arkansas school of law. ken's love of fishing and passion for conserving wildlife from a young age made him an easy and successful appointment to the commission. ken has demonstrated his passion for making positive change as the chairman of the commission. he's leaving behind a legacy of improved outdoor services that will be enjoyed for generations to come. my congratulations to ken reeves. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize jerry evans for being named one of arkansas' outstanding coaches of the year. this year coach evans led the high school girls wrestling team to victory as the girls arkansas state champions. also picking up two individual championships on the team. in 2019, he was the 5-a wrestling coach of the year for the arkansas wrestling coaches association. and was chosen by the arkansas democratic gazette as the all arkansas prep wrestling coach of the year. and named the arkansas high school coaches association wrestling coach of the year through the arkansas activities association. coach ev

when she came to arkansas, they were law professors together at the university of arkansas. and that, setting it set the tone for the differences between them. bill clinton was an easy professor who give everybody the plus at the worst and mostly a's. the feeling was because they would all be voters in arkansas sunday and he didn't want to upset them. he was also known for losing tests. hillary was completely organized, tough classes, and the dean of the law school said if you would hire one of the clintons to be a law professor, it would be hillary. >> one of the few women, one of the youngest lawyers on a staff of about 44 lawyers altogether. she described it as one of the most important formative experiences of her life. what was important about? it how did it shape or? >> it was a historic moment in american history. she was hired by john door who around the house impeachment committee staff, because she had met him at a trial. he brought her down. her job was not the most exciting. a lot of these staffers that went over the nixon tapes and we're getting into the grit of

arkansas is one of those hotspots. on saturday arkansas had its largest surge since the pandemic started with more than 1,000 confirmed new cases. that spike came just days after the state's largest single-day jump in covid-19 hospitalizations. the governor of arkansas asa hutchinson is joining us right now. governor, thank you so much for joining us. i know you got a lot going on. we're always grateful when you can join us in "the situation room." what's your plan to get these troubling new numbers in arkansas right now under control? >> well, wolf, it's good to be with you. this obviously is a concern. any time you have your highest peak in new cases of over 1,000 yesterday, today it's like the roller coaster. we had a 50% reduction. we had 500 new cases today. and so it's up and down, but even 500 is way, way too high for our population base here in arkansas. so, we're certainly looking at how we can encourage people to wear a mask. we adopted a model ordinance that cities can use to mandate wearing of mask if they

that's the way he did it in arkansas. so even though they weren't on the ballot at 1994 that defeat was the same as any other for them. and then once they lose control of the house they lose control of what's--of investigations and everything started to unravel from there. >> and we will talk more about the charges and the investigations later on. but i wanted to essentially make the connection between the decision to put hillary in charge of healthcare, the uprising against it which then had an effect on the election which then changed the course of their presidency. >> you know there were other reasons why the republicans took over in 1994 but healthcare was the top reason. >> other causes that she was involved in and continually were children and also women's issues. she published a book during this time period and it became another phrase emblematic with her. it was it takes a village. >> yes, and this brought her back. i followed her on that book tour and the public loved it. that concept was really hillary's which i

that's the way he did it in arkansas. even though they were in the on the ballot, that defeat was the same as any other then once they lose control of the house, they lose control of.yco investigat and everything started to unravel from there. >> and we will talk more about the charges and vest gass later on, but i wanted to make the connection between the decision to put hillary in charge of health care. the uprising against it, which then had an affect on the election, which then changed the course of their presidency. >> there were other reasons why the republicans took over in '94, but health care was the top reason. >> other causes that she wash7s involved in and continually were, children and women's issues. she published a book during this time period and it became another phrase emblematic with her. it was it takes a village. >> the public loved it. that concept was really hillary's, which is you know, it was her form of family values. you know, it takes a village to support. women that they can work and have fam

everyone has to wear a mask in arkansas if they are going outside. do you believe the death toll would be lower, and we see it rising not just in arkansas but in so many states around the country f that order to wear masks had been put in place earlier? >> well, that's a question i'm sure everybody is going to debate six months, a year from now. my approach was that we wanted to have everybody wear a mask. we went through education, voluntary compliance that had a high level of success, but we finally got to the point we did need to put in the mandatory provision. i think it was the right time for it. we still it's been in place for a week. we probably won't see results of that for another week. so we can argue about when it should have started, but we really pushed for compliance even before the actual mandate was in place. >> as you know, president trump has in recent days started to encourage people to wear a mask. but recently, we have seen him in various places with a bunch of people playing baseball with a bunch of kids, let's say, on the south

