Increasing pressure on schools all across the United States to reopen with the president tweeting that he may actually cut off funding to schools that dont reopen. Vice president pence says the cdc will be changing its School Reopening guidelines after the president publicly criticized them as too tough and too expensive. Lets begin with the breaking news out of california right now. Cnns nick watt is in los angeles for us. Nick, i understand the governor Just Announced some very disturbing new numbers. Reporter he did, wolf. And they are the number of people in the hospital with covid19. You cant argue with it. Its a fact. You cant just say it was more testing. And in the past two weeks the number of people in the hospital here in california is up 44 . Here in l. A. County they just told us they are concerned death rates will rise as well. And they are telling School Districts here, listen, its going to be prudent of you to get a learning Distance Plan in place just in case. And thats
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
Not on the same page as the president. And the finish line is a long way off. The cdc today says the number of people infected with coronavirus far exceeds the number of reported cases in some of the states that are hardest hit by the pandemic, saying the actual number of those infected is anywhere from two to 13 times higher than the reported rates for some regions i will speak to Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman karen bass later this hour on the fight for relief funding and her standing in joe bidens Vice President ial search. We begin in washington with nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost kristen welker, msnbc correspondent kasie hunt, and Washington Post columnist euge Eugene Robinson and reporter jonathan lemire. Kristen, we dont know if the Task Force Members will be there, this could just be a president ial press difference. Our latest guidance, andrea, is that what well most likely see is President Trump at the podium by himself so it will be a president
Infections were reported. The state currently has more than 414,000 known covid cases. Right now, the state with the most active cases is california where just yesterday alone 159 people lost their life to the virus. And big news from the fda right now. They just authorized the first diagnostic test to screen people who may be asymptomatic. Officials say that test may go a long way in helping schools and workplaces eventually reopen. First, lets go to florida right now where 50 hospitals are reporting they have already reached icu capacity. Rosa florez is in miami for us. Rosa, 8 of those hospitals are in Miamidade County where you are. So, what is the governor, ron desantis, saying about these dramatic spikes . Reporter you know, wolf, Governor Ron Desantis maintains that the number of cases in his state have stabilized. If you look at the numbers this past week for about four days the numbers were at or around 10,000. For the past two days, those numbers have spiked over 12,000. I as
World with another day of soaring numbers. Also anger on the streets of america. The situation in the flashpoint city of portland, oregon, for you. Also, a hero os final journey. America begins a long, sad goodbye to the late congressman, john lewis. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Im michael holmes. Lets start with brazil. It recorded 50,000 new cases on saturday, for the fourthstraight day. The country already has the secondhighest case count in the world, according to johns hopki hopkins. Thats not stopping the president from taking off his mask in public. Mexicos president , meanwhile, says a mask isnt, quote, scientifically proven to help. So, he just wont wear one. Health experts disagree, strongly. That country, mexico, reported 67 new cases and has the fourthhighest death toll in the world. And it seems the threat is not over in vietnam. For the first time in 100 days, it has a locally transmitted infectio infection, after fighting the virus extremely successfully. The u. S. Reporting