Die from coronavirus. Yet some less than serious recommendations from the president that defy medical science. Americas medical leaders saying multiple hundreds of thousands could die in this country without a national plan. The president indicating hes not in the mood to rethink his push to reopen schools and keep the economy open and arguing against his own doctors and Clinical Trials the president saying hes a believer recommending the use of hydroxychloroquine. He says hes a believer this morning and that the drug saves lives. The science, trials, evidence, says thats simply not true. Positives if you look at data measured against last week. We break down the numbers in a moment. 64,000plus new infections per day over the last weeks in july alone, 1 million 660,000 plus cases in the u. S. A law to pass 150,000 coronavirus deaths. 1,244 people just on tuesday. Thats the most since the end of may. In july, 21,000 americans lost their lives to the virus. Straight to the white house and cnns kaitlan collins. Interesting to see the president today, interesting, my word. I could use other words. Pushing hydroxychloroquine once again. Yesterday saying much of the country is coronavirusfree. Not true. Reporter also defending that doctor he retweeted when yesterday he seemed not aware of the claims that woman had made prior to that. Comments about saying that medicine uses alien dna, that doctors are trying to come up with a vaccine to make you immune from becoming religious. Things like that we discussed with the president yesterday. Even now aware of those things, she said, john we asked the president if he stood by those claims, if he regretted retweeting what he had earlier in the day and this is what he said this morning. Without hydroxychloroquine and other doctors that clarified it. They think its great. I happen to be a believer in hydroxychloroquine. I used it. I had no problem. I happen to be a believer. Many, many people agree with me. John, the president saying there he could not understand why that video featuring that doctor was removed from social media sites including youtube, twitter and facebook, of course, they removed it because of misinformation, like the woman the president called an impressive doctors saying there is a cure for covid19 which, of course, we and all the medical experts and the people suffering from coronavirus know that is certainly not the case. We should note also the group of doctors the woman was featured in the video with did meet with the Vice President this week. Though that woman at the forefront, the one who made the controversial, bizarre claims in the past was not at that meeting we , we are told. The Vice President s office has not explained why they did hold that meeting. An explanation we shall wait for. Appreciate the reporting. Hot spots. Map improving to some degree. Start with the state trends. You see 50 states. You see here, you see, yes, 22 saints. Orange and red, heading up. Meaning more cases this week than last. With us a week ten daysation, talking 38 states heading up. This map, an improvement. 18 states, the beige holding stea steady. 10 going down, notably texas and arizona parts of the drive of the big summer surge. Florida and California Holding steady. Their case counts have been the drive in the summer surge. The map looks a bit better. Walk through the timeline. Peak in cases. Go back to april. 34,000 case as day you see. 34,000, 36,000 here. Plateau and july. Its become 61, 77, but tuesday, 61, down from july 16th, 77. The we, if a plateau, it we push it down a bit . Hot spot states dr. Deborah birx says is now it sgining to improve. Showed you trends on the stape map, florida, texas, california, arizona. Driving the big case numbers and the hospitalization numbers and they are improving according to data at the moment. Hope that continues, but dr. Birx also says red zone states to watch. There are many, virginia, georgia, texas, indiana and idaho. Smaller states the most part but still states to watch as you go through all this. Come back to the state trend map here and you see in the middle, the dark red. That means your case count this week is 50 higher than last week. The state of missouri right here. The city of st. Louis, danger becoming a hot spot. If it doesnt get its cases under control that is the word from there. Daily high covid19 cases yesterday, ninth time this month in the state of missouri. White House Task Force coordinator warning st. Louis along with ten other cities to get more aggressive to stop spread of the virus. With me, director of the st. Louis health department. What is it you think you need to do, sir . And are you on the same page at the would us . The white house put cities on a list. Touched base with the cities and they say, they havent told us . Reporter a great point. The conversation with the white house, and strategy they recommended we already had in place. For example, ensuring that Face Covering requirements for all citizens in the city of st. Louis as well as socially distancing requirements. A lot of those strategies were already implemented. However, this week we are stepping up and making additional enforcements for businesses that are not complying with those requirements. And what is your biggest problem at the moment . Is it people just getting lazy, if you will . Dropping down their guard . Is the economy reopening, businesses not complying . What do you see as the case count goes up, whats the Biggest Issue . The issue is the population thats impacted by covid19. Early on, identified most populous and