and you can see the arkansas national guard people. we say arkansas national guard, but they were under the control of the governor at that moment, essentially standing by as she's attacked. every one of these students had to run the gauntlet of, if you will, the gauntlet of hate in order to try to get to the schools at that particular time and ultimately, desegregation was not successful. ultimately, ultimately the federal court order was being defied. it's at this point, it's at this point that president eisenhower steps in. there's a back story that i won't get into and a lot of into in a lot of detail, but eisenhower felt he had an agreement with orville to allow for the integration of the school. orville went back on that agreement. eisenhower became extremely upset and he decided that now the federal government has to step in. not only that, the federal government has to in effect enforce the orders or the decisions of a federal court. and as a result, as steve says, eisenhower sends in -- this is eisenhower's press conference in

the biggest problem with arkansas is its pacing. this long film often feels plodding, and following the novel's episodic structure only drags things out further. it is also very grim. violence is dispensed with a sense of gloomy inevitability, as the pair get in over their heads and try not to cross their mysterious, anonymous boss. but it is still a promising calling card for duke as a screenwriter. his monologues are engaging while clearly influenced by a certain quentin tarantino. say thank you. thank you. you're welcome. it is out on digital onjuly 13. shall we go, or? yeah. 0k. now to colombia for litigante, a drama about a lawyer who is trying to juggle a stressful court case with a young son and a dying mother. director franco lolli cast his own mother in the role, along with his cousin, carolina sanin, in the lead role. both put in authentic performances as a loving but bickering pair, and vladimir duran adds a touch of levity and a glimmer of hope as the love interest. it is a slow burning but well observed character piece.

arkansas? >> there would have to be social distancing and wearing of a mask if you can't social distance and you have to follow our guidelines and that's what we would insist upon. >> let me show you governor abbott and several other republican governors are now changing what they had originally said. let's watch. >> we have flattened the curve. >> now people understand this thing doesn't just go away. our goal is to find ways to co-visit with covid-19 as safely as possible. >> covid-19 is not going away. in fact, it's getting worse. >> i want to encourage people to go out and about and take a loved one to dinner and go retail shopping. >> our message to arizonians today is clear. they are safer at home. >> governor hutchinson, if greg abbot can change his mind, how about requiring masks for everybody in arkansas? >> well, i think that's what's unique about the governors leading and showing flexibility in their states. you look at how we've gone through this in arkansas. you know, we have tight

he comes to arkansas. interested and you were a thing,ys away, the other and little rock, bobby brown and black ink united, that bumped up against that and all. but iid not bump into it, heard about it, what was taking think when -- way i perceive that was that was going ande a very small faction it was going to be very satisfying to brown and satisfying to stokely, but i'd don't think they were focusing on anything that was going to be helpful to people. they were on their one-way trip g on it. were egoin both of those guys, way back in the early days wanted to be the top gun, but they didn't have an audience and that is what that is and it's nothing else. ago,ember a long time stokely was trying to carve out a group because he wanted to be the next malcolm x. that's all it was. he was not focused on the benefits of trying to make the situation better. he just wanted that star in his hat. i never was interested in that. i think you have to sort of try to make a difference the best to go out on their own -

we've done that in arkansas. we were flat for a long time, and we had a small increase. we went back down and now you see it going back up and we're responding to that. that's what governors do. that's what we have to do. let me just say whenever we are testing people, you're having more cases and we're also watching the hospitalization and we're doing our contact tracing. it's a strategy that we have to stick with, and we can see results from it that will help us to fight that virus. >> thank you very much. thank you for being with us today, and thanks for being with us on a holiday and enjoy your holiday weekend, governor. >> all right. thank you. great to be with you. >> and joining me now, infectious disease expert dr. nahid bedalia. boston university. doctor, welcome back to "meet the press." what's your reaction to what hutchinson said and the failure of the face coverings at these national rallies? >> andrea, thanks for having me. we've done this natural experiment a couple of times now. we know that when we go back to living like we're not living in a pandemic, w

