Reported more than 1100 new deaths in total. More than 154,000 americans have been killed by covid. Add to that the economic strain and the fears millions of people are feeling. I know we throw numbers out at you, look at what is on your screen. This that is a line of people who waited seven hours for groceries at a los angeles food bank. As theyre standing in line, theres still no sign of a deal when it comes to relief from washington, d. C. Republicans and democrats will be continuing their talks today. Were going to start here with isaias, the Tropical Storm. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is with us. Allis allison, where is it . Tropical storm isaias, winds are 65 Miles Per Hour sustained. But the gusts are 75 Miles Per Hour. I want people to understand, if sustained winds were that high, this would be a hurricane. Your gusts are up around hurricane strength, even though the sustained winds dropped down. To the northwest at 9 Miles Per Hour, this is a major limiting factor with
Is in the numbers. Ten times in the last two weeks the nation has seen more than 1,000 covid deaths per day. 1,400 dead in just the last 24 hours. And new reporting this morning sources familiar with the president s Oval Office Meeting with the Coronavirus Task force say that despite all of this, all of these deaths and the numbers, the president still does not grasp the severity of this pandemic. Well have more on that reporting in a moment. And no one in the world following the u. S. Example. Also the president continuing the strong push to open schools despite many schools already seeing set backs when they attempt to reopen. My view is the schools should open. This thing is going away. It will go away like things go away and my view is that schools should be open. If you look at children, children are almost i would almost say definitely but almost immune from this disease. Thats false. Science doesnt back him up, yet he repeats that falsehood. Children not immune to this virus. Th
Just yesterday as the rate of the new coronavirus deaths rises in 22 states. Dr. Anthony fauci now acknowledging americans are dangerously behind in the fight against this pandemic. He says the u. S. Has suffered from the coronavirus in his words as much or worse than anyone. Lets go to our National Correspondent athena jones. There is a new red flag tonight about the risk of allowing kids, students to return to school. What are you hearing . What is the latest . Reporter that is exactly right. Weve been talking about how schools can reopen safely when coronavirus is so widespread and just got one more example of why this is going to be challenging. 116 students in one Mississippi School district are now quarantined after six students and one staff member tested positive for covid19. America is number one in the most dangerous of ways. More covid19 cases and more deaths than any other country. The death toll topping 1,000 for the tenth time in two weeks. When you look at the number of