep it together. Whats so funny, mom . The baby cant stop laughing. [ laughter ]. Welcome to cbs this morning. I dont know whats funnier, the baby or the mom who is cracking up. Good laughter is so infectious and so needed. Same with the baby smile. You see the babys smile. That puts you in a good mood all day long. Lets begin on that note. Very good idea, tony. Good to see you vlad duthiers. Good to see you. Well begin with this. Theres new evidence this morning on the coronavirus. News is not good. Its spreading faster than ever in america. Listen to this. A record 60,000 new cases were reported nationwide yesterday. That brings the National Total to around 3 million cases since the pandemic began. Tony. Despite the surge in new case, President Trump insists the country is in a, quote, good place, which puts him at odds with dr. Anthony fauci. David begnaud is in hardhit miami. New day, but similar question. Worried about the hospitals there. How are they coming with this surge . One of the things you need to know in order to answer that question is how many people are hospitalized daily across the state. We dont know because the state of florida wont report it. The Governors Office last week said they would. As of yesterday they have not. The governor was pressed on that when he came to miami. He just wouldnt answer the question. We cant tell you how many people are hospitalized every day. You need to know that in order to understand the strain that is being placed on the hospital system. What are we doing . Going directly to frontline workers to talk to them. We are seeing significant increase in the amount of covid cases. This is dr. Sergio segura from Baptist Hospital in miami. He worries the hospitals may be overwhelmed. Icus at 50 florida hospitals are at capacity. On tuesday, florida recorded its highest ever percentage of positive coronavirus tests. The floridas governor down played concerns. The fact of the matter is, the mortality rate of people who are hospitalized now is lower than it was in march. Reporter that is a sentiment echoed by his closest political ally, President Trump. Our mortality rate is right now at a level that people dont talk about, but its down tenfold. Reporter listen to what dr. Fauci said about that. Its a false nair ti to take comfort in a lower rate of death. Theres so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. Reporter hospitalizations are rising in at least 22 states, and this week 28 states are seeing average positive test rates above the 5 that is recommended to safely reopen. Arizona has the highest in the country, averaging 25 positivity statewide. The states largest data shows hospitalizations and ventilator usage hitting record highs. In murfreesboro, tennessee outside nashville, one father is left with photographs of his 30yearold son. This kid woke up with a smile on his face. Reporter this pastors son darius died saturday, four days after testing positive for coronavirus. He is urging people to wear masks the stop more deaths like darius. Somebody gave it to him, and i bet you, if they had known, ill give it to this young man and hell die, they would have done differently. This wasnt gods will for my son to die at 30, for my son to die and leave a beautiful wife by herself and a son without a father. Reporter we hear you loud and clear pastor. Our sincerest condolences. There are clusters popping up all over the country. In mmissouri, there was a summe camp where 82 people tested positive. That camp has been temporarily closed. We found out yesterday from the governor that theyre directing 100 nurses to come here to work. Another thing they need help with is nursing. They need more staff. Theyre bringing in more people. David, there are so many people, so many families grieving like the pastor. Thats why we reiterate wearing a mask can save lives. David begnaud, thank you very much. Let us say it again. Wearing a mask can save a life during this pandemic, but some americans refuse to wear them. This video shows one mans rage after an elderly woman asked him to wear a mask. Similar scenes have played out across the country. A growing number of sheriffs departme departments are refusing to enforce mandatory mask orders. Janet shamlian reports. Youre adults, you make your own choices. Reporter now the pastor is full of regret after allowing members to embrace when his church Calvary Chapel in universal city, texas, reopened in may. More than 50 people who were there have coronavirus, including his wife and the pastor himself. I wish i could go back and make a different decision, but unfortunately i cant do that. Reporter he says only about half his congregates were Wearing Masks, it was well before governor abbotts mandate to wear them. That order now allows authorities to fine repeat offenders as much as 250 for not wearing a Face Covering in public spaces indoors or outdoors where social distancing isnt possible. Violators cant be jailed or detained, and police in several counties have said they will not enforce the ruling. Were asking for selfcompliance from our citizens. Reporter sheriff jason bridges says he doesnt want to write citations, but deputies will remind people of the order. We believe in science. Were not anti mask. Our jail staff has been Wearing Masks in the jail since this started. Weve seen how it helped keep the coronavirus out of the county jail so we know it works. Reporter masks continue to be a divisive issue. On tuesday, the Texas Education Agency announced it will require masks for teachers and students older than ten who attend inperson this fall. Some parents are opposed to it. Everyone should get used to it says the ceo of the texas medical center. Were the only ones that can stop it. Really masking is not a week deal or a couple of months. Well be Wearing Masks forg a very long period of time. Reporter some of the texas sheriffs refusing to enforce the order say they simply dont have the resources to do so. Here at the San Antonio River walk, theres been a mask order in place even before the governors order when no social distancing is available. If you walk along the promenade, every store and restaurant you go into, the sign is on the door, no mask, no ter vis. Gayle. Yes, like no shoes, no service. Its such a small thing. Thank you janet. Brazil has more covid cases and deaths than any country outside the u. S. , yet its president has insisted the virus is no big deal. Now he has it. Bolsonaro revealed he tested positive. Then he took off his mask and said you can see from my face im well and im calm. Last week bolsonaro vetoed parts of a mandate. The caseload there has more than tripled since the end of may. Back in this country with coronavirus cases surging, President Trump is demanding children return to classrooms starting next month. We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it. Its time to do it. The president said yesterday he will pressure state and local officials to reopen. He also said he disagrees with dr. Anthony fauci who says schools should follow guidelines based on the level of infection in each location. The president of americas Largest Teachers Union told a House Committee yesterday that her members are frightened about reopening too soon. Somehow theyll be at risk or put their own families at risk, put the teachers and the lunch lady and the janitor at risk. So were scared. We should point out, its up to state and local officials, not President Trump, to decide which schools reopen and when, gayle. This morning we have our first look at a tellall book from inside the president s family. Too much and never enough is the title written by mary trump whose father was mr. Trumps older brother. Its published by Simon Schuster a division of viacom cbs. The author claims the president is psychologically damaged, she says, and a threat to the public. The White House Press secretary says this book is full of ridiculous and absurd allegations. Paula, needless to say, the white house is not happy. Others are saying cant wait to read it. What else does it say . Cbs news has obtained a copy of this book despite the trump familys efforts to block it from being released to the public next tuesday. In this book mary trump takes a deep dive into the trump family tree going back to 1885. She says she wanted to help explain the trump family dynamic and how her uncle came to be the man we see today. In her new book mary trump reveals a firsthand and intimate account of her famous uncles upbringing and rise to become the most powerful man in the world. She lays out a case claiming he is a narcissist, using her background in Clinical Psychology, she points to the president