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Welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john king in washington. The coronavirus summer surge is accelerating and fresh evidence today that the white house is well aware of the scope of the problem yet seemingly will not take charge. A new daily case record yesterday. More than 77,000 new infections reported. The surge also causing a spike in hospitalizations in many states. Deaths heading up in many states, as well. Yet its been tn days since the president of the United States held an event specifically to address the pandemic. And that was to tell schools to reopen ...

Also overnight, 61,000 new cases of coronavirus in the United States. The death toll now tops 140,000 americans. More than 12,000 new cases were reported in florida, where dozens of hospital icus are at capacity. Arizona is reporting a record death toll, as well. And the president , hes bored with it. That is a remarkable quote in the New York Times this morning from a republican political strategist. This report says that some in the white house, including chief of staff mark meadows, a want to avoid drawing attention to the pandemic, as if people wont notice the tens of thousands dead and mi...

Are going to improve any time, either, anytime soon, that is. Even as cases begin to decline in some recent covid19 hot spots, the white house is now warning of new potential epicenters. Yesterday, the u. S. Reported 2,000 deaths in a single day for the First Time Since may. And a new projection estimates the death toll in this country will double by december to 300,000. If that model holds true, demand for voting by mail will almost certainly increase between now and november. Later this hour, ill speak to the Senate Democrat in charge of overseeing the post office on what we need to do befor...

Getting worse. Reporter right. If you do the math and you start saying thats 120 days roughly away, and youre going to have close to 150,000 deaths during that time, it means that the problem is getting worse, not better. Weve been counting on these sort of ebbs and flows, which we are going to have no matter what as we start to reemerge into society. There will be increases of the number of people who are infected. But this model suggests the number of people who are dying every day is goes to increase, not decrease. But the important part, as you mentioned as well, is the utility of masks. T...

Confirmed cases nationwide, new infections are surging right now in 22 states. Also right now, President Trump is in texas. Thats a virus hot spot. But hes focusing in on oil and fundraising instead of the pandemic. Republican texas congressman Louie Gohmert whos shunned masks all these months was supposed to accompany the president on this trip. But he was kicked off the trip after testing positive for coronavirus. And now incredibly he claims that wearing a mask is what may have infected him. First, lets get some more on the breaking pandemic news. Cnns erica hill is joining us in new york. ...