27 states have now paused or rolled back their reopenings. Hospitals nationwide continue to be pushed to their limits. Were now just 1,000 patients away from the peak that we reached in april. Think about that. And when it comes to testing, one major lab said americans could wait as long as two weeks to learn their results. All of this is happening as President Trump steps before the media in just a couple of hours for his First White House briefing on the pandemic since late april. In the months that followed, the u. S. Added nearly 3 million cases and 90,000 deaths. And while dr. Deborah birx was present for trumps last appearance, the coordinator may not be there today. That is according to dr. Fauci who tells cnn neither he nor birx have even been told if they should be there in a couple of hours. Well get back to that. Let me start off in florida where the state is reporting more than 9400 new cases today, that is a slight drop from yesterday but new data shows the number of avail
Thwarting any attempt by this country to Contact Trace and stop the virus not one of the task force doctors has said they will be there at the briefing. Here are the voices to hear from, the task force coordinator, the surgeon general, the heads of the cdc or the fda and leading Infectious Disease authority dr. Fauci saying this to npr this morning. Will you be there . You know, i dont know. I cant guarantee that. Thats up to the white house. I would imagine that i would be at least in on some of them but we have not heard anything definitive yet. I would be more than happy to be there and if not thats okay, too, as long as we get the message across. You will only be seeing the president who we just learned is getting tested for coronavirus multiple times a day even as his administration fails to produce a National Testing strategy and as he ignores guidance to stay safe. Lets get now to White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins for us. If no members of the task force are attending who
Mask mandate, that is something the Iowa Governor still refuses to implement. Is President Trump concerned about this . It doesnt appear so. He was just over the border in wisconsin yesterday and did not mention coronavirus whatsoever, not a single word. And yet another sign of the federal governments chaotic response to coronavirus, a medical panel at the national i institute of health is contradicting President Trump and the fda saying there is no evidence to support the use of convalescent plasma to treat covid patients. Lets talk about that in a second. But new research does show that steroids may imapproval the survival rate. Liz wed Elizabeth Cohen is standing by with that. What does the analysis show. They found that steroids do appear to save lives and this is confirming something doctors have known for some time. I remember talking to doctors in new york city back in march and they said, look, were using steroids because they worked in other situations with other viruses. Were
Election. With more disinformation today as key states like georgia inch closer to certifying that trump lost. As Republican Leaders stand by the president s attempts to disrupt the transition and tear down the republic, current and former Administration Officials are doing what this white house wont, reaching out to president elect joe biden. Welcome to thursday. Its meet the press daily. We are searching for somebody to fill a leadership vacuum. Im chuck todd. The white house announced, believe it or not, a stunning announcement that members of the White House Coronavirus task force will be allowed to hold an actual public briefing this afternoon. This is the first time theyve done this since july. Roughly 100,000 of americans have died of this virus since then. To be clear, we dont know which Task Force Officials will be speaking publicly, whether its the real ones or somebody like scott atlas. But the fact theyre holding one, i guess, is a sign of some acknowledgement of what the r
Pandemic recession. This vaccine could be an assist to the next president , navigating the next several months until it is available is a giant Public Health and economic challenge. Early data suggests Moderna Vaccine is 95. 5 effective. Truly outstanding the way dr. Fauci frames preliminary results. President trumps reaction, tweets historians better give him credit. The news comes at a bleak moment in the pandemic fight. 11 million cases, 246,000 american deaths, 45 of 50 states trending the wrong way. 13 consecutive days with 100,000 plus new infections. The Vice President leads a coronavirus call with the nations governors. The president cant be bothered with such things. Multiple Task Force Officials now publicly confirm the president has not physically met with the nations top coronavirus experts in five months. In those five months, nearly 9 million new infections and 126,000 american lives lost. Dr. Fauci this morning says the virus is not going to call timeout, which is why we