Including canada, australia and japan. The u. S. Not making that cut. Lets get you up to speed on the very latest numbers here in the u. S. There are more than 2. 6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, and about 128,000 deaths. 16 states are either reversing or pausing their planned reopenings. New York Governor Andrew CuomoJust Announced that individuals traveling to new york from eight additional states will now be required to quarantine for at least two weeks. In total, 16 states are on that list, including georgia, texas and california. Right now, four of the nations Top Health Experts and members of the administration testifying on capitol hill in front of the Senate Health, education, labor and pensions committee. Top Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony fauci, robert redfield, admiral bret gerard and steven hahn are briefing the senate and warning the surges were seeing now could even get worse. We are now having 40,000plus cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. And so i am very concerned. Lets go straight to capitol hill. Nbc news correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell is there for us. This was a closely watched hearing. The title is update on progress toward safely getting back to work and back to school. Has that been the focus thus far or has it focused on what has led to this recent surge in cases across the south of the country . Ayman, thats right. That was supposed to be the focus of this hearing. The chairman of the committee, senator Lamar Alexander of tennessee, i was speaking to him last week and he said one of his biggest focuses on an upcoming covid relief bill and everything that congress does is going to be about getting kids back to school. He says its going to take a lot of money to do so and that Congress Needs to address that. But at this hearing today, were still having a debate that was happening months ago on this issue of masks. You heard from republicans and democrats bringing up the issue of masks and how important they are. Again, senator alexander opened the hearing saying the president himself needs to lead by example and start wearing a mask. Because theres so many people who follow him and would take his lead. But while this issue of masks was a big highlight of this hearing, you also heard, as you paid some pretty devastating news from dr. Fauci saying that if things continue down the path that we are currently on, the high of cases thats currently at 40,000 will reach as many as 100,000 cases a day, ayman. So this hearing was not a lot of good news when they wanted to look forward at the reopening of this country and getting kids back to school. Instead, a lot more very troubling signs as cases continue to spike across the u. S. I was going to say, a dire warning there from dr. Anthony fauci about the staggering numbers. Leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill, thank you. As we mentioned, 16 states across the country are reversing the openings of businesses and restaurants. Amid alarming surges of coronavirus cases. Officials in florida and texas ordering bars shuttered as cases continue to skyrocket. Dr. Deborah birx is in arizona today following governor doug duceys orders to close bars, gyms, movie theaters and waterparks for at least the next month while, in california, l. A. County officials there announced that beaches and boardwalks will be closed this Holiday Weekend. Joining us now is nbc news political reporter Vaughn Hillyard in phoenix and nbc news correspondent Erin Mclaughlin in manhattan beach, california. Vaughn, let me begin with you. Walk us through whats closing arizona, and do we know why the governor stopped short of mandating a full stayathome policy . Ayman, there frankly had to be a reckoning at some point here in this state from the executive tower of the governor here. Behind us. And that happened yesterday. It was may 15th when the state let its stayathome order expire and restaurants and retail, those waterparks opened. It was even planned that schools would begin opening just two weeks from now in july but finally, after record hospitalizations, record icu beds in use, finally it got to the point where the state was so close to being overwhelmed that the governor had to take action. And thats what he did yesterday afternoon. By signing those executive orders of pushing the school year back into august, closing down these various establishments. But i had the chance to ask the governor the question, you know, why not go for essentially a shut down of this state like it was back in march. Why not implement a stayathome policy because he himself said believed that the mitigation efforts he put into play will only go so far as in slowing the spread here. With an 87 icu bed capacity rate right now, the hospitals are on the verge of being simply overwhelmed. Take a listen to his response to me. Were following Public Health in terms of the decisions that were making. I talked to Health Care Leaders from around the state on friday. Talked about different options that were in front of us. And were making a decision that is a targeted approach. Could it be on the table next week, a stayathome order . I said i wake up every day, vaughn, and there is an additional set of problems, and we solve them in their turn. The concern here in the state is that restaurants are still open. Retail is still open. This weekend will be a big sign as to whether folks are actually adhering to this urging from the governor to stay at home. And i think its important to note, you know, the governor here mentions the White House Task force. The recommendations for reopening that they put forward back in the spring. Arizona, along with the likes of texas and florida, these other states, they dont even come close to meeting those very guidelines the