because of hotspots, which arkansas has been one, northwest arkansas, florida, texas, we are back to needing more reagents for testing to speed up turnaround time for testing. written theon has vice president on this. the governor has called the president about it. that is something we need to consider, again using, federal government power to increase production of reagents or we will not be able to keep up with testing we need and across the here and- we need across the country. tom: do you have a number of what the senate needs to come up with for the next round of stimulus? of $1.5guests speaking trillion. can french hill outdo that? rep. hill: i've heard numbers smaller than that coming out of senate discussions in the areas of extending and reforming unemployment payment, continuing ppp program for small businesses, giving more guidance throw governors on how to use state and local money we sent out to all the states and dealing with the liability issue need from a real talking to teachers and superintendents, do we have the right amount of funding to get our schools open safel

well, today arkansas is considered a hot spot state. in fact, on thursday the state reported 878 cases. that is the most the state has seen in a single day since the pandemic began. >> just last week the mayor of little rock arkansas signed an executive order requiring face masks in public spaces. joining us now is little rock mayor frank scott jr. good morning to you, mayor. >> good morning. how are you doing today martin and christi. >> doing well, sir. how is this measure going as far as mandating masks? >> actually it's going very well since we issued our executive order on june 25th. it saw great up tick all our residents, visitors and businesses abiding by the order. we're grateful they took the time and attention to not only protect themselves and their loved ones but the residents of little rock. >> what is the concern about the economic -- the economic consequences of all of this? >> well, we really firmly believe not wearing a mask is an economic consequence because when you continue to see the number of individuals that are h

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she was born in dumas, arkansas, and received her nursing degree from the university of houston before attending the academy of health care professionals for surgicial technology. she's been serving in the field since she was 19 starting in the e.r. and currently works in neuro surgery. sister theresa joseph worked for 30 years. jennifer currently works in the neurology area in the north campus. i congratulate jennifer kernaghan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah, mr. mcadams, for five minutes. mr. mcadams: thank you, mr. chair. i rise to recognize some

outfront now the republican governor of arkansas, governor hutchinson. why did you feel it was necessary to mandate masks in your state? >> for a couple of reasons. of course, wearing masks has become more understood. they understand how important this is to stopping the spread. and so i looked at this as a way to reinforce what people already know, but some of those that are reconsistent so it, this will bring them over the line. we have cases increased in arkansas. we have doctors on the front line. they need the support. they're asking for this mandate. then i think about our school children. i've delayed the opening of school for a couple of weeks in arkansas to give us more time to prepare. but eventually they're going to be going to school and they're going to be wearing a mask under both circumstances. so, if we're going to be insist upon that with our school children and try to bring education back, i think as adults we need to set that example as well and prepare them for it. so, it was the right decision. i resisted it because it is an infringe

law in the arkansas law, regardless of race. but it did not eliminate any language that was in the major crimes act already. that was a portion of u.s. law. but regardless of what happened pre-stated, we can debate that, but regardless of what happened pre-stated, there is a disagreement major crimes act applies of its own term at stated periods stated was a major event that transferred, obviously transferred plumber from a territory to a state. >> what happened after stated? can you cite a single case under the major crimes act that was transferred to or thereafter prosecuted in federal court? >> no, your honor. but this court is make clear that events on the ground don't override the text. >> thank you, counsel. justice sotomayor. >> counsel, justice ginsburg pointed out that some of the penalties in federal court would be higher than those imposed in state court. do you disagree that some defendants who might be entitled, if you were to win, some defendants who would be entitled to challenge their convictions we choose not to

i said, look, i am from arkansas. that is what we deal. i can't help it. that is who we are. we have some book readers out there from home, to. one hundred pages or so on the american south in the late 40s and 50s. he called and said i really like this, but he said, i said, well do you have any questions, he said just one. do you know any sane people as a child. [laughter] i said, no, but neither did else, i just paid more attention than most people. [laughter] then i sent him 150 pages on my introduction to arkansas politics and my exposure to different people in the 70s and early '80s. and he said, boy, this is really good. how much of it did you make out. [laughter] this is a story. you cannot make stuff up here. i said, so help me god, all of this stuff happens. when people read this, they will all want to go to arkansas because it is much more like a novel. [laughter] i had a very interesting run in. then when he would try to get me to cut things, we began to play games. i would send him one in the middle of the paragraph -- not only, the greatest in history. he cut it.

