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Dying at the hands of police. And so are white people. Odonnell breaking news, superior Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital. Well have the latest on her condition. Bidens new attack, the formish Vice President rid calls President Trumps coronavirus response. Please listen to your Public Health experts instead of denigrating them. Odonnell and the message behind his new campaign ads. Come of antibodies in all the patients who received the shop. A lot of reporting tonight cbss Manuel Bojorquez will lead off coverage from miami. Good evening, manny. Reporter good evening. The c. E. O. Of miamis Largest Health system said onethird of all their patients have covid 19 and nearly 200 of their employees have come down with it, too. This on a day when florida reported 132 new deaths, a oneday record. The steady stream of new covid 19 patients into florida hospitals is pushing doctors and nurses to their limits. Dr. Mark supino is just back at work at jackson memorials e. R. In miami after contracting the virus himself. And its really about keeping our heads above water. Reporter how much longer can you go like this . Right now, we have the resources we need, fortunately. How much longer can we go . Thats a great question. I think part of the challenge is not knowing how much longer there is to go. Reporter Governor Ron Desantis said hes bringing in 3,000 nurses, in from out of state for relief, but one florida nurse who went to new york city to help during the height of the outbreak there only to now be dealing wit at home says getting new nurses could be difficult. Right now, texas is sucking in all i. C. U. E. R. Nurses. Theyre getting all the special nurses. Arizona is getting the leftovers of that. So what does florida get . Reporter all of those states need them. I think if we could get everybody to wear a mask now, i think, over the next fou four tx to eight weeks, we could bring the epidemic under control. Reporter dr. Robert redfield warned the risk of not Wearing Masks over the next few weeks could be dire. I think the fall and the windish of 2020 and 221 will be probably the most difficult times weve experienced in american Public Health. Reporter in texas where hospitalizations have surged to nearly 60 in the last two weeks, some smaller hospitals are having to turn away covid patients. In the Rio Grande Valley valley, ambulances are waiting five to twelve hours to deliver patients. In arizona, Moises Ramirez loza has been on a ventilator more than a week, his first floor room a saving grace allowing his children to keep vigil. We speak through the window as loud as we can. Sometimes you can see tears falling down. Reporter new york pressed ahead today to require visitors from 22 states to selfquarantine or face up to a 10,000 fine. And with the Republican National convention in jacksonville just over a month away, organizes are planning to move events to outdoor venues, given floridas covid 19 surge. There is a first in the race for a vaccine. The company mo deer na published in a peer review journal its vaccine candidate boosted the immune responses of all volunteers who are part of its trial. Clearly more research is needed but is viewed as an encouraging start. Odonnell promising news on the vaccine front. Manny, thank you. We turn to our exclusive interview with President Trump and his thoughts on coronavirus, reopening schools and excessive for by police. Catherine herridge asked the president if there should be a federal mandate on Wearing Masks or if thats up to governors. They can have their own guidelines but they go by the c. D. C. Guidelines and right now thats saying wear a max and thats okay with me. Reporter would you urge americans to wear a mask . If necessary, i would urge them to wear a mask and i would say follow the guidelines. Reporter talking about testing, back in march you said every american who wants a test will get a test. One to have the major labs announced today the average wait time for results is about seven days. Is the National Testing strategy working . Working . We have 45 million tests as of, i think, today, approximately 45 million tests. No other country tests like us. I could say its working too well. Were doing testing and were finding thousands and thousands of cases reporter what can you do to speed up the testing result time . There are different kinds of tests. There are tests that are very good, very strong, where you send it to a laboratory. The best thing we can do and were doing more and more is onsite testing, so you can wait in half an hour and in some cases like abbott, you can wait five minutes. Reporter will you push more foron site . I like at this time best. I might not be as accurate but i like it the best. Reporter on education, the Los Angeles School district is one of the latest and largest in the country to say theyre not going back to school in the fall. Mistake. Reporter what do you tell parents and teachers who feel its unsafe to go back . I tell parents and teachers you should find yourself a new person whoevers in charge of that decision because its a terrible decision because children and parents are dying from that trauma, too. Theyre dying because they cant do what theyre doing. Mothers cant go to work because all of a sudden they have to stay at home and watch their child and fathers. Whats happening, you know, theres a tremendous strain on that whole side of the equation. Reporter so its a balancing act. It is a balancing act, but we have to open our schools. Reporter President Trump, back in 2015, you said the confederate battle flag belongs in a museum. Do you still believe that is this. All i say is freedom of speech. Very simple. My attitude is freedom of speech very strong views on the comfort flag. For me, freedom of speech, very simple, like it or dont like it. Reporter would you be comfortable with your supporters displaying the Confederate Flag. Depends on what your definition is but i am comfortable with freedom of speech, very simple snoop you understand why the flag is a painful symbol of many people because its a reminder of slavery . Well, people love it. I know people who like the Confederate Flag and theyre not thinking about slavery. I go to nascar, you have the flags all over the place. They stopped it. I think its freedom of speech, whether comfort flags or black lives matter or anything else you want to talk about its freedom of speech. Reporter lets talk about george floyd. You said George Floyds death is a terrible thing. Terrible. Reporter why are africanamericans still dying at the hands of Law Enforcement in this country . And so are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people. More white