The latest cdc data shows that nearly a quarter of a million kids from birth to age 17 have tested positive. And well have much more on the situation facing u. S. Schools in just a moment. But first, here is a look at where we all stand now nationwide. And there are some positive signs. Just a handful of states are reporting an increase in cases compared to last week while the majority are Holding Steady or on the decline. But the nation reported almost 1400 new deaths on tuesday, that is the second highest daily total this summer and moments ago dr. Fauci talked to sanjay gupta what is driving the virus spread saying americans need to get on the same page in order to stop this thing. The good news about covid19 is that 40 of the population has no symptoms. The bad news for messaging is that 40 of the population get no symptoms. Even though you are likely not going to get symptoms, you are propagating the outbreak. As long as you have any member of society, any demo Graphic Group who i
This is Straight Talk from the disease doctor. What hes saying is that this virus does not respect borders. It doesnt respect state or city borders and he pointed to the rising rates in places like atlanta, baltimore, kansas city. He says we need to work to keep the numbers down. Unless everybody pulls together and gets the level way down of a baseline, were going to continue to see these kind of increases that dr. Birx was talking about in several of those cities. Thats what i mean by smoldering. You have got to get that baseline down and everybody on this group, everybody on the team of american citizens need to pull together. Lets because were all in this together. Dr. Fauci then went on to talk about what a diverse country we are so that its harder he spoke with me at the very, very beginning. Back in january, he said, elizabeth, this is a bit country, its a diverse country, Different Things are going to happen in different places. Smaller countries have been a easier time having t
There is some place in the middle when we can open the economy. Reporter that assessment coming as the state by state picture is mixed at best. New Coronavirus Infections, steady or falling in most states, but daily death counts still rising in 22 states. Hitting 1,399 nationwide on tuesday. The second highest oneday tenth toll reported this summer. The virus is winning, and the American People are losing. And we need to focus on whats happening. Reporter hawaii reporting its highest sevenday average for new daily cases at 119. Up some 146 from the previous week. Florida seeing its sevenday average for new infections drop by nearly a quarter. Even as it becomes the second state to pass the half a million case mark. With infections raging across much of the country, new york city where a fifth of all the new covid19 cases have been traced to other states, announcing quarantine checkpoints starting today for vehicles coming from states on the tristate areas quarantine list. With fines of
In just a couple of hours. From his golf club in bed minister. The white house has not officially said whether or not he is going to sign an executive order. But all signs clearly point in that direction, coming off the News Conference, the president hastily arranged last night in bed minister, where he said he did plan to move forward with executive action because congress has not been able to get a deal to extend these benefits that so many millions of americans are relying on. We expected trump was going to take more time before moving forward by that. He suggested by the end of the week, which many meant likely next week that potentially creating more pressure for congress to find a compromise that would avert the need for the president to go around congress by signing something himself. Now the president scheduling this new press conference today. We do expect it is possible he will move forward with at least part of what hes talked about doing threw executive action ask. The item
Freder w washington is dragging its feet. Talks of a stimulus package breaking down without a resolution, and at this point, no plans to resume talks. The deal is supposed to be a lifeline to help americans out of work and hurting financially. This is as a new study says 40 million faced evictions after protections expired two weeks ago. As those talks stalled, President Trump is saying he will issue an executive order in place of a new deal. Its not even clear, though, if he has the Legal Authority to do that. Now, all of this as the coronavirus pandemic in the u. S. Nears 5 million cases. Another 1,200 people died from the disease on friday alone bringing the total deaths in our country to over 161,000. Meanwhile, schools are beginning to reopen. In georgia, at least 260 students and 8 teachers are being forced to quarantine following positive test results in just the first week of classes. While in new york, once the u. S. Epicenter of the coronavirus, all schools have been cleared