Jim has a welldeserved day off and this Morning Health experts are on edge. Theyre on edge because of scenes like, this packed beaches, huge parties, as crowds gather to celebrate another Holiday Weekend in the middle of this pandemic. The fear yet another spike in coronavirus cases could be coming and this time millions of our children head back to school, we saw this after memorial day and after the fourth of july, when nearly 80,000 new cases a day were being added. We go into labor day with 40,000 new case ace day, much higher than we were at memorial day and so im worried any new surges will be potentially quite at strosk. Also emerging this morning, college town hot spots, one university expelling dozens of students for breaking protocols and new scrutiny over President Trumps vaccine promise and his. Ush to get one approved before election day. Former fda officials sounding the alarm on that. There is a lot to get to this labor day. We begin with the crowds. My colleague rosa flores joins us in miami beach. Good morning to you. Beaches open . Beaches here are open, im on miami beach, take a look around its still early here so theres very few people but if you take a look, the people that are here are social distancing. Theyre staying in groups, which is what officials hope for, when it comes to people coming out on beaches, but we have seen video from coast to coast that does show beaches that are packed with people, a lot of them with families and again what officials hope for, is for people to stay in groups, for them to stay within family units so that this virus can stop spreading. Here on miami beach, where i am, officials have deployed 120 what they call beach ambassadors to remind individuals to wear their masks, to social distance and also to wash their hands regularly. Now, the city of miami mayor Francis Suarez said that one of the things that has curbed the spread here in miami has been the fact that people have been wearing masks, but he does say that here is his biggest concern. I think for me, the biggest thing is that people relax. They get to a point where they feel that the virus is not a threat and it certainly is. It has shown its incredibly efficient at reproducing. When we opened up after stayathome we were at 100 cases a day, 3,500 quickly. That is a big concern and flu season is another big concern. Reporter as we take another live look, poppy, a lot of these people out here are families, staying within their groups but i want to mention one more thing and that is the worry from local officials that what you see in public and public spaces is only part of the picture, poppy. The last time during memorial day these beaches were closed but what happened was people were gathering at home. There were parties at private venues. That was the problem, poppy, and so what you see out here is only a portion of the picture. Poppy . Better for them to be outside on a beach and not in big groups. Lets hope the numbers do not tick up. Rosa, thanks very much for that reporting from miami beach. This morning, the New York Times is reporting that a lot of College Towns across the country are already seeing a spike in coronavirus cases, but interestingly not an increase in deaths from covid19. Cmorrissa. They go home and work and places with more vulnerable populations including the staff at their colleges and universities. Reporter thats right, poppy. They just go home, and out into college town which is the reason why some colleges reopened, they want to have the businesses operating. There are two important things in that article to think about. The first is that, look, this is a lot of research, a lot of numbers here, but they say very clearly in the article its unclear precisely how those figures overlap and how many infections in the community outside of campus are tied to campus. This is early numbers but thats the whole point, its very, very early in the semester and already were seeing colleges having this problem. Some schools had to shut down, some schools are seeing these, are seeing these surges all over campus. This rollout of the fall semester, the danger, the fear that would bring with it covid and these early numbers like the New York Times figures suggest that is happening. Evan, before you go, tell us what happened at nyu, and particularly northeastern. So look, the deal here is that colleges are trying to thread a difficult needle now, trying to tell students look, we want to you come back, have a campus experience, but be safe or were going to come down on you very hard and at nyu over the weekend, 20 students so far have been suspended for social distancing violations, and northeastern was even harder than that, a program where students were living in a hotel, they gathered in a hotel room, they were caught gathering in a hotel room and a bunch of them got suspended and their 37,000 tuition kept, so they were sent home and the money kept. So the colleges are saying look, we are going to come down hard on you if you violate these rules but they also say look, come to school, be a student. I was talking to one nyu freshman just the other day, and she was talking about how hard this is, because shes in her dorm, shes not supposed to see anybody in her dorm and the school says go out in the city and have a time but when you come back, make sure youre doing the right thing. And the whole financial implication of this and the financial need of universities to have kids back on campus and what role sort of that has played in all this decisionmaking. Evan, good reporting, thank you very much. Joining me now is dr. Esther chu, professor