A slowdown in testing donald trump whos appearing at an event in arizona as again claimed the u. S. Outbreak appears worse because of the countrys rate of testing. If you look at how weve been hit weve been hit badly i mean anybody who looks at the numbers weve had no over 120000 deaths and weve had 2 and a half 1000000 infections so its a serious situation right now the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgeons that were seeing in florida in texas in arizona and in other states theyre not the only ones that are having a difficulty. I dont kid let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest Testing Program anywhere in the world we test better than anybody in the world our test the best in the world and we have the most of them by having more than we find work today we did 25 but 25000000. Think about it when people buy it if you look at other countries they did 1w2w remember that because we did 25 and give away more by double t
Witt here in new york at msnbc world headquarters. It is high noon in the east, its 9 00 a. M. Out west, 11 00 a. M. In texas. Heres whats happening, Hurricane Harvey is still pounding parts of central and Southeast Texas with heavy rain and winds, with the full damage yet to be seen. But this is the scene just a short time ago in victoria. The mayor of rockport is already saying that the storm has brought widespread devastation with some buildings, including schools and homes damaged or completely destroyed. And then moments ago on fox news, Texas Governor greg abbott spoke relief efforts in the state, he spoke about that. Heres a clip from those remarks. The way that the president authorized my disaster declaration has already triggered the involvement of fema. What that will do is to help our fellow texans rebuild more swiftly. Now the hurricane is a category 1. It has winds of about 75 miles an hour with the threat of major flooding looming in many areas. The National Hurricane cen