News, President Trump down playing the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Well, i hate it anywhere, but if you look at other countries, other countries are doing terribly. I think were doing really well in florida. Today florida did post a Record Number of deaths. That is something in fact it has done for four days running. When you compare the american death toll to other countries, as he did, you can see what it looks like. The United States in green and the other countries, well you see them at the bottom. In just the past eight days, half a million americans we know have become infected which is 43 americans every minute, many more we dont know about. The thing you know about is deaths. That has hit record highs in two states. Nationally were closing in on 153,000. Tonight the cdc is forecasting that the United States could report 30,000 more dead americans in the next three weeks, people who are alive right now, some of whom may not even be sick yet. And tonight trump went ahead and held a Campaign Event and a hurricane prep event in florida, the state with the record death toll today. Theres the Campaign Event in tampa, no social distancing, few masks. At the hurricane preparedness event it was the same scene. The president did not just model behavior that shows disrespect for the only two things that can save lives right now, masks and social distance, he also continued to mislead the American People. Tweeting during a capitol hill hearing, we do much more testing than the other countries in the world. If we had no testing or bad testing, we would show very few cases. Sure, if you dont test, youre not going to know who has it. Its a moot point because people will still die. In fact more of them will die than if you knew who had it early on and could treat them and prevent them from spreading it. His argument is on its face inhuman. Listen to dr. Fauci. Are we seeing more covid19 cases in the u. S. Because of the testing results . Obviously if you do more testing, youre going to see more cases. Okay. But the increases that were seeing are real increases in cases, as also reflected by increasing in hospitalization and increasing in deaths. Okay. According to the cdc, five National Models now show the number of hospitalizations is expected to increase over the next four weeks, hospital zass from coronavirus specifically and wit comes to death also. This country will not get the pandemic under control until we know who has the virus so we can stop it spreading to people who do get very sick and die. Which means people need to get the results of their tests in less than 72 hours. That is not possible in the United States. Its not possible. You know that and trumps goto man on testing knows it too. It is not a possible benchmark we can achieve today given demand and supply. 72 hours is a joke. Some people are waiting 7 to 10 days for results which renders them worthless. That should alarm everyone. Contact tracing is what we need to do. Find out who has it, stop it from spreading. Youre not able to do it if test results are delayed by more than five days. When you look at where we are right now, part of what we see of course is that were learning that it just doesnt work unless you get the contact tracing. And Jared Kushner had a National Testing plan this past spring to do that, but according to a new report in vanity fair one team member is ughed a National Plan was not necessary. Think about that. Facts didnt matter in democratic states, the pandemic didnt matter to them. Im going to speak to the reporter who broke that story in a poemt had. The delays, shortage of supplies, one of the top experts in this country said the u. S. Needs a new strategy where every morning you wake up, spit on a special piece of paper, two minutes later you know if you have the coronavirus or not. That way you can go to school or go to work. Thats how you get an economy functioning. And thats what the president should be pushing. More testing saves lives and its the only way to save an economy in total chaos. More testing the path to fewer cases and fewer deaths, mr. President. Erica hill is outfront live in new york. Erica despite what the president says, the pandemic tonight not under control in this country. Reporter no, erin, its absolutely not under control. Surpassing 4. 5 million cases. We heard from the cdc more than a month ago the number of people infected could be ten times that. Without proper testing, without quick test results, without contact tracing, getting this virus under control is increasingly difficult. I think with such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not are a unified bringing everything down. There was not one National Plan to get the virus under control. And despite guidelines from the white house, there wasnt a unified plan to reopen either. We should have been able to anticipate that these surges of infections would occur. And i think so much of our response has been reacting to whats happened rather than anticipating whats ahead. Reporter those decisions now playing out in real time. While things are looking better over the past week, even in the recent hotspots of arizona, california, and