Induce an immune response and the other with antibodies a month after vaccination. They caution more study is needed, not yet clear if either candidate protects people for an extended period. The count in the United States about to hit 3. 8 million infections. Death toll 140,000 americans. All hands on deck moment, that the language of a Coronavirus Task force official describing the challenge at this moment. The president last hour says he will resume the daily coronavirus briefings starting tomorrow following a weekend interview the president said a fair amount of the virus but most of the words disconnected from the reality of this summer surge. President , for example, said misleading things about testing and the death toll. In voicing the opposition to a National Mask mandate, the president said everyone knows masks cause problems, too. No, they dont. They slow the spread of the virus. Just ask the surgeon general. If you have a mandate, i think those work best at the local and st
Coronavirus media briefings as wait times for getting test results back are getting longer soon as tomorrow. And longer. Lets first go to our national cnn has reported results can correspondent Jason Carroll who take from a couple days to as long as three weeks to get back. Is in new york. Jason, were seeing spikes in you send it to a central new hospitalizations, including unprecedented numbers out in los laboratory. There is a time to do the angeles. Whats the latest . Delivery of the sample, they reporter right, wolf. Have to do the testing, theyre the numbers are troubling all backed up. Across the country. Reporter the problem experts in california, the number of say is people can spread the infection to others while hospitalizations continues to waiting for the test results. Increase. We generally know that people in houston, the Positivity Rate who transmit do so in their above 25 . And in florida, the numbers today still trending in the wrong direction. First two or three days
The American People have witnessed the greatest failure of any president ial administration in our country. The American People have demonstrated over the last eight months that when given the facts, theyre willing to put the health of their families and neighbors and people they didnt even know. Youre entitled to your own opinion, but youre not entitled to your own facts. Pence was masterful in normalizing conservative ideas. I think what Kamala Harris had to go out there and do is hang on to her base, which she did. I would be very surprised to see Much Movement in the polls here. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day, thursday, october 8th, 6 00 here in new york. And the coronavirus pandemic was one of the focal points of one of the Vice President ial debates between mike pence and Kamala Harris. The u. S. Saw 50,000 new cases on wednesday. And 915 deaths. And the
Alarmingly close where the last large gathering on the white house grounds took place. That one now considered to be a super spreader event at the rose garden. At least 20 people in President Trumps inner circle have tested positive for the virus since that ceremony to announce Amy Comey Barrett as trumps u. S. Supreme court nominee. Including, among those who tested positive, the president , first lady, advisors, the press secretary. And two u. S. Senators. Meanwhile americans across the country are suffering a worsening pandemic. The nation added over 57,000 new cases yesterday. The third consecutive day infections hit over 50,000. And this outbreak putting so many lives in danger, while the president in an act of potential politically desperation is putting thousands of his supporters at risk by inviting them to the white house. And all of this as we are just now 24 days out from the election. And we wont see the candidates share the stage next week as scheduled because the presiden
President thinks of the outgoing president s behavior. Well, i just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. The only thing that how can i say this tactfully . I think it will not help the president s legacy. Biden is already taking calls from foreign leaders and preparing to announce his cabinet picks. Today we are expecting to see President Trump, the outgoing president , for the First Time Since thursday. He will take part in a veterans day event at Arlington National cemetery. Serious, though, where has he been the last five days . Why hasnt he appeared in public . Has it been embarrassment to appear as a defeated president . Does he worry he cannot publicly defend his baseless claims of fraud . It does seem like hes been doing stuff or at least someone in his name who has access to his twitter handle has been doing stuff. We cant be sure. He or someone with his twitter handle has pushed out several top officials at the pentagon and replaced them with loyalists. One pentagon offi