That is nearly half the country that is seeing cases of the virus going up in the last few weeks. Were not just seeing more people test positive. Were seeing more people get really, really sick. We know this because hospitalizations are also hitting record levels. It is happening in states like texas, florida, california, and arizona. And i want to go straight to the white house where my colleague monica alba is standing by. Whats the plan for today . You can hear marine one just behind me, stephanie, as the president is set to depart here shortly for a multistop trip to a battleground state. Hell visit a portion of the border wall. This is something the president has wanted to do several times over the course of the administration but hasnt done it since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. This is really a first trip thats more political in nature without highlighting what the administration has done on the health crisis. Even as you see cases rise there in arizona. From the bo
Surrender one day after being charged in the shooting death of a black man. Falling poll numbers, rising coronavirus deaths and an explosive tell all. Donald trump prepares to end one of the worst weeks of his presidency by heading back on the campaign trail. You good to have you with us. So as more u. S. States relax restrictions and move to reopen businesses, the coronavirus is showing signs of surging half the country. Ten states are facing their sharpest spikes in new cases since the pandemic began including florida. Disease experts warn the virus could spiral out of control there. Cnns erica hill has more. Reporter record single day highs for new cases. Just over 2500 added thursday in arizona. More than 3200 reported in florida. Florida has always made the stuff of nightmares for me. Reporter new modeling predicts that state could be the next epicenter. The president dismissing data. If you look, the numbers are very minuscule to where it was. Its dying out. One of the problems w
Warned today, we are now entering a critical twoweek period. Trump was back on the road, this time in arizona. Mustwin state for him. Also happens to be one of the hot spots in our country. Just today according to the az central website, arizona set records in five separate categories new cases, daily hospitalizations, inpatient beds, icu beds, and ventilators in use. Five new records. Trumps agenda did not include anything on the ground related to the virus but did feature a photo op at his border wall, then a speech at a students for trump rally indoors at a megachurch in phoenix. It was his second indoor event in four days, this time in a state where the virus is spiking again as it was in oklahoma. And note these pictures show the kind of indoor mass gathering we have not seen in this country since winter. People sitting close together, most of them not wearing masks. Its only the second indoor mass gathering in our country in four days, and the president has presided over both of
But if we did slow down or didnt do so many. Lets say instead of 25 million, we did 5 million tests, wed be very low in cases and wouldnt everyone say, thats wonderful . Joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur. Like we said at the top, its a busy day for us. Tempting to go down that one rabbit hole on testing, but were going to hold off. What do you got . Theres also the private funeral for Rayshard Brooks which is just beginning at the Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta. Brooks was killed by Atlanta Police earlier this month in a wendys parking lot. Martin luther king jr. Once preached at this church and his daughter bernice king is expected to deliver remarks during todays service. Last night, crowds of people waited in the rain to pay respects to brooks at a public memorial. But, chuck, theres a lot going on. Certainly whats going on on capitol hill is gaining a lot of attention and what fauci is saying. What do you have . That is. Plus Police Reform as well,
Height of her powers right now. And we can only hope for some of that tomorrow night. Yeah, thanks, lawrence. Well done. Thank you, rachel. Well, awe is my general feeling for nobel prize winners, and i would be intimidated into silence by most of them since they operate so far above my intellectual altitude, but i can be temperatured to engage in some version of a conversation in nobel prizes, which i will do with a professor who has an important economic prescription for this country and how to deal with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and how to encourage our eventual recovery. He will get tonights last word. The next president of the United States will do something that President Trump has refused to do, refuse is probably the wrong word because it has probably never occurred to President Trump to thank and give praise to the heroes on the frontlines of the coronavirus battle who have been killed in the line of duty. And to give them that praise by name. The presid