But even in those conditions there were tons of people there anyway to protest. People got on one knee while the names of africanamericans who have died in Police Custody george floyd. Were read over the loud speaker. Today marks the tenth day of nationwide protests against the kiflg george floyd by police in minneapolis. Today the Police Officers who were there while he died were arraigned in court. Yes, huge crowds are still coming out in the major american cities. In philly today, in los angeles, in austin, in houston. In pittsburgh, pennsylvania today there was a huge diein, which is very eerie and powerful way to protest. But it wasnt only good size cities today. It was all over. Look, this was mountainbrook, alabama today. More than 500 people turned out in mountainbrook, alabama today to protest George Floyds killing. Mountainbrook, alabama is a town that is 97 white. This was grand forks, north dakota today. A group of protesters. Again, more than 500 people deep, chanting George Floyds name on their march to the courthouse. In grand forks. This was st. Petersburg, florida 37 about 100 people lying on their stomachs in the position in which george floyd was killed. Theyre chanting i cant breathe. I cant breathe. This was merrick, new york today, in the suburbs of new york city. The soundtrack youre hearing there is car horns honking in support as the protest in merrick passes the local train station there. In the nations largest city, in new york city today, thousands of people held a memorial for george floyd in a park in brooklyn. And there was one amazing moment you should see. George floyds brother terrence got up to speak to the crowd, and as he came up to the lectern he took a few moments to compose himself. Breathing heavily, sort of taking in the size of the crowd. He seemed a little bit overwhelmed. And the crowd was quiet for a long time. But then somebody said we got you. And somebody else said we love you. And then this surged out from the rear of the crowd, like this roar. This crowd of thousands of people starting to chant to him you are not alone. You are not alone after the memorial and the vigil there they marched into brooklyn. From brooklyn across the Brooklyn Bridge into manhattan. So were going to keep our eyes on new york this evening. Americas largest city in its third night of curfew. Were keeping particular focus right now on the bronx, where we are hearing reports right now that the police have been aggressive in this early evening. They have been making arrests among a group of peaceful protests. Again, that is a scene that we are watching right now in the bronx. Were going to keep you updated as the situation develops there. We are also seeing large crowds coast to coast tonight. I think weve got a live shot here of seattle on the left, thats atlanta on the right, but for most of the day today our eyes have been on minneapolis, where george floyd died. Today was the Memorial Service for him held in the city where he was killed by police. In terms of the scene at the memorial, there were stickers on the ground, outside the service, marking out areas for people to stand, urging everybody who came out to practice social distancing. But the crowd was just packed. Thousands of people in the streets. People in mourning. They knelt when his hearse drove by. When his casket arrived at the memorial, minneapoliss police chief and a Police Sergeant also knelt on the ground and bowed their heads. Just a remarkable scene today outside George Floyds memorial in minneapolis. But inside, what happened during the service just knocked the wind out of you. Reverend al sharpton had the honor of delivering the george floyd eulogy at the memorial this afternoon, and i dont know if you had the chance to see this today. I know everybodys daily schedules are still strange, between working from home or potentially being out at protests or zooming with your boss or trying to teach your kids algebra you that dont quite remember. So i dont know. You may have seen like a clip of this on twitter. You may have caught a highlight on the 6 00 news. But you should see it for what it was in total. So im going to play basically, im going to play the eulogy for you. I want to warn you there was one instance of some difficult language. But we would not be playing this for you tonight if we didnt think this was worth watching. Just take a minute. Pause what else you are doing. Just watch this. Let me ask those of you that, in the traditions of eulogies, need a scriptural reference, go to ecclesiastes third chapter. First verse says, to everything there is a time and a purpose and season under the heavens. Im going to leave it there. I saw somebody standing in front of a church the other day that had been boarded up as a result of violence. Held the bible in his hand. Ive been preaching since i was a little boy. I never seen anyone hold the bible like that. But i leave that alone. But since he held the bible, if hes watching us today, i would like him to open that bible. [ applause ] and id like him to read ecclesiastes 3. To every season theres a time and a purpose. And i think that it is our job to let the world know when we see what is going on in the streets of this country, and in europe, around the world, that you need to know what time it is. First of all, we cannot use bibles as a prop. And for those that have agendas that are not about justice, this family will not let you use george as a prop. George floyds story has been the story of black folks. Because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on our necks. [ applause ] we were smarter than the underfunded schools you put us in. But you had your knee on our neck. We could run corporations, and not hustle in the street, but you had your knee on our neck. We had creative skills, we could do whatever anybody else could do, but we couldnt get your knee off our neck. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country, in education, in health services, and in every area of american life. Its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks [ applause ] the reason why were marching all over the world is we were like george, we couldnt breathe, not because it was something wrong with our lungs, but that you wouldnt take your knee off our neck. We dont want no favors. Just get up off of us and we can be and do whatever we can be. [ applause ] yeah but im more hopeful today than ever. Why . Well, let me go back. Reverend jackson always taught me stay on your text. Go back to the text of ecclesiastes, there is a time and a season. And when i looked this time and saw marches where in some cases young whites outnumbered the blacks marching, i know that its a time and a different season. When i looked and saw people in germany marching for george floyd, its a different time and a different season. When they went in front of the parliament in london, england and said its a different time and a different season. Ive come to tell you, america, this is the time of dealing with accountability in the criminal Justice System [ applause ] steven, heres the goal. I went to march. Now, i remember a Young White Lady looked me right in the face and said, nigger, go home. But when i was here last thursday, and i was headed back to the airport, i stopped near the police station, and as i was talking to a reporter, a young white girl, she didnt look no older than 11 years old, she tagged my suit jacket and i looked around and i braced myself, and she looked at me and said no justice, no peace. [ applause ] its a different time its a different season. And if my biblecarrying guy in front of that boardedup church, if i got him to open up the bible, i want you to remember something. You know i was late last october to an appointment because the time changed. And i was still my watch was on the wrong time. Once a year time goes forward. And if you dont, congresswoman omar, move your watch, youre going to find yourself an hour late. Not because your watch was wrong but you had your watch on the wrong time. Well, i come to tell you that sitting in washington, talking about militarizing your country, thinking that you can sell wolf tickets to people whos had enough of abuse, i come to tell you, you can get on the tv but youre on the wrong time. Time is out for not holding you accountable. Time is out for you making excuses. Time is out for you trying to stall. Time is out for empty words and empty promises. Time is out for you filibustering and trying to stall the arm of justice. This is the time we wont stop we going to keep going until we change the whole system of justice. [ applause ] our organizations have called this a day of mourning. Naacp, the National Urban league, Legal Defense fund, black womens round table, lawrence committee, all got together, said were going to have a day of mourning. But then were going to come out this day of mourning. Because experts, that know the legal field, have outlined a Legal Process that we must enforce, everything from residency to dealing with police backgrounds not being hidden. Talked to Governor Andrew Cuomo today in new york, he says we got to change 58 with the background stop of policemen, we need to know if they stop you they find out everything you ever did. Why dont we know when policemen have a pattern . [ applause ] we got to go back to consent decrees. Under the Obama Administration they had put certain cities with patterns and practice under consent decrees. Jamal brown when he was passing in baltimore, that they put it under consent decree, one of the first thing that happened in the next administration was they stopped the consent decrees. We have specific policies that need to happen. Therefore, im glad martin iii is here today, because on august 28th the 57th anniversary of the march on washington, we are going to back to washington, martin. Thats where your father stood in the shadows of the lincoln memorial. And said i have a dream. Well, were going to back this august 28th. To restore and recommit that dream, to stand up, because just like in one era we had to fight slavery, another era we had to fight jim crow, another era we dealt with voting rights, this is the era to deal with policing and criminal justice we need to go back to washington and stand up, black, white, latino, arab, in the shadows of lincoln and tell them, this is the time to stop this. [ applause ] we, martin and i talked about this. Ive asked reverend bryant to get the faith leaders together. I talked to randy wineguard about the labor leaders. Oh, no, were going to organize in the next couple of months in every region. Not only for a march but for a new process. And its going to be led by the floyd family. And its going to be led by the garner family. And its going to be led by those families that have suffered this and knows the pain, and knows what it is to be neglected. And it is going to be getting us ready to vote, not just for who is going to be in the white house, but the state house, and the City Councils that allow these policing measures to go unquestioned. We are going to change the time. I know that years ago we told them, reverend jackson told us keep hope alive. And i know that president obama wrote a book about hope. But i want you to know in my life theres times that i lost hope. Things can happen like this that will dash your hope. But theres something that is sister to to hope called faith. Faith is the substance of things. Hoped for. The evidence of things unseen. Faith is when you got a pile of bills and no money. But you say he will provide all of my needs. Faith is when