A very goods thursday morning to you. Im jim sciutto. And im pope harlow. We are on the verge of 4 million coronavirus cases in the United States, and a top Infectious Disease expert tells us just last hour that this virus is here to stay. Listen. We will never eradicate this virus. Its just like life him. Once it came into the world, started to spread around the world, we can do a lot to control it. This is here for the rest of all of humankind. Wow. This is a virus we wont get rid of. Sobering no question. Of course, a vaccine will make a difference. The nation has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day for the second straight day, and the virus is spreading so quickly weve seen more cases the past two weeks than we did in all of june. Thats a thing. The infection rate accelerating. Lets go first to cnn estephanie elam in los angeles. Officials there scrambling for enough ppe for Health Care Workers and its really Southern California around l. A. Where this is concentrated now. I m
Best efforts to downplay it. We cannot, as a country, escape the simple math here. The facts are nearly 500,000 new cases were reported the past week. The nation is now averaging more than 70,000 new cases per day, 37 states look at that nap how many are red and orange seeing a surge. In the month of october, more than half of all states have reported their highest, that is record single day new infections so far in this pandemic. Lets begin with news, however, from Supreme Court because there is big news. The high court has decided a major decision with significant ramifications for this election, seven days away. Tell us what it is and what it means. Reporter right. Just before Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in last night, the Supreme Court issued an order and it rejected the democrats request to extend ballot deadlines in wisconsin. Wisconsin is that battleground state. The court divided 53. The conservatives basically say the federal court here was wrong to step in and change the stat