Give you a quick update here. If you missed it, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has revealed shes being treating for a recurrence of cancer after lesions were found on her liver. Shes encouraged by the success of the treatment. She adds she will continue biweekly chemotherapy treatments. A political feud rages on in georgia as the republican Governor Brian Kemp sues atlanta and its democratic mayor over its mask mandate. Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms suggested kemp is, quote, putting politics over the people and blamed President Trump for ultimately for this lawsuit. This lawsuit was filed personally against me and members of the city council. The day after donald trump was in our city. Meanwhile, the Rockefeller Foundation has pledged to donate 100 million towards the global coronavirus response. It comes as experts say the u. S. Must develop the capacity to conduct 30 million tests a week by october. Well talk about the efforts to increase testing and more importantly the time it takes to get results in the state of arizona up ahead. First, let me bring in my coanchor, katy tur. What else are we monitoring . We are also monitoring, chuck, Vice President mike pences trip to wisconsin today. Hes expected to tour a dairy farm and take part in a usmca roundtable discussion in lacrosse. Last hour, the vp spoke at an event in ripen college where masks were required. The controversial visit comes as today marks one month until the Democratic National convention in nearby milwaukee. And the New York Times is reporting that democrats are now being told to skip the event as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge across the country. More on that later in the hour. But let us begin in florida, which has seen yet another recordbreaking day of coronavirus cases. Total case numbers now top 315,000. And it is affecting all age groups. Nearly 17,000 of those infected are children. And of children who are tested for the virus in that state, 1 in 3 are testing positive. Joining us now is nbc correspondent ellison barber in miami. Tell us more about these kids and do you have any idea about what we might be hearing from the governor during this 2 00 p. M. Announcement . Reporter still waiting to see what we could hear from the governor. We also expect to hear from the mayor of the city of miami about 5 00. He talked yesterday about sort of the idea of he had a meeting, we know, starting at 11 00 this morning with local Business Leaders to discuss the possibility of another lockdown for the city of miami. A lot of decisions, a lot of discussions going on throughout this state as they see and watch those numbers, the hospitalizations continue to be at levels that arent good, quite frankly. In the last couple of months as i have covered this virus across the southeast, especially, i have seen people in hospital beds because of this virus. I have seen someone intubated. I have seen a husband make his last video call to his wife of 44 years as she lay dying in a hospital bed intubated, him telling her that he loved her, asking if she could hear him, and telling her, trying to tell her it would be okay. But you know, children, Young Children, when we think of this virus, we think Young Children getting it is so rare, but the numbers were starting to see in florida that you mentioned, that 31 Positivity Rate for children under the age of 18, tells us a very different story. There was an 11yearold boy from miami, his name was dequan wimberley, i spoke to his father. He passed away from covid19 earlier this month. He was a little boy who had special needs. His family says that he had problems, Health Problems throughout his life, so when he came down with a fever, his dad thought it might be something else. He took him to the hospital while they were there, they found out that he had covid19. And he died within days. Before dequans dad was officially his dad, he was his foster parent. They met when he was just 18 months old. His dad said dequan was a little slow to learn how to talk. It took him a couple years, but once he finally got there, they said he had never, never met a stranger. Listen here. He was such a loving child. He loved everybody, and he would greet you. If you didnt greet him, he would keep at it until you did. The virus is nothing to play with. Some people will make it seem like its harmless to children. But its not harmless to children. Reporter dequans dad ended up in the same hospital at the same time as his young son, fighting his own battle with covid19. He survived. His 11yearold son did not. Katy. It is just so hard to hear that, and so hard to look at that image of that young boy. Ellison barber, thank you very much. We also are hearing more about what Governor Desantis is talking about. So far, the c. A. R. E. S. Act and housing. Were going to keep monitoring to see what else he has to say. Chuck. Thank you, katy. Its a reminder, none of us know what underlying thing we might have, if you get this virus. Thats the scary thing about it. A mad dash to administer at least 5,000 coronavirus tests a day has begun in arizona. Two federally backed large scale testing sites are open in the phoenix area where theyll remain for the next two weeks. They hope the extra manpower will be enough to ease the significant bottleneck of processing and reporting test results. With us from phoenix, arizona, is