>> we begin with the coronavirus pandemic and the growing fears. health officials urge americans to avoid large crowds. in california, take a look at l.a. people crowding the sand. it was a similar state in orange and san diego counties as a heat wave to bring temperatures in southern california well into the triple-digits. and on the east coast, take a look at myrtle beach, south carolina. and cape may, new jersey. both expecting a busy day. amanda golden is live in seaside heights. how are things shaping up where you are? >> reporter: jeff, things are just getting started but the weekend has been fairly crowded. the boardwalk and the beaches have been drawing a fair amount of people out. very full beaches and boardwalks and folks coming out and this is

a community hard hit by the economic crisis associated with the covid-19 pandemic. and speaking with local businesses, they're trying to make up for a lot of the loss profit by elongating the summer season. there was a decision in the community to keep the beaches open through the month of september to hopefully charge to have lifeguards here and offset the losses, about 40% less than this time last year. so hearing about how hard hit they were stuck with me. take a listen to what they told me. >> we need this weekend and every other weekend in september. there is no way that we could possibly do what we need to do by being closed as long as we were and then open up as late as we did. so i think most of us are grateful that we're open. >> if we've through hurricane sandy and fires and we'll get

through this and come out stronger on the other side. >> reporter: with the community having gone through so much they're looking to try to offset the losses and going beyond the last hooray after labor day weekend. and if the weather can cooperate and they could continue to have a summer season, there will be some offset to keep the businesses going indoors here. but that does further compound the problem of the economic boost with the potential rift of covid-19 spikes and warnings like from dr. fauci seeing what comes out of the summer holiday weekends. >> i know some businesses have had to weigh whether or not they could open even though the season is extended. are you hearing there is a return of customers toward the rate that they would have hoped for in the height of summer maybe in a non-covid year.

>> reporter: hearing some of the return of customers in the final few weeks of summer. but hearing about from the governor's implication of the season, it was very difficult for the businesses. so in the last few weeks of summer season they've been seeing more of a profit. the mayor told me one major business had to fully close tor the season and that is due to be a largely indoor dining setup. so most of the businesses here on the boardwalk which do bring out people for the outdoor nature, whether it is arcade games or sitting outside at restaurants. >> and it looks like the beautiful weather with cooperate. live in sea side heights new jersey, thanks, amenda. after a night of unrest in several cities, in portland, oregon, police and protesters fired incendiary devices at oech

other overnight. the march was declared a riot officials as soon as it began. police blocked the crowd from marching and used pepper balls an tear gas to break up gatherings. in louisville, kentucky, where breonna taylor was killed, tension was charged as some came face-to-face with black lives matter protesters and before the running of the kentucky derby. this is 146th year. black lives matter protesters marched to churchill downs before the big race. in st. paul, minnesota, a press for charges to be filed against police officers involved in the breonna taylor killing. in los angeles, large crowds protested the killing of dijon kissy, pulled over on a bike and shot 20 times in the back by

sheriff's deputies. and here in washington, d.c. last night, tense moments outside of a police station as officers and protests came face-to-face. demonstrators are propertying the police killing of 18-year-old deon kay. [ crowd chanting ] and this was in rochester, new york, last night, on day four of the demonstration over the death of daniel prude. protesters angry it took five months for police to release body cam video of the incident. the scene getting dangerous through. they use the flashbangs and tear gas to break up protests. it took place hours after the new york attorney general announced a grand jury will be convened into prude's death.

for the latest let's go to kathy park in rochester, new york. and what the latest on the ground after a fourth night of unrest? >> reporter: good afternomornin you. another night of unrest in the rochester area. there were nine arrests according to police and three officers were injured and that tension was centered in the downtown area and also right in front of the public safety building which we are at right now. so there were according to police were agitators in the group launching fireworks, rocks and bottles toward officers and the officers responded with tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. and all of this agitation and frustration and anger, quite frankly, stems from the body cam footage released this week that demonstrators say that they are upset and outraged that it took so long for the footage to be released. they want accountability for the

