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cnn.com/home front. it's the top of the hour now, i am brianna keilar and i thank you for joining me. monthini there is no grand plan. that is the headline from the top task force members on capitol hill. no plan to test more people, no plan to speed up results, no plan to step up contact tracing, no guidance on how to realistically reopen schools safely. the only take away is the rests of the world seems to understand what it takes to control the virus while the u.s. is completely lost. >> when you look at the comparison between asia and europe, as shown by the chairman's poster up there, that when they shut down, they shut down at the tune of about 95%, getting their baseline down to tens or hundreds of cases per

day, which is when we did it, we got it down, but unfortunately our baseline was 20,000 a day. i think there was such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not have a unified bringing everything down. >> cnn's nick watt is joining me from los angeles, where he's following all of this and we've been seeing infections explode in the south and west. now there is concern about this kind of go took the midwest. tell us. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, for example today, illinois posted nearly 2,000 new cases. and we haven't seen numbers like that coming out of illinois since the end of may. but it's not just the midwest, brianna. hawaii also second day in a row a new record number of cases. and it's not over in florida by any stretch. for four days in a row now down in florida, they have posted a record death toll, and

meanwhile, that hearing up on the hill about what we've done so far, right and wrong, and what we need to do right now. >> yes, this response stands out among the worst of any country in the world and nothing but the truth. >> here in part is why. >> we really functionally shut down only 50% in the sense of the totalality of the country. >> reporter: and when we reopened. >> there were some states that did very well and some states that did not. >> reporter: so, we're still working on testing. >> turn around times are definitely improving. but we cannot test our way out of this or any other pandemic. testing does not replace personal responsibility. >> reporter: masks, distancing, hand washing, avoiding crowds and indoor bars and the like. >> we did those five things, we've done modeling data. we get the same bang for the buck as if we shut the entire economy down.

>> ever a period of time, in 2021, if we have, and i think we will have, a safe and effective vaccine, that americans will be able to get it. i don't think we'll have everybody getting it immediately. probably will be phased in. >> reporter: meanwhile the death toll still alarmingly high nation wide, particularly in the sun belt, and while the rate of new infections is still high. and california, texas, arizona. >> this is not a victory lap. this is not a celebration. if anything, it's evidence that the decisions and the sacrifice that arizonans are making are working. >> and look what's happening in oklahoma, montana, mississippi, missouri, all largely spared in the spring, now seeing more cases than ever. and illinois hit hard in the spring surging once more. >> if this region has four more

days of people getting sicker and needing a hospital bed, that means bars will close again. >> sadly, i just can't see the cost benefit ratio letting people sit in bars. >> reporter: and enforcement still an issue in many places. this san diego gym defied orders to close and now. >> we confirm there is an outbreak at that location but that is the only information we will be able to share with you. >> reporter: meantime the country is still getting muddled messaging from the very top. >> no one is immune, no one is immune. >> 25 minutes later, while pushing for schools to reopen. >> young people are almost immune to this disease, the younger the better. >> reporter: not true. still this morning, in jefferson, georgia, kids can go back to class. some just don't want to. and right now, brianna, the

cardinals and the brewers are supposed to be playing baseball. they're not after two cardinals tested positive. also today the phillies were supposed to be playing the blue jays, the nationals were supposed to be playing the marlins. none of that is happening because of players and staff testing positive. >> thank you for that report. there's a new cdc study offering key insight. as many schools are close to reopening. it followed what happened in late june at a georgia summer camp, which is not named. more than 600 staffers and campers with proof they tested negative, and within a week, the camp shut down after a staff member got sick. and about half that attended the camp, researchers found this. 51% of the campers, age six to ten tested positive. 44% of the 11-17 year olds and 33% of those 18-21.

researchers also found the camp did not follow cdc guideline, like wearing masks or opening doors and windows to increase ventilation. raj is an associate professor and a contributing medical editor at health magazine. tell us whathut takeaways are from the study where you had kids coming in that recently tested negative. >> i think this is the most concerning part is you would think this is a relatively safe set up. they were all tested, all negative before camp started, and within a week, we saw almost half of the entire population is positive for covid. i understand the dilemma parents are facing. now it's summertime. i have two boys myself. one was begging me to send him to camp. as the study shows, when you have large groups of people and is children, especially because you can't expect children to

strictly ad here to safety precautions, there is a high risk of transmission. and as you've said, the other thing is, in this particular instance, not all the guidelines were followed. one was that the campers did not actually wear masks. only staff members did. the ventilation, i'm sure, played a role and the bottom line is, as you said earlier, it's been six months. everyone is tired, we want to get back to life as normal. but it's just not time yet. we still have to be vigilant and these close quarters, large groups of people, i think in this camp they had 25 people in one room. it was too much and too close. >> i want to listen to what tasks force member testified to on capitol hill yesterday. >> do protests increase the spread of the virus? >> do protests increase the spread of the virus? >> i think i can make a general statement. >> half a million protesters on june 6th alone.

