Sharp ly on the rise elsewhere n the United States. Health officials in texas reported a record high number of people died from the virus last week. The same happened in florida. As i peek more people are known to have the virus in california than in any other state. Also happening now, millions of americans who lost their jobs because of this devastating pandemic are eager to see the if the nengs stimulus bill will send more desperately needed money their way or change their employment benefits. Republicans are set to unveil what they want to see for so many americans. They need to feed their families and in some cases avoid vix. 100 days from today is election day in the United States. Well discuss the state of the race and the impact of the pandemic on the contest later this hour with our reporters and our analysts. First lets go to the white house right now for the very latest on the work thats needed to finalize the next round of help for millions of out of work americans. Jeremy diamond is joining us. Republicans are still try iing finalize their own Coronavirus Relief proposals. Now the white house is pushing for a scaled back bill. Judgment date our viewers on the very latest. Is thats right. Senate republicans are expected to rehees their 1 trillion phase four Coronavirus Relief bill tomorrow. But today as negotiations continued with mark meadows and the treasury secretary, both on capitol hill doing those finishing touches on the legislation, both of those men also floated a different approach going forward. And that is to do a scaled down bill that would focus on those Unemployment Benefits, perhaps as well Liability Protections for businesses. Thats because at the end of this coming week, those supplement the benefits, 600 dollars per week that millions of americans have been benefitting from during the coronavirus pandemic, those affiliatidditional benefits are expiring. So so theres a tight deadline in order to extend those so that americans dont experience a lapse in those benefits. But wolf, that proposal appears to be dead on arrival. The House Speaker nancy pelosi has already said quite clearly that this should not be done piecemeal. It should be done as a total package. Beyond the financial aspects of the bill for americans in terms of Unemployment Benefits, the 1200 stimulus payments that are also expected to be included, theres also billions of dollars for testing, contact tracing, things that are related to alleviating the pandemic as well as billions of dollars for schools to help them reopen. So this is certainly going to be an interesting week on pennsylvania avenue on both ends between the white house and capitol hill. As they try to hammer this out. We will also begin to see a potential blame game between both sides as those Unemployment Benefits are expected to expire. For millions and millions of americans, so much is at stake right now. There was some news involving the president today a few days ago he announced that he would throw out the first ceremonial pitch at a yankees game in midaugust. But today those plans have been scrapped. Tell us what happened. This went away almost as quickly as it came about. He said he was going to be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on august 15th. Three days later the president is cancelling those plans tweet ing today because of my focus on the china virus, our economy and much else, i wont be able to be in new york to throw out the opening pitch for the yankees on august 15th. But he say he is will make it later in the season is. Its not clear what popped up in it the president s schedule in those three days to make it not possible. Theres been some backlash to the idea the president throwing out the first pitch. Its not an yier area he enjoys a the lot of sport. But later in the season, i find it hard to believe that President Trump would go out there given the boos that likely would follow him in a place like new york at yankee stadium. Youre right. Jeremy diamond at the white house, thank you very much. We also saw this are from the president today outside his new jersey golf course. Still in new jersey at the time the president tossed hats to a crowd of supporters. He was was not wearing a mask. We also saw the president golfing this weekend with nfl hall of famer brett favre. Once again, no masks. Its only been six days since the president tweeted this. Many people say that it is patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant socially distance. Theres nobody more patriotic than me, your favorite president. Lets discuss this with former assistant commissioner of health and cnn medical analyst, also with us the director of the centers for Disease Control research and policy at the university of minnesota. Professor, thank you very much to both of you for joining us. Do americans need to see their president president wearing a mask more often. He doesnt do it very often. If they are going to change their own behavior, wouldnt that set an example from the top . Yes, in fact, its important we should be wearing masks. We want to not use as the only means for protecting ourselves because we know distancing is by far the best thing we can do, but we should all be wearing masks. He needs to set an example because theres a bunch of people out there who dont believe in wearing a mask. They dont see the president wearing a mask and they think its not necessary. I agree with michael. I think aside from a complete shelter in place lockdown kind of situation, masks are the number one, two, and three most important things we can do right now. I think unfortunately, masks have become sim is bolls. Symbols of your partisanship opposed to what they really are, which are hygienic measures. Its like saying im not going to wash my hands because i belong to this or that political party. Its not a scientific perspective. Testing certainly continues to be a critically important issue in this country. I want you to watch what the white houses coronavirus te testites testing czar told jake tapper. Were never going to be happy with testing until we get turn around times within 24 hours and i would be happy with point of cure testing everywhere. We are not this yet. We are doing everything we can to do that. Were hearing a lot of reports, as you know, of some people waiting a week or ten days to get their results. How do these delays impact the spread of this deadly virus. It comes back eight to ten days later has no impact whatsoever. Largely, either from a clinical standpoint or a Public Health standpoint. We issued a document several months ago about smart testing. You wanted to test the right people at the right time with the right test to get the right result to have the right thats great. But we have been calling for National Planning and intervention for the better part of four months. We knew the supply chains were going to be a problem. I talked about it in this very show in april that we knew this was going to happen. And we just not have been able to basically manage the testing expectations by either reagents, the number of tests available, the machines to run them, the personnel to run them and youre seeing whats happening now because of that. Doctor, more than 150 very prominent medical experts, nurse, other experts signed a letter urging leaders to shut the country down, start over to contain the virus. Do you think it will take another shutdown to show or stop this virus . Look, were on the very steep end of an exponential curve where rates of transmission, rates of new cases and hospitalizations are shooting up in many parts of the country. And i do think in much of the country that is probably what its going to take. Fortunately, we are starting to see things starting to level off in arizona. We may be approaching the peak in florida. But there are other states that are very concerning right now. States like missouri and mississippi that threaten to be the next hot spots. So bisically what youre dealing with is one massive game of whack a mole. So youre going to see this resurge one place after another after another if we dont have a concerted National Approach to this. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Today marks 100 days until election day 2020 here in the United States. The big question is can a president win reelection amid a devastating deny pan demic and a 60 disApproval Rating right now. 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Can a president win reelection with a more than 60 disApproval Rating from the american public. The United States, people here in the u. S. Are about to find out. According to a new poll, look at this, 61 of americans say they disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job. 38 athey approve. Its become a famous reelection mantra for coined by ronald reagan. Are you better off now than you were four years a ago . For many voters in 2020 the answer at least right now appears to be no. Just 20 of americans, by the way, say the country is heading in the right direction. Right direction, wrong direction, only 20 say its heading in the right direction. Thats the lowest percentage than any time during President Trumps term of office. So lets talk about the state of the race right now. The impact of the coronavirus with our topical pain reporters. Cnns ryan nobles is following the Trump Campaign for us. Mj lee is covering the biden camp. Ryan, these are pretty bleak poll numbers for the Trump Campaign right now with only 100 days to go. So whats their strategy . What are you hearing from your sources . Well, its pretty clear every time you present these bleep poll numbers to the Trump Campaign, what the Trump Campaign immediately does is take you back to 2016 and show you the long his of polls that showed Hillary Clinton with the lead and the progress nost taters that said were going to win and then point you to the the results saying that donald trump won the presidency. But theres no doubt that the Trump Campaign understands just the position that they are in right now. Thats why you saw 24e78 shake some things up they removed the campaign manager, replaced him with an old political hand who understands how to navigate a political campaign, especially with the stakes this high. You also start to see a bit of a change in tone from President Trump. He seems much more focused on combatting the coronavirus. Hes talking about it in much calmer terms. The question, of course, when dealing with President Trump is how long can this tone last . And it was kind of the bombastic tone that got him elected four years ago. Definitely an unsteady situation now for the Trump Campaign, but they remain confident they still believe theres a enough time for the president to turn things around and win are reelection. I think it would help his campaign if he started wearing a mask in public. I think that would be a political gain for him. As you know, no republican has won the presidency without carry ing the state of florida since 1924. President trump has not led in the poll in florida since early march. Is the Trump Campaign olympian ing on putting a whole lot more resource there . We know they have tons of cash. Well, listen, theres no doubt that florida is a mustwin. A Conference Call was held and said florida must be won to win the election. The other thing to keep in mind is youd be hard pressed to find someone that knows florida politics, republican or democrat, that believes the gap is 10 points. Everyone knows its going to be tight race at the end of the day. But we do see the Trump Campaign making moves there. The most significant being bringing back susan whiles, she came on late in the game last time around. Many in usually the three key battleground states that President Trump won in 2016. So what are they showing . Update our viewers on that. Wolf, as ryan just laid out, theres no question that the coronavirus pandemic has taken a political toll on donald trump. Recent polls have consistently shown that his National Approval ratings have taken a hit. We know that this has happened as the pandemic continues to hurt the economy and continues to kill thousands of americans across the country. Now when you look at some of these state by state polls, theres more good news for the Joe Biden Campaign. I want to walk you through three new polls that came out today. Look in the state of florida. Biden is up 51 to Donald Trumps 46 . And in arizona, biden is at 49 to Donald Trumps 45 . And then finally in michigan, biden is at 52 to Donald Trumps 40 . Now the reason that both the donald Trump Campaign and the Joe Biden Campaign are going to be looking at these three polls closely is because these are three states that donald trump won in 2016. So this certain bly doesnt bode well for the donald Trump Campaign right now. The big caveat that polls only capture a snapshot in time. This is where things stand right now. Obviously, a the lot can change. In all three polls that i just pointed out, the cnn polls, Donald TrumpsApproval Rating when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, they were all under water. So what else is in bidens campaign strj to keep this momentum going in the midst of the pandemic 100 days until election day . The strategy right now really appears to be continue talking about the coronavirus pandemic and more specifically, continue hammering away at what the campaign feels like has been a big failure from both donald trump and his administration in managing this pandemic. Every single inperson Biden Campaign event that we have seen in recent weeks you see joe biden directly quoting donald trump. Some of his statements about how he wants to slow down testing and misstatements that they believe have been harmful to the effort to contain the pandemic. We also see joe biden pointeding out certain behaviors. His refusal to wear a mask. His decision to hold an indoor campaign rally. On top of all that, joe biden is rolling out his own Campaign Policy prom plans. So last week we saw him go to delaware and roll out a plan aimed at the people in america who are taken care of children. The elderly, people who are sick. So clearly for the time being, the Joe Biden Campaign believes that talking about the coronavirus pandemic and really hammering away at what think see as failed leadership from donald trump, they see that as a winning message. Thank you. You guys will be very busy, very business set is over the next 100 days. Appreciate it. Well have more on the election and the coronavirus. Thats coming up. There are new cases of the coronavirus that are spiking across the country. And now one hard hit state, were talking about arkansas, is mandating the use of face masks statewide. The governor is standing by live. Well discuss, when we come become. brad some may wonder how apartmentsdotcom has helped more renters find their place than any other site. By digitally upgrading every one of our employees. Physically. Now, everybody at apartments. Com can, and does, give one hundred and ten percent. [rapid typing and clicking] apartmentsdotcom. The most popular place to find a place. 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