Until at least october, and a growing number of major retailers mandating customers wear masks in their stores nationwide, walmart really leading the way, enforcing the policy starting today. Also, Delta Airlines is starting another screening process for passengers who cannot wear a mask on board for health reasons. Theyre even asking those passengers to consider not traveling at all. As for the president , he is not just standing by his response, his more than 140,000 americans have died from covid19, he is once again in a new interview downplaying the severity of the pandemic. Well get to that in a moment. Lets begin in the state of georgia which saw a weekend of record cases. Dianne gallagher joins us from atlanta. Good morning, dianne. Reporter good morning, poppy. Look, things are going in the wrong direction all across the country right now. 31 states are seeing an increase in their new cases of covid19, and the u. S. Passed the 140,000 mark when it comes to deaths since the star
Protesters in portland, oregon and those protesters want answers about who these unidentified federal officers are. So do democrats in congress. The House Majority whip jim clyburn will join news minutes. 61,000 new cases of coronavirus reported overnight in the United States. 61,000 new cases. The death toll now tops 140,000 americans. More than 12,000 new cases reported in florida where dozens of hospital icus are at capacity. Arizona is reporting a record death toll as well and the president , listen to, this hes bored with it. Thats a remarkable quote in the New York Times this morning from a republican strategist. The report says some in the white house including mark meadows want to avoid drawing attention to the pandemic, as if people might not notice. Were going to begin our coverage with Brynn Gingras live in north brunswick, new jersey, the scene of this deadly shooting at a federal judges home. Reporter weve been talking to many neighbors. It is a massive manhunt right now f
Huge parties, few masks, little social distancing among some crowds as the nation marks another Holiday Weekend against the backdrop of rising covid19 cases. Cations spike, youll remember, after memorial day and after the fourth of july, and now doctors are sounding the alarm warning it could happen again after this Holiday Weekend, and as millions of kids head back to school. Also, College Campuses emerging as new hot spots, some students now getting expelled for not following safety rules. Also, 57 days until the election, and this morning new pushback against the president s vaccine promise. Were covering all of this h. Lets begin with the crowds. Rosa flores joins us in miami on the beach appropriately where it doesnt look too crowded. Reporter yeah. Its real not very crowded at this hour, poppy. Take a look around me, because youll see that people are social distancing. You dont see a lot of masks, but you do see that people are staying with their groups, and also the beach furnit
Right now, pfizer and moderna are fully effective against this variant. We should hear an update on that from researchers in just the next few days. For most americans, a vaccine is still months away, and Health Experts are warning against those holiday gettogethers that are beginning to happen right now, as you can see from these photos at airports across the country, more than 1 Million People pass through airports nationwide on friday and then again on saturday. Sunday sadly more than 189,000 covid infections were reported in this country and 1500 people died from covid yesterday alone. It is a critical time for millions of americans also facing financial cliff. Lawmakers expected to vote today on a 900 billion covid relief bill after waiting until the 11th hour. Is it enough to help everyone in tire need . In london our colleague Nic Robertson is there. Everyone wants to know what the new variant is and i believe that Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was 70 more transmissible .
We learned russia has banned travel from the United Kingdom, india, canada. Concern over this new variant of coronavirus which is spreading beyond control in the United Kingdom. What is the latest on what the Trump Administration, this country knows about this new variant . Well, thank you for having me on about this important topic. I had an extensive discussion with dr. Redfield and his top people last night and this is what we know. The variant thats being discussed was first identified in september, so its not something that just arose in the last week. It has become of concern because it is becoming the dominant variant in the uk. The inference is that because it is a dominant variant, it may be more transmissible and that may be true. It has not been proven but it may be true. What there is no evidence of nor reason to believe, it is not any more lethal or any more dangerous than the normal coronavirus, no evidence to suggest that, no reason to believe it. There is also no eviden