and isn't this story, as the woman said, perfectly in keeping with the year we're having so far? that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. on behalf of my colleagues, good night. in hot spot. another record-breaking day for coronavirus and hot spots. also nancy pelosi issues a man daut for face masks to be worn in the house chamber after congressman louie gohmert tested positive. we're going to show you what he was doing in the committee room the day before the test. and leaders of tech companies get a lesson by both parties on the hill.

good morning, everybody, it is thursday, july 30th, and i'm yasmin vossoughian. as coronavirus deaths swell to well over 150,000 people in the united states, the raging hot spots of california, florida, and texas all reported their highest single-day fatalities yesterday. the golden state hit more than 185 deaths and nearly 9,000 new cases. florida, at least 216 people died, surpassing its previous high from just one day earlier, and according to the agency for health care administration, 51 hospitals in the state are out of space in their icus. miami-dade county public schools, the country's fourth largest school district, announced the students will begin their academic year remotely next month. all of this happening while more states reissue restrictions. starting tomorrow maryland will require residents to wear a mask

outdoors where social distancing is not possible. michigan will restrict social distancing to ten people and close bars to indoor service. meanwhile the mandatory list has now grown to 34 u.s. states plus washington, d.c. and a new report says it's time for the u.s. to set rew a response for the virus. they say this. despite initial declines in cases, the may of 2020, following implementation of stringent stay-at-home orders, cases are surging in most states. the number of deaths have been rising in many states with hospital rates for covid now again matching or exceeding numbers at the peak in new york city in march and april. hospitals are under pressure or approaching a crisis in many places around the country. this resurgence is stressing many sectors of society from businesses to education to health care.

unlike many countries in the world, the united states is not currently on course to get control of this epidemic. it is time to reset. the recommendations are not new. among them, close high-risk activity, bolster ppp supply chains and contact tracing. sounds familiar, right? the government needs to december ig nate quarterbacks. hopkins says this. leaders and stakeholders at all levels, federal, state, and local, will need to contribute commitment, add technical expertise insights and funding to make it possible. and the headlines sum up the latest fearmongering tweet. trump plays on racist fears of terrorized suburbs to court white voters. the president spoke yesterday in

texas. >> you know, the suburbs, people fight all of their lives to get into the suburbs and have a beautiful home. there will be no more low income housing forced into the suburbs. i abandoned and took away, rescinded the rule. it's been going on for years, i've seen con flukt for years. it's been hell for suburbia. >> the remarks come after a series of tweets by the president yesterday afternoon where he wrote this, i'm happy to inform all of the people living their suburban lifestyle dream, that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood. your housing prices will go up based on the market i have rescinded the rule.

house speaker nancy pelosi has now made mask wearing mandatory for anybody on the house floor. the new policy came just hours after texas republican ko congressman louie gohmert tested positive for the virus. everyone will be required to wear face covering while on the chamber floor except when they're recognized to speak. >> pursuant to house bill 965, members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the hall of the house except that members may remove their masks temporarily when recognized. the chair expects all members an staff to adhere to this requirement as a sign of respect for the health, safety, and well being of others present in the chamber and surrounding areas.

>> so pelosi also said masks will be available for anybody who forgets theirs and failure to comply will be a, quote, serious breach of decor rum and could result in their removal from the chamber floor. i want to talk more about louie gomen, the republican congressman who tested positive shortly before he was scheduled to fly with the president to texas yesterday. he has defied wearing masks. it's reported that lawmakers are angry and frustrated at their colleague. this video of gohmert right before tuesday's hearning with attorney general bill barr shows him with a bandanna often his neck, not covering his face as you can see there. he's seen talking to colleagues, roaming around, touching a flag,age at one point is seen even wiping his nose. this is just one day before he tested positive for the virus. it is unclear how long he had

been infected. the justice department says the attorney general who had a brief encounter with gohmert on tuesday has tested negative. after reporting the news of gohmert's positive test, jake sherman tweeted the out, jake, thank you for letting us know louie tested positive. when you write your story, can you include the fact that louie requires full staff to be in the office including three interns so we could be an example to america on how to open up safely. when probing the office, you might want to ask how often people were berated for wearing masks. joining me now for the "washington examiner," david mark. wow, that's an interesting email to be sharing to say the least, that folks were possibly berated in gohmert's office for actually wearing masks and now, in fact, we see he has tested positive. so talk me through, david. by the way, good morning to you.

