working on a plan to be announced the next several months to overhaul the u.s. postal service, this comes amid controversy during the election about previous changes dejoy made that were blamed for failure to meet on time schedules during the election season. he says the coming changes are necessary considering $9 billion in losses usps suffered this past year. as cnn previously reported, virtually all losses stem from a 2006 law that forces postal service to prefund pensions for 75 years. it is unclear what impact a biden administration may have on dejoy's plans. and hello to viewers in the united states and around the world. john king in washington. thank you for sharing this day with us. joe biden's presidential win looks even more impressive today. we now project him as winner of arizona, state last carried by a democrat for president a generation ago. president trump and many people paid with your tax dollars continue to ignore the results and the voice of the majority of american voters.

trump's sons don jr. and eric in the fight on club. reporters say ivanka and her husband jared kushner are torn, worried he could damage prospects for a 2024 come back if he keeps making reckless claims of voter fraud. there's a rare thing on the president's schedule, a meeting to discuss the coronavirus crisis this hour. it is entitled warp speed, the vaccine effort more critical as the united states keeps setting records for new cases. another record yesterday, the third straight day. just yesterday a member of president-elect joe biden's advisory board floated the idea of a 4 to 6 week national lockdown. today, others on team biden pushing back on that notion. >> right now, the way we should be thinking of this is more like a series of restrictions we dial up or down depending on how bad spread is taking place in a specific region. we're not in a place we're saying shut the whole country down. we've got to be more targetted. >> to be clear, president-elect

biden, it is his intention to shut down the virus, not the country. >> the coronavirus crisis, though, is obvious. look at the numbers. new model points to expected increase in deaths if new measures to stop the spread are not implemented. a warning echoed by another medical expert just last hour. >> what we know with certainty is that we are seeing exponential growth of the virus, 153,000 cases yesterday. and it is going to continue to rise until we do something differently. >> more on the coronavirus numbers in a few moments. first, new numbers that make it even more clear that joe biden is the president-elect, will be the next president of the united states. overnight, cnn, let me move the map, overnight, cnn projecting joe biden will win the state of arizona, impressive win, not since 1996 has a democrat

carried the state of arizona. joe biden's lead, 11,434. very close. 49.4 to 49.1, still an impressive win as ballots are finished counting there. as you come out, look at the map, here's what is most significant about it. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, blue wall, the three states that made donald trump president of the united states back in democratic hands. not called yet because there's a recount, joe biden leads in the state of georgia. not since 1992 has a democrat carried that state in race for president. add in arizona. not since 1996 has a democrat carried that state for president. you then look at what that means and come out here, joe biden is on the path, georgia has to be finished, joe biden is on a path, 273 electoral votes, 290 electoral votes. if he holds georgia, 30 6 electoral votes. the same total president trump received four years ago. 306 is the potential for joe biden. we haven't called north carolina, we expect that to stay

in president trump's hands. 306 electoral votes, as the president alleges fraud, he would not have to flip one state, not two, at least three states, depending on the size of states and number of electoral college votes. something that's absolutely unlikely, almost impossible. listen, this is the president's trade adviser, peter navarro, paid with u.s. taxpayer money saying the president wins. >> we are moving forward here at the white house under the assumption there will be a second trump term. if you look statistically at what happened, clearly the president won this election, was leading on election day. and after election day somehow in these key battleground states they got just enough votes to catch up to the president. >> let's bring in chief political correspondent dana bash. that's interesting. that's the most polite word i can find for that one.

at what point do the sick fants decide they're undermining themselves, the president, and this little thing called a democracy by saying things like that. >> i mean, it would be nice to know the answer to that question. the problem is as you well know, john, the sycophants are living in an alternate universe, alternate reality, one where the media they watch and listen to are telling the people who support this alternate reality that it is actually happening meaning they're saying what is going on right now is a result of fraud, is a result of a rigged system which there is absolutely no evidence of whatsoever. so what the people i am talking to and i am sure you are as well are saying is what they need to wait to do is exhaust it in the