s relationship with his father fred. He still to this day seeks his deceased fathers approval. She writes every transgression became an audition for his fathers favor as if to say, see, dad, im the tough one, im the killer. President trump has spoken fondly of his father. Fred trump was the smartest and hardest working man i ever knew. Reporter mary trump says her grandfather was often cold to his children and says that treatment shaped the onetime real estate moguls world view. The president s niece also claims he paid someone else to take his College Entrance exam. She writes the president was worried about getting into the university of pennsylvania on his own, so to hedge his bets, he enlisted another student to take his s. A. T. S for him. The trump family has tried to block publication of the book saying it violates a con depositionality agreement she signed 20 years ago. She wants people to be aware of who is in office, who is running the country, who is one of the most powerful people in the world and how he became the way he is. Reporter President Trump ignored questions about the book tuesday, the white house issued a statement saying he said his father was loving and not at all hard on him as a child. Also the absurd s. A. T. Allegation is cpletely false. The white house is also asking why mary waited so long to speak out about her family. In the book she says she previously believed if she spoke out against her uncle, she would be painted as a disgruntled Family Member who only wanted to cash in after being cut out of her grandfathers will. We expect more important rlings from the Supreme Court this morning. We learned about a health scare for chief justice john roberts. He was hospitalized last month after he fell and his his head. We were told he needed stitches and was discharged the next day. A Supreme Court Spokesman Says doctors think roberts was dehydrated and became light headed. The man who says he was the victim of a racially motivated attack at an indiana lake is talking to cbs news along with an eyewitness, a story we first brought to you yesterday. We want to remind our viewers that what you see and hear is disturbing. He says a group of white men surrounded him and threatened to get a noose. Much of the confrontation was caught on were told the fbi is involved. What do we know . Thats right. According to bookers attorney, the fbi is investigating whether or not this was a hate crime. But the bureau would not elaborate. How did all of this start . Booker says he was headed to the lake with a couple of friends to watch the Lunar Eclipse on july 4th when a confrontation turned violent. Let him go. Let him go. I was potentially hearing my own death narrated. 36yearold box booker a local civil rights activist from bloomington, indiana, say a group of white men pinned him against a tree, shouted racial slurs and threatened to lynch him. One said get a noose, not a rope but get a noose. It happened near lake monroe on the 4th of july. Much of the assault was captured on cell phone video by witnesses. No one innovated you. You stupid liberal [ bleep ]. He says some of the men made statements about white power. He says he decided to start a conversation with them in an effort to keep the peace. He says within about three minutes things got out of control. Im going to take this energy and take this moment to make sure that theres change that comes from this. Please let him go. Please let him go. Bookers friend ian watkins who says he tried to help claims he was attacked, too. I tried to pull him off and he punched me in the forehead and knocked me down to the ground a couple times. I felt like i was only his line of defense. So i stepped in to try to help him as best i could. Reporter once booker was let go, there were more racist insults. What do you really want to call me. Nappyheaded bitch. 38yearold jerry cox and 44yearold sean purdy. Bloomingtons mayor. I saw the videos late sunday nght. They turned my stomach. Do you think it was a hate crime . I do. In our country racism exists. Its real. Its been around for centuries. Its still here and we need to address it openly and directly. We reached out to cox and purdy for comment. Cox did not respond. Purdy responded by sending us a message of a former Police Officer who is black and gave his account about why he thinks bookers story is skeptical. Meanwhile, the Prosecutors Office will ultimately decide if any charges will be filed. Gayle. Gayle . T d my stomach, too. Im confused as to why theres a question that its a hate crime. Once again, disturbing as that video is, im very glad there is a video that we can see what has happened. Reporter what was interesting is the man in the video, booker, said that he would do it all again. He said a lot of the support hes received is why he says he would have made the same decision to try and talk to these people about alleged comments they made that were racist. Have to keep reminding myself, it is 2020, people. It is 2020. Thank you. Ahead, a biracial man accused of killing a white teenager in georgia says the shooting was in selfdefense. Why his lawyers argue that the states controversial standyourground law should apply in this case. Ahead, unique testing challenges for the people in the state of texas. Experience the delicious intensity of lindt excellence shop now at lindt. Com it makes lipton green tea better. And these lemons better. Which makes this taste better. You definitely need the sun for that. And that. With antioxidant vitamin c and 50 fewer calories. 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Still not allowed, Indoor Dining, swimming pools, heated exercise studios and entertainment venues. Napa county is now on the states watch list and is reversing parts of its reopening. This week, dine in restaurants, bars and indoor wine tasting rooms must close once again. San francisco also putting the brakes on Indoor Dining and outdoor bars. Those businesses were preparing to welcome customers back next monday but mayor breed announced an indefinite pause amid renewed concerns over covid19. And the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. Weve got a backup there. Just beyond the parking lot so its improving slightly. But it has shifted and you now have more brake lights working westbound on the west end of the bay bridge. Heres a live look at one of the maps and you can see the yellow there. Towards the San Francisco side. So coming off the skyway some brake lights headed through there. Also slow on bay point highway 4 westbound. Mary . Hot inland and mild around the bay and cool at the coast. So 92 in concord and were looking at 85 in san jose and 75 in oakland and 68 for San Francisco. And as we look ahead to the rest of the week, were going to heat up as that him. 21yearold marcus will son is charged with aggravated assault in the death of 17yearold Haley Hutcheson last month. The shooting happened on a highway in statesboro, 50 miles outside of savannah. Mark strassmann is in atlanta with more details on the story. Mark, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. You know, the issues of race and racism in this story have real resonance for where we are in 2020. Mark wilson is biracial, the teenaged girl he shot and killed is white. And now wilsons sister is telling us that first her brother was the victim of a racist attack and now race could be an issue in his legal defense. He had to have been terrified for his life. Reporter Chelsea Burnett blames a group of white teenagers for terrorizing her younger brother, marcus wilson, and his white girlfriend. They were called terrible things. [ bleep ] she was being called [ bleep ] and they were truly being hunted down. Reporter according to Police Records we obtained, just after midnight on june 14th, five white teenagers rode in a silverado pickup truck. A teenage passenger in the car claims the shooting was unprovoked, that a car pulled up next to them and fired several shots. One went through the trucks back window and hit 17yearold Haley Hutcheson riding in the back seat. She died. Wilson, driving the car, faces a charge of felony murder. Before a courtordered gag order, wilsons lawyer said the teens harassed him in traffic, targeting him because hes black. That he only shot at them after he heard something hit his car. They attempted to run him off the road. Reporter according to police documents, the driver in the truck admitted the teens were drinking before the shooting. Police found a beer can near the shooting scene, suggesting it may have been thrown. A passenger told police he did not remember anyone throwing it at wilsons car. Haley hutchesons family