The roundtable comes as a new poll out just moments ago finds the majority of americans, 52 , think the United States handling of the pandemic is worse than other countries. That disapproval over the handling of the crisis is something that the Biden Campaign appears to be drilling into in their attacks against President Trump. While the Trump Campaign and their allies are sharpening their attacks against the democratic ticket. This morning were learning that their strategy may be worrying some in their party. Meanwhile, were getting our first look at how voters are reacting the the biden harris ticket. A new Reuters Ipsos poll shows 46 of adults in that poll said they would vote for a biden harris ticket. 38 said they would vote for President Trump. Nbcs ali vitali is in wilmington, delaware, ahead of that biden harris event just a couple hours from now. So we saw them preview what their campaign is going to look like at that first event together on wednesday. How effective was that .
The president is taking new aim at yet another member, a top member of his task force. Were talking about dr. Deborah birx who gave this somber warning about the virus. And im quoting her now. What we are seeing today is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread, her words. Lets go to our National Correspondent athena jones. We are standing by and we are seeing some very disturbing new numbers right now. Whats going on . Reporter hi, wolf. Just like dr. Birx said, this virus is so widespread that its now threatened to reemerge in places that had gotten numbers way down like new jersey where there is an upward climb in covid19 infections, some of them links to house parties. Hes now reimposing restrictions limiting the maximum number of people allowed in indoor gathering to 25, down from a hundred. What were seeing today is different from march and april. Reporter in case you hadnt realized it yet, coronavirus is everywhere. Thats the latest warning from White Hou
68 of the American Public now say theyre embarrassed by the u. S. Response to the pandemic. Also breaking, coronavirus cases have now been confirmed on College Campuses in at least eight states forcing a growing number of schools to simply cancel inperson classes. And were just hours away from night three of the virtual democratic convention. Senator Kamala Harris poised to make history as the first woman of color to be nominated for Vice President by a major party. Former president barack obama and Hillary Clinton are also speaking tonight. And were just getting a first look at what they plan to say. Lets get some more on the breaking news right now on the pandemic. Cnns nick watt is joining us from los angeles. More than 5. 5 million confirmed cases in the United States. Reporter and, wolf, that is a massive number. But we do have a reason for optimism. Because right now the rate of new infections is slowing down. But as Admiral Brett Giroir just warned, things could turn around very
Alleging here. Reporter yes. This is really a massive fraud case. The allegation essentially is that steve bannon and the three other defendants who were charged and indicted with him today marketed this scheme, this build the wall scream, collected donations from hundreds of thousands of donors under the false protense that this money is going to go to build a southern border wall. Instead what steve bannon and the other defendants allegedly did was pocket that money, use it to pay for lavish lifestyles, essentially really in some ways if you take out the big names, it is a standard, a big one, a big one very seaseasily provabl fraud. A standard and somewhat simplistic, is it not, elie honig, taking this money and say youre going to use it to build a wall, promise in the description of the website that youre not going to take a salary, that youre all volunteers. I imagine prosecutors would have a paper trail then of where the money actually went if they were able to indict. Exactly, j
Jacob blake who was unarmed. The Justice Department here in washington has just confirmed its sending federal Law Enforcement officers to help with the response. And weve also just learned another major developing story. That the nba playoff games, all three of them tonight have been postponed in protest of the shooting of jacob blake. This is a major story. Well update you on that as well. Meanwhile, theres breaking news involving the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Death toll has now topped 179,000 people with more than 5. 8 million cases. And now a source is telling cnn that the cdc was actually pressured from the top down to change guidelines and recommended fewer people here in the United States be tested. Were following all of that, plus hurricane laura now a powerful category 4 storm churning toward the gulf coast and expected to make a potentially devastating landfall later tonight. We have a new forecast thats just out from the National Hurricane center. Lots of news unfolding