first up this sunday morning on msnbc, covid holiday, health care workers are fearing this weekend could be a super spreader. the number of cases exploding. >> and days of protests demonstrations in cities around the world. the next steps in the black lives matter movement. plus two candidates with two very different messages for america. which one is resonating more?

>> we are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters. >> we have a chance to live up to the words that founded this nation. >> good morning to you this sunday, july 5th. i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm dennis gibson. we're going to start this hour on the new coronavirus pandemic. nearly 40 states -- 40 states -- are seeing a rise in new cases. two of the biggest, of course, texas and florida. both setting records for new infections. >> and hospitals are struggling to keep up with that demand and with the surge of new patients. a record number of new patients were hospitalized yesterday in arizona, more than 3,000. >> republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate greg gianforte has suspended his campaigning after his wife attended an event with kimberly

guilfoyle, the girlfriend of donald trump, jr., who tested positive for covid-19. the spokesman said he is self-quarantining and will be tested. >> overnight in london, thousands have crowded into pubs the first time in months as the u.k. eased the lockdown restrictions. most people appeared to ignore social distancing rules. >> you see those scenes, america? this could be us, but we're playing around. >> yes, exactly. it's going to be much different here for many more months to come and back here in the u.s., president trump slammed the media and protesters in his independence day speech at the white house. the president continued his line of attack from the night before at mount rushmore. nbc's jeff bennett is live at the white house. jeff, what else did the president have to say? >> reporter: corey, candice, good morning. instead of unity, president trump spoke on the south lawn once again lashed out at those protesting statues of historical figures and symbols they say celebrate racial injustice.

the president has spent weeks demonizing this movement to examine the racial record of historic figures. those efforts have led to the removal or at least calls for removal of statues including confederate generals and former slave owners. the statues on public lands. now, the president says he wants to establish an outdoor parkful statues as a way to counter all of that. now, even though amplifying racism and stoking the cultural wars has been central to the president's public identity, this whole thing is really particularly pronounced given that it comes against the backdrop of this racial reckoning. hears happen a bit more of what the president had to say during his speech. >> you are dishonoring their great legacy and their memory by insisting that they fought for racism, and they fought for oppression. they didn't fight for those

things. they fought for the exact opposite. we will not let the legacy of these heroes be tarnished by you. >> reporter: so, this is the trump strategy to resuscitate his troubled reelection campaign. he wants to galvanize his core white supporters. the president according to national polling is trailing joe biden by double digits. he's also trailing joe biden in the six battle ground states president trump won in 2016 that he needs to retain in 2020. the president also touted his handling of the coronavirus crisis last night. he said the u.s. is doing unbelievably well and finding remedies for the virus. and all of that comes as administration officials tell us the white house is ready to roll out new messaging on the coronavirus pandemic. you've got this new surge in cases. you've got polls showing a steady drop in public approval for the president's handling of the pandemic. but we're told the white house will now promote acceptance. one white house official saying

the administration plans to say about the coronavirus crisis, we need to live with it. even though you have new coronavirus cases setting daily records here in the u.s., as cases in europe have been falling sharply in response to government-led measures to slow the spread there. guys? >> we've gone from flatten the curve to we need to live with it. >> thank you. >> cases are reaching record highs in texas this weekend. on saturday alone, the state recorded its largest number of new infections in a single day. nbc's jay gray is in dallas which is hard-hit as well. jay, what do we know right now that's being done over there to try to get these numbers under control? >> reporter: good morning to you. it's good to talk. they are really rolling in what was an aggressive opening here in texas. the governor very aggressive about opening things up, but now taking a step back. he's required in the last week that masks be worn in public and

counties where 20 people or more have the virus. so that's virtually every county, some very remote counties in this state. he's cutback on the amount of people that can be inside restaurants. he's closed down bars. he's also cut down the amount of people that are allowed to visit businesses in this area. so there's been this big push to kind of focus and stay at home. county commissioners in dallas catastrophe are urging him to put a stay-at-home order in place. he's not at that point yet, but as the numbers continue to climb he said that's something he may consider. let's talk about those numbers quickly. here in texas, more than 8,000 people tested positive yesterday. that is a record, as you talk about. here in dallas, more than now, for some perspective, it took dallas 116 days when the pandemic first started to get to 1100 positive infections. they did that in a single day

