Good wednesday morning, everybody. It is july 15th. And im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning so well start with the coronavirus. Infections surging across the country. The director of the cdc Robert Redfield saying the president should, quote, set an example by wearing a mask. In an interview with a medical journal, redfield warned about the upcoming convergence of flu and coronavirus saying together they could overstress the u. S. Health care system and could be, quote, one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in American Public health. Redfield also argued that universal mask wearing for the next four to eight weeks may help to bring the pandemic under control. Masking is not a political issue. Its a Public Health issue. And it really is a personal responsibility for all of us. And i am, you know, heartened to see more and more people now, glad to see the president wear a mask this weekend, the Vice President. Clearly in their situation, they could easily justify, they dont need to, because of all of the testing around them and they know theyre not infected, but we need them to set the example. All right. Lets go some of the states here. So florida confirmed 132 you deaths from covid yesterday. Thats the biggest singleday spike the state has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. It is worth noting, though, this does not necessarily mean that all 130 people died in the past 24 hours, as the figure likely includes deaths that happened over the weekend and were not reported until monday. So previously, the highest single day record was set just last thursday with 122 people dying. Florida has reported 291,000 cases and 4500 deaths in that state. The situation growing dire in texas as well. The death toll there continuing to sharply rise. Health care officials counties putting refrigerated trucks on standby to create more space. According to the the New York Times, quote, the situation is only starting and did not reach the level during the early stage of the pandemic that allowed cre cream ma tto crematories to work around the clock. So the white house effort to discredit dr. Anthony fauci has reached a new level. The president s toptrade adviser Peter Navarro is criticizing fauci in an oped in usa today claiming that he was been consistent wrong with coronavirus. Navarro writes this, dr. Anthony fauci has a good bedside manner with the public but he has been wrong about everything ive interacted with him on. Now fauci says a falling mortality rate doesnt matter when it is the single most important statistic to help guide the pace of our economic reopening. The lower the mortality rate, the fast we open so when you ask me whether i list to dr. Faucis advice my answer is only with skepticism and caution. And listing comments by fauci, some taken out of context, the officials said had ultimately proven erroneous, meanwhile dr. Anthony fauci having to defend himself, it seems, saying the public can trust his guidance on the coronavirus. You can trust respected medical authorities, you know, i believe im one of them, so i think you can trust me. But i would stick with respected medical authorities who have a track record of telling the truth. Who have a track record of giving information and policy and recommendations based on Scientific Evidence and good data. So, if i were to give advice to you and your family and your friends and your family, i would say thats the safest bet to do. To listen to the recommendations from that category of people. But its entirely understandable how the public can get mixed messages, and then get a bit confused about what they should do. I just want to be clear, dr. Anthony fauci fought the aids epidemic, the hiv epidemic, hes also an individual who raised red flags when it came to reopening. He essentially said, listen if we reopen too soon there could be a surge of states across the country. Joining me now political reporter for the hill, julia manchester. Sorry to keep you waiting, yulia. I think its important to put that out there about dr. Fauci who has been important throughout the entire pandemic. Lets talk about former Vice President joe biden here speaking out against the president s efforts to discredit dr. Fauci. What are the responses, what are the reactions are you hearing over what this administration is doing by trying to discredit dr. Fauci . Well from democrats, you hear a lot of defense of dr. Fauci, essentially criticizing President Trump for sending out that oppositionstyle Research Document over the weekend. And we even saw the white house director of social media dan scavino tweet out this picture of Anthony Fauci which was essentially a political cartoon making fun of him. Youre definitely getting a lot of pushback to that. But there are also some republicans speaking out about the president s criticism of dr. Anthony fauci or at least defending him. Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina one of the president s staunchest defenders essentially said yesterday, we do not have a fauci problem. So youre seeing definitely a lot of defense of dr. Anthony fauci and this push for more unity among the administration because, remember, dr. Anthony fauci played a very important part in the White House Coronavirus task force. Hes the top Infectious Disease doctor in this country. So, as we face this crisis, as we face this growing number of cases theres definitely a push for unified response from across the aisle. Much of this is pretty confusing to me, too, julia, if you look at the numbers across the board amongst americans, dr. Faucis ratings are much higher, americans trusting dr. Fauci much more than they have the president. And they have throughout the entire pandemic if you look at the poll numbers. And were also hearing from cdc director dr. Robert redfield, urging the president as we played earlier, to wear a mask. And also said universal mask wearing over the next four to eight weeks could help stem, bring the epidemic under control. What effects are we seeing lawmakers, specifically, to spread the outbreak, we saw the Vice President wearing the mask and Florida Governor ron desantis for the first time as well. What are you seeing . Right, its interesting, speaking of florida because ive been reporting from here for the past couple of months, ron desantis has been very slow to issue a statewide response to this pandemic. It took him a while to issue that first stayathome earlier in the spring. And hes yet to issue a statewide mask order and leaving it to the counties. And by law, you see that in Miamidade County as well. Its interesting, though, in texas with republican Governor Greg Abbott theres a statewide mask mandate there. So theres definitely some push among some republicans among the rise in cases to definitely wear a mask because it shows that wearing a mask could definitely stop the spread. Youre definitely seeing lawmakers warn of this idea of wearing a mask. Lets hope that folks are listening to dr. Robert redfield and dr. Anthony fauci and wearing a mask. Julia manchester, thank you, stay close. Ill talk to you in just a little bit. Still ahead, the Trump Administration bax off its plan for students to International Classes in order to stay in the count. Also a federal judge denies bail on Jeffrey Epsteins longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell. 