it is just what annie would have wanted them to do. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. first up, a storm watch. and a new covid-19 crisis. warning from one of the country's leading doctors about what happens if southern states can't contain the virus. and pivotal point. tomorrow marks 100 days till election day with some actions that could shift more than just the presidential race. the latest polls this morning. >> and portland standoff. the breaking news, the ongoing protests there, and the federal troops that the group of moms are trying to run interference on the front lines.

it's always about the moms. as we say good morning. i'm kevin gibson. we're covering this. as if texas didn't have enough to deal with, it will have a possible hurricane hitting that state within hours from now. the latest update from the national hurricane center just moments ago, 70-mile-an-hour sustained winds. so nearly a hurricane. you see corpus christi there with its 300,000 residents within the sight of the storm. hanna is expected to make landfall this afternoon or early this evening. it will hit the most rural part of the texas coast. beaches in corpus christi are closed. a hurricane warning is in effect for much of the texas gulf coast. sandbags were fill and districted as people prepared for flash flooding. right now authorities say storm preparations are even more

complicated in the midst of the pandemic for a storm that's headed for one of covid's hot spots. >> you're going to need more time for evacuations. you may need more shelter space. you may need more transportation vehicles. you can't put all of those people on one bus. maybe you need two or three buses. all of those kind of things that make this hurricane season a little bit more complicated than any other season. it's complicated on a good day. covid-19 makes it a little bit more complicated. >> no doubt indeed. in the pacific, hurricane douglas remains a powerful category 3 as it moves closer to hawaii. this is a photo we got, video overnight from luwawu. the storm will grail yuli weaken. the storm is heading for the big island of

island. >> we do expect rain on the windward sides of the island. it's beginning to impact the islands saturday evening into sunday. add face masks, hand sanitizer, and sanitizing wipes to your emergency kits. please shelter in place. >> heavy rainfall is expected in hawaii beginning tonight youch have douglas over there, hanna, and also gonzalo churning in the caribbean right now. also new breaking news. new video of a large group of protesters clashing with federal agents in portland, oregon. my colleague was on the scene early this morning. >> reporter: thousands of people are peacefully protesting when suddenly fireworks were set off. within moments tear gas was deployed. the entire thing turned on a dime. >> yeah, it really can turn very

quickly. marches against racial injustice have been taking place in portland for nearly two months ever since the death of george floyd in minneapolis. this week a new group, wall of moms hitting the streets, acting as much as they can as buffers between law enforcement and protesters. we're going to have the founder of that group coming around. stick around for that. tomorrow will mark 100 days to election day. the trump campaign is depending on many states including ohio to show up for the president once again and help him across the finish line, but the most recent polls shows the president with a 53% disapproval rating in that state with concerns over his handling of the coronavirus as well as economic concerns. msnbc's corey -- cori coffin

joins us. are both campaigns competing hard there? >> yeah. it's going to be interesting to watch how the races play out in ohio, especially in lorain county where we are. of course, this morning, officially 100 days till election day 2020. but ohio voters can start making their voices heard and casting their ballots in 73 kays when early voting begins. and here in lorain county, of course, you mentioned the banks of lake erie. a beautiful, beautiful start to our morning here. the main concern for voters out in this area is jobs, the economy. that remains number one. that was even pre-pandemic as well. now, in ohio as a whole, even though it's not been seen as a battleground state for some time, it has been seen as a well weather state. it has correctly predicted the presidential candidates who have gone into office in every

general election since 1948 except for one in 1960. we know president trump won handily over hillary clinton. only eight counties voting blue at the time. this might surprise you, kendis, but lorain county was one of those counties. it initially called for trump but after the votes were tallied, hillary clinton won by 101 votes. and then in 2016 it went to 18 counties turning blue. the current primary this year did show higher voter turnout for democrats, so that's something they're hoping for leading into this election. now, the latest polling shows that biden does have a slight lead over trump when it comes to voter choices, however, as i mentioned, the economy remains the number one issue. and voters say overall they trust trump slightly more on the

