Ahead. 32 states this morning seeing an increase in new cased over the previous week. California actually breaking the single day record on sunday, reporting nearly 12,000 new case. Florida topped 200,000 cases in the state just yesterday. Icu beds in texas and arizona are filling up as cases soar, and still the president now planning a Campaign Rally just days from now. Rallygoers will not be required to social distance or wear masks. We want to begin with this surge in coronavirus cases that were seeing. Rosa floress is live in miami beach, florida, and concerns, of course, there over the number of hospitalizations as cases continue to soar setting reports in florida over the weekend. Reporter you know, youre absolutely right. You can look at any metric you want. They are all goingp. They have all been going up for weeks and thats why officials here locally are very concerned. Here in Miamidade County where i am, the Positivity Rate where i am according to county records was 26 . The
What we do know that President Trumps approval numbers are going down as cases spike in 25 states. Deaths surging in 19 states. That may partially explain the apparent uturn by the president tweeting a picture of himself wearing a mask thats after a month of downplaying the use saying it looks unpresident ial. Mocking joe biden for wearing a mask. Lets begin with cnns john harwood at the white house for more on the briefing. If you dont have the experts will this be part political, part Health Related . What should we expect . Well, certainly it will be substantially political if there are no experts there. And it would be dangerous for President Trump because the more he talks uninterrupted himself about this issue, the worse he hurts himself politically. Thats why even though right now we dont expect that Coronavirus Task forces, debby birx or Anthony Fauci will be there, i suspect by the time we get to 5 00, aides will persuade him that someone with authority on Public Health issues
Multiple hundreds of thousands of deaths. If the u. S. Doesnt get its act together and soon. So what is the president doing to deal with this crisis . He is focussing on his reelection campaign. Spending the day raising money and visiting an oil rig in texas. A state that reported more than 9,000 coronavirus cases just today. And were also learning that the ohio board of pharmacy just issued a rule that strictly prohibits the selling and dispensing of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment or prevention of covid19. But the president and his administration continue to push the drug, even though multiple trials, including trials from the fda and the nih, show that it does not work. Heres trump adviser Peter Navarro on cnn earlier today. One more thing you talk about hydroxychloroquine a lot. And i stand by it. Im sitting on millions of doses. You know what . How Many Americans died yesterday, john. 1,200 peter. Yeah. You know what, if the ford study is right, half of those people would sti
Of deaths. If the u. S. Doesnt get its act together and soon. So what is the president doing to deal with this crisis . He is focussing on his reelection campaign. Spending the day raising money and visiting an oil rig in texas. A state that reported more than 9,000 coronavirus cases just today. And were also learning that the ohio board of pharmacy just issued a rule that strictly prohibits the selling and dispensing of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment or prevention of covid19. But the president and his administration continue to push the drug, even though multiple trials, including trials from the fda and the nih, show that it does not work. Heres trump adviser Peter Navarro on cnn earlier today. One more thing you talk about hydroxychloroquine a lot. And i stand by it. Im sitting on millions of doses. You know what . How Many Americans died yesterday, john. 1,200 peter. Yeah. You know what, if the ford study is right, half of those people would still be alive, okay . The ford st
That came through not six weeks ago. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Youre looking at the clouds there in louisiana, overnight, well be checking with the team there in southern louisiana as hurricane delta, another Tropical Storm, hits communities that do not need more of the rain and wind after laura was there just a few weeks ago. Good morning to you. Today, President Trump is hosting his first public event since being hospitalized for coronavirus symptoms. Hes inviting 2,000 people to the white house. And the president says he took another coronavirus test yesterday. This morning, the white house hasnt released the results of that test, but youre going to hear more about the state of his health in his own words. Also, this morning, the second president ial debate has been cancelled officially now. The president refused to debate joe biden virtually. Were going to tell you what the candidates are scheduling instead of attending that debate. Were going