that many people -- >> crowding together, particularly when you're not wearing masks, contributes to the spread of the virus. >> should we limit the protesting? >> how do we limit protesting? >> should government limit the protesting? >> i don't think that's relevant to -- >> you just said if it increases the spread of the virus. i'm asking if we should limit that. >> i'm not in a position to determine what the government should do in a forceful way. >> you made comments on dating and baseball. you said protests increase the spread. >> i think i would leave that to people who have more of a position to do that. >> government stopping people from going to church, dr. fauci. >> yeah. >> last week, five liberals on the supreme court said it was okay for nevada to limit church services. i mean, justice gorsuch said

there's no world in which they favor caesar's palace or cavalry chapel. can you favor one first amendment liberty, protesting, over another, practicing your faith. >>mier not favoring anybody over anybody. i'm making a broad statement of avoid crowds because that leads to the acquisition and transmission and i don't judge one crowd verses another crowd. >> one night in chicago 49 officers were injured and you can't go to church on sunday. >> i'm not going to opine on limiting anything. >> you've opined on a lot of things -- >> yeah, but i never said -- >> i'm asking your positionen the protest. >> i'm not going to opine on limiting anything. i'm telling you the danger and you can make your own conclusion about that.

>> you see the inconsistency? >> there's no inconsistency, congressman. >> so, you're allowed to protest millions on one day, yelling, screaming, butted you strie to run your business, you get arrested. if you stand outside that business and protest, you won't get arrested. >> i don't understand what you're asking me as a public health official to opine on who should get arrested or not. that's not my position. >> i think this speaks to one of the toughest conversations about what is smart and what is not a smart when you're talking about protests and church going. of course protests are outside and church is inside. they're both protected. but explain the difference in risks, as you see it and things that mitigate risks for both of these activities. >> well, i think that honestly, they're both risky.

i think anytime you're getting a group of people together, it is a risk. and the protests have the advantage of being outdoors, as you said. and it involves people potentially yelling and putting out particles in the air, infectious violence particles. particularly if they're wearing masks, it's safer than that. and in the church, smaller amounts of people, and if you're limiting the number of people, that's better and it's not wonderful. people are singing in church, potentially. and neither of the situations is ideal when it comes to covid. i think dr. fauci is doing a fantastic job and trying to avoid getting into a political puzzle with the question. states have said we should limit the number of gatherings in terms of people and at one point in new york t was down to a very small number of people, and that would have meant protests are

not allowed, but there's a political aspect to it and one of the issues we've had from the beginning in the country is that politics are playing a role, when public health should take precedence over that. so, this issue of is it my right to wear a mask or not? all of these things have slowed us down and hampered the effort to curb the spread of the virus. >> thank you so much for outlining that. it's such an important conversation as americans. they wants to exercise their rights. they want to go to church. some of them want to protest, and it's so important to have this discussion about the public health aspect of this. dr. raj, thank you. florida is setting a new record for covid deaths for the fourth straight day. as a hurricane barrels towards the state, we're going to take you there. plus, after a law maker, who refused to wear a mask gets infected, new calls for rapid tests in congress. speaker nancy pelosi will join me live.

