He calls the guidelines impractical, very tough and expensive. The president wants schools open starting next month so parents can go back to their jobs. A necessary step to fully reopen the economy. Vice president mike pence reinforcing that message but with a different tone. The president said today we just dont want the guidance to be too tough. Thats the reason why next week cdcs going to be issuing a new set of tools. More now from White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Reporter pushing for schools to reopen, President Trump is already turning to heavyhanded tactics threatening to cut funding to reluctant schools and dismissing some of his administrations own Public Health experts. Falsely accusing democrats of opposing School Reopenings across the board, the president tweeting, may cut off funding if not open. What you heard from the president is just his determination to provide the kind of leadership from the federal level that says were going to get our kids back to school because thats where they belong. Reporter democrats and republicans on capitol hill telling cnn the president doesnt have that unilateral authority. Vice president mike pence downplayed the threat. Well respect the unique communities that may have challenges, rising cases and rising positivity. Reporter suggesting they will push financial incentives for schools that open their doors. The president also slamming the cdcs reopening guidelines calling them very tough and expensive tweeting they are asking schools to do very impractical things. Cdc director Robert Redfield defending but also downplaying those guidelines. I want to make it very clear that it was not the intent of cdcs guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. Remember, its guidance. Its not requirements. Reporter and with the cdc preparing to release new guidelines next week, redfield decline to go say if pressure from the president is overriding the science. We will continue to develop and evolve our guidance to meet the needs of the schools and the states. Reporter also in the president s cross hairs the current state is really not good. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci. I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Reporter it was the latest sign of tensions between the president and the doctor Americans Trust most amid this pandemic. The fallout at the Coronavirus Task force briefing, dr. Fauci notably absent. And while dr. Fauci didnt attend the task force briefing, we are told he did attend the Task Force Meeting before hand. He didnt join from the department of education like other officials. Instead a source familiar is told dr. Fauci was told to attend from the situation room listening in remotely from the white house there by not being able to attend. Thats notable because we have seen the president and dr. Fa i fauci, theyre raising serious concerns while the president is trying to downplay and undermine the science as well as Public Health officials. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Thank you so much for that. As jeremy mentioned, with fauci nowhere to be seen at wednesdays briefing, kaylee mca nane any asked if he was about to be shown the door. Does he have confidence . The president has confidence in the conclusions of his medical experts but its up to him to determine what to do with that information and to take what we hear from awe dr. Fauci, dr. Birx and come to the ultimate consensus thats best for the country. President trump has been publicly accusing dr. Fauci on waffling. Often at times when fauci is providing a very frank assessment of whats happening in the country, the president insists he is better off ignoring experts and trusting his own instingtsz. Vice president mike pence says he is seeing improvements in the fight against coronavirus. We are actually seeing early indication of a percent of positive testing flattening in arizona, florida, texas. But the Positivity Rates of all three states have been steadily increasing since june and are currently well above 10 . Right now the number of coronavirus cases is increasing in 33 states, decreasing in just three. Record death tolls in california and texas. Heres erica hill. Reporter christine and laura, good morning. Vice president pence painting a rather rosie picture when it comes to the state of coronavirus in this country on wednesday, the same day of course the confirmed cases passed 3 million. Education is a focus. Betsy devos said its not a matter of if but how schools will reopen in the fall. Fall is a few weeks from now in august. Districts are figuring out what to do. We know that here in new York City Schools will open on a split schedule. Kids likely to be in school for two or three days a week. The chancellor in new york saying the 1. 1 Million Students cant be in school five days a week all together if they want to maintain social distancing. In florida which just hit 28 Positivity Rate in Miamidade County on wednesday, the superintendant said they cant reopen schools until they are out of phase one. Were also seeing other hot spots going up. When it comes to those hot spots, still a major concern in florida, texas, arizona, california. Hospital beds and icu beds watched very closely. Dr. Deborah birx pretty clear on wednesday saying the counties and states seeing the surge in cases, shes encouraging them to go back to the phase one guidance, continue to wear facial coverings and limit indoor gatherings to ten people or less. Christine and laura . Erica hill, thanks so much for that. Just over two weeks since President Trumps Campaign Rally in tulsa, and now the city is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases. The Health Department reports nearly 500 new cases in two days and climbing. Cases had declined 20 between june 28th and july 4th. The Health Department spokeswoman says its epidemiologist and contact tracers have been inundated. The Trump Campaign said the medias concern about large gatherings begins and ends with trump rallies. Not a lot of time for lawmakers to reconcile their differences to pass a huge stimulus package. Senate republicans are starting to piece together their own package after House Democrats approved a 3 trillion package in may. Mitch mcconnell wants to keep it to around 1 trillion. The differences are pretty significant. Republicans want Liability Protection for businesses reopening in the pandemic. Democrats want roughly a trillion dollars for state and local governments. The gop says thats too high. They want another round of expanded unemployment benefits. They say that discourages businesses from rehiring. Republicans are eyeing billions to get students back to School Including retrofitting classrooms and increasing testing. Its going to be a long month, laura, of negotiating. Were facing a stimulus cliff. As they start to expire, including the 600 extra a week in unemployment benefits, that could be a hit to the economy if we dont get things moving along. Long month, thats for sure, christine. A developing story right now. A hollywood actress missing after a boat trip on a lake. Details next. Cancer wont wait. It wont wait for a convenient time or for hospitals to get back to normal again. 