and on that note, that is our broadcast on a tuesday evening. thank you so very much as always for being here with us. on behalf of all my colleagues around here, good night. ♪ with infections surging, florida has broken its record for most coronavirus deaths in a day. at the same time in texas, counties are requesting refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up. also, it was supposed to be a press conference about china, but president trump turned it into an impromptu campaign rally to attack joe biden. and researchers say a federal vaccine by moderna has passed phases of all those who received it. the next trials are expected to start next month.

good wednesday morning, everybody. it is july 15th. and i'm yasmin vossoughian. we've got a lot to cover this morning so we'll start with the coronavirus. infections surging across the country. the director of the cdc robert redfield saying the president should, quote, set an example by wearing a mask. in an interview with a medical journal, redfield warned about the upcoming convergence of flu and coronavirus saying together they could overstress the u.s. health care system and could be, quote, one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in american public health. redfield also argued that universal mask wearing for the next four to eight weeks may help to bring the pandemic under control. >> masking is not a political issue. it's a public health issue. and it really is a personal responsibility for all of us. and i am, you know, heartened to see more and more people now,

glad to see the president wear a mask this weekend, the vice president. clearly in their situation, they could easily justify, they don't need to, because of all of the testing around them and they know they're not infected, but we need them to set the example. >> all right. let's go some of the states here. so florida confirmed 132 you deaths from covid yesterday. that's the biggest single-day spike the state has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. it is worth noting, though, this does not necessarily mean that all 130 people died in the past 24 hours, as the figure likely includes deaths that happened over the weekend and were not reported until monday. so previously, the highest single day record was set just last thursday with 122 people dying. florida has reported 291,000 cases and 4500 deaths in that state. the situation growing dire in

texas as well. the death toll there continuing to sharply rise. health care officials counties putting refrigerated trucks on stand-by to create more space. according to the "the new york times," quote, the situation is only starting and did not reach the level during the early stage of the pandemic that allowed cre cream ma tto crematories to work around the clock. so the white house effort to discredit dr. anthony fauci has reached a new level. the president's top-trade

adviser peter navarro is criticizing fauci in an op-ed in "usa today" claiming that he was been consistent wrong with coronavirus. navarro writes this, dr. anthony fauci has a good bedside manner with the public but he has been wrong about everything i've interacted with him on. now fauci says a falling mortality rate doesn't matter when it is the single most important statistic to help guide the pace of our economic reopening. the lower the mortality rate, the fast we open so when you ask me whether i list to dr. fauci's advice my answer is only with skepticism and caution. and listing comments by fauci, some taken out of context, the officials said had ultimately

proven erroneous, meanwhile dr. anthony fauci having to defend himself, it seems, saying the public can trust his guidance on the coronavirus. >> you can trust respected medical authorities, you know, i believe i'm one of them, so i think you can trust me. but i would stick with respected medical authorities who have a track record of telling the truth. who have a track record of giving information and policy and recommendations based on scientific evidence and good data. so, if i were to give advice to you and your family and your friends and your family, i would say that's the safest bet to do. to listen to the recommendations from that category of people. but it's entirely understandable how the public can get mixed messages, and then get a bit confused about what they should do. >> i just want to be clear,

dr. anthony fauci fought the aids epidemic, the hiv epidemic, he's also an individual who raised red flags when it came to reopening. he essentially said, listen if we reopen too soon there could be a surge of states across the country. joining me now political reporter for the hill, julia manchester. sorry to keep you waiting, yulia. i think it's important to put that out there about dr. fauci who has been important throughout the entire pandemic. let's talk about former vice president joe biden here speaking out against the president's efforts to discredit dr. fauci. what are the responses, what are the reactions are you hearing over what this administration is doing by trying to discredit dr. fauci? >> well from democrats, you hear a lot of defense of dr. fauci, essentially criticizing president trump for sending out that opposition-style research document over the weekend.

