Is in the numbers. Ten times in the last two weeks the nation has seen more than 1,000 covid deaths per day. 1,400 dead in just the last 24 hours. And new reporting this morning sources familiar with the president s Oval Office Meeting with the Coronavirus Task force say that despite all of this, all of these deaths and the numbers, the president still does not grasp the severity of this pandemic. Well have more on that reporting in a moment. And no one in the world following the u. S. Example. Also the president continuing the strong push to open schools despite many schools already seeing set backs when they attempt to reopen. My view is the schools should open. This thing is going away. It will go away like things go away and my view is that schools should be open. If you look at children, children are almost i would almost say definitely but almost immune from this disease. Thats false. Science doesnt back him up, yet he repeats that falsehood. Children not immune to this virus. The state of kentucky report 18 children under the age of 5 got the virus. Well speak with a doctor about the president s false claims, what the science, what the medicine tells us. Lets start with Dianne Gallagher in georgia. Some schools have started to reopen, of course parts of the country reopenings have begun. What are they finding . What kind of setbacks are they running into . Much like across the rest of the country and in georgia, we are seeing different ways that the School Districts are trying to reopen. In nearby cherokee county, they started on monday, the first day of school. Theyre posting pictures from classrooms, from the school, on the first day of school. Monday. You can see most of the kids are Wearing Masks. Not a whole lot of social distancing in some of these photos, but look, a student who was there on the first day of school, a second grader, tested positive for covid19 the district announced on wednesday. Now, we dont know if that second grade classroom is in any of those photos that the School Posted on the facebook page. But that entire second grade classroom, 20 students and the teacher, now have to quarantine for 14 days. The teacher will be teaching virtually from their home. And that student testing positive being announced in the school just two days after school started. Thats been the concern of a lot of parents, a lot of the districts around the state. What if we go back to school in person and someone tests positive and people just have to go home. In marietta, jim and poppy, just since they started preplanning theyre doing virtual teaching but five of their employees have tested positive, just since july 27th. Dianne gallagher, thanks very much. Joining us now to discuss this and other facts, the chief medical doctor at harvard medical school. Tell us what we know about school and covid19, and its true they are far less likely to die from this. But are we discovering theyre more vulnerable than we believed as we see an increase in cases . Its a great question, jim. What we are learning and we are really just in a learning phase is that children are carrying the virus. As you say, they dont necessarily get sick at the rates thank yt adults do. We have seen a small number of pediatric cases do get a significant inflammatory disease that can be life threatening. But we have seen studies that have come out from the George WashingtonMedical Center in washington, d. C. , is that when they look at a you know, 1,000 children who have been tested for covid, theyre finding disproportionate rates of children particularly of black and latino children and this is a huge concern for reopening schools. I just wonder your reaction to hearing the president of the United States say on television across the country that children are essentially immune to this. I mean, for any parent that believes that, the Health Implications for their children. I would go as far as to say its an irresponsible statement. Children are not immune to coronavirus. We know that children can contract the virus, they can carry it. They can transmit it and they can also get sick from it. So it is a misstatement at best and something that, you know, should be frankly ignored. We need leadership that is honest about the risks that we face, that is honest about what we dont know about the virus. So that we can take the necessary precautions. We had cnn ron klain, he was the ebola czar under president obama under the response to the United StatesEbola Outbreak and he spoke to chris cuomo last night and he made a remarkable statement about getting covid and dying from it in the u. S. Have a listen. You are more likely as an american to die from covid than you are in almost any other country. You know, there are more cases of new cases of covid today in paris, texas, than in paris, france. Doctor, is that a product just of the vast number of cases in this country, that clearly the outbreak is not under control, but is it also how we are able to treat this . In other words, if you get it, do you have a higher chance of dying from it here . Well, i think the issue really is that we are the most wellresourced nation in the world. We are less than 5 of the population of the world, yet we have over a quarter of the known covid19 cases in the world. And there is nothing special about how americans experience covid as compared to other countries other citizens of other countries. Were all human beings and when you have a high case count, youre going to have a significant mortality rate. That said, we as a nation have unfortunately failed in creating a National Strategy to control the virus. To contain it, to test for it and we have had really frankly mixed messages about how we protect ourselves, Wearing Masks and socially isolating. The end result is going to be what we are seeing. High case counts and high death rates in our country that was avoidable. If we could talk about the disparity among children for a moment, im sure you saw that it just came out in the last 24 hours from the journal of pediatric that theres a big testing site in washington, d. C. And they had a more than a thousand children tested and the results were startling. 30 of black children tested were positive for covid. 46 of hispanic children versus only 7. 3 of white children. When you see those numbers, it just it shows us what we have seen in adults as well, but among children how much more susceptible minority children are to this, whether its that theyre you know, exposure situations but what are the consequences of that . Its a question, poppy. I think what were seeing in that particular study as you say is not surprising when we look at the statistics in adults. Yeah. People who are black and Latino Latinx are getting it at greater rates and this shines a light on something that we have already known. Its exasperating the systemic inequalities in our society. People who are of color and people in poverty track together. And it is in fact people of color who disproportionately are represented as essential workers. They are the people working in the Food Processing plants. Theyre the people working in the Grocery Stores disproportionately and that results in the greater risk and they bring that risk home to theyre children and then those children can bring it to the schools. Yeah. Agricultural communities as well. Thanks very much. Thank you. We do have this breaking news this morning. New reporting in to cnn from sources inside the administration, that President Trumps Oval Office Meeting with the white house Coronavirus Task force how it went. Lets go live to the white house. Jim acosta, so what happened inside that room . Yeah, jim and poppy, we talked to a source familiar with the president s meeting in the oval office with the Coronavirus Task force. This was the first in depth, comprehensive meeting with members of that task force since april. And the source familiar with the meeting said that the president is still not demonstrating that he has a firm grasp on what is happening with this pandemic in the u. S. In the words of the source familiar with the meeting, quote, he still doesnt get it. He does not get it. One thing we should point out what happened inside this meeting according to this source, officials on the task force continued to have trouble relaying to the president just how troubling this pandemic is right now in this country. As some members of the task force tried to stress to the president the severity of the outbreak in the u. S. , according to this source familiar with the meeting the president was trying to change the subject throughout this meeting. He would Start Talking about Something Else according to this source familiar with the meeting. The other thing we should point out is that the president s mood according to this source familiar with the meeting was less jovial as this person was describing it compared to past Task Force Meetings with the president. This source said quote, his mood lately is not a happy mood. And one other difference this source noted is how the president invites and Vice President pence respond to the information theyre receiving from members of the task force according to this source familiar with the meeting, Vice President mike pence quote, gets it. But the source added that pence appears to be quote conflicted when he is having his interactions with the task force. Hes sending indications to members of the task force according to this source familiar with the meeting that he understands their concerns, understands the severity of the pandemic, but hes tempering his comments according to this source familiar with the meeting to make sure that he remains in lockstep with the president. One other thing we should point out the source said that there was a little tension between President Trump and dr. Deborah birx, the coordinator of the task force. The president has been highly critical of dr. Birx, but according to the source familiar with the meeting there was little of the tension left over in the meeting yesterday. So jim and poppy, it does not get more serious than when you have a source with the rare meeting inside the oval office with the president and saying that the source saying that the president still quote does not get it, he does not get it. He doesnt get it or doesnt want to get it. No desire to grasp the extend of it. Exactly. Thats right. And, you know, that is consistent with what we have heard for months now, jim and poppy. That is, you know, the president appears to be in denial when it comes to the severity of this pandemic. And, you know, i think that was demonstrated in his interview with fox friends. He continues to downplay the severity of the pandemic in this country. Thanks for the important reporting, jim, very much. Negotiators resume talks soon, hoping to reach a deal on a stimulus package by the end of this week. Lets hope. But every day that goes by without a deal millions of unemployed americans continue to suffer. Well have a live update ahead on where things stand. Get this. The Trump Campaign suing to stop nevada from expanding mailin voting but the president encouraging the very same mailin voting in florida. Ones got a democratic governor, one a republican one. Guess which one. And what caused the massive explosion that rocked beirut . 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You know, poppy, the cdc does not recommend the practice and its important to know that Governor Desantis has talked about various scenarios of allowing visitors back into Nursing Homes but nothing has materialized until now. Its also important to note that when it comes to his response to covid19, that is the one thing that he touts about, just about every press conference that he has. The fact that he stopped visitations early and that that decision that he made saved liv lives. Heres the reality. Of the more than 7,400 deaths in this state are linked to Nursing Homes. When you look at the number of deaths overall per day, those are trending upward in the state of florida. When you look at the number of daily cases in the state, those are downward, but florida is on the brink of hitting 5,000 cases in total and the Hospital System continues to be tested. This morning there are 52 icu hospitals across the state at capacity. This as we learn that five individuals who attended an event that was also attended by Governor Ron Desantis tested positive for covid19, poppy. Now, we asked the Governors Office and this and they said that the governor had no indication that they had any contact with the individuals who tested positive for covid19 and also that the governor is tested regularly for the coronavirus and that he has no symptoms at this time. Jim . Rosa flores, hes getting tested. Thanks so much. Ed lavandera is in texas. Those being treated at makeshift medical facilities to help take the pressure off the local hospitals. Ed, tell us how overwhelmed the Hospital System is there because thats a real measure of course not of how far the medical system is spread but how many are getting sick. Right. We talked about the Rio Grande Valley and what a crush of patients the Hospital Systems are experiencing down there and because of that, the Mcallen Convention center has been turned into the makeshift hospital with room for 250 patients. The governor of texas toured the facility yesterday and also announced that a second similar facility will be opened up in the neighboring town as well to continue to alleviate the number of patients who are putting pressure on the hospitals throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Texas reported another high day of coronavirus cases, more than 9,100 cases being reported yesterday. But overall, the trend has started to look a little bit more encouraging over the last seven days. This is the first day we have been over 9,000 cases in i think more than a week or so. Overall, things are starting to trend downward, but it has plateaued at a very high level. Jim and poppy . Yeah. It certainly has. At least we are seeing some of those positive indications. Ed, thank you very much for the reporting. Negotiators will be back at the table today to discuss a new hoped for stimulus package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says they are making some progress. This is after a Top Democrats and senior members of the administration met for two hours yesterday. Lets go to our congressional reporter, lauren fox. Shes on capitol hill. What does some progress mean . I think i saw the last headlines was nancy pelosi said its 4. 3 trillion. Yeah. One big sign of whos going on behind the scenes they are actually trading proposals at this point. That is significant. They also agreed that Everybody Needs a deal. Heres what house Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday. We all have agreed that we need to have an agreement. And we will have an agreement. But were not going to do it at the expense of americas working families. We are making some progress, we are understanding each other better. And of course the deadline that they set for themselves is the end of this week. Thats just a couple of days when you consider that the senate usually leaves town on thursday afternoons. But there are significant sticking points. Yesterday, what were learning is that th