Vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning. A lot happening over the weekend. Were going to begin with the president s rally in tulsa over the weekend. The first time back on the campaign trail since march 2nd. In one stunning moment, he told the mostly unmasked crowd of supporters that he wanted to slow down testing. Testing is a doubleedged sword. Weve tested now 25 million peop people. Its more than germany and others. Heres the bad part. When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people. Youre going to find more cases. So i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. So those remarks come as coronavirus continues to spread across the United States. According to data tracked by the washington post, 29 states and u. S. Territories reported a higher sevenday average than they did on june 14th. The World Health Organization also reported the largest singleday increase in coronavirus cases. The u. N. Health agency said brazil led the way with nearly 55,000
Violence, fewer clashes with police, isolated pockets now of looting. The president s threat of military action, uniformed military on the streets of American Cities, still hanging over these protests. Still there were hundreds arrested across the nation last night. On the same day George Floyds family marched through the streets in his hometown of houston, and just a remarkable moment, listen to George Floyds 6yearold daughter and her mother this morning. What was your dad like . He played with me. She didnt have to play with nobody else because daddy was going to play with her all day long. What do you want people to know . That i miss him. Civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department has now officially been opened. Lets begin this hour with brynn gingras, she joins us in new york. Brynn, as jim said at the top, it really was quite a different night in new york. Reporter yeah, poppy, it was completely different than what we have seen in past nights. Jim also said
Calling them the perfect setup for a flood of new cases. A major story on the political front as the New York Times reports that several prominent republicans including former president George W Bush say they will not support President Trumps reelection. We have Fox Team Coverage on all of the latest developments across the country. We begin with mark meredith. He is live at the white house. Mark. Reporter good evening, john. The white house says the American Economy is rebounding from coronavirus but the latest data shows there is still a threat from the virus here at home and abroad. The latest numbers show here in the United States 110 of thousand deaths 110,000 deaths. And when we look at the numbers globally, the death toll stands at over 400,000. There are concerns about cases in india and brazil. Americas Health Experts are watching to see if the protests over the past week could contribute to an increased infection rate. Dr. Anthony fauci said, quote, i get very concerned as do
The president turned to the protests that rocked the nation, are under way again, you see live, miami, los angeles, new york, minneapolis. Trump said floyd would approve how he is handling the protests. Hopefully george is looking down now, saying theres a great thing thats happening for our country. Great day for him, great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality. A great day in terms of equality. In what way . After all, this president of course threatened to deploy the u. S. Military against protesters, allowed rubber bullets and tear gas to be used against protesters. This is what we heard about the protesters pushing for equality. I will not allow angry mobs to dominate. These are not acts of peaceful protests. These are acts of domestic terror. You have to dominate, you have to arrest people and you have to try people and they have to go to jail for long periods of time. Dominate. In a tweet, President Trump threatened
About the possibility of this moving to the senate around thanksgiving. Uhhuh. Yes. Because the calendar doesnt make sense unless theres a crunch factor in there that we havent been able to see from the initial scheduling. I mean, theres i think theres still a little wiggle room in terms of whos going to show up for their depositions. If theyre going to work straight through the weekends, theyll be more likely to hit that deadline. When they say work through the weekends on the depositions, that mostly means the staff working for the weekends on the depositions. Well see how many members actually show up for the weekend depositions. Fair point. Thank you, my friend. Thank you. Thanks, lawrence. The operating principle of Donald Trumps presidency is to govern by lie and so he lied today when explaining why he surrendered to the resistance once again. This weekend donald trump surrendered to the resistance that rose up after he announced his illegal and unconstitutional plan to bring the