our friend nicolle wallace will be with us moments from now. this day has thus far been a living example of both poles of our politics. in many ways that means our recent past, as well as our present, as recently as today. we've been watching the moving scenes from atlanta, georgia as the nation says farewell to a giant, congressman john lewis. the funeral was held at ebenezer baptist church, church where his mentor dr. martin luther king jr. presided. the dignitaries at today's service included former presidents from both parties. he was eulogized by former president barack obama who looked to lewis as a hero. after his inauguration in '90 he signed lewis' program with the words because of you john. he talked about what john meant to him and our country. >> john lewis was in so many ways exceptional. he vindicated the faith in our founding, redeemed that faith. that most american of ideas, the idea that any of us, ordinary people without rank, or wealth, or title, or fame can somehow point out the imperfections of this nation and come together

nicolle wallace will be along momentarily. we want to begin with headlines and facts as we know them at this hour. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. has now passed the rubicon of 4 million. 16 days after reaching 3 million. over 144,000 have died, another 1100 souls lost yesterday. highest daily death toll since end of the month of may. florida accounted for 173 of those deaths. that's a new daily record for them. as president trump paints an upbeat picture of a pandemic getting under control, the center for public integrity has audio of white house response coordinator dr. debra birx warning state and local leaders that 11 major cities, including vegas, miami, nashville, new orleans need to take aggressive steps to contain their outbreaks. again, what she has to say here effects the public, but these remarks were delivered privately and not meant to be public. listen for your city or that of your loved ones on the list. >> we have new increases in miami, new orleans, vegas, st. louis, indianapolis, minneap

>>> good day, brian williams with you, nicole wallace will join us in just a minute fist we want to look at the facts as we know them at this hour the coronavirus killed over 142,000 americans. sickened nearly 3.9 million more there is new evidence that that number is beyond there and the cases is two to 13 times higher than reported this suggests a large number of people that did not see symptoms the total number of infections in california passed 400,000 that puts the state on pace to pass new york as the state with the highest coronavirus cases, and the top infectious disease expert responded to the president, a long time mask denier, tweeting a picture wearing a mask during that visit a couple weekends ago to walter reed fauci responded. >> i was pleads to see the president readingwearing a mask i think we have turned the road for a consistent message >> hours after that tweet the president showed up at his dc trump branded hotel mingled with prominent republican guests while not wearing a mask nor were many of them. about two hours from now trump goes to the white house briefing roo

. >>> at the top of the broadcast yesterday, i told nicolle wallace i would give just about anything to talk about good news and today i've been richly rewarded with this -- britain's 94-year-old queen elizabeth emerged today from lockdown to knight 100--year-old world war ii veteran tom moore in a ceremony at windsor castle. the man widely known as captain tom won the hearts of people around the world after he raised over $40 million for the british national health service by doing over 100 laps across his garden, a perfect time to bring in nicolle wallace, though i'm compelled to add it's fleeting. stop the broadcast here and play cartoons until 4:00. if we weren't in the middle of a pandemic with unmarked camouflage, troops on the streets of portland, oregon, a story we'll get to later and the just the continued drum beat of news that we have to discuss every day. >> i know we have to get all that stuff. but we should keep that image in mind, good leaders honoring great citizens at a time of immense tragedy. it's really, really, really nice to see that. i'm glad you included that

our friend nicolle wallace will join us in a moments' time. the facts as we know them at this hour, over 3.4 million americans have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. the death toll up 46% in the course of a week by rate, approaching 137,000 now, despite those numbers the trump administration's testing czar, admiral brett giroir made this optimistic assessment today on nbc. >> the early indicators we see, for example the percent of test that are positive have leveled off, going down in most of the jurisdictions that we have a problem with and we're seeing e.r. visits go down. these are the early indicators that are turning the corner. this doesn't mean we've turned the corner. >> we'll be hearing from the president when he holds what's being billed as a news conference at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. two hours from now. no word yet on what the president he'll address but the optimism we're hearing from that man in the administration runs counter to what we're seeing on the ground in the states with the biggest outbreaks. in california for starter