people, by the way. More white people. Reporter is phase two of the trade talks with china dead . Im not interested right now in talking to china. Reporter so is it on hold, on the back burner . We had a great trade deal but as soon as the deal was done, the ink wasnt even dry and they hit us with the plague. So right now im not interested talking to china about the other deal. Im interested in doing other things with china. Reporter how will you hold the Chinese Government accountable for covid. You will see. Its not for you, its for me. Reporter but how will you hold them accountable. You will see. Reporter researchers suggest black people are three times more likely to be killed by police but the overall number of white people is higher because whites represent a larger percentage of the population, norah. Odonnell Catherine Herridge with that big interview tonight. Thank you, catherine. Much more of catherines interview with the president tomorrow on cbs this morning. Gnaw to breaking news on supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of a possible infection. Cbss paula reid has the late details tonight. Paula, what do we know about her condition. Reporter norah, Justice Ginsburg is 84, survived four bouts of cancer and in a statement tonight the court said she was evaluated last night in the hospital after experiencing fever and chills. This afternoon she underwent a procedures in Johns Hopkins in baltimore to clean out a bile duct stent placed last august. Were told by the court she is now resting comfortably but will remain in the hospital a few days to receive intervenes antiboct treatment. Ginsburgs health has been under close scrutiny especially about liberals who are concerned what her retirement or death could mean for the court. She has been hospitalized twice in the past year. Just moments ago, the president was asked to react to the news. He said he was not aware she had been hospitalized but said he wished her the absolute best. Norah. Odonnell paula reid with the information. Thank you. Joe biden unveiled a 2 trillion plan to fight Climate Change and create jobs in the economy. More from cbss ed okeefe. Reporter speaking near his delaware home toad joe biden red called President Trumps response to the coronavirus. Its gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear mask in public. Reporter the president , who wore a mask to Walter Reed National military Medical Center over the weekend, was also criticized by biden for failing to listen to medical professionals like dr. Anthony fauci. Please listen to your Public Health experts instead of denigrating them. Do your job, mr. President , because, if we cant deal with the Public Health crisis, we cant deal with the economic crisis. Reporter bidens strong showing in key swing states like arizona, florida and texas, current coronavirus hot spots, is due in part to the president s handling of the pandemic. And the Biden Campaign is now planning to run tv ads in those states mples this virus is tough but texas is tougher. We can stop the spread, and its up to all of us to do it. I will not abandon you. We are all in this together. Reporter but the commercials make no mention to have the president , just to have the crisis. Ed okeefe, cbs news. Odonnell a new study estimate nearly 5. 5 million workers lost their Health Insurance between february and may, the biggest loss of insurance in any single year. Researchers say these recent losses are 40 higher than the spike during the Great Recession when nearly 4 million adults lost their Health Insurance. Tonight, cbs news is getting a first look inside a military Program Testing the effects of covid on hundreds of marine recruits who are quarantined at the citadel. The Military College in south carolina. Heres cbs news mark strassmann. Reporter most of them are 18, marines in training for all of one week. But many are headed to the front line. Its important to keep you guys all safe. Reporter of covid research. Why do young people more easily neutralize the virus . Navy commander dr. Andrew latizia leads the study. We need to understand what those things are in order to further dive down into how our bodies can best and most effectively fight off the infection. Push the saliva in. Reporter volunteers give latizias team swab and blood samples. Like hezekiah barron. Im very concerned. Were in close spaces all day every day. Reporter the u. S. Military keeps fighting covid. In march the virus raced through the Teddy Roosevelt aircraft carrier. 1200 sailors tested positive, one side. Over the weekend, dozens of marines stationed in okinawa were affected. It affects all of us because we dont county see it. Its everywhere but nowhere. Reporter researchers will track volunteers who test positive for eight weeks, how tinfection spreads and the resilience for the antibodies and other markers of the virus. We apply that knowledge of immunology towards developing the next frontier of medicines and vaccines. Reporter latizias initial findings featuring these new recruits will be published next month. Mark strassmann, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. Odonnell tonight weve learned the Coroners Office in ventura county, california, ruled 43yearold glee star died of accidental drowning. Her body recovered five days after she disappeared from a boat trip. Her 4yearold son josie was found safe aboard the boat last week. Castmates of glee gathered yesterday and creators are creating a college fund for her son. There is still much more news on tonights cbs news. Why prosecutors say Ghislaine Maxwell had three passports and more than a dozen oversea Bank Accounts and made her a flight risk. 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It means the alleged accomplice of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein will likely spend the next year in jail as he say waits trial. Cbss Jericka Duncan reports. Reporter Ghislaine Maxwell appeared at todays 140minute bail hearing by video. Shes been behind bars since her july 2 arrest. U. S. District judge Alison Nathan determined the 58yearold british socialite should not be released on bail, saying maxwell is a substantial actual risk of flight. Prosecutors say maxwell has links to more than a dozen Bank Accounts around the world worth more than 20 million in total and three passports in her name. Two alleged victims provided statements for todays hearing, including annie farmer who said she was griewmed and abused by maxwell when she was just 16 years old, and a jane doe who said, if shes out, i need to be protected. Maxwells attorney claims shes been a target of endless media spin, adding shes not the monster, shes not epstein. 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