I think at some point thats going to just disappear, i hope. This president ial has essentially gone awol from the job of leadership. Bars, dinein restaurants and movie theaters will also now close again in 19 californian counties. Do not take your guard down, please. Reporter this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its thursday, july 2nd, 6 00 here in new york. Breaking overnight, for the first time, the United States reported more than 50,000 new cases of coronavirus in a single day. 50,000. Its a record. An alarming record, but likely a fleeting one, because all signs are it will be shattered soon. One top doctor warns were approaching apocalyptic levels in places like texas, florida, and arizona. All states that just reported record cases overnight. Arizona and South Carolina reported record deaths. Several states reporting record hospitalizations. In a new interview, the president says when he look at all of this, how the u. S. Is doing, he thinks were going to be very good. Very good. 37 states, all the states youre seeing in red there, are seeing a rise in new cases. Very good. Nearly half the country is now rolling back plans to reopen businesses. All of this, of course, as doctors are now warning about a perfect storm this Holiday Weekend. With people gathering to celebrate the fourth at beaches and parties and while many cities have canceled their fireworks to keep people from gathering, the white house has plans for a celebration on the national mall, which could attract hundreds of thousands of people. The mayor of d. C. Is worried, but the event is ton federal land so its out of her control. President trump will kick off his Holiday Weekend tomorrow in south dakota with a Fireworks Show at mt. Rushmore. And just a reminder, masks and social distancing wont be enforced there, though for the first time mr. Trump is suggesting he has no problems with mask, and even said he thinks he looks good in one a, t hasnt worn one in public and says its a personal choice. The president is also repeating his claim that the virus will disappear on his own. Lets start with Boris Sanchez in florida where the virus is clearly not disappearing. Reporter thats right, erica. In the month of june, we saw a rise of more than 00,000 coronavirus cases across the country. More than 100,000 of them coming from right here in the Sunshine State of florida. Despite warnings from Health Officials and these surging numbers, President Trump continues to suggest it will all soon simply disappear. As the u. S. Marked a new high, reporting more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases wednesday, President Trump predicted the days of the disease will soon be over. I think were going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point, thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so . Disappear . I do, i do. Reporter but Health Experts say that is simply not true. This pandemic is not disappearing. This pandemic must be disappeared. And it can be, without a drug, without a vaccine, if you have leadership, governance, and individual responsibility. Reporter new infections increased in at least 37 states over the past week. Dr. Anthony fauci says it is not too late to turn the surge around. It does not have to be 100,000 cases a day. I use that number because i want to jolt people. If you leave the virus to its own devices, it will take off on you. Reporter five states marking their highest daily number of new cases. In response, California Governor Gavin Newsom announcing that he is tightening restrictions, closing indoor businesses, including restaurants, bars, museums, movie theaters, and zoos within 19 counties, making up 72 of californias population. Newsom also asking residents to think twice about having family gatherings this Holiday Weekend. This is about keeping you safe. About keeping them safe. Your friends, neighbors, and family members. Reporter texas adding almost 8,100 new cases. And in houston, the mayor fears hospitals could reach capacity by midjuly, if people dont act soon to change the current trajectory. Unless the behavior changes and people will engage in social distancing and wear their masks and proper hygiene, there could reach a point where they are really at their limit. Despite repeatedly refusing to wear masks in public, President Trump showing signs of pressure from his allies. Im all for masks. I think masks are good. If i were in a group of people and i was close i mean, people have seen me wearing one. Reporter but trump stopping short of endorsing a mask mandate. I dont know if you need mandatory, because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance. You talk about social distancing. Reporter facial coverings still arent required statewide in florida or arizona. Both governors leaving it up to local officials, despite calls for them to step in before the situation gets even worse. The virus just cant tell from one town to the next city whether they can step over whether the virus can step over that particular jurisdiction. The crisis is everywhere and we need swift action by governor doocy. And because of the surge of cases, miamis Jackson Memorial health system, one of the biggest Hospital Systems in the state, john, is warning that theyre running out of remdesivir, that key antiviral drug, the only one thats been approved by the fda to treat coronavirus. Theyre hoping that the public will heed their warnings come july 4th weekend. On top of that, Vice President mike pence visiting the Sunshine State today. Hes going to be meeting with Governor Ron Desantis in tampa. Potentially, masks, hopefully, will be part of the conversation, john. Well see. Boris sanchez for us in sarasota. The line is long for testing supplies of remdesivir running low. Gives you a sense of the situation in many states around the country. With that, the july 4th weekend could be a perfect storm for new infections. Thats the warning from one leading health expert. So what can be done to get this under control, next. This is nothing new. Throughout our history any time something bad has happened to us. Weve recovered. We fall, we rise. We come together. We work together. We innovate and create. We find our way forward. Every time. This has been the key to our growth that whenever we hurt the most, we became the strongest and found our way home. Together. Masimo. Together in hospital. Together at home. You cant give them everything they want. But you can find lots of things theyll love at petsmart. This week, get 15 off and a free care package with Curbside Pickup orders. Did you know Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance tada so you only pay for what you need . 