It . October. Yeah, can you believe it . October. Can you believe it . October 1st. I know. Im lisa spooner. Can you believe it . No. Jimmy yeah, it really came out of nowhere this year. Yesterday, it was september, right . And then, all of a sudden this has been another lousy week. We had a nice little distraction here in l. A. , with the dodgers and the lakers, but between the virus and the debate, and the murder hornets are back again, the mood is grim. Some local businesses though are coming up with ways to turn that around. This is a real promotion from vinnies pizzeria in brooklyn. Did you know there was a vinnies pizzeria in brooklyn . Guillermo no. Jimmy believe it or not, there are. At vinnies this month theyre offering positive reinforcement. For one dollar, our Delivery Driver will look you straight in the eyes and tell you everythings gonna be ok, and youre doing the best you can. [ applause ] clever. That would be a fun one to surprise your wife with, hey, youre not gonna
Good to have you with us. A tale of two pandemics in the United States. One vision presented by the president. The other by facts on the ground. This hour, the u. S. Case count stands at more than 3. 7 million. With more than 140,000 deaths. In california, los angeles reported the highest number of hospitalizations in a single day so far. And the mayor says he may issue new lockdown orders. Floridas intensive cares are filling up. Theres no more icu beds in at least 49 hospitals. But in an interview with fox news, President Donald Trump focused on one data point to the exclusion of all others and got to wrong. When you talk about mortality rates, i think its the opposite. I think by have one of the lowest mortality rates. Thats not true, sir. Were going to take a look. We had 900 deaths in a single day this week. Ready . Can you please get me the mortality rate . Kayleighs right here. I heard we had one of the lowest, maybe lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. The u. S. Ranked
President of the United States says all those warnings from dr. Fauci about how much worse this could get, that is him being a bit of an alarmist. This weekend your white house put out a series of statements, socalled mistakes that dr. Fauci had made. One of your righthand men put out this have you seen this . Well, look dr. Faucet shows him as a leaker and an alarmist. I dont know about a leaker, but a bit of an alarmist. Dr. Fauci at the beginning and again i have a great relationship with him dr. Fauci said this would pass. He was wrong. He said dont ban china. I did. He then admitted lets be clear. The president is taking dr. Fau faucis words out of contest to discredit him. Why would he do that . Listen to this next comment. I will be right eventually. I said its going to disappear. Ill say it again, and ill be right. This year . I dont think so. You know why . Ive been right probably more than anybody else. Was he right when he said anyone could get a test when they couldnt . Whe
Unfortunately, the strategy backfired, resulting in a heavy, heavy death toll. That and much more. Newsroom starts right now. Great to have you with me this hour. So, the u. S. President is once again downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic after yet another recordbreaking weekend. You can see here the steep climb in the sevenday average of new cases since june. But Donald Trump Blames the spike on increased testing, a tactic consistently debunked by health experts. During an interview with fox news, he falsely suggested the u. S. Had the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. When you talk about mortality rates, i think its the opposite. I think we have one of the lowest mortality rates. Thats not true, sir. Well, were going to take a look. We have 900 deaths in a single day this week. We will take a look. Ready . You can check it out. Will you please get me the mortality rate . Kayleighs right here. I heard we had one of the lowest, maybe lowest mortality rate anyw
1,400 cases per day. This, of course, includes camden, the counties around the philadelphia metro and wilmington. And in the baltimore and washington, d. C. Area, 15 zero positivity and 500 cases per day and 200 cases per day in baltimore. This is how were looking at it, county by county, metro by metro, rural region by rural region to make sure we dont miss anything and were triangulating testing data with the attack rates, with the hospitalization, with the number of cases and really creating a mosaic of who needs what when to ensure every american is served well. I had a great call today with a group of pediatricians, the head of the American Academy of pediatrics and with the American College of obstetrics and gynecology. Behind the scenes and working every day are the pediatricians fielding those phone calls from every concerned mother and
grandmothers like myself and protecting our children every day to ensure they have access to the medical care that they need while this is happ