this important news just in to cnn. the oregon governor says federal officers are leaving portland. we've seen clashes for nearly a month. kate brown tweeting after my discussions with vice president pence and others agreed to withdrawal federal officers from portland. they have acted as an occupying force and brought violence. starting tomorrow, she says, all customs aboard protection and i.c.e. officers will leave downtown portland. top of the hour. hello to viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. the number of americans who may

die from coronavirus. yet some less than serious recommendations from the president that defy medical science. america's medical leaders saying multiple hundreds of thousands could die in this country without a national plan. the president indicating he's not in the mood to rethink his push to reopen schools and keep the economy open and arguing against his own doctors and clinical trials the president saying he's a believer recommending the use of hydroxychloroquine. he says he's a believer this morning and that the drug saves lives. the science, trials, evidence, says that's simply not true. positives if you look at data measured against last week. we break down the numbers in a moment. 64,000-plus new infections per day over the last week's in july alone, 1 million 660,000 plus cases in the u.s. a law to pass 150,000

coronavirus deaths. 1,244 people just on tuesday. that's the most since the end of may. in july, 21,000 americans lost their lives to the virus. straight to the white house and cnn's kaitlan collins. interesting to see the president today, interesting, my word. i could use other words. pushing hydroxychloroquine once again. yesterday saying much of the country is coronavirus-free. not true. >> reporter: also defending that doctor he retweeted when yesterday he seemed not aware of the claims that woman had made prior to that. comments about saying that medicine uses alien dna, that doctors are trying to come up with a vaccine to make you immune from becoming religious. things like that we discussed with the president yesterday. even now aware of those things, she said, john -- we asked the president if he stood by those claims, if he regretted retweeting what he had earlier in the day and this is what he said this morning.

>> -- without hydroxychloroquine and other doctors that clarified it. they think it's great. i happen to be a believer in hydroxychloroquine. i used it. i had no problem. i happen to be a believer. many, many people agree with me. >> john, the president saying there he could not understand why that video featuring that doctor was removed from social media sites including youtube, twitter and facebook, of course, they removed it because of misinformation, like the woman the president called an impressive doctors saying there is a cure for covid-19 which, of course, we and all the medical experts and the people suffering from coronavirus know that is certainly not the case. we should note also the group of doctors the woman was featured in the video with did meet with the vice president this week. though that woman at the forefront, the one who made the controversial, bizarre claims in the past was not at that meeting we , we are told. the vice president's office has not explained why they did hold

that meeting. >> an explanation we shall wait for. appreciate the reporting. hot spots. map improving to some degree. start with the state trends. you see 50 states. you see here, you see, yes, 22 saints. orange and red, heading up. meaning more cases this week than last. with us a week ten daysation, talking 38 states heading up. this map, an improvement. 18 states, the beige holding stea steady. 10 going down, notably texas and arizona parts of the drive of the big summer surge. florida and california holding steady. their case counts have been the drive in the summer surge. the map looks a bit better. walk through the timeline. peak in cases. go back to april. 34,000 case as day you see. 34,000, 36,000 here. plateau and july. it's become 61, 77, but tuesday, 61, down from july 16th, 77. the we, if a plateau, it we push it down a bit?

hot spot states dr. deborah birx says is now it sgining to improve. showed you trends on the stape map, florida, texas, california, arizona. driving the big case numbers and the hospitalization numbers and they are improving according to data at the moment. hope that continues, but dr. birx also says red zone states to watch. there are many, virginia, georgia, texas, indiana and idaho. smaller states the most part but still states to watch as you go through all this. come back to the state trend map here and you see in the middle, the dark red. that means your case count this week is 50% higher than last week. the state of missouri right here. the city of st. louis, danger becoming a hot spot. if it doesn't get its cases under control that is the word from there. daily high covid-19 cases yesterday, ninth time this month in the state of missouri. white house task force coordinator warning st. louis along with ten other cities to get more aggressive to stop spread of the virus. with me, director of the st.