florida, texas seeing a slight decline in new cases, infections are growing in the midwest. And deaths, which lag by at least two to four weeks, are rising. The cdc predicting fatalities could top 173,000 in the next three weeks. Taking personal responsibility is the best way to keep this in check. And win the war against this invisible enemy. Reporter hospitalizations are hitting record highs in several states. Earlier this month, the administration moved to bypass the cdc, telling hospitals to send their data directly to hhs. Dr. Redfield, when did you first learn . When were you first told . When were you first notified . Again, as i mentioned, i wouldnt involved in the decision so you i dont remember the exact date. Am i to understand that you were not told at all . Well, i was told, actually, once the secretarys office made the decision that that was the decision and we worked together. Reporter in the early ep cent e just 1 of tests are now coming back positive. New york city, the nations Largest School district raising new details for hybrid learning and how to deal with an outbreak. If a case in a classroom, the kids, students and teacher are going to quarantine for 14 days no matter what. Schools in indiana and georgia welcoming kids back. Were ready to start. We need oget our kids in school. Infections could be controlled at colleges this fall if students are tested every two days. Many universities have already decided to move learning online instead. Reporter another study out of the cdc that is giving some folks pause as they look at what to do for back to school, this study looked at a georgia overnight camp where over 40 of the kids there contracted the virus. They followed most of the guidelines for the cdc for summer camps. One thing the campers did not do, the kids did not wear masks. The staff did, but the cdc notes there was daily vigorous singing and cheering. That is raising new questions about the fall. I want to go now to dr. Sanjay gupta and dr. Jonathan reiner, director of the cardiac cath lab at gw who directed the White House Medical Team under george w. Bush. 15 days to go from 3 to 4 million cases and positives far outweighing the testing here. The president though still saying this is because we test more and saying today if we had no testing we would show very few cases, as if, you know, that just deny the reality so it goes away. What are facts here . Yeah, i mean, that is absolutely a completely denial of reality, putting your head in the sand. Obviously the testing is not causing people to become infected. There are a lot of opeople infected, probably ten times as many as were seeing. Were definitely not doing enough testing. The one thing is were doing so little testing that its not accomplishing what we want to accomplish in terms of finding people, being able to isolate them, quarantine their context, and bring the numbers down. If you had a good testing program, not only would you be finding people who are symptomatic and sick, you would be doing surveillance testing to people who are asymptomatic testing. You would be doing what you described, assurance testing. It could be like a weather app. Do i need to carry an umbrella today or not . It could be that simple if we had break throughs and recognition of the importance. Were still minimizing it. You could get the whole thing under control, even the economy that shrunk by a third. Were looking into an abyss here. And testing a big part of why. Dr. Ryan, yeiner, at the hearin experts all agreed, cdc, testing chief, were not where we need to be. Were not even frankly close. But the president keeps coming out saying were doing such a great job, and in fact, we shouldnt be doing all this testing because its why were seeing cases. Why has he continued to say this . He knows what hes saying is patently false, i assume. Of. Well, does he . There are really only two explanations. Either the president is willfully deceiving public, or the president just cannot understand. This you know, the two cardinal tools that we have to suppress the pandemic are the two things the president has consistently cast doubt on. The president has called testing overrated. You heard him do that as recently as today as you just said and the president refuses to wear a mask. The president was in florida today, the epicenter of the United States pandemic, not wearing a mask and visiting with the crowd without a mask. And when i saw that, my heart broke for the nurses and docs and the staff in the hospitals like Jackson Memorial and tampa general that are flooded with people dying of this virus. And the president comes down to florida without a mask . Thats like smoking a cigarette in a cancer ward. What a slap in the face. Either he doesnt get it or he refuses to tell the public the truth. Either way its unacceptable. Sanjay, i will say, you know, after what happened to herman cain, we dont know exactly where he got it although its extremely possible he got it at that rally in oak observe, you would think as president of the United States the possibility that someone coming to see you could do, that you would do Everything Possible for that not to happen. Hes not doing