May need to press pause on reopening plans. I would hope we dont have to resort to shutdown. I think that would be something that is obviously an extreme. I think it would not be viewed very favorably even by the states and the cities involved. So rather than think in terms of reverting back down to a complete shutdown, i would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process. Heres why hes saying that. Another single day record of more than 63,000 new cases in the u. S. With new daily records for deaths set in at least three different states. Our coverage begins this morning with cnns martin savidge. Reporter three states set new grim records for number of deaths in a 24hour period due to coronavirus. California, 149. Texas, 105. And florida, with 120. Also in florida, the department of Health Reporting an additional 8,935 new cases. As well as their highest possibilities and now we have a higher blip than may and begin the june. The almost daily surge in numbers, its
1,000 deaths from the virus in one day alone. And back to school. Well hear from two teachers who just lost their colleague to the virus. Like many, theyre questioning if they cant keep themselves safe, how can they keep the kids safe . President trump now doing what some americans have been doing since the month of march, wearing a mask. During a visit to a military Medical Center on saturday in the president s case, this is the first time hes been wearing one of these in front of the cameras. Doctors and scientists have been saying for months that wearing a mask keeps the virus from spreading, even if you dont know you have it. In fact, theres a new estimate now of how many people may be infected with coronavirus while having no symptoms at all. The cdc says it could be as much as 40 . The cdc also estimates that about half of the time, the virus is transmitted before people get sick. It might be one of the many reasons that explains this. 29 states now reporting a rise in coronaviru
3. 3 million cases here in the United States alone. More than 135,000 americans have died over the past five months. Just yesterday, 685 americans lost their lives to the virus. Worldwide, over 230,000 new cases have been reported to the World Health Organization in the past 24 hours alone. A new record. The numbers here at home are equally worrisome. In the past three days, weve seen more than 60,000 new confirmed cases each day. And while we have no time to lose when its most critical for the president and Top Health Officials to be working together, we are now learning that the white house may be trying to actively discredit dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert. Kristen holmes is joining us right now. This is a really worrisome development, what were learning. Tell us about this growing rift. Reporter thats right, wolf. Its pretty ugly right now. We reached out to the white house about these tensions that we were seeing play out in the media between dr. Fauci
World. This is early start. Im christine romans. Welcome to you, Boris Sanchez. Thanks for having me even though socially distant, i am Boris Sanchez in for laura jarrett. It is monday, july 13th, 5 a. M. On the east coast. Florida shattering a record for coronavirus cases in a single day. At least 15,299 reported sunday. That is the highest single day number in any state around reporting is typically lower on the weekends. That 15,000 number in one day is more than greece and australia have totaled combined for the entire pandemic. The tests in florida which can indicate how fast the virus is spreading still hovers at 90 . Theyre nearing capacity. We definitely have a sharp increase in the number of people going to the hospital. Number of people are in icu and the number of people on our ventilators. We still have capacity but it does cause me a lot of concern. Were going to have to start moving regular beds into icu beds. Were clearly being strained at this point. Theres an impact on
Officials at some of the Largest School districts in the country deciding to hold Classes Online this fall, listening to science instead of President Trump. The nations governors and mayors increasingly doing the same, every county in california ordered to stop indoor tif activities. The governor saying a surge in hospitalizations makes this action necessary. This virus is not going away any time soon. I hope all of us recognize that if we were still connected to some notion that somehow when it gets warm it is going to go away or somehow take summer months or weekends off this virus has done neither. In texas where cases exploded depyett the pause on reopening the governor there is resisting urgent calls for a second shutdown claiming that residents would not comply. The houston mayor telling cnn thats whats ed wrong direction. And so this is an opportunity where we have to kind of reassess andha we just need to hit the reset but on the. In florida, the state breaks its own record for