Decisions that fit our community, and for the selma community, this was the right decision and its the right course moving forward. And here is the Church Leader out of georgia who is shutting down sundays service, despite what the white house says. Were for our communities and we dont want to accidentally do something to our communities. And here is the local judge in texas whos taking over the county testing operation, because he cant wait any longer for the federal government to catch up. So it wasnt working at all. Were going to take it over. Were going to do those tests in two days or less. Turn around in two days or less, and we appreciate the federal offer but i politely decline. Theyre stepping up, because they are left with no other option. Clearly. Considering that the president continues to say, were in a good place, with taking on the virus. And continues to try to change the subject. Remember . He went to go talk about infrastructure . But you cant press, cannot press rele
March and ape lot less like june. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is tuesday, july 21st, 6 00 here in new york. President trump will restart the coronavirus briefings today, but if youre hoping for information about covid19, you may be disappointed. Sources tell cnn the socalled news conferences will not actually be focused exclusively on the pandemic. The Coronavirus Task force, meaning the doctors and experts like dr. Fauci, may not even participate. President trump cites tv ratings as the reason he wants to bring back the briefings. So, are the briefings mostly about the president s bad poll numbers . President trump also doing an aboutface on masks pun intended. He now calls wearing one patriotic, though he refused to do so for many months as the virus killed 140,000 americans. Also, he was not seen wearing one at a fundraiser at the trump hotel in washi
Thwarting any attempt by this country to Contact Trace and stop the virus not one of the task force doctors has said they will be there at the briefing. Here are the voices to hear from, the task force coordinator, the surgeon general, the heads of the cdc or the fda and leading Infectious Disease authority dr. Fauci saying this to npr this morning. Will you be there . You know, i dont know. I cant guarantee that. Thats up to the white house. I would imagine that i would be at least in on some of them but we have not heard anything definitive yet. I would be more than happy to be there and if not thats okay, too, as long as we get the message across. You will only be seeing the president who we just learned is getting tested for coronavirus multiple times a day even as his administration fails to produce a National Testing strategy and as he ignores guidance to stay safe. Lets get now to White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins for us. If no members of the task force are attending who
Florida, texas and california all reported more than 10,000 new cases in one single day yesterday alone. 12 states in puerto rico are also seeing record hospitalizations. Those hospitalizations they typically follow the infections as the people get sick. Miamidade county is out of hospital beds forcing hospitals there to convert beds for the overflow of patients. And in arizona and texas, hardhit counties are bringing in refrigerated trucks as the morgues are filling up. Arizona is bringing in hundreds of nurses from outside of to state just to help cope with the volume of patients. How is this for a juxtaposition. Two states side by side, alabama issues a statewide mask order and georgias governor is stopping the cities from enacting their own mask requirements. Let me remind you its been one month since the Vice President wrote this. Quote, there is no second wave of coronavirus. Panic is overblown and the u. S. Is winning the fight against the virus. Our team is following the latest
You see it right there, the global model for coronavirus mitigation. By comparison to most other countries the president rights who are suffering greatly we are doing very well. The numbers make clear that thats simply not true. The United States is both the leader in cases and deaths. You see the numbers on the screen. In 20 days since the call tar hit july 1,119,000 of infections in the case. This is the picture of suffering, the u. S. Sevenday average measured against that of the European Union who has flattened the curve and that have brazil where cases are rights but not near as fast as here in the United States. U. S. Hospitalizations are within whisper distance of the pandemic peak. Dr. Anthony fauci said this morning on npr the white house has not asked him to be part of the president s onagain briefings but, quote, if they want me there ill be more than happy to be there. Youll remember the Daily White House coronavirus briefings were cancelled because the president kept contr