Across the country are facing a tough fight to save lives right now, and theyre asking in some cases begging everyone to simply wear a mask. Wearing a mask is a small thing. Even if it doesnt work, whats the harm in wearing a mask . But it does work. Its whats kept our exposure rates low in our hospital, is everybody is wearing a mask. These patients turn very quickly. They can go from using no oxygen to a high demand of oxygen within a matter of an hour. Whenever a patient comes in as a trauma, theyre literally rolling in off the streets and you have absolutely no idea what the covid status of that patient is. We have our reporters spread out all over the country as this pandemic impacts schools, hospitals, testing and, of course, our way of life. But we start with that breaking news i mentioned a few moments ago. The united states, uk, canada, they say russia tried to steal crucial Coronavirus Research through hacking. Nbcs matt bradley is following that part of the story. Matt, what can you tell us . Reporter its a rouge revolution, craig. Were just hearing from british authorities that the russians had been using some of the same tools that u. S. Intelligence officials said they had used to hack the president ial election in the u. S. Back in 2016. Implicated here is apt 29. You might know them as cozy bear. Remember cozy bear and fancy bear, they were the two malware groups that were found inside the Democratic National committee back in 2016. Now the British Government with the American Government are saying the same group, cozy bear, is trying to hack institutions that are actually trying to find a solution for our current crisis. Theyre trying to find a vaccine for covid19. If this is true, if these revelations bear out, and it looks like theres a lot of agreement from bot the brits and the united states, it would show the russians dont see medical Research Like this as off limits. It doesnt look as though were necessarily trying to sabotage research efforts. I seems as though theyre trying to steal them. It goes to show the Competition Among countries to find this vaccine could reach such a fever pitch that governments are willing to weigh in and hack each other including private institutions for information. Here in Britain Oxford University is very much involved in trying to find a vaccine, partnering with astrazeneca and they have gotten close to coming up with a vaccine. We have been reporting on it constantly. The British Government was aware of this problem and upped security for some of the institutions looking for a vaccine earlier this year. Its unclear how this is going to bounce back in washington because President Trump, of course, has a quite complicated relationship with russia. So whether or not he approves of this remember, this group that came out with this in britain, theyre under the gchq, a British Intelligence organization that President Trump has accused of spying on his campaign. Theres a lot of trust loss across the Atlantic Ocean and with institutions of intelligence in the American Government. Craig. Matt bradley in london starting us off on that breaking news, thank you. Right now major fault lines here are emerging in Orange County california as families debate what school is going to look like in the fall. The board of education is endorsing guidelines to let students back in the classrooms without requiring masks, without requiring social distancing. The backlash, as you might images in, has been swift. Nbcs Erin Mclaughlin is at the Orange County department of education in costa mesa, california. The spotlight on Orange County is intense. At this point not clear whats going to happen next. Take us inside this battle thats happening there about how to reopen schools. Reporter craig, in context within Orange County is absolutely critical here when you consider the Positivity Rate in this part of california is 14 . Epidemiologists tell me that suggests midrange to large outbreaks happening within this community and a lack of testing. They say opening a school within the face of those kind of metrics risks an outbreak and a shutdown at the school within weeks. Now, the board of education is advisory only, not binding. Were already seeing School Districts go their own way to the north of the county. Santa ana announced it wont be reopening schools. It will be Distance Learning come the fall. Joining me now is the superintendent of schools here in Orange County, al mijares. What is your reaction to these recommendations by the board of education . Are they helpful, or are they confusing the situation . Theyre most certainly confusing the situation. Quite frankly, i think its an ethical issue here. Its a form of malpractice. Our job is to protect students at all costs. Thats the number one thing parents want across the country, for their kids to be safe. Its unconscionable for us to suggest we should treat this thing lightly. Its a very serious problem. The pandemic is something we have to heed with a great amount of dill lens. Reporter now, the department of education has issued its own guidelines. Theres state guidelines, federal guidelines. If youre a parent right now within your county, who should you listen to . You should listen to the Orange County department of education because we have created a plan from a multidisciplinary perspective. Weve engaged medical doctors. Certainly this is something we have to rely upon, what are the doctors saying in this particular case . We have doctors, educators, Community People involved with this, parents involved. Leaders in different areas of the School System and weve created a document called oc together, a guide for reopening our schools. Its all done on the internet. Its live. People can access it at any time. Its a very systematic process were following and a plan were following that aligns with the California Department of Public