deborah birx has been seen inside the white house. >> dr. patel, two health headlines before we go one, a giant study, i think 65,000 participants in south korea that showed that middle-age kids are as effective at transmitting the disease as adults that sort of lingers over all the debates that have become political over back to school. news today about some progress on a vaccine your thoughts? >> on the south korean study, you're correct, nicolle, it shines a light on number one the fact that younger people can transmit this virus, something that we've been wondering about and it has implications for the college students that are going back to school as well as for high school, middle-age students that are thinking about physical re-entry back into the classrooms the second point which is some good news, is that this study that's published in the lancet around the vaccine was incredibly promising because it showed response. we think of a vaccine response primarily being about the antibody response, this showed a positive antibody response

deborah birx comparing the outbreaks in texas, florida, and california, to the northeast early on in the pandemic. >> what we have right now are essentially three new >> reporter: california setting another record. a second day in a row. cases still skyrocketing in florida. more than 300,000 new infections in just the past month. more than 50 florida hospitals have no available icu beds. doctors suiting up in ppe, giving us look inside miami's jackson memorial hospital's expanded covid ward.

birx. meanwhile you had andrew cuomo, we've done a good job, but we're not going to let the following states send people our way because they have too much covid. we're acting more like 50 -- we should include guam and puerto rico and so on. 50-plus individual nations than we are like a single national response. >> the only, to me the only sort of moon shot here as far as i can tell is like a very fast 100% mask adoption, the data that's accrued the last several months has really suggested in terms of like effectiveness versus cost and hassle. it's the sort of easiest thing we have. you have abbott today issuing a mask order for any county in the state that has over 20 cases,

deborah birx continue to contradict many of president trump's stated goals and actions for returning to normalcy. as we know more about the covid-19 outbreak, this is causing panic that compromises our economic recovery." it is no surprise that, as states reopen and the economy reopens, but we saw our job numbers go up this week, which is a great thing. to keep those numbers going up and keep people safe, the coronavirus task force needs to make it very clear that, in order for the country to reopen, people do you need to abide at least by social distancing if off the mask. and to remember that the mask doesn't protect you only, but protects others from you. do not just doing it for yourself. this should not be a political issue.

deborah birx urges more states to shut down bars and reduce social gatherings, and even encouraging some people to wear masks inside their homes. gross violation of common sense: governor andrew cuomo says he's appalled by a concert in the hamptons, and there will be consequences as new york adds more states to its travel advisory. president trump continues to promote an unproven drug after the president's son is temporarily booted off twitter for spreading false information. why facebook, twitter, and youtube removed the content. excessive force? attorney general william barr on capitol hill defends the use of tear gas in d.c.'s lafayette park as an officer with the national guard testifies protesters were met with excessive force. >> the events i witnessed at lafayette square on the evening of june 1 were deeply disturbing to me and fellow national guardsmen. >> o'donnell: campaign 2020, america decides. joe biden says he'll pick his running mate next week. so who is on the short list? deadly shark attack. a 63-year-old woman killed by a great white shark as shark sightings in new york

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deborah birx warning as infections skyrocket, tests will follow. at the same time, the nation facing a testing crisis. in arizona, some weight up to ten days for the results, if they're able to find a test. and president trump tonight in hard-hit florida, appearing at several everies. no mask. after the first lady and this image supporting masks. and our new poll here tonight, two-thirds of americans disapprove of how the president handled the peak. >> reporter: the growing concerns tonight about children in texas an infant dying with the virus. and tonight, the summer camp closed after an outbreak there. 82 campers and staff testing positive. the storm slamming the northeast. tropical storm fay, new jersey, new york, up into new england. winds 50 miles per hour, several inches of rain. claiming the life of a swimmer. rob marciano timing this out. >>> tonight, is there's a major decision coming from president trump involving his long time confidant roger stone, convicted of lying to congress, facing a three-year prison sentence. the president today