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florida is a coronavirus hot spot and now facing another threat. these are pictures of the storm passing over the dominican republic. and since, it has been upgraded to a category one hurricane. a hurricane watch in effect for parts of florida. the severe weather is forcing some coronavirus testing sites to be closed, and as the state is setting yet another record for death said in a single day.

now, 257 more lives lost to coronavirus. this brings the total deaths in the state to more than 6800 people and more than 77,000 confirmed cases. the editorial board is making an urgent plea to state leadership in an editorial titled help is out, governor santos. we're dying here. and writing in part, your refusal to impose a mask order, a requirement in effect is out of touch with the mainstream. issue a mask mandate, governor. if you can wear one in public, so can we all. rosemary is the editor of the south sun sentinel. explain this to us. explain why the board felt it was necessary to write this piece. >> you know, governor dos santos wants to put the focus in the best possible light. to focus on the positive trends. but the trends in florida are not positive.

to listen to him, you would never know that those 257 deaths that were reported today broke yesterday's record-breaking number of 217, which broke tuesday's record of 1091 deaths. the day he reopened the economy in may, there were 807 people diagnosed with covid that day. today there were 9,007 people diagnosesed with covid. the numbers are not stabilizing in florida. our county administrator is getting pressure to close. we're a major engine in south florida's economy, and yet the governor doesn't want to order require people to wear masks when we know that it plays an important role in preventing the spread of the disease. >> and what has the response been to the editorial? >> well, i did notice that

yesterday he did, for the first time, say that he understands that people are scared. it's really the first time that we've heard him. so, i must have read the piece. but people want the -- give it to us straight. tell us. don't overly scare us, but don't spin the numbers in a way that make us feel like you're hiding something. you know, a big issue in florida and probably elsewhere, i don't know. but in south florida particularly, we're not getting the basics right. we're doing a lot more testing, but it can take weeks to get your results back. we're not doing nearly enough contact tracing. seven to 17%. so, we don't know how it's spreading, exactly or where it's spreading exactly. and in the meantime our hospitals are getting overwhelmed and miami-dade

hospitals a hospitals are sending patients north to broward, which are getting overwhelmed. so, our hospitals are ov overwhelmed. we need the governor to, you know, stand up for us. and do what's needed to help stem this disease. we don't have the data we need to know how it's spreading. but we have the data to know that face masks work. he doesn't want to order everybody to wear one because some counties are different than south florida. but he's ordering schools to reopen everywhere, including south florida so, there's not a consistency in his message. >> we appreciate you being here, rosemary. thank ow so much for telling us more about this op-ed. the speaker of the house says the trump administration is

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and thank you speaker. >> yesterday we laid john lewis to rest. now we have to keep his ideas alive. >> and can you tell us a little bit about what information is being withheld? and i certainly have a question for you about john lewis for sure. but i want to get to this information about election security. what information do you think is being withheld? >> not being withheld, i'm talking about what we have said for weeks. that mr. schumer and i and the chair of the -- adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee, the ranking vice chair, i guess they call it in the senate, mike warner, i sent a letter weeks ago, saying we thought the american people should have a right to the information regarding russian interference in our elections. that information is being withheld, and therefore, won't be able to disclose it here. but it has been well known that

the russians interfered majorly in the 2016 elections. since then, intelligence community has told us they're 24/7 being involved and there's very specific ways that i'm not at liberty to divulge what we think the intelligence committee can do without jeopardizing sources and methods. >> and we certainly understand you cannot divulge that. we did hear from the attorney general this week. and he affirmed 2016 russia meddled in the election and said we should assume they're doing it in 2020. we've heard intel assessments and reporting about that. but i guess then i can ask you this, what is the reason for that information not being more broadly shared with americans? >> i don't know. and that's a question we're asking the intelligence community. what they put out, response to our letter was bear leads. it was a poor excuse.

truth matters. the american people have a right to know. and their response to us, they said american people have to have the information so they can make an informed judgment in the election and yet they're withholding information that would enable them to have an informed judgment about the election. this is very serious. it's about our democracy. we're very disappointed in what they conveyed. how they treated the information they conveyed this morning to members. >> you mentioned yesterday laying john lewis to rest. i want to play some sound of president trump, who was just asked about former president barack obama's eulogy at john lewis's funeral, which was received very well by democrats, but certainly not by republicans. here's what president trump just said. >> a universal mail in are a disaster. you're going to see an election

that, and we're going to do very well in the election. nobody wants that date more than me. i wish we could move it up, okay. move it up. but you're not prepared for what they're doing and they're using covid. they're using the china virus. china musz be very happy about it because they hit us with a virus and now they screw up an election like you will never see. you watch what happens. >> all right. i'm sorry about that. i wanted to ask you about something he said about the youagy, but let's go back to mail-in ballots and the election. you know he tweeted the suggestion it could be delayed. you know, obviously, he doesn't have the authority to do that. so, what is your concern about what his motive is? >> confusion, distraction. because yesterday was a report on how the impact of the coronavirus has on the gdp of our country. on the impact on our economy.

