It is friday, july 31st, 5 a. M. In new york. Despite what President Trump suggested on twitter yesterday, laura, we are still 95 days to the election. Well dig deeper on that in just a few minutes. You bet we will. This morning, a nation in desperate need of a plan will look to medical experts for answers. The House Select Committee on coronavirus will hear from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including dr. Anthony fauci, testing leader and cdc chief dr. Robert redfield. With any luck, theyll have more specifics than this. You said youre in the process of developing a strategy against the coronavirus thats very powerful. Where is that strategy . Youre seeing it. One of the things were getting, it hasnt been utilized, were all set to march when it comes to the vaccine. So the plan is wait for a vaccine. That will be little comfort to the more than 1200 people who lost family members. Staggering when you think of that. It was the Third Straight day of record deaths in florida where ironically the State Government starts meetings today on reopening bars. Theres also a hurricane coming this weekend making matters worse. Well have an update on that in just a moment. The president also heads to florida today. Hes set to meet with sheriffs in tampa and join a roundtable discussion on covid19. A topic that may or may not be addressed today. Testing delays. Leaving people out in public spreading the virus because they dont know they need to isolate. The Administration Official in charge set a guideline for testing results. By september well have half of the tests in the country will be point of care between 15 and 20 million, not assuming any new technology, just based on what were doing. Reporter georgia is at peak hospitalizations right now, but today the Jefferson CitySchool District about an hour northeast of atlanta will be the first in georgia to reopen schools for facetoface instruction. Yesterday the president had this to say on school reownings. How can you assure people that schools will be safely reopened . So can you assure anybody of anything . I do say, again, young people are almost immune to this disease. The younger, the better because theyre stronger. Theyre stronger. They have a stronger immune system. Its an incredible thing. A new study that comes out shows children under the age of five have a higher viral load in their noyess than older children and adults. That, of course, raising more questions just as schools start to reopen about how easily coronavirus can be spread to teachers and others. As we mentioned, there was a special advisory overnight. A storm churning across the atlantic. It is now strengthened into a hurricane so where do people go with short notice . Crowded Evacuation Centers are not pandemic friendly. State sponsored Covid Testing Centers are shut down. The storm battered leaving up to 400,000 people without power at one point. One person also missing on the island. Heres meteorologist derek van dam with more. Good morning, laura and boris. Late last night the Hurricane Hunters found it was strengthened into hurricane strength. Isaias. Its moving into the bahamas. 80 mile per hour sustained winds. Hurricane warnings for the bahamas including nassau with tropical warnings for the southeast coast line of florida. Well monitor to see if any of these changes are made with the watches and warnings as the storm makes a close approach to the florida coast line before bending to the north and northeast potentially making a landfall as a category one hurricane right along the coast of the carolinas. Theres certainly some model discrepancy between the european and Global Forecast model. You can see a timing and strength difference. One thing is for sure. Lots of rain associated with the system as it tries to make land fall late monday and into tuesday. Well keep you up to date. Back to you. Derek van dam, thanks for the update. The head of the governments Warp Speed Program to develop a vaccine believes it will be highly effective. He has some insight on when a vaccine might be ready for allamericans. Senior medical correspond Department Elizabeth cohen spoke with him at a Clinical Trial site in savannah, georgia. Reporter laura, boris, i sat down for an exclusive interview with the head of operation warp speed, the multibillion dollar effort to develop a covid19 vaccine. What he told me is that he thinks this vaccine is going to be very effective. Its very hard to predict, of course, thats why were doing the trial. My personal opinion based on my experience and the biology of this virus, i think this vaccine is going to be highly efficacious. I wouldnt be surprised if its in the 90 . Reporter some experts have lower expectations for the efficacy. He went over with me a time line for what he expects to happen. He expects by december of this year or january of next that we could have tens of millions of doses of covid19 vaccine and he said those would go to high risk individuals, for example, the elderly or people with underlying medical conditions. He said that by the end of 2021, he expect there to be enough vaccine for allamericans although ideally he hopes to have enough for allamericans by the middle, not the end, of next year. Laura, boris . Thanks for that, elizabeth. We should note she mentioned the efficacy. Asked about that 90 projection. Dr. Anthony fauci said he is not sure it is going to be that high. He Still Believes it is going to be, quote, reasonably good. The extra Unemployment Benefits is expiring today. The senate has adjourned until monday. Tens of millions of meshes have been receiving the 600 supplement on top of state unemployment keeping them and the economy afloat. Congress and the white house are still in a standoff over the new stimulus bill. When the first one passed, the extra money was meant to be short term. It remains essential. Republicans want to reduce the benefits. The federal moratorium is expiring leaving 12 million renters in limbo. As we mentioned at the top of the hour, there are just 95 days to election day, november 3rd. All signs are it is going to stay that way. Republicans unusually quick in their near universal conviction that the election be moved and he doesnt have the power to change it anyway. Never in the history of the country, through wars, depressions, and the civil war have we ever not had a federally scheduled election on time and well find a way to do that again this november 3rd. This is significant. Even one of the cofounders of the federalist society, an influential conservative group called the suggested delay grounds for impeachment. So, remember, these are the same republicans who stuck with the president through quite a lot in impeachment. Obstruction of justice allegations, charlottesville and a long list of selfinflicted scandals. Republicans want to keep their jobs. The public wants an option to vote by mail. Trump tried to clarify last night. I want a delay. I want the election. I dont want to wait for three months and find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything. Trump initially floated the idea thursday morning on twitter after he had just seen record low gdp numbers denting the central theme of his reelection. A roaring trump economy. Some out there argue that he put it out as a distraction, but whatever the motivation for his supporters, it sends a message and its just the latest in a string of examples from trump all laying the groundwork for him to reject the Election Results as illegitimate if he loses in november. Examples like this. Are you suggesting that you might not accept the results of the election . I have to say, im not just going to say yes. Im not going to say and i didnt last time either. Now its true, even democrats worry about election Infrastructure Holding up in the middle of this pandemic and results may not come Election Night if most people vote by mail but does that mean theres going to be widespread fraud . No. Theres no evidence that mailin voting leads to fraud. According to a Washington Post analysis, 77 of americans can vote by mail this fall. Half a dozen states do the majority of their voting by mail without any fraud. Speaking of the push for Voting Rights and questions about fraud and the ability of people to cast their ballots, it was an important emotional tribute yesterday that was as pointed as it was poignant. Former president s paying a final tribute to civil rights icon and a champion of Voting Rights john lewis. Well be right back. John lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better america. 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It was back in january when one of those travelers, a man from wuhan, became the first covid19 case diagnosed out of china. Fast forward to now, thailand says it has crushed covid19. Officially just over 3,000 of the 66 million strong population have caught the virus with only 58 deaths. After two months all new cases in the country have been brought from overseas, so how did thailand do it . This is the most important factors in controlling the covid19 in thailand. Reporter a bitter fight against the deng gee fever left thailand in a position to jump on to a new infectious outbreak. When covid19 struck, 1 million Public Health volunteers were already assembled and prepared to fan out across the country. When the case was discovered, they traced and isolated it straightaway. Translator our strength is that we know our community. We know who is most at risk says one volunteer. People are scared of this invisible disease. They know how quickly it can spread. Reporter in a country that calls itself the land of smiles, Public Health officials believe that tradition has kept people safe. An acceptance of facemasks and a long standing culture of showing respect by keeping social distance helped to protect ties. When cases began to rise, places were closed down bustling bangk bangkok. They fought their final rounds, shadow boxing in empty stadiums after the sport was linked to massive outbreaks. Schools that closed swiftly look very different now. The classes have resumed months later. Universal health care has kept preexisting conditions down lessening the damage of the coronavirus compared to the u. S. And europe. Perhaps the indy of the world now, they hope that will last. Anna corinne, cnn. Thanks, anna. Nba 2. 0. The lead tipping off again in the bubble but the focus hardly on basketball. Demand more from longwear. Infallible up to 24hr fresh wear. By loreal paris. Excellent coverage with no weigh down. 