and we even saw the white house director of social media dan scavino tweet out this picture of anthony fauci which was essentially a political cartoon making fun of him. you're definitely getting a lot of pushback to that. but there are also some republicans speaking out about the president's criticism of dr. anthony fauci or at least defending him. senator lindsey graham from south carolina one of the president's staunchest defenders essentially said yesterday, we do not have a fauci problem. so you're seeing definitely a lot of defense of dr. anthony fauci and this push for more unity among the administration because, remember, dr. anthony fauci played a very important part in the white house coronavirus task force. he's the top infectious disease doctor in this country. so, as we face this crisis, as we face this growing number of cases there's definitely a push for unified response from across

the aisle. >> much of this is pretty confusing to me, too, julia, if you look at the numbers across the board amongst americans, dr. fauci's ratings are much higher, americans trusting dr. fauci much more than they have the president. and they have throughout the entire pandemic if you look at the poll numbers. and we're also hearing from cdc director dr. robert redfield, urging the president as we played earlier, to wear a mask. and also said universal mask wearing over the next four to eight weeks could help stem, bring the epidemic under control. what effects are we seeing lawmakers, specifically, to spread the outbreak, we saw the vice president wearing the mask and florida governor ron desantis for the first time as well. what are you seeing? >> right, it's interesting, speaking of florida because i've

been reporting from here for the past couple of months, ron desantis has been very slow to issue a statewide response to this pandemic. it took him a while to issue that first stay-at-home earlier in the spring. and he's yet to issue a statewide mask order and leaving it to the counties. and by law, you see that in miami-dade county as well. it's interesting, though, in texas with republican governor greg abbott there's a statewide mask mandate there. so there's definitely some push among some republicans among the rise in cases to definitely wear a mask because it shows that wearing a mask could definitely stop the spread. you're definitely seeing lawmakers warn of this idea of wearing a mask. >> let's hope that folks are

listening to dr. robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci and wearing a mask. julia manchester, thank you, stay close. i'll talk to you in just a little bit. still ahead, the trump administration bax off its plan for students to international classes in order to stay in the count. also a federal judge denies bail on jeffrey epstein's longtime confidant ghislaine maxwell. we're going to talk about those stories and the weather and much more coming up. more coming up

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welcome back. the trump administration yesterday rescinded its controversial rule that international students would have to take their college classes in person in order to remain in the country. the reversal came as the first hearing in a lawsuit brought by harvard university and the massachusetts institute of technology was about to begin. federal judge alison burrows announced the settlement of the suit and the return to the status quo.

last week, immigrations and customs enforcement issued a rule that would bar online teaching and met by opposition. 18 state attorneys generals was moved. and ghislaine maxwell was denied bail. the judge rejected maxwell's request for $5 million bail in house arrest. saying, quote, it was practically impossible to set conditions that would guarantee her appearance at trial. adding that maxwell's ability to stay out of the spotlight in such a high-profile case showed she had an extraordinary capacity to evade detection. maxwell appeared by video conference in a brooklyn detention center and several of epstein's accusers were on the

line to ask that they be held in court until trial. and maxwell reportedly cried when the judge announced her decision. the trial is expected for next year and expected to last three weeks. joining us now is legal analyst danny cevallos. danny, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> request for bail can it be appealed? >> yes, it can. it can be appealed when the magistrate denies bail and to the district court and up there, up to the court of appeals. but each court will look at it with fresh eyes, denovo, as we say in federal law. unless no set of conditions can insure that defendant's presence in court or assure the safety of the community. and in certain cases there's a presumption that bail should be denied. now, in this case, ghislaine maxwell, the prosecutors argued has so much in the way of

resources that she could easily abscond and pull a kind of roman pull lansky and live abroad in the lap of luxury. and she has this ability with multiple passports to simply leave the country. and that argument held to date. despite the environment that there are major coronavirus concerns across the country. which is true. >> can we talk about the fact that this trial isn't going to happen until next summer, a year from now. why such a long time here? >> in the federal system, a speedy trial requires once indicted a trial must happen within 70 days. but -- and obviously, next year is a lot longer than 70 days. but the reality is there are a million different exceptions to that rule. and the court can, in interest of justice in a special case like this one which is really special because it's got so much media attention, that an extension can be warranted. and that's what the judge did in

