dangerous new heights, just corner on the current outbreak urged people to wear masks. and all indications are that three states, texas, california, we'll have that, we won't see she did so months earlier, and florida, now account for the benefit in hospitalizations nearly 20% of covid-19 cases and deaths for at least another frankly, than president trump couple of weeks. did. and we've seen her tweet about >> that's interesting, you say globally, around the world, in we've turned the corner. this before. and so, again, it underscores in your mind is this virus the last 24 hours. today california governor gavin this mixed messaging, not only getting under control? between the president and newsom is largely closing down because the situation on the members of his own task force again, stopping indoor dining ground seems to tell such a but between the president and and closing bars, zoos, movie the first lady, where she is different story. >> so, umm, again, we look at, essentially saying, look, if we theaters, museums. want to be in a strong place in and in most counties in the the fall, everyone needs to state, gyms, houses of worship, hair salons and malls. uh, all the data we have. adhere to social distancing guidelines, everyone needs to this as florida today reports nobody is comfortable, nobody is wear a mask, making it very doing a victory lap. more than 9,000 new cases there. these are early indicators that clear that even though the president has been reluctant to the debate over schools around we're turning the corner. this doesn't mean we've turned wear one, she clearly, other top the country is intensifying and the corner. >> dr. gupta, i would suspect people in those lines in miami medical officials, feel as san diego districts announced and people being shut down, the though it is essential to fighting this pandemic, andrea. virtual classes only for the fall, even as white house task >> this could be a turning point restaurants and salons they've in the campaign as well, if they force member admiral brett been enjoying in california, do not think we're turning the begin to focus on the fact that giroir told safe vannah guthrie corner. >> no, andrea. the president can't continue to ignore it on the campaign trail he has a privileged position. and ignore it in policy from the whether it's earned or unearned, the "today" show, quote, there's it's there, and he's misusing white house podium, because no such thing as no danger and everyone is living this reality, the risks to children are very it. we're talking about semantics. everybody is worried about their small. dr. anthony fauci was at the giroir is letting americans keep kids, their relatives, their their guard down, he's enabling grandparents, their update

white house monday for a that, when what he should be doing is saying, keep your guard previously scheduled meeting with chief of staff mark from the white house. meadows. up. he should be talking about new washington governor democrat this hour, i'll speak with washington state governor jay jay inslee joins me, thank you, evidence on masks that we need inslee about how he managed to slow the spread in his state, thick cloth masks covering the governor, very much for being and to chicago mayor lori nose and mouth, not bandanna with me. the president has sidelined dr. masks, for instance. fauci and the white house has lightfoot as she promises to why isn't that coming from the launched a smear campaign crack down on businesses not against the country's top following city guidelines. surgeon general? infectious disease scientist in our team is in place across the why do we have to rely on civil the middle of a pandemic. country. we begin with nbc's joe fryer in your reaction to that. >> we have always hoped we can the big hotspot of los angeles. joe, what's going on there? society to do it? have a partner to exercise some this rollback has got to be of we're seeing this disparagement leadership in the white house. concern to millions of people. of shelter-in-place orders. we have not had this. >> reporter: yeah, it's really laura ingraham said it unfortunately the president started denying this problem, having a huge impact and a big yesterday, she has the luxury to then he disengaged, and reaction. retreat to the hamptons or unfortunately he's continued to the governor here in california, hilton head to do that while the use deceptive messaging that's statewide, saying no more indoor rest of us are on the front dining, no bars, closing movie lines dealing with this been very problematic. but that is not stopping us from theaters, museums, and zoos. pandemic. she should not be politicizing a our efforts in washington state he has a watch list of 30 and other states. shelter-in-place order. we are masking up big time in counties, that's 80% of the that's one of the things we know will work. washington state. we were the first state to have state, places where coronavirus we don't want to go there. is trending in the wrong a requirement that businesses direction. in those places, gyms, hair but we don't need politics only serve customers that are salons, places of worship masked up. indoors, they all have to shut rejected into it. and i'm pleased to tell you that we want politicians to do the down. obviously some of those right thing. this is really working in businesses just started people want truth and substance. washington state. reopening in the last few weeks. we've had some communities with

