Way thats adverse to the United States is nothing new. We want to begin in arizona where Vice President mike pence is set to arrive next hour as that state becomes the latest at the center of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Arizona one of the states just to reopen just reported a Staggering Number of 4800 new covid cases and 88 deaths. Thats just in the last 24 hours. Today, the state is also seeing the most hospitalizations yet. Joining me now from phoenix is nbcs Vaughn Hillyard, who to have you with us. After claiming all 50 states were safely reopening, the Vice President today is traveling to a covid hot spot. What should we expect to hear from him, when he arrives . Reporter ayman, im going to try to lay this out in as serious nature as i can, what the state is facing. Over the last weeks, we have brought doctor after doctor after doctor on to our air, and communicated the message that arizona was in a crisis situation. And yet, it was only up until this monday when gove
As his Surgeon General out today urging every american to put one on. The most important thing i would say to people, if you do go out to a gathering or in public, please, wear a face covering. Lets start with nbcs dasha burns in jacksonville, florida. Shell be with us throughout the entire show this morning. Florida leading the way in new cases again, breaking the daily record, but that beach behind you is actually staying open this weekend, i believe. Reporter yeah, ayman. It takes a couple of seconds out here to see the beaches definitely open. Take a look around. Still early in the day, but people are already setting up for a big beach day here. We got some people swimming, we even have some fishermen over here, we saw a bunch of lifeguards drive by wearing their masks and i was here since 6 00 in the morning, ayman. Even at that hour there were groups of people doing yoga. Some people taking advantage of this Holiday Weekend and the open beaches. Very different story here than in
Jeffrey epstein and minors. Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing in the past. We want to begin this hour in texas where the number of coronavirus cases is exploding. Between june 8th and june 21th, there have been about 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in texas alone. And that is just in those three weeks. Harris county, home to houston, is the hardest hit in the state with over 32,000 cases so far. That is where we find Msnbcs David Gura live outside the houston medical center. David, good talk to you again. Obviously, staggering numbers there. Houston attempting to try to deal with this ballooning number of cases. Do they have enough testing, you think, and resources to meet the need of those being hospitalized . Let me talk about testing first if i could, ayman. Three ways to get tested in this community. Theres a city of houston testing apparatus. Sites around the city you can go online to to try to get an appointment at. Theres often a long line to get through there. They test about 5
Before the actual cdc, why thats alarming Public Health experts, were going to talk to one in a moment about that. All as the head of that agency has a stark new warning, the cdc director in a new interview telling americans the worst is yet to come. I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are going to be one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in american Public Health. Lets start in los angeles, where Nbcs Joe Fryer will be with me throughout the entire hour. Good to you back with us. The situation there getting worse in l. A. , l. A. County just broke its record for cases and hospitalizations. What is happening there on the ground, what is if there is any explanation at all, what is it . Reporter you know, this is an alarming number, more than 4200 new cases reported in a single day. That is not for the state, that is literally just for l. A. County, more than 2100 hospitalizations right now. Those are record numbers. And it really has people concerned h
Shattering 72 million americans who have done so already. For his part, President Trump is again gathering thousands of people without social distancing and no mask enforcement, this time in arizona. It is his fourth rally across four different states in the last 24 hours. The president s controversial comments about the virus at a rally in february exactly eight months ago today captures the exact same spirit of what he is saying now. The democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. This is their new hoax. Right now, its covid, covid, covid, no matter what happens. Covid, covid. On november 4th, youll hear its getting better. Its getting better. You watch. No, no, theyre doing heavy covid because they want to scare people. All right, joining us now is the speaker of the house, democrat, congresswoman nancy pelosi of california. Madam speaker, thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate your time. We have a lot of ground i would like to cover. Let me begin with the subject of coronav