Plus, an entire school board suspended for refusing to comply with state coronavirus protocols. The man who made that decision joins us live. And golden girl. Olympic track star allyson felix leaves tokyo as the most decorated american olympic track star ever. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for spending your sunday morning us with. It is august 8th. We appreciate you tuning in. Good morning, christi. Great to see you, as always. Good morning to you as well, boris. So despite, you know, it s good to see you despite what we have to talk about this morning. This new data that shows a dramatic surge in the number of coronavirus cases across the country. The u. S. Now averaging more than 100,000 new daily covid19 cases each day. That is the highest rate in nearly six months. Yeah, in fact, the last time the sevenday average was that high was in february. Compare that to the end of june of the average just over 11,000 cases. Remember, roughly half the u. S. Population remains un
tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
All about. it also serves a second purpose, which is very important, which is that this is a red line it even the soviets during like stalin didn t cross it. you don t arrest western journalists and by doing so, um , if you re the editor of any other newspaper, and you have somebody on the ground in russia, you re probably going to ask them to leave right now. and so putin doesn t like accurate reporting of what s going on in his country, and there s no better way to get rid of all the journalists, then to terrorize one and let everyone else scramble across the border. and you mentioned brittany grinder. no wonder, um, since she was the most recent taken and then released. do you see that? gersh cavett s journey? his experience is going to be very similar, or do you see that russia will treat him his case differently? um that negotiations or even demands would be played out differently. well i think he s a higher value hostage. i mean, she you know, he s a journalist . um you know, it
Brittany grinder is 6 9 , 90-75 win, giving sue bird and diana turassi a seventh gold medal. congrats to u.s. women s volleyball team who just won their first-ever brazil. the emotions flowing, the coaches and players savoring this moment. coach kirai, the second person to win volleyball gold as player and a coach. allyson felix surpassed carl lewis to become the most decorated track star ever with another golden effort. conti continuing a dominant run winning a seventh straight gold