Expert as if he were a political opponent. The president s education secretary could not answer a basic question about whether schools should follow the cdcs guidelines to reopen. This morning, a source close to the Coronavirus Task force tells dr. Sanjay gupta a lot of schools probably should not open. Joining us is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, i know you spoke to dr. Fauci over the weekend. He has read these attacks, this Opposition Research put out by the white house on him. What is his reaction . I think its very disspiriting for him. Most of all, hes a public servant. Hes bebeen doing that for 40 years. The briefings going away and outofsight, outofmind sort of thing. Not that anybody is mad at him but dont want to see him because he reminds them of this problem, but that transitioned as you point out to the much more overt sort of attacks and trying to go back and find interviews thats done in the past and say hey, this is where he got it wrong. This
Most difficult times that weve experienced in American Public health. Keeping the Health Care System from being overstretched i think is really going to be important. An updated model projects look at that, 224,000 u. S. Deaths from coronavirus by november. Another 90,000 people. As it stands, 38 states are battling increases in new cases. 27 states as a result are now push, pausing or rolling back the reopenings, and this virus shows no signs of slowing down, in fact, the opposite. Our teams are across the country monitoring this pandemic. Well begin in miami beach with cnns rosa flores. The Positivity Rate and the percentage of people who test positive for the infection, in that county, those numbers are startling. Reporter they are. Thats 31 , jim, and its not getting any better and mayors here in Miamidade County are very frustrated. There was a roundtable yesterday by mayors and the governor here in miamidade and these mayors were asking for more resources and Contact Tracing. The
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
Manager, more on that coming up. This morning, we are seeing signs too that beans and a smile are not enough for mayors and governors around the country including republicans. Listen to what Maryland Governor larry hogan, a republican, writes this morning. He says, ive watched as the president downplayed the outbreak severity and as the white house failed to issue public warnings, draw up a 50state strategy or dispatch medical gear or lifesaving ventilators from the National Stockpile to american hospitals. Eventually, it was clear that waiting around for the president to run the nations response was hopeless. If we delayed any longer, wed be condemning more of our citizens to suffering and death and this morning we have heard from federal experts on this show who say its time to just move beyond the federal government. Lets talk about that, john. Joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Things are not getting better, but getting worse. We talked to beth came
Warning saying for some time that this National Crisis will get worse before it gets better. As he says his administration is in the process of developing a strategy. 26 states, however, remain in a situation where cases are rising. A new warning from the cdc that this crisis is even worse than the the data show, the agency says portions of the u. S. Could really have had ten times as many cases as previously believed. Also new this warning, a warning for the fall. A top commercial testing lab is sounding the alarm that the u. S. Labs, their lab will not be able to cope with the testing surge during flu season. Theres a lot to get to this hour. Lets get to our john harwood. He joins us from the white house. Good morning, john. Talk about the new strategy from the white house. Its great to hear the president saying the truth about it will get worse before it gets better, but its a total 180. Its a total 180, poppy that was driven by the president s political standing. Hes tried very har