Well. And as you can see here, despite the gravity of the crisis in florida, the president is still refusing to follow the device of his own Health Expert and simply wear a mask in public. Cnns erica hill is joining us from new york. Erica, some truly troubling new numbers right now coming out of georgia. Yeah. There are. And of course georgia one of the first states to reopen, wolf. The state adding nearly 4,500 new cases. And that is a pretty significant jump from the last high that we saw only a couple of weeks ago. And as we look around the country, this is a trend were seeing more and more of. Long lines for testing in florida as the numbers there continue to move in the wrong direction. The situation is really concerning here in south florida. Reporter florida is now averaging more than 9,000 new cases a day. A staggering jump of more than 1,200 since the state began reopening two months ago. The president in hardhit Miamidade County today, the Positivity Rate there is nearly 30 . There seems to be this lack of understanding or awareness that we are in one of the most extraordinary Public Health crises that our nation has ever faced. Rchq the u. S. Is shattering new case records almost daily. West virginia now has the highest transmission rate in the country. The only bullet in the gun right now is this right here, this little mask. Reporter ten states seeing an increase in covidrelated deaths in the past week. Half of those posting their highest average for new cases since the pandemic began. I think the numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week. We need to make sure that theres going to be plenty of hospital beds available in the houston area. Reporter its not just Hospital Capacity and icu beds. Personal protective equipment is, once again, in short supply in some areas. Weve had plenty of time to plan and take action. And it has yet to happen. Reporter as some states pause or roll back their reopening plans, many jobs are also on hold. The 600 weekly unemployment boost will run out at the end of july. But the needs of struggling families will not. Back to school looming with some states just weeks away. I dont think theres anybody who can make an argument that this is especially risky for kids. We have to accept that and then figure out, you know, how you fashion policy around it. That means that they can transmit the virus equally well to other people whether or not they show symptoms. Reporter as districts work to find the right balance, the one constant in every decision, a virus that is here to stay. In our current situation, it is very unlikely that we can eradicate or eliminate this virus. Reporter and knowing that the virus will be something that well all have to learn to live with. The mayor of new orleans today was talking about hurricane season, which, cof course, we ae in, wolf. Noting that if a mandatory evacuation is ordered, she expects everybody to follow that directive. There will be buses and assistance for those who need it. And masks will be provided at the shelters. They will do as best they can when it comes to social distancing. One other interesting note. She said normally theyll make the call for an evacuation about 72 hours in advance. If it needs to be done earlier, they just might do that. Lets pray it doesnt happen. Erica hill, thank you very much. Lets go to the white house right now. The president is in one of the states currently hardest hit by the pandemic. But, correct me if im wrong. So far at least hes had little to say about it. Reporter this is a trip that could have happened at any other time in Donald Trumps presidency when a pandemic wasnt sweeping the nation. He barely talked about covid19 today in florida and said that he thought about doing it as a phoner phoning into this briefing he was Drug Trafficking in south america but said he wanted to be there in person. Oof o air force one touched down in one of the nations hot spots where President Trump was greeted. The Positivity Rate in Miamidade County has hit a stunning 33 . But the president isnt here to talk about the pandemic. Instead, hes in florida for a Drug Trafficking briefing and a Campaign Fundraiser. Though he briefly mentioned covid19. As you know, in the United States at least before the covid came to us, the flu, the virus, the china virus, whatever youd like to call it, its got many different names. Reporter trump left after dr. Fauci said he doesnt know where trump got his idea that 99 of coronavirus cases are harmless. 99 of which are totally harmless. Reporter fauci told the times what i think happened is that someone told general mortality is about 1 , and he interpreted that 99 is not a problem. When thats obviously not the case. After calling into Sean Hannitys fox news show last night, trump publicly criticized fauci. Hes a nice man but hes made a lot of mistakes. A lot of mistakes were made. Reporter though trump has insisted things are fine between him and fauci, be the two are barely speaking anymore. Fauci told the Financial Times he hasnt seen trump in person since june 2nd and hasnt briefed him in at least two months. Shortly after trump left for florida today, fauci was seen arriving at the white house for a task force meeting. The tension between the two comes as fauci is offering dire warnings about the state of the country while trump is relaying a different message entirely. Everybody says we have so many cases. Thats because we test so many people. Reporter but while trump tries to reassure americans about surging numbers, a new poll from abc news shows that 67 of americans disapprove of how hes handled the pandemic. Trump has been anxious to return to the campaign trail. But that effort hit another road block today when the president announced hes canceling a scheduled rally in New Hampshire tomorrow, but not because of the Record Number of new cases. We are fully prepared. Femas ready in case its bad. Reporter