declined to speak to us. Last month, her friends and family remembered her with this candlelight vigil i. Her aunt you hear of things happening all the time. Violence all over the place. But you just its not something you imagine happening to your own. Were going to have to really look at what was in the mind of mr. Wilson at the time, and thats the challenge for the defense. Reporter drew findling is a criminal defense attorney in georgia. Hes not affiliated with the case and said the silverado truck the teenagers were in could become a focal point for the defense. Did he perceive that that vehicle was going to be used to push them off the road . Did he perceive somehow that this was an ultimate threat to them . Reporter wilsons attorneys argue georgias standyourground law should protect him. It allows anyone in public to use deadly force if they believe their own life is on the line. Why is he using that defense . Because high we was protecti himself. He was standing his ground. Reporter he believes his life was in jeopardy . Absolutely. Reporter 26 states have state your ground laws. Its been a controversial legal defense. In 2012, George Zimmerman shot and killed 17yearold trayvon martin. He claimed selfdefense under floridas standyourground law, and a jury acquitted him of murder. But wilsons supporters worry brother were white a judges gag order prevented lawyers from both sides from talking to us. One of the other white teens in that truck was charged with obstruction. Cops say he withheld information that was important as they built their case. Tony . Very interesting, complex story there out of georgia. Thank you so much. People are waiting hours to get coronavirus tests in some parts of the country. Ahead, well look at the state of testing in the state of texas where the number of new daily cases just topped 10,000. Plus, a reminder you can always get the news by subscribing to the cbs this morning podcast. Hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. Well be right back. The first fdaapproved medication of its kind, tremfya® can help adults with moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis uncover clearer skin that can last. Most patients who saw 90 clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. In another study, the majority of tremfya® patients saw 90 clearer skin at 3 years. Tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Tremfya®. Uncover clearer skin that can last. 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Cars lined up for what looked like miles outside a testing sites at Dodger Stadium in los angeles yesterday. In texas, many people have waited in line for hours for a coronavirus test. More than 200,000 people, keep in mind, in that state have tested positive. More than 2,700 have died. Omar villafranca reports on the testing problems. Reporter stefano west is a nurse at a Plasma Center in killeen, texas. The fear for me was always catching it and spreading it to somebody else. Were in our cars right now reporter after driving more than an hour, he waited more than four hours at an austin testing site before he was swabbed. Y got this. Reporter can you see how that might discourage people . Absolutely. Im surprised that i didnt see more people leave. Reporter how would you describe the process to somebody who is kind of on the fence about getting a test . Its going to be something thats you have to commit to. Its not going to be police pleasant. The point is safeguarding yourself and others. Reporter in thats, they were testing 600 people a day and maxing out. They increased their capacity to 1,000 tests. For the second day in a row, they maxed out. The demand for tests is so great were told people start lining up at 6 00 a. M. This was the scene last week in houston. Before texas reopened in late april, Health Officials were processing nearly 15,000 tests a day. Now, it opens over 50,000 its over 50,000. The state falls behind 41 others in terms of tests performed per 100,000 people. According to targets laid out by the Harvard Global health institute, texas would need to increase testing to 117,000 people a day to keep the outbreak under control. Health Officials Say the Lone Star State faces challenges because of its size and democrat graphics. Rebecca fischer is an epidemiologist at texas a m school of Public Health. In texas, we have rural populations, and we have urban populations, we have everything in between and then hidden populations j like other states. Individuals who may be immigrants or might be without without transportation. Reporter the need for more tests is only part of the equation, says interim Health Authority and Austin Public Health doctor, mark escott. The problem is that we have lag in terms of results of those tests. So it becomes a point where it doesnt make sense to test more people if we cant get results back in a timely fashion to do anything about those positive tests. All right. Im here at testing center. Reporter Stuart Waymack who lives in caldwell county, texas, was able to walk right into the site he visited. All right. Good to go, sir reporter he got his negative results eight days later. Quest diaginvestors which has processed nearly a fifth of coronavirus tests says demand, particularly in the south, has outpaced capacity. It says most turnaround times have increased by a day or two. We need that person to be tested so that we can initiate then the next chain of events that happens in the Public Health response. That is to seek out their contacts. If we could cut off after infected persons time by circulating in the community by one or two days, there would be huge. Reporter in austin, public testing was open to everyone. Because of the high demand, they had to modify who could get tested, limiting it to people who are showing symptoms, people who are high risk and essential workers. And vlad, Health Officials are saying people who have private health insurance, theyre asking them to seek out other options. As you know, texas is lagging 41 other states when it comes to testing. Thank you so much. Ahead, were going to look at the stories youll be talking about today. Joint pain, swelling, tenderness. My psoriasis. Cosentyx works on all of this. 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Torrential rain continued to pound parts of the country yesterday leaving rivers swollen and triggering mudslides. The massive floods have destroyed homes and washed out roads. The official death toll has soared to 58. Soldiers and rescue crews frantically dug through mud and debris looking for missing people. Rains going to continue all weekend long. Wow. Its one you those stories where you realize theres so much else still going on in the world while we are focused on the president ial election and coronavirus. Thats why we point out its what to watch. Some of the most famous musical acts are getting funding to help struggling tour crew members. Rolling stone reports more than 50 musicians and groups received aid from ppp, the paycheck protection program. Bands like the eagles and pearl jam took out some of the larger loans, receiving up to 1 million. Other artists got from 150,000 to 350,000 to help crew members who were not getting paid. The pandemic has forced musicians of all kind to put concerts and tours on hold for months. The real important point here, gayle, is that this isnt money necessarily going into the pockets of eddie vetter or members of the eagles. This is for the guitar technicians and the caterers and the drivers and people who put up the lights, much like our crew here at cbs. Right. Im so glad you pointed that out. I doubt very seriously that eddie vetter is taking any money and putting it in his pocket. It clearly is for the crew members out of work at this time. And they are running Small Businesses. So im so glad you paiointed th out. Could see people saying what . Youve got a teacher not with green m ms and bottle the and whiskey. Its going to the lighting guys who are essentially responsible for making these shows look amazing for us. Exactly. Exactly right. So you have other Small Businesses thats are going, hey, wheres my check . Weve got to figure that out, too. Yes. Now a story about teachers. I do. A study last year found only 23 of childrens books had characters of color in them. Now faith thompson, a first grade teacher in virginia, is launching an neinitiative to ensure kids in her school learn about diversity. She hopes to collect 100 books for every teacher focusing on inclusion to help them understand the social climate were currently facing. Books that she recommends include its okay to be different by todd parr, Say Something by peter