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Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live i am eugene scott a political reporter of the Washington Post and i would like to welcome our first guest this morning assistant Health Secretary at hhs and a member of president Trumps Coronavirus Task force admiral brett, thank you so much for joining me. Good morning it is great to be here with you this morning, thank you for the invitation. I got that correct right. I am from deep down in louisiana and thats pretty darn close, that is a great first try at that. Great, admiral you the white house and lead developer of the hhs wire Public Health policy recommendation so i was hoping you could give us an overview of the Current Situation on the ground today. The situation on the ground with the pandemic, i think everyone understands that similar to where we were post memorial day, we had a significant increase in the number of cases, the hospitalizations are starting to go up as well and we do however, know how to defeat the pandemic to
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So far police have not said if theyre looking for a possible suspect. Im at the live news desk tracking reaction from a very bold tweet from the president this morning taking a live look from the white house. The president is suggesting we postpone the elections this year about voter fraud. He tweeted universal mail in voting is good. Referring to undermining the election process and the u. S. Postal service that deals with the mail in ballots. Michelle. Anne, thank you. The stock market is down thanks to grim new economic reports now taking a look at big board and the dow is down about 230 points. And on capital hill, negotiations over a new bill to stabilize the economy amid the pandemic have stalled. Skyler henry has the latest from washington. Coronavirus shut downs across the country led to the worst Quarterly Economic report ever recorded. Second quarter u. S. Gross domestic product plunged a record 32. 9 . If we go back to the great recession, i think our worst quarter was down