He scores stanley cup champions touchdown only mahomes. The big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. Lets look at the headlines concerning the coronavirus pandemic. Several states, including arizona, california, florida are reporting new record high death tolls on a daily basis with florida seeing its fourth new record this week. Now florida already at the heart of a pandemic is bracing for the impending arrival of a hurricane. Floridas governor declared a state of emergency for the county along the atlantic coast. The storm is expected to start affecting the state later tonight and cause problems throughout the weekend before, perhaps, scaping up the eae in coast. Hampering efforts to confront the coronavirus. We are happy to have with us julia bag of wtvj in miami covering this pandemic and a hurricane. Whats the situation there . Reporter florida certainly facing a double threat this afternoon from coronavirus, a fourth straight day of record deaths, 257 just reported, plus another 9,007 new cases reported today as well. Of course, hurricane isaias looming just off of our coast. The state has closed down those openair covid19 testing sites along the east coast, including here in miamidade. These are drivethru and walkup sites with tents and temporary structures not meant to withstand any strong wind. Certainly not the strong winds of a hurricane. Elsewhere here in south florida, families are taking home sandbags to protect their homes in low lying areas. I spoke with the mayor of one area about why the 20pound bags are so crucial. As a mayor, i lose sleep over flooding, even if it stays offshore. We have seen microbursts here and flooding. The governor tells us that across the state, nursing home facilities and covid19 facilities are prepared. 100 of them have generators in case they lose power. Floridians know all too well just how deadly results can be for the elderly if their Nursing Homes lose power in this heat. Julia, thank you so much for spending some time with us. This is the part in the hour where you head off to prepare for the 11 00 broadcast. Im always amazed at how much new material you have at that hour. Back at you, every day at 4 00 p. M. And the remainder of our 3 00 hour together. It is an unbelievable pace these days. And yet, to your point, we are always able to report something new in what many people would define as the dead of night. Enjoy your weekend. Thanks for having me. Thank you, brian. Have a great friday. When we return, donald trump is falsely claiming that kids are, quote, almost immune to coronavirus. Its not true. It comes as schools are reopening. In one hot spot state today without a requirement that they wear masks. Thats next. Did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins . Heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. Prilosec otc uses a unique delayedrelease formula that helps it pass through the tough stomach acid. It then works to turn down acid production, blocking heartburn at the source. With just one pill a day, you get 24hour heartburn protection. Prilosec otc. One pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. Donald trump falsely claimed that kids are, quote, almost immune to coronavirus. This as our country grapples with an escalation of cases and uncertainty and concern about kids. Experts have warned of the dangers of the president s push to reopen schools 100 inperson as he puts it and his narrative that kids have strong immune systems. Now as schools across the country begin to open their doors, this alarming reporting from the New York Times that a new study finds children may actually carry the coronavirus at high levels. The Study Says Research finds infected children have at least as much of the coronavirus in their noses and throats as infected adults and children younger than 5 may host up to 100 times as much of the virus in the upper respiratory tract as adults. Kids returned to class today in georgia without any mask requirements in place. How is it going . Reporter we talked to two students this morning who said it was their first day back at school of their senior year. They werent really feeling that excited, in part, because they were concerned about the fact that this school is not requiring masks when kids go back into the classroom. They sent a letter to parents saying masks were encouraged and they would be encouraging social distancing, use of hand sanitizer, extra washing f inin hands. But at the same time, masks are not a requirement. In response to that, these two girls who i spoke to this morning, rising seniors at jefferson high school, put a petition online asking the school to make masks mandatory. That petition was met with some support but also some derision. There was a counterpetition petition put up. This Health Debate has been linked with the politics of the moment, specifically the politics of mask wearing. As much as for these two girls, they say it wasnt about poli c politics. Look in the comments to see for a lot of people, it is. Listen to what the students told me. Its not to me its about the safety of students and faculty and our community. A lot of students do involve politics. A lot of kids dont think its the mask wearing. They dont want their rights taken away. But they never had a problem with dress code or anything else. Reporter all you have to do as i said is look in the comments on the petitions. You see things referencing liberal and conservative and trump 2020. It speaks to where we physically are, in a county that went for trump in 2016 and just again hammers home the point that mask wearing, although its a Public Health thing, has really become this political touchstone, especially in georgia, against the backdrop of a state thats seeing spikes in cases across the board. Ali vitali in jefferson, georgia, with fascinating interviews with students. A reminder that they are all watching and listening to all of this. That was great to see. Back with us today, the president of uscf Children Hospital in San Francisco and oakland, dr. Michael anderson. He served as vicechair of the National Commission on children and disasters under president george w. Bush. So much has changed since we last talked about the school debate. Namely, cases have exploded across a lot of the country. When i first started asking you, it was deeply personal because explosions were in my hometown of manhattan. Now the cases are from coast to coast. You listen to alis reporting. Students have now taken on the burdens of our highly politicized debates about what shouldnt be debated anymore. We will get specific about states and regions. What do you make of the politics having infected the debate about school return . Thats just so sad. Thanks for having me on the program again. You are right, this has become very political. From 20,000 feet, we see study after study that shows masks prevent the spread of this deadly disease. Its as simple as that. It has become very political. The study you