Across the country. The president is not just denying but outright denying the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Despite spikes in oklahoma and states across the country. In fact, oklahomas governor is in that meety at the white house with President Trump. Well watch to see what comes of that, but the president s denials coming as a dangerous time. 23 states seeing upward trend in cases. 10 states, record highs in the last few weeks and yet President Trump says in his words, minuscule. If you look, the numbers are very minuscule compared to what it was. Its dieing out. He also just told the wall street journal testing is overrated and he believes some people are Wearing Masks as political statement just to spite him. The president s the United States is literally denying the facts, ignoring science, which dr. Anthony fauci says is problematic for all of us. One of the problems we face in the United States is that unfortunately there is a combination of an antiscience bias that peopl
Tomorrow night even as the state sets a oneday record for new coronavirus cases. Hes also threatening protesters, warning they may be treated roughly. And its not just oklahoma seeing a spike in coronavirus infections. Florida has set another oneday record for new cases, reporting almost 4,000 today alone. Lets go straight to the white house where our chief correspondent jim acosta is joining us. Very Serious Public Health concerns around the president s rally in tulsa tomorrow night. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is moving forward with his plans to hold a rally tomorrow in tulsa despite the very real risk that some of his supporters will catch the coronavirus. Today the White House Press secretary said she will be at the event and will forego wearing a mask even as Public Health experts like dr. Anthony fauci say thats a very bad idea. The president is threatening protesters who demonstrate outside his rally in tulsa, saying they may be roughed up. With Trump Supporters
On Tuesday at the 41st Street Plaza, officials including Mayor G.T. Bynum and River Parks Executive Director Jeff Edwards talked about what makes River Parks so important for Tulsa.
Tuesday was the second of three days for candidates to file for municipal offices. The general election for mayor, City Council and city auditor is Aug. 27.