you look at santa clara county >> one could suspect that the 90, 95% masking usage already. reason why you don't hear that in the bay area, gyms and salons from admiral giroir or the and we think that this is a sign there just started opening surgeon general is they see what yesterday. so they were only open for a few happened to anthony fauci who hours when they learned they're has, you know, endured the going to have to close by smears from the white house for that washingtonians are wednesday, only open for 48 telling people exactly that and committed to this no matter what hours. clearly for a number of small for trying to give straight talk the president says. businesses this is hard, it we have to keep our eye on the affects their employees. as we aren't hearing it from the and there are some that are task force. ball, this is the number one saying, listen, we've been thanks so very much, dr. vin mission in my state and it following the rules, we've been should be nationally. doing everything you asked for, gupta, thank you. >> you are on these calls with it's very difficult to now have coming up, dr. fauci visits the vice president, presumably. the white house amid the trump we're told that he and the task to shut down and not know how force are actively engaged, even long it's going to be until they administration's efforts to discredit him. might get permission to open plus, court date. again. though we don't see it. we also have schools here in prosecutors want jeffrey are you getting a different california and different school message from the vice president districts right now taking epstein's alleged accomplice than the one the president is different approaches. ghislaine maxwell to remain projecting? both l.a. and san diego came out behind bars. >> well, i spoke to the vice she'll appear in court via video president along with other in less than an hour and we'll governors yesterday and urged yesterday in a joint statement saying that when classes resume be finding out what the court him to continue efforts to next month in august, it will be decides. stay with us. you're watching "andrea mitchell convince the president and reports" on msnbc. a mitchell remote learning only. reports" on msnbc. - [narrator] the shark vacmop combines powerful suction himself to give this message to so they will not be bringing the kids back to class. americans that masks work. this was a move that was he responded by saying he's wearing a mask now, and will applauded by the teaches union continue to do so. in l.a. which says it polled its i think that's helpful. i said i thought it was a great members and said 83% were against a physical reopening. tiny little baby step for the president to wear a mask in a how long is that going to last? picture. that's something that going to but look, we can't have this have to be revisited as the partisan divide on masks.

school year gets going. this virus doesn't know on the flip side, between l.a. republicans or democrats. and we know masks work both for and san diego, you have orange county. in orange county, the board of republicans and democrats. education met and decided it's and we could use the president's leadership on this to get over recommending to actually have students return to class, saying remote learning hasn't been working.n this really silly debate where there is no debate at all. i do believe it's the most important thing for the health california alone, you have two very different approaches to how of americans right now because schools are going to reopen in it is our number one tool, as we the coming weeks. make a transition hopefully to right now all eyes on continue a pace upward rather california. case numbers are still up here, than backward. hospitalizations up about 28% in so what i can report to you -- the last two weeks. >> i want to -- the goal for the governor right >> -- that we are doing it in now is to try and change those numbers and get things under washington. >> i want to ask you about joe control. biden and his new energy that will determine whether these rollbacks go back to where proposals which he's going to be they were just a few days ago or making at 1:30 today. but i also, first, quickly want whether perhaps even more steps need to be taken, andrea. to ask you about the threat from washington to cut off money for >> a lot of trouble signs out schools that have virtual rather there. thanks so much, joe. than in-classroom learning in meanwhile, nbc's sam brock is in the fall. how is washington state responding to that? miami beach. what are they doing there, given the hotspot that miami beach has >> well, this is like a lot of noise coming out of the white become? >> reporter: andrea, there's no

