It is thursday, june 25th, 6 00 here in new york. A Public Health train wreck in slow motion. Thats how one expert describes the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. And heres why. The three most populous states, california, texas, and florida all reporting record increases this week. Houstons mayor says the citys icu beds are almost at capacity. Disney delaying the reopening of its california parks because of a spike in cases there and thousands of workers at disney world in florida now petitioning to postpone their reopening. Somehow it feels like were right back where we were in march. In the middle of all of this, people are fighting about Wearing Masks. Literally fighting. This as a new model projects that if 95 of americans wore masks, 30,000 lives could be saved. North carolina and nevada, the latest states to issue mandates for mask wearing. And we learned overnight that dozens of secret Service Officers are being told to quarantine after working at President Trumps tulsa
Arberys father. Good to have you with us. Coronavirus cases are surging again in the United States, and Health Experts fear it may soon spiral out of control. Johns Hopkins University tracked almost 35,000 new infections among americans in just 24 hours, a level not seen since april. California, texas, and florida are seeing their biggest oneday jumps in new infections. Together those states comprise more than 1 4 of the u. S. Population. Three states on the u. S. East coast, new york, new jersey, and connecticut have contained covid19 to a manageable level. Now theyre worried about getting reinfected. For the latest, heres cnns nick watt. Were announcing today a joint travel advisory. People coming in from states that have a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days. Reporter so from midnight three northeastern states wont let anyone in from these nine southern and western states unless they quarantine. In arizona, another record covid19 death toll. Within days were going to be
His reporting live from Lafayette Square in washington d. C. Lucas . Good afternoon, trace. All is calm in front of the white house. 400 National Guardsmen from washington d. C. Are on standby just in case. So far they have not been deployed to the monuments in the nations capitol. D. C. s mayor called for peace and says she doesnt want to see anymore monuments torn down. This is what i think we all need to do with statues. Have a reasonable conversation on statues and other references to historical figures. Not have a mob decide that they want to pull it down and certainly not destroy anything in the district or set anything on fire. All was calm last night in the recently named black lives matter plaza next to the white house. Because d. C. Is not a state, the defense secretary can call up the National Guard. Unlike those mobilized earlier this month, the new soldiers will not be armed. Protesters at the white house. D. C. Arrested nine people after smoke grenades were deployed near
What about covid 19. We break down the latest case status. Now destruction of americas monuments to its leaders. George washington toppled in portland. Thomas junction could be next i new york. Judy reisinger pass be part of our future. Right now come up break here and the nations capital, a crow is working and trying to tear down a statue of a confederate general. They have ropes type it on the scene. We will go to him and minutes. Actually tearing down the statues is not appropriate come not a good idea, even this monument for the confederacy an they are explained why. First we start of the countdown to tolls up. Throughout the past couple o days, President Trump has been talking about this issue of statues and renaming bases. He has against that. Breaking tonight, oklahoma law, its largest single date increas in the coronavirus. The rally and what President Trump will say tomorrow is on. We are going to oklahoma and taking appropriate measures lik hand sanitizers and masks. Rally go
And tweeting, quote the d. C. Police are not doing their job if they watch a statue be ripped down and burned. These people should be immediately arrested. A disgrace to our country. Welcome, everyone, to fox friends to our 6 00 a. M. Hour. Big, big, big news to cover today including whats been going on. The latest with the coronavirus. We have the latest with what we just discussed with these statues and some protests going on as well as the big rally tonight in tulsa. For President Trump. Pete griff, good morning, it wasnt just confederate soldiers in raleigh, a confederate general al bec albert pike in d. George Washington Statue 1619 spray painted on it. Confederate general. Thats the gateway drug to go after the founding of our country. That is a statue of the father of our country, George Washington, torn down in portland, oregon. Worth noting in seattle there is a statue of Vladimir Lennon gone untouched. When people say where does it go next. There yo you have it. Jedediah impo