thankfully, nicolle wallace will be with us in a moment. we begin with some of the top headlines at this hour. the coronavirus took the lives of another 1300 americans just yesterday. that's the largest daily death toll in several months in our country. over 151,000 americans have now died from the virus. another 4.4 million have become infected. one of those infected, congressman louie gohmert, seen during yesterday's house judiciary hearing with attorney general barr. nbc news learned he refused to wear a mask, tested positive this morning before he was going to travel on air force one with the president to his home state of texas. it comes as "new york times" obtained a federal report showing 21 states have outbreaks serious enough to put them in what the feds call the red zone, except for vermont, every other state is in the yellow zone which means they're at risk for another outbreak. nbc news learned the white house plans to wrap up public health messaging aimed at those states, encouraging people to wear masks, avoid crowded bars and

i'm nicole wallace. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a coronavirus outbreak on a major league baseball team just days aftering day. but we begin with what has been a day of tribute for a man who was once treated so poorly by his nation. members of congress now filing past his casket. the casket of civil rights icon, long time georgia congressman, john lewis, as he lies in state in the rotunda of the united states capitol. this comes after his family and some of his colleagues gathered in the rotunda to pay tribute to the man known as the conscious of the congress. house speaker nancy pelosi talked about what he brought to his job as a legislator. >> here in congress, john was revered and beloved on both sides of the aisle. on both

nicolle wallace, thankfully, will be here with us momentarily. we want to begin with a look at the major stories we are following at this hour as part of our live coverage. the coronavirus took the lives of yet another 1,400 souls yesterday. that is the equivalent to an american dieing every minute now. the number of americans infected by the virus passed 4.5 million with roughly half a million cases reported in just these past eight days in our country. those dire numbers come as three members of the white house coronavirus task force appeared before a house panel focusing on the response to this pandemic. dr. fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said he is optimistic we will see a vaccine at some point soon. >> as i have said often and i will repeat it for the record now, there's never a guarantee you will get a safe and effective vaccine. from everything we have seen in the animal data as well as the early human data, we feel cautiously optimistic we will have a vaccine by the end of the year and as we go into 2021. >> that would

nicolle wallace will be along with us in a moment. first the headlines and the facts as we know them at the top of this hour. for the third day of the row the coronavirus took the lives of over 1,000 of our fellow citizens yesterday bringing the death toll to nearly 146,000 now. another 75,000 americans were diagnosed with the virus on thursday. with the total number of confirmed cases approaching 4.1 million. within the last hour, the world health organization reported a single day record for new cases globally over 280,000 of them in the past 24 hours. >>> one day after we heard audio of a phone call between white house coronavirus response coordinator dr. deborah birx and state and local leaders, the one where she said 11 cities need to take aggressive steps to mitigate outbreaks, dr. birx was on the "today" show with an increasingly rare message to the public this morning. >> we already are starting to see some plateauing in these critically four states that have suffered under the last four weeks. so texas, california, arizona an

nicolle wallace, the host of deadline white house, veteran of the george w. bush white house, my dear friend. nicolle, i -- i miss you a lot. thank you for being here tonight. >> i miss you a lot. >> all right. up here, next, a new record today. more than -- more cases -- more new cases of coronavirus diagnosed today in america, than ever before. and some details about it that you haven't heard anywhere else, that we're going to bring you tonight, exclusively. that story's ahead. stay with us. story's ahead stay with us it's called ubrelvy. the migraine medicine for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes without worrying if it's too late or where you happen to be. one dose of ubrelvy can quickly stop a migraine in its tracks within two hours. many had pain relief in one hour. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. few people had side effects, most common were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance ask aboutta-da!vy. so you only pay for what you need? given my

