d.c. is not the only place with populations dropping off. new york, illinois and hawaii all seeing declines. that does it for us today. i m joanne turner in washington. rich, it s awesome to be with you. i m rich edson. the story starts right now with trace gallagher in for martha. trace? trace: thank you. good afternoon. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. this is the story. the white house saying a short time ago it s still days away from being able to deliver the first batches of the half a billion at-home tests that they re promising to all americans that want them. the seven-day average of cases reaches an all-time pandemic high in the united states. the cdc says despite the record surge, shortening the guidance from 10 days to 5 is based not only in science but in an understandable that americans are lock down weary. let s begin with steve harrigan