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I appreciate the good work in ferreting this out. How long is Homeland Security and secret service had your report . When did they get your first draft . They received my first draft this draft may 6th. We supplied the underlying materials either in the middle of late last week. Yet theres been no consequence yet. We get reports that maybe one person is going to retire and who knows when that will be. What direction does secretary clancy have in revoking their security clearance . I dont have that information. But he could revoke their security clearance immediately. Correct . Im not sure what the process is for revocation of security clearances. I know there is a process that is involved but i dont know what it is. It could be put on nonpaid leave. Correct . Thats my understanding. Do you think this is an aggravated situation . My understanding is that nonpaid leave unfortunately congressman you getting into areas of Employment Law that are simply beyond my competence. I apologize. I
Good place. Here are the facts though. California and texas both saw record days of new cases on tuesday, in florida at least 56 icus are now at full capacity. There are fewer than 200 intensive care beds left in the entire state of arizona. Now fears that the spike is dangerously coming back into the midwest. Ohios governor mandating masks in what he calls seven red hot counties warning people they should be quote frightened. Lets begin in california with my colleague, rosa flores. Tell us more about what the hospitals are facing again this morning. Poppy, good morning. Theres a lot of concern from local leaders and experts here in Miamidade County and across this state quite frankly. 56 icu hospitals across the state in 25 different counties have zero capacity. That means they do not have more icu beds. That includes eight right here in Miamidade County where i am. Another 35 icu hospitals have bed availability of 10 or less. Heres the reality here in Miamidade County. The Positivity
Theyre not sick. Theyre asymptomatic. A lot of things happen and what were doing is with all of these tests that were doing all over the country, test, pull up parking lots, everything else, we have created a tremendous number of cases. Its absurd. Simply absurd. People are not testing themselves to death in california. Theyre not testing themselves into the hospital in texas. Its just not happening. And the American People seem to know it. A new poll shows that voters 21 disapprove of the president s handling of the pandemic. Incidentally, he said that doctors are surprised how well he did on a cognitive test. Why were they so surprised . What were they expecting . More on that in a second. Joining us right now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. We saw record numbers of deaths. Texas, california, tennessee. One of the things we have been worried about is what will happen to the mortality rate, and what happened now seems to be happening. Yeah. I mean, this is this is
Not, making hard decisions to end this pandemic, decisions made even harder partly because americas top Infectious Disease doctor, the one the nation turns to for guidance in a crisis is constantly being undermind by his own government. In a new interview overnight dr. Anthony fauci says, quote, its pretty tough walking a tight rope while trying to get your message out and people are trying to pit you against the president. More on fauci coming to his own defense. Heres the state of play. 39 states struggling with rising caseloads. Only two headed in the right direction. Another 66,000 cases reported wednesday, just short of the record a day earlier. The case average has been going up now for five straight weeks. In florida, Miamidade County has run out of icu beds. Some patients have been moved to improvised icus. Governor desantis has given us an extra 150 nurses to help us with extra staffing so we have room. This room isnt going to last forever. In another three to five weeks we co