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our friend nicolle wallace will be with us moments from now. this day has thus far been a living example of both poles of our politics. in many ways that means our recent past, as well as our present, as recently as today. we've been watching the moving scenes from atlanta, georgia as the nation says farewell to a giant, congressman john lewis. the funeral was held at

with that as the back drop, i'm join by friend and colleague nicolle wallace. nicolle, i would give anything to talk about good news prior to your entrance into this hour each day, but that is the world as we know it. >> you know what, i was thinking as you were bringing everyone up to speed on the headlines that we've come on the air often and described our news menu as a split screen story. it's not that anymore. there's the story, the crisis, the tragedy for so many families, the economic devastation, the pandemic. then there's the cover up. there's no other way to look at the effort to seize data from the cdc, to smear and diminish anthony fauci. let me tell you something, this isn't a white house with an approval process. there's what donald trump wants and there's what his press secretary and advisers say and do. that's all there is. there's no way who spends all his days and who is an idealogical soul mate to president trump published an article without the president knowing that. we're looking at something that explains why the president is not just so

wallace asked her, after that briefing, if there is any reason to think "the new york times" and nbc news reporting on this story amounts to a hoax. >> did you hear anything that made you doubt what is in the public arena about the spirit of this story? >> let me just say this. you have mentioned and talk about the american intelligence community. i serve on the senate intelligence committee where i over the course of the last three plus years have been in regular receipt of information from our intelligence community about threats to our nation's security and hot spots around the world, and i will tell you based on my experience with the american intelligence community, you cannot find a group of people that work harder and take more seriously their profession and the importance of them being precise and accurate and exercising the due diligence that is necessary for us as decision makers, as policymakers and for the president of the united states to make the right decisions that are in the best interest of america's national security and in the best interest of american service mem

shop everything home at wayfair today. >>> good day, brian williams with you, nicole wallace will join us in just a minute fist we want to look at the facts as we know them at this hour the coronavirus killed over 142,000 americans. sickened nearly 3.9 million more there is new evidence that that number is beyond there and the cases is two to 13 times higher than reported this suggests a large number of people that did not see symptoms the total number of infections in california passed 400,000 that puts the state on pace to pass new

nicolle wallace will be along momentarily. we want to begin with headlines and facts as we know them at this hour. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. has now passed the rubicon of 4 million. 16 days after reaching 3 million. over 144,000 have died, another 1100 souls lost

our friend nicolle wallace will be with us in a moment. we want to begin with the headlines and the facts as we know them at 3:00 p.m. more than 3.5 millions have been sickened by the coronavirus with florida reporting nearly 14,000 new cases, a record 156 deaths just yesterday. the nationwide death toll is approaching the 139,000. the nbc news medical unit tells us 41 states have seen an increase in infections in just two weeks. president trump and dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, spoke yesterday for the first time in several weeks. their discussion comes as white house officials try to discredit dr. fauci. information on hospital bed availability in the u.s. has disappeared from the cdc website one day after control of that data was shifted to the health and human services department.

our friend nicolle wallace will be along with us later this afternoon. we're expecting president trump and attorney general barr to announce this hour the deployment of more of those federal law enforcement officers like the ones we have seen on the streets of portland, oregon, clashing with protesters, they'll be expanded apparently into other cities across our country, according to the ap, chicago among the cities the president will be deploying them to, in what the ap says is an effort to combat rising crime, chicago was the scene of a terrible shooting just last night, the chicago mayor has said repeatedly the feds are not welcome in her city, we'll have much more on this as

our friend nicolle wallace will join us momentarily. but first the headlines and the facts we know at this hour. for the 11th time in the just month of july the u.s. has set another daily record for new coronavirus infections, over 73,000 new cases reported just yesterday, with the number of confirmed cases now above 3.6 million. ten states also set new daily record marks for deaths this week, as this virus has killed nearly 140,000 of our fellow citizens. today, dr. anthony fauci held yet another livestream interview, remember such events are the only opportunity we have to hear from him. this one was with the u.s. chamber of commerce, where today he talked about where we are in this fight. >> people keep talking about the possibility of a second wave in the fall, that's a historic terminology related to another outbreak. i think we have to concentrate of where we are right now, if we're talking about waves we're essentially in the first wave. >> the centers for