deborah birx today asking four states to roll back their reopenings. >>> also tonight, how to reopen the nation's schools. inside the school board meetings. the students, teachers asking, is it safe? and the father, an e.r. doctor, saying even he doesn't know whether to send his child back to school. and tonight, the decision here in new york city. >>> the interview tonight. pierre thomas one woun with attorney general william barr. we ask about the protesters forcibly cleared from lafayette park. was it for that presidential photo-op? also tonight, the a.g. on black lives matter an on allegations of racial profiling by police. and amid this pandemic, should americans, concerned about their health, be allowed to vote in the presidential election by mail? what the attorney general says. >>> after that confrontation in new york's central park ignittrn calling police on a black man, a bird watcher, falsely claiming he was threatening her. the surprising turn tonight. what he's now saying to prosecutors. >>> the racist rant against asian-americans inside this restaurant. a tech ceo on vi

tylenol®. >>> now to texas, one of four states where white house task force coordinator deborah birx says cases are starting to plateau, come off their highs, but they are still very high, amend now one county has issued a shelter-at-home order for next two weeks. >> ed lavandera joins us from dallas with more. it's important there at least they have the right now, the counties, to do this and make this decision by themselves. >> reporter: and this has been, you know, the one thing that has been a struggle between local authorities and state officials here in texas for several months now as many of these counties, star counties, the latest issuing this order. that is down in the south texas area which has been the hot spot within this texas hot spot, and if you take a closer look at the medical data now emerging from texas, the case numbers still remain high, but it's been several days since we've seen numbers topping the 10,000 mark which is significant, and that is why we're beginning to believe that there might be a plateauing of these cases. now, nearly 10,000 cases per day is st

deborah birx of the white house task force says those states are like three new yorks right now as the death tolls soar. the cdc is releasing new guidelines advocating for children to go back to school, and the white house says they should even if studies show they can. young kids can transmit the virus. let's begin with the breaking news out of california right now. our national correspondent athena jones is working the story for us. california's crisis clearly appears to be getting a whole lot worse. >> reporter: hi, wolf. it's so interesting because there are indications that things are getting better in some places. more states holding those new case numbers steady. but california reporting its highest single-day death toll at 159. that's setting a record for the second day in a row showing that this crisis is a long way from over. >> the school calendar is not the pandemic calendar. >> reporter: a new front in the back to school debate. >> every school district has to make these decisions. >> reporter: the cdc is out with long-awaited guidelines making the case schools should reop

>>i think really just the doctor deborah birx quietly emerging as the most powerful person in the trump white house on the coronavirus and her path there an unlikely one common sense of washing your hands not touching your face as the relationship between doctor anthony fauci and president trump soured over the past few months at find to be very nice person. i don't always agree with them, you know it is a good bizarre. i don't really fully understand that berks has amassed power inside the white house to the point that sources tell cnn she is effectively running the task force day today. and sources say she's the only member to brief the vice president and other white house officials daily spoke with doctor birx this morning doctor birx briefly on before coming out here and at times berks herself has taken the podium wearing her signature scarf and i'm asked to match i just want to mass can be a fashion statement. she spearheaded the administration's recent decision to have hospital son covid-19 information to a new federal database, bypassing the centers for disease control and preven

deborah birx. in a private meeting with local and state health leaders dr. birx says the coronavirus task force is tracking rising cases in 12 cities, among those 12 cities san jose. audio of the meeting was obtained by the center for public integrity which is a journalism nonprofit. an hour ago santa clara county responded to dr. birx. county health leaders said even though there's an increase in cases, it's less than most metropolitan cities. santa clara county says, quote, we are concerned about the increase in cases nationally and believe this highlights the need for a coordinated national approach to address this pandemic, something the president has failed to put into effect. we call upon the trump administration to finally implement the national strategy our inflation needs to contain covid-19. >>> a bay area lawmaker wants governor newsom to shut down california. he says the state is quickly losing the fight against coronavirus. state senator steve glazier who