and have gone over 2,100 in just this weekend alone. what health officials are warning is it's still taking about ten days to get test results in many of these areas, so we're looking at numbers that reflect what happened a couple of weeks ago. they're very concerned, especially over this holiday weekend what that's going to do and the coming weeks as far as these numbers are concerned. >> all right. they have a lot of work to do. but at least those masks are being mandated there in many parts of texas. jay gray, thank you. >> joining us now, dr. amesh adalja. when you look at the troubling numbers in texas, florida, for example, as the virus slants at houston hospitals, some say it's like new york all over again. do you agree? >> it's not the same thing as new york. you have to remember even now with 15% of tests coming back positive, for example, in texas, it's not like the 50% we saw in new york in march and april. and we're not hearing about personal protective equipment

shortages. we're not hearing about people needing to move mechanical ventilators. it isn't as bad, but it isn't something to celebrate. it didn't need to be that way and we need to fix it as quick as possible. you have hospitals cancelling elective surgeries by the governor's order in several counties. you can't keep that up before you start seeing problems with other medical conditions. this needs to be controlled. we have to have faster testing, expand hospital capacity, we have to get some control of the cases that are occurring through aggressive contact tracing investigation. >> florida recorded yet a record number of cases, fourth day in a row. states like arizona, south carolina, california also seeing surges. it seems like we are moving backwards in this pandemic in many parts of this country. what should these states be doing right now to try to stop the spread? >> you have to remember that biologically the virus hasn't changed just because it's sunny

out or the stay-at-home orders have been lifted. you have to really think about how you're going to manage the number of cases you get. we know that when people socially interact, it's invariable, inevitable they're going to get some transmission. you want to keep the transmission events to a case that can be handled. that's the problem. these states that didn't get hit early on didn't take the time to invest in case management people, case investigators, as well as contact tracers. you have the transmissions that get out of control. it still is a hospital. that's how we have to take care of this. this isn't done before. like taiwan and south korea you don't hear about it because they did it correctly. we keep continuing to make the same mistakes over and over again with this virus. >> live look at myrtle beach, south carolina this early morning. despite the spike in cases around the country, americans flock to beaches for 4th of july celebrations. doctor, are we learning anything new about the time line of when we could see a spike? i know previously it was estimated about two weeks. has that changed at all?

>> you start to see cases start to accrue after about six days or so. but you have to remember people have to get sick enough to go and get a test. if there is a lag in testing, you're going to see some delays. it doesn't -- it's not instantaneous. you have to wait for the incubation period for people to present themselves for testing. usually about a week or so you start to see the beginnings of what happened the week prior. >> i'm curious on your take on this. i worry about when is a safe time to come outside and feel okay with going to a restaurant. and i look at the positivity percentage cases. new york is less than 2%. okay, it's relatively safe to come out. states like florida that are still in the teens. is that a good measure to decide whether or not you should be safe to come outside and maybe go to a restaurant that's open? >> i do think that's a good way to do it but you have to make sure you're not looking at a state. there are places in florida

where the positivity is very low and clusters in miami-dade and broward county. those types of places. there is some granularity. that is a way to look at it. that tells you how likely you are to come in contact with someone with the coronavirus. you have to remember no activity is going to be without risk and a lot of decisions you're going to make are based on your own risk tolerance. it's going to be different for each person. i think looking at positivity can give you a gauge of where it's safer or relatively less safe to avoid the coronavirus. >> so what's a cut-off percent, you would say? >> around less than 5% i think is the ideal goal we should be shooting for in most places in the country. we had that alreadad"adad"adad" states do have that and many locations have that. we have to keep separating in certain states which is out of control. >> you can use that when your girls are trying to get you to come out. no, babe. it's above 12%.

