Tattoo parlors to reopen. But there will be no Indoor Dining in new york city as part of the phase three reopening plan. And right now, the white house is scheduled to hold a press briefing as a well. We will keep an eye on that for you during this hour for any headlines, but again, just hearing from floridas governor right now, the governor still add it, holding a News Conference at the villages there in florida. The state is the countrys new hot spot. It saw a record high for infections climb iing to a stunning 11,348 in just 24 hours over the weekend. Kerry sanders is live in st. Petersburg, florida. Kerry, what have we learned from the governor in the last 30, that minutes or so . If folks were looking for floridas governor to announce that he was going to take control of the state, theyre not get iting that right now. As you know for the longest time since this pandemic began in march, the governor has deferred authority over to local governments and he said emphasizing again that
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Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the situation room. A potentially devastating onetwo punch for millions of people in the covidhotspot state of florida. Greatly complicating the Public Health emergency. Floridas emergency resources already stretched. Now forced to handle a major storm during the pandemic, theres more breaking news were following, the coronavirus spreads again on capitol hill. Another u. S. Congressman tests positive for covid19. Thats after he sat near a fellow lawmaker who also has the virus and makes it known that he refuses to wear a mask. Tomorrows doubleheader between the cardinals and the brewers will not be played. Thats after more st. Louis players tested positive for the virus. The same two teams scheduled for today was called off. If covid infections continue to pop up, he may actually shut down the whole season all together. Now its a major emergency thats unfol
General barr. Nbc news learned he refused to wear a mask, tested positive this morning before he was going to travel on air force one with the president to his home state of texas. It comes as New York Times obtained a federal report showing 21 states have outbreaks serious enough to put them in what the feds call the red zone, except for vermont, every other state is in the yellow zone which means theyre at risk for another outbreak. Nbc news learned the white house plans to wrap up Public Health messaging aimed at those states, encouraging people to wear masks, avoid crowded bars and restaurants to stop the virus from spreading, but the president seemed to step on those efforts when he urged states to keep reopening businesses. He doubled down on his support for using the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment, even though his own fda says theres no proof it is effective. An assertion that dr. Anthony fauci made clear during an interview with our colleague Andrea Mitchell
More than 152,000 americans have died. Sandra that hearing is about to be under way, what should we expect to hear from the experts this morning . Good morning, sandra and blake. You can expect fireworks to fly at times. Between their medical advice and these experts and the president s decision, actions, and words. Is titled the urgent need for a National Plan to contain the coronavirus being led by House Majority whip and chairman of his Committee Jim clyburn. This is of course a select committee on the Coronavirus Crisis who was recently created in the Republican House minority whip steve scalise. As you mentioned, the big witnesses, dr. Fauci who wil ard wearing a nationals mask set to testify after the administration previously refused to allow him to appear before the panel. And dr. Robert redfield and it is notable all three of these witnesses who will be in person coming after pelosi just set a new house mask mandate. We are expecting this to touch on a wide range of topics fro