Will not let restaurants resume Indoor Dining as planned. Governor cuomo is now asking visitors from 16 states to selfquarantine when visiting new york. All of this as new research reinforces the importance of masks to contain the spread. Republican leaders joining the appeal. Put on the mask. Its not complicated. Wearing the mask is the best opportunity for us to keep this economy open. I hope the president will help us just get rid of this mask politics. And with the president denouncing news reports of the russia bounty payments as a hoax, lawmakers in both parties today expressing anger at his continued coziness with Vladimir Putin. New york senator Kirsten Gillibrand is a member of the Armed Services committee and shell join me ahead. Vaughn hillyard, sasha burns, and Kerry Sanders join me. Vaughn, first to you. The Vice President is meeting with Arizona Governor doug ducey. The governor has backtracked. Pence will be landing there later today. The situation is getting worse and youve got a republican governor now taking a uturn, if you will. Reporter it took a month and a half for that governor to take a uturn. We should note there were only incremental steps taken by this governors office, that being governor doug duceys office, on monday, implementing executive orders closing the likes of gyms and bars and movie theaters. But restaurants are still open. Retail is still open. Malls are still open. There is no stayathome order in place. And i just think we need to, right from the getgo, lay out what the Vice President is flying into. He is in the air, on air force two, andrea. In new numbers out of the state of arizona that just came out, Record Number of new cases, by almost a thousand. Just today, in the last 24 hours, andrea, 4,878 new covid cases. Again, thats just in the last 24 hours. A staggering new record. A number of deaths, there are now 88 newly reported deaths coming out of this state. Another record for it. And perhaps an even more headturning, numbing number is the fact that there is a 28. 3 positive test result rate. Again, that means that nearly one out of three individuals who were tested for covid in the last 24 hours, their test came back positive. That is a stunning number. It only suggests that hospitalizations over the course of the next week or two will only continue to rise as these hospitals are now in a crisis care situation. It was just one week ago, andrea, when President Trump held an event just a few miles down the road here from Sky Harbor Airport in which there are more than 3,000, essentially all unmasked individuals. You know, in that area code, were talking about, in that area code, theres 50,000 folks that were around that trump rally area. This is the countrys fifth largest city. Now one week later, the Vice President finds himself flying into a situation that has become out of control. Theres serious questions about what additional steps need to be taken here at a state level in order to turn this tide, andrea. And just briefly, vaughn, i think the Vice President originally had planned Campaign Events, rallies, in these states and hotspots hes been visiting but that he pulled back from even before the president had retreated from doing more big rallies. Reporter exactly, he was going to be holding a Campaign Event down in tucson but has since pulled back and is now just flying here into phoenix to meet with the governor and other local officials, andrea. Thanks for that, and now to nbc News Reporter dasha burns in myrtle beach, south carolina. Dasha, cases there spiking, the state reporting more than 36,000 cases yesterday and now 100 virginia teenagers are testing positive after visiting myrtle beach. Reporter andrea, thats all exactly right and its all happening as the city reaps for fourth of july weekend, one of the peak times for tourism here. Officials worry it could also be a peak time for transmission. Its not just a concern for myrtle beach. Its a concern for surrounding states whose residents are going on vacation and sometimes coming home with covid. Some governors have told their residents to maybe rethink their visits here. The city is trying to take more precautions. Tomorrow they will be voting on a mandatory mask order. If that passes, it will be effective immediately. I spoke to the mayor of myrtle beach about that vote and about her reaction to what some of these governors are saying about her city. Take a listen to what she told me. I think the mask order is crucial, especially this weekend. And, you know, hindsight is 20 20. Our hotels opened up four weeks ago. Myrtle beach is a very small portion of the county, literally 2 of the county. Theres no way to determine exactly where everyone contracted the virus or if people coming here brought it here. Placing blame doesnt help solve issues. Reporter andrea, tourism is what props up this entire economy. So its a tough balance the city has to strike. Ive been talking to Business Owners and workers, and they tell me theyre concerned. One woman who is pregnant, a bar manager at a local restaurant, told me she does feel like shes taking a risk when shes coming to work every day, especially on these big weekends. At the same time, this is when she makes the most monday. She gets the biggest tips. She says risk is sort of becoming a part of life here in myrtle beach, andrea. And thanks to you, dasha. Now to florida where amid a surge in cases, hundreds of people lined up for covid19 tests in the Early Morning hours. Kerry sanders joins us now from miami gardens, florida. Kerry, were talking about 109 increase in cases this week in florida. Now were seeing people really not to get tested. Reporter theres a lot of anxiety out there, probably for good