you got no medicine in the cabinet and youre sick in your body but you say hes a doctor that never lost a patient. And hell dry tears from my eyes. Faith is when your friends walk out, when your loved ones turn their back, but you say i dont believe he brought me this far to leave me now. We didnt come this far by luck. We didnt come this far by some faith. We come this far by faith. Leaning on the lord. Trusting in his holy word. He never, he never, he never failed me yet from the outhouse to the white house. We come a long way god will god shall god will god always has hell make a way for his children go on home, george get your rest, george you changed the world, george were going to keep marching, george were going to keep fighting, george were going to turn the cuff, george were going forward, george time out time out time out you changed the world, george. A different time. A different season. Reverend al sharpton delivering a eulogy for the ages today, at the Memorial Service today in minneapolis, for george floyd. At the end of that eulogy what happened in that memorial is that reverend sharpton asked people to stand in silence, in very painful, very tearful silence, for eight minutes and 46 seconds, for the length of time that the officer who has now been arrested for George Floyds murder had his knee on mr. Floyds neck as he died. That was what happened inside the service. Two miles away from todays Memorial Service in minneapolis was another gathering at the actual intersection, the actual site where george floyd died. The audio of todays service and reverend als eulogy was piped in over speakers so protesters and mourners could listen in live. That Memorial Service today was the first of what will be a series of events honoring george floyd, including one in North Carolina on saturday where he was born, another one a public viewing in houston, texas, which is where he grew up, and then there will be a private funeral the following day, we believe that former Vice President joe biden is expected to attend that. Meanwhile, tonight the tenth night of protests continue in cities all across the country. No sign of any of this stopping anytime soon. Of course not. Why would it . Give me your hand i can save you. Lots of money with Liberty Mutual we customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And take. It. On. With rinvoq. Rinvoq a oncedaily pill. Can dramatically improve symptoms. Rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. And for somerinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. 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Surprise me. Just ask what can i say to find more of what you love with the xinity voice remote. Today, you can see another significant federal Law Enforcement presence here, and whats really been kind of a stunning militarization of city streets in washington, d. C. These officers are federal Law Enforcement of some variety. I would love to tell you more but theyre not wearing any identifying badges, insignias, nameplates. They wont tell me where theyre from or who theyre with. When other countries do this in other overseas invasions that they dont want to call invasions, we call these little green men. People who are in military or paramilitary garb and serving that sort of function but nobody owns them. Nobody says who they are. Nobody admits who they are. The protests against the killing of george floyd have continued for another day, for a seventh straight day in d. C. Its not just d. C. National guard thats been patrolling the streets and d. C. Cops. Its not even just the National Guard troops from ten other states that arent d. C. , that the white house flew in. There is also this strange other force on the streets. Law enforcement officers maybe. At least it seems like theyre Law Enforcement officers. Wearing no identifying insignia for any Law Enforcement agency, no name badges, and in many cases even when theyre asked by protesters or the press they will not say who they are or who pays them. Take these guys in helmets and tactical vests, a reporter asked who they were with, they would say only the department of justice. Which is not really an answer. Its not like there is a generic department of Justice Police force that explains that. Another reporter asked this group of gentlemen in riot gear if they were with the bureau of prisons, which is one of the federal agencies that has deployed some officers in washington. They responded to that question with one word. Quote, maybe. Maybe were with the bureau of prisons. Thats cute. I mean how do we know that these people are who they say they are at all . If theyll say anything at all. We just take their word for it that theyre with the department of justice or maybe the bureau of prisons . And why are these guys wearing no badges, nameplates, no insignias . How does that help them in what theyre doing in the streets . I mean there is a reason a Police Officer who has the power to stop you, detain you, arrest you, use physical force against you, there is a reason that a Police Officer has a badge number and name in plain sight, the only reason to have officers take those identifying markings off is to avoid accountability for what theyre doing. Right . If they do anything wrong, it makes it a deniable offense, not just by them personally, if you can pick them out of a lineup, but also by anybody who might potentially be held accountable for having ordered that offensive or injurious or illegal action against you. If these are just randomly unidentifiable people with no names and no agencies associated with them, what do you do if they violate your rights or hurt you . How do you know who did it . How do you know who issued their orders . But the other and honestly darker prospect here, even darker than apparently