creating a home, here, in springdale, arkansas, is more important than ever. amazing. this stroll of the atolls festival encourages to learn more about marshallese culture. >> what are you guys making? >> coconut candy. >> i'm always nervous about trying new things. wow. that is delicious. the marshallese contribute to this community and to our country, in many ways, and they pay taxes. since they don't get to vote in their own self-interest, that's taxation, without representation. >> is there something specific that the state legislature is considering now that would help marshallese become citizens faster? >> at the state level, really, our hands are kind of tied for federal regulations for immigration. but something we did this past legislative session which i am really excited about is extend in-state tuition rates to marshallese students. so even though it's not citizenship, it is expanding opportunity. >> as the top employer in springdale, tyson foods has also stepped in to help their immigrant workforce. >> high school equivalency classes like ged, citizenship

in our whole delegation in arkansas wrote vice president pence about this there's a shortage of supply of the reagents to speed up the testing results so we're not waiting more than 48 hours for a test we urged the vice president to use the defense production act or other ways to increase produces and get it out to our hospitals and our public hess departments. so we need that done by the federal government we need their leadership i think that's a slightly bigger picture issue than just the money allocated for testing in the states i think it's -- both are issues, but i hope we can get the reagent supply issue teed up sooner than later. >> that's an important nugget you just said, about the fact you used the defense production act on that. the answer about reagents is the answer we get no matter what aisle someone is on. they say that seems to be the issue. >> right. >>> let me ask you about the so-called enhanced unemployment benefit. it seems as if there's more and more people who believe it has been helpful economically and getting rid of it might actually be a tougher thing on the

arkansas children receiving polio shots, 1957. major debilitating, crippling disease at the time and only in the 19 for these was there a vaccine -- in the 1950's was there a vaccine to counter polio. what we have is modern technology, at least modern for 1957, and modern medicine being made available, but being made available in a segregated context. line is the black kids in for their polio shots, in the white kids in line for their polio shots. they are not going into the same room. photograph because it is so evocative of the divide, the racial divide, in the american south at the time. let me give you another example. again, this may be unsettling, but i will show it anyway. this is an example of the inequality. this is the cafeteria for a black school in alabama in 1954. hostu multiplied this by of other cities, you begin to get the sense of what african-american parents and students were up against. let me repeat this. there was no separate, but equal facility in the south at this time. every facility that was segregated, i

we told you that it was the arkansas governor. well, now we have the colorado governor requiring face masks statewide. that news just breaking at the moment. we do have the closing bell ringing in 48 minutes. with or without masks, as lockdowns ease, shoppers returned. retail sales popped in june along with a slew of good economic news and yet stocks are still sliding. with the dow down 229, session low is a loss of 250. we're not far from there. is it time to reserve a new corner of your portfolio to protect your money? our floor show traders say yes but where? they will tell you when "the claman countdown" comes right back. experience the adventure of a bigger world in a highly capable lexus suv at the golden opportunity sales event. lease the 2020 nx 300 for $339 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. i'm an associate here at amazon. step onto the blue line, sir. this device is giving us an accurate temperature check. you're good to go. i have to take care of my coworkers. that's how i am. i have a son,

we took the steps that we needed to in arkansas. jared's taking the steps that he needs to do in colorado. it is important that they set the national standard, an example the president said he wears a mask, that's important. now let me just say -- >> but he says he wears them in certain places. he only worn a mask as far as we know in public to walter reed hospital where he essentially had to wear mask, he's sending out very mixed messages. >> we need to wear a mask, that example needs to be set by our national leadership. but let me go ahead and make the point that congress needs to work together, what i didn't hear before was that the democratic congress wants to work with the republican senate to come up with a compromise position that will help the states in terms of testing and education and they can do that if they work together. that's what we do as governors, there is a partnership there, there's a lot of help coming from the federal government, it's not a time to be a critical it's a time to work together. >> i want to ask

. >>> tonight, the flash point over masks, arkansas and colorado joining the growing list requiring masks, targets, cvs will as well georgia's governor barring cities from requiring them as cases there surge. >>> tempers flaring, a maskless man pulling a gun in walmart. >>> d florida and texas hitting single day death toll records. >>> pending disaster on testing, some waiting two weeks for results. >>> the new interview of the new bombshell from president trump's niece, the racist and sbi semitic slur she personally heard him use. >>> alarming news in the race for a vaccine, russian hackers accused of trying to steal research. >>> the battle over schools in florida, a staggering one in three kids tested is positive and inside a school already open in new jersey, kids in so-called learning pods is it working? >>> the fbi investigating the massive twitter hack, who's behind it? >>> the experimental new covid test without the uncomfortable swab, results in just two minutes. >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, with other covid responses failing, mandatory mask we