previewed shows, yes, the good news is very few kids, kids under 12 are in the hospital with covid. Thats good news. Right . This study you alluded to out of chicago shows, younger kids, kids under 5, still have the virus. The implications of that is really, really big. You and brian were talking about the flood of information coming in every day. We in the pediatric space are just inundated. Thats good news to me that we are getting more and more data. There was a study i havent fully reviewed that came out from the cdc on a camp that had an outbreak. One of the things it looks like the root cause is they were not mandating mask wearing. Im sorry its political. I know its tense. We have to make sure that we can continue to tell people, this isnt a political issue. This is us taking care of each other. So we did a little homework. Let me tell our viewers, we put up this study that you mentioned. This is the cdc camp results. Test results were available for 344 attendees. Among them, 260 were positive. Thats 76 . A lot of them were not symptomatic. Here is what it says. Among 136 cases with available symptom data, 36 patients reported no symptoms. 100 reported symptoms, most commonly reported were documents fever, headache and sore throat. Im sorry. When my 8yearold has any of those things, a fever or a sore throat or is sick, it is cause for alarm as a parent. What i am learning from conversations with pediatricians is that theres so much more we dont know than there is that we do. How are parents supposed to make decisions about schools when studies like this are still being done and the president is lying about the dangers and risks to our kids . Yes. Since last weeks book, this debate of back to school has become more tense. I completely understand where the American Academy of pediatrics is coming from, where other groups are saying, look, kids need to be in school because they need to develop. We have to have the eyes of professionals on them. The important things like the school lunch program. I really fully understand and support that we need to get kids back into school. But as you point out, we are seeing more and more studies that are showing, weve got to focus on the basics. Thats social distancing, that is mandatory use of the mask, and that is our being able to work collaboratively if theres an outbreak in a school, how are we going to handle it. Its become a more tense time. I think that we have to rise above the politics of all this and say, how can we collaboratively Work Together to get kids safely back in school . Let me just drill down on that. Say your school opens and your child is in school and you get that email that every mom and dad knows when they see it in their in box from the school nurse. Usually its pink eye or the flu. You get it. It says, confirmed covid case in second grade. What is the second sentence . Yeah. The second sentence is, if you look at the data from across the world, a child who has been exposed to or infected with covid recently has a very, very, very, very low chance of getting sick. Theres still data that shows when kids get infected kids can get infected that their incidence of decease is low. The second thing i hope that letter would say is by the way, for the past six weeks, we have taken the following precautions. We have screened everybody. We have done this thing called pods where there are smaller groups of kids together. We hand sanitize. We are transparent theres a case and this is how we are addressing it. There will be letters like that. We have to find some comfort in the fact that kids, once infected, rarely get sick from it. Dr. Michael anderson, thank you for being a voice of calm for anxious parents everywhere and spending time with us today. We are now just days away from learning who joe biden will select to be his vicepresident ial running mate. When we return, what voters are looking for in his pick. Well be right back. announcer carvanas had a lot of firsts. 100 online car buying. Car vending machines. And now, putting you in control of your financing. 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Ill always find time if youre on tv to join you. Im in a swing state. Im in philadelphia right now. Im not in a swing county. You have to drive a little distance away. I went up to bucks county and spoke to a number of people in that place in a socially distanced way about their aspirations for the election and what they want to see in a Vice President ial pick. Heres what they told me. Because we only have two choices, at this point, thats why im going with joe biden, but i also say i feel joe biden does need an africanamerican woman Vice President. I say that because the state of the nation, i feel like having a woman as a vp will be very important in that stride in healing the country. He said, look, ive got four africanamerican women on my short list. Regardless, the expression he used is they brought me to the dance, and they will be recognized in this administration, quite possibly with senior positions in the cabinet. Would that be satisfactory to you . No. I want him to select he narrowed it down to four people. He said hes already committed its going to be a woman. I want him to my opinion, i want him to select an africanamerican woman. Its time. What do you think about a woman as Vice President . Im for a woman being president. You know, i agree. But what i really am for is the best person for the job. Regardless of race, color, gender, sexual orientation. As you know, the good news for joe biden is depending on who you are listening to, theres a short list that has four or five africanamerican women on it, all of whom seem quite well qualified for the job if they were to be offered it. Good news for Mary Catherine and the other guests with whom i was speaking. Whether you want an africanamerican woman or a woman, joe biden is in a good position to make that pick. Was there anyone they didnt want . As Vice President , no. They had felt it was narrowed down enough because the Vice President said he wanted a woman, and talked about an africanamerican woman, that the universe of people hed been talking to, that the media has been reporting on, they all thought would be pretty good as a Vice President ial pick. Thats the beauty of the monthslong trial balloon. You get to sample it out and voters are pretty vocal about what they like and dont like about it. Ali, i love listening to voters in their own words and in a safe socially distanced way. Thank you for bringing that to us. I appreciate that. Well be watching you this weekend, as i said. I catch you whenever you are on. Tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. Coming up, new signs donald trump is losing, and even he knows it. Deadline white house, next. . Hey joshie. Wrinkles send the wrong message. Help prevent them before they start with downy wrinkleguard. Hey bud. Hey, pop pop so you wont get caught with wrinkles again. 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