>> good morning. >> talk me through the reaction that you are hearing over congressman gohmert's testing positive for covid, and now you have the house speaker and her mandatory face mask rule. >> right. this is all kind of the logical conclusion of these different rules and reactions we've had up on capitol hill. there have been a swath of lawmakers -- not a lot of them, but a small amount of republican lawmakers who just have refused to wear masks. saw it in that video with the attorney general testimony just the other day. there were three or four of them. this has been going on for months. it's sad for everybody. of course, we wish congressman gohmert good health, but it's dangerous. i don't think speaker pelosi had any choice. it's kind of unfortunate it came to this, almost like an elementary school rule, but sometimes there's no other

choice. >> i also want to address "the new york times" report on the president. using racist fears to court votes. how do you think this is going to impact his 2020 campaign? it seems fairly transparent when you're looking at some of the polling why it is he is doing this because obviously someone has gone in his ear and said, look, you're not doing well in the suburbs, so the president is now playing on the fears of folks, the racist fears of folks. >> yeah. this is kind of an oldie but goody tactic that goes back to the 1960s t barry goldwater days when people were moving out to the suburbs in the years after world war ii, but the suburbs have changed an awful lot since trump was even developing housing, his family was. the suburbs, however you want to define them, are much more mixed

now, much more diverse like the rest of the country, so hard to see this one really benefiting. it is going to resonate with some people, but you might lose as many people, as many voters as you gain. >> all right. david mark, thank you. stay close. i will talk you do again in just a little bit. so the ceos of amazon, apple, facebook, and google faced tough questions about the companies' power. they tried to highlight that their companies offer beneficial tools in an industry of competition. a congressman questioned bezos that the company used third-party sellers to launch competing products. >> does amazon ever access and use third-party seller data in making decisions and yes or no will suffice. >> i'm can't answer yes or number what i can tell you, we

have a policy using seller-specific data to aid our private label business, but i can't guarantee you that that policy has never been violated. >> and congressman jim jordan questi questioned pichai. >> is gookle going to taylor its features to help joe biden in the 2020 election? >> congressman, we approach our work -- we support both campaign strategies. we think political ads is an important part of free speech in democratic societies, and the endgame wiwe engage according to the law. >> you will not taylor your features in any way to specific lick help one candidate over another? what i'm concerned about is your helping joe biden over president trump. >> we won't do any work to

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welcome back. oregon governor kate brown says a deal has been reached over the federal officers who have been clashing with protesters in downtown portland. the governor says the agents will begin leaving today and police will assist in the protection of federal property, but acting director of homeland security says they'll remain on standby until they believe the police were suv lint protecting the courthouse. the plan calls for federal agents to remain inside a fenced in area after the original was

torn down by protesters over the weekend. also federal court officials are reviewing a been on future protesting for at least a dozen demonstrators arrested in portland as a condition for their release from jail. most were charged with a miss demean over failure to obey a lawful order. the ban reads this. t many added in some instances by u.s. magistrate john acosta who was not available for comment. a spokesman for the u.s. attorney in portland says his office did not ask for the bans. they were imposed entirely by the court. joining me now, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. judges here, it seems, danny, in this, seems to restrict them all the time. is it legal or constitution or