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Thats the lowest number since arizona began reporting that figure back in march. Im elizabeth cohen. The Pharmaceutical Company gilead is doing a new Clinical Trial of remdesivir. Its the only drug approved for covid19. Its currently only used in hospitalized patients. Gileads going to try it in an inhaled form to see if it works and then it could be used by patients at home. Im Jaclyn Howard in atlanta. The pandemic is hitting Nursing Homes particularly hard. Experts say better funding and more specialists on the ground are needed to slow the spread of covid. Not all Nursing Homes have the money or budget for gear for their staff. Testing helps track whos sick. In the u. S. About 1 4 of all covid deaths come from Nursing Homes. Glee actress naya rivera feared she drowned. Shes missing. Its searching for the 33yearold actress at lake pyru north of los angeles. She was boating with her 4yearold son who was later found napping alone in their boat on wednesday afternoon. Search and rescue efforts expected to continue at first light this morning. When george floyd said he couldnt breathe more than 20 times, Derrick Chauvin replied, quote, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. We have a detailed account of what happened you back in may. Omar jimenez has more. Reporter the defense attorney for fired Minneapolis Police officer thomas lane filed a motion to dismiss the case against his client in the death of george floyd. They released a transcript giving new insight on what happened leading up to George Floyds final moments. As part of this specifically at one point they are trying to put floyd into the police car. They were responding over a call for a fraudulent 20 bill used. George floyd, my wrist. My wrist man. Okay. Okay. I want to lay on the ground. I want to lay on the ground. I want to lay on the ground. Youre getting in the squad car. I want to lay on the ground. Im going down. Im going down, im going down. King says take a squat. George floyd, im going down. Later on floyd says, im through. Im through. Im claustrophobic. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. Please, please, i cant breathe, officer. Stop talking, stop yelling. Youre going to kill me, man. Chauvin. Stop talking, stop yelling. It takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. Floyd, come on, man. I cannot breathe. I cannot breathe. Theyll kill me. Theyll kill me. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. At one point lane asked if floyd could be moved to his side to which chauvin said, no, hes staying put. This is part of why lanes attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case in the first place. They say they argue, rather, that lane deferred to the senior officer on the scene and wasnt aware a crime was being committed. At this point the state has until august 10th to respond to this motion. Cnn has reached out to the attorneys for former officer derrick shaw viv. Im omar jimenez, cnn. The new York Police Department is seeing a surge in the number of officers filing for retirement from june 29th to july 6th, filings soird 110 . This comes from mounting calls to Defund Police departments and more protests against Police Brutality in the wake of George Floyds death. Soccer makes an emotional return. Weve got the Bleacher Report coming up next. When you have depression, it can plunge you into deep, dark lows. And, can leave you feeling extremely sad and disinterested. Overwhelmed by bipolar depression . Ask about vraylar. Not all types of depression should be treated the same. Vraylar effectively helps relieve all symptoms of bipolar depression. With just one pill, once a day. Elderly patients with dementiarelated psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. Call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. Antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. 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Players have three things weighing simultaneously on them. Theres the raised concerns over coronavirus. Theres the emotions that continue to flood in with social justice and the mental and fiscfis physical task at hand. A florida rivalry between inner miami and a moment of solidarity formed by black players for change initiative which fights for racial equality and human rights in the league and beyond. Over 100 players taking to the field. There was no National Anthem played. Orlando city won the game thanks to some heroics from portuguese star nani. Before the game espn said the four additional nashville players were confirmed positive. Mls commissioner don barber said the decision about that teams future and the tournament is coming soon. The concept of all of this testing, of our players as you saw wearing masks, san any tieization of all of our facilities is something that was put in place so that we could understand whats happening when it does happen and be able to move forward in the tournament in a very safe and healthy way. Reporter as professional leagues try to get sports going again, the ivy league says that it will not play any sports this fall. The league is postponing everything. They made that decision first. This is a pattern that weve seen with the ivy league setting this precedent. No fall sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. That means no College Football or basketball until january. They are the First Division i conference to make such a bold move. Now the focus will turn to the other Major Conferences and whether they are going to follow suit here. Ivy league set a precedent in march by being the first to call off the basketball tournament. This as north carolinas program shuts down voluntary workouts because of a covid19 outbreak. 33 Staff Members and players testing positive. The campus is a cluster for the coronavirus. Football program will shutdown workouts for at least a week. Ohio state is hitting pause on practices after recent testing of student athletes on seven teams. The school did not share the results of the test but released a statement saying the health and safety of our student athletes is always a top priority. To this end, major League Soccer and commissioner don garber complained they are catching the virus and bringing it into the bubble. After the incubation period everybody will be okay and this will level off. I spoke with one mls player who said if there is another team besides dallas, essentially nashville who fall, then they may no longer feel safe playing here, even though the desire is for everybody to continue to play. Its hard when the nature of the game requires close contact and close quarters like that. All right. Have fun outside of the bubble there, carolyn. Nice to see you this morning. The cdc now scrapping its guidelines for reopening schools. More on what the soon to be shelved document says next. If you have a garden you k