Considering that today is august 1st and we are close to 155,000 deaths into this pandemic so well add an additional 25,000 lives to that total in the next three weeks. More than 7,000 a week. That as we quickly approach 4. 6 million confirmed cases. Remember when trump said it would go to zero and disappear . Even scarier reality is that yesterday on capitol hill the nations Top Public Health officials made it clear we still dont seem to have a National Strategy in place to combat this virus. Heres what dr. Anthony fauci had to say when questioned on the topic. Would you agree with me that the critical difference is either the presence or the absence of social cohesion and Political Leadership to develop a plan, execute it and stick to it . I think there was such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not have a unified bringing everything down. In other words, a lack of leadership is at the heart of this matter. Then theres this, a brandnew v
Risk. Were willing to take the risk. Im kendis gibson. And im cori coffin. Were live at nbc headquarters in new york this morning. Lets get a look at the city of detroit. Detroit from the canadian side. This is the closest we can get to our canadian friends. Thats right. Because theyve extended the block for nonessential travel straight through september 21st. Hello to detroit. And a wave to our canadian friends. The state Senate Passed a bill yesterday that gives School Districts the freedom to decide on the type of introduction theyll supply. I assume were talking about michigan. Yeah. Its specific to that. Lets go over to florida. They have another week to decide whether theyre going to start practice in the fall for that state. Good morning you do guys over there. We do have a lot of news to get to you. We have breaking news that took place during the overnight hours. This particular situation is in portland, oregon. Of course, it is day 79 that these protests have been going on. T
Your wallet safe . Picking the best running mate. The political world waiting on joe bidens decision. So whats it like to go through that gutwrenching process . Im going to ask someone who was on Hillary Clintons short list. We begin with hurricane isaias. Now barreling toward floridas east coast and gaining strength. The categoryone storms maximum sustained winds increased to 85 Miles Per Hour this morning. And its expected to arrive at floridas Treasure Coast by this evening. Joining me with the latest, nbc News Reporter Chris Pollone and nbc news meteorologist janessa webb. Chris, well start with you. How are people preparing amidst a pandemic . Reporter yeah, hi there. Ill show you ohio theyre preparing here at how theyre preparing here at Daytona Beach. Look at what they call the worlds most famous beach. As you can see, people who live in this area are certainly taking this in stride. This is just like pretty much any other august day here in Daytona Beach, any other august satur
Had originallian played a demonstration in the citys park, where a confederate memorial stands. But officials closed the park today, citing security concerns. Now the group faces what is reportedly an even larger crowd of counter protesters, many carrying blaefrt signs and chanting go home racists. Turning now to chicago where protesters are gathering to take part in a black lives matter march across a major city highway. Protesters plan to shut down the dan ryan express way to protest police brutal. Kathy park is there and joins me now. Kathy, what are the protests like right now . How is Law Enforcement responding given chaos and looting that we saw earlier in the week in chicago . Lindsey, i can tell you right now that demonstrators are gathering about seven miles away. We saw some aerial images just a few minutes ago. It looks like the crowd is about 150, 200 or so. The plan eventually is as you mentioned to cross the dan ryan expressway, shut it down and eventually move here into
Some funding for the post office after President Trump has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the 25 billion that democrats want to inject into the Postal Service to make sure its prepped to handle what could be an unprecedented number of mail in votes come the fall. The white house chief of staff suggesting there could be a willingness to sign some type of a piecemeal deal where the white house agrees to give funding for the post office if democrats and congress agree to give some funding for some of the things that the president wants such as stimulus checks to americans while leaving out some of the other things that are on the democratic wish list such as billions of dollars to what the president says bail out state and local governments. That mix messaging coming into play as the president s advisers are continuing to take to the air waves today to spread misinformation about fraud and mail in voting. Take a listen. Do you realize how inaccurate the voter rolls are with just p