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President trump stays he has signed an executive order protecting u. S. Monuments. We have details on that. Stand by, but first, to nick watt in los angeles. California also seeing record spikes in new cases right now, so hows the governor responding . Its not just new cases, wolf, its hospitalizations, people in the icu. The governor, this afternoon, told imperial county, a big, rural county in the south, he told them they need to go back to their safer at home order. Meanwhile, the mayor of Sa...

Cases in america. States that rushed to reopen are getting hit hardest. Florida, georgia, arizona and texas set a record for hospitalizations for the 16th straight day. The president s allies, republicans, spent the weekend pleading with americans to do one simple thing. Wear a mask. These are really important. This is not as complicated as a ventilator. Part of our guidance, guidelines to open up america, again, encouraged people to wear facial coverings where social distancing was not possible...

Tone coming from the white house. Vice president mike pence saying at the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in two months that the u. S. Is opening safely and responsibly. Weve all seen the encouraging news as we open up america again. More than 3 million jobs created in the last jobs report, retail sales are rolling. Of course, the extraordinary progress in new york, new jersey, connecticut and new orleans, areas that just a matter of a month ago were struggling under the weight of this pan...

Restaurants to 50 to 75 . But as states grapple with the virus spiking a rather rosie tone coming from the white house. Vice president mike pence saying at the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in two months now that the u. S. Is opening, quoting now safely and responsibly. We have all seen the encouraging news as we open up america again, more than 3 million jobs created in the last job report. Retail sales are rolling. And of course, the extraordinary progress in new york, new jersey, conn...

White House White House Coronavirus Task force visited texas yesterday meeting with the governor and Health Officials to encourage everyone to remain diligent, especially young people. People should continue to practice good hygiene, wash your hands, avoid touching your face, and wear a mask wherever its indicated. Or wherever you are not able to practice social distancing. What we are seeing here is an increased rate of hospitalization of 20 to 40yearolds. I know its difficult in the 30, but ju...

During a town hall with our own sean hannity yesterday. He is expected to sign an executive order hiking penalties for those who destroy monuments. I stopped at the other night, i stopped at a number of times. You will see whats happening. We told him, every night we will get tougher and tougher. At some point theres going to be retribution because it has o be. They are vandals. They are agitators, but really they are terrorists in a sense. Melissa this is outnumbered and im melissa francis. Her...

Covid, they need to be tested regardless of their symptoms before they are discharged back to the longterm care facility because were concerned about someone being asymptomatic and then bringing it back and spreading it amongst vulnerable residents. Now we went through i had the National Guard and strike teams going to nursing homes, testing the residents, testing the staff. It took us because we have over 4,000 facilities in the state of florida, so it took us about two months to get through al...

Nursing facilities so if you have an outbreak at a nursing home and youre not able to properly isolate the patient, maybe that patient doesnt need hospitalization but they need to be isolated. You now have these dedicated facilities. Theres one right here in pensacola where the folks can be transferred so they are not spreading the infection in their nursing home. Thats something we didnt have available in march. We now have a lot of that available throughout the state. Any time you have a resid...

Duty troops into the streets. We had substantial dominant force and we have to have a dominant information. Maybe it doesnt sound good to say but we need law and order. Dana some governors say new curfews helped keep the protests under control. Were also expecting to hear this hour from George Floyds brother. Hes set to speak along with the nypd commissioner. So well have a lot to get to. Lets begin with Kristin Fisher to set us up for the news that were going to get in the 2 00 hour live at the...

Three Straight Days of some of the highest numbers that we have seen yet. A record 46,000 cases on friday. Almost 43,000 on saturday. And more than 41,000 yesterday. Florida, south carolina, nevada, and georgia all recorded their highest number of cases on saturday, with more than 2. 5 million cases now reported and new infections surging. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar issued this statement this morning. The window is closing. Have to act, and people as individuals have to act re...