courts by judges that will be the final arbiters. given what we just heard from somebody that was very influential in the white house as you said at the beginning of the program, paid by taxpayers, it is unclear how and when that point will ever come and it is getting to the point beyond kind of ridiculous. it is getting really to the point of dangerous. >> right. so everyone, you're reporting, people here at cnn, good organizations, are trying to figure out the president's strategy, does he have a strategy. this is how maggie haber man puts it. there is no grand strategy at play, he is trying to survive one news cycle to the next, seeing how far he can push against his defeat. he hopes to keep his millions of supporters energized and engaged for whatever comes next. okay. i get the president may want to plan a come back or launch some

media enterprise or both. i get that. lying to your own supporters? that's a good path? >> i mean, we have seen it many times over the past four years, that pattern. here's what a source who is close to the president said to me, which is similar. he knows he is not going to win, he also knows he holds the cards because he won 72 million votes and founded a movement. that is the president's head space. so he needs to figure out how to harness that and right now he believes harnessing that is by telling them that everything that you saw in the election isn't just and that they should stick with him. as we talked about so many times, not all of the 72, maybe close to 73 million that voted for him believe that, but a lot do. >> he could make the case we came up short this time.

but we do have a great movement, have a lot of people, keep building it. you could make that case and move on. >> we may hear that eventually. we don't expect to hear that at least until the georgia recount is finished which is november 20th. >> to that point last hour, we had a little of the back and forth that is the trump presidency. geraldo rivera saying he had a phone call with his friend, the president, the president says he is a realist and will do, quote, the real thing. he wants to see what states do in terms of certification. he is fighting for every vote and if he loses, talk about what he accomplished. within moments of that tweet from geraldo, the president tweeted about a new report that says the election was safe and secure and then adds at the end rigged election. you can get whiplash trying to keep track of all this. >> with the tweet you put on the screen, with a disclaimer by

twitter that things you're reading in the tweet aren't necessarily true, which we have seen so many times over the past week, two weeks when it comes to the president's tweets, what was interesting about geraldo rivera's tweet, couple things. number one, he felt compelled to make public a private conversation. he is trying to send a signal, whether the president wanted that or not. that was obviously a strategic move by somebody who talks to the president who is trying to move things along. in this case, that was geraldo rivera. the other part of his tweet, he made an analogy to a boxing match and that he is a prize fighter who wants to wait until the bell rings. the big difference is that most prize fighters don't stop before the bell rings and turn to the ref and say this whole thing is rigged and it is not real and it is fake and so on and so forth. that's the danger in what the president is doing. if he fought 'til the bell rings, that is fine.

that is what any fighter should do in any arena, but that's not what he's doing. he is eroding the trust in the system even more than he did over the past five years. >> so let's move now to the president-elect who actually should be getting more attention maybe than we give him because of the controversy the current president keeps stirring up. "the washington post" reported yesterday that hillary clinton was somehow being considered for the possibility of ambassador to the united nations. she was secretary of state, the first lady. susan rice who is a biden adviser, served with hillary clinton in the prior administration said this is ridiculous and insult to hillary clinton. stop, please. a lot of names are floated in transitions, this one doesn't seem to be real to me. is it? >> we don't know. we don't know. what we do know is, you know this, you covered many, many transitions, there are trial balloons. this could be one of them.

this could be somebody that doesn't know. what is interesting is how many women are being floated for the top cabinet positions, whether it is secretary of state or treasury or go down the line and whether or not in addition to a female vice president joe biden will kind of put women at the top of the cabinet ladder, will be really, really interesting to see. we know he has a lot of boxes to check. i don't mean that in a pejorative way, he has a lot of ways he has to make people happy from the progressive side, too, promise to reach across the aisle, potentially put a republican in the cabinet. the fact that so many women are on the list is really interesting. >> and one other powerful woman, trail blazer, condoleezza rice, former national security adviser telling this to peggy noonan in "the wall street journal," saying this is overblown, controversy about giving the president-elect intelligence

briefings. senator harris has served on the intelligence committee, joe biden was vice president eight years, the idea we are endangering national security is overblown. that's a different take than those on team biden, maybe because they think it is tradition and should happen as opposed to it is necessary to get the information it should happen? >> and different take from what we are hearing from elected republicans who are always reluctant to do anything to make president trump mad, and that includes lindsey graham to james langford, to others that are actually on the intelligence committee. it seems as though those elected officials are using national security as cover to push the president along to facing the reality that joe biden will be the next president of the united states. >> that the president needs so many nudges, whether from geraldo rivera or republican senators, the bell has rung.

dana bash, appreciate the insights. up next, california, second state to reach an unwelcome milestone. over 1 million coronavirus cases.