federal Law Enforcement being deployed in this fashion against americans in american streets, the even darker prospect here is this. I mean who is to say these guys are Law Enforcement . Whats to distinguish these unidentified supposedly federal forces from random selfmotivated guys with guns who want to come down to these protests and play civil war as private citizens or just hang out and be seen with their militarystyle weaponry and their offtheshelf Tactical Gear . I mean especially in the middle of a big rowdy protest, how are you going to tell the difference between unidentified, unname badged federal officers and say this guy, who showed up at a protest in coeur dalene, idaho, with a gun bigger than him and two more strapped to his back and his side . Or how about this guy who decided to do heavily armed Traffic Control at a protest in casper, wyoming . Just on his own sayso. Just your average local guy with a gun stopping you in the street. Or how about these rambos at a rally in new mexico who showed up in their words to protect people . If one of these guys shoots you, were supposed to fall back on well, hey, maybe he was a cop . Maybe he was a soldier . Maybe he was but who knows maybe he was some random selfmotivated p. E. Teacher with a reddit account and a big weird gun collection . Just submit to their authority . Try not to get shot by them . And if you do . This week one public official in an absolutely uniquely difficult position to deal with this kind of bizarre mystery use of force and show of force against american civilians is the mayor of our Nations Capital, who has had to contend with large protests, lots of mayors have, but shes also on top of that had to contend with a growing and increasingly inexplicable federal security presence in her city streets while also being the target herself of white house vitriol. Joining us now is the mayor of washington, d. C. , muriel bowser. Madam mayor, thank you so much for making time tonight. I know you have a million things on your plate. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. I appreciate it. Let me ask you about what i just described in terms of the federal forces in the streets of d. C. And what strikes me as strange and worrying about them. I have to ask if you have a different perspective on them, if you and your team in d. C. City government have more of a sense of who these armed men are, and why theyre not wearing any identifying information. No, we have the same reaction as you do. And Many Americans might wonder how it is that this could be happening in america. And when you look at the Nations Capital, you know we are very unique. We are the Nations Capital, a Federal District and not a state. Were 700,000 people that pay taxes. Yet we dont have two senators or full autonomy. And so because of our lack of statehood, the federal government can encroach on our city streets in the name of protecting federal assets. And so thats whats been done here. I think its unprecedented that troopers from other states have been brought into the district and these unnamed other federal Police Officers. And you make a very good point. We know some of the agencies who are here. We dont know why they dont have any identifying marks. And none of them should be armed. Do you know what the command structure is . There has been open source reporting and william barr, the attorney general, commented on it a little bit at his press conference at the department of justice, saying that the president had asked him to be in charge of these sort of policing and or paramilitary forces, including some of them that he fully admitted were outside the Justice Department and outside any of its subsequent any of its subsidiary agencies. Do you know what the command structure is in terms of who these forces answer to . Well, i think that there may be even some confusion among the federal agencies. We think that attorney general barr has been designated by the president to be the leader of the federal forces in washington. But let me also be clear we i dont want them to be confused with our police department, the metropolitan police department, 4,000 strong, that reports to chief newsham that reports directly to me, so we are policing our city streets. The feds are focused on the federal assets. Except they grow and they have grown. And theyre moving around in these ominous outfits, and vehicles, including helicopters and humvees. I know that tonight it is your first night in several days without a curfew in place in d. C. Madam mayor, can you just tell us, youve been through so much in your tenure as mayor, and you know the history of d. C. , i know youre the fourth or fifth generation d. C. Yourself in terms of your family. Yes. How serious do you think the crisis is right now in washington . Both in terms of the protests but in terms of the response to them and the way the federal government is treating your city right now. How different, how much more serious is this than the kind of things that d. C. Is used to having to cope with . Well, we have to suffer the indignity of not having two senators every day in washington, d. C. And what that means is we dont have two people fighting for resources for us, and we see the effects of that during covid. No one can remember, however, when even our limited home role has been challenged by the federal government. Especially with something so important as policing. And thats what weve experienced over the last week. And while that is a concern for us certainly, and were fighting back at every level, rachel, it should be a concern for every american because theyre moving on us hard and strong right now. But i think, and hes even said that this is practice. So whos next . So we need to watch these tactics, and make sure that hes pushing down on us now and were pushing back hard, and every american needs to be concerned about that and be with us. Because whos to say that it wont be, it wont be another state next. Muriel bowser, mayor of washington, d. C. Madam mayor, you have so much on your plate right now. Thank you for helping us understand whats going on in your great city. Thank you. Much more ahead tonight. Do stay with us. 