This weekend, which raises serious questions about what the nations top scientists are saying to the president , whether theyre willing to stand up to him. We will get into that in a moment. Joining us now is dr. Ashish jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and cnn chief Political Correspondent dana bash. Great to see both of you. Dr. Jha, what is your biggest concern as we start this week . Yes, good morning and thank you for having me on. My biggest concern is the remark that dr. Fauci made last week about how we may get to 100,000 cases a day. We were in the 40s then, and much of the weekend we saw 50,000plus cases, and then some of the behavior we saw over the weekend, i think were just on an accelerated phase, where well see more and more increases in the days and weeks ahead, without a real plan for how to stop it and bring the numbers down. I want to put a couple more figures up on the screen so people can see them in terms of hospitalizations in texas. We have a
Types of pictures. Hospitals in states like arizona and texas are filling up and could soon be overwhelmed. If we dont get our hands around this virus quickly, in about two weeks, our Hospital System could be in serious, serious trouble. President trump claiming that 99 of coronavirus cases are totally harmless. That claim not only evidencefree, but defying reality. Im not going to get into whos right and whos wrong. Multiple epicenters and there are going to be more in two to three weeks. No doubt about it. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is monday, july 6th, 6 00 here in new york. Nice to have you back. Thank you, john. Great to see you. I told people we were on a break. I dont want to know what you did or with whom during that time, john. We have a lot of news to get to, because coronavirus cases are still spiking across the country. And packed crowds cel
Even be at a higher level than that. So were there free fall and unable to stop it. Despite the surge, Many Americans shrugged off the threat. Police were aware of this lake party. Look at this. But lacked the authority to enforce social distancing. And despite a statewide mandate requiring masks in public, you could see most people there are not at all wearing one. And similar scenes played out nationwide. And the white house minimizing the risk and touting their questionable record as the u. S. Nears 3 million cases. Now we have tested almost 40 million people. By so doing, we show cases 99 of which are totally harmless. I think the world is looking at us as a leader in covid19. We should note that just last week one of the president s top officials debunked trumps claim that the spike is the result of more testing. Admiral brett giroir testifying that a jump in positivity results tells him and others that, quote, this is a real increase in cases. Lets turn to florida now. One of the
Of a surge. But Health Experts fear another across the nation linked to crowded holiday gatherings. Plus, more than 200 scientists around the world now outlining evidence that coronavirus can float in air droplets, lingering indoors even after an infectious person has left. And as cnns Jason Carroll reports, at least ten states are experiencing record levels of coronavirus hospitalizations. Reporter what pandemic . We get complacent. We get cocky. We get a little arrogant. That is a real threat. Reporter across the country, july 4th gatherings with no social distancing or mask wearing like this party in diamond lake, michigan, at a water park in wisconsin, this speedway outside denver, and on fire island, new york, where crowds gathered on the beach during the day, and at a pool party at night. I dont know how else to say it. Actions have consequences. Reporter in all, coronavirus cases surging in 32 states. California reaching new Dangerous Levels sunday with nearly 12,000 new cases r
A 7yearold girl shot in the head while standing on the sidewalk at grandmothers house during a fourth of july party. Her community understandably outraged. It hurts that somebody could rob somebodys life like that and dont care. All i can do is just pray to god. Now to new york city where at least 42 people were shot. Nine killed. Atlanta, lets go there. 8yearold shot and killed after cops say girls mother tried to drive through illegally placed barricades near where protesters burned down a wendys in response to the killing of Rayshard Brooks. [sobbing] we didnt do anything. Save black lives matter. You killed your home. All part of a violent weekend in our nations cities including baltimore, philadelphia, cleveland among others. In response, the president tweeting in part, federal government ready, willing, and able to help, if asked. The president later tweeting that democrats want to defund an abolish police. All goes back to brians question, will they take that help. Steve, anxiou