to say to folks you cannot protest? >> judges impose conditions on release all the time, and sometimes they're creative. sometimes they go too far. it's perfectly normal to issue a stay-away order, hey, you can't go near this victim or you can't go near this school where you went and spray painted a wall. that's normal. but judges cannot create conditions that are overbroad. and prohibiting somebody from protesting, whatever that means, anywhere in the state of oregon, is just far too overbroad. it doesn't even define exactly what the person can and cannot do. so that is an example of overreaching, and this is actually frighteningly not that uncommon. these are documents filled out quickly, with not a lot of thought. you see prosecutors are totally leaving the judge holding the bag by saying, well, we didn't ask for this, and secretly they probably liked those conditions, but now they're realizing

probably they went a little too far. >> so let's also talk about this deal that i laid out, this so-called deal as they're putting it, basically asking to remove the federal agents who are going to be now on standby, the governor essentially saying, we made this deal, they're leaving, and you have acting direct over home land secretary chad wolf saying this is contingent and we'll remain on standby, these federal forces. so what do you make of this deal overall? >> i say deal schmiel. the federal government has complete control over what it does in federal buildings. the government can complain about the feds being on the ground conducting general police activities because that is prohibited by the tenth amend. that is unconstitutional. the kbrongovernor and police hae ability, but when it comes to

federal buildings, the feds have exclusive authority and they can enter into a deal. if the governor wants to push back, they can say, we don't care what you say. we're going to those federal buildings, and there's nothing you can do about it. >> i've got another one for you, danny, but stand by. i want to take folks through it. the second of the four officers charged in the death of george floyd is moving to have the charges against him dismissed. roberts paul arguing that his client's charges should be dropped for lack of probable cause. thao had to know the others were going to commit a crime and also that thao intended to commit the actions. he says it disputes such a

finding. how likely is he to win this motion especially when you have multiple angles of camera footage showing him standing over george floyd's body and actually keeping folks from interfering when, in fact, they thought george floyd was strugen or not breathing? >> he's not likely to win mostly because determinations of probable cause are tough to beat it. goes beyond reasonable doubt. more likely than not. and most probable cause determination stand, even if challenged. the attorneys are challenging early on the government's evidence against their client, and it will be interesting because not only are they putting out the body cam, but they're also introducing policies and procedures, and those are going to be political battlegrounds in this case for

others like officer chalvin. it's a very common defense throughout history and we'll see fit works. it probably won't work. i can't see a judge not letting this go to trial. >> all right, danny. thank you. good to see you this morning. still ahead, everybody, florida closes all state-run covid testing sites due to a tropical storm. we'll have the full story on the system and its path. we'll be back. the system and its path. we'll be back.

welcome back. all state-run co-vd testing sites in florida are closing due to a tropical storm. according to health officials, these sites will close tonight and are not expected to reopen until tuesday.

as the system passes, the sites will reopen on a rolling basis. for the latest i want to go to meteorologist janessa webb as she's tracking the storm for us. janessa, what's expected here. >> good morning, yasmin. that's really tough to hear, but the federal officials are making the right call because the track continues to wobble south and north. this morning with the latest update from the national hurricane center, we're seeing tropical storm isaias, and it's moving up to 60 miles an hour. now, this formed around 11:00 last night, and it's really causing a lot of flooding right now for puerto rico, the outer bands of the system making their way through the leeward islands all the way into hispaniola. this is the latest track since 5:00 a.m. it's starting to intense five. then there's that kind of ocean track that we're going to see across the bahamas southeast of that, and now the latest track

potentially turns this into a category 1 hurricane. it will be a close call, but you can see it's more toward the north now compared to yesterday. we have five states that are potentially in the path of this storm system. still there's a ton of time. there's still a lot of uncertainty, but there's that potential for the storm system to intensify. dominican republic all the way into the southeast bahamas, they're under a tropical storm watch and warnings. i do think by this afternoon parts of the florida coastline, maybe into the panhandle possibly could see the storm watch go into effect. that is saying there's potential for that storm to go through. now, look at our models. this is an american model pretty much in agreement. from the latest update you can see from the bahamas it does keep it an ocean storm potentially gong out to sea. that's great news, and that's really what we're hoping for.

