The curve is flying upwashrds wh thousands and thousands of new infections, while other parts of the world head in the opposite direction. Also this morning yet another big surprise at the Supreme Court, with the chief justice siding with the liberal wing on an abortion ruling. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, june 30th, along with joe, willie and me, we have k a katty kay and Navy Admiral James stevred stevredus. News organizations continue to try to piece together what President Trump knew and when he knew it about the reported russian bounty plot. Multiple organizations independently reported over the weekend that the u. S. Has gathered intelligence that russian Intelligence Officers have offered to pay bounties to taliban fighters who kill americans. In the latest developments, two officials familiar with the matter tell the New York Times that american officials provided a written briefing in late february to President Trump laying out their conclusions on t
Garrett tenney is in virginia. Mark meredith at the white house, but we begin with Jacqui Heinrich reporting live from new york city. There were protests in more than a dozen cities yesterday. Some of them boycotting independence day. Others turning violent. In seattle a 24yearold woman died after a driver plowed through a crowd of protesters gathered on a shutdown interstate. The incident is still being investigated but reports show that driver showed no sign of being impaired. In portland, Police Declared a riot twice this 24 hours, ultimately using tear gas to disperse the crowds, with people burning american flags, shooting fireworks at the Justice Center and toward police and throwing bricks and shining lasers at officers. Friday a man was arrested there allegedly possessing a pipe bomb and a machete. At the white house, flags were burned in the newlyminted black lives matter plaza with protesters chanting america was never great. A group reportedly organized the flag burning. Tod
Tattoo parlors to reopen. But there will be no Indoor Dining in new york city as part of the phase three reopening plan. And right now, the white house is scheduled to hold a press briefing as a well. We will keep an eye on that for you during this hour for any headlines, but again, just hearing from floridas governor right now, the governor still add it, holding a News Conference at the villages there in florida. The state is the countrys new hot spot. It saw a record high for infections climb iing to a stunning 11,348 in just 24 hours over the weekend. Kerry sanders is live in st. Petersburg, florida. Kerry, what have we learned from the governor in the last 30, that minutes or so . If folks were looking for floridas governor to announce that he was going to take control of the state, theyre not get iting that right now. As you know for the longest time since this pandemic began in march, the governor has deferred authority over to local governments and he said emphasizing again that
Infections were reported. The state currently has more than 414,000 known covid cases. Right now, the state with the most active cases is california where just yesterday alone 159 people lost their life to the virus. And big news from the fda right now. They just authorized the first diagnostic test to screen people who may be asymptomatic. Officials say that test may go a long way in helping schools and workplaces eventually reopen. First, lets go to florida right now where 50 hospitals are reporting they have already reached icu capacity. Rosa florez is in miami for us. Rosa, 8 of those hospitals are in Miamidade County where you are. So, what is the governor, ron desantis, saying about these dramatic spikes . Reporter you know, wolf, Governor Ron Desantis maintains that the number of cases in his state have stabilized. If you look at the numbers this past week for about four days the numbers were at or around 10,000. For the past two days, those numbers have spiked over 12,000. I as
Hurricane isaias is a very healthy looking hurricane. We still have to take precaution. They are facing the unprecedented double threat of a hurricane and a coronavirus pandemic. The governor says that the state is ready. He says there is plen tty of pp pl plenty of supply here. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Live look at the white house this morning. Good morning to you, thank you for being with us. There is this new projection from the cdc this morning. They estimate that at least 20,000 more americans will die from the coronavirus in the next three weeks. So far more than 153,000 people have died in the u. S. There is some hope here, dr. Anthony fauci says he is, quote, cautiously optimistic that there will be a vaccine by the end of the year. Millions of americans lost the extra unemployment benefit at midnight. Negotiations on a new stimulus package ended with no progress, just deadlock. Also several covid19 testing sites in florida have