With some places closing them entirely like southern california. And then in New Hampshire, the beach is open. Here is a live look at Hampton Beach coast, where plenty of people are already spread out on the sand as you can see. The u. S. Entering this holiday weekend, too, after reporting more than 50,000 new cases for a Third Straight day. 37 states seeing an increasing trend of new cases now. Only one vermont, is seeing a decline. Were covering all these angles with reporters around the country. Boris sanchez is standing by in florida. Sara westwood at the white house. But lets start with Polo Sandoval at new yorks coney island. Polo, its usually packed there on the fourth of july. What are you seeing now . Reporter yeah, martin. The beach is open, so is the boardwalk. The music is playing, but it certainly is still a very different fourth of july. The crowds much thinner than what were used to seeing, particularly on fourth of july. Look, the reality here is that Health Officials not just here in new york but across the country have been providing advice to families very similar to what we heard during memorial day, families will celebrate this weekend, do so responsibly or even do so at home. [ sirens ] reporter a coronavirus perfect storm could be looming this Independence Day. Several factors are at play, including more people traveling, states reopening, and for some, repeated disregard of mask and social distancing guidelines as people gather to celebrate this july 4th. Avoiding places like pools, beaches, and even playgrounds, especially this weekend thats going to be high density traffic outside are very important measures that we can take. Reporter u. S. Covidrelated deaths exceeded 129,000 this week and centers for Disease Control and prevention predicting we could see another 20,000 people lose their lives to the virus by the end of the month. Florida surpassed its previous record for new covid cases reported in one day. The pressure now on younger people to help lower infection rates in that state to see the vast majority of florida covid cases affecting those in their mid 30s. Some florida beaches are open today, though that wont be the case in miami beach. The mayor there implementing a curfew and made masks mandatory. Theres nothing more american than making a sacrifice by staying home to keep a Family Member safe, a neighbor safe, or a stranger safe. Reporter texas continues buckling under the surge and sites highest daily increase this week hoping to reverse the trend, Governor Greg Abbott is requiring face coverings in most texas counties, though many of abbotts fellow Republican Leaders have resisted similar mask mandates. The president among them. Anyone who thinks covid19 is not dangerous, the numbers are glaring warning signs that this is dangerous. But everybody has the capability of making sure they do not get covid19. Reporter out west, arizona and california continue shattering their own records. Arizonas state health data showing hospitals are seeing unprecedented spike in covid patient admissions and only 9 of icu beds were available by the end of this week. California reimplementing earlier restrictions to contain their outbreak, temporary closure signs are back up at beaches. Singing and chanting at religious gatherings are temporarily banned and some cities are taking aggressive approach enforcing Mask Policies with the threat of hefty fines. The nation celebrates together, Health Officials are hoping theyll do it from home. Could be another reason why were seeing thinner crowds, particularly here at new york beaches as Governor Cuomo announced this week that people traveling in for about 16 covid hot spots, states from across the country, people traveling into new york, would have to self quarantine for at least two weeks, martin and christi. This is an effort were seeing by authorities in the new york tristate area to try to keep that progress or make sure that progress is not reversed. Good point. Polo sandoval, thank you so much. Happy fourth to you. Polo talked about florida a little bit. Beaches still are open, despite florida topping the list of states with the most new cases just yesterday nearly 9,500 new infections reported there. Cnns Boris Sanchez is with us from clearwater, florida. Boris, good morning to you. Youre getting the sunshine. How many other people are out there with you . Is it busy . Reporter hey there, christi. Were actually seei ining small crowds than usual. There were far more people on Clear Water Beach than there are now. Yesterday we heard from a local who told us that he thinks it has to a lot to do with coronavirus because a lot of people who come to this beach are visiting from different areas. Youre right, the numbers in florida are absolutely staggering. The last 48 hours, nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases in the sunshine state. Florida now leading the nation for the average number of new daily cases reported. I spoke to a mom who drove from about 120 miles away with her family who said that she wanted to enjoy Independence Day on the beach, though she is taking precautions and chides people who are not. Listen to this. We came a few weeks ago and we felt pretty safe, as long as we stay our distance i think were fine. We have our masks and we have our hand sanitizer. Its a real pandemic. If we dont do our part, its going to continue to spread. Reporter so, she is among quiet a few people who brought their families out here. Again, less than usual. Youll notice there are signs up stating very clearly that there are beach rules about social distancing. Theyre asking folks who do not live in the same household to stay at least six feet apart. They