issue here in ohio, which is why this is going to be one of the key states to watch because it really could go either way at this point, and especially here in lorain county. it could be a very decisive race for whatever the finalized tally will be here in lorain. it could help move the state overall. ly be talking with lorain county's mayor in just a little bit about all of these issues. stick around. i'd be curious what the mayor has to say. that little area between toledo and cleveland is a bellwether whether or not president trump can reclaim ohio. cori, do stand by. i want to get back with you in a few moments as well as the mayor. the surge of covid-19 cases across the country showing few signs of letting up. several months, u.s. showing a

new number, 73,000 new cases. >> we have to change before the virus moves back up north. this new wave we see across florida, texas, california, and arizona, began with under 30-year-olds. >> there is a new report from the cdc that shows coronavirus can take a long-lasting toll on patients with mild cases. it reads as many as one-third of the patients who were not sick enough to be hospitalized do not recover quickly from the virus and instead experience ongoing symptoms that can linger for weeks, some, months. two fast food giants announce they will require people to wear face coverings. chipotles and mcdonalds starting august 1st. the fast food chain says masks

will be provided for anyone who isn't wearing one. the entire michigan state football team is under quarantine at this hour after a second staff member and one athlete tested positive for covid-19. the team paused workouts on wednesday after one staff member testing positive. now, reports say the quarantine will last through august 4th. that, by the way, is just before the fall camp is scheduled to begin. there are several deadlines looming in washington, d.c., including the enhanced jobless benefits set to expire at the end of this month. negotiations between the white house and senate republicans are at a standstill, now putting millions of americans at risk of losing much needed financial relief. shannon pettypiece is joining us from new jersey. it's been a week of back-and-forth. what appears at this point to to be the sticking point for these sites? >> you have the president here

in new jersey, his golf resort as you mentioned. the congressional republicans are in a state of mutiny. you have one camp opposed to this trillion-dollar price tag on the coronavirus relief bill. some don't want to see no additional spending, others want to see it scaled back. at the same time, you have another group of senate republicans, many of whom are up for re-election in november, feel like this relief bill is needed to keep the economy going. they want to see the money going to testing, school, and unemployment benefits. as you mentioned, they're up against a bit of a hard deadline when it comes to the assistances that were put in place in the initial bill to keep people spending, keep people in their homes. the eviction deadline has already expired. it could put millions out of their homes in the coming weeks, and you have the $600

unemployment benefit that runs out at the end of the month. it's been a major benefit that has kept the economy afloat, kept people spending at their current levels. if that happens, what happens to the millions of americans who will see a drastic reduction in their income, not to mention losing their house. a lot of tensions falling back on washington. democrats haven't even entered the picture. at the same time you have the president who wants to see a payroll tax cut. it's going to be a big week next week in washington. >> their second week in session. we'll see if they get anything done. nbc's shannon pettypiece joining uss right now from new jersey. thank you. in ohio, the statewide mask mandate issued by the republican governor mike dewine is now in effect. cori coffin joins me again from lorain county, ohio. you're not too far away from cleveland, just west of cleveland. your main concern has been covid

in many of the large black communities like the city of cleveland. >> reporter: yeah. cleveland, columbus also mentioned by dr. birx recently. these cities and others around ohio are seeing major spikes. one of the biggest reasons the governor has decided to institute this mask mandate is because of the increase in the infection rate. in cleveland, for example, that infection rate went from 2.7% to 9% over the course of a couple weeks it. was very concerning for even deem ol' jids including dr. deborah birx. she talked about not only cleveland but columbus and nine other cities and what they need to do going forward. >> there are other cities. we have new increases in miami, new orleans, las vegas, st. louis, minneapolis, indianapolis, cleveland, nashville, pittsburgh, columbus,