this case. is push the trial out to next year, the defense is probably welcoming this because they have to go back and try and reconstruct what their client did in the mid to late '90s which is no easy task in an era that was precell phone, pregps and precell phone towers. >> danny cevallos, thank you. great to see you this morning. still ahead, everybody, president trump signed new legislation hitting china for sanctions for its interference with hong kong. we're going to talk about the growing rift between united states and china, coming up next. 's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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response. what that means, nbc's willem marx. willem, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. let's talk about this hong kong policy shift. also with that you the uk taking action against the telecom giant huawei. what is the latest here, and what has been china's overall response? >> reporter: well, obviously, in hong kong, this has been an ongoing problem for the chinese authorities for many months now, including the protests we saw last year and continuing into this year. it's now been opposed.british government has essentially offered citizenship for millions of citizens. we had this yesterday by the brush government to essentially ban the company's equipment from 5g infrastructure. this is all to do with national

security. there's been a huge amount of pressure from the u.s. administration on the uk to do this. boris johnson also facing pressure from members of his own conservative party to essentially make sure that huawei is nowhere in the infrastructure by 2027. the chinese ambassador saying this is the wrong decision. >> let's talk about china's sanctions. we know china is slapping sanctions on republican senators, ted cruz and marco rubio. now the international court, willem, could easily get involved in this. talk us through this. >> reporter: of course, we've seen the reports, yasmin, in the last couple years about the mistreatment. now two uighur groups have joined forces to lodge a claim

about what they allege is deportation of countries like tanzania and i had a chance to talk to rodney hicks, leading the effort in london yesterday, i asked him whether the sanctions on china around this issue would potentially help succeed his case. >> these tips that have been taken by the u.s. administration to sanction chinese officials are immensely important because they are based on evidence about human rights violations being committed. and those are the very violations that we're asking the prosecutor to investigate. and she could seek that underlying evidence, as part of their investigation. she could use it and develop it. so, it's so important that these various steps have been taken in different ways to ensure that the circle has been closed. and that those responsible can't escape out of it. >> reporter: now, the chinese,

of course, have continually denied the mistreatment of this uighur minority. earlier this week, yasmin, they pointed to a letter signed by 46 other countries as part of the human rights council essentially saying that proved the legitimacy of their actions. >> willem marx, thank you. former attorney general jeff sessions jhas lost his bid for his seat. and as coronavirus surges, lawmakers are looking into the possibility of moving next month's convention outdoors. we're back in a moment. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. i but what i do count on...ts anis boost high protein...rs, and now, there's boost mobility...

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♪ welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin this half hour with what was supposed to be an official white house event announcing measures against china over its actions in hong kong. peter baker writes in "the new york times" that the news conference turns into the campaign speech that president trump cancelled in new hampshire last weekend over concerns of attendance citing a national storm that never happened. and writing this, he weighed in on china and the coronavirus and the paris climate accord and crumbling highways. then china again. military spending, china again, coronavirus again, china again, the economy, taxes, trade with europe and illegal immigration. and his friendship with the mexican president.

immigration again. crime in chicago. death penalty. back to crime, education and historical statues and more. the president attacked his democratic opponents and policies throughout the speech as well. he mentioned the name biden more than 30 times. >> joe biden's entire career has been a gift to the chinese communist party. >> joe biden supported china's entry into the world trade organization, one of the greatest geopolitical and economic disasters in world history. vice president biden was a leading advocate of the paris climate accord which was unbelievably expensive to our country. america lost nearly 10,000 factories while joe biden was vice president. this is what he wrote. high-speed broadband, we want high-speed broadband, well, why didn't he get it? three years ago is not a long time.

he didn't do any of the things. now he's going to be president, as president, he's going to do all of the things he never did. he never did anything. except make very bad decisions especially on foreign policy. we saved tens of thousands of lives but we actually saved millions of lives by closing. if we had listened to joe biden hundreds of thousands of additional lives would have been lost. he said that the idea that china is our competition is really bizarre. he's really bizarre. hunter? where is hunter, by the way? >> so the president and republican officials, they are now working on plans to move next month's gop convention in jacksonville, florida, fully outdoors. officials telling nbc news this, trump met with his political advisers on monday to discuss how many several events six months from now could move an outdoor arena. the schedule has shifted to