dont want large groups to congregate. In fact, they are keeping groups limited to about 10 people per group. The question, though, is how well is that being enforced . We havent really seen police or Health Officials around to keep those rules in place. In fact, i have seen some groups that are well over 10 people. The numbers again, the major concern. We saw a big surge after memorial day weekend when we saw people ignoring the social distancing guidelines. We could potentially see a big surge again two weeks from now. We are expecting to get new numbers from the Florida Department of health in just over an hour. Of course, well keep you posted. Martin . Thank you very much. Turning to the southwest, arizona, cases there taking a dangerous turn for the worse. Number of people requiring hospital treatment continues to climb as hospitals are getting exceedingly close to capacity. Cnns Evan Mcmorris joins us live. Evan, how close are they at being full at the hospitals these days . Reporter well, theyre actually getting pretty close. Good morning from scottsdale, where its still pretty early. As you can see, on this saturday, people are not yet out at this strip mall and malcol complex here. Hospitals are reported at 91 capacity in their intensive care unit beds. 156 beds left. Its numbers like that that that are getting the governor of this state to try to get people to not gather in places like this, but hes facing stiff resistance. Here in this complex where i am is one of the locations of mountainside fitness, 18gym chain here in the chain that has been at war with this governor. Last week the governor declared gyms closed for a month saying it was not safe to have them gather as the pandemic started to grow in arizona. As you can see here on the door at this gym that had remained open, kind of a letter full of legalese from mountainside gym. Look, we read what the governor had to say. Our lawyers think its safe. Were open. Come on if you want to. This has been an on going problem for public Health Officials here in arizona. Yesterday i was about 100 miles away from here in prescott, arizona, where they were having their big fourth of july festivities that include a rodeo and craft fair and we tried to bring our cnn radio into the camera and wouldnt let us in and talk about their pandemic plans, but what they made people do is sign a waiver saying i understand that the pandemic is happening and im going to come to the rodeo any way and some of the footage we were able to get from inside the rodeo showed large numbers of people in the crowd, not wearing masks. And this is the kind of thing that the governor of the state, the republican governor of the state, has been asking his constituents not to do. But hes left a lot of decisions up to local municipalities about how to enforce that stuff. Here in arizona, rising numbers and also rising and stiff resistance to some of the countermeasures that officials want. All right. Evan, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Boy, look at those numbers. So President Trump is set to celebrate Independence Day in washington today. He rallied before our nations forefathers at mount rushmore. There were very few people wearing face coverings it seems. Social distancing guidelines they werent enforced. Masks were not required. But what youre seeing there is a picture of a lot of the big chunk of the crowd there. And that was pretty much what it looked like all the way around. Sara westwood at the white house, what more are you learning about the speech, about the crowds, about the president this morning . Reporter well, martin, one of the biggest headlines of the night was actually written before it really got under way. And that was the fact that kimberly guilfoyle, the girlfriend of the president s son and member of the trumps inner circle tested positive for coronavirus before the president arrived in south dakota. Remember, everyone who is going to come into contact with the president has to get a covid test before they do so. So she was getting screened as part of that process. Shes asymptomatic and is self isolating. Donald trump jr. Luckily tested negative for the virus. But despite that and despite the surge of cases that were seeing in states across the country, the president barely mentioned the virus in that speech. Instead, he chose to use the occasion to really wade into the culture war. And he had a relatively dark message, a stark warning, about what would happen in his words if the merciless campaign of people he claimed are trying to erase American History are successful. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children. Our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes but that were villains. So far from a unifying tone there at that Independence Day event. The president also signed an executive order that would create what he said would be the National Garden of american heroes. Basically an outdoor park that would have monuments to various figures throughout American History. The location of that park was not specified, but the president last night arguing for more statues, not less against this backdrop of unrest in this country. Martin and christi. Sara westwood at the white house. Thanks very much. Breaking news right now. President trump signed an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program into law this morning. The house unanimously passed the extension less than 24 hours after the Program Ended this week. Now congress created that program, remember, to help Small Businesses keep employees on their payrolls during nationwide closures because of the coronavirus pandemic. Applications for the funds can be submitted through august 8th. There was more than 130 billion remaining when the program closed and that was tuesday night. So coming up in the early days of epidemic, you know we have been talking about this, ventilators appeared to be key to helping covid19 patients survive. Now doctors are changing their approach when it comes to using them. Were talking to a doctor next about the risk of ventilators. Plus, after facing mounting pressure, the Washington Redskins could be one step closer to changing their controversial name. Well have more on that right after the break. Prices of the season onwest the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . 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Across and south and west the climb in new cases. The northeast, struggled early on is now keeping their case curve heading in the right direction while the south and west represented here in pink and yellow respectively trend to new highs. States across those regions are also reporting an increase in hospitalizations. And in the percent of tests that come back positive, arizona illustrates this rise really clearly as you can see a steady climb in people hospitalized there. The percentage of new tests that are coming back positive in arizona is hovering between 25 and 30 in recent days. Now those data points contribute to a National Picture that ranks the u. S. Response as one of the worst in the world. Compare the situation in the u. S. With our neighbors to the north, canadas seven Day Moving Average of new cases lining up nearly perfectly with the bottom of this chart compared to the u. S. And compared to a single u. S. State with similar population canadas curve still looks better. Here its actually matched with california. Now by contrast the state of new york lines up much more closely to canada now. No longer the epicenter of this pandemic here in the u. S. The beginning of this crisis there was, youll remember, a lot of talk about ventilators and how important they are to severely ill covid19 patients who find it difficult, maybe even impossible to breathe on their own. The problem is ventilators can cause other problems for people who need them, including infection, lung damage, decline in physical and cognitive function. Well, dr. Paul mayo is with us a professor at the Zucker School of medicine at hofstra and pulmonary disease, internal medicine physician with northwell health. Thank you, doctor, for being with us. Were glad to have you here. Glad to be here. Thank you. So, i understand that you had covid two months ago. You tested negative for antibodies. Do you know what that means for your immunity to future infection . Because this is something a lot of people are talking about when it comes to herd immunity, getting the virus, recovering and therefore believing themselves to be immune . Yeah. Actually i would be more optimistic that im actually antibody positive. What happened is early good. Unfortunate. Early in the pandemic we were unaware that the disease was transmitted through air sol. We all thought it was transmitted through cough and sneezing. So, i was wearing a lightweight surgical mask as per instruction and in early march i got infected. I was out of work for about three weeks. When i came back, it was absolutely extraordinary how many cases we had who were really critically ill. Then by good luck i tested antibody positive. Now one of the questions is what does that mean . There is some speculation that its not protective, but if you talk to or read real serious immunologists, its very clear that for at least several months at a minimum i am fully protected by it from reinfection. The immunity will probably last one to two years. So naturally ill get a vaccine when its available to reaugment my immunity. And therefore when im in the hospital, i consider myself totally protected as do my colleagues who happen to have the infection and theyre aint body positive. But at the same time, i have to, i must conform to standard protective measures with mask and face shield because im part of a team and i cant just pretend, im different than them. So i still go through the ritual of putting on the n95, the mask but in fact im protected and everyone should have the same attitude until proven otherwise. Thats not yet been proven. Doctor, we started off this conversation sort of talking about ventilators. Its been fascinating to watch how the treatment of this disease has developed over time. And that most especially includes ventilators, once looked upon as lifesavers and now theres a different regard for them. Were they used too soon . Or have our attitudes towards them been perhaps too hopeful . Yeah. As with all things related to covid19 where the person becomes critically ill, theres been a lot of evolution of how to approach the disease. Early on when a patient would come to the hospital and be decision made that they were sick enough to come into the hospital, generally that would always be associated with a very low oxygen level in their blood. And by standard operating procedure, the thought was we should intubate, meaning place a tube in the persons windpipe and attach them to a full ventilator. We thought that was the best thing to do, one is that is what we had been doing for the last 20, 30 years but also theres great concern that if we used whats known as high flow oxygen or smaller noninvasive ventilators that this would somehow spread the disease into the general population in the hospital or to the care providers. So, early on we were using ventilators quite aggressively. Now, the thing to remember about the big ventilators, persons fully intubated through the windpipe is when a person goes on a ventilator, they have a new