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higher the positivity rate. that means more new infections today and more likelihood they're spreading this in their communities. california now joining texas among states, two states now with more than 1 million total coronavirus infections over the course of the pandemic. florida is third. new york and illinois are rounding it out. california cases, you see the trend lines. early on, california got high during the summer surge, came down. now starting to trend back up again. that is of concern to state officials. the positivity rate in california, seven day moving average here is above 4%. trend line heading up that way. if you look at it this way, the positivity rate yesterday in california, 5.8%, better than 10.1%, the national average, but still trending back up. if you looked at the other map, if you look at it in terms of seven day average, it is 4%. but as of yesterday, up to 5.8%. what can california do to keep it from going higher. joining us, health and human

services dr. mark daily. thank you for your time today. every state is going through this. you look at some metrics, positivity rate on average, california is doing pretty well. you look at yesterday's number, tells you you're starting to go back up. what needs to be done to shove it back down? >> yeah, john, thanks for having me. certainly what we need to continue to do and we've done it with californians the entire time, follow simple practices. we had a mask order for many, many months. we hope and expect that californians continue to use those not just when out and about but now as we enter the holiday season, consider using it even when you haven't seen many of those loved onesthat are important to you. we know that makes a huge difference to reduce spread. limit mixing, when you feel sick, stay home. those are tools we have to continue to use, keeping our guard up this entire time to get numbers down. >> obviously the nation's most

populous state, people look and see even the seeds of an issue or problem, they get nervous. there is dr. jah saying things are obviously horrible re covid, seven day average is 130,000, 11.2% positivity, 60,000 hospitalizations. two of the largest states are keeping things under control, new york and california. if they lose control, things will get much worse. that was a tribute there in part to what california has done in recent months. you just know the numbers. nation's most populous state, if this spirals there, there's a domino effect on the rest of the country, right? >> certainly. we are all interconnected, we learned that through many months of addressing this pandemic. things we do in california are important for california, but really around the nation. and you know, now is the moment that we continue to keep that guard up, make sure we are doing things we know can help us bring numbers down.

>> and i want you to listen to dr. fauci who is very concerned late in the campaign, didn't think he was getting much attention at the white house, the issue he says is now that you have positivity rates so high that it gets almost impossible to slow the community spread. listen. >> there is community spread right now which means that there are people in society who are infecting others. they don't have symptoms, they don't know they're infected. we need to pour more testing into the community to get a feel and identify who in the community is spreading the infection. >> i have no great scientific expertise. one of the things i get frustrated at when i hear 8 or 9 months into this, pour more testing into the community, why are we still behind the curve, in the case of california. is that the biggest thing to do, more testing to have more eyes on it? >> certainly, california has been a believer in testing from

the beginning. our governor has pushed hard for us to do more testing. we recently opened up a state lab that's going to bring up to another 150,000 pcr tests a day to our state. we not only look to test those that are symptomatic, working hard to identify those that are asymptomatic, presymptomatic for exactly the reason dr. fauci is mentioning, the power in case finding is critical. the ability to let people know the information when infected so they cannot just protect themselves and take precautions but protect their family and communities. we believe in testing and in finding cases. that's the tool that will empower us with information, but it is not enough. we have to do simple things. in california we talk about the state and county level every day about keeping a mask on, making sure you keep your distance, do the things we know, and have seen work in not just california but in other parts of the nation and the globe. >> grateful for your time and