nicolle wallace will be along with us in a moment. first the headlines and the facts as we know them at the top of this hour. for the third day of the row the coronavirus took the lives of over 1,000 of our fellow citizens yesterday bringing the death toll to nearly 146,000

i'm joined by my friend and colleague nicolle wallace, host of "deadline: white house." ordination monday, nothing to see here. >> you caught me with the emu arthritis cream. i learn things, too, from you brian. >>> i try to stay on where the extraordinary coverage by the men and women on the white house beat takes us. as do you. the people on the beat of this white house, i think it's fair to say are our guiding light. i almost the thread that men and women on the white house beat were racing to confirm an article in the washington post, opposition dump on dr. fauci. i quickly googled fauci, opposition research, having been in the business of campaigns, not proud to say i've been involved in opposition research. but he's a jewel. this is a sad and dark and depressing day. i think moments ago while i was listening to you talk about mr. e mu cream. the white house press secretary denied t denied the smears against the -- >> it's blue emu anti-arthritis cream. we have these case study charts in state after state after state, i think we last left last week we were at 38 sta

i'm nicolle wallace. it's 3:00 p.m. in the east. 12 noon out west. brian williams will be back with us at this time tomorrow. we begin with the facts and headlines as we know them at this hour. >>> the coronavirus is spreading faster than at any point in the pandemic. as 22 states and 2 u.s. territories have set new daily infection records just since july 1st. 75,000 new cases were reported just yesterday, the highest single-day total yet. that brings the number of confirmed infections in the united states to nearly 3.5 million with the death toll climbing to 138,000 souls. the university of washington institute for health metricses and evaluation, a model once touted by the white house now projects that the virus could now kill more than 224,000 americans by november 1st. former fda commissioner scott gottlieb say new cases will slow. >> arizona looks like it's the upper limited of its testing capacity. we'll start to see new cases on a daily basis to start slow their growth. we really need to look at hospitalizations to know what's going on in thos

nicolle wallace joining us momentarily. we begin however with a look at where things stand in the coronavirus pandemic. the virus has now killed over 132 now americans, another 57 new cases were diagnosed just yesterday. bringing the total number of confirmed cases over 3 million. but the cdc says the actual number could likely be ten times higher than that. the number of cases, deaths, hospitalizations still rising, but that hasn't stopped the trump administration from insisting that schools must reopen this fall. >> it would fail america's students and it would fail taxpayers who pay high taxes for their education. ultimately it's not a matter of if schools should reopen it's simply a matter of how. they must fully open and they must be fully operational. >> that declaration came hours after president trump threatened to cut off federal funding for schools that do not open their doors, although most school budgets are funded by state and property taxes anyway, but his administration haven't put together a formal plan to i

our friend nicolle wallace will be along with us later this afternoon. we're expecting president trump and attorney general barr to announce this hour the deployment of more of those federal law enforcement officers like the ones we have seen on the streets of portland, oregon, clashing with protesters, they'll be expanded apparently into other cities across our country, according to the ap, chicago among the cities the president will be deploying them to, in what the ap says is an effort to combat rising crime, chicago was the scene of a terrible shooting just last night, the chicago mayor has said repeatedly the feds are not welcome in her city, we'll have much more on this as it develops over this next hour. now, to the coronavirus pandemic, let's not forget, and the latest facts and headlines as we know them at this hour, nearly 4 million americans have been affected by the coronavirus. cdc saying the actual numbers could be 13 times higher in some places. death toll has passed 143,000 in our country with over 1,000 deaths recorded yesterday. former

nicolle wallace, the host of "deadline: white house," veteran of the george w. bush white house, my dear friend. nicolle, i miss you a lot. thank you for being here tonight. >> i miss you a lot. >>> all right. up here next, a new record today. more new cases of coronavirus diagnosed today in america than ever before. and some details about it that you haven't heard anywhere else that we're going to bring you tonight exclusively. that story is ahead. stay with us. look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. try downy fabric conditioner. unlike detergent alone, downy helps prevent stretching by conditioning and smoothing fibers, so clothes look newer, longer. downy and it's done. you can't always stop for a fingerstick.betes with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you don't have to. with a painless, one-second scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. no matter where you are or what you're doing.