outdoor arenas. and it's also unknown how much of the convention's programming will be shifted outdoor. officials stressed to nbc news that the plan is still in flux and will likely remain that way for the next few weeks as the pandemic surges in florida. the president also continued to wage a war against mail-in ballots while praising the same act of absentee voting. >> i'm very worried about mail-in voting because i think it's subject to tremendous fraud and being rigged. absentee ballots are okay. you have to get applications if i'm here and i vote in florida, you get an absentee ballot but you have to go through a process. absentee ballots, agree. but mail-in voting where a governor mails millions of ballots across the state, california, as an example, millions and millions of

ballots, then they come back, they don't come back. cnn reported that lawyer jen ellis voted by mail herself at least according some public voting records. former attorney general jeff sessions has lost his bid to lead. losing to tommy tuberville. in a speech in mobile, sessions congratulated tuberville and urged people in alabama to stand behind him as the republican nominee. the associated press called the contest an hour and a half after the polls closed. meanwhile, the president tweeted an enthusiastic response, writing, tommy tuberville won big against jeff sessions and will be a great senator for the

incredible people of alabama. joining us, julia manchester. let's talk about this election, julia. tommy tuberville is a newcomer, to say the least to politics. what does this mean for 2020 elections? >> well, for 2020 elections it essentially means in these deep red states such as alabama, alabama, president trump's endorsement and president trump himself carrying quite a bit of weight. remember, alabama is the state where president trump has his highest approval rating out of all the 50 states. him getting behind tommy tuberville, a former auburn university football coach to take on jeff sessions who served in that senate seat for more than 20 years before becoming attorney general definitely shows how much sway the president has in that state. however, going forward, i think

alabama in general will be an uphill climb for democrats. we do hear, you know, the chances of democrats taking back the senate or gaining seats in the senate are certainly getting greater, which is true. however, doug jones faces an uphill battle against tuberville in that deep red state. >> let's talk about the latest news with regards to the gop convention. we've already seen it move once out of charlotte, now in jacksonville. now there's news of the possibility of many of the events going outdoor. we've got a lot of republican senators that we have been reporting already saying they're skipping the event because of concerns regarding covid. how do you think this move is going to impact the turnout? >> it could impact the turnout in a major way. in fact, my colleagues and i have spoken to a number of republican donors in florida who essentially said, look, we would love to attend the convention but we don't know if we want to donate money to a gathering that could potentially pose a risk

for people getting sick in a state where cases are skyrocketing. and there's also a concern that officials who tend to be on the ordinary side, and they're expressing trepidations about going. ron desantis, the governor of florida, is really in a difficult spot here because he was the one who originally floated florida as a spot for the convention. however, now, we're seeing a spike in coronavirus cases. so, i would imagine he obviously wants to save face. however, he's under a lot of pressure to very much slow the spread in this state. so it will be interesting to see how he moves forward and how trump moves forward. we're definitely seeing that in this reporting that there are lots of considerations to hold this outdoor. >> and a lot can happen in the next six weeks, the hill's julia manchester, thank you. coming up, a lot more ahead promising in the coronavirus front. those details and your "first

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information to a central database in washington, d.c. according to the "the new york times," the instructions were recently outlined in a little noticed post on the department of health and human services website. from now on, hhs, not the cdc, will collect daily reports about the patients that each hospital is treating, how many beds and ventilators are available, among other vital information. in a statement to nbc news, hhs spokesman michael caputo called the system inadequate and the change would result in a faster system. and the change would also ease data gathering and assist the white house coronavirus task force gathering scarce supplies such as personal protective equipment. meanwhile, staff workers worry about the information could stifle the cdc. we have new details going the vaccine by moderna given to

all 45 recipients in a trial. the results were published online in the new england journal of medicine and showed that the signs were safe and well tolerated. dr. anthony fauci called it good news saying, quote, the gold standard of protection against a viral infection is neutralizing antibodies. and the data from the study small numbers as it may be are pretty clear that this vaccine is capable of inducing quite good levels of neutralizing antibodies. the next stage, 30,000 adults, half receiving the vaccine, half placebos. many will be in hot spots such as texas, florida, arizona. this decision will likely help gather the efficacy of the vaccine sooner because more people will be regularly exposed