reason. Sticks show one in ten in Miamidade County tested are coming back with positive tests. Let me give you a snapshot of where i am right now, to give you an idea how many people are gathered here to get tests. These cars started lining up at 2 00 a. M. They have been inching along since the doors open here to begin tests at 8 00 this morning. Folks coming here, all different ages. Thats important, when you consider there are now some younger people who are testing positive. For instance, molly dawson. Shes an icu nurse working at her hospital in bolling green and within one day had to be flown to a bigger hospital to be attended to in nashville. Her mother has rushed to her side now, but unfortunately she cant be at her side. All she can do is get an occasional facetime in with her daughter. And her daughter cant respond because she is now intubated. This is what her mom had to tell me. Your daughter is 25 years old. Did you anticipate this . No. Not at all. Its terrifying. I mean, i dont want anybody else to have to experience what we have. And i know its going to happen. Reporter its important to note at 25 years old, so many young people that ive spoken to believe, well, if i get it it will be just like a case of the flu. Poor molly is intubated, she will be on a ventilator, her doctors says, for at least four, perhaps six weeks. Shes getting convalescent plasma, getting remdesivir, shes getting the treatment, and even with all that, shes in a dire situation. It underscores that this coronavirus, that so many people thought was primarily just going to hurt people over 65, is indiscriminate and were seeing younger people also exposed but more importantly, once theyre exposed, not being cleared within hours or days like so many of them think they will. Andrea, one other thing i want to point out in my conversations with young people is that theres a lot of confusion because they dont watch a lot of television news, they dont read a lot of newspapers, but they do spend a lot of time on the internet. A lot of them are telling me, i dont understand whats right, what to believe and what not to believe, because the sources they go to on the internet are not necessarily qualified news sources and theres a lot, a lot of rumor and a lot of speculation and i lot of, i guess you might call it, propaganda on the internet that leaves young people trying to figure out what do i believe. Thats part of the problem here. It really is, kerry. And, you know, the message is, to 20somethings, listen to your moms. To everyone, News Literacy is really important. And modeling, modeling from the president on down. And of course thats what we havent had. Reporter absolutely. I mean, there are so many pieces of the puzzle to make what seems like an obvious decision to protect yourself and to protect others. But if youre confused, if youre young, if youre not sure where to go, if youre listening to social media, if youre listening to people posting things that maybe have some sort of political agenda or opinion rather than something based on health, which is what Anthony Fauci has been trying to say over and over, that this is not a political decision, this is a health decision. If those folks who are sort of indifferent to all of this started listening to, i think, the experts, they might begin to understand as we head into the fourth of july weekend that everybody has a responsibility here. Kerry sanders, such valuable reporting, thank you so much for being right there for us, and thanks of course to Vaughn Hillyard and dasha burns. Joining us now is an internist and executive director of the pen center for Community Health workers and nbc news medical correspondent dr. John torres. Doctor, what are you learning in your research about how to get this under control . Because the message that were beginning to pick up from the reporting, from dr. Fauci yesterday, is its out of control, and all the hard work of the first four months may be for naught. Yeah, andrea, first of all, thank you so much for having me. You know, i think what has made this so challenging is that containing the virus is wrapped up, as we just heard, in all the daily realities that people face. Lets say your laundry worker from north florida where covid is surging faster than ever, and you get a call, youve been exposed and you need to quarantine, and youre thinking, whos going to explain this to my boss, how am i going to put food on the table, who is going to pay my rent . Unfortunately a lot of the containment approaches that were seeing, whether its smartphone apps or call centers with contact tracers, we may not take those realities into account. Public Health Solutions are designed by and for privileged people. So some of our Research Points to what we really need, especially in these hardesthit communities, is to incorporate Community Health workers. These are local groups on the ground. Theyre trusted individuals from within local communities. And they actually tackle those daily realities. So theyre advocating with sams boss, theyre dropping food off on his porch, theyre helping battle that eviction notice. Theres a strong body of Scientific Evidence that shows that Community Health workers can improve health and actually prevent hospitalizations, which saves medicaid 4,200 per beneficiary. Not only because of covid but all the chronic diseases that have been building up for the past several months, this workforce can actually help save u. S. Taxpayers billions of dollars per year. And one of the things that certainly came to the forein i the hearing with dr. Fauci yesterday, there are Different Levels of masks, we now know whats more effective. Help our viewers understand, what is the best kind of