question, the numbers today just house, an empty threat. reported within the last hour or we don't believe it's going to happen. if it did happen, we would see so not as gaudy as what we saw him in court and our excellent over the weekend. attorney general bob ferguson 9,200 new cases of covid-19 in has beaten the trump administration 24 times in a row. florida. so we believe it's kind of an the concern this afternoon, empty threat and it's like a lot of the noise that we try to andrea, fatalities a new record, ignore. 132 deaths confirmed, the fourth look, we're going to make decisions in washington based on time in six days that this state science and the health of our has hit a new peak in deaths. children. those decisions will be made in 4,400 in total for the state of washington state, not on florida. pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. over my shoulder, you're looking i'm confident of that. at these cars, testing is part we've got some very creative of the equation as well. with spray mopping to lock away debris solutions that our school here in miami beach they're testing from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. educators and parents are working on. we're going to be basing it on p.m., still not enough to get science and health in washington all the demand for cars. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. state. there are people left out, waiting to get tested, even the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. after all of that. >> i do want to ask you, speaking of science and health, the other major concern is the lag time. you as a presidential candidate governor desantis was talking made climate change and clean about this recently, it's energy the centerpiece of your supposed to be about 48 hours between when you get tested and when you get the results back. campaign. it was something, frankly, great right now for floridians it's to hear. now joe biden is now announcing between five and seven days. we've talked to people who said his $2 trillion plan, his clean they waited 15 days to get the energy proposals. results back. you have said it's more than a so, concerns over testing. step, this is not just tokenism.

desantis will be sitting down at tell me what's right about this a roundtable in less than an hour with all of the mayors in and why you're validating it. miami-dade county, some of whom >> i've got to tell you, i am have been extremely critical of thrilled with what joseph him for not issuing a statewide mandate on masks, not discussing the possibility of requiring biden's vision is that he will some businesses to shut down. bring to americans today. bars were closed a couple of joe is about jobs and fundamentally this is a clean weeks ago but that's been it so energy jobs program. i think he has hit it out of the far, not even of whisper about a park on this plan because it's based on a very realistic shutdown. theursday. assessment and a vigorous, robust, and very comprehensive approach about how americans can today, even though the cases are get back to work, in good union only at 9,200 relatively jobs. speaking, an 18% positive rate. he gets it big time. i'm thrilled he's embraced that's much higher than anyone things that i've been advocating is comfortable with, we're starting to see that rise once for some period of time because again, andrea. they're based on, number one, >> sam, that lag time has to be standards of performance. number two, it's central to his of real concern, the lag time before they get the results. economic development plan. number three, it embraces equity thank you so much. dr. vin gupta is a pulmonologist throughout. and number four, it's based on good union jobs for people to be at the university of washington medical center and joins us now. dr. gupta, let's talk about that able to have good economic

lag time. opportunities through union the president keeps bragging on jobs. the numbers of testing. so on all cylinders. but when you get into the states, these hot zones, where and i think it goes throughout the lag time is 15 days, are the economy. i could not be more pleased with what he is proposing because people quarantining for 15 days? this is not some sort of modest unlikely. >> good morning, andrea. program. it is a go-to-the-moon project no, you're right, the death rate which we make such a big deal to get people to work. out of, the president has, by gum, we need that big time declining death rate, is right now because of the collapse of the economy because essentially meaningless. of the covid pandemic. in real time, to the point this would have been a good plan a year ago. you're making, deaths now are it's a great plan now, because probably the result of infection a month ago. it answers the needs of the moment. so the metrics that matter in this is a man who is in the real time are what are the moment and i'm tickled with what hospitalization rates we're seeing in places like florida. he's proposing. what are the icu bed >> how hard would it be to get capabilities in places like florida. what's staffing like? we talk so much about beds. this into place? what's staffing look like? you're going to need legislation, you'll need buy-in often staffing is the from industry. bottleneck, i can attest to that how does somebody move the here in washington state. country in a completely those are the key metrics. if i may, just in hearing we did not shut down different direction after the setbacks, the rollbacks on the admiral giroir talk about that entirely. that's the reason. environment over the last three we went up, started to go down, years? >> i think the country is there's thissab so lawsu ab sose and then plateaued at a level thirsty for a person with a that was quite high, 20,000 vision for positive growth in our economy.