and baltimore. >> reporter: in ohio, it could be 24 counties in what is called the red zone where this infection rate is growing at a more rapid case. and one county, allen county, is close to getting into the fourth face, which is the purple zone, which would require lockdowns at that point. now, one of the main concerns, kendis, is schools. people are wondering whether north schools should be reopened. in cleveland, they did delay their start by nine weeks. that's the in-person start. so they'll continue do remote learning. but the latest a.p. poll shows it could be the right way to go for the whole state because 80% of respondents said they are, quote, extremely concerned about a possible surge in cases if schools should reopen and 77% said they should only reopen with major adjustments or not reopen at all.

another issue that's happening along with schools not having a statewide ordinance over whether or not they should be reopening is also large events. for example, county fairs. the lorain county fair will continue on in august. however, a spike in infections was detected. 19 cases detected back to a state fair in pickaway county. that's another question, whether or not the state should be taking up stricter measures here as cases grow in ohio. kendis? >> critical decisions ahead for the folks in ohio. as we see right there on the map, the cases that they continue to have are at an increasing period in ohio. cori, thank you. we'll check back to you in a minute. appreciate it. now to the veep, there's a new contender for the ticket, and she's said to be a sleeper pick. who is it? and on capitol hill, a new forecast for a potential blue

wave or will bit a blue tsunami in november? the new signs that the democrats could reclaim the senate. democs could reclaim the senate

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by this time next month, the democratic national convention would have wrapped up in wisconsin, and we would know for sure, we think, who joe biden's running mate will be. so i guess for now, this is his running mate? his old pal, bff, former president barack obama, the pair sitting down for a slick campaign video released just this week. >> the thing i've got confidence in joe your heart and character and the fact that you're going to be able to reassemble the kind of government that cares about people and brings people together, and for all the specific policies that we're going to need more than anything is just that basic decency and an understanding about what's

best in america that i think people are going to be hungry for. i'm looking forward to work with you, do whatever i can to help you. >> but the guessing game does heat up, and to who will be biden's v.p., joining us, someone fire alarm, michael hopkins. michael, let me start with that right there. you worked as part of those campaigns. at this point with just weeks before a decision or possibly days, what is going on in a campaign as they try to make this critical decision? >> at this point, they're dotting their is and crossing their ts. you hope nothing happens that changes the cycle and what your determination was and on why you chose your v.p. candidate. >> they probably know who

they're going with at this point. >> at this point i would say they've got it down to one or two people. i would say they're locked in at this point. >> the possible v.p. candidates, on joy's show, "t"the reidoutth how do you think it will be? >> i think it's going to be val demings. when you talk about the issues dealing with policing, her being the former sheriff of orlando, i think, allows her to have a unique perspective. and having a black woman on the ticket is very important, especially given what's going on in the country right now. >> and also kerry bass.

they say she's the anti-kamala harris. she says i'm not anti-kamala harris at all. i'm proud to be in her state. >> whoever said that, i don't sn know. >> congresswoman bass. >> she would be an amazing fit. she's a medical nurse, head of the cbc. i had her on my show a month ago. we talked about the v.p. selection and the current climate, and her and to bring people together in a coalition bill is something vice president biden would absolutely benefit on the ticket. >> let's talk about former president barack obama who came out earlier this week. ofb, he's already endorsed his former partner there, joe biden. this video was fairly slick. even the rollout of it was fairly slick.