and what does he want to do but divert attention from that. and at the same time, as we're bearing a hero of voting rights, our democracy, he goes out and says something beneath the dignity of the white house. but he does that almost every day, beneath the dignity of the presidency. so, he said something he doesn't know he has the authority to do and people around him certainly should. and it's a tactic. and the reason he does it is because the more people hear something like that, the more they're discouraged to vote. why should i vote? because it's going to all be confused. they may not count my voted the way i cast it. so, it's a way to suppress the vote. again, beneath the dignity of the presidency of the united states, i declared this morning that i've known for a long time now that i have more respect for the office of the presidency than the current occupant. 95 more days until the election.

i would hope in one of those days he would respect the office he holds. the constitution of the united states, that voting is the life blood of a democracy and not try to suppress the vote, but instead to encourage it. >> he was also asked about former president obama's remarks. his eulogy yesterday, as we talked about at john lewis's funeral. and what were clear allegations against president trump that he's targeting minorities and attacking voteding rights and president trump said, quote, he did a bad job for minorities. i did much more for minorities than he did and if you look at the numbers prior to the plague, those numbers came back. er for you'll see i did a much better job, by far, than president obama did for african-american, asians, any group at that you look at. >> i don't intend to come on these shows and talk about the

wandering of and the notion maundering of the president of the united states. he succeeds because all we do is talk about it. so, why are we talking about this? three presidents praised john lewis. george bush, a republican president. bill clinton, president bill clinton, president obama and jimmy carter, president jimmy carter sent a letter of respect. you would think that there would be an ounce in that big frame of decency to say something about the importance of voting in our democracy. instead of criticizing somebody else's eulogy. i have to say with all the respect in the world for our freedom of the press, which i believe be to the guardian of our democracy, and i thank you for the great work you're doing. truth matters in terms of covid and the rest. but we spend far too much time asking people what they think

about some notion mongering, stuff that has no prospect of sung ses and hasn't had any relationship to fact, truth, datedau, evidence. that this notion monger is putting forth. >> i hear you on that but this is it the president saying it. and the president who said this. >> the fact is we're saying we have a bill called the heroes act. that is going to be able to get rid of the trump virus. this is more than ten weeks ago. in that time, nearly 70,000 people had died. 3 million people have been added to the list of those that are infected. this thing is moving like a freight train. because of his denial, his delay, his destorgz of all of that. and that is what we should be focusing on. saving the lives of the american

people and let's compare how we intend to do that with other ideas all springing from our scientists. and not spend our time hung up on, again, the deadly comments of this president of the united states. and just because he said it -- how about we report on the fact that his policies are slamming the economy. how about if we -- >> so, let me ask -- >> just because he said it doesn't mean it doesn't kpigs. exist. >> he's a key part of the negotiations, obviously, when it comes to moving forward on more relief for americans battling with the economic and heth effects of the virus. and the white house offered a short-term approach of continuing with the $600 additional federal money to go on top of state unemployment insurance payments. and you rejected it.

explain -- >> let's just set the records straight. >> explain -- >> they made no such offer. so, doenlts accept something as fact just because the white house said it. they made no such offer. they talked about something for six or seven days. that's not any offer and it's not anything that they can even pass in the republican senate. so, why don't we just try to stipulate to fact. >> so, you're saying they made no short-term offer on extending these payments? and the reason i ask is because it's widely seen as something that i think is significant, broadly i think it's seen as significant but also it's seen by democrats as something that you have other priorities as well that you think are important and i guess my question is why would you -- what would you worry about losing in order to get that short-term assistance for americans? >> first, i think that the

important in these dis cushions to understand what is fact and what is a statement coming from the white house. let me just say this. right now there is food and security among millions of children in america. for this day, for the 19th straight week, over 1 million americans applied for claimed unemployment insurance. families are concerned about paying the rent. the virus is a threat to the lives and the livelihood of the american people and they're asking about doing something for a week. that is completely -- first of all, it isn't even real because they can't pass it in the senate. we pass said our bill. our bill is passed and it's on the table. their notion mongering, making up things that they say they're offering and the rest. but understand this. passing something for a week

without all the other things that should go with it is not any pass this not any path we wl go down. it's a public relations stuntd on their part and we're very much concerned about that. but just so you, since you're talking about what they claim to be doing. what they did do yesterday was put on the floor $200 a week. that's what they put forth yesterday. $200 a week. that's not what -- that's so beneath the value of america's work force, their meetings and needs of the american people. >> you're saying that's what the white house put on the table? >> i'm sorry? >> you're saying that's what the white house put on the table? >> no, that's what the senate put in the senate. so, if we're going to have discussions, let's see where the reality is. $200 is their proposal 347.