infections a day. then as we started to reopen, that's what this vision is about. much of this work can be done through executive decisions by we're seeing the surges that the president, and i know the we're seeing today as we speak. that children are immune from president has got the courage to covid-19, i'm fed up with do that, he's demonstrated this >> dr. anthony fauci speaking in hearing this language, andrea. by a very far-sighted yet what's the truth here? a stanford medical school live the truth is we don't know, andrea. stream, hours before returning realistic plan. but i think we're starting to using children, parents, and to the white house for a previously scheduled meeting see an increasing commitment in teachers as a means to an end to with chief of staff mark reopen the economy in the face both chambers, it's going to of unclear data at best is meadows, not seen on camera, of help if we have a few more course, but striking on a day democrats in the senate. when the white house was still but we have what we need now, dangerous. secretary devos, admiral giroir, engaged in a smear campaign which is a very, very and obviously the president against the infectious disease continue to enable this dialogue and it's causing a lot of expert. on monday the president claimed comprehensive jobs-oriented plan dangerous policy decisions. he likes and gets along with dr. that focuses on equity and union >> indeed. fauci, days after his aides were and let me just share with our membership. trying to discredit the doctor i think this is going to go a behind the scenes. long ways for what we need to viewers just another example of this, because the task force this morning savannah guthrie do. it's a start. it gives people hope. that's what our country needs member, admiral giroir, as you asked coronavirus task force point out, was pressed by right now, is a vision of a member admiral brett giroir, who hopeful future. noticeably did not come to dr. and this is full of hope and realism. we need both. fauci's defense. >> none of us have always right, >> governor jay inslee, great to and we admit that. i think we have a good see you again, sir, thank you relationship. the vice president listens to us very much for joining us. all. we meet regularly during the >> thank you very much. mask up! wash hands! fantasticers >> you got it. coming up, former attorney task force. so, you know, we're just going

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considered to be one of the most vulnerable senate democrats up for reelection this year. joining us is steve kornacki of course at the big board. dasha, first to you in alabama. what's at stake here and how is this going down to the wire with sessions against tupperville? this is a big deal. sessions of course was the first member of the senate, the first big name endorsing donald trump when he launched his campaign. >> reporter: andrea, that's absolutely right. high stakes here, and the voters i've been talking to today certainly sense that. the wild card in all of this is going to be voter turnout and how covid-19 plays into all of this. there's been a surge in cases in alabama, up 30% in just the last two weeks. but despite that, when it comes to voting, there is an element of business as usual today across the state of alabama. all of its almost 2,000 polling

locations are open. they're welcoming people in person here today. we've seen a steady stream of people going in and out all day. the parking lot has been pretty much full since we got here. now, we are being told that inside there's social distancing practices, some hand sanitizer, it's been cleaned regularly. but the secretary of state did come out and say that masks are not required to vote. but today we have been seeing most people wearing masks at least when they go indoors. when i've been talking to voters, they've been telling me they're not too concerned about covid-19. and many of them said it was very important for them to be here in person to vote. i've heard a lot of skepticism of absentee ballots and mail-in voting from a lot of folks here today, although across the state, there has been a sharp increase in absentee ballot applications, more than 43,000 applications and more than 26,000 have been returned. now, when it comes to candidates, andrea, and this is just anecdotal, i'll leave the

numbers to steve kornacki at the big board, but i've been seeing a pretty even split between tupperville and sessions today, and for a few different reasons. listen to what folks told me today. >> tommy tupperville. >> you have to have somebody who knows how the system works up there and can navigate it easily and i think sessions is the man to do that. >> reporter: and of course, andrea, the high stakes race, covid-19 turnout, how those puzzle pieces come together and who gets the advantage here tonight, we'll have to see in the coming hours, andrea. >> thank you so much, dasha. into steve kornacki, let's talk about when we'll know and how you see this race shaping up, and also about texas, where there is a primary fight to go up against john cornyn. >> andrea, we've gotten used to, in the last couple of weeks,