doctor's orders. >> that is legit. to put it in perspective. at its peak new york was at 50% infection rate. florida is 14%, still likely to go up. >> we have events, doctor, like president trump's event in south dakota, the white house lawn that drew pretty big crowds, but masks weren't required. how concerning when you look at these pictures, beautiful as they may be, how concerning are these? >> any time there is a mass gathering, you have to assume there is going to be some transmission event or exposure. we have to be very careful in this new era. thankfully it was outside. hopefully that will limit some of the transmission, but we know we're going to have exposures there. it's going to become the new normal. hopefully, again, the cases will be controllable. we'll have case contact investigation done so they don't spiral out of control. you just have to know when you have a mass gathering like that in the era we're all facing, you're going to have to deal with the fact that that virus is

going to be at that mass gathering with you. >> all right. appreciate your time, dr. amesh adalja. thank you. >> we want to turn to news in greenville, south carolina. at least two people are now dead and eight injured after a shooting inside a night club. >> we mentioned this last hour. here's what more we are being told about it. it took place around 2:00 a.m. this morning. these are the first pictures we're getting in from the scene. as you can see there, it is still fairly active and sealed off. investigators are on the scene. no word on any suspects at this time or what prompted it. once again, it was a shooting that took place in greenville, south carolina, around 2:00 a.m. this morning. two people we are now told by our affiliate there were killed, and eight others injured. trying to figure out the motive, suspects, why it happened and exactly where. >> can skpuming up, a new phase for black lives matter as its message goes worldwide. >> why it's being called the

biggest movement in u.s. history. and a look at police reform six weeks after the death of george floyd.

a seattle protester has died hours after a man drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators. >> the video is hard to watch. you see it there. 24-year-old summer taylor passed away last night. another protester still is in intensive care. they were part of a group that had gathered to protest police brutality early yesterday morning, closing the interstate in seattle. the man who drove the vehicle into the crowd was taken into custody and arrested. it is still not clear, at least right now, if this was a targeted attack. but one person remains in intensive care and a young lady is now dead as a result of this. >> and also this morning, black lives matter didn't take a break for the 4th of july holiday. in baltimore, protesters chanted

well into the evening hours before a statue of christopher columbus was toppled and removed from the inner harbor. >> in d.c. some protesters carried upside down american flags. traditionally that is used adds a sign of distress. you can see the white house lit up in the background there in red, white and blue just past the photos of many slain african americans. >> over in new york city outside trump tower, protesters burned the flag while protesting their 4th of july holiday. and this was the scene in georgia. >> that would be a group of armed demonstrators who showed up at stone mountain park to demand the removal of a confederate monument. the park features a large carving of jefferson davis, robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. joining us is eddie glaude,

chair of african-american studies and msnbc contributor. in his new book, "begin again" james baldwin and its urgent lessons for our own. interesting book. eddie, first, how unusual is it that you have these armed demonstrators demanding removal of a confederate monument? >> well, it's an open carry state and it seems that there is a dimension of the protest that has now been expressing itself in that form. so it's not that unusual in some senses in this current moment where we see open carry protests. we've seen it from those on the right. now we see it within the context of the protest against the confederate monuments. it's like an image for our times, you know what i mean >> and how do you square this with the president's plan for a monument park? he had some announcements as far

as some of the folks he planned on memorializing in there, including republicans like reagan and scalia, but no democrat presidents, as well as paton, but no eisenhower. we also know five african americans planned for that park. what's your response on that? >> it's actually quite silly, and it's consistent with the way in which president trump has been in some ways weaponizing this debate around our history. and in the book, for example, i want to argue that the united states has struggled with what i call the lie. that is the lie that it has told about black people, the lie that it has engaged -- told about its practices around the world in places like haiti and cuba and the philippines. that america is not really the redeemer nation, the city on the hill, as it were. and the lie that it tells about the reality that threatened american innocence. in these moments of transformation where we're grappling with the contradictions at the heart of