that is not enough while they're giving tax breaks to their wealthy friends day in and day out. they have $150 billion in the cares act that is retroactive in terms of the tax advantage for high rollers in the country. there it is in the bill. we want to undo that. we could use that money for working families in our country. but i appreciate your line of questioning because it gives me an opportunity to say perhaps you mistook them for someone who cared about these people. that's not where their priorities lie and that's where their legislation, what their legislation indicates. we're having our conversations. we'll find our common ground. in every bill we've had, we've had to turn what they're talking about upside down to spring from the needs of the people, rather than trickle down from the elites. and this is -- this is very serious because it's livelihood.

>> of courses pmt. you're negotiating with the white house and senate republicans, and they're offering, it appears, different things. and i know this is a moving target, these negotiations. but as you're dealing with the white house, you met with mark meadows, the chief of staff, and you knew him previously. do you trust him? in these negotiations? >> what i trust is our meeting the needs of the american people. when they come to terms with that, we'll have an agreement. i think we will have an agreement at some point because it's very necessary. it's very necessary for having a strategic plan on testing so we can open our economy. >> do you trust him as a negotiator, speaker? >> that's not an appropriate question for you to ask. >> how is that not appropriate if you're negotiating with him, you must be able to trust him in order to negotiate? >> why would i have to trust

him? he's a represent often the president. that's who the president sent. president trump trusts him. that's what that -- that's the relationship. its a question of where we can pragmatically come to terms on an agreement. the president trusts him, he sends him in the room, we assume he's speaking for the president. although, they all have to go running back and ask the president this, that or the other thing. but that's the way it is. i'm not complaining about that. what i am complaining about is they don't have shared values and they want to wave -- they have not -- you're also inference that i'm drawing from what you're sayish is these offers he's making, they don't exist. they don't exist. so, let me just say this. $600 is a number that families need to succeed. it's kept many people out of poverty. there is a number that is also

something that makes sense in most of the country. they're trying to say these people are just taking that money and staying home instead of going to work. that is disrespectful. and we have the data to prove it isn't even true. >> you want it attached to a more comprehensive proposal. >> and you want a proposal that honors our heroes, our men and women in health care, whatever, features, transportation, sanitation, first responders, food suppliers. they work for state and local gimpt. we're honoring our heroes. we have no right to honor them if we're not willing to pay them. secondsly, we are saying open our economy by having testing, tracing, treatment, separation, masks, sanitation and the rest. we don't have a virus until we do. we have the tools that contain

the spread of this. third, we want money in the pockets of the american people. we don't want to say, and i'll leave you with this thought.we . it is spiking. it is spreading. and we're going to give you a cut in the benefit you have received attached to this virus. >> i do want to ask you. >> that is what they're offering to the american people. we cannot let that happen. >> i want to ask you, because obviously, look, congress can't do its job unless it stays well enough and that really hit home this week when louie gohmert tested positive for covid. someone who has not worn a mask. you this week decided to make masks mandatory on the floor. there has not been widespread available testing on capitol hill. i know that you say that is the purview of the physicians office. >> it is. >> in the capitol, but look, with all due respect, you are the speaker and for folks

familiar with your leadership style, i think the expectation is that if you wanted that testing and that were a priority for you, it is something that would happen. is that something that is going to happen. >> that is not true. >> and also do you wish that on the floor you had made masks mandatory previously? >> well, what is important to know about masks, we ask people to wear masks and in committees and all of the rest. but what is important about the mask requirement is enforcement. and until we could get the go ahead that we wovuld have -- tht we would haveenforcement from the capitol police but now they have their approval to say it is a requirem and people will not be allowed on to the floor of the house if they don't have a macon and if they don't have a mask we have one for them. and if they take their mask off, they'll be asked to leave. it is not just about what i wan, it is about what is enforceable. secondly, in terms of physician,