last couple of months, you have to wait days after the vote to get the results. we may get a lot of numbers in alabama, we may know tonight. as you mentioned, sessions is going into it as the underdog despite being four times elected to the u.s. senate. we'll see. doug jones, whoever wins, will be the big dog in november. the state went for trump by 28 points in 2016 and is likely to go to trump by a wide margin in 2020 as well. tupperville did get a few more votes in the preliminary than sessions to set up this runoff. texas today, democrats will choose their nominee, a runoff in texas. mj hager, royce west. this is a state where joe biden recently has been running competitively with trump. so some questions there about how much resources democrats are

going to be putting into texas. and the big picture here, of course, it's going to be the battle for senate control. look, there's a lot of states here right now that maybe could be battleground states, that already are battleground states. texas is probably more -- if republicans were to hold on to texas here, you can see these states become the battle ground or the potential battleground for the senate. all sorts of different scenarios there. this is sort of an early look at it. this is something we're going to start to use a lot between now and election day, watch that battleground develop, narrow, and maybe build all sorts of scenarios here. the democrats, if joe biden wins the presidency, they're trying to get a net gain of three senate seats. keep an eye on that, it's becoming a big story here along with the presidential race. >> that is such a huge story. biden going up with an ad on cable and digitally, in texas, one of those states where he's trying to expand the battle ground he's seeing something in

those poll numbers of. >> absolutely, if you average the polls in texas together right now, biden versus trump, it's a tie, 45-45. it's a state that donald trump won by nine points in 2016 but also a state, especially the suburbs around dallas, suburbs around houston. you saw in 2018 they moved pretty dramatically away from the republicans to democratic house candidates who were successful in some of those areas. so democrats think they have a foothold there, especially in those suburbs, they think there's big changes taking place in texas and where also across the country that open up opportunities. it's been 44 years since a democrat won a presidential race in texas, that was carter over ford. we'll see what develops over the next few months there. >> 44 years as a long time indeed. thank you so much, steve kornacki. coming up, cracking down. chicago's mayor lori lightfoot on what she's doing to combat a spike of coronavirus in her city. first, we wanted to bring you what might be the sweetest story that you've seen in a long time.

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the chicago marathon has now been canceled three months before the runners ever reached the starting line, this as chicago mayor lori lightfoot said she's concerned about an uptick of cases in chicago's young people and says she's determined to do what she can to stop it. mayor, thank you for joining us. what steps are you going to take, are you going to roll back

openings? >> i'm concerned about the uptick in cases in our 18 to 39-year-old cohort. we're thinking a lot about how we can do a better job of reaching those young people. you know, early on in the pandemic, we spent a significant amount of time talking about older folks, talking about people with underlying conditions. it's clear with the benefit of hindsight that we now because that's where we're seeing the increase in our new cases. so of course we're thinking about places where young people gather, bars, restaurants, other places of entertainment, gyms. but we're also thinking creatively about ways to bring new messaging with credible messengers to reach this group. when i talk to young people that i see out who don't ask masks, they say, mayor, i work in a grocery store, i wear it in other kinds of stores, but we really need them to be wearing face coverings everywhere, any time they walk outside their home. and they really need to

religiously practice social distancing. so we're going to be rolling out a few things in the coming days that are focused on that age group of different demographics. but we're not going to hesitate, if we need to, to take some steps back because we've got to keep being diligent on keeping people safe. >> and tell me about the school system. i know you're going to make an announcement. what factors are you considering? we heard some very optimistic messaging today from admiral giroir on the "today" show, a member of the task force, which does seem to be contradicted by the best medical advice we hear from our own medical experts, in fact from dr. fauci when he's permitted to speak. >> look, chicago public schools reopen right after labor day. anybody sitting here in the middle of july who thinks they have a crystal ball and can tell you with any degree of certainty what the world will look like then i think is foolish. but the reality is we've got to prepare. so our chicago public schools

will be releasing later this week a framework that's going to be a starting point for a conversation, particularly with parents and other people in the school community that are vital to any kind of reopening strategy. what i think is clear is, because this virus is unpredictable and is taking some of the turns, we have to have maximum flexibility to make sure parents have predictability, that they have a flexible schedule they can depend on. we're going to start that conversation with parents and teachers, staff, and other stakeholders as soon as possible. the bottom line is, we're going to be guided by what the public health data tells us at that time. i hope that we're going to have some opportunities for in-person instruction. but we're not going to take any chances. we want to minimize the risks. nobody can create a risk-free environment. but we're going to do everything that we mitigate the risk.