right now seeing younger pop pew lation u populous and right now seeing younger pop pew lation lations impacted. June 26th and july 27th, 64 cases were under age 40. A lot of these individuals dont have underlying medical conditions. Felt few symptoms if any and so they can underestimate the seriousness of covid19 infection. Were doing a better job, more effective job, trying to reach those individuals so we can continue to slow the spread and further protect not only our Public Health system but also the Hospital Systems and most vulnerable communities, particularly the elderly who live in congregated settings. And interesting. Summer vacation season anyway, now having conversations whether kids can go back to school. Listen to the view of dr. Anthony fauci. In many respects unfortunately, though this may sound a little scary and harsh. I dont mean it to be that way. Its that youre going to be actually part of the experiment of the learning curve of what we need to know. It does sound a little harsh. I get dr. Faucis point. People, kids go back to school we will learn what happens. Where are you in the city of st. Louis and walk through the challenge. Youre one of the many urban areas Everyone Wants children back in the classroom. The Public Health risk, you think, keep them home. Look at food and health disparity, might be better to have them at the school. How are you wrestling with this . A very complex situation. Particularly in the city of st. Louis where we have approximately 25 , a little more than that, individuals living at or below the federal target level. In addition to that individuals who may, that have some level of illiteracy. A very complicated situation were trying to navigate through, but we have to make sure that quality education is available for everyone. In addition to making sure resources are available for our must vulnerable populations. One requirement we made for all schools in the city of st. Louis, they have Infection Control plans so in the event someone tests positive for coronavirus whether staff or students, protocols in place to make sure the situation is properly investigated and the proper control measures implemented to prevent further spread in that facility. Doctor frederic echols, grateful for your time and wish you best of luck in the challenges days ahead. Thank you. Appreciate it very much. Up next, russia says its a Global Leader and will roll out a Coronavirus Vaccine in the fall. Right now, there are over a million Walmart Associates doing their best to keep our nation going. Because despite everything thats changed, one thing hasnt and thats our devotion to you and our communities. Our priority will always be to keep you and our associates safe, while making sure you can still get the essentials you need. She always wanted her smile to shine. Now, she uses a capful of therabreath healthy smile oral rinse to give her the healthy, sparkly smile she always wanted. crowd cheering therabreath, its a better mouthwash. At walmart, target and other fine stores. A big global coronavirus developments including an exponential spike in cases in india. Today a grim milestone. 1. 5 million cases. It took six months to get to the 1 million mark and just 12 days to add 500,000 more new cases. More of the global ed hnews fro international correspondents. Reporter officials calling it a technological leap, like the launch into pace with the first satellite, russian officials telling cnn they intend to approve the first Coronavirus Vaccine by august 10th. So soon because apparently Scientists Say theyre using tried and tested technology, but also critics say because of the enormous pressure put on labs by the kremlin to get across the vaccine line and conventions on human trials being ignored. Russian Officials Say crucial third phase trials, for instance, will take place, while the back scene is actually being administered to highrisk groups like frontline medical staff. Its risky, fueling skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of this russian vaccine, but given the huge coronavirus problem in russia, fourth highest number in the world, its a risk authorities here say theyre willing to take. Matthew chance, cnn, moscow. Reporter here in the uk, the back scene for covid19 may not give lifetime immunity. The chair for the uk governments Vaccine Task Force was speaking to the Financial Times and said she thinks its unlikely theyll be a socalled Silver Bullet vaccine. Instead said its more likely scientists will develop a vaccine with one year immunity and require boosters each year that follow. She says its possible a vaccine will simply mitigate the symptoms of coronavirus and reduce the rick of death meanwhile, the uk government announcing a new deal to secure up to 60 million doses for a vaccine developed by glaxosmithkline and the government signed deals with four different vaccine candidates. Potentially giving it access to 250 million doses if, of course, these vaccine candidates are successful in human trials. Reporting for cnn. Reporter here in asia, the number of new covid19 infections is rising, and while the numbers are pretty small compared to other places they are a big cause of concern for governments here. In china, they saw a biggest daily spike in active cases since april. 101 infections report the most spread within the community as opposed to april when a lot came in from the outside. Keep in mind china has 1. 4 billion people. The numbers are still very small by comparison to other braplace. Here in hong kong, 101 new cases. 