Tonight, sounding a new alarm, as the coronavirus explodes across the u. S. America could soon be looking at 100,000 new cases a day. Covid19 infections rising in more than 30 states. California shattering its own record. The virus dividing america. New york, new jersey and connecticut expanding their travel advisories, now up to 16 states. Dr. Anthony fauci warning the country is going in the wrong direction. And some of President Trumps most vocal supporters now appealing to him to wear a mask. Overseas, the eu following through on its threat to ban american travelers. The dangerous spread across florida. 6,000 new cases. The state topping 150,000. Masks becoming mandatory in miami and jacksonville. Tonight, the Research Showing talking can spread up to ten times more particles than coughing. And masks can reduce the transmission by up to 50 . Also tonight, the white house denying President Trump was personally briefed about russia allegedly paying bounties to taliban fighters for ki
joining me now in missouri is shaquille brewster. how have things changed since you were there over the summer? during the summer, i had the fire chief, one of the first main responders to covid calls. he told me he was witnessing a mass casualty event happening in very slow motion. you had doctors say what they were seeing inside the icus were comparable or comparable to what they saw in war zones. they thought they would are up out of ventilators at a certain point. they reached their peak in july and now you ve seen the numbers come down dramatically. hospitalizations now a fraction of a they were during the summer months. and when you talk to these experts, they say, they don t know specifically what it was that led to this change. yes, there were changes in masking, including masking that took place in school districts here. there was also stepped up mitigation efforts and also an uptick in vaccinations. i want you to listen to a bit of my conversation with ceo of cox
developments in the battle against coronavirus. in about two hours, a cdc panel will vote whether to green light vaccine booster shots for those with weakened immune systems. the fda made a highly anticipated move, authorizing the extra dose of covid vaccines for those vulnerable americans. it only impacts 3% of the adult population, but the cdc says they makeup 40% of hospitalized break through cases. we re getting alarming new numbers this morning. david covid hospitalizations are averaging 10,000 nationwide. up 31% in the course of a week and causing a major strain for many hospitals. reporter: massive spike in covid calls, stretching the ems too thin. for 26 minutes, we had not one ems unit in the available city. reporter: now in memphis,
indoor mask mandate. the white house coordinator for covid calls for companies to impose vaccine mandates on all their employees to get ahold of it. pete: i was shocked that new york city bill de blasio said it was optional. ainsley: i thought he was going to say mask man dates. a lot of democrat states are going that correction. you have san francisco where all but two counties in that region in the bay area have said you have to wear a mask even if you are vaccinated and going indoors. and masks, you have to wear a mask now at the home depot, mcdonald s and target. all their employees have to wear activist that. american federation of teachers the second largest teachers union we re always talking about pushing for universal masking in schools. pete: of course they are. steve: meanwhile the cover of the new york post are able to perfectly summarize what s going on. that s barack obama that s his fancy $12 million house. is he having a birthday party this weekend. happy birthday, mr