Decisions that fit our community, and for the selma community, this was the right decision and its the right course moving forward. And here is the Church Leader out of georgia who is shutting down sundays service, despite what the white house says. Were for our communities and we dont want to accidentally do something to our communities. And here is the local judge in texas whos taking over the county testing operation, because he cant wait any longer for the federal government to catch up. So it wasnt working at all. Were going to take it over. Were going to do those tests in two days or less. Turn around in two days or less, and we appreciate the federal offer but i politely decline. Theyre stepping up, because they are left with no other option. Clearly. Considering that the president continues to say, were in a good place, with taking on the virus. And continues to try to change the subject. Remember . He went to go talk about infrastructure . But you cant press, cannot press release your way out of this. Nearly every state is seeing a rise in cases week to week and even more concerning, look at this graph of people with covid requiring hospital care. This is a hospitalization rate we see in the country now showing the country is almost back to where we were in april. Not a place anyone wants to return to. In addition to the lack of leadership from the president , also not helping are a handful of governors still taking his lead. Governors in some of the hardesthit state. Take georgia, where the governor banned cities and counties in the state from implementing mask requirements leaving the mayor of savannah the first local official in georgia to issue a Face Covering order declaring this it is visually official. Governor kemp does not give a damn about us. So they are left to go it alone in savannah, which is at the moment the unfortunate overarching message in america. You are on your own. How does that work with a virus . An invisible enemy that knows no Political Party and no physical boundary . See how thats working out today in florida. Cnns rosa flores from miami joining us now. Whats the latest there . Reporter Florida Department of state 14,000 coronavirus and the state breaking its record for most deaths reported within 24 hours. 156. Thats 156 families today mourning their loved ones. This as the city of miami mayor Francis Suarez announced today during a press conference that hospitals in his city are at 95 capacity. So what is driving the surge according to the mayor . Individuals that are between ages of 18 and 34. What about transmission . According to the mayor he says most of the transmission is through households. Here is how the mayor describeds situation at hospitals in his city. Were at the highest level of hostation weve seen throughout this pandemic. Highest level of leventilators through the pandemic, an indication of the death rate that will increases most likely over the next couple of weeks. Reporter now, the mayor expressing his concern, because as these numbers continue to grow and surge, that, of course, means more people could end up in the hospital system. So to give you a clearer picture of whats going on inside these hospital systems, here are a statement we received from Jackson Health that says Jackson Health system has continued increasing icu capacity by converting beds and equipment and deploying staff. We are also not admitting new cases if their medical needs can wait. Our focus now is on caring for Covid Patients who require hospitalization, and those patients with true emergencies. Kate, when you hear a hospital say we are not admitting new cases with medical needs, that can wait, you know its a dire situation. Kate . Absolutely. Rosa, thank you so much. Turn to texas now. Despite another recordbreaking day of cases and deaths, just yesterday, the governor continues to resist calls from local officials s to slow down even shut back down. The governor saying texas does not need to. People are panicking thinking im about to shut down texas again. The answer is, no. That is not the goal. Ive been abundantly clear saying exactly what the head of cdc said today. The head of cdc said today, if everyone can adopt the practice of wearing a face mask the next four weeks, we will be able to get covid19 under control. Tell you, though, the local officials in texas that you talk to, they say thats actually not the case. There needs to be more. Is that enough . Look at the new projection model out of Harris County, texas, including houston and what direction its headed. If only the current measures stay in place. Its that dotted blue line right there. Thats terrifying. Joining me now is dr. David rubin, director of policy lab at Childrens Hospital philadelphia. The group behind the projection model and a cnn senior medical analyst and commissioner of health for new york city. Thank you for being here. Dr. Rubin, your projection in Harris County in texas is jarring. Described it as a deteriorating situation. How so . Well, you know, i think were doing a lot of messaging around universal masks which is really important. But people are underestimating just how much distancing is going to be required to contain transmission and those areas like houston, texas, now, with a runaway epidemic, i think a strong argument can be made for significant mitigation efforts, even shutting down for a few weeks before resuming. I would call smarter reopening that would be very focused limiting gathering size, indoor restaurant occupancy and closure of bars and nightclubs. That is not the type of reopening we saw in texas the first time around. Very clearly. Thats for sure. Doctor, often what dr. Rubin is saying, is this what we see, does this does this make the case Crystal Clear that governors have to do more . They have to lead more. It