as i said, there's a ton of time. what you can count on for the florida coast to miami, jacksonville, florida, even into raleigh, north carolina, you are going to see the high risk of damaging winds. so, you know, we still have a lot of tiemt with the storm system. the unfortunate situation is puerto rico, yasmin, does not need any more rain or another storm to go through it, an also the bahamas are on our radar. >> yeah. thank you so much, janessa. really thinking about those folks there right now as they batten down the hatches. still ahead, everybody, new reporting after the president's revealing interview with axios in which he explains why he did not ask vladimir putin about the intex of the bounty of u.s. soldiers and a final farewell to congressman john lewis. we're back in a moment. arewell o congressman john lewis we're back in a moment

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin this half hour with new reporting on the heels of axios's interview with the president in which he acknowledged not confronting russia about the intel it showed the bounty for killing u.s. soldiers. according to "the daily beast" russia warned if they end up paying. the secret warnings were issued through diplomatic channels after reports surfaced of u.s. intelligence on the russian bounties. since "the new york times" first

broke the story last month, mark esper, secretary of the joint chiefs mageneral mark milley ha disputed the reports. also the united states is set to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from germany, and what the white house is calling a strategic repositioning of its forces in europe. about 6,400 troops will be sent home with the rest moving to other nato countries including italy and belgium. the president said it was. >> n response to meeting targets on defense spending. [ indiscernible ] >> germany's delinquent. they haven't paid their fees. they haven't paid their nato fee. they're way off. they've been way off for years and they have no intention of paying it, and the united states has been taken advantage of on

trades and on military and on everything else for many years, and i'm hour, and i've been straightening it out. but germany owes billions and billions of dollars to nato. and why would we keep all of our troops there. >> all right. so according to the "associated press," the future of the plan is uncertain since it relies on funding from congress and members have voiced opposition to it. lawmakers have pushed back saying it's a gift to russia. the move also promotes larger strategic goals to deter russia, reassure european allies, and shift forces farther east into the black sea and baltic regions. as school officials across florida continue to grapple with reopening classrooms amid the pandemic, a majority major group of pediatricians issued new

guidance aimed at redoing risks to children and teachers. according to the chapter of american academy of pediatrics, some of the recommendations include this, staggering start times to students, keeping kids in cohorts throughout the school day, enfors strict hand washing requirements, disinfecting classroom surfaces every day, and keeping children and teachers six feet apart. governor ron desantis continues to defend his decisions to mandate public schools to reopen in august this. is coming amid reports of a surge in children being hospitalized in florida. just this week, new data showing the rate is up more than 20%. also negotiations on a new coronavirus relief bill have stalled on capitol hill as federal unemployment benefits are set to expire tomorrow. a meeting between top white house officials and democratic leaders ended with no agreement on the moratorium, on the

evictions, or the $600 of weekly jobless payments which some 20 million americans are looking to lose. at issue is a short-term fix in the benefits proposed by republicans but shot down by democrats. the senate gop bill proposed just $200 a week until the states can put in a new system before unemployment. however, democrats want to extend the jobless payment at its current level. the two parties are also far apart on the overall bill while the gop is beset by inside fighting over the proposal. democrats are sticking with the house's $3 trillion package. the rest of it, we're so far apart, we don't care. we really don't care. meanwhile senate minority leader chuck schumer said this. our republican friends don't seem to come close. the moment they put us up against the wall we have two cliffs because they wouldn't negotiate for months.

joining me once again political analy analyst, david mark. there's infight going on within the republican party especially when you have folks up for re-election in november inside the republican party who want a bigger deal, bigger relief package who want to keep that extra $600 unemployment payment in place, so i think the easy question here is where do things go from here when you have folks looking to run out of this money as of tomorrow? >> yes. there's a real split among senate republicans. some of them do want to give these more generous benefits like the democrats do, the $600 per week, the extra unemployment money. there's about half of senate republicans, though, who say at least they don't want to do anything. the government's already provided too much, that people

