Hearing on reopening schools during the pandemic. Tennessees Education Department commissioner and the Dallas School superintendent testified about plans in their jurisdictions. Well also hear from a pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and the president of the national parentteacher association. The subcommittee on Early Childhood secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is presentm and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney of connecticut, mrs. Bonamici of oregon, mr. Nor quist of new jersey and ms. Wild of pennsylvania, mrs. Mcbath of evm georgia, miss underwood of illinois, mr. Levin of michigan, ms. Stevens of michigan, mr. D leah panhattia, mr. Wahlberg of michigan, mrs. Stefanik of new york, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johns of south dakota and dr. Murphy of South Carolina are re permitted to participate in todays hearing with the ry and understanding that their questions will sbcommi come onl all members of Early Childhood elementa
The situation is particularly bleak in florida despite the governor there saying the outbreak has stabilize. 43 hospitals in 2 is counties have now hit capacity with zero icu beds available and this is also likely an incomplete picture since the state has yet to release specific covid hospitalization data, data that many other states have been putting out for months. Even with the pandemic raging in florida, President Trump has announced that he will be heading to the states hardest hit county miamidade later this week not to talk about the coronavirus. He said hell be holding an event on drug trafficking. All this as the overall picture in the United States does not appear to be getting any better. Cases are up in 31 states. 15 are Holding Steady and just four states, all in new york, are trending down. Dr. Anthony fauci is helping to explain all of this as he did a new interview. Thank you. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this, and i would say this would not be considered
The last seven days have been particularly bad. At least two dozen states had their worst week yet in terms of new cases. Yesterday, states like missouri, texas, tennessee, utah and West Virginia broke records for new infections. And those new infections have led to new restrictions. The governor of new jersey says people will now have to wear masks outdoors when they cannot stay six feet apart. Same thing in atlanta and seven hardhit counties in ohio, including the cities of columbus and cincinnati. And finally, with just a month or so before some schools are set to reopen, Vice President mike pence says the cdc will now revise their guidelines on how schools should do it. It comes after the president said the previous guidelines were too tough and too expensive. I want to start with my colleague dasha burns in broward county, florida. Im a mom. When it comes to school safety, its tough for me to hear that anything is too expensive, but i do want to start there because where you are,
Crisis. I dont spend time looking at any of that on twitter because who knows how its mean and how its interpreted. The cdc and our doctors arent lying. Youre not lying. Look, we may occasionally make mistakes based on the information we have, but none of us lie. In a new opsaid, four former directors of the cdc say no president has politicized science the way President Trump has. Writing, quote, Public Health experts face two opponents. Covid19, but also political leaders and others attempting to undermine the cdc. Also this hour, Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell will appear in federal court for a bail hearing. Well bring you any developments as they happen in that one. Joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur. And, katy, its i would say happy tuesday, but with the virus, itsyeah, and we also ha politics to talk about, chuck, as were getting ever closer to the november election. And today again we have something of a campaign saftern. Vice president pe
On that in a moment. On capitol hill, weve just gotten word that white house officials and Democratic Congressional leaders are about to meet again on those relief negotiations at the white house. President trump is grappling with a credibility crisis. A weekly tracking poll finds that just 31 of Americans Trust what the president says about the coronavirus pandemic. As the president struggles to defend his claim that the cases of covid19 in the u. S. Are falling. Here he is with Jonathan Swan of axi axios. The United States is lowest in numerous categories. Were lower than the world. Lower than the world . But first, lets begin with our breaking news. Tropical storm isaias now barreling up the east coast. Tropical storm warnings in effect for more than 50 million americans as the coastline braces for potential flash flooding. Check out this live look. Seaside heights, new jersey, courtesy of earth cam. Winds seem to be picking up speed. Parts of the carolinas were pummeled with floodi