of emergency medicine at oregon science and university. Thank you for being here. Ill talk to you also as a mom, because you have four schoolaged children. My children are preparing to go back to school here in new york city physically, choice our family made, next week. Youve made a different choice. Your four schoolaged children are not going back to school. What does every parent need to think about this morning as they prepare to make that decision . Yes, and it was a tough one. I wont pretend that it was easy for me to decide to keep them home as im sure you can relate to. I would have loved to get them out of the house. Actually for three of my kids, the older kids there was no choice. We actually opted to go for a hybrid model where they would have been in school parttime and then at home and then my School System made the really smart decision to look at the local rates of the Public HealthDepartment Recommendations and felt we were not ready to go back and turn to digital only for the first term so that was an easy decision. My youngest child is in a private school and they offered full time inperson which we went to the first day, and i reviewed their policies and i observed their social distancing behaviors when i dropped her off at school, and observed on video how well they were cohorting and i did not feel comfortable moving forward and part of that decision, frankly, is that im in the hospital every day so its the risk that she poses to her teachers so theres an added layer for me but i think i realize that all summer when we were looking at the policies, they all look good on paper, similar on paper when you look at schools opening and this goes for colleges and universities as well when you go back to school and look how the policies are implemented and how well theyre able to get students to comply with those policies, you sometimes get a different impression, you know . I think its a great point. For us as parents to remember, we are empowered if our kids go back to school in person to watch and observe and see whats happening and then make assessments and changes as needed. Let me move on to the wall street journal reporting over the weekend that three of the big vaccine makers, moderna, pfizer, Johnson Johnson pledged no the to seek fda approval for their vaccine until they believe it is proven safe and effective because sometimes they can go for authorization before the trials are completed. What do you make of that move . Because i think a layperson would think well, yeah, why go for approval until you know for sure . What do you think . That was a tremendously important statement that they came out with, and i think because of what happened with convalescent plasma there was this question about whether they would go for emergency use authorization ahead of completing these phase three trials. The vaccine manufacturers know that trust is such an important component of distributing vaccine, and i was in particular, particularly encouraged by modernas statements specifically that they would not rush if it meant they couldnt have adequate enrollment of minority populations. That is true. Can we talk about that point for a moment you . Wrote a fascinating oped with fellow doctors a few months ago about really the problem that is posed by not having equality and representation in minorities particularly black americans in these trials. The fact that moderna is saying we are not at adequate numbers of minorities so well slow down until we are. Should every vaccine maker do the same in the trials . They really have to. Clinical trials of any drug should be looking at the population most affected, and in this case, its not just a crosssection of the United States population of the people affected by coronavirus, 33 hispanic or latino, 20 black americans. Native americans are disproportionately affected and asianpacific islanders, and so we need to oversample those populations. Of course we historically dont have trust in those communities and so the outreach takes a little bit longer, and that is shimpl ly simply what we need to do so the vaccine and every drug that were making for this pandemic is appropriate to the population who needs it. Dr. Choo, thank you for your work and your time this morning. Good to have you. Thank you, poppy. Lets talk about california, because the wildfires there are raging, the state is in the middle of one of the worst wildfire seasons ever and the governor declared a state of emergency in five california counties. This is jawdropping video out of fresno county, california, a family camping in Central California escaped on a boat after finding themselves surrounded by those flames, more than 200 people there this h to be rescued. Satellite images show the spread of the smoke across the state, more than 2 million acres have been burned so far this season. Kyung lah joins me this morning. It is devastating. We learned one of the fires was started at a party . Reporter a gender reveal party, poppy, and this is the edge of the wildfire that was started by that party. According to cal fire, the family used pyrotechnics to reveal that gender, and thats what started it, because of the dry conditions here in southern california. This fire is 7,000 acres plus as a result of that first spark. 