By the end of 2020 will be met by one of the vaccines. We have three vaccine candidates. Weve had many more but three are really, really looking good. That news comes as the u. S. Saw a single day record for new cases on wednesday. Just today florida reporting more than 10,000 new cases, a new daily record high for the state. Our capacity in the hospitals is becoming less and less available, and were seeing a return of a disease that everyone dread freddie day one. Doctors in texas overwhelmed by the number of covid patients. So many in some parts there are wait lists for ventilators. I got 10 calms, young people, excellent candidates. They are so sick if they dont get put on so sick they are probably going to die, i had three beds. Three states paused reopening plans due to spikes in covid cases. Today the nations top disease expert dr. Anthony fauci telling bbc some states may have reopened too soon. In the United States even in the most Strict Lockdown only about 50 of the country locked down. That allowed the per ppetuatiop casinos opening their doors today. Pandemic not stopping some in tuscaloosa, alabama, from what one city councilmember describes as covid parties. City officials said tickets were sold to the to where the person confirmed to contract the virus wins cash. Unfortunately i dont believe they are taking this as seriously as they need to, especially because in tuscaloosa, and probable like a lot of cases in alabama, the spread has been asymptomatic. An hour outside, Rockland County investigating a cluster linked to a party. County officials issuing fines and subpoenas to compel people to talk to contact tracers. We are deadly serious. I will not allow the health of our county compromised because of ignorance, stupidity or obstinance. Dr. Fauci asked if the u. S. Is winning the war against the coronavirus. Youve been losing this battle, vanderbihavent you, re . We have. We cannot give up because it appears were losing the battle. A little bit more from dr. Fauci, jake. Late today he gave an interview where he talked more about potential for the vaccine and projections going forward. He said they should know by winter or early 2021 if they have a safe and effective vaccine. Already, jake, there are discussions among Health Officials who would be the first to get it. First responders, possibly those over the age of 65, those in longterm care facilities. Obviously first things first, you have to get that effective vaccine. Jake. Thats right. Jason carroll, thanks so much. Lets bring in cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. A new study shows theres a new mutation of the Novel Coronavirus that makes it more infectious but just as deadly, if not more deadly. What can you tell us about this . The last point is the most critical point. While it makes it more likely to spread, it doesnt appear to make it more lethal. Jake, we had some hints of this before. We knew a different strain primarily out of asia and a different strant primarily out of europe. You look at the eastern part of the United States versus western United States, probably different versions of the virus were affecting this. It appears to be a mutation in what is known as the spike protein. Thais the protein that allows these viruses to enter the cell and allows them to replicate more easily inside the cell. I think the two critical points is while it may make it more likely to spread, it does not appear more lethal and doesnt affect possible future vaccine. Its not a big enough mutation that should affect that, jake. Weve heard President Trump say the more testing we do the more cases we get and that makes the country look bad. At a Senate Hearing today trumps testing czar said this surge cannot just be attributed to more testing. Take a listen. There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent boss tifts are going up, so this is real increases in cases. I guess its notable somebody telling the truth about this virus was news worthy but we did want to point that out. That is obviously in direct opposition to what weve heard recently. The narrative has been you test more, youre going to find more cases, makes us look bad. Thats not the case. Its counterintuitive but as you test more, ultimately you should have less, fewer cases because you isolate people, quarantine them and thats how you break the transmission spread. I dont know if we have the graphs of texas but you can see weve looked at whats going on. We know the number of cases are going up in texas. Whats also been happening there is the Positivity Rate has hovered pretty high, around 15 or so over the last few days. Thats too high. That means as youre testing more, theres evidence of greater spread than you realized. So youre not just going up because of the testing, youre going up because the virus has spread more. You need that positivity to be closer to 5 or so. Sanjay, dr. Fauci acknowledged today the mixed messaging on masks from officials in the early days of the pandemic might have set the u. S. Back and that the u. S. Never really shut down you during the shutdown to get the virus under control. How concerned are you about where the u. S. Is right now in battling this virus . Well, you know, im pretty concerned. I realize, jake, we still have many tools, you know, basic Public Health tools that can make a huge difference. You and i have been talking about these for months now and they can make a big difference. Dr. Fauci and others ms concede at the beginning of the virus there was a lot we didnt know. It was Novel Coronavirus. Things were being learned along the way. There were some pretty basic rules put in place. When should a state reopen. Dr. Fauci talked about the fact 50 of the country really didnt shut down. Thats a problem because other countries did shut down and had tremendous success. When should they open . If you look at texas again, one of the basic rules was you had to have 14 days of downward trend before you started to open. Here, jake, are the 14 days before texas opened. Want to pull the data, opened may 1st, that was the plan to epa may 1st, closed march 30th. Jake, the numbers speak for themselves. That is part of the reason were in this problem. Part of those guidelines said if you go up five days in a row, you probably need to go back into shutdown mode. Some states are hitting those bench marks as well. We should point out, sanjay, you and i were at the time they were reopening, even though they were violating all of the gateway suggestion from the Coronavirus Task force, we were saying they had not met the criteria. Here we are with an explosion of new cases. Some cases in some states, an explosion of hospitalizations and, sadly, deaths. That was the reason you had the criteria. It seems like they were thrown out the window as quickly as they were released. They were put out in name only to give the sense here they are but you dont really have to follow them. The reason you want 14day trend, that gets you to manageable level of new infections. If you get the manageable level then you can isolate, quarantine, contact trace, all of that. With the numbers as high as they are, its tough to do, jake. Also at the Senate Hearing today, a health