louis health department. what is it you think you need to do, sir? and are you on the same page at the would us? the white house put cities on a list. touched base with the cities and they say, they haven't told us? >> reporter: a great point. the conversation with the white house, and strategy they recommended we already had in place. for example, ensuring that face covering requirements for all citizens in the city of st. louis as well as socially distancing requirements. a lot of those strategies were already implemented. however, this week we are stepping up and making additional enforcements for businesses that are not complying with those requirements. >> and what is your biggest problem at the moment? is it people just getting lazy, if you will? dropping down their guard? is the economy reopening, businesses not complying? what do you see as the case count goes up, what's the biggest issue? >> the issue is the population

that's impacted by covid-19. early on, identified most populous and right now seeing younger pop pew lation u populous and right now seeing younger pop pew lation lations impacted. june 26th and july 27th, 64% cases were under age 40. a lot of these individuals don't have underlying medical conditions. felt few symptoms if any and so they can underestimate the seriousness of covid-19 infection. we're doing a better job, more effective job, trying to reach those individuals so we can continue to slow the spread and further protect not only our public health system but also the hospital systems and most vulnerable communities, particularly the elderly who live in congregated settings. >> and interesting. summer vacation season anyway, now having conversations whether kids can go back to school. listen to the view of dr. anthony fauci.

>> in many respects unfortunately, though this may sound a little scary and harsh. i don't mean it to be that way. it's that you're going to be actually part of the experiment of the learning curve of what we need to know. >> it does sound a little harsh. i get dr. fauci's point. people, kids go back to school we will learn what happens. where are you in the city of st. louis and walk through the challenge. you're one of the many urban areas everyone wants children back in the classroom. the public health risk, you think, keep them home. look at food and health disparity, might be better to have them at the school. how are you wrestling with this? >> a very complex situation. particularly in the city of st. louis where we have approximately 25%, a little more than that, individuals living at or below the federal target level. in addition to that individuals who may, that have some level of

illiteracy. a very complicated situation we're trying to navigate through, but we have to make sure that quality education is available for everyone. in addition to making sure resources are available for our must vulnerable populations. one requirement we made for all schools in the city of st. louis, they have infection control plans so in the event someone tests positive for coronavirus whether staff or students, protocols in place to make sure the situation is properly investigated and the proper control measures implemented to prevent further spread in that facility. >> doctor frederic echols, grateful for your time and wish you best of luck in the challenges days ahead. thank you. appreciate it very much. up next, russia says it's a global leader and will roll out a coronavirus vaccine in the fall. right now, there are over a million walmart associates doing their best to keep our nation going. because despite everything that's changed,

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exponential spike in cases in india. today a grim milestone. 1.5 million cases. it took six months to get to the 1 million mark and just 12 days to add 500,000 more new cases. more of the global ed hnews fro international correspondents. >> reporter: officials calling it a technological leap, like the launch into pace with the first satellite, russian officials telling cnn they intend to approve the first coronavirus vaccine by august 10th. so soon because apparently scientists say they're using tried and tested technology, but also critics say because of the enormous pressure put on labs by the kremlin to get across the vaccine line and conventions on human trials being ignored. russian officials say crucial third phase trials, for instance, will take place, while the back scene is actually being administered to high-risk groups

like frontline medical staff. it's risky, fueling skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of this russian vaccine, but given the huge coronavirus problem in russia, fourth highest number in the world, it's a risk authorities here say they're willing to take. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> reporter: here in the uk, the back scene for covid-19 may not give lifetime immunity. the chair for the uk government's vaccine task force was speaking to the financial times and said she thinks it's unlikely they'll be a so-called silver bullet vaccine. instead said it's more likely scientists will develop a vaccine with one year immunity and require boosters each year that follow. she says it's possible a vaccine will simply mitigate the symptoms of coronavirus and reduce the rick of death meanwhile, the uk government announcing a new deal to secure

up to 60 million doses for a vaccine developed by glaxosmithkline and the government signed deals with four different vaccine candidates. potentially giving it access to 250 million doses if, of course, these vaccine candidates are successful in human trials. reporting for cnn. >> reporter: here in asia, the number of new covid-19 infections is rising, and while the numbers are pretty small compared to other places they are a big cause of concern for governments here. in china, they saw a biggest daily spike in active cases since april. 101 infections report the most spread within the community as opposed to april when a lot came in from the outside. keep in mind china has 1.4 billion people. the numbers are still very small by comparison to other braplace. here in hong kong, 101 new cases. 7 million living in this densely