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Ollie khan, dean of the college of Public Health at the university of nebraska, and the former director of Public Health preparedness at the cdc. And William Hazeltine is the chair and president of Access Health international and author of covidfamilyguide. Com. You both, i think, look at the Current Situation with more trained expert eyes than the rest of us. Professor hazeltine, when you see a Record Number of new cases, 50,000 new cases in one day in the United States, five states, including the two most populous states in the country, texas and california hitting a Record Number of new cases, arizona and South Carolina hitting record deaths, when you see all of these statistics, whats the most important thing to you . Well, the most important thing is to stop it. And the good news is people can stop it through their own actions. Its helpful to have great leadership. You need government to have the tools to help us. But ultimately, its up to us to make sure we take care of ourselves, our families, those people around us. And we know how to do that. We wear masks. We keep social distance. We dont mystix in large groups and especially over this weekend when things are so out of control. People say, maybe this will go away. Well, it might go away with over a million americans dead. That is what everybody in Public Health is worried about. Yes, it can go away, but the cost will be so high, nobody wants to pay it. And nobody needs to pay it. Nobody needs to pay it. You talk about the Holiday Weekend, dr. Khan, im wondering if you think in most areas of the country where were seeing these surges people have the will to do just as we heard from professor hazeltine, to really take it upon themselves to look out for both themselves and for those around them. I think thats part of the solution. So when i look at these 50,000 cases a day, i like to remind americans that many countries in europe have all contained their outbreak. New zealand has eliminated the outbreak. They have zero cases. And china is near eliminate, three cases a month, 1. 4 billion people. So its time to go back to first principles. So we need integrated leadership at the local, state, and national level. All of government responds professor hazeltine said, we need community engagement, and thats part of Wearing Masks, social distancing, and hand washing. We need to drop deaths by using dexamethasone, but the primary strategy is getting rid of cases in the community and that is a governmental responsibility to test and trace. So we are forced to shelter in place and wear masks, because government is not doing what its supposed to be doing, which is test and trace and get these cases down. And also, i think, acknowledging the problem. I think acknowledging that the cases are going up. Acknowledging that there are some places where it is near out of control has to be part of leadership. And professor hazeltine, to you. You said, its not going to just go away, or if it does just go away, its going to go away with more than a million deaths. Control room, i want to place s6 here. The president of the United States repeatedly, over months of this pandemic, has gone in with a strategy of, its just going to go away. So listen to this. Looks like by april, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. Just stay calm, its going to go away. Its going to go away. This is going to go away. Eventually its going to be gone. Its going to be gone. Its going to go away. Well, it didnt go away when he said it was just going to go away. It didnt go away in april when he said it was just going to go away. Not in june and now were in july, professor. Its not going to go away by myself. We need, as my colleague said very eloquently, we need individual action, we need government action, at all levels. This is not going to go away. People have to realize that themselves, their children, and everyone they love at this point is in danger. It can be controlled. Thats the good news. It can be controlled. Even today, there are countries that do it. There are counties in california, the barrier has controlled it pretty well. Other places in california have not. If you look at a countybycounty map, its really interesting. Some places do it really well and in the same state, some other people dont do it very well. When we look at what we need, dr. Khan, you just mentioned too the need for testing and tracing. Admiral gerard saying, its critical, but we cant test our way out of the current outbreaks during a briefing on wednesday. He said testing cant do it all. Hes absolutely right. Testing cant do it all. And i think we should no longer be counting the number of tests. The real issue is action on those tests. So what i want to hear every day is how many cases have we isolated . How many days did it take to isolate those cases . I mean, talking about testing, its probably adequate. Yes, we could use more testing in the United States. But talking about testing is so january 2020 at this point. I want to know what Public Health action was taken on the basis of these tests thats getting cases down. And thats not a count of tests. If i ask somebody how my deck is doing and they tell me how many nails they bought. Can i follow up on that really quickly . You want to know which cases are being isolated and how theyre being handled. Weve seen over and over, that thats one of the major issues. There are not enough Contact Tracers. We dont know where they are. And when youre looking at more than 50,000 cases in this country in one day, realistically, can you isolate all of those cases . Can you Contact Trace all of those people, 50,000 people . So you can do the first step, right . You can definitely isolate you can identify those people quickly and get them into isolation. I will be the first to admit its very hard to do Contact Tracing on that many cases. But remember, theres 333 Million People in america, right . And these cases are across the United States. So every city, state, and county should be working on their own cases and getting them into containment, paubecause if they dont get it into containment, they are liable to get this new spike. 90 of americans are still susceptible to this disease. So stay with us for just a moment, because were going to talk just ahead about vaccines. Where do we stand on a vaccine . There is some hope this morning. The latest results in one leading trial. But that hope also comes with some caution. Well does thiscuss that, next. At university of phoenix, we know youre always there for them. Thats why our advisors are always here for you. Learn more at phoenix. Edu. 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