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morning coronavirus cases are hovering around record highs. we have had record numbers of deaths or near records in california and in texas. overnight, dr. anthony fauci says the states seeing the biggest spikes should seriously consider shutting down. now, that s not what the president wants to hear and it seems like he might be trying to prevent it from being said. dr. fauci was sidelined for a task force briefing and the president is opening clashing with the help of millions of children, teachers and families on the line. he is threatening to withhold money from schools if they don t reopen. he has demanded that the cdc rewrite the science-based guidelines for reopening the schools because the president thinks they re too tough. there are more than 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus nationwide. 33 states are seeing spikes in cases. only three states this morning are declining. those that you see in the green on your screen. some are reporting alarming positi ....
masks, as the president continues to make claims that the only reason the u.s. has a surge in cases is because of an increase this testing. that is total crap. the president is peddling in debunked illogical crap and tweeting instead of doing his job. the president is spending part of the morning retweeting a game show host who says the cdc and doctors are lying about a pandemic that has killed at least 135,000 of his fellow americans and sickened 3 million. now the president and the white house are trying to discredit anthony fauci. dr. fauci whose presence on the white house coronavirus task force has had doctors and experts and science minded people grasping to the hope that the magical thinking is countered by a scientific voice. fauci is the nation s top infectious disease expert and served six presidents, democrats and republicans. he is in the cross hairs for publicly contradicting the president and getting good press according to a person familiar with president ....
rico reporting record hospitalizations. yesterday afternoon, florida s miami-dade county ran out of icu beds. texas and two other states reporting their highest single-day death totals. texas and florida, both reporting more than 10,000 new cases on wednesday. this morning, cases increasing in 39 states. school districts in houston and san francisco announcing they will begin the new school year online, defying president trump s call to get students back in the classroom. alabama will now enforce a masked mandate, but high-risk states like georgia, florida, and arizona continue to resist a mask mandate. it s way, way more than just resist a mask mandate in georgia. the governor there justsigned an order preventing cities from issuing mandatory mask orders, so cities that want to make masks mandatory, they can t. and that s in a state reporting record hospitalizations. 137,000 deaths in america now, near record cases, near record hospitalizations. so what s the presid ....
courageous. his contribution changed this country. he marched alongside martin luther king jr. he rose to congress and spent his last days on earth still fighting for the same rights he was beaten and jailed for fighting for decades ago. this morning we are honoring the life of congressman john lewis. good morning and thank you for being with us. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us this saturday. i m abby philip in for kristi paul. congressman lewis lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last night. today the world is remembering the titan he was. here is cnn s martin savidge. reporter: throughout his life, john lewis stood for people s rights. born on an alabama cotton farm into a segregated america. he lived to see an african-american elected president, he would be a major part of making it happen. tonight we dwath gather here in this magnificent stadium in denver because we still have a dream. we still have a dream. reporter: lewis, growing up, ....
until at least october, and a growing number of major retailers mandating customers wear masks in their stores nationwide, walmart really leading the way, enforcing the policy starting today. also, delta airlines is starting another screening process for passengers who cannot wear a mask on board for health reasons. they re even asking those passengers to consider not traveling at all. as for the president, he is not just standing by his response, his more than 140,000 americans have died from covid-19, he is once again in a new interview downplaying the severity of the pandemic. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin in the state of georgia which saw a weekend of record cases. dianne gallagher joins us from atlanta. good morning, dianne. reporter: good morning, poppy. look, things are going in the wrong direction all across the country right now. 31 states are seeing an increase in their new cases of covid-19, and the u.s. passed the 140,000 mark when it comes to ....