officers that were involved and they said the suspension just isn't enough. we spoke with a lot of demonstrators yesterday. here is their message. take a listen. >> i think for me it is just being unified to matter who and what you are and what you've done because it doesn't matter. like i feel more importantly about how people are trying to say the moments that led up to us an in the moment's time everything could change and after the fact we want to come together to make a change when the change should be in day in and day out and every moment and when we step outside because when you have friends and family we don't know if they'll make it home. >> reporter: now, a lot of agencies are reviewing this case. but the attorney general's office is taking the lead. but yesterday we learned that they have asked a grand jury to

also review that case as well. seven officers have been suspended with pay. that is coming down from the mayor's office. but demonstrators and others in the community say that isn't enough. they want the officers involved to be prosecuted and fired and asking for the police chief and the mayor to step down. corey. >> kathy, thank you. turning now to the election with 58 days to go, the biden campaign is hitting the campaign trail this labor day. joe biden is planning a trip to harrisburg, pennsylvania, tomorrow. and kamala harris travels to wisconsin for her first campaign event as the vice presidential nominee on the democratic side. marianna sotomayor joins us from washington. good morning. how are the candidates shifting from the virtual trail to the real campaign trail? >> reporter: well, geoff, the biden campaign is excited and

feeling confident they could make that transition. of course, the first test of this unconventional campaign trail started back in march where many critics doubts that the campaign to take off given they didn't have a blueprint for how to run a virtual campaign. touting that success is the reason why they're pushing back on criticism of now whether it is too late or too son to the finish line for the biden team to be traveling and going to battleground states in person. we saw them ramp that up last week with the former vice president traveling to pennsylvania, giving her remarks in wilmington, delaware and also to wisconsin. in harrisburg, he will meet with union leader this is labor day. and the day after on tuesday heading straight to michigan. we're still waiting to hear what he'll be doing. but he was meeting with auto

workers and talking to the community and a similar theme that he continues to do virtually ending the week in shanksville, pennsylvania, where he will be commemorating those victims on 9/11, rubbing elbows with the president who is heading there himself. and the president will be going there still facing backlash for those disparaging comments he made against soldiers. and the biden campaign is really hammering that message and using it to remind people as to why they believe that the president is not fit for office. take a listen to a new video that they put out yesterday where they allowed service members to speak for themselves as to why they decided serve abroad. >> when president donald trump canceled a visit. >> he said why should i go to that cemetery. >> it is filled with losers. >> it is fills with heroes. >> trump refers for the 1800

marines as suckers for getting killed. >> you can't love the military and call someone who got killed a sucker. >> reporter: of course, those are some of the messages that we'll be hearing as the week kicks off. you mentioned kamala harris taking her first trip as the vp pick to wisconsin tomorrow. but i do want to mention just because there is a ramp up of seeing candidates on the ground, doesn't mean that the campaign is abandoning the virtual campaign trail. a perfect schedule to complement that is dr. jill biden who is continuing her back-to-school tour this week, stopping physically in minnesota. but also virtually visiting four battleground states talking to teachers and the need to safely reopen schools. so that is more or less the weeks will look like for not only the candidates himself but also senator kamala harris and both of their spouses. back to you guys.

>> marianna, quick question for you. how does the campaign keep joe biden safe when he's on the road. president trump travels in a sec ear covid tested bubble every time we are close to the president, we get covid tests to keep him safe. the campaign doesn't have that same infrastructure, the same number of covid rapid tests as the white house does. and the joe biden is in the high risk group, how is the campaign keeping him safe? >> reporter: that is right. the press corp with him is still at an arm's distance simply for that reason that you mentioned. we do not get the opportunity to be tested every single day that we go and cover him. however, biden has said himself that he is now finally got one covid test and will continue to do so regularly and you'll see that with senator kamala harris and their spouses when their traveling.

biden laid out to a question by mike mem olie about the risk that he taking, biden continues to consult with the medical expert team that he talks to on a regular basis about protocols that they are setting up like him traveling in his own charter, how that charter is cleaned between stops and obviously as the retail politician that biden is, it is very hard for him not to shake hands and not to try to talk to people at a close distance. so he needs those reminders to keep that safe six foot distance as much as possible because as he puts it, he's just trying to set a good example during the pandemic. >> great points. brilliant reporting from the biden beat. we appreciate you. nbc's maria anna sotomayor. it is been more than a month since the 600 a month unemployment relief package. but the top white house economic