>>white house coronavirus task force coordinator doctor deborah birx privately told a group of state and local health officials that she's concerned about san jose >>i know think it's fair to say st. louis indianapolis, baltimore. >>doctor birx his statement not concerning to san jose city councilor dead davis i think you know we have really good leadership here in the city and county and the state and we are all watching the numbers so i'm i'm not concerned about about that san jose city councilor lundy up says he trusts the doctor's statement. >>i don't think that doctor birx is speculating i think that if he's making that list. he's coming off of data there's no arguing with that this map from the santa clara county health department shows a higher rate of coronavirus cases in san jose compared to some of the other cities in the county we checked in the san jose mayor sam liccardo and why he thinks doctor birx is concerned with san jose i can speculate as to why the white house liked a particular what we know is that certainly we're all concerned about rising transmission rates we

deborah birx. >>> election week? with half of ballots expected to be mailed in this fall, the new concern the result may not be known for days >>> triple threat. tropical storm hanna inching closer to texas. gonzalo and douglas. we're tracking all three >>> those stories plus, opening night. >> stanton with a drive out to left center field. >> major league baseball starting off with the pitch from dr. fauci with the first pitch no one could catch. >> that is probably not something he could practice. >>> plus folk story. ♪ when you are young they adore you know nothing ♪ >> taylor swift releases her surprise album overnight 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today. it is friday we are glad to have you with us. hoda, how about it opening day for baseball dr. fauci goes out there the pitch, well, let's hope that his research is better than his baseball skills. right? >> no kidding.

deborah birx. kris, this comes after her recent comments about san jose being one of those 12 cities under very close watch. >> reporter: right. so if you live in the city of san jose you might be thinking i thought things were starting to turn around. dr. birx says cities seeing small surges need to respond big in order to prevent a more widespread search. dr. birx explaining much of the spread among young people is asymptomatic and thus testing and hospitalization data may not show how much the virus is actually spreading. san jose is now one of 12 cities the white house coronavirus task force is tracking. dr. birx said this morning that subtle changes require big action from local leaders. >> until you can see that explosion it's hard for people to understand how deeply you have to clamp down. and that's why we called out the next set of cities where we see early warning signs because if you make changes now you won't become a phoenix. >> reporter: despite this concern santa clara county leaders

deborah birx and dr. fauci indicating from so-called super spreader events. hundreds at a concert in new york's hamptons over the weekend and at this mass church gathering on a beach in san diego. tonight here, authorities and what they believe what could be a real turning point in the race for a vaccine tonight. we'll guide you through it all tonight. here's abc's victor oquendo, leading us off from florida tonight. >> reporter: just a day after moderna's vaccine trial started its critical final phase of human trials, new evidence the vaccine might act quickly. 7 of 8 primates injected with the vaccine showed no detectible virus in their lungs just two days after exposure. dr. anthony fauci hopeful about moderna's early results. >> i am cautiously optimistic as we get into the late fall and early winter, we will have an answer and i believe it will be positive. >> reporter: on moderna's heels, pharmaceutical giant pfizer launching the final phase of its vaccine trial with 30,000 volunteers. >> volunteers at this point are going to be true heroes to help us d

deborah birx with a warning. >> we can see what is happening in the south movg north. weo believe that the are states that do need to close their bars, to decrease indoor gatherings to less than ten. >> reporter: and tonight, new hope in the race for a vaccine. moderna, the first company in the u.s. kicking off phase three vaccine trials, hoping to have it ready by the end of the year or early next year. 30,000 americans are expected to roll up their sleeves and volunteer. >> that makes me cautiously optimistic, that we may have something here, but it's going to take a few months to determine whether or not we do. >> reporter: elissa green, a 66-year-old nurse in georgia, one of the first to participate. you were not afraid, you weren't nervous, you were just eager to get in there? >> i was excited. i was excited. i wasn't nervous. like i said, there's nothing live in the vaccine. so, there's nothing in it that's going to hurt me. >> and victor oquendo with us live tonight from marlins park in miami, where tonight's home opener has been canceled. and victor, amid this

deborah birx named the city in a private phone call. according to the center for public integrity, they obtained audio of that call. but other than the audio, the center doesn't include san jose in its reporting. the mayor says that he hasn't heard from the white house about this. >> i can't speak to why the white house spoke to specific cities, but it seems that the mayors never had any communication with the white house about this. so regardless, our work is the same. we need to focus on reducing our transmission rate. >> reporter: in a statement the county of santa clara said the increase in cases in all these cities demonstrates the need for a coordinated national approach to the pandemic. reporting live from san jose, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> governor newsom is expected to give us an update on the covid-19 situation in california today. his press conference is set for noon and we will carry it live here on abc 7 and stream it on > santa uz county is now on m. california's watch list after a surge in covid-19 cases and the c

