City. Good to have you with us. Well, after being diagnosed with covid19, the u. S. President is trying to turn his recovery eino a rally. Donald trump briefly left Walter Reed Medical Center on sunday to stage this drive by photo op for supporters, despite the president still being infectious. He wore a mask as he waved to crowds. At least one member of his security detail wore a face shield and medical gown but the confines of that suv make social distancing impossible. A physician at walter reed warns every person in that vehicle will now have to quarantine. Mr. Trump was already making light of his condition even teasing the joyride on twitter. And he says hes finally learning about a virus thats killed more than 200,000 americans. Take a listen. I also think were going to pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street, and they have been out there for a long time, and theyve got trump flags and they love our country. So im not telling anybody bu
Americans have now fallen victim to the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thats onefifth of the worlds cases and 1 million more than just three weeks ago. More than 132,000 cases were confirmed in the past few days, it is an alarming rate of infection. Hospitals in several states report numbers and u. S. President donald trump apparently recovered from his own bout of the disease insists that the countrys, quote, rounding the turn on the pandemic. He continues to hold crowded rallies as you can see there across the country without any precautions. But there is at least one glimmer of hope, at least one vaccine might be ready by the end of the year. The National Institutes of health say it is a big if. Here is what dr. Fauci said before the election. Thats extremely unlikely to be happening until sometime late in the middle of winter. Its too bad this has gotten tangled up in other calendar issues. This is the kind of the way science is supposed to go, you do the work, you do the an
But President Trump campaigning in florida, spreading new misinformation about the greatest Public Health crisis in this country in a century. Hes falsely claiming that the u. S. Is, quote, rounding the turn in the pandemic, even as experts forecast that tens of thousands more americans will die from covid19 in the coming months. The president s hope for a vaccine before the election is taking a hit. Pfizer announced it wont seek emergency use authorization for its vaccine until the third week in november at the earliest. In a moment, we talk to the director of the National Institutes of health, dr. Francis collins, standing by live. But first, lets go straight to the white house. Our white house correspondent, Kaitlan Collins is joining us. A big day for the president out there, campaigning and yet, new misinformation emerging about the pandemic. Reporter thats right, wolf. The president is continuing to defend his record as hes in florida today making his appeal to seniors while joe
Just over two weeks to go until election day here in the u. S. And President Donald Trump is on a campaign blitz. He spent the weekend crisscrossing the country, and hell begin this week with two rallies in arizona. Now, the president was in nevada on sunday evening. And yet again, despite covid cases surging throughout the country, there was no social distancing and very few masks, as you can see here. The president seems to be going back to his playbook from 2016, holding several rallies a day and making baseless accusations against his democratic rival. But unlike four years ago, President Trump sais also deali with this pandemic. And right now the u. S. Is averaging more than 55,000 new cases a day. Thats up more than 6 since midseptember. Now, experts say the country is already in the midst of the autumn surge they have long predicted. And nevada reported the biggest oneday jump in coronavirus cases on saturday since midaugust. But President Trump didnt mention that in the rally.
The trump rally. Jessica dean in Coconut Creek where biden is holding a drive in event. Tell us what the president s appeal is in florida. Reporter thats right, brianna. Florida is an enormously important state. Enormously important state for President Trump. There are 29 electoral votes at stake for President Trump and many paths to victory, none of them for President Trump are included without florida. That means they are pouring enormous resources into the state. The president spending a lot of time here, theyre spending millions of dollars on Campaign Advertising as well. And what republicans are telling me about the president s chances here is that they believe in a close election in florida. It tends to go to republicans each and every time. Go back to 2018, close races for senate and governor. Polls leading into this week show that the president or that the republicans were behind the democrats and won both the race for governor and for senate. In addition to that, go back to 20