Producing a reverse response good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, july 21st im Yasmin Vossoughian weve got a lot to get through this morning the president says he will resume his daily briefings on the coronavirus today. Well, we had very successful briefings. I was doing them, and we had a lot of people watching, record numbers watching in the history of Cable Television theres never been anything like that, so i think well start that probably starting tomorrow. Ill do it at 5 00 like we were doing. We had a good slot a lot of people were watching, and thats a good thing. So its been nearly three months since he took part in a Coronavirus Task force briefing. They began to fade away after he suggested on april 23rd that disinfectant and uv light could be used inside of the body to treat the virus it was the culmination of two months in which the president consistently downplayed the virus, snapped at reporters, and touted an unproven drug that the fda has now warned against the republicans grew frustrated, worrying about losing the senate this headline read this. The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president s erratic new briefings have the gop worried about a democratic takeover the decision to restart the briefings is the result of the white houses internal polling that showed his administrations response to the pandemic was not breaking through the official said there was a sense the president needed to be leading a more public effort the a. P. s Jonathan Lemire reported that Kellyanne Conway was among those pushing the president to keep doing them so after months of mixed messaging over whether he supports the use of masks to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the president is now out with a new endorsement for Face Coverings he tweeted a photo of himself yesterday wearing a mask writing this we are united in our effort to defeat the invishable china virus, and many people say it is patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant socially distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your favorite president. Trumps tweet comes more than three months after the cdc recommended Wearing Masks in public settings. You may recall back in may the president retweeted a post by fox news political analyst brit hume appearing to make fun of joe biden for wearing a mask and last night just hours after posting that tweet, they met in washington for a fundraiser apparently without a Face Covering video was posted on instagram by Madison Cawthorn apparently showing him and others in a semicrowded hallway at the Trump International hotel. Many men, assumed to be secret service, are Wearing Masks meanwhile Surgeon General jerome adams went on fox news. Im begging you please understand were not trying to take away your freedoms when we say wear a Face Covering were not trying to take away your ability to go to restaurants at 50 were saying if we do these things, we can open and stay open we can get back to schools, worship, and jobs. We can do this. All right lets talk some solution here. There is another promising result on the Coronavirus Vaccine front as the Clinical Trial generated a strong immune response the first results of the Study Released just yesterday found that the vaccine produced antibodies and killer t cells that could fight infection for at least two months. The trial also found neutralizing antibodies in patients which are key in gaining protection against the virus. The trial included 1,000 participants between the ages of 18 and 55 a and pnd produced no serious side effects just fatigue and headaches phase 3 will launch in a couple of weeks lets get into this now. Kimberly leonard kimberly, good morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us really appreciate it lets talk about this race for a covid vaccine. You have top drugmakers setting theyre likely going to testify today before the house to discuss their latest research development. What are lawmakers hoping to hear well, theyre hoping to hear how its going theyre hoping to hear what some of the results are but theyre also using it to peg some of the companies on Big Questions that they have such as how much are you going to be charging for this vaccine . Are you going to be profiting off of it . How will you make sure that distribution happens so that hundreds of millions of people get access to the vaccine . How should we decide who gets the vaccine first . These are all burning questions the house is going to be asking as theyre faced with some of the biggest most advanced companies when it comes to developing a Coronavirus Vaccine. Can you clarify a bit of what i just talked about this Oxford University astrazeneca vaccine thats heading into phase 3 now. They talk about a twomonth immunity why only two months . Well, its what theyre able to calculate so far. There is still a lot of questions around immunity for the coronavirus. We dont know yet if people whove gotten the coronavirus before can get it again. We dont know how long theyre immune and so there are still a lot of questions even as we continue to look for a vaccine all right lets quickly talk about the president s tweet and his mixed messaging shall we say on masks. Whats he looking to achieve here with this new endorsement for Face Coverings why the aboutface well, it does seem as though some of the pollings and conversations with top aides is coming through we know that americans are, you know, generally following the guidelines theyre supposed to theyre Wearing Masks. They see it as a way to protect from the krooecoronavirus. There have been prominent studies from a hair salon that showed two stylists who became infected did a lot of haircuts and no one got the virus the president is trying to get through as a sign of strength and patriotism and you heard it from the Surgeon General too he said, look, dont see this as an infringement on your freedoms you need to see this as a root of getting to place where we can reopen the economy again. All right kimberly leonard, thank you. Stay close i ool going to talk to you in just a little bit. The new york yankees will meet in the nations capitol while therell be no fans allowed inside, the nations top disease expert dr. Anthony fauci will throw out the first pitch a statement from the nationals reads this dr. Fauci has been a true champion throughout the covid pandemic and his career. So its only fitting we honor him by allowing him to throw out the first pitch. The Teachers Union takes on legal action against Governor Ron Desantis in his push to reopen schools amid coronavirus cases. And Michael Cohen is suing attorney general bill barr well have a look at that and those stories and a check of your weather when we come back to build unlimited right. You start with americas most awarded network, the one with unbeatable reliability 13 times in a row. This network is one less thing i have to worry about. vo then you give people more plans to mix and match so you only pay for what you need verizon unlimited plan is so reasonable, they can stay on for the rest of their lives. Awww. vo you include the best in entertainment and you offer it all starting at 35. Because everyone deserves the best. This is unlimited built right. Only on verizon. In a highly capable lexus suv. At the golden opportunity sales event. Get zero percent financing on all 2020 lexus models. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®. 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We should be preparing our lesson plans but unfortunately reopening of the state of florida has been reckless. Danny cevallos, good to see you on this tuesday morning. This seems like a slamdunk to me, does it not, because this suit cites the states constitution as a reason. It is true that floridas constitution requires that schools be operating safely, and i use that in quotes because after all the state cannot possibly be the gary an tore of all safety at its own schools, and because were in a moment in our nations history where were not exactly sure what is the perfectly safe thing to do, the governor may have an argument that he is operating hes planning to operate schools safely but it doesnt seem to it doesnt seem to match the studies and everything we know right now, which is that putting a bunch of people in the same place may not be safe. And also the separate argument is that the emergency order here may unconstitutionally take power away from local school boards. Is there a danger, danny, that the demands for online instruction while closed and protective measures when schools, in fact, do reopen as you were just referencing with regard to the governors possible plans for this, that they may endanger the success of this suit . That is certainly possible. The challenge here is findinga system that works safely or with the maximum safety because, after all, as ive said, florida schools cannot guarantee safety, and the very design of school, unless its administered online, is to put a bunch of children in a building together in close quarters so the challenge for florida and for every School System in the country is how to continue schooling with the minimum risk both physical risk and legal risk for the schools and right now were balancing were trying to figure out what the safest way to do this is, and theres always the argument that it can be made more safe. Hey, danny. Stay with me ive got another suit i want to talk to you about. The merv Civil Liberties union and the president s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, claiming cohen was returned to custody last week as retaliation for writing a book about the president. Its a 21page lawsuit and its arguing that cohen was returned to prison after being released on home confinement due to the coronavirus because he made public his intention to publish a manuscript about the president before the november election it is alleging that cohens First Amendment rights were violated, naping attorney general bill barr as well, the federal bureau of prisons, and the warden in the prison where cohen is confined. He was told by the Corrections Officers to sign an agreement not to communicate with media or to publish a book as a condition of his release this suit is saying they made an unconstitutional demand and cohen and his lawyers sought clarification on and limitation on the prohibition on speaking only to see him locked up. It discourages sorry, encourages writing books while behind bars. So what does that do for this case all right it makes the Bureau Prisons or b. O. P. Look galactically incompetent if these accusations are true this rings very true of the kind of thing that the b. O. P. Does, so at best, its b. O. P. And incompetence at worst, its sinister up the chain of command if you go up the chain of command of the g. O. P. , you land at the Attorney Generals Office and the president s dsk. Its pretty shocking if true that cohen came in and signed this agreement it had this weird language that isnt normally in a home assignment he asked questions instead of checking with the chain of command, they didnt tell him and they took him back into custody if they are true, it doesnt look good for the b. O. P. But after all its an Institution Designed to be unpleasant and to be punished. So whoever expected good customer service. Danny cevallos, as always, thank you. Appreciate. 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It makes a whole lot of sense after the polls close and the elections called, youre going to want to take a good hard look at exactly what happened. All right lets switch gears here and get a first look at your forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins good morning, bill. Good morning. Were watching this heatwave we have something brewing in the tropics and veer storms. Lets show you, first off, the area of concern in kansas. We have minor flash floodings that happened overnight but not too horrible later on today, the large area in green is the dividing line. Thats where were going to see thunderstorms later. Maybe severe storms in denver. Now, tomorrow that boundary sets up right over the top of the midatlantic region and we have 40 Million People at risk of severe storms. This isnt for today for wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening. New york city, baltimore, philadelphia, d. C. Not really concerned about tornadoes. As far as the heat goes, yesterday was 99 in washington, d. C. We were one degree away from 100. We havent done that in four years. Its going to be very hot and humid in the midatlantic region, but not as humid as yesterday. 96 today compared to 99. Charlotte, 105 if you want a little bit of belief, its beautiful in des moines, chicago, all the way through areas of new england and the northeast. As we head through tomorrow, we get the thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, but before that happens, very humid, very warm look at raleigh, feeling like 100. Cleveland looks great. Boston looks good. The relief from the heat ends saturday and sunday. A lot of 90s across the board, yasmin when we come back, ill give you an update on the covid numbers and talk a little about the Hurricane Season looks like we have some areas to watch coming up next week. All right thank you, bill. 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