deborah birx, the administration's coronavirus coordinator, says virus is again moving north, and she's now encouraging more states, including virginia, to limit indoor dining and shut down bar service. tonight, major lbeabl i shutting down, too, at least temporarily. the league says the philadelphia phillys and miami marlins will postpone their games for several days after four more players for the marlins tested positive today. at a press briefing late today, president trump defended a video he retweeted, featuring a doctor making inaccurate statements, saying masks don't work and that's a cure for the virus. both are not true. that's why the country's biggest social media companies call the video false and removed it from the platforms. there's a lot of reporting to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. cbs' manuel bojorquez is going to lead off our coverage tonight from miami. good evening, manny. >> reporter: good evening, norah. today, florida broke its record for covid-19 deaths reported in a single day: 186 residents. there are signs that

deborah birx privately warning 11 cities with a surge to take immediate action. in parts of texas tonight, with the death toll growing, they are now bringing in additional refrigerated trailers. in florida, 55 hospitals saying they have no icu beds left. and tonight, word 13 nuns have died at one convent from the virus. >>> american families bushed to the brink. the new numbers tonight. and tonight, more than 25 million in danger of losing that $600 federal supplement, which ends this week unless congress acts. rebecca jarvis on where this stands tonight. >>> the chaos in portland, oregon, and now the mayor tear gassed by federal officers during a protest. the mayor now calling it flatout urban warfare. and the use of force is now under investigation by the justice department watchdog, as president trump says he's preparing to send federal officers into other cities. >>> the moment on the house floor that made news today. congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez. tonight, his words, his apology, saying he's a husband and has daughters. and what she said in response

deborah birx likening the threat in florida, texas, and california to three new yorks, her words, three new yorks, the former virus epicenter here in the u.s. california just reported its highest one-day death toll yet, but also tonight, the white house is arguing that children should go back to school, even if future studies find they are transmitting the virus. the cdc issuing new guidance today on how to make that happen. let's go to cnn's nick watt. he's in los angeles for us. nick, california, unfortunately, setting yet another record in this pandemic. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. according to the state, 159 lives lost in just 24 hours and that is a new record, because it's two more than yesterday. and meanwhile, the deputy secretary of education says that across this country, come the fall, the default needs to be schools fully open and operationa operational. the president backed by new cdc guidelines pushing hard for schools to reopen, brick and mortar. >> being at the school, being on the campus is very, very important. >> reporter: but is it safe? the cdc says scientific s

deborah birx of the white house coronavirus task force saying today that the surge is, quote, very serious and very real, unquote, comparing major outbreaks in at least three states, texas, florida, and california to what happened in new york. though birx pointed to some encouraging signs infections she said may be plateauing in those hot spots as well as arizona. this comes as the cdc is pushing for kids to go back to school in person. critics contend that the country's top public health agency may be being politicized to please president trump. even officials acknowledged that it is still an open question how much young peopler spread the disease. as cnn's nick watts explains for us now. >> reporter: the president backed by new cdc guidelines pushing hard for schools to reopen. brick and mortar. >> being at the school, being on the campus is very, very important. >> reporter: but is it safe? the cdc says scientific studies suggest that covid-19 transmission among children in schools may be low. emphasis on "suggest" and "may." >> i think we still need to learn a lot about children, eleme

tonight reporter pamela brown takes a closer look and to doctor deborah birx. >>i really just the doctor deborah birx quietly emerging as the most powerful person in the trump white house on the coronavirus and her calf their an unlikely one common sense of washing your hands not touching your face as the relationship between doctor anthony fauci and president trump soured over the past few months at find to be very nice person. i don't always agree with them, you know it is a good bizarre. i don't really fully understand its burks has amassed power inside the white house to the point that sources tell cnn she's effectively running the task force day today. and sources say she's the only member to brief the vice president and other white house officials daily spoke with doctor birx this morning doctor birx briefly on before coming out here and at times berks herself has taken the podium wearing her signature scarf and i'm asked to match i just want to mass can be a fashion statement. she spearheaded the administration's recent decision to have hospital son covi