>>> hi, everyone i'm nicolle wallace, it's 3:00 p.m. in the east 12 noon out west brian williams will be back with us at this time tomorrow we begin with the headlines and facts as we know them at this hour >>> it was six months ago today that the very first coronavirus case was diagnosed in washington state. six months later, more than 3.8 million americans have been sickened and nearly 142,000 have lost their lives cases are now increasing in 40 states, and 25 states have seen a rising number of deaths. but there appears to be promising news in the search for a vaccine, according to early clinical trial results published in the medical journal the lancet, a vaccine being developed by oxford university in england and astrazeneca is safe researchers are using the next phase of clinical trials to determine whether the vaccine protects against coronavirus infections in the meantime, more than half of all states now require people to wear masks in public, even though president trump told fox news sunday that he wants people to have a, quot

as i said, thankfully now joined by my colleague nicolle wallace. nicolle, there you have it. while the pandemic rages on, the supreme court has spoken. >> yes, and i'm not sure loosening of health regulations is anything any mom or dad wants to hear about how their children will go back to school. >>> on the supreme court ruling i spoke to a former doj official in regular contact with the trump white house who said this was trump's worst nightmare. he would have preferred the opposite outcome today. he pointed me to the thread that runs through trump's most well-known tirades, the sessions recusal from the russian investigation, not having his boy cohen there to protect him against criminal investigations, the rage over the mueller appointment was this exact thing. someone poking around -- remember he said in that interview with peter baker in the oval office it would be a red line for me if they start poking around in my businesses. this has always been his red line. this has always been his trigger. the supreme court decided that donald trump is not above criminal investiga

thankfully nicolle wallace will join us momentarily. but first the headlines and the facts as we know them at this hour. nearly 60,000 more americans were diagnosed with the coronavirus just in the space of yesterday. that's the highest number thus far, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to nearly 3.2 million. a number of states including texas and florida set new daily infection records as well. florida and tennessee reported their highest daily death tolls with the virus now killing more than 134,000 souls across our country. texas' governor greg abbott said his state may need to be locked down again to slow the spread of the virus after the state reported another 10,000 new cases just yesterday and after the daily death toll there has now passed 100. the world health organization expanded its guidance to include the possibility that the virus could be spread through tiny droplets that linger in the air, even though the agency maintains it spreads through close contact with infected people. the move comes days after as we re

our friend nicolle wallace will join us in a moments' time. the facts as we know them at this hour, over 3.4 million americans have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. the death toll up 46% in the course of a week by rate, approaching 137,000 now, despite those numbers the trump administration's testing czar, admiral brett giroir made this optimistic assessment

. >> steve schmidt in a conversation with nicolle wallace and me earlier today. in her interview with "the washington post," mary trump told ashley parker the president is, quote, clearly racist and said his behavior stems from a combination of upbringing and political cynicism. today rachel maddow asked her if she ever heard her uncle use straight-up racial slurs. >> oh, yeah, of course i did. and i don't think that should surprise anybody given how virulently racist he is today. >> have you heard -- have you heard the president use the n-word? >> yeah. >> and anti-semitic slurs specifically? >> yes. >> still with us, emily jane fox, eugene robinson. eugene, did you learn anything new about donald trump in that exchange from this author? >> well, i -- you know, this is from an insider. it more or less confirmed what i would have suspected but hadn't heard anyone in a position to tell me, actually say. and it was fascinating as i watched the interview. rachel went to that topic four times. i mean she kept coming back. you are telling me you've heard him say the n

