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and confirmed cases. we are told that infections are increasing in 33 states. among them, arizona, florida, texas, california, nevada, mississippi, south carolina, idaho. so far more than 2.5 million americans have been infected. sadly, the death toll has surpassed 125,000 of us. vice president mike pence joining texas governor greg abbott for a briefing on the situation when he visited dallas earlier today. that there was guidance throughout that applied to all of the phases. and chief among them was that people should continue to practice good hygiene, wash your hands, avoid touching your face and wear a mask. wherever it s indicated. or wherever you re not able to practice the kind of social distancing that would prevent the spread of the coronavirus. and we, we would strongly reiterate that today. eric: advice from the vice president to wear a mask. steve harrigan live in atlanta with more on all of these late-breaking developments. hi, steve. reporter: eric, ca ....
i m in for arthel neville. happy 4th of july. the president is set to host a salute to america tribute this evening in the nation s capital, following an event at moun mount rushmore last night. both celebrations coming under scrutiny with masks not required and social distancing not enforced. mark meredith is live at the white house with more on all of this. reporter: the white house is gearing up for a big celebration later on this afternoon for the 4th of july. the president and the first lady expected to welcome hundreds of family, friends, as well as white house staff. they re also extending the celebration to first responders, doctors and nurses, people that have been helping the country through the coronavirus with this salute to america event. last year you may remember that we saw that epic flyover over the national mall with the presidential 747 flying over the lincoln memorial. it was quite a sight a year ago. it s unclear how many aircraft we ll see fly ov ....
anyone, molly line, who is in boston right now and lives there as the folks up in bean town and throughout massachusetts are watching this live, before the aircraft head south and fly over new york, then philadelphia and baltimore before ending in washington, d.c. for the spectacular event tonight. looks like a b-1 bomber. let s look. you can hear excited people react to that sight and more are coming. [sound of aircraft] eric: wow. what a show. we re watching live the flyover, over boston. i m eric shawn in new york. we re awaiting for those aircraft to come here as they head south and molly line is in boston now as we report and welcome you here to the coverage of july 4th, our nation s independence and birthday here in our nation on this saturday afternoon. but of corks it comes as the united states continues to battle coronavirus. and just one day yesterday, there were more than 52,000 new confirmed cases, and experts say the increase sadly is not just due to more t ....
he calls the radical left in his july 4th speech while also promising to protect monuments throughout the nation. earlier on fox we spoke to john bolton who had another view. i have great confidence in the country. i m worried about this election. i m particularly worried about what a second term with donald trump in office would mean for america. i think after one term we could clearly correct the mistakes that have been made. two terms leave me much more worried. we have mark meredith who is live outside of the white house, had a great seat for those fireworks and has been following this for us. i understand the trump campaign has just made a big announcement. mark? that s right. this coming in a few minutes ago that the president s campaign has scheduled its next rally, the first one since the event in tulsa a few weeks ago. this one will be happening next saturday in new hampshire. get this, the campaign says this will be an outdoor rally and that hand sanitiz ....