deborah birx of the coronavirus task force has a very different message. she's sounding the alarm about the rise in cases in the states that you see in yellow on this map. and there's a lot of them. all of this as presumptive democratic presidential nominee, joe biden, says he will choose his running mate next week. and there's this piece of paper that could hold a big clue. these were his notes yesterday, caught on camera during a speech in wilmington. they feature kamala harris' name at the top there. okay, let's begin our converage with cnn's joe johns. he's live at the white house. >> it was just last week that the president appeared to be adopting a more responsible approach to the way he talks about the pandemic, but then in his latest briefing, hep returned to the old, flawed misleading themes that have undermined his credibility as well as the administration's attempts to get out a clear and consistent message on covid-19. as the united states moves even closer to losing 150,000 people to the deadly disease, president trump used tuesday's coronavir

deborah birx saying this morning that covid cases are starting to plateau in texas. that is wonderful. but the numbers remain very high with more than 9,500 new cases being reported just on thursday alone. and this morning there's a county in south texas that instituted a new stay-at-home order just to try to contain the virus. cnn's ed lavandera is live in star county. >> reporter: once again here, you have in texas local authorities trying to issue a stay at home shelter in these areas where the coronavirus pandemic has been spreading out of control, the latest is here in star county, which is down in south texas. this has been the hot spot within this texas hot spot. and the county judge there issuing a stay-at-home order. but, remember, the governor has pushed back against local authorities issuing these kinds of orders, saying they don't have the enforcement authority to carry this out. but the shelter at home order also has provisions in there for curfews for adults and children. this is something that the governor here in texas has been supportive of over the

deborah birx said -- she was on the "today" show -- that it's an open question whether children under 10 in the u.s. don't spread the virus the same as children over 10. i know you're in constant contact with your members. what are they telling you? what are you hearing from parents? >> so let me just do this, chris, in all seriousness, we put this plan out in april. the cdc guidelines that just came out again this week still have the core of what we said in april. why would a teachers union put a plan out in april? because we know remote learning doesn't work. we know it can't be a substitute for direct instruction, and we know kids really need direct instruction, but it has to be safe. so deborah birx, what she said today about an open question, we don't really know the answer in that the palm beach county had seen that so many young kids got tested positive. four weeks ago, she would have said the same thing about older kids until we have the south korean report that said older kids can be super spreader. the issue is not whether young kids are or aren't. the issue is how do we mak

deborah birx has become the most powerful doctor in the white house. at what cost. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. breaking news, dr. anthony fauci just speaking out and revealing three things that this country needs to do right in order to get a handle on the deadly pandemic that is right now out of control in this country. >> what we've got to do is reset. you may need to pull back a bit on a phase. you don't necessarily need to lock down, but you've got to do three or four of five minthings that is critical because we know they work. that is universal wearing of masks, close the bars. i think we're going to see a turn around. >> that is the warning tonight from dr. anthony fauci. this as the w.h.o. reports a record in new coronavirus cases around the world. in just the last 24 hours, more than 238,000 new cases. the united states with 4% of the world's population accounting for nearly 30% of those new cases with cases trending higher in 38 states. nearly 140,000 americans have died from the virus. at least eight states hitting a record number of

deborah birx to address the surge coming up. ainsley: back with fox news alert, major breakthrough in search for covid-19 vaccine. pete: johnson & johnson revealing overnight it protects monkeys after one doze, human trials of that vaccine begin today as covid-19-related deaths now top 150,000 in the u.s. brian: wow, now more than 4.4 million cases, 7 states reporting record high number of deaths in a single day, let's bring in dr. deborah birx, white house coronavirus response coordinator. dr. birx, always great to see you. the word is that you say i'm worried about the south but i'm really worried about the midwest, where? doctor: so just to remind everyone across the south still a very serious pandemic although they are starting to see the glimmers of hope of improvement and we really want to thank governors and mayor who is have worked hard with their populations to ensure everyone was wearing masks, decreasing social gatherings, decreasing in places like bars an decreasing parties at home where you can't social distant. now

