Weve got a lot to cover this morning. Were going to begin, though, with coronavirus. Nbc news tracking data Shows Positive tests from the countrys most populous states helped drive the states to a new record for the most cases in a single day. More than 45,500 cases were reported yesterday, blowing past the previous record of more than 36,000 new infections set on april 26th. Californias nearly 7,000 new cases was among its highest ever reported. Florida broke its previous record set over the weekend by well over a thousand, adding more than 5,500 new cases yesterday. Texas nearly doubling its previous high from the day board, recording nearly 11,000 new cases. South carolina also reported its highest number of infections yet as well as oklahoma. However, officials in tulsa say it is too soon to attribute the records in that county to the president s rally last weekend, but we will be monitoring that. So in Texas Governor greg abbott warned his state is facing a, quote, massive outbreak and is urging residents to wear masks and stay at home when possible. As we mentioned, the state hit an alltime high with covid cases with texas adding nearly 11,000 yesterday alone. That is double from the day before. Double. Bringing the total to over 131,000 cases. This surge is coming as officials in some major cities, theyre warning hospitals could reach capacity within the coming weeks. But officials in houston are warning icu beds are already at 97 capacity. According to newsweek, 27 of those beds were occupied by covid patients. And in an effort to slow down the spread of covid, three state are enforces guidelines as hot spots continue to emerge nationwide. The governors of new york, new jersey, and connecticut have implemented a mandatory quarantine on visitors coming from viral hot spots. Some are calling it a total reversal. According to andrew owe moe, cu states on the list so far are arkansas, arizona, alabama, florida, north carolina, south carolina, washington, utah, and texas. Heres what we know. Residents are not barred from coming to the tristate area, but they must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. Those caught violating the 14day rule face a fine. Its unclear how they plan to enforce these rules. So after a closed door lunch with the Vice President , florida senator rick scott spoke to reporters, striking a blunt tone on the rising spread of the virus in that state. I mean we havent beat it. You know, everything people are doing, theyre going to have to say, you know, wear a mask. Are you social distancing . So i hope everybody takes this serious seriously, because we havent beaten this. We dont have a vaccine. We hope to by the end of the year. Doctors have done a really good job at trying to figure out how to keep people alive and recover, but were not where we need to be. Joining me now is a politico reporter. You heard it from rick scott essentially saying we need to mitigate the spread of this thing. Marco rubio is essentially saying, youve got to wear a mask when you leave your home in order to stop the spread of this thing. Thats in stark contrast, and w andrew, between what theyre saying and what the president has been saying. It doesnt seem like the president is thinking about the coronavirus at this point. A couple of days ago, he said, were going to hit 115,000 deaths in this country. We have far surpassed that. I wonder if hes even getting briefed on the spread throughout the country. What do you make about this huge difference about what were seeing . The vigilance on capitol hill when it comes to the virus is very real. Im there every day among reporters, staffers, and lawmakers alike. Everybodys social distancing, everybodys wearing a mask, people are taking it seriously, republicans and democrats alike. Youre seeing that contrast on full display lately here. For example, all of the members or some of the members are urging Governor Ron Desantis to put in place a mask order, in other words, say that all residents of florida have to wear a mask when they go o outdoors. Theyre starting to put pressure not just on the white house but individual state governs ors t try to do better at home when it comes to the virus. Again, this is not just a local issue. It seems like theres not a federal lead, a federal response, a federal mandate from the top down. Governors, senators alike are trying to deal with this thing locally. With that, we are seeing this tristate quarantine as i laid out a little bit earlier from the governors of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. Things are switched around, right . Because when it was april, florida was looking at new york saying new yorkers cannot come down to florida. Is there an effort by lawmakers in some of these harder hit states where coronavirus cases are surging to change their approach moving forward when were seeing these really startling, scary numbers, frankly, coming out of states like texas, doubling within 24 hours . Absolutely. And ill give you an example with texas. Senator john cornyn, hes a member of the Senate Republican leadership, he called on the white house yesterday to continue federal fund firsthanding for testing sites in his home state of texas. At the end of the month, a lot of the funding will run out. I think thats a sentiment being suppressed not just by democrats but republicans and in these individual states, especially states that are seeing these massive new outbreaks like texas. Youre seeing republicans start to speak out against the white house response in a way thats getting more attention than it has in the past. Yeah. And were going to be talking about that later on in the hour, the fact that the president has threatened that theyre going to pull testing sites from hardhit states, specifically texas, which is also troubling when testing is needed now more than ever, when more and more folks are testing positive for the coronavirus. Andrew desiderio, thank you. Stay close. I know you have reporting on the u. S. And china. I want to dig into that yet. Also, everybody, the three white men involved in the kill of ahmaud arbery, they have been indicted. Gregory mcmichael, his son travis, and their neighbor William Bryan were charged after a video was linked. Arbery was fatally shot after he was pursued by the mcmichaels. Bryan is accused of using his pickup truck to box arbery in. Each are charged with several counts. The men could face life sentences without parole if convicted. Lawyers said what they did was not criminal. Also, mississippi is recalling their flags. Mississippi has the only state flag that includes the confederate emblem, a red field topped with a blue x with 13 white stores. Legislators chose it back in 1894 after the republicans gained reconstruction after the civil war. In 2001 voters chose to keep the flag in a statewide election, but the flag has remained controversial. There were separate statements issued, but controversy has arisen about whether a statewide election should be made to make this decision. This is coming as the ncaa and s. E. C. Banned games taking place in mississippi until the symbol is removed from the state flag. Still ahead, everybody, former National Security provider Michael Flynns battle could soon be over. And the Trump Administration vows to cut funding to testing sites as i just mentioned with andrew. Those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. N your weather when we come back my nunormal fewer asthma attacks. Less oral steroids. Taking my treatment at home. 