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KPIX CBS This Morning July 12, 2024

News about the pandemic, the confederate battle flag and police brutality. Denied bail, the judge decides Ghislaine Maxwell is a flight risk after hearing pleas from two women who say she helped Jeffrey Epstein kidnap them. How marines are fighting the coronavirus with an Intense Research effort that could help all americans. Like the sound of that. First, here is todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. If you look at the magnitude of the 1918 pandemic, it does have the makings of the possibility of being, you know, approaching that seriousness. The director of the cdc is warning that fall winter will be among the most difficult for Public Health in u. S. History. Over the last couple of weeks, you keep talking about cases. You dont talk about death. We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world. Joe biden unveiled a 2 trillion plan to fight Climate Change and create jobs in the postcovid economy. Open everything now isnt a strategy for success. Its barely a slogan. A federal judge denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell. British socialite pled not guilty to charges she recruited girl. The indictment and words of the girls are chilling. Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hospital. Admitted after having both a fever and chills. Jeff sessions losing his old senate seat. Alligator attacks a kayak. I would have said a few more choice words. And all that matter. For the First Time Since the covid outbreak, im joined in person by my pal, andy richter. Hey, andy. Im over here. I think were about 36 feet apart. Right, as you requested. I requested that long before covid. On cbs this morning. An effect on tiktok. Were going to try on my 11dayold baby boy. The smile doesnt match the eyes, which is the creepy part. That baby. I cant see loving nobody but you announcer eye opener present bid toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. Anthony, tony, is that cute or creepy . And how do they do that . Both at the same time, gayle. Thats my verdict. Well go with creepy, i think. We loved moms reaction, seemed to get a kick out of it. Yes. Its amazing what you can do with tiktok. This is where we begin, of course, the coronavirus. The latest is it is spreading fast and the head of the cdc warns the u. S. Will probably face one of its biggest Public Health emergencies before the end of this year, as it deals with both covid19 and the flu at the same time. Oh, boy. Many americans are desperate for answers, as you know. Look at these long lines in several states. Hundreds of cars sitting there, waiting to be tested. Anthony . Three states, alabama, utah and florida just reported a record oneday number of coronavirusrelated deaths. Our lead National Correspondent David Begnaud is in orlando. David, good morning. Reporter anthony, good morning. Florida saw its largest increase in hospitalizations yesterday, more than any other state. 300 people went into the hospital yesterday with coronavirus. This morning, youll hear from the man who is leading the states effort. Were in the middle of hurricane season. Hes used to dealing with hurricane stuff right now, but he says over the last 90 days, Coronavirus Response has consumed more time and resources than a category 5 hurricane, but whats interesting, he says, during a hurricane, everybody, for the most part, is on the same page. Get out or stay safe and hunker down. He says in this case, its based on what your political persuaasion is and or who youre getting your information from, and almost no one is on the same page. Hurricanes are a sprint. This is a marathon. Reporter his agency is at the center of Coronavirus Response, delivering critical supplies and allocating personnel across florida. He says this is the largest operation in state history and it has been complicated by misinformation and politics. When a category 5 hits, nobody argues whether it was a category 5. No one says, no, it was a category 2. And in this disaster, were arguing over everything. In miamidade, more than 30 of all coronavirus tests came back positive on tuesday. And with hospitalizations surging, miamis mayor says more rollbacks may be necessary. There is a significant amount of pressure right now for us to shut down at some level. Out west, it is a similar story in los angeles county. New cases and hospitalizations hit record highs tuesday. Listen to what the l. A. Mayor, Eric Garcetti said, before those numbers were announced. Red is when everything shuts down again, everything, to our strictest level. And so i do want to warn people that were close to that. The outbreak is also accelerating in South Carolina. On tuesday, senator Lindsey Graham was briefed by hospital administrators. This is what he had to say afterwards. We see a dramatic increase in the number of cases and hospitals are facing severe staffing shortages. With the National Outbreak still raging, the city of philadelphia now says it will not allow any public gatherings over 50 people until early 2021. Officials say that could include crowds at professional sporting events this season. Dr. Robert redfield, director of the cdc, warns that the worse may still be ahead when the pan dem ic combines with the flu season. I think the fall and winter of 2020 and 2021 will be one of the most difficult times that weve experienced in american Public Health. Please, man, take it serious. Reporter that is george guerrero, his 31yearold sister died two weeks after being hospitalized with coronavirus, a devoted mother to six children. Now hes caring for them, along with four of his own. Its still hard to deal with, man. You know, she should still be here. They are still dealing with the problem of getting results back fast enough. 