and i want to explain that very briefly, because it's important, as deborah birx warns, that those states in yellow there are on the brink of teetering into crisis. good morning. you know, i think that we should understand that this is not a virus that we don't understand or we don't know how to beat. we know how it transmits now. we know that if you and i are in a room together and we share the air, breathe near each other, it can transmit. what have they done in the rest of the world? they don't have any fancy technology or any vaccines that we don't have, but in italy and france and spain and england and japan, all around the world, what they've done is they've basically said, we're going to take some short-term pain, we're going throw the kitchen sink at this virus, and i can explain what that means, and what would happen if we did that? well, we'll wake up in four weeks. the virus would be so dormant, we could send our kids to school safely, we could walk them there, we could vote in person very safely. we could get on airlines again, we could travel, we could hire people. the econom

deborah birx urged states with rising infection rates to close bars and limit the size of social gatherings, that includes places like kentucky, tennessee, ohio, indiana and virginia. local officials are refusing to enforce mask mandates. meantime, the administration official overseeing critical covid-19 testing has conceded turn around times are still too long. this is a serious problem. slower test results mean you don't know if you have the virus, which means you could be transmitting covid-19 without knowing. >> i am deeply worried about our testing infrastructure. it is hitting the wall and it is starting to crumble and we are seeing that in delays and returns, seeing that in machines starting to break down, seeing that in how hard it is to get people tested. we need a reboot. >> in texas the total number of deaths is now past 5,000. 1,000 of those in the last six days alone. officials say at star county memorial they may send patients home to die with their loved ones because of the limited resources. in san antonio, the children's shelter has a covid-19 outbreak infecting 9 children

deborah birx, coordinator of the white house coronavirus task force, and ambassadors from several countries expected to discuss covid-19 live at 2:30 eastern on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. a seniorg us next research fellow at george mason university. he directs there for the vanity project. thank you for being here this morning. eing on with us this morning. give us some specifics. what do you study in the urbanity project? this aboutnity cities, and in a bigger sense come about living together. beings come human as americans, solve the problems that make it hard to live near each other so we can reap the benefits of having a big civilization with lots of interactions, lots of people meeting people, doing business on the creating culture, all the things that make coronavirus really dangerous. host: salim furth on with us to talk about the effect of coronavirus on cities and urban areas across the country. a common headline we are seeing -- in fact, this morning in the hill, an opinion piece in axios with the headline "zoing ad

deborah birx urges more states to shut down bars and reduce social gatherings, and even encouraging some people to wear masks inside their homes. gross violation of common sense: governor andrew cuomo says he's appalled by a concert in the hamptons, and there will be consequences as new york adds more states to its travel advisory. president trump continues to promote an unproven drug after the president's son is temporarily booted off twitter for spreading false information. why facebook, twitter, and youtube d

deborah birx points to the large scale community spread among young people. >> talking about increasing mitigation efforts now and increased hospitalizations. what we're experiencing now is very different in march and april. very different from the outbreak that was contained. >> dr. birx notes the majority of young people are asymptomatic. so by the time hospitalizations start climbing like right now in mississippi, alabama and the carolinas community spread has escalated incredibly quickly. >> the clock is in thing for re-opening schools. the largest 101 districts in the united states, 53 are starting the year completely online. in philadelphia the superintendent there back tracking from a hybrid re-opening now proposing online learning only at least until november. dr. anthony fauci acknowledging students are in a tough spot. >> in many respects, unfortunately, though this may sound a little scary and harsh, i don't mean it to be that way, is that you're going to be actually part of the experiment of the learning curve of what we need to know. >> he's saying that because it's not cle

deborah birx or dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci said he didn't plan to be at this one and he wasn't invited. dr. deborah birx was at the white house and was waiting outside. the president did not want her in the room as somebody who could pass on reliable information. when he goes off script, he sometimes can't help himself. we saw that towards the end when asked about ghislaine maxwell, who was surrounded in the jeffrey epstein scandal. the president said he wishes her well. you can know officials were tearing their hair out when they hear that comment. >>> the director of the harvard global health institute is joining us. so in the president's first briefing, he acknowledged that things will get worse before they get better, but he still seemed to be in denial about the reality of the challenges the country is still facing. what stood out to you? >> thanks for having me on. it was good to have the president address the pandemic and crisis that we are all in. some parts were highlights. i like the fact he endorsed wearing ma