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its coronavirus response, that from sources close to the transition telling cnn, and because the trump administration refuses to cooperate. kristin holmes is following those developments. the white house won't cooperate, this is an end round, is that the right way to put it? >> reporter: essentially, john. until the administration actually signs off on the election which is the ascertainment that we have been talking about for several days now, the biden team is not allowed to talk to any of the agencies across the government. talking about coronavirus response. that means they aren't allowed to talk to health and human services, cdc or the fda. what that means is they aren't allowed access to critical information and data sets that they need in order to be prepared day one. when i talk to medical experts about this, they say it is not just preparedness they're concerned about, it is the vaccine distribution plan. this is a nationwide rollout, it is a big deal. and the biden team will have to take over for the trump administration. in order to do that, from medical experts that have done

this before, they say it needs to be absolutely seamless so it doesn't effect hundreds of millions of americans. the biden team is doing everything they can without this access to work around this, talking to private sector, to distributors, talking to the medical community as a whole as well as governors about what they need and what the response should look like. taking a listen to one of the members of biden's coronavirus task force which they put together as well, talking about all of the experience they have. >> the biden harris team has very seasoned people, people who have been in federal government in the case of president-elect biden over 40 years, chief of staff ron klain served under two vice presidents, was the white house ebola czar, he will be working with state leaders, government officials, public health leaders throughout the country and communicating with them what we're thinking, what

we're planning so that they can sort of get a head start. >> so look, again, they are clearly working around these road blocks, but the more medical experts you talk to, the more they tell you they still need access to this data, it is incredibly important, need to be on the same page as the trump administration and know what they're getting into so they can best respond, particularly as the virus continues to rage across the country. >> always grateful for the reporting. wish them well as they do their end run. i will stick with that term. thank you very much. dozens of secret service officers in quarantine or isolation after getting coronavirus or coming in contact with someone that did. kaitlan collins has more on this. tough numbers when you hear dozens. >> reporter: yeah, john. we don't know exactly how many because we are told the officers don't know how many, haven't been given an exact number, they're just doing the math on their own.

what we are told by sources, it is several dozen officers that are self isolating because they contracted covid-19 or quarantining because they came in contact with someone who did. this comes as the white house is saying or official familiar is saying these officers are tested as they're on the road, sent on the road on a regular basis. they're saying all precautions are being taken, that's what they told cnn when we reached out earlier about this story. the white house declined to comment on the matter. this comes as agents go on the road, they go on the road with the president and also officers go in advance of the president's trip somewhere because they're there, can be on the ground there several days ahead of time, scoping out where the president is going to be, there as the president arrives, and stay until well after the president has left. and he ramped up his travel in recent weeks before the election, holding 50 campaign rallies i believe was the number when we counted and put them all together. you imagine 50 rallies in different places around the u.s., that's a lot of agents and

officers that go in to that, that have to travel with the president. we are told by an official familiar they still have plenty of officers to continue staffing, that this isn't effecting staffing levels but goes to show these are people tasked with protecting the president and now their own health is put at risk by going and doing their jobs. >> kaitlan collins at the white house. grateful for that. wish all the agents the best, of course. this week, utah changing its coronavirus protections. the governor, gary herbert, issuing a statewide mask mandate and as he did so debunking anti-mask targets. >> masks do not negatively effect the economy, wearing them is the easiest way to slow spread of the virus. experts tell us masks do not cause shortage of oxygen to your brain or cause disease. we cannot afford to debate this issue any longer. laws are in place to protect us all. that's why we have traffic lights, speed limits, seat belts. that's why we now have a mask

mandate. >> joining us, director of the hinckley institute of politics at the university of uds, former chief of staff, mr. perry, good to see you. you hear the governor say it is past time to stop debating this. why is this such a debate in the country, it is just a fact, it is largely, largely blue versus red argument, why? >> you're absolutely right. because the rhetoric out of washington, d.c. has forced people to plant a political flag around certain issues, masks are one of those. utah is very much like what happened in other parts of the country, it became a symbol, are you republican or democrat. depends whether you're willing to wear a mask or not. that issue raging in utah and other places and you heard our governor. for him, he said that debate is over. he decided to take the politics out of that. for the last couple of days, last week, a lot less out of washington, d.c. to reinforce that issue. the less it is a political issue, more about a public

health issue, better for all of us. that's where the governor got it. he got there quickly. he has been pretty stern and upset about it. >> you say coming out of washington, d.c. i will translate that for viewers. coming out of the president of the united states. i get the sensitivity. there are 14 states. we can show you a map. 14 republican governors that have not instituted a mask mandate and give different reasons. most give the argument you're restricting somebody's freedom. governor herbert said you can't drive too fast, you have to stop at red lights, you have to wear seat belt, we tell people lots of things to quote, unquote restrict their freedoms. do you think now that the election is over and don't have the president of the united states or those around him making this a choice, do you end with rising case numbers, has it become in cement, if you will? >> i think it is already starting. the dam has broken on a couple of states, besides happening in massachusetts this week, the