it. We have a record of deaths for the fourth day in a row in florida. He held a rally of sorts on the tarmac. It was outside but you can see no social distance. Maybe i see a mask there. Maybe. Im not sure i see one. Round table again, same scene. How dangerous is this for some of the people who are there . Not him. People who are coming to support him . Well, you know, first of all, what Jonathan Reiner said about the fact that he knows this and is choosing not to abide by this i think is the case. And we know the Coronavirus Task force members when theyre asked question about what theyre telling the president , theyre telling him the importance of testing and masks and all these things. Its not like the information is not getting to the president at this point. Just to keep that in back of mind. Its obviously a dangerous sort of thing not only for those people who are closely clustered and i dont know how long they were clustered but for the president. I realize he gets testeder day, but getting a test doesnt inoculate you against the virus. There are people around him within 6 feet, have they been tested . Might they be transmitting the virus to the president of the United States . Its kind of shocking. Youve got to think about this from a National Security perspective to some extent. Just because you cant see the virus doesnt mean its not there. The president , hes 74 years old, has comorbidities including obesity. You talked about that with heart issues, sanjay. He should be concerned. Hes in a risk zone. So, dr. Reiner, the rally from the president today, the mini rally on the tarmac, comes a day after herman cain died, his friend who contracted the virus at some point, possibly at the tulsa rally, right around that time frame somehow. The president was asked about that today. Are you worried he caught covid in tulsa . No, i dont think he did. Obviously, theres no way for him to know that. Herman cain was hospitalized with coronavirus 11 days after that rally. Its extremely possible he got it there. He could have gotten it somewhere else. His website says we dont know where he contracted, he travelled on planes between several cities. Its not impossible that he contracted it at the tulsa rally. But the president is not even i guess he cant anyone who went to that who wasnt a vip like herman cain had to sign a waiver where they shouldnt hold the president responsible if they got coronavirus or got sick and died. He completely lacks empathy. The response to that question should have been, oh, god, i hope not. Mr. Cain got hospitalized about 12 days after the rally. It takes about five days to become symptomatic after exposure on average and typically about a week to get sick enough to get hospitalized and thats exactly 12 days. I dont know where he got it but he could have gotten it at the rally. It doesnt matter. What matters is the president was willing to expose thousands of people, about 6,000 people that day, to the virus. No social distancing, no requirement for masks. And, you know, whether or not mr. Cain got it there, it doesnt matter because the president was willing to have his supporters risk their lives to stroke his ego. Before we go, sanjay, what erica mentioned, 44 of campers at their georgia overnight camp getting coronavirus. Obviously most of them arent maybe none of them are going to get really sick, but they could spread it. What does this mean for schools . I think its a big marker for schools. I know this camp, by the way. A lot of my kids and my kids friends know this camp. 260 kids got infected. I dont know if we know the numbers. But it was kids who were pretty young who made up the vast majority of infections as well. As you point out, erin, if you dont even if youre not getting sick, the idea the kids can transmit the virus is a real concern. I think oits a fundamental point. I hope people understand that. People say the kids are immune. Theyre not immune. They may not get as sick, but they can still spread the virus. 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Breaking news a hurricane warning issued in florida, the governor declaring a state of emergency. Hurricane isaias barrelling toward the state as the state had a Record Number of coronavirus deaths for four days in a row. Ryan, the pandemic there, 10 positivity, record day of death. Now you have the hurricane coming. Testing sites are going to be shutting down. Is there a sense this is the straw that breaks the camels back bad analogy. Its not a straw but more than the state can handle . I dont think theres any doubt, under any circumstance, hurricane isaias would be a huge issue. But you take into the contents of dealing with the pandemic, it becomes a major problem. You mentioned that the covid sites have been forced to be shut down in many places across the state. You have the companion problem as to what theyre going to do about shelters, the governor warning the florida residents should have days of food and water. That often leads to folks needing to access shelters. That means asking the counties to put special precautions in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus, meaning only 50 people per shelter, hand sanitizer