deborah birx for anyone in florida under the age of 40 who has been in a crowd in the last four weeks, she said even if you don't have symptoms you should get a test. we're concentrating a lot on florida, texas, california, and arizona. but that doesn't mean the rest of you in the clear, obviously to a virus a state line is unclear. >> nick watt, thank you very much. let's get more on breaking news out of texas. lucy kafanov in houston for us. lucy, masks are now mandated in public there by the governor. he just issued the order. what are you learning about this dramatic reversal in policy? >> these masks save lives. we've heard that from health officials. now it's state law, at least if you're in the county that has 20 coronavirus cases or more. i'm in houston. more than 22,000 cases, so a lot of the state affected. as my colleague nick pointed out restricting gatherings or empowering local officials to limit gatherings to 10 or more folks have to social distance. this is leading into fourth of july weekend. authorities here hoping to reverse the trend. we've seen record breaking num

deborah birx is warning of a disturbing rise in coronavirus cases in certain areas of this country. in a private meeting with local and state health officials, by says the task force is tracking increasing infections in 12 u.s. cities. >> there are other cities. through are new increases in new orleans, las vegas, san jose, st. louis, indianapolis, minneapolis, cleveland, nashville, pittsburgh, columbus, and baltimore. so we're tracking this very closely. we're working with the state officials to make sure we're responding together, but when you first see this -- >> that audio of that meeting, it was first obtained by the non-profit center for public integrity. dr. birx went on to say finding and tracing individuals is critical to this process to mitigate the spread. so senate republicans and the white house, they failed to agree on a white house coronavirus relief package yesterday after all of this. there was in-party fighting on what to include. they attempted to reach a unified agreement this week but now hope to offer a roughly $1 trillion package to democrats on monday. the se

deborah birx has implored us to wear action manies. tonight there are new questions about whether we need to be going further. dr. deborah birx is recommending adding a face shield in addition to wearing a mask. >> the thing about the face shield, we think that could protect the individuals and that it would decrease the ability for them to touch their eyes and spread virus as well as the droplets. >> reporter: her colleague, dr. anthony fauci, spoke about teach rs getting back to classrooms this year, saying while they don't need to wear medical grade protective equipment -- >> the minimal things you might want to do is you could use just a mask and goggles and gloves. >> reporter: fauci later clarified, saying he wasn't recommending all americans should wear face shields. all of this is raising questions about whether masks have been enough to protect us from coronavirus all these months. >> masks will provide a layer of protection and it's protecting everybody else from you. the point hoar is now that wearing a face shield could pro

. >> and the president said there are parts of the nation virus free and deborah birx said it is spreading. unfounded by cdc data. dr. redfield admits also on top of that the administration was slow on the information from europe. the officials pleaed for another shutdown and he forces the governor to reopen. joe johns is joining us at the white house with more. good morning, joe. >> good morning, poppy. the president is headed out to west texas this morning and there is no indication he's going to hold a coronavirus event even though that state has certainly been hard hit by covid-19. what we know about the schedule is that the president is expected to go to a fund-raiser. he's also going to see an oil rig and apparently push one of the big messages for his campaign which is regulatory reform and u.s. energy independence. now, meanwhile, the story that's been developing here at the white house this morning is the white house message machine really leaning into the president's arguments and support just last night once again of the controversial drug that the president says he believes is

deborah birx. >>> major league baseball commissioner rob manfred is confident the season can continue despite the recent outbreak and games having to be postponed. andy scholes has more for us. glad to see you, andy. manfred saying it is not yet time to panic. >> that's what he's saying. there are two ways they're trying to go about play. the nba, wnba, nhl trying to go about it in a bubble. then you have baseball and the nfl trying to go about play in a somewhat normal setting. so far one weekend in for baseball, they've got some big problems. 11 players and two coaches reportedly testing positive on the marlins team leading major league baseball to postpone three games. they're asking questions whether season. rob manfred said he believes the safety protocols are adequate to keep players safe. >> i don't put this in the nightmare category. obviously we don't want any player to get exposed. it's not a positive thing, but i don't see it as a nightmare. we built the protocols to allow us to continue to play, that's why we have the expanded rosters. that's why we have the pool of additi