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when the crisis started we all hopes few months with a shutdown would be followed by a rapid economic turn around. no one thought they would lose for job for good and see small businesses shut down. but that kind of recovery requires leadership. leadership we didn't have and still don't have. >> that is joe biden with a top to bottom takedown of president trump over the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. his criticism of the president's handling of the crisis is unfolding as president trump praises friday's new job numbers adding 1.4 million jobs and the unemployment rate dropping to 8.4%.

joining us john yarmouth. and i want to start with washington post reporting about the economy. because the headline there is this. it says one economy, two descriptions, biden said it is terrible, trump touts positive numbers. the way americans feel about the economy depends largely on where they sit. how do you feel about the overall economic pike rigcture now? >> well it is certainly mixed. i think we've seen a certainment after job returns. we know that the job numbers are distorted by the fact that there are about 240,000 census workers that are in those numbers. but i think what we have to think more about is what happens after we get past this health crisis. because there is going to be a permanent and lasting disruption of the economy as we know it. and this is going to man fest itself in many ways.

in my district we have a -- had a thriving convention business. are people going to conventions at the same rate that they have historically. tourism is going to be changed. we know commercial real estate is in for restructuring and because employers are saying it is not a bad thing when people can work from homes. so we're looking at a long-term recovery a recovery right now we have many out of work and the unemployment rate is double what it was before maufrp so we have a lot long way to go to and americans are in a existential threat right now. >> you're right. and there is a lot of hard work and heavy lifting and hard things to do be done about the long-term. and in the short-term, too. because there is another coronavirus relief package.

white house officials want another deal. democrats want a deal. but both sides, all sides because it is even senator republicans who have a different view, they can't agree on how to do it. and mitch mcconnell is now expressing doubt that a deal will be passed before the election. can americans afford to wait a couple more months for help? those tens of millions of americans who are out of work, who need the extends unemployment benefits they hear about bickering between the house and the white house and senate republicans and their eye blaze over. they need a deal. they need this aid. >> we definitely need a deal. we have small businesses, many tens of thousands across the country that are hanging on, waiting for the next wave of federal support. they are still in business only because of what we did in the cares act and we have many people, individuals in the same category who are barely hanging on because of the $600 a week supplement that we provided in

cares act. there is no economist outside of the white house and some people in the united states senate who don't think we need a significant new relief package that goes from everybody from fed chair jerome powell through some of the most conservative economists in this country. so yes, we need a deal. state and local governments are suffering. they need assistance. we know that 40% of renters are facing eviction right now. they need some help as well. so we definitely need help. and we need help to a lot greater extent than republicans seem willing to provide. >> yeah, i want to turn now to the protests taking place in you're home town of louisville. demonstrators demanding justice for breonna taylor and marched to churchill downs and on the screen there you see that happened yesterday outside of the running of the kentucky derby.

there were a large group of 2020 supporters squaring off with protesters. what is your reaction to what you've seen unfold and the way police there seem to have handled it? >> well, this is a continuing tragedy, breonna taylor should not be dead. and i am fully in support of the protesters who have been out there now for more than 100 days. i think even the police will admit from time to time they could have handled things better. there was a question yesterday of whether or not they were deployed too late to avoid an confrontation downtown. although the confrontation ended up being totally peaceful, just a lot of screaming at each other. but this is scary, when we have americans in our street yelling at each other, basically over a difference in politics and

policy. we are on the verge of at least a figurative world war in this country. we're seeing online and in the streets. and i have to lay a great deal of the blame on president trump and his insightful receiphetori refusing to condemn the actions of someone like kyle rittenhouse, callk a caravan of people who came to portland to shoot protesters with paint gun and pepper spray calling them patriots. this is the thing that exacerbates the tension and does not do anything to bring the country together. >> and in the moments that we have left i want to ask you about the news of the day here. the new report about michael cohen's book, president trump's long time fixer and attorney. there is some alleged remarks by

the president, how much do you make of that and does it have a cumulative affect with the reporting from the atlantic this week about the alleged comments about the u.s. war dead. one of the hallmarks of the trump administration so far has been his ability to skate from scandal to scandal and be relatively unscathed. his approval rating hovers around 40%. do you think this hits differently? >>, um, it should. certainly the comments that president trump apparently made about our great soldiers over time should i think disqualify him from office with many people. you know, i think we finally figured out where the deep state is and that is in the pentagon. these are people who are gravely fearful of having donald trump as commander-in-chief. and they understand that they cannot do their job properly would him in the white house.