it may sound strange to you i think, this is about science. it is what the doctors tell us what we need to do. it is not that i say so i could come on a show and say i called for testing. it is not just about testing members of congress. we have the support staff, there are 20,000 people who make the congress function. now they're not all there now because of the coronavirus. but thousands are. so it is not just about us and why should we take precedence over people out there, especially in the minority communities who don't have access to testing and that takes us back to science and what we want the president to do is to have the defense production act produce the equipment that enables us to have enough tests for everybody that wants to be tested to be tested and for the machinery that -- equipment to get a result from the test in a shorter period of time than one week and have the tracing therefore that would go with that. so this is about science. it is not about -- you're the

speaker you could make it up. we have to act in a way that is scientific and somehow or other the republicans have an aversion to science and to governance. but we have to respect the rule of both in all of this. those are the tools to stop the spread of the virus. which is moving like a freight train. and it is about lives, it's about livelihood and the life of our democracy. when we have to have -- we don't want people to have to make a choice between voting or jeopardizing their health because of the coronavirus. this is all very important. and we'll get our job done. we have had four bipartisan bills before. the need is only greater now because of the increased number of those infected and sadly today on the floor we had a motion -- a moment of silence

for 150,000 americans who have died of the coronavirus. very sad. we mourned john lewis but as he said to me before he left us, this is one life we're mourning, 150,000 americans have died of the coronavirus and more to come. let's have a lot of sympathy for those people and prevent more of that from happening. we can do it. we have the tools. we have to look to science for the best possible route. that is what we intend to do. >> but you don't wish that you had put a mandate for masks on the floor sooner? >> no. we couldn't do it until we had enforcement. we asked people to do that. we asked them not to come to the floor without it but now we have the enforcement authority that -- not only on the floor of the house, but by their own authority then the capitol police and that could say that that holds true for other

congressional buildings and rooms in the capitol complex. they have an authority that is there. but if they put out, when i first said the first mask requirement, that they didn't intend to enforcement it. now they will. the gohmert thing really got the fear of the lord into a lot of people, sadly. >> all right, speaker pelosi, we really appreciate your time. thank you for being generous with it. >> you're welcome. my pleasure. as stores try to survive, many are clinging to mask mandates to keep the doors open. some of the largest retailers require masks but workers say they are put at risk as they try to enforce the policy. the leader of the largest union of retail workers have calling on companies to hire security staff to enforce policies. we have stewart apple baum here

with me now. thank you so much for taking time on this. you've been in contact with many of your union members. we've seen a lot of stories about how tough this is for them enforcing the mask policies. what are they saying? >> well, i think first of all we have to recognize that it is the employers' responsibility to provide a safe workplace. and that means everybody has to be wearing masks. some retailers say they have a policy now, but they're not enforcing it. similar to what the speaker just said. if you do not enforce a requirement, there is no requirement. workers should not be the ones enforcing it. it is the retailer's responsibility. they need to have managers doing it, they need to have security doing it, not the workers. >> so managers and security and does that mean that security needs to be hired, what are you

looking for here? >> if there isn't sufficient security or managers to enforce the requirement, then they need to hire more personnel. when workers go to work, they expect they'll have a safe workplace. it is unreasonable expectation to think that a retail worker is going to go to work and put their life on the line. the retailer has to make sure everybody is wearing a face mask. >> how can companies enforce these policies if a swath of the population is refusing to comply? >> i think that they enforce many policies. they require people to wear shoes, they require people to wear shirts, it is even more important that they wear face masks. they have the responsibility to say we are not going to put our

employees and even our customers in danger because people are not wearing face masks. they have to wear face masks and retailers have to enforce it. it is a matter of life and death. >> stewart, thank you so much for coming on. we really appreciate it. and our special coverage will continue now with brooke baldwin right after this. as a dependent! because it's inanimate! people ask me what sort of a person should become a celebrity accountant.

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surpassing 4.5 million cases today. after once again topping 60,000 new cases on thursday. even more troubling, more than 1200 americans were killed by the virus yesterday alone as the daily death toll exceeded 1,000 for the eighth consecutive day. eight states in the south recorded record hospitalizations today. and let's talk about florida. hurricane isaias is barreling toward the state forcing florida to shut down some covid testing sites. this comes as the state, again, added more than 9,000 new cases in the span of a day. it is also breaking its daily death toll record for a fourth consecutive day. president trump is scheduled to land in florida this hour. he's holding a couple of campaign events in addition to talking -- taking part in a round table on covid and storm preps. so let's start with randi kaye live