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The Trump Administration yesterday rescinded its controversial rule that International Students would have to take their College Classes in person in order to remain in the country. The reversal came as the first hearing in a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of technology was about to begin. Federal judge Alison Burrows announced the settlement of the suit and the return to the status quo. Last week, immigrations and Customs Enforcement issued a rule that would bar online teaching and met by opposition. 18 state attorneys generals was moved. And Ghislaine Maxwell was denied bail. The judge rejected maxwells request for 5 million bail in house arrest. Saying, quote, it was practically impossible to set conditions that would guarantee her appearance at trial. Adding that maxwells ability to stay out of the spotlight in such a highprofile case showed she had an extraordinary capacity to evade detection. Maxwell appeared by Video Conference in a Brooklyn Detention Center and several of epsteins accusers were on the line to ask that they be held in court until trial. And maxwell reportedly cried when the judge announced her decision. The trial is expected for next year and expected to last three weeks. Joining us now is legal analyst danny cevallos. Danny, thank you for joining us. Good morning. Request for bail can it be appealed . Yes, it can. It can be appealed when the magistrate denies bail and to the District Court and up there, up to the court of appeals. But each court will look at it with fresh eyes, denovo, as we say in federal law. Unless no set of conditions can insure that defendants presence in court or assure the safety of the community. And in certain cases theres a presumption that bail should be denied. Now, in this case, Ghislaine Maxwell, the prosecutors argued has so much in the way of resources that she could easily abscond and pull a kind of roman pull lansky and live abroad in the lap of luxury. And she has this ability with multiple passports to simply leave the country. And that argument held to date. Despite the environment that there are major coronavirus concerns across the country. Which is true. Can we talk about the fact that this trial isnt going to happen until next summer, a year from now. Why such a long time here . In the federal system, a speedy trial requires once indicted a trial must happen within 70 days. But and obviously, next year is a lot longer than 70 days. But the reality is there are a million different exceptions to that rule. And the court can, in interest of justice in a special case like this one which is really special because its got so much media attention, that an extension can be warranted. And thats what the judge did in this case. Is push the trial out to next year, the defense is probably welcoming this because they have to go back and try and reconstruct what their client did in the mid to late 90s which is no easy task in an era that was precell phone, pregps and precell phone towers. Danny cevallos, thank you. Great to see you this morning. Still ahead, everybody, President Trump signed new legislation hitting china for sanctions for its interference with hong kong. Were going to talk about the growing rift between United States and china, coming up next. s my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. We could never do what they do. 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With spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. Just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. The shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. Welcome back, the president has signed an executive order ending hong kongs executive status for the territory. Saying this hong kong will be treated the same as mainland china. The president signed a bipartisan bill over its actions over hong kong for its part china has vowed, quote, a firm response. What that means, nbcs willem marx. Willem, thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. Lets talk about this Hong Kong Policy shift. Also with that you the uk taking action against the Telecom Giant huawei. What is the latest here, and what has been chinas overall response . Reporter well, obviously, in hong kong, this has been an ongoing problem for the chinese authorities for many months now, including the protests we saw last year and continuing into this year. Its now been opposed. British government has essentially offered citizenship for millions of citizens. We had this yesterday by the brush government to essentially ban the companys equipment from 5g infrastructure. This is all to do with national security. Theres been a huge amount of pressure from the u. S. Administration on the uk to do this. Boris johnson also facing pressure from members of his own conservative party to essentially make sure that huawei is nowhere in the infrastructure by 2027. The Chinese Ambassador saying this is the wrong decision. Lets talk about chinas sanctions. We know china is slapping sanctions on republican senators, ted cruz and marco rubio. Now the international court, willem, could easily get involved in this. Talk us through this. Reporter of course, weve seen the reports, yasmin, in the last couple years about the mistreatment. Now two uighur groups have joined forces to lodge a claim about what they allege is deportation of countries like tanzania and i had a chance to talk to rodney hicks, leading the effort in london yesterday, i asked him whether the sanctions on china around this issue would potentially help succeed his case. These tips that have been taken by the u. S. Administration to sanction chinese officials are immensely important because they are based on evidence about Human Rights Violations being committed. And those are the very violations that were asking the prosecutor to investigate. And she could seek that underlying evidence, as part of their investigation. She could use it and develop it. So, its so important that these various steps have been taken in different ways to ensure that the circle has been closed. And that those responsible cant escape out of it. Reporter now, the chinese, of course, have continually denied the mistreatment of this uighur minority. Earlier this week, yasmin, they pointed to a letter signed by 46 other countries as part of the Human Rights Council essentially saying that proved the legitimacy of their actions. Willem marx, thank you. Former attorney general Jeff Sessions jhas lost his bid for his seat. And as coronavirus surges, lawmakers are looking into the possibility of moving next months convention outdoors. Were back in a moment. Just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. The