populated city and warnings the city is own a verge of a large-scale community outbreak if they don't get it under control and the strictest measures seen so far during this pandemic. japan, 191 new cases, another reaily high for them and new cases reported at u.s. military bases. majority in okinawa. japan, if it stays on trend could hit 33,000 case s as soon os tomorrow. will ripley, cnn, hong kong. >> reporter: here in tijuana, mexico, they effect effects of the outbreak before many other parts. speaking to doctors and nurses for months who said at times their hospitals have ocome clos to collapsing. the reason several people we spoke to recently said they didn't get care for covid but went across the border to southern california to a u.s. hospital. they have a legal right to be in

the united states but it's a growing trend. and chula vista, california, we're told that hospital is near or at capacity for months in part because of patients from across the border. in july alone admitted more than 50 covid patients who recently had come from mexico. the hospital says the vast majority of patients who travel from mexico test positive. of course, that's putting a strain on the health care system in california that is already under considerable stress. i spoke to one doctor who said, look, zero qualms treating people from mexico. this is the border. we share everything. culture, commerce, even covid care. reporting for cnn in mexico. >> reporter: here in germany the government is ramping up efforts to support development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. the german research minister said germany will give grants from a fund worth almost $900 million to three labs currently trying to development vaccines. german american cooperation of

b biotech and pfizer. they warn there could be setbacks and a vaccine my not be widely available to the public until 2021. all this as there's a spike in coronavirus infections and the government making tests mandatory for people coming in to the country from what they call high-risk areas. among those also the united states. germany currently that capacity to contact 1.2 million coronavirus tests, it says, every week. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. up next for us, air force one and the president heads out. no masks.

big news on capitol hill today. republican congressman due to travel to texas with the president, instead here because he tested positive for the coronavirus. louie gohmert tested at the white house before traveling with the president. cnn manu raju live on capitol hill with this news. note worthie because one of the republican lawmakers not a fan of wearing the mask. >> reporter: refuses to wear a mask on the house floor. it's been going on several weeks now. i spent a lot of time watching him interact on the floor. he spends a lot of time on the floor during votes. goes up to member, chitchats extensively does not wear a mask

and refused to wear one, and i asked him just a few weeks ago why is he not wearing a mask. he told me that he doesn't have the coronavirus and said if i get it you'll never see me without a mask. i told him, well, you can still spread it, not have symptoms and that's why the public experts, health experts say wear a mask. he said, i'm not -- i keep getting tested i don't have it and am not afraid of you. but if i get it i'll wear a mask and wouldn't answer a question when last tested but he was tested this morning, you mentioned, john, on the way to texas. he hoped to travel with the president on air force one in that pre-flight screening essentially informed him he tested positive for the virus. a lot of people on capitol hill are reacting to this, because of the fact that he has not been conveyoring a mask and interacting with his members. including in the house judiciary committee yesterday where he interacted after the hearing with bill barr, the attorney general, and gohmert was not wearing a mask.

barr, we're told now getting tested to see if he is testing positive. the chairman, jerry nadler, says it should be a lesson for all members, tweeted he wishes gohmert a speedy recovery but when individuals refuse to take the necessary precautions it puts everyone at risk. regularly instructed all members to wear their masks and hope this is a lesson by all of my colleagues. there is a rule in the house committees that members must wearing a masks. members of the chairman of committees can admonish members and refuse to recognize them if they don't wear a mask. we've seen it come to head in several proceedings. on the floor, a different story. there are no rules about wearing masks. it's harder to enforce. the health capitol physician strongly recommends members wearing a masks but gohmert has not taken that recommendation, not worn a mask interacted with his members and as result testing positive a lot of members ask, what it's next for them? we'll see how they react and whether or not there was any

spreading of this virus, john. >> high-powered contact tracing under way because of that test result. manu raju live on the house. another big story a hearing about to get under way. tech ceos facing very tough questions from members of congress.

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heads of the major tech companies due for a congressional grilling today. appearing virtually soon. the four amazon ceo jeff bezos, ceo of apple tim cook. ceo of alphabet, parent company of google and facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg. talk about the stakes and issues

at play. cnn tech and business reporter also with us. and doney, so much to focus on. what it's the biggest focus here? >> today's hearing well beyond mergers, acquisitions and questions of antitrust. particularly facebook and google have so much control with algorithms with what americans see when it comes to political news and advertising. we can expect to see a lot of questions around that obviously in an election year. i expect some democrats will ask facebook particularly why they are not taking a stronger stand on trump calling out his misinformation, and expect republicans to ask particularly in light of donald trump jr. being briefly suspended yesterday from twitter. you know, questions of anti-conservative bias, and one other thing that is interesting in all of this is that based on their opens statements, which we've seen. these companies are really