white house and dr. Birx and Vice President pence put forward. The number of cases continues to rise. Hospitalizations rise. Yet this is where arizona finds itself. A big two weeks ahead here, a ayman. Lets head over to erin in california for a moment. The beaches there as we heard from vaughn, with the Holiday Weekend approaching, they opened up on memorial day. Were now going into july 4th where they are going to be closed. Do officials think the holiday had something to do with spiking cases that were seeing in l. A. County and elsewhere . Well, they do, ayman. Ive been speaking to experts, and they point to that memorial day weekend as a starting point for the surge. California is experiencing that now. They believe that people really let their guard down on that weekend with the social distancing, with the masks, not wearing them, and now were suffering the consequences in california. In just the last week, an uptick of 45 in confirmed cases. Here in l. A. County, it crossed just yesterday the 100,000 case threshold. And authorities are extraordinarily concerned. Taking this drastic action this upcoming Holiday Weekend, closing down this and other beaches along the california coast, prohibiting fireworks to stop people from congregating to enjoy them. They say these measures are necessary. Just yesterday, the l. A. Mayor saying time is running out. This is a key turning point for the city and the state. The role in society is not to prevent death. Its to inform adults of the risks and the opportunities of life and to let them choose those opportunities and risks. Its not to wrap everybody in bubble wrap. A disease is this contagious and yet this nondeadly, then there is nothing we can do to keep it from spreading through. That was suzanne hadley, the mayor pro tem here in manhattan beach. And shes pushing back on the orders to close l. A. County beaches. She says erin, im so sorry to cut you off, but former Vice President joe biden is about to begin his comments. We want to take those live. Lets take a listen. I want to take a few minutes to tell you a little bit about what i think we should be doing right now and then be happy to take questions. For weeks, weve been seeing the warning signs. Numbers dont lie. Infection rates are now going up in more states than they are going down. We more than 125,000 people in the United States have lost their lives and those numbers and new infections continue to grow at alarming rate. And once again, confronting the simple fact that we wont be able to solve the economic crisis without a rigorous Public Health approach. Theyre not separable. Despite the administrations propaganda that their response should be a cause for celebration, despite President Trumps request that we should slow down testing because he thinks it makes him look bad, the covid19 is still here, and the daily threat to the American Health and prosperity is continuing. It didnt have to be this way. Month after month, as other leaders in other countries took the necessary steps to get the virus under control, donald trump failed us. Month after month, as many of us urged him to step up and do his job, he failed us. Just look at the record. In january, i, along with others, sounded the alarm of the coronavirus outbreak. Trump told the country that covid19 is, quote, totally under control. And that everything will, quote, work out well. In february, i warned about the failure to get information that we needed from the chinese government. What i said was the president should demand xi produce the evidence. Demand it. Trump said, quote, were in great shape. Reported chinas president said it was, quote, doing very well. In march, i set forth a detailed plan for 500finished funded testing sites across the country as well as guaranteed paid leave. Later that month i called for a full and Immediate Use of the defense production act. Critical, critical for the delivery of supplies that were basically needed. Trump accused Health Care Workers he accused Health Care Workers of stealing the masks. Health care workers are stealing the masks. Thats why we dont have them. In april, i released a plan to secure the supply chain for personal protective equipment, surge nationwide testing through a pandemic testing board and launch a nationwide health corps to focus on Contact Tracing. Trump suggestions . Americans should inject disinfectants into their body. I condemned the false choice between preserving Public Health and our economy. I urged the administration to focus on the basic Public Health measures like testing that enable us to sustain our economic recovery. Trumps response . He pushed for reopening without regard to safety and called testing, quote, frankly overrated. This month, i outlined a path to reopen our country safely and sustainably. It provided workers, small businesses, schools, state and local governments the tools, resources and guidance that they would need. Trumps proposal . He set a cutoff date for federal funding of testing sites in several states. And actually went to court to take away health care for 22 Million People by trying to get rid of obamacare. And now, donald trump is in retreat. Remember, back in march, when i called and he called he talked about the need to act like we were at war with the virus. He called himself a wartime president. Remember when he exhorted the nation to sacrifice together and, quote, in the face of this inevitable and invisible enemy. What happened . Now its almost july, and it seems like our wartime president has surrendered, waved the white flag and left the battlefield. Today were facing a serious threat, and we have to meet it. We have to meet it as one country. But the president gives no direction. And he pits us against one another. We cant continue like this. Half recovery, and half getting worse. We cant continue, half