disease. Its called theyre on a ventilator. Because ventilators, although they are life saving, they dont really cure the person. They support the person. And during the support period, the person is very vulnerable to a variety of complications that derive from being on a ventilator. So theres no doubt that when appropriately used the ventilator will support the person. We hope then theyll slowly recover, but at the same time, the ventilator can cause a lot of different complications. For example, theres an entity called ventilatorinduced lung injury. This sounds like a crazy idea that you put a person on a ventilator hoping to save them. But the ventilator through pressure affect can produce a lot of stress on the lung tissue and will actually perpetuate the lung injury. Then people become vulnerable to developing pneumonias related to being on ventilator. They are generally have to be heavily sedated. Then theyre not moving for a few weeks. And they decondition profoundly. Theres an association with prolong ventilator use and cognitive effect that can be prolonged. So ventilators should never ever be used just as a routine measure. Instead the field is moving towards being very aggressive about maintaining oxygen levels with what are curbed high flow systems or noninvasive ventilation and the belief now is when the staff is properly protected, the risk of requiring infection with these systems is actually very low and if in addition to staff protection the room is placed under negative pressure, that also reduces risk. So compared to the first few weeks when i got back at work, we saw a lot of cases, hundreds of hundreds of cases of severe covid pneumonia. Were now trying to avoid the use of ventilator. If we have to, we must. But we try to avoid using them. Okay. So, dr. Mayo, i wanted to ask you about the longterm effects of covid because we talk so much about trying to avoid getting becoming infected and how to mitigate that. But, when we talk about the longterm Health Consequences, some of the things we do know about this, what has been kind of a mysterious virus up to this point, the on going fatigue, the lung damage, the blood clotting, the heart damage, the kidney damage, what do you see is most consistent in terms of longterm Health Consequences for the virus . And have you personally experienced any of them . You know, on a personal level i developed the virus. The most prominent affect that i noticed was a period of extraordinary weakness that i think about standing up, for example, and as soon as i try to stand up i just say, forget this. And i just spent a lot of time sitting on a sofa, literally. My oxygen level went down to moderate extent. But the weakness phenomena and the sense of light headedness went on for a good three weeks. So it was rather like having a very severe influenza infection, which most of us had some time in our life, but it was really, really prolonged. And all of my partners who also a number of my partners developed covid infection, they describe exactly the same issue. Then theres a period where theres inappropriate tacky card ya. If you can get through all this where im recovered and immune at least for some period of time, the question is if it had gone the other way and again we have seen hundreds of these cases, if the person gets really, really sick, fighting to keep them off ventilator, now were using a variety of medications up front which we hope will attenewuate risk of regression, then the person ends up on ventilator. And what weve seen is this terrible progression to what we call a new york cement lung. The lung becomes profoundly and irreversibly injured, scarred down. It becomes stiff. Its literally a rock almost. And then we lose those patients as we fight forward. Another group they develop lung injury of the type where theres some recovery. And then after weeks in the icu, if theyre very, very lucky they come directly off the ventilator, but a lot of these people end up with trayky ost pi where we make a hole in the trachea. Theyre on a ventilator. They have a feeding tube. Sure. And then we transfer the rehab facility. And the prolonged course of rehabilitation is just were starting to understand that now. Okay. The person is extraordinarily weak, deconditioned. They often have cognitive failure. They have lung injury. And some of those people are permanently impaired. And some will fully recover full function. Sure. Well, dr. Paul were learning a lot as the weeks go by. Dr. Paul mayo, we appreciate your expertise and sharing your experience with this, with us. Best of luck. Take good care. Thanks a lot. Sure. Still to come, arkansas reported the most cases in the state in a single day since the pandemic began. Little rocks mayor joins us on the protective measures hes taking. 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Transfer your service in minutes, making moving with xfinity a breeze. Visit xfinity. Com moving today. Well, three months ago arkansas was one of the handful of states that did not issue stayathome orders to slow the spread of coronavirus because at the time the governor said the order wasnt needed. He said because of its low population density. Well, today arkansas is considered a hot spot state. In fact, on thursday the state reported 878 cases. That is the most the state has seen in a single day since the pandemic began. Just last week the mayor of little rock arkansas signed an executive order requiring face masks in public spaces. Joining us now is little rock mayor frank scott jr. Good morning to you, mayor. Good morning. How are you doing today martin and christi. Doing well, sir. How is this measure going as far as mandating masks . Actually its going