Have not seen since may. Hospitalizations are also climbing, reaching near record levels over the last 24 hours after declining dramatically last month, as you see in the graph on the screen. Dr. Deborah birx of the White House Coronavirus task force saying today that the surge is, quote, very serious and very real, unquote, comparing major outbreaks in at least three states, texas, florida, and california to what happened in new york. Though birx pointed to some encouraging signs infections she said may be plateauing in those hot spots as well as arizona. This comes as the cdc is pushing for kids to go back to school in person. Critics contend that the countrys Top Public Health agency may be being politicized to please President Trump. Even officials acknowledged that it is still an open question how much young peopler spread the disease. As cnns nick watts explains for us now. Reporter the president backed by new cdc guidelines pushing hard for schools to reopen. Brick and mortar. B
Deal on major components by friday. The four key negotiators, pelosi, schumer, meadows, mnuchin, they plan to meet this evening. Lets start there with nbcs kasie hunt. Shes on capitol hill. Kasie, where are we seeing progress . Where are we seeing division in these talks . Reporter well, craig, we heard yesterday from the white house side that they are still trillions of dollars apart in these negotiations. So that suggests theres still a long way to go. We know there are three key areas. Theres Unemployment Insurance, which we hear they are making some progress toward. There was an offer on the table for 400 a week for people through december. Democrats have some reservations about that and are more likely to suggest perhaps 600 through january. Remember, Mitch Mcconnell signaled he may be willing to move forward with that, that its not a red line in the sand for him to include that. I think thats pretty telling. You also, of course, have money for state and local governments. That is
Spike, the country could see widespread suffering and death. That is a direct quote. Hospitalizations now at their second highest levels ever with eight states reporting record numbers of patients and for the Third Straight day, thursday, virus deaths topped 1,000. In a series of interviews today, dr. Fauci said that while he doesnt think a second nationwide shutdown is necessary right now, it is time, he said, for the hard hit Southern States to rethink their policies. My advice would be timeout and maybe go back to a prior checkpoint and from that point try to proceed in a very measured, prudent way, according to the guidelines. If we do that, i think we can control the surging that were seeing in those states. For the other states, i would say please take a look at the example of what happens when you open in a way that might be too quickly. Now, amidst all of this, the cdc is issuing new guidelines that push for American Children back into the classroom. Dr. Robert redfield saying
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