New infections here. Heres the United States new sevenday average against the European Union and brazil with cases rising but not as near as fast as here in the United States. U. S. Hospitalizations now within whisper of that pandemic peak back in april. The experts know this. And for now those experts do not have invitations to join the president at todays daily briefing. Those Daily White House Coronavirus Briefings canceled because the president kept contradicting dr. Fauci and other experts. Then the president left the experts speechless suggesting if you ingest bleach or disinfectants that might help you fight off covid19. The president demands schools reopen and suggests the ones that do not should lose federal money. The Surgeon General says this issue simply not that simple. What i want people to know is the biggest determinant of whether or not to go back to school actually has little to nothing to do with the schools. Its a background transmission rate and it is why we have t
The gate. Cnns nick watt is in Beverly Hills for us. Nick, almost, what, 13,000 new cases reported in california in just a single day. Reporter thats right, wolf. And weve also just heard from los angeles county. And they say that covid19 is fast becoming one of the leading causes of death in this county. More than alzheimers, more than stroke, more than copd. And in six months, covid19 killed twice as many people as the flu did in eight months. That record, you mentioned, wolf, 12,807 new confirmed cases in california within 24 hours. They are saying that 10 of the tests they did in that period came back positive. Thats not great, but its a lot worse other places. Around 20 of tests across florida are coming back positive, a sign the virus is out of control in the sunshine state. Seven weeks after the governor announced bars were back. People go and have a drink, its fine. We want to kind of not have huge crowds piling in. Reporter in texas, the navy now sending medical personnel to t
Beiruts children will carry the physical and psychological scars of last weeks explosion into adulthood a stark warning from doctors in the lebanese capital. And the uk economy shrank by a fifth during lockdown the biggest slump of any major country. The democratic candidate for the us president ial election, joe biden, has officially unveiled his running mate, Kamala Harris, at a special event in the state of delaware. The california senator is the first black and Asian American woman on a president ial ticket our north america editor jon sopel was at the press conference and sent this report. Please welcome Vice President joe biden and senator Kamala Harris. In the city wherejoe biden started his career nearly half a century ago, he was back today to launch the ticket that he hopes will propel him and Kamala Harris to election victory in november, to be president and Vice President. Kamala, as you all know, is smart, shes tough, shes experienced, shes a proven fighter for the backbon
In the lebanese capital. An investigation is under way after three people died when a passenger train derailed on a flooded track in scotland the democratic candidate for the us president ial election, joe biden, has officially unveiled his running mate, Kamala Harris, at a special event in the state of delaware. The california senator is the first black and Asian American woman on a president ial ticket. Our north america editor jon sopel was at the press conference and sent this report. Please welcome Vice President joe biden and senator Kamala Harris. In the city wherejoe biden started his career nearly half a century ago, he was back today to launch the ticket that he hopes will propel him and Kamala Harris to election victory in november, to be president and Vice President. Kamala, as you all know, is smart, shes tough, shes experienced, shes a proven fighter for the backbone of this country. Shes ready to do this job on day one. After the most competitive primary in history, the
With susan rice because ive had private conversations with people who went through it. Not this time but in previous cycles. All senators, and they all hated it. And one of the reasons i realized they hated it is elected officials dont ever go through a vetting process. But susan rice had gone through the vetting process multiple times before for administration jobs. And so she was completely accustomed to the way it works. Yes. And for her to say, listen, i was vetted twice for cabinet level positions, like i thought i knew what this was like, i thought i had brin throueen thr and this was way more rigorous than anything i had previously been through, thats a person who speaks from a position as you say of knowledge of how these things are supposed to go. Thee seemed pretty bowled over. Yeah, and as of now it seems to be off to exactly the kind of launch they were hoping for. Thats exactly right. Yes. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, in a powerful debut of the democratic tic