instead, trump said hes postponing the third large gathering hes hosting in recent weeks because a Tropical Storm is approaching the east coast. Trump is still expected to travel to walter reed Military Hospital saturday after a lot of pleading from aides who worry about him being the last leader to endorse face mask, hes agreed to wear one. I expect to be wearing a mask when i go into walter reed. Youre in a hospital setting. I think its a very appropriate thing. I have no problem with a mask. Reporter walter reed is where the president also receives his annual physical. In 2018, trump took a cognitive test as part of his, which he still brags about to this day while criticizing former Vice President joe biden. The radical left was saying is he all there, is he all there . And i proved i was all there because i aced the test. And he should take the same expect test. I took it at Walter Reed Medical Center in front of doctors and they were very surprised. Reporter now, wolf, the president told sean hannity he took that test recently. We asked the white house when he took this test, which test it was that he took. But they have not gotten back to us with any answers yet. But the last test that we know he did take was as part of his 2018 physical. That was the montreal cognitive assessment test. And if you look at this test, wolf, its not exactly difficult. Its a 30point test that lasts about ten minutes. Its things as simple as drawing a clock, labelling animals like a lion and a camel. Its to see if you have any cognitive dysfunction, which, of course, you know, that is what the president has bragged about so much as he has tried to put the focus on joe bidens health, even though there have been plenty of questions about his own. And we still dont know what was behind that mysterious visit that he made to walter reed last fall when they claimed he was doing part of his physical. Thank you very much kaitlan collins. Lets get some more on the worsening crisis in florida. Cnns randi kaye is joining us from palm beach county. Whats the latest . Reporter wolf, another terrible day in terms of case numbers here. More than 11,400 new cases in the last 24 hours here in the state of florida. Weve had several days now where weve had higher and higher amount of cases than new york at its worst. But take a look at this graph because we looked at the reopening and we charted it for you. The number of average daily new cases since the state reopened back in early may is up now more than 1,200 . So if you look at when we reopened on may 4th here in florida, we were averaging about 680 new cases a day. Were now averaging more than 9,000 new cases a day. The governor was asked about whether or not maybe we reopened too early here in the state of florida. Today he played that down basically saying that the Positivity Rate was hovering about 5 in may and even through the first couple of weeks in june so he didnt see any reason not to go forward in the reopening. He said it was really the whole sunbelt that was experiencing trouble. He did take that victory lap, wolf, back in april at the white house when he criticized reporters for saying that florida would be like new york or italy. Well, look at where we are today. Meanwhile, about 50 hospitals already at capacity for the icu beds running out. The governor also playing that down today saying that we are not at surge levels and that there is plenty of icu bed capacity available. And also, wolf, we know that miami died is still in trouble. 88 increase in hospital beds and 123 increase in the ventilator usage. We have disney world reopening tomorrow. People will have to wear masks. They will get their temperatures checked. Theyll have to social distance while waiting in line. They wont be able to touch the characters up close and personal because of the pandemic. And also the nba is sort of hanging out in their own bubble on campus at the disney resort. 22 teams, the season starts july 30th. They are getting regular tests. No fans of course at the games. But life goes on here in florida. Well see how that works out. Randi kaye, thank you very much. Lots of questions about whats going on in florida right now especially. Lets get some more on all of this. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta is joining us. Sanjay, right now as weve been reporting, the president is in the countrys epicenter for the virus, florida. And yet is not addressing the crisis the state is facing, the nation is facing. Does that make any sense to you at all . This is the biggest Public Health crisis the world has faced for most of us in our lifetimes. So, no, it doesnt make any sense at all. This is issue number one and affects Everything Else i think that is happening in our lives. Also, wolf, we saw what happened in oklahoma, right . You send a lot of people in, and then people can become infected, as happened with the secret Service Agents in oklahoma. The president does a trip like this. Theres a lot of people that have to go ahead of time. They have to go to the hospitals to make sure hospitals are ready. They have to use personal protective equipment. They have to set aside resources. So, its a significant demand in a state that already has significant demands because of covid. From randis reporting you just heard, i can tell you theres a lot of icu beds that are full. While they still have some depending on the county that you live in, theres a real concern at this point when you look at the trajectory that they are going into exponential growth. So thats when you have enough virus that it just starts to really build on itself. And you can start to turn into, you know, go from thousands of cases a day to tens of thousa s thousands, and so forth. Theyve got to get this under control. I know weve been saying this for months now but theyve got to get this under control because at some point youre not going to have many options left. And the president