what sort of role do you think he'll play in the campaign for joe bide snn. >> i expect president obama to play almost a godfather role in the campaign and convention. >> but like a good godfather, not like i or ii or iii. >> yeah. the original godfather. he's someone vice president biden will lean on heavily. he's not just well liked, but he's been through this. he knows what it's like to be president. it's not very regular we have a president as young as president obama was when he left office. so i think he'll be absolutely utilized by this white house. >> there are people looking at the video online and looking at the contrast between the two of them where you have the former president who went through eight years of office there and then joe biden who's supposed to be

eager and fun and expected to have a lot of energy looking forward to the campaign, and they couldn't help but notice a contrast between the two. >> yeah. look. you've got a young black guy and older white guy. there is a contrast. at the end of the day it's about what's inside your head, what's inside your heart. joe bide season a smart man with an even better heart. and when you sit and look at president obama and vice president biden and what they managed to do in eight years, and the way they talk about people, the way they listen, they's not something we're seeing in this white house. and because of that vacuum, there's a vacuum of leadership. the closer we get to election day, the more chaos we're going to see from the white house, but the more empathy and thoughtfulness we're going to see from vice president biden

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been fired at them or whatever else that has been fired at them. and over the last couple of days we've had what are called the wall of moms who have been there, trying to act as a barrier between law enforcement and many of the protesters, and they have been successful at times and not at other times. we continue to take a look at these images because they're coming in at 3:29 or 3:30 as the case would be pacific time in portland as a large number of police officers are still on the streets right there, and they're met by a relatively small crowd, at least in this particular area of rose city of protesters. i will say one good thing about all of this. there has been a lot of concern with all of those unmarked, unidentified, and armed law enforcement officials from dhs who have been on the streets of portland for much of the last few weeks, perhaps there's some

solace that people can take that it's their own police officers who are there, people for the most part they trust and are there on the streets at least from our purview right now. we will continue to keep an eye on this to see if there are any developments. but so far at least from our vantage point it appears to be calm but still ongoing. we'll turn our focus to florida. the state added more than 12,000 cases in a single day, just yesterday, bringing the state's total to more than 400,000 since the pandemic began. nbc's chris pollone has more in orlando. good morning to you. governor ron desantis suggested the outbreak was improving. he also said they were in the clear several weeks ago. clearly that's not the case. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: yeah. that's right, kendis. it really depends where in

florida you are. south florida, miami-dade, broward county is where the hot spots are. as you mentioned the state is add 1ing 12,000, 13,000 cases a day. people are watching deaths, and deaths have been steadily climbing over the last couple of weeks. just 135 people reported confirmed dead from covid-19 yesterday. approaching 6,000 deaths here in the state of florida. the local county health official here, dr. pinot in orange county, said there may be good news in orange county in terms of infections. deaths are going to continue to climb. that is, of course, a lagging indicator. and so, you know, it's usually not happening until two, three,

four, five weeks after an infection is confirmed. he believes things are going to get worse, especially when it comes to hospitalizations and deaths as we move forward in the weeks ahead. >> let's talk about the hospitalizations. i know there was a big problem in south florida in the miami-dade area with an uptick in hospitalizations/cases. >> reporter: it's hard to tell. the state is only reporting hospitalization numbers. we know about 9,500, 9,600 are hospitalized right now. but they're not breaking it down into icu usage, which are patients who are really, really sick and may not recover and regular hospital beds. the governor maintains there are beds available.

some counties who have only a few icu beds are out of those beds. but the real problem in the southern part of the state, miami-dade, is personnel. they're running thin on people to work in these hospitals, and so the governor had to contract 1 r 1,400 people go into the hospitals in south florida to help these overworked doctors, nurses, health care workers. so the state maintains icu units and hospital beds are still okay. the hospitals are not overrun in most place, but it's really staffing that's a problem. of course, as the number of cases continue to increase, 400,000 since this began, that could quickly change in the hospital, kendis. >> understand. chris pollone joining us. thank you. joining me now is a medical contributor for yahoo! news. she's the founder and ceu of

advancing health quality. thank you for joining us. we heard earlier kind of suggesting the virus is not contained in the south. in fact, in a phone call that was leaked, she mentioned 11 cities all over the country, so apaurjly it could be coming north as well soon. >> yes. it's very concerning what we're seeing in both the south and west. definitely uncontrolled sprechld we note as your reporter mentioned deaths are a lagging indicator. this is only going to get worse, especially if we're seeing icus reaching capacity and the need for health care workers to come to states like florida. so at this time where state leaders have to make a very tough decision about shutdowns.