should be on their own, and that this is eating into the debt, national debt and deficit and we can't dig a fiscal hole any further. in a sense, that gives democrats more leverage here because it means the final bill, if there is to be one, is probably going to be closer to what they want. but it's not clear at all either side is going to give democrats and the house seem willing to walk off a cliff here, play this out through the election, and paint republicans as the bad guy, the stingy one, the grinches who are not going help in the country's time of need. i can't be optimistic about where things are going right now. >>al we had this interview with jonathan swan hearing the president saying he never raised the issue of russia's taliban bounties with vladimir putin in his conversation with him. since this -- since this intelligence possibly hit the president's desk in the

presidential daily briefing back in february, i believe, he's had eight conversations with vladimir putin between then and now and the entire time not raising this issue. what reaction are you hearing from this? >> well, certainly democrats on capitol hill are very worried about this. they've been pressing trump to be much more aggressive with putin for years now. what's interesting, though, we're starting to hear pushback from either republicans, the senate, the house arms services committee, ore others who are saying, why is this not coming up. what did the president know about this when he was briefed, when he was not briefed. so the more the pressure comes from trump's own side, the republican aisle, the more it may affect things. there's no reason to believe he's going to raise it with putin. for whatever reason, it just doesn't seem to be on the president's agenda. >> all right.

the "washington examiner's" david mark. thank you. good to see you this morning. still ahead, everybody, three former presidents are expected to attend the funeral of late congressman john lewis in atlanta today. those details are coming up. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. ing joe" is back in a moment. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days.

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welcome back. the body of congressman john lewis returned to the u.s. senate. moving through the streets, lewis's hearse paused briefly at the mural with the word "hero." in a short ceremony before the public was invited to view the casket, the governor spoke about the icon. >> he bill a reputation along

the way and good trouble that led to real change inspired the country and changed this world. no matter where you go, everyone knows the name of john lewis. and more importantly, they know his record of standing up, speaking out, and shaking up the status quo. >> he was calling upon america to be america again in his words and his deeds. i was deeply moved a couple of days ago when his chief of staff michael collins shared with me that the congressman was intently watching the news of atlanta and proud of the leadership that's been shown. and so, governor, when the good trouble continues, know that it is with the blessings of congressman john lewis. >> and former president barack obama is expected to eulogize lewis at his funeral in atlanta

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welcome back. major economic news from the fed, the latest gdp report and weekly jobs report also expected to paint a grim picture of the u.s. economy. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum is joining us from london. good morning. given us the latest. >> first of all, the gdp numbers are going to be watching closely. the u.s. suffered the biggest economic decline since we began

tracking the data, that's since world war ii we're talking about. the economy affected by 30% in the last three months. in terms of the hit, most of this pullback is likely due to a lack of spending. with the lockdowns in place, people have not shopped as they normally would. the jobless claims are due out later on today. last week we saw jobs soar. this caused a concern among the investment community because a lot of people believed the worst was behind us, and when it comes to the work and the pandemic. we're going to be closely watching to see if we see another uptick this week. and then the federal reserve yesterday concluded a two-day policy meeting, and they kept interest rates on hold, which was expected near record lows, but they did warn that the fate of the u.s. economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus, so basically saying

it's impossible to separate the economic recovery from the health crisis, so really drawing a link between those two parts of the u.s. back to you. >> let's also talk about america's biggest tech companies' ceos being questioned by congress over their marketing power. how did that go over? >> well, firstly, it was a marathon hearing. it lasted for more than five hours, and this is where we saw four of the biggest ceos grilled. one of the most intense, most memorable parts of the hearing, i think, is when mark zuckerberg of facebook was pressed by lawmakers on whether he ever threatened to clone a company he was trying to acquire, so putting a spotlight on facebook's company instagram. another moment was when amazon's jeff bezos was grilled around

whether the company uses data from third-party sellers to inform its own product creation. now, interestingly we actually saw tech shares rally yesterday, so investors not shaken by this grilling, but if you talk the industry closely, they say this is just the beginning. this hearing yesterday was by no means the end of the road for the tech companies. it's going to be a long road and there could be a wide range of legal action taken against these companies in the future. so this is a space you want to continue to watch. >> julianna tatelbaum live from london for us. thank you so much. good to see you this morning. up next a look at axios' one big thing. coming up on "morning joe," miami mayor francis suarez will be our guest. and also to discuss the negotiations in congress, dick