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Basketball is back. The nba returning to action after five months after suspending the season due to the pandemic. Andy scholls has more in the bleacher report. Andy, great night of nba action. Happy to see basketball is finally back. Reporter boris, so great to have the nba back in action. It was 141 days since we had a meaningful game. We have 22 games now playing in the bubble there at disney world in orlando vying for a championship. A big part of this nba restart is fighting for social justice. The coaches and referees kneeling together during the National Anthem to protest systemic racism. Adam silver issued a statement saying i respect our teams unified act for peaceful protests. Under these unique circumstances will not enforce our long standing rule requiring standing during the playing of our National Anthem. The latest superstar lebron james says he hopes to keep the focus on the black lives matter movement. During the past when weve seen progress, weve let our foot off the gas. We cant do that. We need to continue to keep our foot on the gas, push forward, spread love throughout america. The games in orlando have a much bigger look. They have virtual fans tuning in from their homes put on the giant video board behind the court. Really cool. The players and coaches sit in the new socially distanced bench areas. The scorers table in the middle of the court, its surrounded by plexiglass. Theres no camera men allowed on the floor but the nbas put some new robotic cameras in place so we get cool views of the action. The lakers and clippers, the big game of the night. It came down to the wire. Lebron calls his own shot here, puts him back with 13 seconds to go. That gives the lakers the lead. The other end of the floor, lebron playing some great defense. He would shut down the clippers two stars, Kawhi Leonard and paul george. Denies the clippers the tying bucket. The lakers win the thriller, 103101. In the meantime, Jazz Center Rudy gobert whose positive test triggered the shut down back in march, he scored the very first basket of the restart. Then he scored the final points to secure the win for the jazz over the pelicans. After the win gobert reflected on what has happened since he last stepped foot on the floor. I was watching this morning. Im happy to be back on the court, do what i love to do. Be back and try to win game. Yeah. Laura, awesome night all around. Six more games on tap today. You know, since theyre all playing near disney world, they start in the afternoon and go throughout the night. The virtual cutouts were so cool. I was hoping i might see your face there in a reporters section. No such luck. Ill have to see what i can do. Nice to see you, andy. Bad weather is not what florida needs right now. A hurricane nofg this weekend ready to move up the entire east coast and the u. S. Now settling into a tragic, unacceptable reality. More than 1,000 deaths a day. Right now, there are over a million Walmart Associates doing their best to keep our nation going. Because despite everything thats changed, one thing hasnt and thats our devotion to you and our communities. Our priority will always be to keep you and our associates safe, while making sure you can still get the essentials you need. An unacceptable new normal is setting in. More than 1,000 americans dying a day. Another new record set in florida as a hurricane gains strength and heads for the east coast. And republicans lining up in force against the president. All it took was a tweet suggesting he wants to delay the election. Good morning. This is early start. Im laura jarrett. And im Boris Sanchez in for christ teeb romans. We are half past the hour. Great to see you, laura. Great to see you, boris. A nation in desperate need of a plan will look for answers. Well hear from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including dr. Anthony fauci and the testing leader Brett Maguire and robert redfield. American families are anxious for answers. More than 1200 American Families lost a loved one just yesterday. The u. S. Had four times more deaths yesterday than europe with less than half the population. It was the third day with higher numbers in florida and theyre talking about reopening bars. Well have an update on a hurricane. A topic that may or may not be addressed when he visits florida today. Testing delays. Leaving people out in public spreading the virus because they dont know they need to isolate. The Administration Official set a deadline to achieve quicker test results. Listen. By september well have about half the tests in the country will be point of care between 15 and 20 million, not assuming any new technology, just based on what were doing. Meanwhile, georgia is at peak hospitalizations, but today the Jefferson CitySchool District about an hour northeast of atlanta will be the first in the state to reopen schools for facetoface instruction. Yesterday the president had this to say on schools reopening. How can you assure people that schools will be safe when reopening . So can you assure anybody of anything . I do say again, young people are almost immune to this dise