>> and you know about it. some parts went down a little bit in some place this week. do you get a sense that within a few weeks or months we'll be back in lockdown in many states? >> i absolutely think so. i'm trying to think what our leaders of these states waiting for? what are they waiting for? we know that -- as i mentioned, deaths are a lagging indicator. we're only going to see more hospitalization, more health care workers, more ventilators. i think the time is now. we have to make some hard decisions that that's what dr. fauci kind of hinted to and others were saying. you know what? we need a national lock jouchblt let's do it for three weeks and it will help our improving outlook on these cases. there's also a new report from the cdc of those who never had to go to the hospital but have coronavirus, have symptoms that are lingering for days, weeks,

possibly months. do researchers have an idea yet whether it may lead to lasting damage? >> we're seeing it last longer in older patients than younger patients. i've been seeing patients with fatigue, persistent cough, and shortness of breath months after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. i think we're going to see longer lasting symptoms and how it will impact their lives. >> and we have to talk about schools. the cdc released its latest school guidelines as seen by the white house, which is encouraging students to get back to in-school learning but to wear masks, social distance, work in pods. are you comfortable with that? >> okay. so all of that would work if these schools were in communities with very low positivity rates.

is the case for very, very few cities and states. and so right now, even if you were to put those preventive measures in place in schools, if the transmission rate is still high in the community, it's not safe for students to go back to school and for teachers and staff to be there. it's not. >> it's tough for parents trying to make decisions coming up. >> i know. "the wall street journal" is reporting the coronavirus measures have all but wiped out the flu in the southern hemisphere. places like chile, south africa. could that be an indication of the flu season to come to the u.s.? >> it may or may not be. what these countries if the southern hemisphere have done, people wore masks, they had very strict lockdowns, they restricted travel from the northern hemisphere. that's how they were able to get the virus under control.

here we are in the country where there are varying rules regarding masks and lockdown. we won't see the low numbers of flu because we're not following preventive measures consistently as those countries in the southern hemisphere have been doing for months. >> very interesting. you have been following their cases and they have locked down and have a successful casebook indeed. doctor, if there's one state not getting enough attention about the potential for a real downturn, where would that be? >> i would say -- i keep hearing things about south dakota, about cases going up there maybe because the population is quite low overall, you know, we're not hearing much about it. but i think we need to pay attention to those states, especially in the midwest and western part of the country. >> i planned a road trip to

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mayor, jack bradley. it seems to be, i would almost describe it as purple. it's gone back and forth. 2016 called for president trump and 121 votes for hillary. we have current blue. we'll see how it goes in this election. but, mayor, let's start with this decision when it comes to covid. you started your year in office, january 20th, 2020. what a year to begin. >> yeah. it was a very exciting year and march came and everything changed. >> everything changed. how has the county been coping so far? >> well, you know, in the city of lorain, we've been doing very, very well. we closed our city hall early, closed our city offices early. we had a mask requirement for anyone coming into our city hall. we did screening. we do temperature checks. we do all of the normal screening questions. and we've been very lucky.

we had the first case in lorain county in our lorain police department. he quarantined. we quarantined the officers who had any kind of contact with him, and so far we've had no other cases in our lorain city hall, and so we've been lucky. >> reporter: that's really good especially as compared to some of your neighbors. let me ask you. the mask mandate, you instituted one sooner than that. have you received any pushback from voters or are people not understanding that there was any kind of uniform policy from the state prior to today? >> i had very limited complaints. one attorney did not want to wear a mask in lorain city hall. he actually got into our lorain city hall into one of our courtrooms. the judge found out about it and actually threatened him and said if he comes back into lorain

