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Exactly three months to the election, christine. America could have another opportunity to slow the pandemic in the meantime. Biggest question, will citizens get it right. New cases down or steady. The twoweek average is down about 8 . Cases only rising in a handful of states. The number of americans in hospital beds is trending lower. A big part of this is numbers heading down in states that desperately needed to turn a corner. Covidrelated deaths very much a lagging indicator. They are still up in 30 states. The cdc is now forecasting 173,000 deaths by august 22nd. Thats 1,000 deaths per day for almost three weeks. White House Coronavirus Task force coordinator dr. Deborah birx says the fight against the pandemic has now entered a new phase. I think the federal government reset five to six weeks ago when we saw this starting to happen across the south. This epidemic right now is different and its more widespread and its ....
Enhanced Unemployment Benefits have expired. Extra money that so many have depended on is gone. Washington leaders have failed to reach a new deal on the measure. Negotiations will continue this morning, but theyre pretty far apart. And with more than 150,000 americans dead in this pandemic and an Unprecedented Health crisis, the president missed his own selfimposed deadline to announce a new Health Care Plan he promised one more than two weeks ago. Yesterday was the deadline, deadline missed. Unless he was lying about announcing a new plans in the first place. Well, meantime this morning, we are also watching a Strong Tropical Storm bearing down on the carolinas. Its forecast to become a hurricane today before making landfall tonight. Isaias h ....