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What the president did, the Peaceful Protesters that were disbursed with tear gas, he then walked across the street to the church, was that the right thing to do . Senator portman, do you think what we saw last night at the white house senator mcconnell, was what the president did last night the right thing to do . Was clearing the protesters an abuse of power . Im sorry . I dont have a comment. Walk away. Late for lunch. No comment. Thank you. Raise hands. Shake head. Look down. Today, we saw the same dynamic play out with a new question to republican senators, apparently this one just as much of a stumper. Today the question was about the rebuke of president trumps recent actions from former military leaders, most notably respected former defense secretary james mattis. And that was the cue of course for everyone to look busy, quick come up with something not to say. Lets roll tape. General mattis, he called the president a threat to the constitution. Do you agree . I havent seen it. General mattis has said that the president is a threat to the constitution i cant. I have a phone call. Jean mattis im focused on issues of real freedom, like chinas human rights violations, and hong kong, their concentration camps full of uighur muslims. Can you comment as a member of a critical committee, can you comment about general mattis . General mattis has some really harsh i actually havent read it yet, so, i wouldnt be helpful in answering it. Havent read it. Got a phone call to get to. Couldnt possibly be helpful. You want to talk about china . Republican lawmakers doing literally anything to avoid discussing what transpired in the Nations Capital this week and the horrified reaction to it, including from top military leaders. But even as many republicans clip clop in the other direction, a few voices are starting to speak out from inside the party. Maybe those voices are getting a little bit louder . Maybe . Joining us now is former republican strategist steve schmidt, who i must tell you has been absolutely incandescent in his criticism of the president. Steve, thank you for making time to be here tonight. I feel like i really need to hear you on this. Ive been wanting to hear where youre at on all of this stuff. So thanks for making time to be here. Good evening. Good to be with you, rachel. The general john allen oh, sorry, go ahead. I think its an astonishing scene of political cowardice at the senate lunch, each one coming by, i dont know, i dont know, i dont know, the former secretary of defense and a legendary retired marine corps four star general said that the president of the United States is a threat to the american constitution. What prompted him to speak out . Well, what happened is that there was a group of americans in front of the north lawn of the white house on the street peacefully protesting, exercising their rights under the First Amendment to the constitution of the United States to peacefully assemble to petition their government, and to speak. And what was loosed against them was statesanctioned violence. Those Peaceful Protesters were assaulted by Law Enforcement so donald trump could walk across the street and commit an act of sacrilege holding a bible upside down to look strong in front of the church of president s because he felt humiliated from his cowardice and allowing himself to be evacuated from the oval office to the bunker, the president ial Emergency Operations center. So this is a low moment and a dangerous hour in this country. And per your previous segment, rachel, we dont have secret police in the United States of america. These protests are about Racial Justice and about the fact that too many of us are not equally treated under the law. But now an essential part of this story is understanding who are these men. We dont have secret police. These men need badges. They need identification. The American People have a right to know whos funding them, their chain of command and who they report to. This idea that the attorney general of the United States has suddenly become an interior minister in a thugocracy with a private militia of some type that reports to him is antithetical to every precept of american democracy. And thats before we get to the threats of the president threatening the American People with the deployment of the most lethal combat force in World History to the streets of the nation that they swear to protect. Military in this country serves the nation, not a man. Steve, on the issue of the use of active duty u. S. Troops against americans, in american streets, weve seen a couple of interesting dynamics. We have seen general mattis, general john allen, admiral mike mullen, apparently general dempsey, former chairman of the joint cheevers, is going to speak out tomorrow in an interview on nprs morning edition in the morning. We have seen all of these senior retired military officials, including some who serve very recently in the highest levels of the Trump Administration, speak out. And say the president shouldnt be doing this. At the same time, weve got the current defense secretary, mark esper, apparently completely flummoxed by the functioning of his own mouth, having no idea that he was participating in these political acts with the president , that he was putting the defense departments imprimatur on what the president was doing with what you just