Good morning. This morning, generally alarming new predictions that project just how devastating the coronavirus pandemic could become. Pan influential model from the university of washington now predicts deaths could hit nearly 300,000 by december. Thats nearly double where we are today. And its worth noting that this model projects that the number could be lower by 70,000 if everybody wore a mask. So where we are this morning, the nationwide death toll surpassed 160,000 overnight. 1,200 new deaths reported. Thats another day with more than 1,000 des. Think about that. And as pandemic surges, the economic pain is growing. Talks between the white house and democrats over the next round of stimulus relief are on the brink of collapse. A threehour meeting ending with both sides very far apart. At this point, its unclear if negotiations will even continue today. All of this as we will get an indication on just what the u. S. Economic recovery looks like, coming up in our 8 00 hour. Thats
President s page because it was spreading dangerous misinformation about coronavirus. Joining us now, dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Fauci, thanks so much for getting up this morning and being with us. Its always a pleasure to speak with you. Great to have you back on new day. We reported this new warning from dr. Deborah birx, about nine cities and the Central Valley of california. What do you see there that is raising concern . Yes, what dr. Birx was talking about is that when you look at the number of percentage of the tests that you do are positive, its referred to as percent positive, its a clear indication that you are getting an uptick in cases, which inevitably, as weve seen in the other than states, leads to surges and then you get hospitalizations and then you get deaths. So its a pretty good predictor, usually before people become aware of it, its that indicator that maybe a fraction or two or a single percentage
Very far apart. We wont just keep on coming back every day if we cant get to a deal. Harris well, they are coming back today. Treasure secretary mnuchin said he and meadows chief of staff will meet with democrats to continue talk. President trump warned in a tweet. I notified my staff to continue working on an executive order. Meanwhile jobs numbers for last month out today. They beat expectations. The u. S. Added 1. 8 million jobs. The Unemployment Rate fell to 10. 2 . Down from 11. 1 in june. You are watching outnumbered on a fine friday. I am harris faulkner. Here today fox business anchor and a Fox News Contributor and executive director of serve america pac. And joining us fox news analyst Lawrence Jones. Good to see you. It looks like they are going to take the hammer and the nails and try one more time to put a deal together. Lauren, this is taking so long, the president is readying an eo. According to our reporter they had no plans to meet today until just a while ago. They are
Like this i have two choices. The first choice is i can sit here, cry, you know . Feel sorry for myself. And just kind of be useless and not do anything. Or i can cry, realize what happened and accept what happened and move on from what happened and do everything in their name and do everything for them from now on. And alan, a member of the Tappan Fire Department for more than four decades fulfilled a dream of opening a model train store in his hometown. A vintage fire truck carried his casket to the cemetery. Valitina, she was an emotional and financial rock for her parents. Joseph costo, a doctor that died the virus. His husband david explains why he took off his ppe during the final moments to say goodbye. I contracted covid from joe at the time he was dying. I was just not going to not be able to touch him. With my bare hands, with my cheek. So i took everything off. I just took it off. I know i wasnt supposed to do that. But at that point it was what i wanted to do for him to hel
Payroll tax deferment and extended Unemployment Benefits. Its not even clear, however, if he has the Legal Authority to do that. All of that as the coronavirus pandemic in the u. S. Nears 5 million cases. Another 1,200 people died from the disease on friday alone, bringing the total death in our country to over 161,000. Meanwhile, schools are beginning to reopen. In georgia at least 260 students and eight teachers are being forced to quarantine following positive test results in just the first week of classes. While in new york, once the epicenter of the coronavirus, all schools have been cleared to reopen. Lets first go to cnns Kristen Holmes in bridgewater, new jersey where President Trump is spending his weekend. The president is saying he will step in with an executive action if no deal is done. What will that even look like, and is it possible . Reporter all good questions, bianna. Last night he laid it out, as though it would be a series of executive actions that would touch on v