so i think that's -- if there is a straw that breaks the camel's back in terms of trump's base, this should be it. but i think the piling off of books like michael cohen's and mary trumps and others probably fall on deaf ears with trump supporters and for those of us who are never trumpers, i think they just reinforce the opposition that we have to him in the white house. so probably those books probably don't change minds but i think the military allegations will change some minds. >> all right, congressman john yarmouth, good to see you this morning. ben someone crump will talk to alex witt today about his client's case. that interview coming up at 1:00 eastern here on msnbc. as we have been talking about all morning long, new today, more details emerging ahead of the release of a book from president trump's long time

lawyer and so-called fixer, michael cohen. as the congressman was commenting, "the washington post" got an early copy ahead of the tuesday release. in the book cohen describes alleged episodes of racism and said the president likes how putin runs russia. kelly o'donnell is live at the white house and what are you hear being the book today and how the white house might bush pack. >> reporter: the white house is trying to discredit michael cohen citing the crimes as a way to try to diminish the impact of this. but when you look at sweep of it, those of us covering president trump since he was a candidate, we were familiar with the presence of michael cohen. he worked at the trump organization for quite a long time in a capacity to help the president with legal matters and at times getting him out of jams like cohen describes making payments to two women who

claimed they had affairs with the president. the president denies that. and making payments to those women. stormy daniels, as she's known as stephanie clifford and karen mcdougal. lester holt had a opportunity to speak to cohen about the book coming out tuesday and try to get a sense of how this all plays with an election less than two months away now. and here is an excerpt of michael cohen talking with lester holt. >> do you think he'll win another term as president? >> donald trump will do anything and everything in which to win an i believe that includes manipulating the ballots, i believe that he would even go so far as to start a war in order to prevent himself from being removed from office. my biggest fear is that there will know about the a peaceful transition of power in 2020. >> reporter: now one of the things to note about michael cohen is that among many people who were pay art of president

trump's life at businessman trump, he was not brought into the administration. there were others who were a part of president's life who did come in, whether they include family members or other associates so michael cohen has not seen the president from the inside during his white house time but he had close access to president trump as a businessman and candidate and has been a witness in the room and can describe in his way many of the president's sort of attitudes and approach to things that may be applicable to the president we see in office today. that may be one lens through which to look at what michael cohen says. viewers will have to and readers will have to decide if they take him at face value giving credibility problems anz this is adding to what a large pile of books about president trump, many of them unflattering

portraits and the president has been dismissive of michael cohen of the last few years and no talk of him in the pardon category when we've seen that raised with a roger stone or comments about michael flynn where the president has been much more supportive. he's kept a distance from michael cohen for a couple of years now and that may make the book even more damaging or more revealing depending on how you look at it and how you read the anecdotes. >> and cohen do have the final line in his book saying that viewers now have all of the information they need to decide for themselves in november. coming out tuesday. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, thank you. surf, sun and sand amid the pandemic. the concerns about going to the beach this holiday weekend. how risky is it? w risky is it? look at that scuffed up wall. [ laughing ] staring at you. embarrassing you in front of your in-laws.

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beach, what are they doing to try to keep the numbers in check? >> reporter: good morning to you. officials are telling everybody a a simple rule. wear your macor face a $50 fine. and officials are hoping that the masking combined with social distancing could prevent what happened during the popular fourth of july weekend. a surge in cases that went statewide that these communities are just now moving on from. it is the holiday weekend with a catch. labor day parties, bearbecues ad beach trips during covid. >> wearing a mask, avoiding close contact and avoiding crowds and doing whatever you could do outdoors as opposed to indoors. if we do that, we should get through the weekend okay. >> reporter: for those taking to the air, trip puts florida as the number one destination with a package at shouj beach early. >> to have the chair, the phone, the speaker, the sun, that is