mask to wear . So what were finding out are the best kinds of masks to wear are the ones that have more layers, especially cotton ones that have multiple layers because they can help filter it out. Theres a difference between wearing a mask if youre could you having coughing or sneezing. The mask in and of itself cannot give you that sense of security that you dont need to social distance. You need to do those things arm in arm. Social distancing, wearing masks, not being in large groups. Those are the things that will help get it under control. Wearing a mask in general is not 100 effective. No mask will be that effective. But it does give you some protection than you would have without the mask and more importantly, it gives people around you protection. Like Kerry Sanders said, younger people are thinking, its not that big an issue, were young where we dont have the complications. Were finding out they have more complications than we thought they were. Plus they can spread this to other people especially those most vulnerable. None of them want to do this but this is what were seeing across the country. Like the doctors said before me, one of the big issues are those essential workers who cant get out of the areas they have to work in. They might be exposed to it there. They might have to do that. Ive talked to experts from American Indian tribes, experts from the latino community, theyre saying Contact Tracing with them is a big issue, because of trust, and who they can trust when they get that phone call. So they dont have Community Members giving them that phone call. If its others outside the community, theyre not going to tell them the truth, and thats what ive been told over and over again. And certainly in the undocumented community, nobody is going to trust anybody with the crackdown that weve been experiencing in the last couple of years as well. Doctor, in some of these communities, if there isnt enough testing, Contact Tracing is not going to be as effective even if you had the professionals to do the tracing. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, i think that there is a multifaceted approach that we need, that weve always talked about. Certainly effective tracing, and again, its not just tracing, you have to have the support people with all the daily realities that surround them, the social, economic realities that actually help them quarantine, that help them to address not only covid but all these other Health Issues that are happening right now in our communities. But absolutely we need to have those. And the testing needs to be done, we saw a clip where cars were lined up, and a lot of testing is being done through peoples motor vehicles. A lot of people dont have a motor vehicle. We have to be designing these solutions with folks like sam in mind. If we have solutions that are designed by and for privileged folks, this epidemic will continue to rage, it will spread throughout the rest of the country. Our economy will still stutter. And then we will have all of the ill effects from having a faltering economy. Doctor, thank you so much. Dr. Torres, as always, great to see, thanks for your help today. S a coming up, is there financial proof that russia paid the taliban to kill american troops in afghanistan . Thats up next. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. N omsnbc. Cls that just dont smell clean . What if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks . Now they can this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. Pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry for up to 12weeks. Swithout even on yoleaving your house. Just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. You can get it by ordering a free sim card online. Once you activate, youll only have to pay for the data you need starting at just 15 a month. There are no term contracts, no activation fees, and no credit check on the first two lines. Get a 50 prepaid card when you switch. 5g is now included with all new data options. Switch and save hundreds. Xfinity mobile. Gubut force factors test x180 are tough. Can help us man up, america, by boosting total testosterone. Build muscle, fuel desire, and improve performance. Get test x180 from force factor, the 1 fastestgrowing mens health brand at walmart. President trump is facing more questions today about what he knew about the reports that russia paid the taliban to kill american troops in afghanistan and why he has not taken action. The New York Times is reporting that american officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by russias military intelligence agency, the gru, to a talibanlinked account, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence. The president is tweeting today, this is all a madeup Fake News Media hoax, started to slander me and the republican party. Joining me now is nbc White House CorrespondentKristen Welker, phil rucker, White House Bureau chief for the Washington Post, and charlie savage, washington correspondent for the New York Times, part of the team that broke the story on all of this. Charlie, youve now reported in the New York Times about this Money Transfer and that added to the growing accumulated information that led intelligence officials to take this more seriously. Now youve got the president s tweet going back against this. Tell us what you know and how seriously you think this should be taken. Right. Well, so the significance of this new information, which by the way was withheld from congress in those initial briefings they had earlier this week when just members of one party and then the other from the house were brought into the white house, is that the intelligence portrait supporting the analytical con