Health, California Department of education and our own health care agency. Reporter what are parents telling you . What are their concerns . Parents are very frightened. As you mentioned, the hot spots weve seen in santa ana, as that intensifies and news gets out there, parents are fearful. The most vulnerable are those parents who have no means. Theyre at the poverty level. They dont have health care. For them to send their kids to school and get sick with no health care is frightening. Theyd rather keep them at home in many cases. Mind you, we want our kids to be in school. Thats where they belong. But when youre dealing with a disease of this level, its not something you can treat lightly. We have to treat it with a great degree of care. From the beginning of this pandemic, there have been voices here within Orange County pushing back on the science. The chief medical officer within the county resigned to Death Threats for her mask orders, for her shutdown orders. Do you think the politics of the situation is putting Peoples Health and in this case Child Welfare at risk . Yeah. I do believe the ideological issues that we face today are intense and very divisive. This is no time for politics and ideology in the sense of what is right for kids. Right now we have to think about the everyday experience in the life of a child and do everything we can to protect them. Theyre minors. Theyre not called adults for many reasons. Theyre tender, still developing and growing. They depend upon the adults to keep them safe. Mr. Mijares, thank you very much. Craig, back to you. Erin mclaughlin, thank you. Please thank the superintendent as well. Sort of a glimpse of the conversation thats happening there in california. Similar conversations happening all over this country right now. Texas meanwhile seeing a surge of coronavirus cases. One of its best tools in the fight against the virus is about to go away. The Rio Grande Valley has one of three federal testing sites in the country and it closes tomorrow. Nbcs Priscilla Thompson isality that testing site in edinburg, texas. Priscilla, what are you seeing on the ground there and what are plans for testing when that site shuts down . Reporter craig, i want to give you a glimpse at what this operation looks like on the ground. There are seven lines running simultaneously, lines of cars stretching all the way back to the end of this parking lot, and thousands of people have come through here to be tested over the past week and a half. Im actually here with the man responsible for running this site. Chief schneider, talk to me a little bit about what youve been seeing on the ground here and what impact this testing site has had in the fight against covid in this community. Yes, good morning. Testing has been a great impact here to our area. Theres such a great need. Our mayor and council felt its very important to get opportunity for testing. What better than the facilities we have here to manage the massive crowds. Since weve started this, weve already seen over 23,000 people come through this testing site, average about 3,000 to 3,500 a day. It gives everybody Situational Awareness to where they are today at this moment when they get those results. Very, very important to everybody in this fear going on with covid19. Reporter this site was set to close on tuesday, extended until friday. These resources are going away tomorrow. What happens then . We will invite the opportunity, if they want to reset this, theres plenty of opportunity for that. Were really appreciative of the fact that it was set here in edinburg. Were able to affect everybodys lives in the past week and a half, giving them the results they need to make choices for their life in the future, whether its quarantining or continuing on in their life and they work. Its very important for them to understand where are they at at this point, exposed or not exposed. Reporter do you think the site needs to remain open here in the rio grand valley . I think with 1. 5 Million People here, even with the numbers weve had in the past week, the need is going to continue for months. So we invite that opportunity to reset and continue testing in multiple locations p the federal government and the state is ready to press on with this. Reporter chief, thank you. Thank you. Reporter craig, these are designed to be shortterm sites, they come in and test as many people as possible, and then they leave. The communities are left to deal with how to contain the virus and continuing the testing. Officials here telling me some level of testing will certainly continue here. Craig. Priscilla thompson there in texas. Priscilla, thank you. Meanwhile, starting tonight masks will no longer be an option in alabama. They will be a requirement. The governor of alabama says they had no choice. Fatalities in that state just set another record, cases up 50 in the past two weeks. There are a Record Number of patients in state hospitals. Nbcs dasha burns is in montgomery, alabama. Dasha, weve watched face coverings and mask mandates become politicized. This new mandate there in alabama considering the pandemic is intensifying there, how is it being received . Reporter hey, craig. Alabama is certainly no exception to the mask politics were hearing across the country. In fact, there even seems to be a bit of a split within state officials. The governor had been pretty resistant until this kind of order until yesterday when she said the numbers do not lie. Craig, the numbers here do keep going up. But the Lieutenant Governor has actually come out against the order. He said its an overstep on the part of the government. He says it infringes on individuals rights to make their own Health Decisions and on the rights of Business Owners to their property. Craig, weve been strolling the streets of montgomery here this morning and talking to people about their reaction to this