described in terms of that walk to st. Johns church. Theres been a reversal and then a reversal and then another reversal in terms of whether or not these troops from fort bragg are actually deploying into the streets of d. C. I feel very concerned by the distance between this sort of principled stance being taken by former military leaders and this chaos and dithering and confusion that were seeing from the people who are actually in control right now who ought to be telling the president no when he asks them to do these things. You should be concerned. And we shouldnt underestimate the importance of all of these former fourstar officers speaking out. These fourstar officers, by custom and tradition, are loath to speak out on political matters. They dont want to get involved. And they consider it part of their duty even in retirement to maintain the apolitical nature of the u. S. Military. And there is very significant peer pressure, for example when a retired general like Michael Flynn goes out and is as political as he was, he is rebuked by a lot of those colleagues. Now, theyre speaking out because they feel honorbound to protect the integrity and the honor of the United States military for donald trump. The secretary of defense has badly bumbled and stumbled his way through this. And he compromised, through his complicit appearance with the president , saying hey, i didnt know where i was going. Bottom line is this is a man who is in charge of the most powerful military in the world and we shouldnt hold him to a standard that we wouldnt allow for a 19yearold infantry private if he lost his rifle or said to his sergeant, i didnt know where i was going. Its just unacceptable. So the secretary of defense has compromised the integrity of the u. S. Military, whether its an act of omission, a sin of omission or a sin of commission, it doesnt matter. He needs to be prepared to resign, to maintain the independence of the United States military from the political machinations of the white house. There is no earthly reason why the worlds deadliest combat troops should be deployed to american streets. Thats why these retired officers are speaking out. This is an illiberal exercise by the president of the United States, who has had this jonesing since the moment he came into office to show that hes a tough guy and a strong man. But these are the tactics of putin and erdogan. Again, the military serves the nation. It doesnt serve trump. This is the province of Law Enforcement and of the National Guard. Active duty combat units of the active forces of the United States have no business being put into a domestic Law Enforcement situation. Its not their purpose. It will undermine the strength of the military. And the american citizens moral connection to the most admired institution in the country. 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So if you had a viral spread through these protests, were not going to see it in the numbers for a while. And in the meantime were making all these decisions on reopening. So its important that people act responsibly for themselves. You went to a protest, get a test. You went to a protest, get a test. New york Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking today. That delayed reaction hes talking about, the lag before you get the numbers that show when everyone got infected and then the lag after infection before people get sick and turn up in the hospital, that lag time, that sequencing also drove a stark warning, a kind of pull a fire alarm moment today in the great state of utah. For context here this is whats going on in utah right now. This is their daily newly confirmed coronavirus case numbers right now, which as you can see are skyrocketing. Well, heres utahs state epidemiologist today saying this graph is not a typo, this is not because of just increased testing or something. Shes saying in utah we are in trouble. This past week weve had a sharp spike in cases. And its not explained easily by a single outbreak or increase in testing. This is a statewide trend. We started loosening restrictions about three to four weeks ago, and we knew that this would likely increase cases in utah. So we can expect that this increase in cases will result in an increase of hospitalizations in about a week. So its really important for us to see the leading metric in cases and take action accordingly to prevent overwhelming our hospitals. Utahs state epidemiologist today warning that that states case numbers are shooting up statewide so rapidly right now after they opened up the state a few weeks ago that the state needs to act now to stop the states hospitals from being overwhelmed. Again, this is the utah case numbers graph right now. And there are a number of states that look like that right now. Today in congress cdc director Robert Redfield testified that hes very concerned that the American People dont seem to be heeding the cdcs warnings about how serious this is. He specifically singled out how he doesnt see nearly enough people in masks when he comes to work in the Trump Administration in d. C. Huh. Yeah, i wonder why that is, what the leadership is thats leading to that. But as a country our case numbers are still stuck at Something Like 20,000 new cases a day. Our National Daily death toll is actually rising back up again after having come down. Our most populous states, california and texas, have case number graphs that look like near sides of the matterhorn right now. Florida today just had its new record of the largest number of new cases reported in a single day. States like utah, also states like arizona are pulling the fire alarm in terms of how rapidly their case numbers are rising right now and how rapidly their hospitals are filling. 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