12 contracts with 12 Different Companies to keep testing people. At one point a Company Called and said its too many tests, its taking us too much, dont send us anymore tests for 48 hours. He basically fired them on the spot and said go find me somebody better, who can do it faster, because the demand requires that. Good news, david. The testing is not too effective if you dont get those results quickly. Thank you very much. Speaking of testing, experts say that the u. S. Should test around 4 Million People every day, if we intend to track and control the virus. That is more than five times as many as we are testing right now. An inside look inside arizonas largest testing facility, which is working to rapidly increase its capacity. In mesa, arizona, outside of phoenix. Good morning to you. Whats at stake for people where you are . Reporter good morning, tony. Set aside the frustrations some people are feeling over the long lines or the inability to make an appointment at testing sites similar to this one. Right now the major testing issue herere in the state of arizona is getting people those test results back quickly. Were being told its just not happening fast enough. Not enough to make an actual difference. This, of course, as hospitals continue to see a crush of patients and the virus continues to spread. In these extraordinary times we need Extraordinary Solutions and we need to be able to do that quickly. Dr. Brian koeneman is the scientific medical director at quest. His lab handles nearly half of all the coronavirus tests in the state of arizona. Our testing is up to 6,000 to 7,000 tests a day, increase up to 30,000 to 50,000 tests per day. Reporter after a brief dip on monday, case numbers shot up in arizona on tuesday with an additional 4,273 new cases reported, over 3,500 hospitalizations, a new record, and 92 deaths, as demand for tests has surged in recent weeks, so have the wait times to get results. At sonora quest, average wait time for a nonpriority patient is now seven days, a figure dr. Koeneman admits is a problem. Is testing where it needs to be in terms of meeting the demand . Currently we want to get more testing available. Thats what were ramping up quickly to do. Eventually well get down to within a 48hour turnaround time. Reporter student elliott treslo got a test at cvs after attending a black lives matter rally. He says the test was process bid sonora quest but the results took much longer than seven days. Ultimately, how long did you equate . 26 days. Reporter is that acceptable . In no way, shape or form is that acceptable. People are dying. Reporter we followed up with sonora quest about truslowes claim of waiting 26 days for those test results. Weve yet to hear back. While people are waiting for these test results, if they are asymptomatic, perhaps they continue to go out. If theyre essential workers, they continue to go to work. Of course, we noerks all the while, further spreading this virus. Yeah, mola, and thats a problem. Thank you very much. Much more on cbs news with the interview with President Trump thats getting a lot of attention today. The president insisted his Coronavirus Response is working, and he criticized School Officials in parts of california for ordering classrooms not to reopen next month. Now, after that conversation, he summoned white house reporters to the rose garden for a 52minute campaignstyle speech. He announced new sanctions against china for its crackdown on hong kong protesters, but also repeatedly blasted his expected 2020 opponent joe biden. When finished, he spent ten minutes in questions and aens with reporters. In our exclusive interview, Katherine Harris asked about a series of issues, including the pandemic. Reporter is covid19 the greatest threat to your reelection . I dont know. Ive done a great job. Now i have to do it again. I was sailing to a win, sailing. We were sailing right into a win. We had the greatest economy ever for our countr and the world. Reporter President Trump accused his presumptive rival, former Vice President joe biden of already damaging the countrys recovery. The possibility that joe biden gets elected, thats a huge downward pull on the stock market. Reporter you say thats affecting the stock market right now . Oh, absolutely. The stock market would be much higher, except for the fact that if he got in, the stock market will crash. Reporter the president criticized his challengers choice of face coverings, after he wore a mask for the first time in public this past weekend at a military hospital. Would you urge americans to wear masks right now . If its necessary, i would urge them to wear a mask and i would say follow the guidelines. Reporter why has it become such a political issue . It is a political issue for a lot of people. Its not a political issue for me. If im in contact with people, close to people, i would wear it. Reporter the president insisted schools should open on time. The Los Angeles School district is one of the latest and largest in the country to say theyre not going back to school in the fall. Mistake. Reporter what do you tell parents and teachers who feel its unsafe to go back . I would tell parents