vaughn hillyard. Theres a lot of confusion about some of the data were seeing out of arizona the last few days. There seems to be some that basically they cant process any more tests than they are right now, so we dont know if we dont know if theres more cases because they basically, its possible they have run out of the capacity to test on a given day . Over the last week, we have seen a percent positive rate of about 23 . Which is still the highest in the country. And thats why when you look at the growth chart of the number of cases, you see over the last four or five days sort of a leveling off of the cases, but thats because theres not an increase in the number of tests being conducted. The same time, we should note the state and the governor here hope for that to change, and they hope for that percent positive number, really, that was the metric that was largely used to justify the opening of businesses back here in the state. They understand and acknowledge they want to see that number specifically go down. And thats why today is big. Behind us here, this is the first federally backed highcapacity testing site here in the state. I know its july 17th, but its progress. And folks are able to get their results here in 24 to 48 hours because fema is processing them through a lab not here in arizona but theyre shipping them over to irvine, california, to be processed. This is significant because i just want to introduce you to one fellow we met earlier, luis. Take a listen. Were pretty much very exposed every day. You know, being out in the streets of phoenix, the airport, you know, et cetera. And then plus, finding out about four coworkers were diagnosed with covid. Youre going to work still every day. Yes, sir. Do you feel symptoms . Mild headaches. You know, i just am doing a more precautionary thing. I believe i dont have it, but theres people there are people out there who are asymptomatic who dont show anything. You heard luis say hes been exposed to four coworkers who tested already positive for covid. He works in the transit business. Hes an essential worker. He goes to work every day. I think thats why ellisons reporting is so moving too. You are talking about families living together. Folks cant go and isolate at a hotel. Folks continue to have to go to work. Here in south phoenix, this is a community largely based around those essential workers here, chuck. Vaughn hillyard with an explanation. Its basically the number of tests has plateaued so we really dont know what the real case count is in arizona. Perhaps this increase in testing might help. Vaughn hillyard, thank you. And katy, lets stick to arizona. What else do we have . Yeah, Arizona Governor doug ducey said hes sticking with his plan to resume inperson schooling one month from now, but other officials are not as optimistic about his timeline. Arizonas top educators say an october reopening would be more realistic. Joining me is chad jesten, superintendent of the Phoenix High School district. Thanks for being with us. So youre going to do remote learning. You have already decided this, when school reopens. What is that going to mean for the parents, for the students . Are you getting any pushback . No, in fact, what you just saw in that report from south phoen phoenix, thats our neighborhood. Were seeing massive spread here in central phoenix. The reality is our parents know, our staff know, our kids know that we cannot reopen school until transmission is under control. And ultimately, although we want kids back soon, parents want their kids back soon, we know that its just not safe to do so here in arizona. What is under control for you . What benchmark does the area need to reach in order for you to open up schools safely . Its really two things. One, we are tracking the number of new cases, the percentage as well, as you probably know, arizona has not set a standard for coming back to school yet. But we ourselves are tracking that. But at the same time, we also have to have the workforce ready. And so were not going to come back until its safe and until our staff believes its safe. And for us, we have 4,000 employees. And so we have to find the right blend of lower cases, less spread, and confidence of our community to come back to work and come back to school. Mr. Superintendent, what resources do you need to at a minimum open up the ability to basically handle Elementary School students . This seems to be one of the challenges of the different hybrid approaches that i have seen around the country, one thought is, okay, look, its much harder parents, you cant necessarily work for home when you have a child in the single digits. Thats where child care matters the most. Are you developing a plan that might be able to help out parents with younger children even if you cant get the teachers every day, some sort of hybrid child care online approach in your buildings themselves . Yeah, and as we work with, there are 14 School Districts here in central phoenix. 