order. Ive got to tell you, the conversations ive been having here this morning sound pretty different than what were hearing from the politicians. Take a listen to some of what i heard this morning. I think its perfectly appropriate, very sensible and good policy. Im all for it. My husband is in a highrisk category. So its super important personally. They tell you what kind of toilet you can have in your house. Your cell phone can track everywhere you are, what you buy and what you do. Why is protecting other people and stopping deaths overstepping . Reporter craig, of course, this is all jun anecdotal evidence, but every Single Person i spoke with this morning agreed with the order. Some were very concerned about the spread of coronavirus. Others said they werent too worried about it, werent worried about getting sick themselves, but they were more than willing to wear a mask in public out of respect for others. Craig. Dasha burns in montgomery for us, thank you. Meanwhile in tennessee, coronavirus cases have jumped 99 in just two weeks. A hot spot there is Hamilton County, home to chattanooga. The county saw its greatest single day inning crease in confirmed cases on tuesday. The number of hospitalizations is also climbing. I want to bring in chattanooga marianne difficult burke. The Health Department for Hamilton County says the turnaround time for people to get coronavirus test results back is getting longer. Whats your chief concern about what youre seeing in your city right now . We have a bunch of concerns that are coming with the rise in coronavirus cases. One is that, as the time to get results back climbs, that means Contact Tracing less effective because people dont know what to do. On top of that, we dont have a mask mandate in any area around us. We put Hamilton County mayor and the Health Department put ours in at the end of last week. But we are the center of the region. So we have more than just our local cases in the hospital, and that means everybody around us affects what happens here. Youre in a unique position. As i understand it, tennessees governor has taken some of the power to respond to the crisis in your city out of your hands. That power now lands with the county. Has that made it harder to coordinate a response to this pandemic . We shut down incredibly early. As of may 1, we only had about a little over 1. 5 of the statewide cases even though were the fourth largest county in tennessee. Weve rapidly seen those numbers climb. What we have to do is have a bigger intervention. We need to have it as quickly as possible because, as i was saying earlier, chattanooga is the center of the region. We also have northern georgia right on our border. So having coordinated policy that ensures everybody here is safe is critical to ensure all our hospitals are not overwhelmed. Mayor, this battle over masks thats playing out all over the country, alabama implementing the statewide mask mandate we just reported on. Georgia overriding local mask efforts. How are folks there in your city of chattanooga, how have they reacted to face coverings . Theyve overwhelmingly adopted it. Its probably 90plus percent Adoption Rate in the last few days. Nobody asks you when you go to the hospital and have a broken bone whether youre a democratic or republican before they tell you what to do. The same thing is true when it comes to Public Health. This is the same thing for everybody. I think people are rapidly understanding that. By the way, here in the south and in tennessee, people want to obey the law, and thats what were finding. Mayor sorry, mayor, i thought we lost you for a second. Chattanooga had about 2. 5 million set aside to help Small Businesses during the shutdown. As we understand it, the money is gone. What else can you do to help Small Businesses if this crisis continues . We rely on sales and Hotel Motel Tax for a lot of our income. We had to cut roughly 8. 5 million from our budget this year. We need the federal governments help so that, if bad things happen, if we see further declines, then we can have some dollars to help our small local businesses survive. Thats what we did at the very beginning. But the situation at the moment is worse than it was a few months ago, and our Hospitality Industry is devastated by this. Yesterday we announced that ironman, which were one of the premier sites for ironman competitions, were canceling two of those for the rest of the year. That is devastating for so many businesses in our community. We need the federal government to pass some kind of local assistance help so we can then ensure that our Small Businesses can survive these next several months. Chattanooga tennessee marianne difficult burke, thanks for your time this morning. Thank you. Weve got some breaking news about the number of people filing for unemployment. Its something we get a lot of questions about from our viewers. What happens when my benefits run out in just two weeks . Were going to ask our experts your questions next. Also, new warning signs for President Trumps reelection bid. Steve kornacki standing by to take us through some key findings in a new poll to show us whats changing. What changed from 2016 to now. The countdown has begun. til everyone can enjoy a professional clean feel. At home. Youre having one more bite no one more bite kraft. For the win win. With spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. Just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. The shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. More than 1. 