and teachers that you should find yourself a new person, whoever is in that position because parents and children are dying from that trauma, too, because theyre not doing what they need to be doing. Mothers cant go to work. They have to stay home and watch that child, and fathers. We have to open our schools. One thing very strongly weve learned. Young people are in great shape when it comes to the coronavirus. Reporter mr. Trump said his political opponents want to keep schools closed to stop his reelection. If they can delay School Openings until after november 3rd they have an advantage in the polls. I dont think so, because joe biden has been a failure. Reporter after recent controversy, President Trump defended the right to display the Confederate Flag. With me, its freedom of speech. Very simple. Like it, dont like it. Its freedom of speech. Reporter would you be comfortable with your supporters displaying the confederate battle flag at political events . It depends what your definition is but im comfortable with freedom of speech. Its very simple. Reporter you understand why its a painful symbol to many people because its a painful reminder of slavery. I know people who like the Confederate Flag and theyre not thinking about slavery. Nascar, you had those flags all over the place. They stopped it. I just think its freedom of speech, whether its Confederate Flags, black lives matter or anything else you want to talk about. Its freedom of speech. Reporter lets talk about george floyd. You said George Floyds death was a terrible thing. Terrible. Reporter why are africanamericans still dying at the hands of Law Enforcement in this country . And so are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people. More white people, by the way. More white people. Reporter Research Suggests that black people are about three times more likely to be killed by police than white people, but the overall number of white people killd is higher, because white people make up a larger percentage of the overall population. The president also made news on china, saying for now, he does not want to continue trade talks. Look, we made a great trade deal. But as soon as the deal was done, the ink wasnt even dry, and they hit us with the plague, okay . So right now im not interested in talking to china about another deal. Im interested in doing other things with china. Reporter how will you hold the Chinese Government accountable for covid19 . Youll see. Youll see. Its not for you. Its for me. Reporter but you will hold them accountable . Youll see. Reporter the president signaled an escalation in tensions with china, he blames them for the coronavirus. And the Trump Administration has reverse aid weekold rule that would have barred foreign students from continuing their studies online at u. S. Colleges. Gayle . Katherine, thank you very much. Please know a lot of people thank you for that terrible question. Thank you very much. White house trade adviser Peter Navarro is attacking dr. Anthony fauci again. This time, in the pages of usa today. What the president said about fauci in our exclusive interview, and take a look more closely at the effort to discredit the Trump Administrations scientific advisers. The president is celebrating political success after three states held primaries yesterday. His chosen candidate won a closely watched Senate Nomination battle in alabama. Ed okeefe is covering campaign 2020. The president was pleased. Is this a vindication for mr. Trump . Well, well see, anthony. Good morning. Political newcomer Tommy Tuberville prevailed over former u. S. Attorney general jeff sessions. Sessions, of course, was a key supporter of the president s 2016 election, but trump was backing tuberville, former Auburn University football coach. In part because he has been at odds with sessions ever since he recused himself from the investigation in Russian Election interference. Remember that . He faces the most vulnerable democratic senator up for reelection in november. Vice President Joe Biden once again slamming the president for his response to the coronavirus. Quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health and protecting our economy. Do your job, mr. President , because if we cant deal with the Public Health crisis, we cant deal with the economic crisis. Reporter biden is also pushing a 2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure plan that he says would help to reboot the economy after the pandemic. He says his plans would help to create millions of jobs in the auto industry. In a nod to liberal democrats pushing for more aggressive Climate Change proposals, biden, for the first time, is calling for a carbonfree power sector within the next 15 years. Polls continue to show biden keeping it close with the president in key swing states like arizona, florida and texas. Tony, the Biden Campaign now so confident about its chances in the lone star state, its starting to spend money there on tv advertising. All right, ed. Thank you very much. We want to tuck in some Supreme Court news. Justice ruth Bader Ginsburg is recovering in the hospital after being treated for a possible infection. She highway medical procedure to clean out a stent that was inserted last august when she was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas. Spokesperson says ginsburg is resting comfortable and will stay in the hospital for a few days, gayle . Wishing her a speedy recovery. 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