h. Reynolds which talks about advocacy, and i am human, by susan verde. She says teaching students about diversity through books will only help them in the future. Theres more that we can do and more that we can give these kids to show equity, to show advocacy. To do that for those kids so when they get older theyll have that base. They need that, and i dont feel like theyre getting that. You know, what was really remarkable about this we talked about getting these kids to understand these issues now so that when theyre adults theyre not asking you, hey, what book should i be reading now . Yeah, yeah. Shes put together a very noteworthy book club. Shes done all the work. I think thats a great thing. Yeah. The other thing thats important here is its been true for several years now that the majority of Public School kindergarteners are nonwhite. You would expect that when those kids start to read, they practice reading, they go to the school library, that they would find people who look like them in the books. This is a step in that direction. One thing i did ask is if where the wild things are is part of the book list. Thats one of my favorite was first grade. She said it is. Special category there. Shes got good taste. Excellent taste. Excellent taste. Covering all the bases. We like her. We like her a lot. Vlad, thank you so much. Ahead, well talk to our dr. 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Despite the surge in new cases, President Trump insists that the country is in a good place which puts him at odds with dr. Fauci. There are clusters of the virus all over the country. Wearing a mask can save a life. Some refuse to wear it. This morning a first look at a tellcall book from inside the president s family. We obtained a copy of the book despite the trump familys efforts to block it from being released to the public. The man who says he was the victim of a racially motivated attack at an indiana lake is speaking to cbs news. The fbi is investigating whether or not this was a hate crime. Hamilton may have taken over televisions across the country. There is another story being told about a cuban counterpart. Whats your name, man they talk about a want to be creator of the cuban sandwich. The meal of his people headed for a new land. Pressed cuban bread with cheese and ham welcome back to cbs this morning. Guys, you know the alexander hamilton, i cant wait to see it on disney plus. Going to see it this weekend. Anybody knows it lends itself to parodies. I love them all. Wonderful. I watched it already on disney plus. I watched with all of america, 7 00 p. M. On friday. It was an experience. And . I mean, changed the game. Changed the game. Yes. The coronavirus continues to break records here in the u. S. Yesterday we saw an alltime high of at least 60,000 new cases in america. A new university of washington model often cited by the white house says about 208,000 people could die by november if current patterns continue. It also says more than ha 45,000 lives could be saved with 95 of people wear masks. Dr. Anthony fauci said hes strongly in favor of a local level mandate that people wear masks. During a new interview, President Trump criticized dr. Fauci who has said multiple times hes concerned about the steep rise in cases across the country. I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Dr. Fauci says dont wear masks and now wear them. Were going to be in a month, i think were going to be in good shape. Over the past two weeks 40 states have seen a spike in cases and in the last week 28 states are seeing average positive test rates above the 5 that the World Health Organization recommends before reopening. All this comes as President Trump announced he plans to r withdraw the United States from the w. H. O. Next year claiming it was too slow to respond to the pandemic and acs on chinas behalf. Oh, tony, im going to stick with the science when it comes to wearing the mask. At first we were told dont worry about it, but then the evidence changed. The science changed. They got more information. And they corrected. Now theres no excuse not to wear a mask, whatsoever. Its a small thing. Save your lives and others too. The president says he will push School Officials to make sure students return to the classroom this fall. He made his case during a white house round table. He claimed without give evidence that some officials want to keep schools off limits for reasons other than the coronavirus. We dont want people to make political statements. They think its going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools closed. No way. Were going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open t schools. To get them open, and its very important. Its important for our country. Its important for the well being of the student and the parents. The cdc has guidelines for schools that do reopen if the community has a small to moderate transmission rate, it should kantsl gatherings like field trips. If theres a significant transmission rate, students should be sent home for at least two weeks. A lot to talk about here. Lets bring in dr. David agus. I want to remove politics completely from this conversation. Lets talk medically. Is it okay for schools to open in the fall . Can they do it and what do they need to do to do it safely . Children are onethird to onehalf less likely to catch or spread the virus. That data seems to be holding up. I believe children should be in school. And i believe obviously parents need that. But we need to wear masks. It will be mandatory and should be in all School Districts for children to wear masks. They should be social distanced as much as possible. There should be plans. Theres no large gatherings in the school and the school should be redesigned to enable space for the children in the class so theyre not right next to each other. That will take resources and time. We have it now. We have to get on it across the country so schools can open. Is it realistic to expect schools to make changes by next month and what do you make of teachers and yaunions saying wee skeptical. Its not safe for us as adults. If youre a school, identify the high risk teachers. Those are people who are elderly, have medical conditions or live with them and need to be treated differently than the others two dont. You can develop a plan for teacher who is are comfortable. Youre not going to force a teacher into an uncomfortable situation. You have to develop a plan for kids to go to school. Theyve done it in many countries. Children have worn masks in school all day in china, vietnam, and been successful. We have to be able to do it here. And we will have little spread at the school with the plan, if there are cases, there will be shutdowns or ways to deal with the cases. The president said yesterday we will have a vaccine and therapeutics long before the end of the year. Do you agree with the assessment . Whats the timeline, and will it be effective, the flu vaccine, we need one every year, and its not a catchall. Youre asking a lot of things at once. What i will tell you is that the data looking encouraging that some of the lead vaccine candidates are causing potent immune responses if correlate to some protection from the virus. Its likely youll need two shots of this vaccine to start. One in the beginning and one three weeks later. And then well see how long the vaccine lasts. You may need a booster shot every six months or year. We just dont know yet. Were not that far into the clinical trials. I am encouraged by the initial data. There is now the placebo control trial ongoing in brazil and the power of that because brazil has large numbers of cases is well know soon if it works. We know theres an immune response. If it works, its already being produced in the United States. There could be a vaccine in the fall. Im optimistic, but cautiously so. Doctor, i want to put a fine point on this. If a vaccine arrives in the fall, does that mean we return to normal in the fall . Not at all. What a vaccine will do and this is important. Thank you for asking this. It will temper your response. You may get the virus but not be in the hospital or icu and the virus can spread. Well wear a mask until we have a significant fall in the virus incidents across the country. And well still be changing our behavior. Its not a one and done country change shot. This will be a long procedure to get back to normal. But i do see light at the end of the tunnel. I am optimistic. I like the ending on that note. Thank you. We appreciate it. Recent footage of racist incidents are adding fuel to the publics push for change. Ahead, well talk with trey johnso tre there is much more news ahead. Companies are making big changes to keep Office Workers safe from the coronavirus. Well show you what to expect from thermal cameras to return to the cubiclecubicles. See how two clollege students from around the world feel less isolated. Were watching cbs this morning. Well be right back. Back. denise my husband has lung cancer from smoking. 