the country historically there has always been a reassertion of america's goodness, that it's a more perfect union and the like. so what donald trump is doing here, it's not the culture wars. it's really simply white nationalism. he's reasserting this idea that america is a white nation and he's doing it in the guise of this particular public history. and we need to understand it for what it is. it's just simply a white nationalist move that's consistent with the southern strategy, designed to consolidate his base, let's call it a white base, so that he can at least have a chance in november. >> eddie, picking up on all of that, did you find the speeches of the last two nights from him fairly frightening? >> i didn't find them frightening. i found them enraging. can you imagine, we're in a moment where the phrase black lives matter is said to be hate

speech. simply to say my life, your life matters is heard by someone else as hateful, as threatening, and requires that someone else say all lives matter. you hear this us and them rhetoric. you hear this radical left, when people are clamoring for justice. and so what i'm -- it's enraging because here we are in 2020, in this moment in which the nation is struggling not only economically. it's struggling with the pandemic. 130,000-plus people are dead. and we have this small man in the white house appealing to our basin extincts -- not our basin extinct base instincts let me be clear. he's mobilizing that energy among a certain sector of the population. and our history -- and i should say this really quickly.

i'm sorry to be this intense this early in the morning, but in our history, whenever we see this, we have to bear the brunt of it because violence typically follows it. and we have folk in people's families, not in some distant past, who have lost their lives because of this stuff. donald trump can play fast and loose with it, but we know what its implication and consequence can be. >> so, knowing that, what is your assessment of where the black lives matter movement is today, how far they've come, and where that movement needs to go in the future? >> well, right now i think it's a combination of factors that have led to this historic moment. we're living in a time of global pandemic, economic devastation. and, of course, the public lynching of george floyd and the reality of police brutality and cruelty in the country. so i think there is going to continue to be pressure because it's a convergence of this

general sense that the country is broken with this reality that racial injustice over determines our idea of democracy today. so i think there is going to continue to be a push not just for tinkering around the edges but for fundamental changes. i think heather mcghee, the chair of the board of change.org is really right that we need to reach for something really bold in this moment, not to try to, shall we say, pass something, which is what we've heard over the last few months. but to really think about fundamental transformation and how we think about policing, and how we think about what we might call a public infrastructure of care. not just simply rebuilding the social safety net, but to think about what does it mean for us to be in community together with each other. so i hope we continue to push for something bigger in this moment. although we know what the white house represents, what we know what the partisanship within congress represents. perhaps we can do this at the state and local level.

>> eddie, two quick questions for you. we're 121 days out from the election. do you think we're 120 days out from a race riot? >> we're 120 days out from a reckoning. what that looks like, i'm not sure. last election, candace, i didn't think we would vote for someone so unqualified for the presidency. i should have known better. i should have known better. november is a reckoning. we have to choose what path we're going to take. where we double down on this ugliness and force another genera44"ra44"ra44"yh to deal w this, or will we finally, finally begin to try to imagine america and live in an america that is a truly multi-racial democracy? that's what november represents to me. what that will look like, i'm not sure. is violence a possibility? definitely. but it's in our hands. we will see.

>> leave it there. eddie glaude, our thanks to you. the book, "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own." you gave us a lot of lessons this morning. looking forward to reading the book and getting some more. eddie, thank you. >> getting back to business, a new jersey amusement park opens today with challenges. >> in a moment, the ups and downs of covid-19 safety precautions at six flags. will the measures take the thrill out of going there? allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today.

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we're back now with a look at what's making headlines in newspapers across the country. the front page of the arizona republic, the cruelty of covid-19 and how actions to fight covid-19 slowed as the virus spread. >> in the houston chronicle, how did we get here? a look at texas governor greg abbott's plan that led it into a hot spot and a bed surge.