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i'm nicolle wallace. it is 5:00 p.m. in the east, 3:00 p.m. in south dakota where donald trump will be attending a fourth of july fireworks display with 7,500 of his closest friends tonight. one thing we won't be seeing at mount rushmore, mandated social distancing. south dakota's governor says they won't require that and face masks? well, they're optional. trump and allies trying to leave behind the pandemic that only keeps growing despite his repeated and incorrect assertion that the virus will go away. the u.s. begins the july fourth weekend with the death toll surpassing 130,000 but the cdc says the total could be much higher of confirmed cases and 65,000 new cases recorded yesterday with half of those new infections coming from 4 states. arizona, california, florida and texas. and the nation's top disease expert dr. fauci issued yet another stark warning of what happens if we don't take immediate steps to reverse our trend. >> we need to realize that if we do not adhere to the guidelines as we are trying to open and i don't mean officiall

my colleague nicolle wallace picks up after this. >>> what we've seen is the positive rate, the positivity rate which is the percent of tests that come back positive is continuing to grow. it's now up to just under 25%. that's one in four. there may still be a bias in who's going to get tested, but even if that's doubling what's in the community, that puts it at one in eight people would be affected. >> close to one in four people testing positive in houston for coronavirus, leading top local health authority officials to believe, as we just heard there, that as many as one in eight houstonians could now be infected. now a dramatic 180 from longtime trump ally texas governor greg abbott who decided late yesterday to make masks mandatory in public for any county with 20 or more cases, going as far away from trump's rhetoric as to say, quote, wearing a face covering in public has proven to be one of the most effective ways we have to slow the spread of covid-19. but with hospitals running out of beds, is a new mask mandate enough to reverse the current course in texas. joining us now to help

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with nicole wallace in for rachel maddow. good evening, nicole. >> i am clapping with my hands, my feet, my eyelashes and everything else that moves. amen to everything you just said on schools. >> thank you. >> thanks, chris. thanks to everyone at home for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but do not despair. she will be back on monday. we have a lot to get to this hour. >>> including the latest on supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who in a surprise announcement today said that her cancer has returned. plus, stunning anew reporting o how president trump is profiting off the presidency with campaign donations flowing into his own private revenue stream. more from rachel's interview with mary trump. we have a brand-new portion of their conversation that has not aired anywhere else. settle in, get comfy. we can do this, it is just one night. >>> over the past few weeks as coronavirus cases have been surging in this country, the president has been trying to seize on anything that will paint his handling of

ashley parker, i was watching you with nicolle wallace earlier today kind of take a moment, take a breath, and remind everybody we just saw pence tell local school districts not to follow the cdc recommendations. you reminded everybody this white house is attacking dr. fauci. while i urge everyone watching tonight to find 53 minutes and the president's event and watch the video of what transpired at the white house today, ashley, do you think there were white house aides watching from the wings, thinking, well, this is a good outing. this is good for our brand? >> i think it's hard to know in some ways what white house aides think at this point because when you talk to them, they say that they have just become inured, right? they sort of throw up their hands and say, it is what it is. the one thing we cannot control is the president, is the candidate himself. and so it's certainly not what they would have necessarily chosen. it very well might not be what they would have advised, but this is where they are. and watching that press conference today, i think it gave you a real glimpse into

happy to report nicolle wallace is back and will join us in a moment. donald trump is trying to get us to focus on other things, but this coronavirus pandemic is still ravaging our country. and it is worsening in some places. nearly 600 americans have died over the past 24 hours, that brings the death toll to nearly 132,000 souls and the number of confirmed cases about to pass 3 million, although the cdc says that the actual number could be at least ten times higher than that. a lot of states have infections are increasing with florida, texas, arizona seeing their case numbers double during that period. and 38 of our 50 states are seeing an upward trend. and the federal government responding to the spike by launching what they call surge testing in three communities in florida, louisiana and texas that have seen the most significant increases. but the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. fauci, says more needs to be done in regard to testing. >> we certainly are doing much, much better than we were during the problematic early months of this pand