3 million americans filed for unemployment last week. That was more than economists predicted. Take a look at this. The small blue bars on this chart, those small blue bars, theyre the number of people who filed for unemployment each week. The line, thats how much the total number has grown since just mid march. Its now, as you can see there, more than 51 Million People. For context, thats roughly the population of our nations entire west coast, california, oregon, washington states populations combined. So with another week of record jobless numbers and coronavirus cases, we know you have a lot of questions. We have our experts here to try and help answer some of those questions. Cnbc elam me and steve corwin, ceo and president of new yorks presbyterian hospital. We want to start with unemployment, elon. Weekly benefits set to run out at the end of the month. We get this question every day from a number of viewers. This particular viewer asking, will congress extend unemployment for those who are scheduled to return in september . Any update here . So i think it is very likely that congress will allow states to keep paying those sort of baseline unemployment benefits. But i think the real question here is what happened to the extra 600 additional federal aid that Congress Approved in the c. A. R. E. S. Act. I think thats more up in the air. I doubt it would be that high because republicans believe that the amount is actually a disincentive to work. People can make more staying at home than they can on the job. I talked to one source last night who said they believe the number could potentially be a compromise of about 400 and maybe phase out after that. So there is still room for negotiation and well have a better sense of the parameters of this debate once Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell relieases his coronavirus packae that could be next week. Dr. Corwin, this about face masks. Patricia writing, i believe reporting yesterday that bandannalike face coverings are not protective. What type of mask should we be looking for . Are washable or disposable masks effective . Dr. Corwin . Thanks for that question, patricia. Lets do mask 101. We measure the effectiveness of masks by how many small particles, microscopic particles are kept out. Hence n95 means 95 of the small microscopic particles do not get in. Surgical masks are not as effective as n95s, and bandannas and cloth coverings are not as effective as surgical masks. One thing is whats the per rossity of it. The second thing is whats the fit . Youve shown a picture of people with masks. First of all, if you dont cover both your nose and your mouth, thats a problem. Secondly, if the mask doesnt fit tightly around your mouth and nose, not only can air get out, air can get in and it defeats the purpose. So the answer is, if you can get surgical masks which now are more in abundant supply, its a lot better than a bandanna or some sort of cosmetic covering. If you want to use a bandanna on top of the surgical mask, thats great. If you can get a surgical mask, that would be the best advice i could give. Ylan, this one is for you. Our viewer writes, i never got my stimulus check. I filed my 2019 taxes and was eligible. What happened and what can i do . Ylan, what can they do . Well, the first thing id tell this viewer is theyre not alone. The latest data we have is from june and show that 35 million stimulus checks had still not gone out. They can go to irs. Gov to check the status of their refund payments. But i think its also quite possible that by the time they get their stimulus check, they may actually be do another one. Theres a lot of support on capitol hill for another round of direct payments. Democrats support it. President trump supports it. The question is really how much would it be and who would get it . In the previous round, almost everyone received a stimulus check or was eligible to receive a stimulus check. This time republicans are kicking around an income limit of around 40,000. There is broad support for the general idea from both sides of the aisle. This next one is about traveling during this pandemic, dr. Corwin. Mary sullivan writes, my father wants to ride from the east coast to the west coast via amtrak because he thinks it will be safer than flying on an airplane. He plans to stay inside the sleeper car and the porters will be bringing him all his meals. Is train travel safer than an airplane . And what can we do to make his trip safer . Thanks for that question. Churchill says americans always do the right thing after having tried everything else. I think were getting the message now around protecting ourselves. And i think that my personal belief is that ms. Sullivans father has the right idea. Less social contact, making sure i think the train is safer than the plane the way shes described his trip. I think masking for himself and mask having the porters masked would protect him even more. I think as a country were getting the message now that weve got to do the social distancing and masking. The short answer is i think his train travel plan is probably better than going on a plane. Dr. Corwin, thank you. Ylan mui, thank you as well. If youre watching or listening on sirius satellite radio, you can email the questions to us at talk msnbc. Com. You can also tweet us using msnbcanswers. President trump is sinking in the polls and hes making a big change at the top of his campaign. Steve kornacki is going to join us next with that. Hes also going to show us the groups that were loyal to the president in 2016 that seem to be turning away from him now. The Trump Campaign also taking hits from inside the gop. Marylands republican governor, larry hogan just wrote a scathing oped in tthe Washington Post head lined fighting alone. Governor hogan writes in part, i watched as the president down played the outbreak severity and as the white house failed to issue public warnings, draw up a 50state strategy or dispatch medical gear or lifesaving ventilators from the american stockpile to american hospitals. Eventually it was clear that waiting around for the president to run the nations response was hopeless. Thats maryland republican governor larry hogan. Hes also going