state of utah, i think our governor did for a long time what other republican governors tried to do. he tried to do what he called powering down. leave decisions for locals. let local jurisdictions and counties take care of some of the issues, leaving it as personal responsibility and decency. none of that was working in utah. we got to the election, to the fact in utah getting up to 4,000 cases a day. there's no way you can keep using a political filter on something like a mask, for example. those issues gave way to realities. this became something bigger than politics for our governor. he has been wanting to get this mask mandate, he is even more free now to do this. we'll see more of this going forward, more restrictions from governors and republicans that tried to make it so people could just use their individual freedoms, that's given way to public health concerns in a significant way. we'll see what impact it has in the state of utah. >> and what kind of impact are you seeing in terms of resistance? we saw when democratic governors did it, michigan comes to mind,

you had protests outside state capitols, in fact people charged with trying to kidnap the governor of michigan, one of the reasons allegedly because of her coronavirus restrictions. are you seeing protests against the governor? >> that's happening in the state of utah as well. so interesting what happened in this case. the governor put out an emergency order by telephone. every person in the state of utah got an alert saying you need to watch this broadcast. 9:30, sunday night, restrictions go into effect the next morning on monday. the next day, people were protesting outside the governor's own home, not just the governor's mansion, outside his home, that issue of political flag being planted did not go away overnight. our republican governor is not going to have it, he is going to persist. >> jason perry, appreciate your time and insights. thank you. >> thank you. coming up for us, a look at the role vice president harris will have once in the biden administration. (♪ )

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kamala harris, 68 days for making history. she will be the first woman and first woman of color to be vice president of the united states and she will be partner to a president who knows what it is like to be in the number two job. the incoming white house chief of staff ron klain describes the harris vp role much as biden describes his eight years with president obama. >> our views are being heard as they discuss policy matters, as they discuss the range of personnel matters. she's going to be the last person in the room, the last voice he hears from before he makes important decisions. it has been impressive to see the range of experiences and

perspectives she brings to this. i don't think it is a surprise when you saw her campaign, seen her as a senator, as attorney general of california, she has been a very strong voice, very strong force as he starts to make these decisions, she will be a very influential, very important vice president. >> let's discuss with karen finney, democratic strategist whose work includes serving a senior role in hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. good to see you. i am fascinated by this question, having covered the white house ten years, what is the portfolio for senator harris? joe biden was liaison to capitol hill for barack obama, he did some of the international business. what do you see as the logical best use of vice president harris? >> well, i think it is a lot like what ron klain said and what we saw president-elect biden talk about throughout the campaign which is a true governoring partner. someone who is a confidant, someone at the table when

critical decisions are being made. so i think rather than trying to think of her role as piecemeal, it may become the case that she has specific assignments, i would envision her role as being implemented across the administration and across the many priorities that biden/harris and policies they campaigned on, they've got a lot of work today. it is pretty clear from the way we have seen them already interacting that the president-elect's goal is to have her right there for all the big decisions. >> she's confident, which any good politician needs to be, and assertive, which any good politician needs to be. i have a question about how she becomes the number two. i want to ask in the context of watching her prosecute the case if you will in the debate against vice president pence. >> this is important. i want to ask, mr. vice president, i am speaking. i will not sit here and be

lectured what it means to enforce the laws of this country. i am the only one on this stage who has personally prosecuted everything from child sexual assault to homicide. i am the only one on this stage who has prosecuted the big banks for taking advantage of america's homeowners, i am the only one on this stage who prosecuted for profit colleges for taking advantage of our veterans. >> she is. and you see it there. she's an alpha. i say that as a compliment. sometimes it is hard to become the number two, realizing loyalty has to come first. what are your thoughts on that one? >> kamala harris recognizes that her job is to have joe biden's back, right? that's the job. so in that debate i think what we saw was a person who was both having biden's back but being firm and assertive about herself, her own role, her own record in a way and frankly let's talk about it as a woman

and a woman of color, a black woman recognizing, because remember in that debate she did that with a smile and that is part of as women how we navigate the world. i think she has done it so gracefully in her ability to both have joe biden's back but to stand firm and be able to make sure her voice is heard and to in that instance not take any guff from outgoing vice president mike pence. that's part of the job. but ultimately as you know so well, john, it is to be the number two, be the last person in the room, to be the number two, have your president's back and make sure their agenda is implemented. >> fascinating questions, challenges. looking forward to it. karen finney, grateful for your insights. thank you very much for your time. up next, a shift to sports. day two, fall edition of the master's and defending champ tiger woods in the hunt. new neutrogena® rapid tone repair