leaning into the idea of being proud american companies, particularly facebook, which is interesting when you think of it in the context of the discussion about tik tok, the chinese-owned video app which the government is now looking at potentially banning. john? >> to that point, charisse, four american companies, doney says it, not my words, pumping up their chests hoping they go easy. a number at play, whether amazon, alphabet or facebook and plus the idea of relationships with china at a time especially the administration also the congress more and more suspicious of beijing? >> absolutely. all listening for in these hearings how often the word china is brought up. talking to an industry analyst today and he said we could play a drinking game according to that little one. already saw the ceos mention this a little in opening remarks. we've got mark zuckerberg

already attacking china saying, look, if you close competition and regulate big tech companies here in the united states it could be a victory and a win for china. we saw tik tok pushing back on that. just a few hours ago. ceo kevin maher, longtime disney executive now with tik tok, coming out with his first statements for the company saying, facebook, seems like a little attack on us. wrapped up in patriotism designed to kill our business in the united states. so just pipe down a little, if you will. so, look. i'm not going to take sides with tik tok on this, but i will say that mark zuckerberg and facebook pushing this line about, know, we need to keep the united states open and free, and because that means u.s. companies can win, and it means that china, you know, might lose, that's a little bit of a slippery slope, a playbook out of china's playbook, right?

a little play out of china's playbook, because if you're going to make the united states a place where only u.s. companies can thrive, then you're essentially shutting down global competition. >> right. and doney, to follow-up on that point, if you make that argument you should have credibility. the case of facebook, zuckerberg talks, recognize we have responsibility to stop bad actors from interfering or undermining. we're working to address that and making progress. talked about it many times before. i always say, they say the right thing. in the past 24 hours, the president and allies retweeting, posting on facebook as well, a doctor who promotes what's called bizarre theories. always say trying to do our best yet we keep finding examples where they're not doing their best? >> it doesn't take a lot, just open your facebook feed and scrolling, you'll see misinformation whether covid or

ak t about the election. this committee is quite prepared. they've had their staff investigating this. hundreds of hours behind closed door interviews. it could be a tougher hearing for them than they've had in the past. >> watch it play out. thank you both, appreciate your insights. see what happens as the hearing unfolds in the next hour or so. up next we turn to domestic politics. joe biden says his decision on a running mate, just days away. do his notes photographed yesterday tell us anything? nd s] you're talking about a first generation american from the streets of the imperial valley who rose to beat the odds. she worked nights and weekends till she earned herself a master's degree. she was running in a marathon when a man behind her collapsed from cardiac arrest. and using her experience saved this man's life. so why do i think there should be more people like carmen bravo in this world? because that man... was me.

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name of his running mate next week. on "the view," a bit of a wild card. listen. >> i care fundamentally about one thing, and that is that joe biden win, that he win the senate, and that he has a opportunity to govern with the strongest team possible, and i'm prepared to support him in any possible way that he thinks i can. and there's a variety of ways that can happen, but i will be that choice to him. >> and joining me to discuss, alex burns, political correspondent for the "new york times" as well as a cnn political analyst. start there. susan rice. very known to joe biden. national security adviser in the

obama white house worked in the state department, in the clinton administration, veteran staffer and experienced foreign policy hand. never run for elected office. would the vice president take that risk? >> well, john, we know that susan rice is among those contenders being vetted right now, and as you mentioned, she served and worked alongside joe biden as national security adviser under the obama administration. and biden is someone who really prize himself on t rid pri pri prides himself on relationships over the year. they worked closely together in the white house. something he could take into consideration as he starts to make his decision, getting closer to the final stages. you also have people like kamala harris and elizabeth warren who he has seen up close on the campaign trail. that could be items that are under, you know, his evaluation list when he starts to look at this, but right now, biden

yesterday, you know, said that he is zeroing in on a decision that that decision would come within the first week of august, which happens to be next week. but he really offered little overt clues in his words about which way he's leaning right now as he is heading into that final decision. >> and little words, alex, and this could become a bit of a circus some is our fault, let's be honest, in the media. we saw joe biden holding notes and a photographer captured the notes and at the top note about kamala harris who went after him hard in the debate. do not hold grudges, campaign with me and jill. talented, great help to the campaign. great respect for her. do we read anything into the fact that he felt he needed to have that on hand? >> you know what we can read into that, john, is a feeling on the part of the biden campaign and clearly joe biden himself that if he doesn't end up choosing kamala harris, they don't want it to be seen as some

