Way thats adverse to the United States is nothing new. We want to begin in arizona where Vice President mike pence is set to arrive next hour as that state becomes the latest at the center of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Arizona one of the states just to reopen just reported a Staggering Number of 4800 new covid cases and 88 deaths. Thats just in the last 24 hours. Today, the state is also seeing the most hospitalizations yet. Joining me now from phoenix is nbcs Vaughn Hillyard, who to have you with us. After claiming all 50 states were safely reopening, the Vice President today is traveling to a covid hot spot. What should we expect to hear from him, when he arrives . Reporter ayman, im going to try to lay this out in as serious nature as i can, what the state is facing. Over the last weeks, we have brought doctor after doctor after doctor on to our air, and communicated the message that arizona was in a crisis situation. And yet, it was only up until this monday when gove
Jeffrey epstein and minors. Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing in the past. We want to begin this hour in texas where the number of coronavirus cases is exploding. Between june 8th and june 21th, there have been about 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in texas alone. And that is just in those three weeks. Harris county, home to houston, is the hardest hit in the state with over 32,000 cases so far. That is where we find Msnbcs David Gura live outside the houston medical center. David, good talk to you again. Obviously, staggering numbers there. Houston attempting to try to deal with this ballooning number of cases. Do they have enough testing, you think, and resources to meet the need of those being hospitalized . Let me talk about testing first if i could, ayman. Three ways to get tested in this community. Theres a city of houston testing apparatus. Sites around the city you can go online to to try to get an appointment at. Theres often a long line to get through there. They test about 5
A campaign you remember well, in 1992, the white house still wants to run on the economy. The former Vice President you see repeatedly trying to return the conversation to the pandemic, saying that because of the president s bungled response to the pandemic, the economy is in a much worse situation than it might have been. And andrea, this is a real concern, especially if some of the outside groups that are supporting biden, they do feel there has not been enough of an effort to define what his Economic Vision for the country would be. And you see one of the super pacs supporting him is one of the only ones running purely positive messages on this score. The Biden Campaign says you should expect to hear a much more robust jobs plans from him in the coming weeks. Were still waiting for that, andrea. But for now you see biden attempting to quickly try to counter the narrative that the president was very eager to get to quickly this morning about this new jobs report. And what he said, in
Health guidance. We know that large gatherings presents the biggest risk right now. Would you advise someone to go to a large gathering, yes or no . Well, craig, its not a yes or no. Every Single Person has to make up their own mind. There are going to be people going to beaches, going to barbecues, going to different environments, and they have to look at their individual risk. And that is exactly the problem. Here are the facts at this hour. Despite public warnings against mass gatherings, President Trump is traveling to mt. Rushmore today and encouraging thousands of people to gather for a fireworks display, with south dakotas governor refusing to require masks and forestry experts warning of the risks of wildfires out west. The president s trump comes as the Washington Post is reporting Vice President pence had to postpone his trip to arizona by one day this week after members of the secret service tested positive for coronavirus. Miamidade county in florida has put a 10 00 p. M. C
Hey there, im joshua johnson. Its good to be with you tonight from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. It is a night where i have something unusual in common with the house of representatives. We are both working. It was a very rare saturday session for the house. A democratic bill passed that allocates 25 billion to the u. S. Postal service. The vote was mostly along party lines, with some republican support. On this vote, the yechas are 257 and the nays are 150. The bill is passed. We will speak with a house member who headed back to d. C. From california to make sure her vote was cast. But that vote may be the end of the line for this bill, despite this working weekend. The senate is still on vacation until after labor day. It has no plans to cut that short and vote on this bill or to bring it to the floor when it does come back. President trump has said he wont sign it. Tonight he tweeted this is all another hoax by the democrats to give 25 billion unneeded dollars for political