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the masters golf tournament under way in augusta, georgia. like everything else, there is coronavirus disruption. not only is this the first november masters, no fans are allowed on the course this year. andy scholes is there. andy? >> reporter: john, it is a shame fans aren't allowed at the first ever november masters. the weather is beautiful today. shaping up to be beautiful for the rest of the weekend.

the thunderstorms we got here yesterday softened up the course making for some great golf. a record 53 players shooting under par in the first round here at the masters. never seen something like that before. the list of players shooting under par includes tiger woods. he had his best first round here at the masters, tying his best score in the first round with four under. first time since 2009 that tiger had a bogey free round in a major. he said yesterday this november masters, it definitely has a different feel than the won he won 19 months ago. >> no patrons, no roars, we asked a few camera guys where did the ball end up, could we see, no. it is very different. lot of firsts today, this is kind of the way the entire year has been and the fact that we are able to compete for a

masters considering all that's going on, it is a great opportunity for all of us. >> and lots of guys going to a crowded leaderboard. world number one, dust in johnson, justin tomorrow as, and sunjay im. tiger woods, this is the first ever november masters, first time the tournament is dealing with it getting dark early on. since they had to finish round one, round two was started later. they're not going to be able to finish round two today, it will go into saturday morning like round one did today. should be able to catch up tomorrow and be ready for a final round only on sunday. >> not the first day i am jealous of andy scholes. appreciate the live report. have fun. newly elected member of

congress says she doesn't want to wear a mask.

newly elected members of congress are here in washington for orientation and one, a republican from georgia who received a ton of attention during the campaign because she supports the so-called qanon conspiracy theory is already making waves. let's get to capitol hill and senior congressional correspondent manu raju. >> margery taylor green won her house race for a district in

northwest georgia, she has in the past promoted that qanon conspiracy theory, has a history of making bigoted, racist comments, is also a major critic about wearing of masks. there are requirements in the house that require members on the grounds of the house side to wear masks, including staff members and reporters, they have to wear masks. according to her, she's not happy about it. tweeted this moments ago. our first session of new member orientation covered covid in congress, masks, masks, masks. i proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive, in georgia we work out, shop, go to restaurants, go to work and school without masks. she says my body, my choice. quote, #free your face. john, to remind viewers, wearing a mask is important to protect not just yourself but others in case you're asymptomatic, carrying the virus, a place like

the capital with members on the house side, people are crowded in elevators, close spaces on the floor, committee hearings, that's why there are rules to prevent the spread of the virus. already a number of members have been infected, that caused the speaker to put in rules requiring masks to be worn. in a sense on the capitol, there are no rules requiring it, but virtually every member but rand paul, the rest of them do wear a mask. margery taylor green making it clear she as incoming freshman is opposed to the rules. see if she listens when sworn in in january. >> other rules republicans have complained about, are they enforced? >> they're supposed to be enforced, they're supposed to be told by officials, sergeant-at-arms office to wear a mask if they aren't. sometimes they're not enforced, at the least, members are supposed to listen to them, john. >> new member, trying to make a splash from the get go. appreciate the hustle and new

reporting. thank you for spending time with us today. see you monday. also, sunday morning, 8:00 a.m. for inside politics. brianna keilar picks up coverage now, have a great day. stay safe. hello, i am brianna keilar, i want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. remember when the president of the united states said this? >> that's all i hear about now. turn on the television, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid. by the way, november 4th, you won't hear about it any more. >> you won't hear about it from him maybe. president-elect joe biden and his team have talked more about coronavirus than any other topic since his election but trump who is president of the country that's currently breaking case records day after day is mia. under his watch, america is breaking hospitalization records, too, day after day, and we are now averaging a thousand american deaths per day. the positivity rate