>> do you have the flexibility because of the infrastructure, the aging infrastructure that you have in many of the neighborhoods in chicago, as new york and many other big cities have, to have enough distancing, you know, in the classrooms and other venues in schools to do five days a week in a classroom? >> i think the only way for us to do that is to essentially go with an opportune type structure, where certain parts of the class meet in person on certain days, and the other part of the class meets in person on different days. given our class sizes and given the physical confines of our classrooms, it will be very difficult for us on a regular basis with social distancing to be able to have people meet in person, as a class unit. we're looking at teams and cohorts that we can divide up

into. and i think that's a good, smart way to provide in-person instruction but also keep our young people and our teachers and staff safe. >> i want to also ask you about the violence this past weekend in chicago, at least 60 shootings. the president jumped all over this, comparing it to -- saying the city is worse than afghanistan. your reaction as you're trying to come to grips with all of this? >> well, look, if you go back over many years, president trump has said a lot of disparaging things about the city of chicago. he likes to use us as a political punching bag. but if the president was really committed to helping us deal with our violence, he would do some easy things. one is, he would push for universal background checks. he would push for an assault weapons ban. he would push to make sure that people who were banned from getting on airplanes can't get

guns. this is the kind of thing that federal leadership can do. but as long as we are challenged with having states surrounding us, notably indiana, that has very lax gun laws, where somebody can drive across the border and literally load up a vehicle with military grade weapons and bring them back to the city of chicago, we're going to continue to be challenged. we're doing an all-hands-on-deck strategy. we're focusing on the root causes of the violence. but fundamentally we have too many illegal guns on our street and that is a direct result of a failure of federal leadership, which is why we need change in november. we need the kind of leadership that joe biden is going to bring to our country. >> mayor light foot, thank you very much, in the midst of everything happening there, to be with us today, we really appreciate it. >> it's my pleasure, thank you. >> you bet. and for the first time now

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just moments from now, the accused accomplice of jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell is going to appear in court by video conference. stephanie gosk is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. what do we expect? obviously, a not guilty plea, but what about her request to get out on bail? >> yeah, she's suggesting posting a $5 million bail, which is obviously a lot of money. and house arrest. but it's still not enough for prosecutors. they describe her as an extreme

flight risk in court documents. among the things they say is her financial wealth, including a bank account in switzerland that is valued at more than $4 million. another bank account in the uk valued at more than $2 million. also of concern for them are her multiple passports, including a french passport. and as you know, we have no extradition treaty with france. so they'll argue that she not be released. she be remanded back into jail, into prison. >> and stephanie, what is the likelihood that she would get out? i mean, as they saw she was hiding from them for months and also hiding inside that luxury mansion in new hampshire when they got to the door. >> prosecutors have said that she was trying to avoid detection. they talk about that day that they arrested her. that they showed up at that new hampshire property. and when they announced

themselves that ghislaine maxwell actually fled to another room. they also said they found her cell phone wrapped in, quote, tin foil as a misguided strategy to avoid detection. they are trying to set her up as trying to run from them. and, therefore, set up an argument to keep her in jail. and i think it would be very difficult at this point for this judge not to remand her and deny bail when you think about what happened with jeffrey epstein and him taking his own life in prison. there's so much attention on this case and they'll not leave anything up to chance. andrea? >> and they're obviously watching her closely in custody as well given his death by suicide. thank you very much, stephanie gosk. we'll be watching. and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." chuck todd and katy tur pick up our coverage. our coverage see how much vacation time they have.

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good afternoon here in the east and a good morning out west. i'm chuck todd. we're monitoring significant increases in cases of covid-19 today. arizona saw more than 4,000 new cases. florida saw more than 9,000. over the past two weeks, 41 states have seen a percentage increase in confirmed cases. earlier on the "today" show, admiral bret addressed president trump's retweet of retired game show host chuck