Before the plague came in, i had it made. We had this thing won. We were so far up. We had the greatest economy ever. The dreaded second wave, now washing over the u. S. Were facing a tough circumstance right now. Well see accelerating cases heading into the next four to six weeks. Youre going to get scared, youre going to get depressed. This is a normal response to a very stressful situation. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is wednesday, october 21st. It is 6 00 here in new york. And this morning, the country needs to brace itself for what is coming. Overnight, more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases were reported. Ten states reported record hospitalizations. The nationwide hospitalization rate is now reaching levels not seen for two months. So on its face, just these figures tell us the situation in the United States is dangerous. The real problem, though, accordin
Also the latest, were waiting for the two Atlanta Police officers charged in the death of Rayshard Brooks to turn themselves in. They are facing a 6 00 p. M. Eastern deadline to surrender to police after 11 charges have been brought. Were live in atlanta with that and the former National Security adviser john bolton is not backing down as the administration looks to block the release of his new book. I dont think hes fit for office. I dont think he has the competence to carry out the job. More on that in a moment. Lets begin though with covid19 and my colleague rosa flores who joins us in florida. There is a new key model out that is projecting that its florida that could be the next coronavirus epicenter. Reporter you know, poppy. Its very alarming. This new model is from the university of pennsylvania and in essence it says that florida has all the ingredients for a covid19 disaster, and all you really have to do is look at the numbers. You now talked about this last week. We were ta
About their favorite singers. Im a Bruce Springsteen guy. If kd lang i think is the best singer alive. If i get in office, she is singing at the first party. But we begin with the fiem moments of calm here in washington or as close to calm as this town actually gets before the public release of Robert Muellers report. Attorney general bill barr will release a redacted version of the nearly 400page document tomorrow morning. Sources close to the president say white house advisers arent predicting any bombshells but are feeling anxious because they believe the report will provide an inside look at chaos. Many aides cooperated with the special counsel and the details of testimonies could prove embarrassing. Publically the white house has its poker face on insisting it is business as usual. Everything you have heard it is just a rumor. They would rather try to pit us all against each other. I can tell you that we are not looking at it that way at all. In those 400 pages we know what does n
Reporter this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Unhinged and impossible. Thats the president s mindset in whats behind the overnight cabinet shakeup according to new cnn reporting. Kirstjen nielsen, the face of the hard line immigration push is out. Pushed out by all accounts. A Senior Administration official tells jake tapper that nielsen believed the situation was becoming untenable with the president becoming increasingly unhunged about the border crisis and making unreasonable and impossible requests. Nielsen will be replaced at least for now by the current head of customs and border protection. Also new this morning an escalation in the fight over President Trumps taxes. White house acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney vows the democrats will never see the president s returns though it is legal to ask for them. This will likely lead to a legal showdown. Joining us to talk about this we have Margaret Talev from blue crossberg new
Or bickering. And a number of the trump family filing a lawsuit against deutsche bacnk and capital one o stop the subpoenas. And Rod Rosenstein formally notices the president that he will leave his post at the Justice Department next week. Plus any minute now the acting dhs secretary will testify on capitol hill after the president announces a new plan to overhaul the immigration system. We begin today with the potential for new fireworks at the white house. In minutes President Trump will welcome nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer to talk infrastructure. Peter, we all remember the three time theres three met, things got a little wild. Is that what were expecting today . Reporter yeah, there was that meeting in the situation room that nobody saw but reports were that the president stomped out, walked out after pounding his fists on the table. That time it led to the longest Government Shutdown in this nations history. So i guess the biggest takeaway from what will happen about an hour and