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To ensure this fortune 500 Real Estate Firm encourages safety once its workers return. This is going to be a lot of signs. Theres going to be tape on the floors. Theres going to be changes in how we use the space. Reporter Lenny Beaudoin is cbres executive managing director. Hes overseeing changes to mitt gratetance mission of the mitigate transmission of the virus. Is there about not only creating safety around physical space but psychological space . Certainly. Any preparations we make will not be effective if we dont behave differently. And i think people are anxious. Reporter to help employees cope with change, the Company Created this virtual walkthrough showing the new directional flow of foot traffic and decreased density. Its kind of getting comfortable visualizing what the space is going to look like. Those kind of things i think get people mentally ready to go into that space and say, yeah, i can do this. Reporter some offices are opting more physical barriers. Thats been a boon for plexiglass manufacturer mark canavarrao. The items that people need right now to get back to work on in such high demand, its unprecedented. In a million years you could have never thought this would have happened. Reporter as the pandemic took hold, thousands of orders poured in from across the country. Cubicles are on a comeback. Theres so much fear, i have it, i feel like people are still going to feel more able if theres something there. If you put up a plexiglass divider, you can still see someone, talk to them, connect. Reporter wired editorinchief Nick Thompson says the new normal will include hightech tools like thermal cameras to scan body temperatures. Advanced industrial marketing is offering location Monitoring Systems to track how close employees get to one another. While the goal is safety not surveillance, Thompson Says thats coming, too. The kind of creepy thing will come when people install surveillance cameras in elevators and start to monitor employees. And thats when you start to get privacy tradeoffs. Reporter to see social changes firsthand, wired documented employees returning to work in china. You still eat at the company cafeteria, but you have to eat out of a special box that you kind of put around your head creating a private space. Reporter in highrise office buildings, staggered schedules will be needed to reduce wait times for elevators. And touchless entries will be part of the new normal. And we might see the end of the water cooler and the end of the coffee station. Reporter isnt that part of the point of going into the office is to have Human Connection . We are craving reallife connections right now, and were going to have to design offices in ways that minimize those reallife connections. Reporter for now, open floor plans and facetoface meetings may become relics of the past. The immediate future is a workplace that supports wellness as it awaits the arrival of a vaccine. For cbs this morning, jamie yucc yuccas, vista, california. Listen, we just all want to be safe. Weve seen it already there at cbs. You know, in the elevator, they have the signs and leading up to the elevator. I think its a good thing. Im not ready to give up the water cooler yet. Good stuff happens at the water cooler. A catchup place. We want to be careful. We all want to be careful. I will miss the water cooler. I will miss the coffee machine and that like that box that you eat your lunch out of we saw i dont know. I could see you wearing that. I dont know. How will i talk about what to watch i liked the elevator kick thing. Thats cool. I liked the elevator kick thing. I liked that. Lets talk about what were going to do with the air in there, too. Right. Indeed. Exactly right, vlad. Its important. We can do it. We can do it. We can do it. We must. All right. Ahead, new developments in the case of a woman caught on camera in a racist act. What the bird watcher who took this video i know youve seen it says about the investigation. Youre watching cbs this morning. [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Its a community. Theyre making sure we stay open. And they choose to spend time with us. Today has been overwhelming in support. Maketa verhane who owns a coffee shop in sacramento, california, h coffee house, says yesterdays National Blackout day was good for her. The oneday protest called on black americans not to spend any money at all or to buy only from blackowned businesses. So we heard from some consumers who say theres strength in numbers. I think thats how we can strengthen the black community is to come out and actually put our dollars where our mouth is. I want to send a message to my son that its important that we be intentional as black people in where we spend our dollars. The call to action was scheduled back in may by activist calvin martyr, like that name. A rallying cry for racial equality. He noted that black americans have a collective spending power of more than 1 trillion. The blackout day website called the demonstration the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of Economic Empowerment as a reality for all black people. This is important. I found a website called black vibe tribe and ordered a bunch of tshirts called humanize blackness. At the end of the day, thats what i think this is about for me. Helping people see black people as fellow human beings. And i think that that is missing when i look at the videos. That jericka story is so upsetting to me to say the way that man was bent over surrounded by the people around him. To me, its all about seeing peoples humanity. And i hope well all get to the point where we can see each other that way. Right now we have a lot of work to do on that front. Well said. And using the power of the purse to do it, you know, as they say, money talks. Living up to its creed. Yeah. Living up to its creed is what dr. King said. Thats important. Absolutely. All right. Gayle, theres this now revealing cell phone videos are helping drive the National Conversation on racism. Next, race and culture writer tre johnson will show how the debate is changing. Good morning, its 8 25. Im len kiese and the man caught on camera making racist remarks to a family at a Carmel Valley restaurant has now been identified. Hes Michael Lofthouse the cc of a bay area tech company. The remarks came as a family was celebrating a birthday over the weekend which led to a server ordering him the leave the restaurant. Lofthouse has since called his comment comments and behavior appalling. Two martinez residents are facing charges after this video showing them defacing a city commissioned black lives matter mural. Yesterday prosecutors announced charge against Nicole Anderson and david nelson. If convicted they face a year in jail. One San Francisco supervisor wants to outlaw racially motivated 911 calls. Under the careen act, people who call Law Enforcement based on race outward appearance or religion could face charges. And Gianna Franco in the traffic center. The backup just right there beyond that parking lot the caltrans parking lot not quite to 880. So its getting a little better for that ride out of the east bay heading into San Francisco. And if you are coming off the skyway. No brake lights through there. San mateo bridge reports of a broken down vehicle westbound at the highrise slowing down just a bit as you head westbound. Mary . Gianna, we are going to heat up as we head through our afternoon. So hot temperatures inland and mild around the bay and cooler at the coast. Breezy along the coast and right around the bay. 92 in concord and looking at 85 in san jose well many people have such a misunderstanding as to how a reverse mortgage works. People think that the bank takes your home, but that is not true. Thats absolutely 100 wrong. The home is ours. We can sell it if we want to at any time. I like the flexibility of not having a payment, but i can make the payment if i want to. Youre responsible for keeping up your property taxes and youre responsible for paying your insurance on the property. For us, it was a security blanket. The value of our house, was to fund our longterm health care. 