Jeffrey epstein and minors. Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing in the past. We want to begin this hour in texas where the number of coronavirus cases is exploding. Between june 8th and june 21th, there have been about 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in texas alone. And that is just in those three weeks. Harris county, home to houston, is the hardest hit in the state with over 32,000 cases so far. That is where we find Msnbcs David Gura live outside the houston medical center. David, good talk to you again. Obviously, staggering numbers there. Houston attempting to try to deal with this ballooning number of cases. Do they have enough testing, you think, and resources to meet the need of those being hospitalized . Let me talk about testing first if i could, ayman. Three ways to get tested in this community. Theres a city of houston testing apparatus. Sites around the city you can go online to to try to get an appointment at. Theres often a long line to get through there. They test about 5
Switching gears, as we head into the holiday weekend, a new record for coronavirus cases in the u. S. On wednesday, more than 50,000 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours for the very first time. According to the new york times, that is the fifth record in the past eight days. In all, there have been nearly 2. 7 million cases and more than 129,000 americans have lost their lives from coronavirus. To stop the spread, the governor of california has reimposed a lockdown in a total of 19 counties closing bars and other businesses for the next three weeks. And pennsylvania has joined at least a dozen other states mandating face masks must be warn in public. In all, at least 19 states have put their reopening plans on pause or started to roll them back. I promise that will impact the economy. Texas is one of the states thats been reversing course as cases and hospitalizations hit another alltime high yesterday. My colleague david gura is in houston. David, were the hospitals ready for th
With Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to viewers around the world. It is friday, 6 00 in new york. You got me all the way to friday, so thank you. We need it until 6 00 p. M. Copy keep me going. This morning the leading Health Infectious disease doctor said im not pleased with how things are going. The numbers dont lie. More than 1,000 deaths in the United States over the last 24 hours, and thats the average. Over the last three weeks. Today california will be the first state to surpass 600,000 cases. President trump, i wonder what will happen for him now. He insists schools should not be pressured into reopening. Dr. Fauci is talking about the rising positivity tests, and he told us that rising positivity is a sign of serious potential problems on the horizon. This morning its clearer than ever that President Trump is trying to suppress your right to vote. Mr. Trump continues spreading lies about mailin voting after admitting hes opposed to giving the Postal Service more money
Country, of course, in this country and everywhere, and salivabased testing could be everywhere. A top researcher joined us last hour. Weve done studies that give us very high confidence that the test is accurate and effective. We are in an allout blitz to make this as available as possible. So how do the americans see the u. S. Response . A new poll this morning show americans approval of President Trumps handling of the crisis at an alltime low. Seven in ten americans embarrassed, in fact, at how the u. S. Has handled this pandemic. Lets begin with cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. You look at this new polling. The other headline figure unable to get a vaccine. 56 , you need far more than that to make it effective. Right. I think the assumption, jim, at the beginning of this is that the folks, the scientists and government officials developing a vaccine was hey, well develop a vaccine and hopefully it will work and people will get it. That last part that people will g
This report says symptombased test kg underestimate the true prevalence of covid in prisons and jails. For those planning on hopping a plane, our senior medical correspondent joins us. What have we learned . Reporter during the pandemic, there have been so many questions about whether or not its safe to fly in an airplane. Sign t scientists at mit decided to do a modeling study and what they found is the chances are 1 in 4300 if everyone is wearing a mask. Now, the risk goes down to about one in 7700 if the middle seat is left empty. So, the bottom line is it appears to be, perhaps, safer than some people thought but airli airlines do require you to wear a mask. Anderson. Thanks very much. Floridas governor wants schools to open. The Largest Teachers Union wants to keep schools closed. All the while the coronavirus numbers rising, floridas latest numbers are grim, more than 10,000 have lost their lives to coronavirus and close to 600,000 have the virus. Rosa flores is in miami. So, wha