A tough week for his state with the four hottest of the hotspots with california, arizona and florida. Today florida reporting more than 12,500 new cases, a slight drop from the record 15,000 cases reported on sunday. On this date, a month ago, florida recorded just 2,500 new cases. The president s reaction not to chart a new course, to flatten the curve, but to blame others and retweet conspiracy theories in the process. Lets bring in White House Correspondent kaitlan collins. The numbers up in trump states across the country. The president not saying this is what we have to do to make it better but p. K. Ing fights with experts and agencies. Reporter yeah. The experts who have offered the sobering warnings of where the country is right now and where it is headed, a different message than seen from the president and we saw this play out when the president went after fauci directly this weekend and you saw the white house circulating that oppositionstyle bullet point list of thing that
Looting businesses in ms. After outrage grows after the shooting of an unarmed teen by police. Riders stuck in the blazing sun before they are rescued from this roller coaster. Were following two big stories this morning, first in gas, where they are now 14 offers into a temporary ceasefire. After a weekend that once again saw airstrikes and rocket steaks. Strehl and hamas returning to egypt hope to go forge a more lasting truce. We begin in iraq where u. S. Water planes stepped up air assaults. There were at least four rounds of bombings this weekend. We are in washington this morning, just as the American Military is launching new airstrikes, the u. S. Is caught up in the political crisis in baghdad. Is the u. S. Taking sides . President obama has made it clear that the only solution in iraq is a new inclusive government and as far as the u. S. Is concerned, that means Prime Minister almalaki has to go. Malaki has his own ideas. Even as this Political Drama plays out, the u. S. Does
Were going to talk about the goingson. And changing its tune on a health class textbook some deem too racy coming up, what the superintendent decided to do with that textbook. And we have a mother who led the petition to get that book out of school. We have a lot coming up. Lets start with a quick check of your Weather Forecast this morning. It is gray and cloudy all across the bay area. A live look at the bay bridge. Temperatures, in the upper 50s around most of the bay area. 61 degrees in san jose. Going to be a little bit cooler than what we saw yesterday and there is some drizzle out there. Youll have to contend with that. Talk about your sevenday forecast coming up later in the broadcast. Anne, this morning, a hitandrun driver this morning, it happened about 12 30 a. M. On interstate 80 just east of the karkinas toll plaza. Two lanes were blocked for about three hours. Its possible the man who died was trying to get to a homeless encampment. The driver in the initial impact failed
York city are calling the shooting deaths of two police officers. They say officer raphael ramos, on the right, and officer wenjian liu were killed while sitting in their patrol car in a brooklyn neighborhood. Heres andy rose with more. They were quite simply assassinated. Reporter two new York City Police officers are dead following an ambush saturday afternoon. Police commissioner William Bratton says officer wenjian liu and rafael ramos were shot while they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn. Both sustained gunshot wounds to the head. Officer liu and officer ramos never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. They may never have actually even seen their assailant, their murderer. Reporter the alleged assailant is ismail brinzly. His body was found in a nearby subway station. Officials say he died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Brooklyn residents are shocked and outraged by the violence. Weve got to take back our communities. This cant happen. If youre mad at somebody, be mad
Improve the u. S. With russia. Well now just six days before being sworn in, reported steps trump may take soon after he takes office. Trump tells the wall street journal that he would be open to lifting u. S. Sanctions against russia saying, quote, if you get along and if russia is really helping us why would s b anybody have sanctions if somebody is doing great things. Meanwhile while playing defense the president elect is lashing out at civil rights icon john lewis after he said he would not attend trumps inauguration. I dont see the president elect as a legitimate president. Meanwhile as trumps Inauguration Committee is making preparations, protests and marches have already begun. This hour well be following a civil rights march from the Washington Monument to the Martin Luther king memorial there in washington, d. C. As well as a rally for fair Immigration Reform also taking place in d. C. But first lets discuss this feud with congressman john lewis. Cnn Jessica Schneider is live