600 fire personnel here battling this fire. We should point out in california, cal fire reminds you that if you are negligent, you can be held criminally and financially responsible for the fire, but the bigger problem is further north, what you are showing us earlier, poppy n fresno county, in an area that is seeing now a fire called the creek fire. 45,000 acres. It is burning out of control, and what is most remarkable about this is that were seeing incredible rescues out of this area. Theres one thats really notable in a Recreation Area called mammoth pool, there were some 200 people who were huddling near a boat launch. They were injured. There were broken bones. Some people who had burns, and they were actually air lifted out of this. This is really extraordinary, something you dont typically see in a wildfire, and one other thing, poppy, you mentioned 2 million acres burned. That is a record for the state of california, poppy. Wow. Kyung, thank you for staying on it, and thank you to the responders who got those 200 people out. We appreciate the reporting very much. Well keep a close eye on it. We have a lot ahead this morning from fixer to faux, toe, michaen with his tellall book and here comes the flu season. What do you need to know . Air travel also hitting a pandemic air record this labor day holiday, but is it safe . 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Well i think everybodys looking to general kelly, poppy, because he was featured prominently in the article even though none of the quotes were attributed directly to him. And so i think as reporters like jeffrey goldberg, like my the Washington Post colleague alex horton continue to dig into the story they look to find whether or not people will go on the record as opposed to people speaking off the record to further corroborate these instances where the president is said to have disparaged troops. Whats working against the president here is that he made Public Comments that are similar about senator mccain and others so its easier for people to believe that some of these other comments may have been made behind the scenes and the other thing is that of course there was reporting about him not going to that cemetery in france on his trip to france for the commemoration of bella wood years ago so you have a situation where people already have enough thats out there on the record to say hmm, maybe some of this reporting is in line with what we already know. So the administration, the president himself calls fake news despite all of these sources and corroboration but john there are members of the administration pushing back hard. Listen to the secretary of Veterans Affairs with dana bash and treasury secretary mnuchin. Have you ever heard the president tis parnlg u. S. Servicemembers or veterans . Absolutely not, and i would be offended, too, if i thought it was true. I think this president has enormous respect for the military and generals and ive been at the tank at the pentagon with him. Ive been at 9 11 at the pentagon with him. This president respects and supports the u. S. Military. John, whats your reporting from within the white house in terms of how much of a threat they think this is to the reelection prospects for the president . Everything, poppy, weve seen from the administration, from those Administration Officials coming out and forcibly denying the story, the furious tweets from the president indicates that they know this is an extremely damaging story. Think about a couple of levels, first of all the symbolic level. How many times have you heard at a Trump Campaign event the Lee Greenwood song proud to be an american, he talks about freedom and says i wont forget the men who died to give that right to me, goes to the heart of the legitimacy and honesty and truthfulness of that message. Donald trumps base is White Working Class voters strongly represented in the military so theres a direct potential insult to the president s comments and as david said the president s Public Comments about john mccain tracked the private comments, different in degree but the similar sentiment portrayed it is not a coincidence that in the reaction to in the attempt to push back against this story, the president is also going harder and harder on white identity politics, pushing back on things like Critical Race Theory and Racial Sensitivity Training because he needs to raise the salience of the feeling among many white voters that concern about racism has gone too far and veered into racism against white people. Thats become the president s theme in the last couple of days and i think thats, indicates how difficult straits hes in now. You make a good point, john. The white house line is pushing back on this consistently across folks in the administration, look at the increase in military spending and this and that. Two things can be true at the same time. Could you do that and also have said these things. Lets talk about for reelection though and how important to johns point veterans, members of the military are to the president s base. If you look back at 2016, they overwhelmingly supported him by a 27 point margin over hillary clinton. So very necessary for november. Its necessary for november for i think two reasons. One is that up to the beginning of the atlantic reporting at the end of last week, the narrative that the white house had and wanted was this discussion about joe biden being too soft on rioters and even though Vice President biden had denounced rioting and looting and violence, that was still the narrative that the white house was able to get out there. When this reporting came out and the narrative turned to donald trump doesnt respect the troops, President Trump then was on the defensive, rather than the offensive, and he has stayed that way throughout the last several days. I think that hurts him. The other thing i think, poppy, is that youre going to see in an election where everything is about