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Thats an area, guys, the size of rhode island. Last year, i traveled into the amazon rain forest to understand the effects of deforestation and the massive Carbon Emissions it releases into the atmosphere. A lot of times people talk about the rain forest as if its the lungs of the earth. Actually, scientists there told me that the way we should think about it is the giant air conditioner for the planet because it mitigates temperature around the planet and cools the planet and regulates climate change. Thats why its so important. So to see this happening is really is really disturbing. Yeah. Disturbing indeed. Good to see you out there in the field with the gear on. Its been a while i wish i was in brazil, guys. I wish i could travel. I miss it. I miss it, i miss it. Yes. Indeed. We all do. We do. Tony, youve got a big story. Yeah, ive got a story that i think parents are going to want to hear about this story, and i think smokers are going to want to hear about this story. Its like the next chapter in the ecigarette conversation we were having before the pandemic hit. So the fda has given approval to Philip Morris international and altria, the guys who make marlboro. Big cigarette company. They can now sell a product called iqos, youre seeing a picture of it now. And they can say that it reduces exposure to harmful chemicals that are in traditional cigarettes. And the fda also said in a statement that if you are an adult smoker, this device could potentially help you switch from traditional cigarettes. This is the first time that the fda has given its permission to a tobacco product like this. Big questions remain. Were showing pictures of it because youll want parents to know what it looks like. This thing is going to be everywhere soon. Theyre selling it in these applestyle stores. You can see a picture there. Very sleek, very hip. One of the requirements that the fda has put out there is that youve got to monitor this very closely, Philip Morris international. Make sure kids are not getting access to it. And also make sure that nontobacco users, people who dont smoke at all, dont flock to the market. If those two things are met, theres the potential here to maybe save some of the lives that are currently being lost to smoking. But so big development, but also potentially Dangerous Development were going to be watching closely. Yeah. Im for anything thats going to help you stop smoking. My mom was a heavy smoker, died before she was 61. So im so antismoking. But im just thinking, is this a good thing, do you think, or not . Is it too early to say . I think if adult smokers switch completely from a traditional cigarette to an alternative like this one that the fda is putting some support behind, that could be a very good thing. Could save hundreds of thousands of lives. The big if is will kids get excited by it, will nonsmokers get excited about it . Thats the question which makes it a doubleedged sword. Yeah. Yeah. I hear you. We told you yesterday about amy cooper. You remember amy cooper. She is now charged with filing prompter please filing a false police report. Shes a white woman who called police on a black bird watcher in new yorks central park. Cooper lost her job and was widely condemned after this video of the racist confrontation was released. Now it turns out that the bird watcher, thats christian cooper, is not cooperating with the investigation. In a statement yesterday, he said, she has already paid a steep price, and bringing her more misery seems like piling on. As you know, amy cooper lost her job, she became vilified in the media. She lost her dog temporarily. Christian cooper says, listen, if the d. A. Feels the need to pursue charges, they can do it without me. He knows theres a greater principle at stake, but hes refusing to cooperate with it. I remember when we did an interview for justice for all, he said i dont think anybody should pay a price for 60 seconds of their life. Whatever her motivation was. He goes, i just dont think its worth the price. His sister, on the other hand, who released the video, as i said yesterday, feels differently. Well see what happens. She has paid a very heavy price. A lot of people say what she did was very very unforgivable, too. And its a point that hes not excusing the racism. Hes not excusing it at all. But he doesnt believe that somebodys life should be completely torn apart because of the 60 seconds captured to video. Yeah. Yeah. I liked him very, very much. Thats another reason why. At a time where nearly everybody has a camera, people like christian cooper, are playing a role to fight racial inequality in america. They reveal violent, racially charged incidents that might have gone unnoticed in the past, such as the Police Killing of george floyd. Sick of that tape, too. And the shooting death of ahmaud arbery, chased and confronted by white men while apparently jogging in his own neighborhood. All of these fueled public outrage. Tre johnson writes about issues of race, culture, and identity. He joins us from philadelphia to discuss. Hello, tre johnson. Nice to have you on this morning. Hi, how are you doing . Thanks for having me on. Im hanging in there. Im hanging in there. These videos that capture racially charged incidents are not new. But there seems to be a different conversation in the public these days. Why do you think that is . We all remember rodney king and how horrible that was. Yeah. I mean, i do think the conversation s felt a little bit different conversations felt a little bit different. It i attribute that to the pandemic. I think there is a funnel of attention being focused on things that are right in front of you now. A lot of our conventional distractions have fallen away. I give a lot of credit to protesters. I think there have been a lot of peaceful marches in the streets that have elevated the senseless killings to the public conscience. Now people are forced to, as theyre constantly engaged in social media and a lot of their devices around the clock, even more so during the pandemic. I think it makes it hard to run away from a lot of these issues as theyre happening right now. Also i think because the protests who are multigeneration multiracial makes a difference. Generally speak, do you think the videos help a situation, or do you think they escalate a situation . I think, look, i think unfortunately they have theyre part of the long history of archival stories and images that have often been at the backbone of the American Experience for black americans. Senseless injustice happens to us routinely. And so these stories and these deaths unfortunately help to maintain a conversation around whats happening about race in america that i think is helpful as like its a tough word to use considering that were talking about death here. But i do think there is a benefit to making people see that these things that are we are talking about arent just made up. Theyre actually happening in some bizarre circumstances at times. Yeah. And for a lot of people, as you know, its been eye opening. I like in your Washington Post oped you wrote how many of your black friends are now receiving requests from white people about what to do, how can i help, and you said a lot of times, its very contradictory. I like what you said. You are told to step up, no, step back. Read, no listen. Protest, no protest. Check on black friends, leave us alone. Ask for help, or do the work. You said its confusing, but what most people need to do is start with a selfaudit. What do you mean . Yeah. So in that Washington Post essay when black people are in pain white people join book clubs, i talk about one of the places i believe change happens is when people go to a place of discomfort. That place of discomfort often means looking at in your own particular past where is an opportunity or where was a place in time intentionally or unintentionally you might have caused some economic or spiritual or social or professional harm to a black person that was in your life. I think its about unpacking what happened in that moment, and then thinking about what are the patterns that might be true about that moment that you might be maintaining still today. And how do you find the resources, the support, the conversations, what have you, to start disrupting a lot of those patterns. I believe a lot of these things about the system changes really start with a lot opportunity for it to change is to start with the individual. You know, the data shows that the black lives Matter Movement is tracking to be one of the biggest in history. Where would you like to see it go from here . I love mayor keisha brooks, mayor keisha bottoms, rather, in atlanta who said a protest is not a plan, a protest