to be joining my colleague Andrea Mitchell next hour right here on msnbc. With less than four months until the general election, a shakeup this morning in the president s reelection bid. Brad parscale out as campaign manager. Hell be replaced by Deputy Campaign manager, veteran republican operative bill stappian. A smaller than expected turnout at the rally in tulsa, but the bigger story continues to be these falling poll numbers. Nbcs Steve Kornacki follows the polls, tracks them closely and joins me to dig into those numbers. Steve, what jumps out at you most with regards to these poll numbers . Ill build to it attend. Theres one number at the end that really surprised me. Let me take you through it. The overall number, our nbc wall street journal poll, 5140. If you ask folks if you approve of trumps performance on the economy, a majority say yes, 5442. Start of the year trump thought hed ride the economy to a second term. What has happened since then, the coronavirus. Of course, the president s handling of that deeply unpopular. Also a lot about race relations, sort of in the news right now. Again, the president s handling of that almost two to one negative. These two issues have overwhelmed the coverage the last couple months. And the president is not being helped by this anymore. Hes being hurt by these two other issues. Thats the big picture view. If you want to take a look at the demographics here, wheres the Movement Since 2016 . Among africanamerican voters, this is similar to what we saw in 16. Hispanic voters, fairly similar to 2016. The movement has been among white voters. Trump is ahead in our poll among white voters. In 2016 in the exit poll he won white voters by 20 points. The movement here, groups of white voters here voting very differently. Noncollege whites, whites without a college degree, trump leads by 22. He won this group by almost 40 points than white voters with a college degree. Jooid is cleaning up, a 15point margin. Wasnt long ago this was a core republican group. You can see biden here with a clear advantage. Theres also this question. This is basically, is there no chance you will support . 50 of voters in our poll say theres no chance theyll support trump at all, off limits. 50 . Half of the electorate. The number for biden is 37. 13 say their vote is up for grabs. You see this pretty overwhelming advantage for joe biden. The surprise to me is this. If you ask folks their personal feelings about the candidates, trump is very unpopular. So is biden. These arent good numbers for biden. Certainly not good numbers for trump. You look at the advantage on every other question, biden has it clearly right now. It doesnt seem to be because theres overwhelming popularity for biden. It just seems to be an indictment at least in the publics view right now of the president s performance, craig. Wow. It would seem based on what you just showed me that the only Silver Lining for the president so far is that his the opposition is slightly better in terms of the negative numbers . If youre the Trump Campaign, i think you would say maybe theres something here to work with. Theres a very high negativity rating for biden. If youre the Trump Campaign, youre saying bietd den hasnt been getting a lot of attention lately. Maybe theres a way to get more attention on him. As the campaign evolves, there will be a bigger spotlight. Maybe this will come to play more. Its a huge difference. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was very unpopular, trump very unpopular. The folks who didnt like either one broke for donald trump. Youre seeing the folks who dont like biden, dont like trump, theyre clearly breaking bidens way. The Trump Campaign is going to clearly have to reverse that. Steve kornacki, thanks. I would encourage folks who use twitter to look at steves take on the twitter outage yesterday. 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Mr. Mayor, you recently extended the citys order to wear a mask in indoor public spaces and where social distancing is impossible. Are people taking it seriously and following your advice . You know, they are, actually. When we first put on the order, there was a lot more dissension. Were in a red state here in the middle of the state. I think a lot of people, particularly in kansas city, even if they dont know why theyre wearing them, know theyre doing it to be good to other people. I think youre seeing pretty much unanimous following of our rules. I think people are saying this just makes sense and this is a way we can keep things open. Were not that far from texas where youve seen the spike in cases, seen more things shutting down. I know a lot of people in kansas city dont want to see that. Thats where youre seeing good compliance of our mask order and were seeing it indefinitely. We dont want to see it closing down again. The last time you joined us on the broadcast, you told us about your push to get marijuana offenses from the city code. This is what you said a few weeks ago. It cant be a conversation about one area of the criminal justice system. We need to look how how people get stopped, why certain people get incarcerated. Now the city council has passed your plan, the decision there even got a shoutout from snoop dogg on facebook. How is this going to work in real terms . What does this mean for the people in your city . What i think it means is as soon as the ordinance is in effect which should be probably today or tomorrow, then we will see less activity relating to people being stopped and getting cited for marijuana offenses. What that means is, youre going to have folks that are not coming into the criminal justice system. Almost with the stroke of a pen when i was signing the ordinance, 800 people subject to fewer criminal remove arrest warrants for people who have things like parking tickets. In my city and most of the country, if you dont pay your parking tickets over a certain period of time, if you dont pay the fees of it, you can end up with an arrest warrant end up in jail. I think theres no reason for that. Theres other ways to deal with that, the collection process, making sure to get the money. We should not criminalize poverty and should not criminalize entire communities. Thats what these reforms need to be about. The way you build better trust is the community knowing theyre not being overpoliced. They can live their lives in a normal way. Frankly, if you dont have money to do something, that means youre subject to arrest, incarceration and criminal penalties beyond that. Mayor quinton lucas, good to see you again. Thanks for your time and your perspective as well. 