and Human Services leading the effort for the vaccine said u. S. Could have more than one Coronavirus Vaccine by early next year. Are you encouraged . Are you optimistic . I am. This is a deep area of reporting to us. Weve been talking to lots of sources in the cows, nih. You heard Francis Collins talk about this, head of the nih, being very optimistic about this thing. Its going to happen. There are several different vaccine platforms being worked on. Some are progressing more rapidly than others. It is kind of amazing. I think this is west nile of the bright spots in all of this, jake. The pace of medical innovation will be forever accelerated by this pandemic. We have done things in weeks that typically took years in the past because we had to. Our backs are against the wall. Sometimes that forces the innovation. With the vaccine, a couple of the platform vaccines in particular, youve really seen that. Within days after the sequence. Well see still. The question is am i optimistic and the answer is yes . Great. Thats at least something. Dr. Sanjay gupta, thank you so much. Ill take it. President trump skipping out on questions whether he was briefed on the alleged Bounty Program that targeted u. S. Troops in afghanistan. 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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accusing President Trump of dereliction of duty following a classified briefing on alleged russian Bounty Program that reportedly paid taliban terrorists to target u. S. Service members in afghanistan. As Jeremy Diamond reports this all comes amid new questions about what exactly the president knew and whether he should have acted. Thank you very much. Reporter today President Trump dodging questions about an alleged russian plot to reward the killing of american troops in afghanistan. Six days after that bombshell report and amid mounting evidence i think its a hoax. I think its a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats. Reporter trump has focused on undermining the intelligence and showed no concern russia may have targeted u. S. Troops even as the New York Times reports more details that u. S. Officials identified an afghan contractor as the alleged middleman in the russian bounty scheme and rewards of up to 100,000 were offered for every dead American Service member according to afghan officials. Today top intelligence officials hit capitol hill to brief the congressional gang of eight. Coming out of the briefing house Speaker Nancy Pelosi slamming the explanation for why trump wasnt brief. The white house put on a con, if you dont have 100 consensus on intelligence it shouldnt rise to a certain level. Well, we would practically be investigating nothing if you had to start off at 100 . So dont buy into that. Of course the president should have been briefed. This is of the highest priority, forced protection, a threat to our men and women in uniform. Former National Security adviser john bolton echoing those comments. The fact there might have been disagreement in the intelligence agencies, that happens all the time. So im confused by the white houses confusion over this. I dont think they have a grip on what actually is going on. As for the virus our Health Experts continue to address the temporary hot spots in certain cities and the crisis is being handled. The president insisting the u. S. Is getting the virus under control, even as 37 states are experiencing rises in new coronavirus cases. Jake, no members of that congressional gang of eight got into any details of what went on in that briefing today. The house Speaker Nancy Pelosi you saw her clearly saying she thinks the president should have been briefed on this and questioned why none of the white house officials who were briefed on this intelligence about russian bounties didnt stop the president when he went and invited russia to join the g7 again this year. Jake. All right. Jeremy diamond at the white house. Thanks so much. Joining me now to talk about this is democratic senator Kirsten Gillibrand who sits on the Senate Armed Services computer. Thanks for joining us. I want to get your reaction to something former National Security adviser just a few minutes ago that hes confused by the white houses confusion over this briefing mixup and they dont have a grip on this. Yeah. The president really has failed in his job as commander in chief. He has not taken his responsibility of force protection seriously. The fact we have intelligence reports of money going between russia and members of the taliban and go betweens with the taliban, the fact we found 500,000 in one of these individuals houses in afghanistan just shows how out of touch the president is. He should be briefed on these issues. If he wasnt, we have understanding that he was briefed on these issues, its shocking. He should have done something. Even more concerning is the fact hes been unwilling to stand up to putin his entire presidency. We watched helsinki. We watched him have multiple calls with putin during this time when he would have known and said nothing. Its an outrage. We need a full investigation, jake. We need to have investigations through the Senate Intelligence committee and Senate Armed Services committee and we have an obligation for our Service Members to get to the bottom of this. So you were briefed on the russian bounty intelligence yesterday. The white house has pointed out there is a dispute among intelligence agencies about the veracity of this report. Did you question the veracity, find anything unreliable what you were told. I cant speak to the briefing because it had a top secret level. What i can tell you is what i read in the New York Times and the fact they got information from only special forces but cia operatives, the information they have is corroborated. There is information we have today that this is something that should have been taken very seriously by the white house, by the president , and she should have done everything to protect our Service Members. We have concerns perhaps three Service Members were killed because of the bounty. We need to know if thats true. One of those Service Members is a new yorker. We heard from his father he has a right and demands the facts. Every member of the senate should be willing to have full investigations to get to the bottom of it. The white house is saying that it was the decision of the cia briefer to not verbally tell the president , though obviously its been reported by cnn and others that the information was in the president daily brief earlier this year. Take a listen to the White House Press secretary seeming to point the finger about why there was no action. Take a listen. There were under president obama just 39 on average criminal leak referrals. In this administration weve seen 100 criminal leak referrals to doj, 88 in 2018 and 100 every year. Members going after trump, thais what youre saying . It very possibly could be. Well, thats absurd. Sorry. Go ahead. Just saying mcenany saying this is a possibility the leak in the Intelligence Community going after President Trump. Shes abfuscating and trying to protect her boss. The fact he doesnt read daily readings, doesnt understand what t