very well since we issued our executive order on june 25th. It saw great up tick all our residents, visitors and businesses abiding by the order. Were grateful they took the time and attention to not only protect themselves and their loved ones but the residents of little rock. What is the concern about the economic the economic consequences of all of this . Well, we really firmly believe not wearing a mask is an economic consequence because when you continue to see the number of individuals that are having cases and having to shut down various organizations because of those covid19 cases to have protective measures, we really believe this is an economic argument to wear a mask. What was it that brought you to this point . As we explained, the governor early on had said it wasnt necessary. So why did you decide as the mayor of your city to take it upon yourself to introduce this . And how do you enforce it . Well, first and foremost, as a mayor, we sign and take an oath of office to protect and serve the Public Health safety and welfare of all of our residents. As we continue to see the number of cases continue to increase across the state, little rock being the States Capital city and the most populated, we have been early and aggressive and assertive in all of our protective measures to protect the Public Health, safety and welfare of little rock residents. This was yet another portion of our covid19 task force which we initiated early on as we are guided by da and the a Health Care Experts on any measure we take place. I want to listen if we can to georgia governor kemp. He was on a twoday sixcity tour in his state encouraging people to wear masks so hes not making it mandatory in his state, but he did criticize some leaders who were giving mask mandates out, calling it political distraction. Here is what he said. The whole mask issue right now in my opinion is being overpoliticized. Thats not what we should be doing. We dont have time for politics right now. So, what do you what is your response to that allegation that it is political . Well, first and foremost again, wearing a mask is an economic argument. Its a Public Health argument. And its just good common sense. It is not a political statement as whether you wear a mask or not. Its a Public Health safety measure. And we have to take the politics out of Public Health and continue to understand that when we are instituting these type of ordnances and orders to protect the Public Health safety and welfare of all residents whether youre in the city of little rock across this nation is to help someones life. If we save one life, weve done our job. Is it just masks or other measures that you implemented here to try to keep people healthy . Since the city of little rock instituted its state of emergency here in the capital city, weve done a myriad of things from instituting a keep cover, keep your distance campaign. Instituting a stay in and tell a Friend Campaign all in the effort to educate and engage our residents to understand that we have to follow the cdc guidelines as well as the Arkansas Department of health guidelines. We also were the first in the state to move towards takeout delivery and Curb Side Service for our restaurants. We instituted curfews to create a modified shelter in place policy. And we continue to lead by example by listening to the data as well as our Health Care Experts when we instituted a covid19 Health Care Task force with many of the states top Health Experts because little rock is the health care mecca here in the state of arkansas. How do you reach everyone to try to explain that mindset . At the end of the day there are different groups of people who see this as a different intention. Some see it as a health issue. Some see it as a political issue. Is there any scenario where you can look at what youre dealing with and know how to get everyone on the same page and change that mindset . Well, we continue to lead by sharing the data and the facts and focussing on the truth. We dont engage in the politics as it relates to Public Health because thats a safety measure that we have to do to ensure that the city of little rock has economic recovery in the midst of the covid19 pandemic. And so, we are very focussed on our communications as a millennial mayor, were on all modes of medium with social media, digital, online and were making certain we do whatever we can no matter who you are in the city of little rock that youre going to receive this information. We also focussed a lot on sharing that Health Care Disparities that have arisen throughout this process that we have purchased 20,000 masks for underrepresented communities here in the city of little rock with a Great Partnership with kroger and edwards food giants. Were going to continue to let the data, which is clear, to lead us as we make our decisions moving forward. Again, being someone that actually got a test as well, i can tell you the number of times when you wait those two or three days, waiting on your covid19 test, when you think about any type of time where you may have inadvertently forgotten your mask or fail to put it on, it hits home to you. Thats a period we need to continue to move forward, wear our mask, wash our hands, keep covered and know our distance. Mr. Mayor, i understand. My daughter has had to take the test three times. And i know that it is not pleasant. But youre right. That waiting period not at all. That waiting period is just as hard as well. Shes negative, by the way, all three times. Just in case anybody cares. Mayor frank scott thats a blessing. Yes, it is. We appreciate you. Thank you for taking the time to talk with us on the fourth of july. Happy fourth. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. Still to come, the calls to change the name of the Washington Redskins. They have grown louder, and now the team says that change may be on the way. Former redskins player and wide receiver for the nfl Donte Stallworth joins us next. To playgrounds reimagined. Were all finding new ways to soak up a little sun. But sunscreen is still a must. So grab the brand derms trust most for their families. Love, neutrogena®. We have this just in into the news room a Police Officer in toledo, ohio, was killed in a home depot parking lot overnight. Officer anthony dia was responding to a disturbance call aftered ed mmidnight when a su shot him in the chest and ran into the woods. According to investigators the man was found a short time later with a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are looking into what may have been the possible motivation to causes behind that shooting. In the face of mounting pressure from both fans and investors, the Washington Redskins say they may be paving a way towards a new name. Yeah. The team says its conducting a thr row review of the controversial nickname. But this is coming after a major threat from Investment Groups worth more than 600 billion saying they would end their relationships with redskins sponsors if the team didnt change its name. So now team owner Daniel Schneider, who has been against a name change in the past, says he wants input from others now. And nfl commissioner Roger Goodell replace leasted a statement saying he is supportive of this important step. With us now former redskins player and wide receiver for the nfl Donte Stallworth. Good morning to you. Thanks very much. Great to have you with us especially on this issue. And i want to start by asking, what is your reaction to this news that the team is reviewing the name . I mean, what is there really to review . Thats a good question. Theres been this review for a very long time. People have been discussing this issue throughout the country for a very long time, for years. Speaking of years, even years ago the team owner Daniel Schneider said that he would never change the teams name. And so here we are today where two weeks ago the team has removed George Marshall preston from im sorry George Preston marshall from the teams ring of honor. George Preston Marshall was the last team owner to integrate in 1962 the nfl with black players on his team. He did it begrudgingly. They took down a statue a couple weeks ago of the rfk stadium. There is this reckoning going around since the killing of george floyd in minneapolis, people are coming to grips with our history, with our settler, colonial history and George Preston marshall is a part of that by naming his team a racial slur that no one in the Indigenous Community sees that to be something that they take pride in. Now, there have been polls that have shown earlier this decade or earlier last decade in the early 2010s where you saw a majority of native peoples did not mind the name or didnt care about the name. But as weve seen with this recent study and research from the university of california berkley, they have shown that more than half today after february, which was the super bowl with the kansas city chiefs, there was a showing that showed more than a study that showed more than half of those people the native people, the indigenous folks, who are the ones that are living under this name, they are the ones that are now saying more than half of them do not agree with any moniker or any racial slur as the teams name is today. So, we talk about the Financial Impact of this and we talked about this more than 620 billion that could be lost if nf investors pull out. Why do you think it had to come to money before we might see a change here . And how big of deciding factor do you think that was to getting to the point were seeing this morning . I think it was the only factor if were being honest about everything. Seven years ago team owner Daniel Schneider said who grew up a Washington Football Team fan, he grew up as a big fan of the team, later purchased it. That is i mean, thats beyond anyones wildest dream to be able to purchase your Favorite Team as a child. And he did that. So this team has a deep connection with him. But in the same time, we have seen, again, where nike has come out and said that they are pleased to see the team try to make progress, take the first steps to make progress. Nike pulled all Washington Football Team redskins merchandise from their website. They did this a couple days ago. As you noticed, there was 620 billion a group of i believe 67 or 87 investment firms that have been urging for fedex corporation, fred smith, ceo, who is also a minority owner with the team, to pressure them into changing the teams name. And so, here we are today where its the perfect climate that we are discussing this with you have the financial pressure and you have the social change pressure. If the name doesnt change now, it will never change. But its it shouldnt have had to come to this, but it has unfortunately. I think its time as everyone else has noted. Everyone else who is empathetic with our indigenous brothers and sisters say its time to change the name now. Thank you for joining us today to talk about it. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Well be right back. Its time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Its our 4th of july special the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only 1,299 plus, free premium delivery when you add a base. Ends monday. Were so grateful to have you here as always for our news marathon this morning. 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