Patients overwhelming hospital systems. Masked man. President trump wearing one in public for the first time. Ive never been against masks, but i do believe they have a time and a place. Why he chose to wear one now. Plus, what he said about keeping his friend and ally roger stone out of prison. Game plan. Where College Football stands in the pandemic. The big pac12 announcemen about the upcoming season, if there is one, and what it means for the state oflaanthre stresac ain. The box oin clsitaking the top spot. Serious discussions here about whats the best star wars movie this morning. That gets my vote. Lot of people its Empire Strikes back. I want to give a shoutout to whits yoda imitation. Spot on. I dont know about that. But i went for it. You did. We appreciate it. Good morning. As we start this new week, the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Tops 3. 2 million, with more than 134,000 deaths, as healthcare workers in several states make dire warnings about whats ahead. We s
Back summary openings. A lot going on in the states and around the country as the numbers continue to spike. A question for you has the pandemic impacted your behavior and if so, how . 30,ou are under 2027488000 . 50,een 30 and 2027488001 . Age,u are over 50 years of 2027488002 . You can also send us a text message at 2027488003 or facebook andt at twitter. We begin with this piece that marks the difference between these latest couple of weeks. Surge is not the same as new yorks crisis. The virus that ravaged northeastern u. S. Cities is surging through western states. It is different this time. Younger people are getting sick with covid19. States that have brief lockdown are encouraging social distancing and mask wearing. Many have embraced the usual summer rituals. Health officials are sounding the alarm of outbreaks going through house parties. Some took the end of stayathome orders as permission to live their lives unimpeded. Old, bentez, 30 years the night at a nightclub sharing d
Good morning im phillip mena. And. Just six months ago covid19 didnt exist here in the state more than 1. 3 million americans are infected, more than a million more than any other nation spain has the second highest number with 224,000. And the u. S. Death toll has now surpassed 80,000 a Mysterious Illness affecting children could be linked to coronavirus. Three children in new york city have died because of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome at least 85 children across the u. S. Have developed it unemployment numbers have reached levels not seen since the Great Depression the rate stands at 14. 7 , and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the true Unemployment Rate may be even higher, as much as 25 . He says it could get much worse before it gets better. A covid19 study done on Major League Baseball employees yielded some unexpected low results. According to a report from espn, 60 of the more than 5700 mlb employees tested positive for covid19 antibodies. Thats less than 1 .
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 16. The bill, as amended, is passed. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for wisconsin. Mr. Johnson mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i come to the floor today to urge the senate to immediately take action to address the issue of elections. And specifically to address technical changes to the 400 million in electric security funding passed in the cares act and to talk about the coronavirus threat to our democracy itself. 16 states have already postponed their president ial primaries or transitioned that i primary their primaries to almost voting entirely by mai
In multiple states and grow requirement here. Faster than before. There is no city mask records mean little when they requirement or county requirement. Get broken every day. What you see today is essentially a very maskless new cases, faster infections, community gathering. Thank you, vaughn. Thats nbcs Vaughn Hilliard more hospitalizations. Joining us from prescott, florida reported its highest arizona. They are calling for masks in the state of texas. Single day record today with today that state reported a 4 nearly 11,500 new cases. Increase in covid19 cases. In states across the southern and western u. S. Have seen a hospitals there are already surge. Straining to keep up as the the increase in cases per capita state approaches 200,000 is remarkable in some parts of confirmed infections. The country. This week in south carolina, more than 20 of tests came back Nbcs Jay Gray joins us now from dallas, and jay, texas has had a positive. That is also a record. Tone shift in how the re