turnout and enthusiasm, a situation where on the margins you may see some people who say im not going to vote for Vice President biden but now maybe i dont want to vote for trump. In terms of percentages if you look at the polling that came out last week, President Trump has the support of 90 of republican voters, and even if this dampens enthusiasm, i think youre going to see those numbers remain the same when we get the next polls. John harwood, quickly before we go poppy, quickly making to dav increased support for the military, that is not inconsistent with the comments that trump made. The comments that trump made have to do with this personal values, his perception of sacrifice, concern for self, concern for something beyond yourself. The stuff about the military budget donald trump is a transactional politician. He acts if he gives something to someone, they need to give Something Back to him, loyalty, votes, whatever, so to say that i increased the military budget, that is an indication that he expects support from them. It doesnt speak to the question of what he values and his own personal character. Yes, its an important point. Gentlemen, good to have you both. Thank you so much. David, john, appreciate it. Ahead, in the middle of this pandemic and battling covid, flu season is about to begin. Coming up, how precautions can help prevent devastating winter. S most important to you today. Because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction youre moving is forward. 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The higher number of passengers are a good sign for the battered industry, a good sign for the economy, hopefully not increasing the spread of covid. What are they telling us . Reporter its a glimmer of hope for the struggling airline industry, but i have to tell you, the lines here still prettiy thin for a Holiday Weekend a year ago and the numbers are still a fraction of what they were a year ago. Its so interesting here is that the tsa predicts about 1 Million People pass through security at americas airports, a number that has not been seen since march. You mentioned that on friday about 960,000 people flew in the u. S. , that number about 45 of a year ago, but the average still hovering around 30 , which really fits with what we have seen with an airline recovery, a bit of a stair step back to normal, rather than a v recovery that airlines once hoped. They are trying to show that the flying experience is totally different than what it was before the pandemic. Stepped up cleaning procedures, delta has banned about 270 passengers for refusing to wear a mask on board its flights. The differences are also here at security as well. The tsa has popped up acrylic barriers along the security line to try to protect you from employees and vice versa, and also changed the procedures. They want to you empty your pockets and put all of those things into your carryon bag rather than the typical trays to avoid the normal touch points. Airlines wants to show that things are different. The industry wants a recovery but we are only weeks away until tens of thousands of airline employees will find themselves furloughed because of this pandemic. They hope that this is the start of what will be a real recovery, poppy. As we were saying, october 1st, right, that deadline will show us so much about the real state of the industry. Pete, important reporting, thanks a lot. A former fda commissioner is warning its hard to control coronavirus as we move into the fall and winter because he expects the vir lus spread more aggressively and this comes as doctors will already be battling this pandemic and bracing for flu season. Elizabeth cohen joins me now. Good morning. Experts say and i just made our appointments for flu shots later this week but this year its more critical. Thats right, and this year we need to do everything we can poppy to prevent both covid and flu. Now, for covid, theres no shot for you to get, but for flu, you can and should get a shot. Nobody likes getting a shot but this year its more important than ever, because this year were going to have not just flu, but also covid19. I am worried. I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are going to be probably one of the most difficult times that weve experienced, and n american Public Health. This year, theres not one, not two, but three reasons to get yourself a flu shot. Number one, it will decrease the chances that youll get the flu or if you to get the flu, youll get a milder case. Number two, you wont spread the flu to other people. Number three, you wont end up taking up a hospital bed that someone else like a covid patient would need. And if you get sick, getting the right diagnosis could be tough. We wont be able to distinguish immediately between whether somebody has flu or whether somebody has covid. Flu vaccine manufacturers have ramped up production, making tens of millions more doses than last season and there are two new flu vaccines designed to protect older people who are especially vulnerable to the virus. This child is ryan. Reporter and for children, the Trump Administration last month authorized pharmacists to administer the flu shot to children ages 3 and older. Hopefully this upcoming flu season will be relatively tame. In the southern hemisphere, flu season is ending theyve had an easy season. Many of the physical distancing and Public Health and social measures put in place which keeps people apart they have actually played a role in reducing circulation of influenza. Reporter even if that happens in the northern hemisphere, though, its still a good