to the virus. moderna plans to run the study through october of 2022. but preliminary results are expected well before then. with that, let's get a chk-in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. i know you're going to be but that is smd good neis some the vaccine front as we've been awaiting something to come out, hoping that it does emerge on the markets early on next year. >> yeah, we're also desperate for good news, yasmin, to hear about some progress where we are in the trials. yeah, it's painful, we have to wait for another six months before the vaccine but who knows. let's go through the numbers of what we definitely do know what was reported yesterday. and let's go through some of them and start with the total cases. we do have this rapid increase going on in a few states yesterday, new cases, 65,950.

we had a california record of 9561. texas reported their second single most cases for a single day at 11,060. where are we? increase began one month ago on june 14th. the daily average is 63,693. that's a 40,000 increase. as far as fatality 937 deaths reported. now, because of a week ago we had this number that was above 937, we actually had a small drop yesterday in the seven-day average for the death rate but don't read too much into that. let's see what happens today because yesterday still was a pretty big number. let's turn to the weather headlines. we're having severe storm

threats in areas of kansas, missouri, illinois, also colorado. and then tomorrow, we're going to take the strong storms through the ohio valley, watch out, cleveland, pittsburgh, buffalo. on friday, the thunderstorms will reach the east coast. as far as the heat headlines. 10 million people in risk of heat. yasmin, we have a streak in washington, d.c., 19 days in a row they've hit 90 degrees or more. and the record is 21, we have a chance of breaking that on thursday or friday. >> not necessarily a record you want to break these days. thank you, bill. still ahead, banks brace for a wave of loan defaults amid the coronavirus pandemic. also, what you need to know ahead of today's tax filings deadlines. the stories driving the business headlines coming up. of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend.

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welcome back, everybody. major banks have set aside a stockpile of $28 billion in preparation for a wave of coronavirus defaults. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum is

joining us live from london on this. julianna, great to see you this morning. talk to us about this grim outlook for banks. >> this is a big week for banks with quarterly recalls. trading revenues have been very, very strong. so the investment banking side of things has seen a pickup in activity in the market volatility. but on the downside, banks have had to set aside tens of billion of dollars, jpmorgan and wells fargo have had to set aside billions as losses impact on their own and the coronavirus and lockdowns of businesses ripple through. so, a mixed picture when it comes to what u.s. banks are seeing in their results. now, i also want to remind you it is tax day. the deadline for filing your

taxes is today july 15th. the traditional deadline april 15th was pushed back to today. the treasury department decided to postpone the date as we dealt with the coronavirus. so, if you haven't filed your return yet, or if you filed but you haven't paid your taxes yet, the deadline is today. about 142 million taxpayers had filed agency of july 3rd. that's according to irs statistics. but the agency has struggled to process those returns because of reducing staffing during the pandemic. so unusual times for the irs, no doubt about it. back to you. >> let's talk streaming here for a moment. our parent company nbcuniversal launching the streaming line here. what's in store for peacock? >> so, this is a pretty big deal for peacock. today is the launch of the new streaming service. and it's going to be similar to hbo max, in that it aims to be a hub for nbcuniversal's content. a suite of property which is

spans nbc, usa, bravo, universal pictures and more. and like disney plus and. bo max, peacock will allow nbcuniversal and comcast to have exclusive rights over its content. so you will be other streaming platforms. "the office," for example, heading back to peacock, where there will be exclusive rights over this content. in terms of cost, peacock will offer a free option, which will include movies, classic and current tv shows and channels available only on peacock. there's also going to be a premium service at $49.99 per year and also $99.99 per year for ad-free viewing. if you have a cable subscription to xfinity, you will receive access to peacock premium for no additional charge. >> julianna tatelbaum live from london, thank you. coming up axios's 1 big