all i could really ask for. >> if we weren't in a pandemic, what would the beach be looking like? >> crazy. it would be a lot more full for sure. >> reporter: social distancing part of the plan. the city of miami beach telling everybody to mask up an mandating a 10:00 p.m. curfew. >> there is still a division in the nation and certainly over wearing of masks and other things so it is a real challenge. >> reporter: for businesses, an economic challenge. miami minus the night life seeing fewer visitors. now hotels are doubling down to make sure customers feel safe. >> after the housekeepers clean the room, after the supervisors inspect the room, then you have another employee that goes in and disinfected and sanitizes the whole entire room again. >> reporter: it is the new normal until a vaccine is available. even now warning signs. in a recent poll two-thirds of americans won't take a vaccine when it comes out fearful it is

been done too fast. according to the "wall street journal" three will pledge not r to release a vaccine until it is safe and effective. for now everyone could do their part to keep case numbers in check. and those case numbers here are certainly encouraging. we know that the positivity rate here in miami-dade county, 5%. that is down from 25% just a month or so ago. cori. >> the last thing you want to see it do is rise again. morgan chesky live in miami beach. and joining us now a pediatric emergency medicine and a beo defense and public health expert. doctor, welcome in. tanks for being with us this morning. it is a holiday weekend. every holiday weekend so far in this era of covid has been concerned because of super

spreader events and this feel different than july 4th. we have kids back in school and more cases around the country. as a pediatrician, does this concern you more, is there an elevated level of concern? >> yes. good morning. thank you for having me. yes, this is definitely concerning and also the fact that people are actually mixing now and pools are opening. so we have had that. early part of the summer we didn't have that. we didn't have in mixing in school. there were people that were congregating, so wherever there is congregating and people are gathering for events or whatever, i don't care whatever the event is, we've gone through this drill enough times now, over 200 days into this covid pandemic in the u.s. that we should know now if you're attending mass gathering or a group event, that the risk is high. if you're not wearing a mask, the risk is high.

and those are the things we want to pass on to people. >> if feels like we should say a full wave. i don't know if the next one is considered a third wave, at any race, the cases going back up in the fall and the timing of that. right now it is believed that they could start to rise before election day and then crest weeks later. what is your take on the timing for anything that we might see in the fall? >> so, good point. i'm not a fan of the waves definition at this time. it kind of basically was taken out of the water in the beginning because we've had multiple little fires as i've described it over a period of time in different areas and it will continue to be like that. there has not been anyplace in the united states where we've had zero cases of transmission or covid cases over a 14-day period. so technically i won't say that there is a wave that has been suppressed. new york is probably the best example with their positivity

rate being so low in the 1% or less than 1% area. for the time, for the fall, winter, i'm thinking probably late oct, or maybe even earlier we may start to see the rise because we've had gathering and schools open and our flu viruses and other fall/winter viruses that tend to occur during this time. so this is the dreaded concern of seeing this as many of my colleagues have been since march and we've been saying what will that second wave look like. >> and let's piggy back off what you said for the flu coming up this season and the potential collision of both of these. how early is too early to get a flew shot or is it too early to get your kids flu shot. >> get your flu shot now. you should have gotten them a couple of weeks ago. any kids under 2, get them vaccinated and elderly patients,

over 65, those are the highest risk and everybody should get it. you wab to try to eliminate flu off the table as an emergency physician and a pediatric emergency physician in adults and kids. there are things that we have to get off the table. do you have the flu or covid and you could have both at the same time, doesn't mean you can't, but you want to eliminate those risks for those with chronic medical conditions, those are the major concerns, yeah. >> strong words from dr. daniel feboye with us this morning from the buy odefense and public health expert. thank you. >> my pleasure. why do conspiracy theories spread like wildfire in this country. let's get a brief lesson from ali velshi in studio, next. i vet are you one of the millions of americans

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welcome back. it is final now to see what is come up today on velshi. >> ali velshi is here. we have a special hour planned. tell us about it. >> it is good to see you both. we have a special called the disinformation epidemic. we're going to spend an hour from account a.m. to 10:00 a.m. from our colleagues from the tech unit, brandy and ben, i call them swamp dwellers because they spend their time in the deep dark corners of the internet but it is now become

mainstream. we have more than a few candidates running for federal office, some of whom might get elected this fall. would peddle if conspiracy theories like qanon. we have a president who peddles in this stuff too. and there is all sorts of disinformation spewing around the internet into your lives whether you want it or not. the problem right now, jeff and cori, we have 56, 59 days away from an election and this is affecting turnout and registration and information. we're going to spend an hour talking to experts, talking about ways in which you could fight this off yourself and keep your family and friends safe from disinformation epidemic at 9:00 a.m. >> this is must watch at 9:00 a.m. on velshi. coming up right here at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. coming up, kpimichael cohen book comes out on thursday. how concerned should the white