cant just be local jurisdiction to local jurisdiction . Because the virus isnt stopping. Well, theres been a complete abdication of leadership from the president on down. Which is really unfortunate, in states like georgia, as we heard, not only are they abd kating their duty, theyre obstructing what mayors and others are trying to do in their local areas. If youre going to talk about we want to take a local approach that this epidemic in the country, at least let local officials do their jobs. Even that is being obstructed at this stage. Doctor, also seeing increasing risk once again heading north, you call out places like in maryland and virginia. D. C. Even to new jersey and back to new york city, and i want to show folks a look at the projection model you have for baltimore to see how difficult the next four weeks really could be there. I mean, is this virus just pingponging across the country, because of the 50 different strategies in 50 different states . I dont know how much more clearer people need to see that its not working. Other than looking at these projection models now the virus is once in the northeast. Now traveling to the south, the midwest and west, and now as your projection model shows seeing trouble once again in the east. Absolutely. I think we know now that we are failing, because of the lack of national standards. Even within states to protect communities around them. Breaks my heart to see areas like new orleans really begin to deteriorate. Breaks my heart areas around kansas city. Even the colorado region now seeing evidence that things are starting to worsen a bit, but the northeast is something that people need to really Pay Attention to. The lack of significant mitigation efforts in the south, theres just pulsing the rest of the country now. Particularly up the atlantic seaboard. Weve seen areas in maryland and virginia certainly the d. C. Metro area looking more like North Carolina this week than they do, like counterparts to the north. In philadelphia, just beginning to see the surge that has started already down in the d. C. And the baltimore area, and were now seeing significant increases in risk throughout the counties throughout the new york city metro area and i think the public would be surprised given all the hard work theyve done that its back. Resurgence has begun. Now is the time for decisive action. Weve got schools that were supposed to reopen here around labor day. The public will not send their kids to school, teachers will not return to school unless there is confidence we can get this back under control. This really is a time of sacrifice that people have to act, what are we trying to accomplish in the next six weeks . And is it realistic to get our communities back to a place where we can feel safe opening after labor day . I think you hit on something thats been lacking in many places which is setting a clear goal. Setting a clear goal from state to state. Clear messaging on what that goal is and how it can be attainable in this projected time frame, if we do the following which is following the science and following the data. Which is so clearly laid out, dr. Rubin. And doctor rubin mentioned maryland. The republican governor of maryland larry hogan made it pretty clear in an oped in the Washington Post today he has essentially given up on the federal response. You talked to this, this kind of gets exactly to your point. At one point in the oped talking about problems with testing kind of overall and said this eventually it was clear waiting around for the president to run the nations response was hopeless. Delayed longer condemning more of our citizens to suffering and death. That is a republican governor. Are you in a place, doctor, especially leaning on your experience with in york city with the health department, are you ready to declare the federal response a failure . In new york, its really been the new york response that controlled the virus. Whether the new york state or the new york City Response that youre talking about. You know, i am concerned this is one, huge game of whackamole across the country and rear here in new york city after all the work weve done and all of the effort weve made and slowly on a scientific basis lifting each of our phases of lockdown measures, that were already dealing with a situation where our control of the virus is again in peril. Were already seeing an uptick in transmission in cases among the 20something year olds unfortunately in the area a bit more laxed about their practices of social distancing and wearing masks, and now as you mention, all throughout the area around us, the surrounding counties, there has also ban increaeen an in cases. I hoped our second peak here in new york wouldnt hit until october, november, im very fearful its come ag month or two earlier than that. Yeah. It is a problem for all sorts of things. Number one especially, dr. Rubin points out what that means for getting kids safely back into schools. Thank you both for being here. Appreciate it. Coming up for you the cdc finds that the u. S. Travel ban on europe came too late for new york city. New yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo joins me next. Plus, President Trump makes a big change to the top of his campaign team. Now, simparica trio simplifies protection. Ticks and fleas . See ya heartworm disease . No way simparica trio is the first chewable that delivers all this protection. And simparica trio is demonstrated safe for puppies. Its simple go with simparica trio. This drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures; use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. Protect him with all your heart. 