has to have a purpose. Where would you like to see it go from here . You know, i would one thing i would underscore is that protests always have a purpose. They are sometimes maybe unclear to people who are on the outside or on the mannerins of protests. Ive been part of many, and theyve always served a purpose to elevate a lot of conversations and to recognize the lives that have been lost. In terms of where i would like to see it go, i think skys the limit. I think theres so much that needs to happen in terms of increasing representation in so many of our most influential positions of power, in government, in entertainment, in publishing, everywhere. And i also think, too, a lot of this is about like how do we start disrupting a lot of the like very ingrained segregation patterns that exist in the country that serve to just further make anemic access to resources for a lot of black and brown citizens in this country. So things like that, like i think i think a great example of this is the movement to talk about defunding police, to reallocate resources, to this is a cbs news special report. Looking at members of the White House Coronavirus task force, including Vice President mike pence briefing the press. Its taking part at the department of education. The president is pushing to reopen schools in the fall. 40 states continue to see an increase in cases. Absent is the top Infectious Disease doctor, anthony fauci. To protect the vulnerable and safely reopen america and reopen americas schools. As you will hear today, at this point we have tested more than 39 million americans. Among those, more than 3 milon americans have tested positive. More than 1. 3 million americans have recovered. Sadly, more than 133,000 americans have lost their lives. Our sympathies are with all the impacted families. While we mourn with those who mourn, because of what the American People have done, because of the extraordinary work of our Health Care Workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady. At days earlier this week was actually 90 lower than at the height of this pandemic. Again, its a credit to the sacrifices the American People have made, the extraordinary work our Health Care Workers are doing. We pledge this task force, working in partnership with governors across the country, is going to continue to work our hearts out, 24 hours a day to continue to keep our losses low. In just a few moments, dr. Birx will outline the data we are seeing around the country. We are tracking literally state by state, county by county. But as she will describe in a moment, we are seeing early indications of a percent of positive testing flattening in arizona and florida and texas. Governors in each of those states have taken strong steps to flatten the curve. Again, as dr. Birx will describe, we are beginning to see early indications that positivity is flattening. In arizona and florida, we are beginning to ceedsee declining numbers of emergency room visits as well. We believe the takeaway for every american, is keep doing what you are doing. We are starting to see the first indications that as we were able to do in the northeast, as we were able to do in new orleans and michigan and other places around the country, we are putting into practice those mitigation efforts. We are beginning to see indications that they are having a good affect. We are focused on the states where more than half of the new cases have arisen, texas, arizona, florida and california. Have received encouraging reports even through this morning. Strong supplies of ppe in hospitals. Hospital Capacity Remains strong. The one need we did hear from governors across the region is for personnel. Over the last week, working through fema, the department of defense and hhs, we have been processing requests to deploy over 1,070 doctors and nurses and medical personnel. At this point, roughly 525 doctors and nurses are on the ground in arizona, california and texas. We are processing a request from florida for an additional amount. We have made it very clear, as you recall, we deployed at the president s direction active duty military medical personnel. We are in the process of doing that again. Just to make sure that those dedicated doctors and nurses and Health Care Workers have the relief that they need as we see cases rising in various communities across the sunbelt. We will continue to work that. We had a Conference Call yesterday with the nations governors. We are in the process of continuing to send every week a detailed county by county summary, analysis and recommendations to governors that are being implemented 57 e well received. We are issuing guidance on preservation and reuse of ppe. Again, what we are hearing in not just speaking to governors but talking to hospitals is that, frankly, because of the historic effort that President Trump implemented to spin up hundreds of millions of supplies of gloves and masks and face shields as well as the construction of ventilators, we now have 59,000 ventilators in our supplies, ppe, we hear remains very strong. But we are encouraging Health Care Workers to begin now to use some of the best practices that we learned in other parts of the country to preserve and reuse the ppe supplies. Our focus is to make sure our states have everything they need when they need it. We are working closely with all the governors to make that a reality. What brings us to the department of education is as we see to the needs of our states and focus on the health care of the American People, we are working to reopen america and reopen americas schools. Yesterday President Trump convened a summit of education leaders and Health Officials at the white house. As the president made clear yesterday, its time. Its time for us to get our kids back to school. The summit yesterday gave us an opportunity to outline and to learn what we might be able to do. In a few moments, i will ask secretary devos to speak. Also, we hear from dr. Bob redfield who has been literally, since early in this pandemic, providing guidance to schools and will be issuing Additional Guidance next week. I wouldnt want to pass the opportunity though, not just as Vice President but as someone who has been married to a schoolteacher for 35 years just to say thank you to all the teachers out there. From early in the pandemic, teachers learned how to do the distance teaching and did a remarkable job. Often times, having to care for their own families and make sure their own childrens studies were happening. To all of americas teachers, we say thank you. We want to say thank you to the parents. The parents who had to step in and become educators for all of their kids. Its really been remarkable when you see what our kids have been able to accomplish during this difficult time. What we heard again yesterday from education officials and what we heard from the American Academy of pediatrics, its absolutely essential that we get our kids back into classrooms for inperson learning. We cant let our kids fall behind academically. But its important that the American People remember that for children that have Mental Health issues, for special needs children, for nutrition, for children in communities facing persistent poverty, the school is the place where they receive all those services. So this is not just simply about making sure our kids are learning and they are advancing academically, but for their Mental Health, for their wellbeing, for their physical health, for nutrition, we have to get our kids back to school. As you heard the president yesterday and even again this morning, we are absolutely determined to work in partnership with our states to give the guidance for states and communities to be able to safely reopen our schools. The cdc will be issuing new guidance next week. Part of a fivepart series of recommendations that will give all new tools to our schools. But what dr. Redfield made clear yesterday im sure he will make clear again today is that we are here to help. We dont want federal guidance to be a substitute for state and local laws and rules and guidance. We are here to assist with the shared objective that i think is shared by every parent in america, which is we want to get our kids back. We want to get them back in the classroom. We want to get our teachers back in the front of the classrooms. We have to get our kids learning in person once again. As congress is still in recess but will gather again soon, we are in discussions about additional potential support. We were able to remind governors that 13. 3 billion is available in the c. A. R. E. S. Act for states to be able to assist them as they roll out and restart schools across the country. At the present moment, we learned yesterday 1. 