idea to get a flu shot to keep you and those around you as healthy as possible. One thing thats getting more complicated this year is that Many Americans get their flu shots at work, really a significant percentage of adults, but this year, many people working from home so we all need to think through alternatives. Poppy . The fact that pharmacists can give them gives people more options for sure. Elizabeth, before you go, this might seem like a silly question but im curious. It. Can someone have the flu and covid at the same time and if so, if they get a flu test, do they need to get a covid test as well to figure out if they have one or both . Its not a silly question at all. The cdc weighed in and said we think it is possible for people to have flu and covid at the same time. There are some tests being developed that test for both things at once or your doctor could give you an individual flu test and individual covid test but it does make things much more complicated, getting the right diagnosis this year is not going to always be straightforward. Okay, elizabeth, great reporting. Thank you so much. Thanks. Ahead for us, millions of Americans Still out of work, both republicans and democrats say yes, more stimulus is needed, but they cannot agree on how much and for now, that means no deal is closer. Former key economic adviser to the president joins us next. Tru. So, no more tossing and turning. Because only tempurpedics proprietary material adapts and responds to your body so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. Take advantage of our best offer of the year, with savings up to 500. I had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. 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With me is thomas phillips, former acting chairman of the council of economic advisers in the trump white house. Good touf. Thanks for the time. Good to be with you, poppy. Secretary mnuchin wasnt exactly precise but democrats want about 2. 2 trillion in the next package. Republicans around 1. 3 trillion. Neither side is budging and millions of americans are struggling more and more every day because there is no deal here, if you were still working in the white house, you spent so much time in the oval office, what would you tell the president , secretary mnuchin, Mitch Mcconnell to do . I agree with them on certain aspects and not others. I dont think this is a stimulus. They believe if you take money from some people and give it to others, this is much more about liquidity and created jobs. You look at liquidity provided by the first round it was essentially a massive overspending. We talked about it in the past, 45 increase in disposable income, income you get from your job and government and that went up in a huge recession. Usually when were in a book, not a recession, we are looky to have 20 growth in disposable income. Covid we have 45 , largely this liquidity has been largely overdone. You think theyve done it wrong but Goldman Sachs says that lapse in 600 a week increase cash benefits, that lapse has cost 70 billion in personal income in august and the 300 additional from the president s executive order is too little, too late. Im go trying to get at what would you do instead. Something has to be done quickly. You wont want people to get richer because covid happened. You could have replacement of income. Its a stretch to call people relying on Unemployment Benefits getting richer. Theyre getting more money, i understand that, but come on, theyre not getting rich off this. Theyre certainly a lot of people actually richer than they were before covid because of the unemployment. The more important point otherwise why would personal income or disposable income go up by 45 . Someones got to be richer. Im not saying that theres not people in need. [ inaudible ] throwing money out which was a mismanagement. You brought up keynesian economics. Let me ask but that. I want to get to what you think should be done right now. Im sure you read it but back in july the wall street Journal Editorial Board wrote this the larger problem here is that republicans in the age of donald trump dont know what they stand for in economics. Treasury secretary mnuchin say keynesian whose idea of compromise of what pelosi wants. Republicans have no discernible economic agenda beyond paying people to feel better during the pandemic. As a republican, do you agree with the assessment . I think the whole city of the sea has the problem. If you do a package like this, what happens is people lending monday to the government, buy government bonds that goes to the treasury and treasury spends that on whatever stimulus, so youre taking away consumption and investment for those people who are lending the money and giving it to other people who are receiving the money. Most of these believe thats increase in total activity or aggregate demand which is consumption and investment. A lot of economists outside d. C. Do not believe that. So i agree. A lot of people have a misperception that you can raise Economic Activity redistributing. Is not a stimulus. This is a liquidity effort to basically keep people afloat. To twomore brief questions. The first is what you would specifically do lets say for restaurants here in new york, right, this dire warning on friday that twothirds of new york restaurants surveyed think that they could be out of business by january. Twothirds. I mean that is a Huge Industry for this city, for this state. What would you specifically do for that sector . Because theyre waving their arms and saying even with ppp, we cant make it and the airlines and these big, you know, industries that have big lobbying groups are getting package its and we as and were. Every industry where consumers have to consume in groups sports, airlines and restaurants have been hit because people are voiding groups. There is obviously a need for liquidity for these things to carry us through. Im more optimistic on a vaccine than some other people are. Im not saying theres not a role for liquidity. Theres a role for government to provide liquidity but i dont think youll basically be creating jobs by redistributing money. Thats my only point. The friday jobs number was encouraging for sure. Unemployments down at 8. 