city hall without a face mask, he's going to turn him into the bar association. most citizens have cooperated. they understand that having a barrier or building up the layers between yourself and another citizen helps to prevent the spread of the disease. >> that's right. i protect you. you protect me. >> absolutely. >> mercy hospital here, one of the main employers for the county, whyou had tents set up. what's the state now? >> they're doing very, very good. i have a good relationship with the ceo of the hospital, and i've been in constant contact with him. when it first happened, i assist him with setting up triage tents. they were ready for a surge. thank god it never happened, but they were prepared, and they still are actively prepared in case any kind of surmg does happen. >> let's talk about the election

now, mayor. one of the key voting issues for lorain county is going to be the economy. how is that going to affect everyone. automotive and others have seen major losses. >> definitely. we depended on u.s. steel, republic steel, and ford motor company for the bulk of our jobs and all the ancillary jobs. we've lost those jobs. we're now turning to tourism, restaurants, hotel, bringing people to a beautiful location like this. and i've been in some talks with republic steel. they want to reopen the plant, but we need a tariff policy that encouraging buying u.s. and not buying foreign. if we could get a good policy in place, i think we could bring some jobs back for republic steel. >> i will say, kendis, as i send

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another round of coronavirus relief is delayed and now millions of americans are bracing for a financial cliff as the first of several covid-19 protections ends.

the federal eviction moratorium expiring overnight and next week, the $600 boost in unemployment is expected to run out as well. the senate republicans are expected to release the new bill next week after struggling to nail down final details with the white house. the white house speaker nancy pelosi is blasting republicans for inaction months after the house passed their own relief bill and plan. that was back in may. joining me now is nicholas ruiz. nicholas, it was a busy week on capitol hill. first, trump lost the fight for payroll tax cut. now the white house delayed the package again telling senate republicans it wants to review it first. what is still being hammered out right now? do they have the impact it is having on tens of millions of people? >> good morning, kendis. the main issue is the dispute

with the white house and congressional republicans about the extending the unemployment benefits. they want to extend it, but it is a question of how they do so. the proposal is cap it at 70% of wages. another is to lower the overall amount. that is the main hold up. that is still sorted out. we did not get any bill text this week. this kicks into next week. this is when unemployment benefits will start running out in states. this will cause issues for people as unemployment creeps back up again. can they pay bills and make rent? >> we noticed this past thursday where it went up again. the number of people claiming unemployment benefits. you have the extra $600 a week that is expiring next friday. i know on capitol hill they have been negotiating with the democrats and republicans and try to come to a sweet spot. i believe they are down to possibly $400 a month extra for

folks. where are they? >> it's still really fluid. both sides said they want and open to changes in the formula. there are so proposals to bring it down to as low as an extra $200 per week. i mentioned proposals to cap it at 70% of benefits. it is hard to implement. the number is still very much in flux. it leaves a lot of people in the lurch. >> it does. what will it take for many of the lawmakers to say, yes, we need to do something. we notice in many of our larger cities an increase in homeless population. so many people going hungry as a result of this. many people who won't be able to afford august rent. how could this delay actually in relief impact many of the politicians? >> i think where we might see some impact here is among people

that are up for re-election this year particularly in swing state republicans. you see messages from progressive groups trying to unseat them about the inaction so far on a new stimulus bill. if they start to feel the heat on that, that might cause movement. they only gave themselves another week or so before the potential move for a recess. >> nicholas wu, thank you. a buffer with protesters and federal agents in portland. howmoms is making a difference as the demonstrators are amped up in the city.

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first up on msnbc, troubling new numbers from the surge of covid-19. millions left in limbo as federal aid packaged is delayed. boys of summer are back. just who is sitting in the stands? who are those people? those lucky -- oh, wait. those aren't people. 101 days until the election. how the race is shaping up in the battleground states. good morning. it is saturday, july 25th. i'm kendis gibson. we begin with with the breaking news this morning. overnight clashes