she batted back nicole wallace fromsnbc saying, "it's classifi, i can't talk about that." that's what they should be doing at this point. i think it is important to continue make the argument that president trump has closer relationships with autocrats, with dictators, then he does with our traditional allies. there was a statement from boris johnson, the u.k. prime minister, that seem to indicate they were dealing with this in a different way than they are here. i'm sure we will hear similar things from justin trudeau, angela merkel, et cetera. the president has been consistently out of step with the people we have been allied with for generations, and for good reason. i think democrats should emphasize that one of the things joe biden's leading on by a huge number is the ability to restore our standing in the world. when the president does cozy up to putin, and we talked about this early in the week, like what happened in helsinki, it does raise eyebrows. i think democrats do need to talk about that without getting too far ahead. >> melissa: i'm sure he will have a lot m

. >>> hi, everyone i'm nicolle wallace, it's 3:00 p.m. in the east 12 noon out west brian williams will be back with us at this time tomorrow we begin with the headlines and facts as we know them at this hour >>> it was six months ago today that the very first coronavirus case was diagnosed in washington state. six months later, more than 3.8 million americans have been sickened and nearly 142,000 have lost their lives cases are now increasing in 40 states, and 25 states have seen a rising number of deaths. but there appears to be promising news in the search for a vaccine, according to early clinical trial results published in the medical journal the lancet,

my colleague nicolle wallace picks up after this. [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] uh, you know there's a 30-minute limit, right? tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. >>> what we've seen is the positive rate, the positivity rate which is the percent of tests that come back positive is continuing to grow. it's now up to just under 25%. that's one in four. there may still be a bias in who's going to get tested, but even if that's doubling what's in the community, that puts it at one in eight people would be affected. >> close to one in four people testing positive in houston for coronavirus, leading top local health authority officials to believe, as we just heard there, that as many as one in eight houstonians could now be infected. now a dramatic 180 from longtime trump ally texas governor greg abbott who decided late yesterday to make masks mandatory in public for any county with 20 or more cases, going as far away from trump's rhetoric as to say, quote, wearing a face covering in public has proven

nicolle wallace, thankfully, will be here with us momentarily. we want to begin with a look at the major stories we are following at this hour as part of our live coverage. the coronavirus took the lives of yet another 1,400 souls yesterday. that is the equivalent to an american dieing every minute now. the number of americans infected by the virus passed 4.5 million with roughly half a million cases reported in just these past eight days in our country. those dire numbers come as three members of the white house coronavirus task

thankfully, nicolle wallace will be with us in a moment. we begin with some of the top headlines at this hour. the coronavirus took the lives of another 1300 americans just yesterday. that's the largest daily death toll in several months in our country. over 151,000 americans have now died from the virus. another 4.4 million have become infected. one of those infected, congressman louie gohmert, seen during yesterday's house judiciary hearing with attory

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"the rachel maddow show" starts now with nicole wallace in for rachel maddow. good evening, nicole. >> i am clapping with my hands, my feet, my eyelashes and everything else that moves. amen to everything you just said on schools. >> thank you. >> thanks, chris. thanks to everyone at home for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but do not despair. she will be back on monday. we have a lot to get to this hour. >>> including the latest on supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who in a surprise announcement today said that her

let's watch what she had to say to nicolle wallace last week. >> i want -- deep in my heart, that joe biden wins this election, and i want joe biden to pick whoever is going to help him win the election and wherever i am, i'm going to support him in every way i can. >> jonathan capehart, kamala harris is high on a lot of people's lists, but not your aunt gloria list. what does aunt glor wa want. >> from the very beginning said joe biden would be the nominee, needs to be the nominee. she's been proven right. there's aunt gloria. then early on she said. >> love it. >> she thought that senator elizabeth warren should be his running mate. when the black lives matter protests flared up initially in late may, early june, i got an email from aunt gloria saying, in this time, we need to be brought together. i think senator harris should be that person, but it only lasted a couple of weeks and she emailed me back saying, nope. sorry. going back to senator warren. she thinks that senator warren would be a good governing partner with vice president biden. i have to say in my family, my mother on