the state of arkansas used cares act funding to set up its own program for small businesses. the arkansas already for business grant program received over 2300 applicants within one hour and help over 200,000 arkansas employees across the state stay at work. 94% of those businesses had 50 employees or less, and a quarter were minority-owned and women-owned. i think we have the solutions here to help our small businesses -- items to our state and local government and let's fix the local program and ppp program so more small businesses can be helped as we continue to fight this terrible virus across our country. thank you for the time. i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. the chair today, i want to apologize again for the mismanagement of the time early on with you, mr. mchenry. today, we welcome the testimony of ms. lisa cook, ms. lily garcia, mr. joseph stiglitz, and diego zuluaga. ms. cook is a member of the american -- as an authority on international economics, she is also advised policymakers from the nigerian and rwanda governments. thank you for appearing

he's in the arkansas's sports fame.f the arkansas baptist college foundation has established a and honor to fund his longtime efforts to fund and athletes at t arkansas baptist college. speaker, i also want to say i congratulate the house on oncurring with the senate on extending the p.p.p. program date until august 8. small businesses all over our country. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for the purpose does gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is minute.ed for one ms. escobar: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in support of the and nt protection affordable care enhancement act. at this unprecedented moment in history, when the novel coronavirus has made plain need for affordable and accessible health care for those acro our country, i voted in avor that built on the affordable care act. mrs. fletcher: the affordable care act expanded health care for millions across texas and

arkansas, california, florida, oregon, montana all reported one-day record death tolls as a new federal report warned 21 states meet the definition of a red zone where aggressive steps are needed to slow transmission of the disease. in texas, the state tally of coronavirus deaths jumped by 12% tuesday after officials closed a loophole on how they report covid-19 deaths. the data shows latinx texans are disproportionately more likely to die from the disease. for those who survive covid-19, there is increasing evidence of long-term organ damage. a new study published by the "journal of the american medical association" found, of middle-aged patients who 100 recovered from covid-19, 78 had structural damage to their hearts. as the u.s. death toll from rapidly approaches 150 thousasand, president trumpmp declared tueuesday much of thehe united states is covid free. speaking from the white house press room trump lamented polls , showing his approval rating is lagging far behind top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci. curious. a man works for us, with us. arefauci and dr. birx highly

>>well the governor of arkansas says that if trump was to hold a rally in his state people will need to wear a mask and preach and practice social distancing. sad news to report broadway actor nick cordero has died after a 95 day struggle with coronavirus he was just 41 years old his wife posted on instagram that he died surrounded by his family yesterday. they're a face severe complications from the virus that forced one point his leg to be amputated. he was nominated for a tony award for his role in bullets over broadway back in 2014. he was also known for his acting in the broadway production of waitress. oscar-winning italian composer indio morricone died earlier this morning at the age of 91. he's famous for creating the iconic scene for the clint eastwood western the good the bad the ugly. he had a career that spanned several decades, he won an oscar for best original score back in 2016 for his work on quentin tarantino's the hateful 8 in total, he produced more than 400 songs original songs and scores for feature films. there's san francisco, a rally was held demanding justice

. >> reporter: arkansas's mask mandate kicks in today. in florida, the governor was heckled. [ yelling ] florida's average daily death toll doubled these past two weeks. monique hicks lost two of her children to covid-19. byron francis and mckayla in 11 days. >> we went to orlando for a vacation and all of a sudden they came home sick. wear your mask. if you don't have to come out, stay home. >> reporter: the governor still won't mandate masks. so in miami, the city will fine those with uncovered faces. in georgia, governor kemp wants to prevent atlanta's mayor from issuing press releases stating that she can make rules that are stricter than his. it's all part of his lawsuit over her mask order. mayor bottoms says she won't be silenced. >> it is bizarre that we have turned the maskwearing into something political. imagine you were an alien coming to the planet earth. you would be totally astounded, puzzled, amazed. you'd wonder what is going on here. >> reporter: as new york city moves into phase four opening today, governor andrew cuomo