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The study determined by march 8th the virus was in new york and by march 15th Community Transmission always widespread in new york city. Joining me by the phone right now is new york Governor Andrew Cuomo. Governor, thanks for jumping on the line. I really appreciate it. Getting on so quickly. So the cdc now says that the travel ban came too late. It was already in and spreading in new york city. What is your reaction to that . Well, thanks. Good to be with you, kate, this afternoon. Look, we knew that in new york. I had been saying it, but its a damning admission by the cdc. The cdc is a federal agency. Its the president s agency. And they admitted in their report today clearly that the virus came, the federal government missed it. They were all looking at china. The virus had gone from china to europe, mutated in europe, came to new york. They traced the strains back to europe. And the president talks about his travel ban against china, and travel ban against europe. It was too little, too late. He closed the barn door after the proverbial horse was gone, and what happened in new york didnt need to happen. It was a clear federal failure. The president s Campaign Spokesman was just asked about this report, and actually turned it around and said that you acted too late and you deserve blame. I want to play this for you, governor. Listen to hogan gidley. Lets talk about too late for a minute. Governor cuomo is to blame for two late. 65 of the cases in the country can be traced back to seeding in new york city because the governor refused to listen to the president and quite frankly ill norred consider ignored cdc clean the subways and finally shut down subways only shut down a few to be funneled into a tiger place making it easier to seed this virus spread across the country. Governor, do you want to respond to that . Yeah. I dont know who he is or what hes talking about. I didnt close down any subways ever. His problem and the president s problem are the facts. The cdc is a federal agency. The cdc is a federal agency and says the virus came from europe and the travel ban was too late. So mr. Trumps problem and his Campaign Managers problem is their own government. Their own health officials. Its the facts. Its the science. They have been in denial from day one. Thought they would handle the virus politically. You cant. The virus does not respond to politics. The virus responds ton science and medicine, and let them learn the lesson, because theyre still doing it. Thousands of americans are dieing who dont need to die. Look at the increase in the 40 states. This is now seven months after theyve been on notice, and we still dont have the science in place and the testing and the tracing. Thats whats killing people. The denial of the virus and the incompetence of the government is whats killing people. And they should listen to their own health officials. This is no conspiracy. Im not saying anything. Its their cdc. Their cdc is saying it. Governor, you have been taking some heat for celebrating what you call kind of crushing the curve. Ive heard you say that many time. You said that the country is going to talk about what new york did for decades. To tame the beast. Also for a poster you put out earlier this week kind of celebrating what new york accomplished. The country, as you know, governor, is objectively nowhere near through this crisis. Are you celebrating too soon . Oh, were not set bratie ce all. That was mr. Tappers misconstruction in his own political interpretation, whichever you want to allow. No. Not at all. What were saying, new yorkers did step up and did flatten the curve. That is a fact. The people of new york unified. The people of new york were disciplined. They helped each other. And they did it. We went from the worst infection rate in the country to the best. To the lowest. That is a fact. Good for new yorkers. I applaud new yorkers. Im proud to applaud new yorkers. Unfortunately, were now afraid that the virus is going to have a second wave. Right. Not the second wave they talked about but its going to rebound because all of these other states have such a high infection rate and the people are coming to new york. Were trying to impose a quarantine, et cetera, but im very afraid of an increase in the infection rate because of whats happening in the other states, and thats why i want the federal government to wake up and do their job. Governor, i want to throw that poster up one more times for folks so they know what were talking ak. One point my colleague jake pointed out was that theres a lot in this poster that youll put out, but it doesnt it doesnt also mention how there are more deaths than any other state, than any other state than new york. Do you think the poster was a mistake in the midst of all this . No. Tappers point, you just heard from the cdc report, tapper should say that trump is to blame for the virus coming to new york, because thats the fact. Thats what the cdc just said. If trumps government had done its job, the virus wouldnt have come here. We dont do governors dont do Global Pandemics. I was trying to explain that to mr. Tapper. State governments dont do Global Public health. Thats not in the state charter. The federal government does that. The virus didnt come here because of anything new yorkers did. The virus came here because the federal government missed it. What the cdc, the federal government, says today. We then had to deal with it, and new yorkers did. They did they came together like never before. Good for new yorkers. And i can tell you as a born and bred new yorker, ive never seen them do that. Ive never seen them come together like that before. And if mr. Tapper doesnt think that new yorkers did something great, i disagree with mr. Tapper. I know that jake thinks new yorkers did great things. I do not believe that he was trying to disparage the efforts that you or anyone in new york i