In from out of state to reinforce exhausted medical workers, and in texas, mayors are demanding the right to shut down their cities to avoid overwhelming hospitals. The center for Public Integrity today obtained white house documents that show that 18 states are currently in what is known as the red zone, and that means those states have more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people in the previous week. According to that document, which was prepared for the White House Coronavirus task force but not released to the public, quote, more than a dozen states should revert to more stringent protective measures limiting social gatherings to ten people or fewer, closing bars, and asking gyms and asking residents to wear masks at all times. For more, i am joined by dr. John torres, an msnbc medical correspondent, dr. Matt hines, a hospital official in arizona who served in the obama administration, and Health Policy reporter for the Washington Post. Thanks to all of you for joining us. Yazmin le
Underfunding the post office would prevent mailin voting. It was at least clarifying. Also birtherism is back. And we got a sense of what a trump biden debate might sound like in an election sure to be defined by the debate over this pandemic. The afternoon started, in fact, with the former Vice President calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Every single american should be wearing a mask when theyre outside for the next three months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Its not about your rights. Its about your responsibilities. Biden spoke after he and his newly minted running mate met with a team of Health Experts theyve been advising with during the campaign about coronavirus. This evening during whatever it is we are calling his Daily Briefing room appearances, donald trump fired back. Today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a
He happens to be the president now. Today he promoted the same thing. And we got a sense of what a trump biden debate might sound like in an election sure to be defined by the debate over this pandemic. The afternoon started, in fact, with the former Vice President calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Every single american should be wearing a mask when theyre outside for the next three months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Its not about your rights. Its about your responsibilities. Biden spoke after he and his Briefing Room appearances, donald trump fired back. Today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a pandemic. United states with the mere stroke of a pen to order over 300 million american citizens to wear a mask for a minimum of three straight months. If the president has the unilateral power to order every single citizen
Up until last night when the convention came to the trumpbranded white house lawn. Very few masks. A prepandemic sort of seating layout. Then came tonight, an airplane hangar rally at the airport in New Hampshire. The crowd booed an announcement over the p. A. To wear masks. The speech was red meat for the base. Heres just some of what we heard starting with trumps take on the demonstrators who were confronting some members of the rnc exiting as audience last night outside the white house. You ought to see last night in washington. It was a disgrace. It was a disgrace that these people are representing the United States of america. It was a disgrace. Protesters. You know what i say . Proteste protesters your ass. I dont talk about my ass. Theyre not protesters. Those arent those are anarchists. Theyre agitators. Theyre rioters. Theyre looters. No one will be safe in bidens america. I cant even call it bidens america. The guy doesnt know hes alive. Hes going to be out in ten days. If th
The speech was red meat for the base. Heres just some of what we heard starting with trumps take on the demonstrators who were confronting some members of the rnc exiting as audience last night outside the white house. You ought to see last night in washington. It was a disgrace. It was a disgrace that these people are representing the United States of america. It was a disgrace. Protesters. You know what i say . Protesters your ass. I dont talk about my ass. Theyre not protesters. Those arent those are anarchists. Theyre agitators. Theyre rioters. Theyre looters. No one will be safe in bidens america. I cant even call it bidens america. Guy doesnt know hes alive. Hes going to be out in ten days. Hes going to start, ten days. If the Democrat Party wants to stand with anarchists, criminals, rioters, looters, and flag burners, thats up to them. The Republican Party and you i can see you. Is there anybody in this place that enjoys burning the American Flag . Is there anybody . Please quie