>> the delaware news journal on beach towns face tough choices on pandemic and recession -- amid pandemic and recession. >> and in hot springs, arkansas, the city board is considering hate crime laws for the first time in its history. >> in new jersey, parks are now open, including six flags. they started welcoming back customers just friday. just in time for the holiday weekend with extensive safety measures in place. >> nbc's gary is in jackson township, new jersey, with this one. gary, what are some of the precautions they're taking? >> reporter: hey there, guys. yes, so we are at six flags, your typical day at the amusement park hanging out with friends, going on rides, screaming in each other's faces, eating out of the same box of popcorn. that's not covid-19-era friendly activities. things look different. the reopening is only possible because of new jersey's decrease

in coronavirus numbers. back in april we saw 3,000 new cases of coronavirus almost every single day. now we are here under 600 every day. hospitals have largely cleared out in new jersey and reopenings are happening around a number of places in new jersey. amusement parks, we have a list for you. amusement parks, museums, we've got aquariums, swimming ranges at reduced capacity. i talked to a number of small businesses, small activity centers here in the state who say they were really relying on this summer to be successful for them. this is their livelihood. their three months, four months out of the year is where they make their money. they're relying on these things. we're here at six flags. we'll get into the park later when the park opens. there are a number of precautions they're taking to make sure guests and kids having fun are safe including thermal technology to make sure temperatures are taken and mobile dining to make sure you don't have to interact with

humans. order the food on your phone and take it out. guys? >> it would seem this is the time to go to an amusement park at this hour. you can socially distance from anybody alive. we showed this graphic i thought pretty troubling also. stats with new jersey, if we can pop it back up again, because the doctor that we were speaking with earlier in the hour said if it's above 5% positivity testing rate, he doesn't necessarily suggest that you may go outside. it's the other graphic, guys, with the state numbers. while new jersey has been trending down, its numbers with the positivity rate has been like 16% according to the graphic that we had on screen. >> yeah, it's holding stronger at a higher percentage rate which is interesting because new york's has lowered so much. we have beaches open in new jersey. we haven't seen a spike yet. that could be coming. you mentioned the caseload. >> gary, no sharing popcorn.

>> reporter: absolutely. something the governor, real quick, was focusing on is the rate of transmission. how many folks are being sickened by one person. that number is hovering around one, one sick person infects one person. that's the positive marker there, guys. >> got it. nbc's gary grumbach joining us from jackson township, new jersey. thank you. >> let's look at times square. broadway's bright lights will remain dark until next year. >> take a look at clips from tina, the tina turner musical. it's just one of the shows that's been halted because of the pandemic. it's too bad. it's a great show. joining us right now is broadway actor daniel j. watson who played ike turner in the musical. thank you so much for being here. appreciate it and appreciate your work on broadway. last time we spoke with you in march at the start of the

shutdown, since then, how are you doing now? >> it used to be just the pandemic, you know, now it's more. it's more than that. i'm going to get there. my family is healthy, my friends are healthy so i'm good. >> more in what way? >> i'm sorry? >> more in what way, you're saying? >> more in than the pandemic. black lives started mattering more. the focus on that change and also in the broadway community, relative reckoning how broadway runs and how who is in administrative offices, who is producing shows, who is writing shows, directing shows as opposed to just who is performing shows. >> oh, good. >> absolutely. and also how many jobs will be either held or lost due to this. daniel, what was your reaction

when you heard that broadway not only would it be closing and put you out of a job for several months, but it would not reopen this year? >> i had a relative feeling that was the case only because just knowing the nba was shutting down its entire season, you know, we found that out in march. well, broadway is pretty much very much like the nba or any other sporting event, live event situation. i kind of had an idea it would be awhile. >> and that can't be good for not only the actors, but many of the folks who are behind the scenes who help put many of these shows together. the restaurants that rely on people who come by. what does this mean for the thousands of people who are unemployed since march? >> creativity, you know. we're a group of individuals that are used to relative uncertainty when it comes to job security. that's 9 one thing about it that keeps us resilient as we are. but this is a long time. broadway has never done anything

like this before, so staying active, finding work, creating work, you know, i started my own one-man show online on instagram called "the jam." try to stay active and positive. >> yeah, trying to find any little glimmer of positivity to come out of this. daniel, this is something, this is going on from something you just mentioned here. the broadway league vowed to do an audit, diversity audit over nationwide protests to racial justice. what do you want to see moving forward when it comes to diversity in theater and the community in general? >> oh, i've said it before, the idea there is a difference between diversity and equality. we don't want diversity, we want equality. diversity represents very, very little change, more visual change, versus equality is a much broader scope of just that, equality.