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we don't have a dr. fauci problem. we need to be focusing on doing things that get us to where we need to go. so, i have all the respect in the world for dr. fauci. i think any effort to undermine him is not going to be productive, quite frankly. >> that was republican senator lindsey graham offering support for dr. anthony fauci in the onslaught of criticism, as we have heard, from the trump administration. joining me with a look at "axios a.m.," deon, good to see you this morning. give us axios' "1 big thing." >> the "1 big thing" today is the existential threat to small business. and the existential threat to small business right now is big

business, along with the coronavirus pandemic. what we're seeing -- i think you referenced it a little bit earlier in the show -- big banks have put away $28 billion. that's just three banks. small businesses, they don't have $28 billion to put away, most of them. and this virus, including the shutdowns, including the stay-at-home orders, is really hurting small businesses that haven't had this big war chest of cash to put away. so, as more big businesses and big companies have put away billions, even trillions at this point, dollars, and are waiting to strike, kind of hoping that some of their smaller rivals go out of business, small businesses are just hanging on, kind of clinging to life, hoping for another boost from the federal government as big companies have gotten $3 trillion worth of help financing from fed and have released about $1 trillion worth of corporate debt already this year to help

them boost those balance sheets. >> so, what does this mean for small business owners and the overall prospect of the economy, considering the failure -- the possible failure of small businesses? >> yeah, and we've already seen a lot of small businesses fail, and it's been disproportionate. black-owned businesses between february and april, about 41% of them closed their doors compared to about 20% of small businesses surveyed overall. so you're seeing black-owned firms, women-owned firms, immigrant-owned firms really disproportionately hit. you're also seeing that, you know, folks who were getting their first jobs from these small businesses, people who were starting their first business with their life savings, they're being wiped out, and they're starting to jump on this pandemic unemployment assistance program, and that's why you're seeing those numbers rise instead of come down, which, it's really a worrying thing for the economy. >> some dire prospect for small

business owners and small businesses in general. you bring up black-owned businesses here, so i want to go with that for a moment. let's talk about the proposed fixes to combat the racial wealth gap in this country. how are they potentially harmful? >> you know, one things that folks have said for years is they put forward these different myths about personal responsibility, saying, you know, if black folks would only build stronger families, if black women were only married at higher rates, lower rates of single parenthood, if black people only used black-owned banks and things like that. these are all myths. the big picture on this is white people and white families, white households simply have significantly more wealth, and when we're talking about significantly more, it's $1 of wealth for every 6 cents of wealth for black families. put that in perspective, about 15% of white families in the u.s. are millionars. that's up from 7% back in 1992.

that number for black families has gone from about 1% to 2%. so, even though you're seeing individual success among, you know, some black people, you talk about, people point to open ar oprah, who's a billionaire, or robert johnson and people like that, but really for oprah or robert johnson, there's 100 more white families who are making these wealth leaps. even though black people have gained or increased their holdings on financial assets, white wealth is still significantly higher to a scale of almost 100-1. >> all right. dion rabouin, thank you for joining us. i'll be reading "axios a.m." in a little bit. you can sign up for the newsletter at axios.com. that's it for me. i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. we have great agreements, where when biden and obama used to bring killers out, they would

say, don't bring them back to our country, we don't want them. well, we have to. we don't want them. well, now with us, we'll they take them. some day, i'll tell you why. but they take them and take them gladly. they wouldn't let the airplanes in, wouldn't let the buses in their country. they'd say, "we don't want them!" say no, but they entered our country illegally and they're murderers, killers in some cases. >> if you had trouble following the president's line of thought there, you're not alone. it was supposed to be a news conference about china, but president trump turned a rose garden event into an impromptu campaign rally to attack joe biden. "the new york times" called it a meandering monologue. plus, on monday, the white house press secretary insisted there is nothing to the news reports that the white house is pushing out opposition research to news organizations to

discredit dr. anthony fauci. it will be interesting to hear her explanation today to a new op ed from white house trade adviser peter navarro entitled "anthony fauci has been wrong about everything i have interacted with him on." okay. as for the virus itself, with infections surging, florida has broken its record for most coronavirus deaths in a day. at the same time in texas, counties are requesting refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up. and we're also following supreme court justice ruth bader gin gin ginsburg, who is hospitalized for an infection. we'll keep you up to date. ghislaine maxwell denied bail, by the way, and she is married. good morning and welcome to "morning joe," wednesday, july 15th. joe is off, taking a break. along with willie