. >> a year after the montgomery bus boycott, little rock, arkansas, became the stage for the next great drama of the movement. when local naacp leaders hand-picked nine black students and pressured the school board to enroll them at all-white central high school. they were challenging the city to comply with the supreme court's 1954 decision in brown versus board of education, where the court ruled that all public schools must be integrated. >> eunice green, age 16 -- >> when they said, are you interested in transferring to central? i said, hey, why not? my attitude was that change was coming, i want to be a part of it, i'm ready to change the face of the south. >> the story took an unexpected turn when the governor defied the courts and ordered the national guard to block the black students from entering the school. >> the first day we face the arkansas national guard, with bayonets. they let the white students enter the campus and barred us from entrance. it was surreal. >> outside the school, an angry crowd gathered. >> they walk in, we walk out. it's not right. they have schools jus

way lynching functions i remember speaking to the great theologian james cone grew up in segregated arkansas he said as a small boy as soon as it got dark he would stand by the window even though he was a child fully cognizant that for a black man to walk down a road in the dark in segregated arkansas meant that is his daddy might never come home and he talks about that trauma as a child and it's this is by design you create police terror and i think you describe it very well in these neighborhoods as a form of social control d. industrialized pockets where there is no work unless you're forced into the illegal economy and of course then they invent crimes. selling loose cigarettes which is how our garner was murdered or struck him but as train traffic i mean this is endless not knowing your lawn mowing your lawn. but it's not accidental what's happened is it it's still in way the destruction systems are built you know is that . police have the power and opportunity to kill in the last people and so the poor folks right now is shifting and reducing police power and shifting away from a congr

the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably president trump held a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported a massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across this country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection. the annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as the house has begun under very different circumstances of this year let's show you some live pictures from mecca the pilgrimage has been dramatically scaled back this year millions usually travel to solder a gaffe but for the 1st time in modern history worshippe

asa hutchinson i spoke to on "meet the press" from arkansas saying masks were encouraged but he wasn't going to require it. all of these different decisions state-by-state, and public health people saying, why not have a national standard? >> and i think that's the exact question. why not have a national standard? i'm hearing as well as you have, anecdotal stories of people going inside without masks getting in arguments with staff. even getting violent with staff or vice versa. this is the type of thing. if we had a national mandate that would quell the whole situation, because then it would be one of those, i'm not saying this because it's our policy. saying it because this is a national policy. one thing, because of our nation, we have borderers that are open. you can travel from one coast to the other. travel north to south without issues but also transport coronavirus, and one of the big things to realize, sure in some situations in some areas, absolutely no virus or very little virus, they might be wearing masks and not necessarily needed as much. some of the other areas, hot spo

the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably president trampled a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported and massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across the country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection. lebanon is reimposing a 2 week lockdown from thursday after a sharp rise in corona virus infections and deaths it will be in for 70 the religious holiday medics say it can't come soon enough warning the health system is close to collapse as more from beirut. the number of daily infections in lebanon is now in

arkansas police surprised a little boy with a brand new bike after his bike was stolen just a few days before his 7th birthday. the conway police department and community members also threw brian jeffrey a birthday parade. when they brought out that bike, brian was moved to tears. cried tears of joy. his mom thanking police on facebook saying you all made my son's day so bright. now i can ride his bike again. he says mom, how did this happen? i said there is still love in people's hearts, baby. i mean, how cool is that? just amazing stuff there. jillian: i love that. that's so great. rob: such a real reaction from that kid. when you look at those eyes, just awesome. carley: we can look at that video again, too, because it's so cool. todd: there he is. jillian: look at him. i get so emotional. that's just real there was a lot of behind the scenes work, too. it wasn't just the police department. it was also the community that got him the new bike, got him the new helmet and that reaction totally worth the effort. jillian: thanks, carley. to have haded to set your dvr every morning so you

joining us now for more on this is the arkansas governor. it seemed like a good idea to move these rallies outside. are you satisfied with the precautions? >> it's a lot safer outside and it's on a wide open space, that's harder for the virus to transfer. whenever you look at the president's speech in mount rushmore, that was an exciting time for america. here in arkansas we had to cancel a number of our fourth of july independence day celebrations, so to see that national stage without historic monument, it was encouraging to everybody. the president's speech was not dark and divisive as "the new york times" indicated but i did say that if we have that kind of rally in arkansas, we do need to social distance. or where face masks because that's what i'm acquiring and encouraging everybody who goes to the lake and goes to the outdoor venues to do, maintain that social distance. over the fourth we don't contribute to that and spread. we have two messages. let's honor america, rebuild the economy, and forgot to take the virus seriously and cont