13 of those are k8 Elementary School districts. And two things. One is that we know that there are going to be younger students, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, that need to be able to come back as soon as possible. So we know that many of the School Districts here in central phoenix are trying to find ways to bring students back on an a. D. Schedule, to try to instead of having 25 kids in the classroom to bring 12 back so that we can at least reengage kids in person. But were just not at a place where we can bring 25 to 30 students back at the same time. And then on top of that, chuck, its also about funding. If were going to run a. D. Schedules, bring rotations in, have more access to technology, thats a more costly model as well. Well, in fact, i have seen that on cost. Some estimates, throw in the extra bus monitors, the custodial staff, extra hires, maybe the extra tech support and i. T. Support you would need. Every average School District at least, you know, 1 to 2 million for the school year at a minimum. Obviously, this would need to come from the federal government. How what kind of costs are you looking at, and what is the what do you think the biggest hurdle is for your School District on the resources . Is it finding tech support, the bus monitors, is it the custodial staff . What is it youre most concerned about . Its a few things. Number one is we have 30,000 students in our School District. If we were going to put a laptop in the hand of every single student, which we are, thats 500 a laptop on average. Thats 15 million just to go to a onetoone so students at home have access. Thats not hot spots, thats not transportation, thats not a. D. Schedules. Our district received 12 million in c. A. R. E. S. Act funding. 12 million. Its 15 million in laptops. Thats not ppe, not transportation, sanitation. For a district like ours, were talking millions, and across the country, as you very well known, were talking billions of dollars. There it is. What a great way of just putting it there on just that laptop statistic. Chad, thanks for painting that very clear picture for national folks. Hopefully theyre watching and listening as well. Good luck out there, sir, and thanks for sharing your perspective. Katy, over to you. And if you have questions about the virus that you would like answered, tweet it to us using the hashtag meet the press msnbcanswers. You can see your question answered by an expert in the 11 00 a. M. Hour with craig melvin right here on msnbc. The virus has made working from home a way of life, but now months into this pandemic, families are thinking about relocating in order to save cash. Heading to their goto getaways for good. As youll see, thats not exactly great news for places like the ozarks. Well also head to milwaukee with a questionable blow this pandemic has dealt to the citys economy. After months of planning for what would have been a big week, the Democratic National convention. Dont go anywhere. 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The New York Times reporting today that the event which was initially supposed to draw upwards of 50,000 people, is now down to just about 300 attendees, and nbc news has confirmed that the Democratic Congressional staff is asking members not to travel to wisconsin next month for this downsized convention. Joining us from milwaukee is nbc news political reporter Shaquille Brewster. I remember when the democrats picked milwaukee. It was to send a message about wisconsin and michigan, those states that they lost in 16. But for milwaukee, it was a chance to sort of, you know, reflex its midwestern big city muscles a little bit, getting out of the shadows of chicago and detroit and things like this. So its got to be a big blow to the folks that were hoping to really lift up milwaukees presence and brand on the national stage. Thats exactly royalty, chuck. Its not only the city of milwaukee that invested heavily into this convention, but the thousands and thousands of dollars spent by the Small Businesses who were expecting an influx of people, but the problem is, as the coronavirus and the cases continue to surge nationally, thats especially true here in the city of milwaukee. So officials are saying that theyll remain flexible as they get into their planning, but they know that instead of having that largescale convention that attracts about 50,000 people, theyre saying the mood and tone on the ground at least for this convention will be small and intimate. The Democratic National convention traditionally a time for assembling the rock stars of the democratic party. A coming together of thousands of Party Leaders and delegates in a series of historymaking moments. And an economic boon to the host city. Thats why milwaukee was so excited when it learned it had been chosen to host this years coveted dnc. This will be the first time in the history of the state of wisconsin that we are hosting a Major Political party convention. But then came the pandemic. Prompting the dnc to postpone the convention from july to august. Followed by an announcement that the convention would largely be virtual. Then last month, word from dnc leaders urging most delegates to stay home. Milwaukee mayor tom barrett says hes still uncertain what the convention will look like. Im confident that there will be a convention here. Obviously a scaleddown convention. Im confident joe biden will accept the nomination here. Aside from that, im nimble. We were hopeful there would be 200,000 in spending. If we get a tenth of that, thats pretty more accurate. The dramatic scaleback leaving many Business Owners mourning the convention that might have been. Among them, the owner of rise and grind cafe. We increased the hours so we could say open later. We got a full liquor license. We were rea