is still refusing to wear a mask, which would set an example. As you know, sanjay, florida cases have gone up more than 1,200 since they opened up the state in may. Just how dire is the situation in florida right now . And what does the state need to do to turn things around . When youre dealing with a Public Health crisis like this, wolf, what ultimately happens, and i say this from a clinician level. Im still working in the hospital. I see patients in the hospital. At some point, you start to look at the real demands that are happening at the hospital level. Can you take care of patients that need to be cared for . Someone calls an ambulance, right, from their home. My loved one, my spouse, whoever, is having difficulty breathing. The answer you never want to get back is, um, we dont know where to take your loved one. Were not sure theres a hospital bed available for that person. That obviously would be a very dire situation. It happened in italy. We know that. Thats what theyre trying to avoid here. Thats the worstcase scenario where you start to have these preventible hospitalizations that arent happening. Deaths that are preventible that occur. Thats the worstcase scenario. Thats the dire situation. What needs to happen . Well, this is a more aggressive situation now. It may require more aggressive therapy, if you want to put it in medical terms. If people were Wearing Masks and keeping physical distance, we know this virus isnt that great at jumping person to person. It can be pretty easily contained by a mask. It cant jump really more than six feet. Typically certainly not outdoors. So the answers become clearer and clearer. At some point if the hospitals are getting to this real problem of surge capacity, it probably means that things are going to have to be shut down again. Thats how you probably really start to try and stamp down transmission. And amidst all of this, sanjay, were learning the president is no longer even speaking to the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Fauci. How dangerous is that from a Public Health perspective . You know dr. Fauci. I know dr. Fauci. We know him well. Hes the top expert on this whole issue. Yeah. Hes the guy that people from around the world will call and ask these questions of to try and get guidance in terms of what they should do. Hes given good guidance. Youve seen countries who have had tremendous success. And i want to emphasize that point. As dire as this all is, it is worth looking at other countries around the world and being inspired by what theyve been able to do to return to some sense of normalcy, to measure their cases in the dozens or maybe hundreds but certainly not the thousands or hundreds of thousands. There is plenty of example around the world of what is still possible here. But i think its a real problem that the president s not talking to the guy who is probably the best person to be talking to, dr. Fauci, about this. It shows that i think theyre not acknowledging the problem, how do you solve a problem if youre not acknowledging it . But i think what ive even become more concerned by is i think this minimizing or even demeaning of dr. Fauci, i did an interview with him about football. Dr. Fauci gave his thoughts about that. The next day the president tweets what does dr. Fauci know about football . Hes a nice guy but hes made mistakes. You can concede the point that nobody knew everything there was to know about this novel coronavirus. We have learned as weve gone along. But i think this minimizing or even demeaning becomes dangerous. That becomes this sort of assault on science which takes us in the wrong direction. It certainly does. I just want to point out that the white house economic adviser larry kudlow dismissing the difficulties of reopening schools, saying, and im quoting him, just go back to school, its not that hard. Just go back to school, its not that hard. When you hear that, whats your reaction, sanjay . Well, look. I put my parent hat on for this. I can tell you i think a lot of parents, they want their kids back in school. But it is hard. These are hard decisions. We want our kids to be safe. Theres evidence that kids are less likely to get sick from this. But we are hearing about kids getting sick. An 11 died in florida. Its rarely, absolutely. Im not trying to create unnecessary fear here. But as you get more and more young people infected as is happening, you are going to see more and more people getting sick and possibly, sadly, even dying. I think a couple of points. We still dont know all there is to know certainly about how kids transmit or dont transmit this virus. A lot of the data will suggest they dont transmit virus very much. But youve got to keep in mind, wolf, especially little kids have largely been at home since march. Theres not a lot of data on especially younger kids in terms of how they transmit the virus. We also know its hard in a lot of School Districts to maintain six feet of physical distancing. Theres just not enough Square Footage in a lot of schools. So the basic Public Health measures may be harder to enforce. And also the idea that ultimately, you know, whats going to happen if there is a big outbreak in one of these schools . And a lot of people test positive . What are the triggers going to be to possibly having to shut down again . This is the thought process that needs to take place. Its challenging. I talk to School Administrators all day. I talked to one today. These are the reallife decisions they are having to make. Yesterday, 990, almost a thousand, 990 americans died from coronavirus in just one day. Hundreds of americans are dying every single day. And that continues. Sanjay, well have you back later here in the situation room. Thanks, as usual. Up next, well have more on President Trumps fundraising trip to florida today amid the States Coronavirus surge. Plus, his silence on the pandemic as new cases hit a record high here