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He was treated horribly. He was treated very, very horribly by a group of very bad people, and i think youre going to see things start to come out. But what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. He was persecuted and many other people were persecuted. They spied on a campaign, and they should never spy on a campaign to put it mildly. Never happened before in the history of our country. The Obama Administration spied on a campaign. This is just the first one. Hes been exonerated, and i want to congratulate him. Hes been through a lot. So that was the president yesterday commenting unprompted on the latest development in the Michael Flynn case after he was asked about progress with the coronavirus. And heres why the president was, quote, very happy. A divided federal Appeals Court ended the indication against former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. In a 21 case they ordered the judge, emmett a sullivan, to immediately end the Michael Flynn case. The doj motion to dismiss prompted judge sullivan to appoint a former federal judge to argue against dismissal in an amicus brief to the court. The Appeals Court may still keep the case for further review. So lets get into this. Joining me now, nbc legal analyst danny cevallos. One question, danny, what just happened here . Its confusing, but this is called a writ of mandamus. What they asked the Appeals Court to do is grant the motion to dismiss. The District Court hadnt ruled on it yet, and theyre vsh very, very unusual forms of brevity. In this case t court of appeals said this writ of mandamus is warranted because when it comes to prosecution, the government is the beginning and the end, the alpha and omega of all prosecutions, whether a guilty plea has happened, the defendant has been sentenced, no matter what. The executive branch is the fundamental power behind prosecutions, and to order an amicus, a friend of the court, to get involved and present arguments in opposition to the government when it has this exclusive power really unnecessarily puts the branches of government at odds. Thats what the Appeals Court, 21 decision of the Appeals Court says. So there was obvious immediate shock and surprise about this decision. Could the judge does he have grounds to appeal this decision at all . He could. I mean these are mostly legal issues, and its possible that the Supreme Court might be interested in this case. But its not strategically likely only because that could take a lot of time. And, frankly, the judge may just not have that much of a dog in this fight because he would rather move on with the case than risk having a Supreme Court tell him he was wrong as well. At least strategically that may be what he wants do. In this case, the Appeals Court is essentially ordering the District Court to order the dismissal of flynns case and getting rid of the amicus because hes no longer needed. This is a fascinating you never see this kind of thing. This is not a case that has farreaching kind of implications. Even more rarely is the district judge saying anything other than, okay, thats fine with me. So this is not Something Like some of the Supreme Court cases we had last week that have farreaching implications for the justice system. This is a very unusual set of facts. You and i have had a lot of conversations as of late where you begin your sentences with, this rarely happens, but. And then you go on. That is true. Danny cevallos, thank you as always. Great to see you, my friend. Still ahead, dr. Anthony fauci weighs in on wearing face masks. Were going to show you his new remarks coming up. Show you his remarks coming up. Just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. 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According to the Washington Post, it came the wake of the y came hours before the rally after six tested positive including two secret service employees. Another two tested sundpositive sunday after the president returned to washington. A spokesman who chose anonymity said the president chose a rally in a closed environment and said he lacked concern for safety for his own staff. It also puts a strain on the agency, requiring other agents and officers to fill their shoes while theyre off duty. All right. Lets switch gears an get a look at your forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning, bill. Good morning to you, yasmin. The weather is going to be interesting over the next couple of days, tracking some severe storms, still very summerlike, and i know a lot of people are trying to cool off outdoors. We have one concern. Heavy rain continues around houston. Houston is very floodprone. We also have a section of louisiana with a concern for flash flooding. Also mississippi, the biloxi area, new orleans. And we have numerous thunderstorms around houston north of bay city. Thats where we could have isolated flash flooding. Later today, were going to track the storm system across the northern plains. It will make its way northeast on saturday. For today, a slice into nebraska, a severe threat. On friday b prepared for a line of storms to come through. Madison, green bay, milwaukee, chicago, and eventually michigan friday evening. On saturday, 19 Million People are at risk including pittsburgh and possibly philadelphia late on your saturday. Again, its not going to rain out your entire day, but do expect a period of storms to last a half hour or so. We continue to track the large plume of dust entering the gulf of mexico. Our forecast model still thinks were going to see this dust on friday along the texas coastline and through the gulf. Notice on saturday, through mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, much of florida, youll see a lot of hazy skies and poor air quality because of that, and im sure on your social media feeds, youll see a lot of incredible sunrise and pictures. Today, sunshine in many areas. Still hot in florida. It was really warm yesterday. And areas in the Desert Southwest will continue to be very warm. Weekend forecast coming up, yasmin, and well take a look at some of the new covid numbers. I know at the top of the show, you hit some big highlights. I have more coming up. I was thinking of the dust coming up, its not going to be good. It could affect respiratory issues along with the coronavirus that causes great respiratory issues. Still ahead, Vice President mike pence tries to reassure republic