Of those lives if most of us just wore masks. Meanwhile texas set a new record today, 10,000 plus new cases in 24 hours. Big tex taking a break for the First Time Since the world war ii. The texas state fair canceled as medical personnel are sent to san antonio to help. The four days combined were the four deadliest days. My concern is we may see greater fatalities going forward. Reporter in florida icus in 43 hospitals are now full. When you look at our younger population, we know had a tremendous spike in their positive rate which has in turn affected other people. Florida still wont reveal how many covid19 patients are in hospitals despite the governorss claims. Governor, it is not available. Reporter but miamidade does and its up 90 in two weeks. Still the state issued an order for schools to reopen next month. We cant put our teachers in this petri dish of danger. I will not reopen schools august 24 if conditions are what they are today. An employee was terminated for coughing in
Because the law says there are periods of counting that come after that. Okay . Legitimate ballots are allowed and counted in multiple states routinely. The president knows this. Why would he mislead you and tell that you anything that happens after election day is fraudulent. Why would he create this confusion . Same reason as always. It may work for him. How so . A Trump Campaign source says, trump could declare victory on tuesday even if he hasnt won. Even if he hasnt clinched 270 electoral votes. How . Heres the scenario. Trump takes florida. The states start falling either way. Biden wins michigan and wisconsin, doesnt get North Carolina, georgia, comes down to pennsylvania. And its close. And its tuesday. And trump says its not that close. We won. But now they want to count for more days the. Sounds suspicious, right . Its bs. The law in the state for a long time now, and challenged at the Supreme Court level wasnt changed is, theyre going to continue to count mailin ballots for
Thats since the pandemic began. Also tonight, President Trump is refusing to directly answer questions about his truly stunning remark to supporters that he asked for coronavirus testing to be slowed down as new cases surge. The white house is trying to brush it off as a joke while also defending mr. Trumps use of a racial slur to describe the virus. Lets go straight to our white house correspondent, boris sanchez. The White House Press secretary had a lot of spinning to do to do after the president s tulsa rally this past weekend. Thats right, wolf. Kayl trying to push the greatness the white house has been putting out even as were seeing a spike in the coronavirus cases. She also tried to clean up for the president s racist remark and as he continues to dodge questions about whether he would like to see a slowdown in coronavirus testing. Did you ask to slow it down . If it did slow down, frankly, i think were way ahead of ourselves if you want to know the truth. Weve done too good a
I dont think theres any surprise. This administration had no desire for Andrew Mccabe to work within it. The white house denies that President Trump had anything to do with his departure. You can think theyre shameful and disgusting, but theyre working in his favor. Announcer this is new day. Beautiful the capital looks despite all the chaos within. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Were here in washington because the president is going to deliver his first state of the Union Address tonight. Hes expected to tout tax cuts, the strength of the u. S. Economy and calling on lawmakers to strike a deal on immigration and infrastructure. But, in the midst of all of this, there is a political storm consuming this capital. President trump and his allies are escalating their campaign against the russia investigation. The House Intel Committee voting to release that controversial classified memo written by republicans about alleged surveillance abuses at the fbi. The president is now a show
Excessive drinking, as well. Four sources describe an incident during an overseas trip in 2015. They say jackson was intoxicated and banging on the door of a female employee, the Ranking Member of the Veterans Senate committee spoke to cnn about that accusation, and others. Its one of the allegations that are out there. There are many. And i think it goes to the point that, you know, as a member of the senate, our job is to vet and confirm. We need to do our job and get to the bottom of these accusations to find out if theyre true. And so theyre very serious accusations, whether its Prescription Drug handing it out like it was candy or intoxication or toxic work environment. Theres over 20 people that have come forward, active and retired military people, who actually put their jobs on the line if their name becomes public. And so weve got to take it seriously. And we have to get to the bottom of it. Thats what is going to happen over the next few weeks. Sources say some in the white h