sort of personal grievance just about one thing that happened in one debate. i think that's a source of sensitivity throughout the vice presidential search, even as it has been reported a number of times. including by cnn and the "new york times," that there are hard feelings about the way she handled that initial debate in the campaign, and that there have been reservations in joe biden's inner circle about other aspects of how harris handled her presidential candidacy, that end of the day for all the initial great promise of her candidacy, it was obviously not a success iffal campaign. she pulled out even before primaries and caucuses began. i think there's going to be a lot more attention to that in the coming weeks, as people parse how the decision was made if it ends up not being kamala harris. i do think some of the fixation on harris as front-runner has worked both to her benefit and to her detriment. we are not talking nearly as much about sort of grievances the biden circle may or may not

have about far lower profile people in the search, and it's ball kamala harris has been seen as so much of a favorite from the start. >> interesting point. interesting point to both of you, as the former vice president makes this decision he does so from a position of strength. it's not like you're looking at the map saying i'm way behind. can i pick somebody from a state? a michigan governor, for example. or senator from, you know, from wisconsin, for example? instead looking at a map quite favorable right now. a lot can change. including a new georgia poll out today showing 47% to 48% traditionally a red state one of the states in the sun belt we watch as it changes in the urban area becomes more democrat and suburban areas becoming more democrat. polls way ahead in michigan, in pennsylvania, competitive in georgia, competitive in texas. narrowly ahead in texas and florida. as joe biden make as decision about a running mate he doesn't have, i'll say, geographic or state-specific pressures some past nominees have faced.

>> right. as you mentioned, he is running a competitive race against president trump and some of those battleground states also ahead of the president. so he may not necessarily need to be thinking about as a geographic advantage that some of these candidates bring. one area that biden still continues to face pressure on is selecting a woman of color as his running mate to kind of meet this moment that this nation is in right now when it comes to race. you know, biden last week said that he was vetting, considering, four black women. we know that some of the people in the mix for that are kamala harris, karen bass, val demings, susan rice as we talked about, also keisha lance bottom is often mentioned. that in the coming final days could be part of the equation and also think about what is biden if he becomes president, going to inherit after this? is he looking ahead how to respond to the coronavirus

pandemic? we've seen him lay out plan bes, but could he potentially task his vice presidential pick with something relating to that? these are all factors we're going to see heading forward in the coming weeks. >> expert -- >> john -- >> go ahead. >> i think a crucial sort of point that you have made, not necessarily looking for somebody that can flip a specific state. in the conversation choosing a woman of color and particularly an african-american woman, there is an enormous region many deponent that. a geographic component to that, that someone like karen bass from california or susan rice, who's from washington, d.c., may not deliver a state over electoral votes joe biden doesn't already have. significance of choosing a black running mate resonates from states from virginia gown to georgia, across the midwest and other parts of the country in a way that just goes beyond, this person is from georgia and, therefore, can flip georgia. >> a fantastic point, because the race may not look so close. it will get closer going

state-by-state and looking for intensity. interesting week ahead of us going through this. thank you both so much for helping us out today and shift to another important story involving the president. this one, the president publicly doubts u.s. intelligence reports. the president says plenty of skeptics about this -- u.s. intelligence suggesting russia may have paid bounties to the taliban in exchange for killing american soldiers. now the intelligence, said it wasn't positive, solid enough to make it into the president's daily briefing. it the president happy to point out the story's doubters saying he did not bring this up in a recent conversation with the russian president vladimir putin. >> frankly, that's an issue that many people said was fake news. i've never discussed it with him. >> the intelligence, that's why? >> everything -- it's interesting. nobody ever brings up china. they always bring up russia, russia, russia. >> everyone brings up russia here. our national security correspondent is with us,

because the issue was russia and intelligence suggesting russia may have perhaps paid bounties to have american soldiers killed in afghanistan. why would the president of the united states not bring that up with the russian leader? >> reporter: john, excellent question and one that hearken bes to a pattern we've seen with the president in his relationship with vladimir putin. obviously, this story when it first emerge a month ago sent shock waves because american lives were ultimately at stake and a lot of questions revolved about what the president was doing to keep an attack like that from happening and's prevent loss of life with american soldiers abroad. an issue the president pointed out in that axios interview, questions regarding the credibility of those reports, and we've heard that over the past month. questions from the white house as well as some people in the intelligence community who cast some doubt about the ner inevitability of these kind of attacks. the president calling it fake