>> would you say equality includes diversity? because it kind of encompasses diversity in hiring. if you have equality you can achieve that? >> sure, it's not much higher up. administrative offices are the same, casting directors look the same, producers look the same. but down on the ground level there's a lot of, quote-unquote, diversity. it's whan we're looking for. the story is very different when there is someone black writing them, asian directing them. a different message. >> really quickly, everyone is talking about "hamilton" being on disney plus this weekend. great that it's there. should we put other shows that have been recorded on tv for the meantime and help actors like yourself? >> it can, you know. it has already been shot at this point.

it was not shot. >> take the boot leg camera and all that. daniel, thank you. and good luck. i appreciate it. appreciate the work that you're doing. we're going to check out "the jam" online and check it out once you get back on broadway. >> thank you very much. >> the president's war on voting now putting him at odds with his own party. >> could it come back to haunt him, absentee ballots may cost him in the most crucial states.

all right. let's get to the race for 2020. joe biden is leading president trump by 12 points in the latest national poll from monmouth university. >> it's yet another poll indicating the former vice-president is capturing support across the country. you see all the poll numbers there. well, now a new article in forbes magazine says there are several factors that suggest joe

biden's lead in the polls is stronger than hillary clinton's was. >> joining us now, jonathan allen, senior political analyst with nbc news digital. jonathan, good morning to you. forbes finds out factors like a bigger lead in these polls give him a better favorability rating and the state of the economy is giving biden an edge. do you agree? and could you tell us what you think about the different scenarios compared to 2016? >> sure. i don't think there is any question about biden having the lead right now in terms of polling. in every national poll, you see it in the state by state polls and the swing states. president trump has gone through extremely difficult period, much of itself-inflicted. i do think at the same time, though, that we are in july, early july, basically 120 days until the election, a lot of things can happen. what we have not seen from president trump is the thing that he needs to do to change

the electoral narrative and to put himself in a better position to win, which is to expand his coalition. he's still a president who is taking to his base all of the time and he has turned off a lot of people outside that base. not just democrats but a lot of swing voters as well. >> i know we compare it to 2016, but i keep thinking about to 1988 from what i've read. i wasn't around. but it was up by a lot. is there a comparison at all to that year? >> i think there is a comparison potentially to 1988 and we see polls change over time. polls are a static reflection. but the difference between 1988 and right now is that 1988, you had president reagan coming off of two terms where he still remained very popular and you had george h.w. bush coming in as a vice-president. it wasn't necessary till -- we

do not have a president with that kind of popularity. he is standing for himself on the ballot as opposed to -- you know, look, things can change. i think one of the big differences between now and 2016, to answer the earlier question, basically joe biden is in a position now where donald trump has for four years shown a lot of things democrats are willing to bat in 2016. it was watch out, he's going to do this. now people have seen him in the presidency and i think that's very helpful to biden now. obviously biden is a figure who is well known as a former vice-president, has less of a -- there's been less attack of him in the last quarter century than hillary clinton. as a result his standing is

better than hers. >> okay. >> a new politico article says biden's lead goes from trailing to flailing. but it also said biden's polling lead over trump is significant but not unprecedented. in your view, how does biden keep the momentum going, what should he be focusing on in the next four months? >> i think it's a tough challenge. in fact, i know it's a tough challenge for any presidential campaign right now because we are in such uncharted territory in terms of trying to figure out how to campaign during a time of covid. obviously president trump decided he wants to do some public events that backfired on him in tulsa. he went to mount rushmore. they weren't sure whether they were going to do social distancing or not. vice-president biden has taken a different approach, but we're starting to see him in public a little bit more, talking to reporters within the last week or so. i think that ultimately we're just going to have to see how this unfolds, and much of it will become clearer -- start to

become clearer after labor day. i think traditionally voters don't pay a whole lot of attention, the looser voters, primary voters will start paying attention after labor day. >> the coronavirus being expected to remain a threat up through election day, trump campaign and allies have been blocking expanded mail-in voting. can the mail voting crusade hurt him? here's what they point out. more voters in general means more trump voters. what's your take on this? >> i think it's hard to tell what the overall effect will be because you really have to look at all 50 states or at least the swing states and what they're doing with mail-in balloting. one of the x factors with coronavirus is who is going to actually be able to vote and what are those -- we see this with some of the elections that have happened since covid started. what are the polling places

looking like, how many people are going to have to stand in line, will mail-in voting be done? these are questions campaign managers on both sides are dealing with now. it could fundamentally change the outcome based on the shape of the electorate. >> we talk biden and trump. they honestly have no shot november 3rd. may i introduce a person who does? kanye. yeezy. we must realize the promise of america by unifying our vision and building our future. i am running for president of the united states 2020 vision. jonathan? >> well, the framers of our constitution did, in fact, use the word ye a lot. [ laughter ] look, i think the likeliest reason for this, and i have not talked to kanye west or kim kardashian west or any

kardashian. it's obvious this is an effort to deflect democratic turnout. my guess is it is one that will not go forward and if it did, it would not depress any turnout. kanye west has a lot of music fans, a political following much more suspicious. >> a tiny bit. >> i expect that election. >> all right. we'll take your word on it. thank there. >> kanye cut his mic off. predicting a blistering summer, and that's what we are getting. >> yeah, it's not only warmer than average here in the states, but also in some of the coldest places on earth where the mercury has hit triple digits. so is it simply global

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area. >> joining us, covers client and a senior reporter and gimlet media. thank you for being here. that sigh beebian town of north of anchorage, alaska and hit that before dallas and houston hit 100 degrees. what is going on. >> well, it's -- i don't want to -- it's less important that's happening in that one location and more important what's happening in the region probably. as if that region has been probably really hot, hot since january according to the nonprofit climate curve, that region averaged 11 degrees warmer from january to april this year. anchorage unusually hot. this is pretty much in line with climate predictions. so predictions are coming through. >> hearing perm ma frost is melting at alarming rates as well. bring it back here to america. what does it mean for average

americans, for this summer and in the long-term, people out west, people on the coast. >> so the summer is kind of a really difficult situation, because the ways we usually deal with extreme heat involve getting people together. cooling centers, and all of these things and now we have covid. a lot of people are out of work, that means using your air conditioner. people are in their homes. the tragedy of the pan democrat ac ac -- pandemic as krwell as clima change will have a big impact on the people. >> air was clear in parts of chi china, india, even new york city through the pandemic. could have that a more permanent event? >> no. not to be so blunt.

only reduced gas emissions, not enough to affect climate change. cut in ten years 20shg 20, and get to the needed amount. >> and how about rescue efforts? funding up, that sort of thing? >> covered it in march actually, which is learning a lot of difficulty. not just a funding problem. also a human problem. right? california on fire. 40% of californians wildfire teams are prisoners and ground zero for covid now. some fire fighting, 30% just got shut down because of exposure to the coronavirus. so everything is going to be so much harder, because we're not just fighting wildfires, recovering from tornadoes, not just recovering from hurricanes. we're doing it during a pandemic. all the things you do to recover from these national hazards is bringing people together and

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at least 20 states require face masks in public. how is this mask mandate still rolling out slowly as coronavirus spreads quickly? i am issuing a face covering requirement for all counties with more than 20 covid cases. five states do their elections almost entirely by mail. more states will not do the same if the president has his way. >> it absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud. those things are delivered into mailboxes, they can be taken out. and 54% of voters say reopening grade school campuses makes sense somewhat or very uncomfortable. what might the fall term look like for teachers, students and parents? "velshi" starts right now. good morning. it's sunday, july 5th. doe don't attempt to adjust your

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