Welcome all of you to this policy forum trip report from a trip that i, my three colleagues and 50 members of the washington institu institutes board of trustees undertook just about a week ago, completing it, to the gulf. Let me just very briefly introduce our my colleagues up here, my immediate left, kate bauer, former u. S. Treasury official, who is our bloomen steen katz Family Fellow at the institute, she will speak after me offering impressions about our visit to abu dhabi. To her left is lori boghart. A former government intelligence analyst, who will be prepared to talk about all sorts of issues from Counter Terrorism and counter radicalization to social change going on in the gulf. At the far end of the table is mike swing. Our fellow. Who will also participate in our q a session, talking about all sorts of issues under the sun, from Strategic Issues to u. S. Bilateral relations with the countries in question. Again, this was an unusual trip that we took in the sense that it w
Lowest mortality rate from the virus anywhere in the world, as the president said. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 8th. Im willie geist. Joe and mika have the morning off. We woke up this morning to the news that there now are more than 3 million reported cases of coronavirus in the United States with record days in a number of states, including texas and california. Against that backdrop, President Trump is touting the administrations response to the virus, saying, were in a good place, pointing to the United States mortality rate, even as we just heard dr. Fauci publicly calls that a false narrative. The president also is pushing state and local leaders across the country to reopen schools and colleges this fall. New modeling predicts a national spike, though, through those first months of school. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration announcing it will formally withdraw from the World Health Organization early next year. Vice President Joe Biden says if
Everyone. It is wednesday, july 8th, im alex witt. The surge in coronavirus cases sent the u. S. Over the 3 million mark yesterday. In discussing the cases, dr. Deborah birx, the coordinator of the Coronavirus Task force said officials were caught off guard. Birx said, quote, none of us really anticipated the amount of Community Spread that began in really our 18 to 35yearold age group, she added, quote, this is an age group that was so good and so disciplined through march and april but when they saw people out and about on social media, they all went out and about. They also told the wharton daily podcast, instead of being cautious, some states stepped on the gas while reopening. And the situation is growing desire in texas for the First Time Since the pandemic. The state reported more than 10,000 new cases in a single day. The recordbreaking surge comes as hospitalizations grow at an alarming rate. The Associated Press reports nearly 80 of the states hospital beds are in use. And in
Were seeing everywhere. Lets see if he takes any questions. This is as cnn has new reporting that allies of the president are now afraid that donald trump and his white house are proceeding with no direction. The perfect illustration of that, these allies point to is the president attempt to publicly discredit the top Infectious Disease expert dr. Fauci. Something else that should worry any ally of the president , the more and more states and School Districts across the country, they are not bending to the president s demands to keep their economies open and get children back into classrooms. Theyre not looking at politics, theyre looking at reality and the data and experts telling them by enlarge the numbers are going in the wrong direction, still. Even though the president does not acknowledge that. In 37 states new infections are increasing. Trending up week over week. In some states at alarming rates. At least 26 states are pausing or dialing back the reopening plans in an effort t
New york and new jersey among the hardest hit. You do have to be careful out there. A lot of traffic lights are not working and a lot of branches are on the streets. My neighbors house a tree fell in the middle of his house. When that wire went down there was a huge explosion, a fire, my two neighbors saw all the lights. Heavy winds and wires going everywhere, cars, just crazy damage. Sandra were live from queens, new york this morning, a man was killed by a falling tree there. Just tragic. Good morning, sandra. Isaias came and went quickly but the damage it left behind is absolutely incredible. Take a look at this. The winds were so strong here in estoria, queens, it ripped this giant tree right out of the sidewalk and then it landed right on top of this car here. Not only this car but come over here with me and it landed on top of a second car. There are cars with trees on them all over estoria. The mayor was here late in the evening yesterday taking a look at the damage. He says the