birx and drone atoms, the national surgeon —— anthony fauci. he did not show tell where doctor faucior he did not show tell where doctor fauci or doctor burks was. talking about the economic progress that the country was making. also using this opportunity as a way of reaching people. you may remember that back in april when he did these on a daily basis, he was very pleased with the figures, especially on cable networks, that these press conferences cable networks, that these press co nfe re nces we re cable networks, that these press conferences were getting. a time when these numbers are falling, this is an opportunity for the president to get to more people. president trump said that fatalities have now fallen, 75% since the middle of april. fatalities nationwide have fallen of the 5% since mid april. that's a great number. this cases have rise in certain hard—hit states which we are looking at right now. surging personnel supplies, we again have tremendous amount of supplies. week and move them quickly. we will hope to get to the look at

the cdc pivoting brief dik iniig warning that it could be higher, and deborah birx privately warning leaders in 11 cities to take immediate action. >> this is really critical that everybody is following this and making sure that they're being aggressive about mitigation efforts. >> reporter: hospitalizations rising in all but nine states. back up to april levels. california and florida shatt shattering their old death toll records. >> at this point, it will help if everybody is wearing a mask, the data shows it decreases transmission. >> reporter: from safety to savings, millions struggling to make ends meet are getting their last expanded unemployment check this is weekend unless congress comes together on an agreement. a $600 out of work life line is expiring and some republicans are pushing for that benefit to be reduced to about $200 a week. >> we can't give people a disincentive to go back to work. we'll never recover from this if we're all at home watching netflix. >> reporter: and dmgs enrag dem enraged about cutting the benefits. >> all of these additional costs americans are

deborah birx, the white house coronavirus response coordinator. and, dr.he ambassadors birx, we embrace the notion of physical distance, but not social distance. through these events, we have global- we bring the immunity closer together. -- community closer together. trail -- at the olejnik council, we are driven -- at the atlantic council, we are driven by community engagement, platforms to exchange ideas, as well as a strategy and policy to shape the posed pandemic world for the better. spirit, since the crisis began, the atlantic council has convened private conversations with ambassadors from the g 10, 10 leading democracies. help are intended to cooperation between the leading democracies on the pandemic. this is all part of our democratic order initiative. time we arefirst convening this group in a public setting. we thought it would be useful to have an open conversation about global cooperation on these challenges. c-span,me viewers from listeners from c-span radio, pbs newshour is live streaming. thank you for tuning in. ambassadors, we

deborah birx named the city in a private phone call. the center for public integrity obtained audio of that call, but other than the audio, the center doesn't include san jose in its reporting. the mayor says that he hap hasnd from the white house. >> i can't speak to it, but it seems that the common theme is that the mayors of many of those cities never had any communication with the white house about this. regardless, our work is the same. we need to focus on reducing our transmission rate. >> reporter: in a statement the county of saof santa clara said there is a doord natucoordinate proposal to the pandemic. lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> governor newsom is expected to give an update on the covid-19 situation in california today. it will happen at noon and we'll be covering it live here on abc 7, you can also find it on our abc 7 news app and at abc7news.com. >>> santa cruz county has now joined the list no one wants to be on, the watch list in california, after a surge in covid-19 cases there and the county's fourth death. the ar

deborah birx raising the red flag this morning in an exclusive interview. >>> meanwhile, santa clara county leaders are questioning her recent comments. a live report straight ahead. >>> reaction to the new cdc guidelines for kids returning to the classroom. why some local school leaders are not taking any chances. >>> and if you've heard it once, you've heard it before and i'm going to say it again. tgif! we have made it to the weekend. a breakdown of that weekend forecast for you coming up in just seconds. it is friday and "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good morning to you on this friday am i'm marcus washington. >>> and i'm laura garcia. we all love what we do but we love fridays, don't we, team? >> saturday it pretty good, too. >> and we love the bay area weather. it usually always cooperates. i think it will again, kari. >>> it will. we'll have a beautiful weekend but warmer. we're enjoying a touch of a cooldown today as we start out with a live look outside in san jose. we'll see our temperatures gradually warming up as we normally reach 82 degrees, we're going t