4 . Its below Great Recession levels. When i was digging into the number more what, doesnt get covered enough is the fact that they have real unemployment or the u6 at 14. 2 . The u. S. Economy with 4. 7 million fewer jobs than when the president took office and of course the pandemic is to blame for a majority of this but the white house is rosy. Mnuchin said if the president has a second term youll get back down to 3 to 4 unemployment. What do you think unemployment will be on election day. I think it will be going down. We have the cycling of the disease which is a natural consequence of prevention rising when it goes and falling when it goes down. Part of the issue clearly has to be that we have these impolice y i implicit tax rates. We have a 200 tax rate on work when people earn half the money on work from not working relative to not working, and thats certainly something that has put a brake on employment. Its basically but unemployment on election day will be what do you think . I mean its going to go down. I dont know, i dont think anyone knows because it depends on what happens to covid, if its going to circle back or not. Understood. Much more to talk to but. Well have you back soon. Thomas philipson, thanks a lot. Thanks. Well, did you see this . Tennis superstar novak joke vick breaking his silence hours after hes removed from the u. S. Open for hitting a line judge with a ball. Look at that, by accident obviously but she was hurt and down for a few minutes. Well have an update there. You cant give them everything they want. But you can find lots of things theyll love at petsmarts labor day sale. Get a 10 bonus card with every 50 purchase. Petsmart. Withhad the powerbetes to manage their condition without fingersticks . To always know their glucose levels and where theyre heading with just a glance at their smart device. The power to make treatment decisions. To customize alerts and alarms to help keep them in range. The power to lower their a1c. All this knowledge. Powered by a small wearable. The dexcom g6. And all the moments you havent hi love, cant wait got the ring yes and with jared it doesnt have to well, tennis star Novak Djokovic is out of the u. S. Open in one of the most shocking ways ever. Andy scholes joins us now with more. I couldnt believe it actually at first when i saw it happened. I was like rewatching the video. Reporter yeah, poppy, i dont think weve ever seen the number one player in the world get, you know, kicked out of a grand slam tournament like this. You know, make no mistake. Novak djokovic was the overwhelming five lit to win this years mens title at flushing meadows. Let his frustrations get the better of him and now he has to wait to win his 18th grand slam title. In the first set yesterday. Djokovic after losing a service game, frustrated, fired the ball with his racket and hit the line drive in the neck. He immediately saw remorse and she was able to get up and walk off the court. Djokovic then spoke with the officials there, and he was told he was disqualified from the tournament. Djokovic left without speaking with reporters but did give a lengthy apology on instagram saying the whole situation has left me really sad and empty. I checked on the lines person, and the tournament told me that thank god she is feeling okay. Im extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. So unintended and so wrong. He went on to say i need to go back within and work on my disappointment and turn this into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. I apologize to the u. S. Open tournament and everyone associated for my behavior. The usta says djokovic will lose all ranking points and the 250,000 prize money he received at the tournament and could also receive a further fine. Lebron and the lakers trying to bounce back after dropping the series opener to the rockets. Lakers jump is out to a huge lead early in this one. Lebron catching the alleyoop. Up 4221 but the rockets came all the way back and had the lead going into the fourth quarter, but under 40 second to go lebron coming through in the clutch with the lakers up four and hit that fadeaway jumper to put the game away. They win it to even the series. That will game, lebrons 1,000th win in his career. The bucks, meanwhile, trying to avoid the sweep by the heat yesterday. Didnt look good for them when reigning mvt Giannis Antetokounmpo reinjured his ankle. Had to be held off the court. Milwaukee refusing to go quietly thanks to Chris Middleton with 30 of his 36 to seal it in overtime. Milwaukee avoids the sweep, 118115, they wont wait to see if giannis will play game five. Tonight weve got the celtics and the raptors and the clippers and nuggets game three. That series also tied at one game apiece. Poppy, i know, sunday, it was the last sunday until february that will we were not going to have nfl football, assuming everything goes well in terms of coronavirus with the nfl. 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