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ginsburg was admit today the hospital yesterday. last summer she was treated for a cancerous tumor and underwent surgery in late 2018 for lung cancer. she was also hospitalized earlier this year for treatment of gal stones and underwent a treatment at john's hopkins in may for a benign infection. the justice is resting comfortably and expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the week according to a spokesperson. joining me now with a look at axios a.m. editor in chief, nicholas johnston. great to see you, give us one big thing today. >> today's one big thing, trump's ember strategy.

this is a change in focus that the administration will be rolling out this week. they're calling it an ember strategy, looking to where they see embers of a coronavirus flare up, address more resources for full fledged fires. the strategy involves more personal protective equipment and supplies to cities, and testing and tracing up about 10%. dispatching dr. birx and dr. fauci to those areas. best behaviors and change in practice to try to slow down spreads in individual cities. they're worried about hot spots. now they're starting to stable out, so where they can see flare-ups is what they're focused on now. they're focussing more on

opening and treatment. as the president talks about vaccines, treatments. that's a big focus for him, as well as getting the economy reopened. >> you just briefly mentioned this by axios reporting coronavirus infections in the united states are beginning to decline after we had a summer of sharp increases. >> right. >> do you think the numbers are going to continue to decline or are we going to have maybe a month or so of decline and then another wave? we're still inside wave one and all things considered it's likely we're headed to a wave two. >> that's the outstanding question right now. this is probably the best looking map we've had in ten or 11 weeks. it's still belied a little bit by the numbers still being high after the huge spikes earlier in the summer.

but places like arizona and texas, which were big hot spots earlier in the summer seeing those start to go down. however, in florida and california there are still worrying signs. those are still trending forward. and then the big thing, is there going to be a flare-up. new jersey, they have started to take a turn for the worse and in d.c. we have seen cases tick up. that's the challenge the trump administration is talking about. even if you have success in tamping down the virus in some places you have to be vigilant if places let their guards down. >> the public view of almost ever industry has improved since the beginning of the pandemic, what do you mean? >> another instance of our harris poll, asked tens of thousands of americans about

their opinion of 100 most visible companies right before the pandemic and after. the trust in companies was raised almost completely across the board. when people saw the government wasn't doing what they should be doing to address the pandemic, trust in companies shot up, some of them, like hospitals and doctors shot up. but companies we had engagement with during the shutdown, household names, proctor and gamble and hershey, grocers who stayed open. number one company on the chart this year is core, i think that's a great illustration of what people had with cleanliness and products to beat back the virus. >> can we touch on scoop from

jonathan swan in the interview pressing the president on why he didn't confront vladimir putin on the bounties, what fallout are you seeing or hearing from this? >> the condemnation from the democrats was swift. what was interesting looking for cracks in facade from republicans. we're getting a handful of those on the hill. the failure of trump to press him on that. this is something we find all the time when the president has done something controversial. it'll change the opinion of republicans who have walked with him on rock solid steps. there isn't a huge outcry but, of course, some republicans who are interested in this getting into this, which the president would take a harder line on the reports of the bounties. >> thank you, good to see you, my friend. i'll be reading axios a.m. in

just a little bit. you can read the newsletter at signup.axios.com. that does it for me, i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. i can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on, keeping it in place, i might have put some germs, some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in, i don't know. but i got it. we'll see what happens from here. >> you don't get it from the mask, actually. >> louie. >> you don't get it from the mask. you wear the mask so you don't give it to other people. >> but congratulations on walking around louie not wearing masks, doing the thing doctors tell you will give you the coronavirus. >> and spread it. >> and spread coronavirus. and then getting