7 million living in this densely populated city and warnings the city is own a verge of a largescale Community Outbreak if they dont get it under control and the strictest measures seen so far during this pandemic. Japan, 191 new cases, another reaily high for them and new cases reported at u. S. Military bases. Majority in okinawa. Japan, if it stays on trend could hit 33,000 case s as soon os tomorrow. Will ripley, cnn, hong kong. Reporter here in tijuana, mexico, they effect effects of the outbreak before many other parts. Speaking to doctors and nurses for months who said at times their hospitals have ocome clos to collapsing. The reason several people we spoke to recently said they didnt get care for covid but went across the border to Southern California to a u. S. Hospital. They have a legal right to be in the United States but its a growing trend. And chula vista, california, were told that hospital is near or at capacity for months in part because of patients from across the border. In july alone admitted more than 50 Covid Patients who recently had come from mexico. The hospital says the vast majority of patients who travel from mexico test positive. Of course, thats putting a strain on the Health Care System in california that is already under considerable stress. I spoke to one doctor who said, look, zero qualms treating people from mexico. This is the border. We share everything. Culture, commerce, even covid care. Reporting for cnn in mexico. Reporter here in germany the government is ramping up efforts to support development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The German Research minister said germany will give grants from a fund worth almost 900 million to three labs currently trying to development vaccines. German american cooperation of b biotech and pfizer. They warn there could be setbacks and a vaccine my not be widely available to the public until 2021. All this as theres a spike in Coronavirus Infections and the government making tests mandatory for people coming in to the country from what they call highrisk areas. Among those also the United States. Germany currently that capacity to contact 1. 2 million coronavirus tests, it says, every week. Fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. Up next for us, air force one and the president heads out. No masks. Big news on capitol hill today. Republican congressman due to travel to texas with the president , instead here because he tested positive for the coronavirus. Louie gohmert tested at the white house before traveling with the president. Cnn manu raju live on capitol hill with this news. Note worthie because one of the republican lawmakers not a fan of wearing the mask. Reporter refuses to wear a mask on the house floor. Its been going on several weeks now. I spent a lot of time watching him interact on the floor. He spends a lot of time on the floor during votes. Goes up to member, chitchats extensively does not wear a mask and refused to wear one, and i asked him just a few weeks ago why is he not wearing a mask. He told me that he doesnt have the coronavirus and said if i get it youll never see me without a mask. I told him, well, you can still spread it, not have symptoms and thats why the public experts, Health Experts say wear a mask. He said, im not i keep getting tested i dont have it and am not afraid of you. But if i get it ill wear a mask and wouldnt answer a question when last tested but he was tested this morning, you mentioned, john, on the way to texas. He hoped to travel with the president on air force one in that preflight screening essentially informed him he tested positive for the virus. A lot of people on capitol hill are reacting to this, because of the fact that he has not been conveyoring a mask and interacting with his members. Including in the House Judiciary Committee yesterday where he interacted after the hearing with bill barr, the attorney general, and gohmert was not wearing a mask. Barr, were told now getting tested to see if he is testing positive. The chairman, jerry nadler, says it should be a lesson for all members, tweeted he wishes gohmert a speedy recovery but when individuals refuse to take the necessary precautions it puts everyone at risk. Regularly instructed all members to wear their masks and hope this is a lesson by all of my colleagues. There is a rule in the house committees that members must wearing a masks. Members of the chairman of committees can admonish members and refuse to recognize them if they dont wear a mask. Weve seen it come to head in several proceedings. On the floor, a different story. There are no rules about wearing masks. Its harder to enforce. The Health Capitol physician strongly recommends members wearing a masks but gohmert has not taken that recommendation, not worn a mask interacted with his members and as result testing positive a lot of members ask, what its next for them . Well see how they react and whether or not there was any spreading of this virus, john. Highpowered Contact Tracing under way because of that test result. Manu raju live on the house. Another big story a hearing about to get under way. Tech ceos facing very tough questions from members of congress. When i wake up in the morning, im black. Throughout my day, im black. When i go to bed, im still black. You wont always know that im a police officer, because im not always at work. But you will always know that i am black. Now its time to make sure that there is change, because the world is watching. Essential for sewing, but maybe not needles. 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