wearing a mask and half rejecting science. We cant continue half with a plan and half just hoping for the best. We wont defeat this virus with a piecemeal approach. Lifting restrictions prematurely, increasing the volatility of the crisis. Raising the likelihood of needing to reimpose restrictions. Until our science catches up to reality, until we have better treatment for those who will become infected and safe, proven, widely available vaccines, we have to continue to do all we can as the people and the government to keep our fellow americans safe and healthy. Today i am releasing a plan with the steps i believe donald trump should undertake immediately to build on the road map i released back in march that would have saved lives if it had been adopted. Its a plan to save lives in the months ahead. Once again, i encourage him to adopt this plan in its entirety. This is too important for politics. First, testing, testing, testing. More testing is not only how you find more cases of coronavirus, mr. President , its how you stop the coronavirus cases. Testing followed by rigorous Contact Tracing. Quarantining. And isolation protocols. For those who have been exposed. People arent waiting in lines for miles and miles long in baking hot cars for drivethrough nasal swabs for the fun of it. Theyre doing it so they can protect themselves but even more importantly, they know when they have this mask on, theyre protecting others. Theyre protecting others. We know were not where we need to be in testing. There are still hospitals and Nursing Homes who dont have access to the tests they need. Testing is how we see whats happening in communities all across the country. Its our eyes on the ground. Without that testing, were flying blind. Thats why its so important to have reliable access to testing everywhere. We need to increase federal support for testing. That includes doubling the number of drivethrough testing sites and keep increasing them until there are no more lines. We should create a pandemic testing board to spearhead a nationwide campaign so every worker, every worker who is called back to their job can have the confidence that they and their fellow workers are not infected. You know, experts agree that we need more contact tracers to track the path of this virus. Individual states like new york and california already hired and are training thousands of tracers. But we need to do more, including hiring at least 100,000 federally funded workers to perform Contact Tracing and other Public Health tasks. And they should begin to be trained now. Second, every single Frontline Worker should have the personal protective equipment that they need to be safe. Five months into this crisis and our Health Care Workers still are forced to scramble for their own supplies. And have to reuse these masks shift after shift. Hundreds of Health Care Workers have died from covid19 and tens of thousands have become infected. It should be zero on both counts for these Health Care Workers if they had the right equipment. You know, how we in this many months into this still dont have what we need. Thats why we have a defense production act. You know, mr. President , use your authority, mr. President. Use it this week. Stale scale up the production of n95 masks. You know the steps youve taken so far havent gotten the job done, mr. President. Fix the shortage of ppe for our Health Care Workers before you tee off another round of golf. We cant just look at where we are today. Were into these masks and gloves and face shields for the foreseeable future and we need to be ready. We know more is coming. Thirdly, we should be laser focused on treatments and vaccines. We should be leading a coordinated global approach on the science, not disregarding experts while pushing dangerous and disproven drugs as if theyre treatments. Thats been some progress toward treatment in vaccines, but the administration hasnt been transparent about how they plan to manufacture enough doses to make sure theres equitable distribution to scale. I hope theyre doing it now. I called for awhile ago, they should be providing 250 million to have a plan now exactly how they are going to distribute this so every american has access when and if the vaccine is available. They may be doing it, but we have no transparency. Let us see, mr. President. The white house should report weekly on this progress. We cant end up in the same scratchy and distribution problems that we had in testing. We need to make sure the customers arent being gouged by new drug and therapies and prices when theyre developed. We have to immediately restore our relationship with the world health organization. For all of its shortcomings and missteps around covid19, this is why w. H. O. Was created. It is essential to coordinating the Global Response during a pandemic. And the United States should be leading that response as we have in the past. Covid19 will likely worsen at the outset of flu season this year. So we need to put in place measures now now to ensure the seasonal flu vaccine can be ready, available and administered safely to those who need it under social distancing guidelines, especially for seniors. Fourthly, we need real plans. Real guidelines. With uniform nationwide standards to help us chart our economic reopening. Whatever weve been doing now is not working. The statebystate approach will only produce confusion and slow any progress. You know, you all reported the cdc tried to clear guidelines about what stages of reopening should look like. The administration delayed and scaled back those plans. We need clear evidence clear evidencebased steps that states can adopt now. Both the standard must be met in order to safely proceed with further openings and the reimposition of social distancing roles when cases begin to rise. You know, this is not rock