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58 days until the election. the white house on the defense against in ant is pation michael cohen's book. the president's lawyer s book the president's lawyer for mcclatchey in the 2016 campaign, trump dismissive of people of color, describing them as notes my people and never getting the hispanic vote, according to michael cohen, on russia cohen alleges that his sycophantic praise of the russian leader began as a way to suck up and ensuring access to

the oligarch's money after he lost the election but saying trump came to understand that putin's hatred of nominee hillary clinton dating to her support for the 2011 protest movement in russia could help trump amass more power in the united states. so there's a lot here in this book. what stands out to you, and what do you think could be most damaging given that we have seen now this book from michael cohen? there was the book of trump's niece o mary trump and john bolton, all the people falling out of the trump orbit have the disparages things to say about him. >> white house is of course disputing this book wholesale as it has other book it is a you mentioned but they're beginning tot create a narrative that's problematic for the president in this election. you go right to thele heart of . talked about the -- the president trump -- about african-americans and about

minorities.d you take those comments plus what was in "the atlantic" and other comments the president reported toen have made and now accused of insulting -- will be very important to his re-election. >> the white house is slamming cohen, of course, as a disgraced felon who lost all credibility but cohen was employed by trump for more than ten years. i mean, does that put a hole in their argument in. >> he did work for him for a long time and he does know the president very well but the charge that they have made and republicans have made is that he is not a reliable or credible narrator in this book because he pled guilty to a federal crime and one thing that -- his account he made of the things that the president said. >> and one of the things that

cohen does in this book, according to "the washington post's" summary ofk, it, is he helps fill in the blanks, helps fill in why president trump is so solicitous of vladimir putin, why in helsinki president trump stood next to vladimir putin and stood up for vladimir putin y. theor president is not able to y a single negative thing of russia'sin leader. granted we have spent two years on the rodriguussia investigati. but do you think there's anything instructive, illustrious in theve accountingf this book that could help us understand whyou the president s this sort of bizarre relationship let's say with vladimir putin? >> -- too, though, he noted that he was neverno personally awarer able to confirm some of the other more salacious accusations

against president trump so that stands out as something he could have done if he had the information to do but in the grand scheme, jeff, looking at the election, what i wonder as you noted is how much this affects voters. in 2016, the president was on tape saying things that were denigrating and lewd about women and still won the election so when you have the allegations in books from different people how much does that really have an affect on people ahead of the 2020 election? >> real quick, francesca, two things dominating right now, the book coming out and, of course, that explosive article from "the atlantic." which one is the white house more concerned about? >> the white house came out in response to "the atlantic" story and seen press secretary responding. that they immediately lined up former and current white house officials to dispute the article

and i believe that goes back to -- talked about before which is the allegations against president trump, the reported comments he made in that article about veterans, that goes directly to the heart of his canal pain message this year about safety, about the public, about freedom. those are things that his campaign hinges on and important to start to try to dispute that. we'll see what happens with the michael cohen article. >> francesca chambers, thank you for your time this morning and congratulations on emmy. >> i didon notice that in the background. >> yeah. you saw that? >> absolutely did. >> i'm geoff bennett in washington. >> it is a 10ne out of 10. i'm corey coffee in new york. ali explores the rise of conspiracy theories and disinformation in american culture. and later, house speaker nancy

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good morning to you. it is sunday, september 6th. i'm ali velshi. new revelations in a soon to be released book by former trump attorney michael cohen unearthing details of the

unsavory relationship of him and our current president but first concerns this morning regarding a second wave of coronavirus expected to hit in the fall. reports that surge 2.0 as it's described by experts will strike right around the election. according to latest model from the university of washington's institute for health met russell westbrooks and evaluation, the current death toll could double by early november and models forecast projections of more than 400,000 deaths in total by the year's end. currently more than 189,000 people have died in the united states from covid-19. more than 6.2 million americans have been infected and all this as trump who has down played the devastation since the start of the pandemic remains hopeful that it will one day just go away. now, with 58 days rehmaning until americans head to the polls, trump is fixated