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Some more breaking news here on a thursday morning. Cvs and target now joining costco and walmart and kroger. Cvs and target announcing moments ago they are also going to require anyone who enters one of their stores to wear a face covering. At target that requirement will start august 1. At cvs it is going to start requiring masks on monday, july 20. Meanwhile, doctors across the country are searching for solutions to treat coronavirus. So far only two drugs are showing pretty good evidence that they actually work. But as nbcs dr. John torres reports, hospitals are running out. Reporter an emotional welcome home for michael janson. I should have been dead. Reporter the new york dad was one of the pandemics early covid patients. In a coma and on a ventilator for 42 days. I was telling him, we want you to fight, you can do this. Reporter out of options, michaels doctors tried an unproven antiviral called remdesivir topped with cheap steroid for inflammation. You have a patient dying from not just the infection but by the bodys own response. Thats the onetwo punch is critical. I know they saved my life. Within 24 hours of getting the steroids after the other drug, i showed improvement, i stabilized. Reporter recent Clinical Trials found remdesivir can shorten the length of the disease and might save lives. Department of health and human services, hhs, was sending free remdesivir directly to hospitals. But critics say hhs data isnt keeping pace with surging cases. The federal government should be making sure were moving the supplies necessary to treat those patients in the hospitals in those states. But its not clear that those distribution mechanisms are in place. Reporter hospitals in these hotspot states tell nbc news theyre low on this life saving drug. By friday we may not have any more. Reporter the governments supply of remdesivir will run out by september if not sooner. And the price tag is about to go up. We just cant trust Drug Companies not to try and profiteer on this pandemic. Reporter and doctors fear patients today wont be able to access or afford one of the only drugs with evidence behind it. Its not fair to a patient or a patients family to have to think about those things when theyre loved ones life is on the line. Reporter and craig, what were hearing now, again, its not just a supply issue, its also a redistribution issue. As a physician, when youre taking care of patients and you know there are two drugs out there that have shown lifesaving benefits, not to be able to get those two drugs or to think there might be a shortage coming up, that can be extremely disheartening because you know they work. There are areas that have it, areas that dont, but also getting that supply up, because by september, remdesivir is going to start to run out. Whats going to happen after that . The need is only going to grow. Hopefully the supply grows with it, craig. It is hard to get your head around the fact that the cost of the drug is potentially going to be going up as well. Dr. John torres, always good to have you, my friend, thank you. And that is going to do it for me this hour. In our next hour, the new concern as summer heats up. Is air conditioning making the spread of this virus worse . Andrea mitchell reports starts after a short break. Mitchell res after a short break. Mornings were made for Better Things than Rheumatoid Arthritis. When considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz a pill for adults with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis when methotrexate has not helped enough. Xeljanz can reduce pain, swelling, and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. Xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections. Before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections like tb and do blood tests. Tell your doctor if youve had hepatitis b or c, have flulike symptoms, or are prone to infections. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, cancers including lymphoma, and blood clots have happened. Taking a higher than recommended dose of xeljanz for ra may increase risk of death. Tears in the stomach or intestines and serious allergic reactions have happened. Dont let another morning go by without asking your doctor about the pill first prescribed for ra more than seven years ago. Xeljanz. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The number of coronavirus cases is continuing to surge out of control, reaching more than 3. 5 million confirmed cases in the u. S. President trump trying to distance himself from his top trade adviser Peter Navarros column in usa today that blasted dr. Anthony fauci. Despite multiple reports that navarro and the president are actually in sync on the attack. Dr. Fauci now responding to the white house smear campaign. It is a bit bizarre. I dont really fully understand it. If you talk to reasonable people in the white house, they realize that was a major mistake on their part because it doesnt do anything but reflect poorly on them. And i dont think that that was their intention. I dont know. I cannot figure out