Fundamental preventive measures that we all talk about. Masks, social distancing, avoiding crowds. Outdoors greater than indoors. Washing hands, et cetera. Those it kind of simple things can actually prevent that uptick from becoming a surge. So she was warning the states and the cities to be careful, because this is a predictor of trouble ahead. And for the second straight day, nearly 1,400 americans have died from this virus. The cdc is now increasing projections for total u. S. Deaths by end of this month to 181,000. A jump of nearly 8,000 from a forecast just last week. And why you can see cases are on the decline across the country that is in part because testing is also down. Officials telling Associated Press americans are frustrated by long lines just to get a test. The even longer wait for the results. You can count dr. Fauci as one of them. It is very difficult. Its been this way from the very beginning of the issue of defending things that have to do with testing when youre
Congress call his bluff . July jobs report betterthanexpected, so much so that some on wall street taking a huge infusion of federal spending calling at the worst possible result because it reduced pressure on republicans to bend to democrats. Latest data from Johns Hopkins university, the second search tracking downward in daily new cases and half the deaths on average as the first surge at its peak. We are keeping an eye on portland, the scene of continuing unrest directed at local police and protesters trying to commit murder. We kick things off with another round of economic relief, millions of Americans Still out of work. Reporter not good news tonight as washington has a message for 10 million unemployed americans, you are on your own. The federal Eviction Moratorium expired, democrats and republicans cant make a deal and donald trump isnt issuing his executive orders yet. It was a disappointing meeting. I am extremely disappointed. The only thing democrats and republicans agree
267 people dying. And in the meantime, as the global number of cases crosses 20 million, russian president Vladimir Putin says his country has approved the worlds first vaccine and named it sputnik v, a hat tip to the first satellite launched during the space race. There are many questions about the safety and the quality of that russian investigation. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar says being first is not the goal. The point is it is not to be first with the vaccine, the point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective for the American People and the people of the world. We need transparent data, and it has got to be phase three data, that shows that a vaccine is safe and effective. The u. S. Timeline for a safe and effective vaccine is still the end of this year. But lets get back to that alarming rise that were seeing in cases among children. The school year is already under way in many parts of the country. Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is with us
Right now, Democratic Leaders and Trump Administration officials are meeting in washington, hoping to hash out another deal. And all of this as the cdc offers a dire new forecast, that in just three weeks time the cdc projecting another 20,000 americans will die from the virus. In july alone, there have been 10 days of deaths in this country topping 1,000. Reported deaths in a single day. More than 1,000 on ten different days. More than 153,000 americans have now succumb to the disease. Cases now total more than 4. 5 million and of course that number is rising. Lets begin this hour in washington where those negotiations for an important relief package are under way at this hour. Cnns lauren fox is on capitol hill. So, lauren, were about couple hours into these discussions now this morning. Do you have a sense of how close these sides, the two different sides are at the moment . Reporter well, erica, when they went in this morning they were no closer to a deal than they were five days a
Paul. Picturesque, indeed. A beautiful shot of the capitol this morning. Well head to washington in a moment to talk about the decision from the odni. Well start with the breaking news overnight. One person is dead after the shooting in portland. Police are trying to figure out what led up to it. We want to give you a forewarning that the images youll see are disturbing. If you have children in the room, may be a good time for them to leave. We dont want you caught off guard with new video. New video that cnn obtained from Police Responding to the victim or of Police Responding to the victim there. The victim being blurred out. It is not clear if the shootings tied to a clash between Trump Supporters and protesters. We want to point out. Polo sandoval has the latest. This comes on the 94th straight night of unrest in that city, polo. The tensions have to be high and the weight has to be heavy for the people of that city. What are you learned about this particular incident . Reporter ch