5 of those funds has been drawn down by states. We encourage governors to take advantage of that. Our objectives, as i said, are to save lives. Meet the needs of our states and their Health Care Workers. Protect the most shul er vulner. Safely reopen america and our schools. The good news is we are reopening america. The job report spoke for itself. Nearly 5 million jobs created. I can tell you, evidence all around the country is that the American People are finding a way to do their part, to put the health of their neighbors first, even while we find a way to get back to work, to worship and to school. We all have a role to play to slow the spread, to protect the most vulnerable and to safely reopen our country and our schools. So i would just close before i turn the podium over to dr. Birx for her report to say thank you to the American People. Thank you for what you have done so far. Thank you for the way you have put the health and wellbeing of not just Family Members and friends but strangers, people you didnt know, first. We just encourage you to keep doing what you are doing. Keep heeding the guidance of state and local thorauthorities. Wear a mask where authorities determine its indicated. Wear a mask where you cant engage in social distancing. This is the role each of us can continue to play. We are seeing some early indications in some of the most impacted states that americans are doing just that. We want to encourage you on and tell you that were going to continue to do our part. I am confident, just as we proved when this pandemic was striking so deeply in the northeast, when it was striking in louisiana and in michigan, the American People know what needs to be done. We know we can do it. We flattened the curve before. We slowed the spread before. We can do it again. We have to all do our part. We will do it together. With that, dr. Birx. Then we will get a report before we move on. Dr. Birx . Thank you, mr. Vice president. If i could have the first slide, please. I know some of you do watch what i wear. Im wearing this specially today. This came from the salt river tribe. I want to masks can be a fashion statement. I want to thank the salt river tribe. It was a pleasure to be out and speaking to individuals around the United States about the issues that they are facing with covid19, to be able to meet with communities, hospital personnel, africanamerican communities, hispanic communities and our tribal nations. That was a privilege last week. I want to satart with arizona. To pick up where the Vice President left off, that orange line is the number of tests performed. The blue line is the test positivity. This is at the level of the state. Arizona does have three counties that we are tracking closely. The largest being phoenix and maricopa. The blue line, a fiveday sevenday average thank you to the data team for the slides. The sevenday average is slowing flattening. We find that encouraging. Equally encouraging at this point we know the test Positivity Rate is the first thing to increase. We are hoping that it heralds a stability in arizona of at least reaching a plateau. The red line represents the emergency room visits for any of the covidlike symptoms. This is also an early indicator. We find that encouraging. The next slide does show the counties that we are tracking. Obviously, the largest county being Maricopa County with the largest number of infections. Clearly, theres issues. The Vice President mentioned the reports that go to governor. This is what it looks like. This is alaskas. On the front page is our interpretation of what we are seeing relevant to their epidemic. With specific recommendations related to where we see them as far as in a danger zone. They are coded by yellow and red. It follows that they see everything you are seeing on that first report and boxes warning boxes and each of the counties are represented so that they have in one place by pages from the white house and task force that summarizes what we are seeing. That goes out weekly. Next slide. This looks at florida. You can see in the same way the red line, early suggestions of decreasing emergency room symptoms for the symptoms of covid. Some stability starting in that blue line. Hoping that heralds a stability in the number of daily reported cases. We also understand that we went through a holiday weekend. Holiday weekends can impact data on both ends. Underreporting through the weekend and then catchup reporting on monday, tuesday and wednesday after a holiday weekend. Next slide, this shows counties of florida that we are tracking. These are the top ten counties in florida. You can see each of them have a different profile. I want to call your attention to the counties that are across the bottom there that are more difficult to see. Some of those represent jacksonville and other large metros, including tampa. When the governor talks about how they were steady and low for a long period of time after reopening, this is where that is reflected for almost five weeks after reopening. Clearly, there was something that happened. Those that we are looking into across the board. Because whatever happened in florida, happened across the n sunsesu sunbelt. They are mirrored. If you remember early on in march and april, we were talking about first the new york metro followed by boston, followed by philadelphia, then chicago and new orleans was with the new york metro. It was a series of individual curves. In this case, whatever occurred, occurred almost simultaneously across the south. We are investigating that very closely to really see the etiology behind that. Because that can help us as an Early Warning signal. But also help us in guidance to the American People of what we are asking them to do. Next slide, texas. You can see texas is in a similar situation with their blue line. We are watching this very closely across texas. Next slide. I think all of you know that theres a series of major metros in texas with significant increase in cases from houston to dallas to santonio to el paso. The governors get this type of report with specific recommendations. Then finally, california, where you can see next slide, thank you. Again, a long time of stability, but then this increase in the number of test positives and rapid increase in cases. Next slide. You can see the majority of the issue is in the los angeles area. Although, we see this through riverside, imperial, sacramento and now San Francisco with increased number of cases. I want to finish with where the Vice President started about the sacrifices of the American People. Because in that recommendation, are very clear recommendations that when you have a county with these types of cases we are recommending everyone using a Face Covering. I think the studies that have been done showing that cotton face coverin work, tt does open up the ability for us all to have individualized Face Coverings that express our personality. In addition, i think the work that these governors have done and asked the American People to stop going to bars, to close the bars, to move to outdoor dining, to decrease indoor any kind of indoor gatherings, again, to all of the americans out there that are in these four states and the states that have in the record were in the red zone, because theres other states we have in the zone, is asking the American People in those counties and in those states to not only use the Face Coverings, not going to not indoor dine, but really not gathering in homes either. Decreasing those gatherings back down to our phase one recommendation, which was ten or less. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Vice president. Thank you, mr. Vice president. This was made by a Small Religious Community in pennsylvania who are helped by the Public Health service. They hand sewed these for our officers to match our operational dress. I wear this proudly. I think of that Community Every single day. Every pitching in across america to help us all. In terms of testing, i want to cover three quick topics. First is where we are numerically. We are now topping 39 million tests across the country. The states really crushed their goal in june. The state goals was about 12. 9 million in june. C. D. C. Numbers have finalized that at about 16. 5 million tests for june. So congratulations to almost all of the states who made their goal, exceeded their goal. Were doing very well right now, between 600,000 and 700,000 tests per day. We topped the 700,000 mark last week and were averaging about 630,000 test as day. We work with the states on swabs to set their