news and that the intelligence ultimately never made it to his desk because of questions surrounding those reports. pressed about it later today on the south lawn, and he said, well, i'll look into it, assured he would eventually look into it. john, it's important to look at some of the patterns here. senior u.s. military officials have said the russians are at least offering weapons to the taliban. the president has spoken to vladimir putin more than half a dozen times in the last five months, and if last week's readout from the white house or kremlin are to be believed, they focused their conversations on arms negotiations and arms fluke lettfluke -- nuclear. not talked about hacking, election meddling or coronavirus. >> appreciate the report. enduring mystery, shall we say. leave it at that. up next, a stark new warning from american medical experts

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well in his birth state of alabama. before that. we'll have some of those funeral services here tomorrow. congressman john lewis, the late civil rights hero. back home. back home in georgia. moving now to a new report warning that the united states death toll could skyrocket from coronavirus if the pandemic is not contained. that warning coming from a group that says more testing dramatic improvement in supply lines and a national mask standard is necessary. we're failing, the organization's president says. america needs to change course and quickly. dr. david skorten, president and ceo of the american medical college of medicines, sir. i read your op-ed piece and looking through the report. it's sobering. you're asking for a lot here. including for the country to address critical supply shortages, to have national standards on face covering. criteria for stay-at-home orders and reopening. expanding testing and health insurance.

school safety guidelines, vaccine protocols. let me ask it this way more bluntly, are you saying the united states has a bad plan right now or no plan? >> the first two words in the op-ed, john, by the way, thank you for having me on. the first two words in the op-ed were, "we're failing." no they're feeling or somebody else is failing. a quick personal story if you'll permit me 30 seconds. my family came over from eastern europe about 100 years ago, and my dad passed ay way 40 years ago, told me two things about the united states of america. one, you could vote and make a difference, and always wanted me to vote. the second was he said when the country is in trouble, people will pull together from all aspects of the country and do right. that's what we need to do now. we need to pull together and go forward. i was skeptical a few months ago we would get to even 100,000 deaths. and i'm an expert in the area. now we're at 115,000 basically deaths already. and if we don't do something to change our course, we will have

multiple hundreds of thousands of deaths in this country. so this is very important that we do something, all of us. the government, yes. the private sector as well and individuals. >> well, it takes impetus to do that. it takes a, would take, i would say, a president, take a national public health infrastructure, take governors, private business. what do you think is "the" most important thing that needs to be done yesterday to get this urgency that you think is so necessary? >> well, i know you're not asking me, john, about the items themselves, but how to get them done. so i think the first thing is that we in the world of science need to do a better job of explaining what is going on to the people of the country. not talking about the government now. but to people in communities. it's hard to understand science, because things change. we get new data. recommendations change. part of the reason people were teeing off on dr. fauci, because he's a terrific scientist, and when the data changed his recommendations changed. but that's confusing to people.

so the number one thing we have to do as scientists is communicate better. secondly, as a country, all of us, individual citizens as well as elected leaders and appointed leaders need to not take no for an answer on these areas that we outline in our so-called road map. we have to do this, we have to make sure the people know the right thing to do and push for it to happen. it may sound naive, but i believe if people from all different corners of country come together in organizational and individual ways we can make this happen. >> doctr. gordon, appreciate yo time and insights and the report, dr. david skorten. i ask if you agree or disagree, read it. we should automobill be more in. i noted during thighs hours tomorrow, fun rl service eral s congressman john lewis. our coverage continues with

brianna keilar. have a good afternoon. i'm brianna keilar and i welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. just a short time from now the united states will cross another devastating milestone. 150,000 americans dead from the coronavirus. a leading u.s. medical group now saying the deaths will be in the "multiple hundreds of thousands unless the country gets its act together." still, there is no national testing strategy and the president is spending his time promoting an unproven drug and a doctor who believes that your health is impacted by alien dna and dream sex with demons. that is real. more on that in a moment, but that is what's happening. dr. deborah birx of the white house task force is saying there are signs that a surge could soon hit the "yellow zone" states including colorado, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky,