"newsroom" with john king starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hello, everybody.ohn king in washington, thank you so much for sharing your day with us. a big investment from the trump administration, a $2 billion agreement to obtain 600 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, if it works it will be available to everyone. >> we will ensure that any vaccine that we're involved in sponsoring is either free to the american people or is affordable. >> the goal is to have 100 million doses available by the end of this year, that depends, of course, on the success of clinical trials and the timeline is the goal more than a plan. in the meantime, the fight is to control the spread and in that effort we now have a rare, honest assessment of the united states. he said the virus was dying out and now he acknowledges that things will get worse before they get better. the president's new tone is a reflection of two sets of data. his horrible re-election polling and the brutal coronavirus reality. the united states has added 903,000 infection in two weeks and that's a stunnin

"newsroom" with john king starts right now. >>> hello, everybody. i'm john king in washington. thanks so much for sharing this day for us. it's an important day because it opens a workweek trying to slow the coronavirus summer surge and it's an important day that we're reminded yet again the country cannot trust the words of its president in this important fight. in a weekend interview the president got the facts wrong about coronavirus tetting it and about the coronavirus death toll. he did say he'll some day be right and that the virus he told us would disappear back in april after just a few cases. he says, well, it will be eventually be gone. >> i'll be right eventually. i will be right eventually. i said it's going to disappear. i'll sht here in the here and nourishing the numbers are simply staggering. the united states will hit 3.8 million coronavirus cases can by the end of this day. the country added nearly 500,000 cases in the last week alone. the virus has killed more than 140,000 americans, deaths trending up in 20 states this morning. the map tells us the south is

i'm john king in, with aton. thank you so much for sharing this day with us. a bit of optimism today from a top trump administration scientist. dr. deborah birx says she sees evidence now of a plateau after weeks of a punishing summer coronavirus surge. that assessment comes as the administration bushes schools to get children back in the classroom. new centers for disease control guidelines say kids don't spread the disease as easily and substantial uncontrolled transmission should pushing learning online and many school districts taking a much more cautious approach and even dr. birx says that the science are coronavirus and children is unsettled. >> what i can't tell you for sure, despite the south korea study, is whether children under 10 in the united states don't spread the virus the same as children over 10. think i that's still an open question that needs to be studies and we certainly know that children do get infected and it's unclear how happenedly they spread the virus. this much is clues. the school conversation gets easier if the case curve flatt

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king jr. called him when he answered john lewis's letter when john lewis was 17 years old and martin luther king wrote to him, okay, wrote back to john lewis, come on board. he got on a bus and he went and his life and america changed forever because of that communication. and one thing i want to share with you that might help answer that question, abby, and the way that john lewis looked at life is something that he said, again, that civil rights pi pilgrimage was a couple years ago and john lewis was talking about how to treat people. he said people may beat you, they may spit on you, they may call you everything but just love them. love them. love is powerful. believe in some way by respecting their dignity and worth of every human being, can you win people over. that is how he approached everything, including politics, which is why he had genuine relationships across the aisle with republicans, abby. >> thank you so much, dana, for bringing this interview to us. it's a great interview. you should go online and check it out. thanks and i'm sure we'll see more this weekend. >> thank you, dana.

i'm victor blackwell in atlanta. >> and i'm john king in washington. to a hero today, a civil rights icon and legendary congressman whose path to history began in troy, alabama preaching to chickens. the life of john lewis will be celebrated by three former presidents, bill clinton and george w. bush will deliver tribute and then barack obama will eulogize the man he says made his historic election possible. >> the family is now arriving at historic enkneeser baptist church here in atlanta. this is the home church of his mentor, the late reverend dr. martin luther king jr., also the home turf of the congressman himself. churches across the country will soon ring their bells to honor the late congressman. >> and in normal times where victor blackwell is today we would see an overflowing crowd, inside and outside but because of the code of 19 precautions only 240 people allow inside, half of them lewis family members. victor setting the scene for us. >> reporter: yeah, john, 240 people inside, but there are scores of people outside, a little more, by my

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing this very busy news day with us. serious warning today from america's medical leaders. multiple hundreds of thousands will die in this country, they say, if the united states continues its coronavirus fight without a national plan. that warning as the president returns to peddling his alternative facts. the president says most of the country is virus-free. that is false. and he says hydroxychloroquine saves life, also not true. he is convinced in part because of the words of a doctor who believes in quack science and pretty bizarre conspiracies. >> i happen to be a believer in hydroxy. i used it. i have no problem. i happen to be a believer. many, many people agree with me. >> the president heads to west texas for a big fund-raiser in a county where the positivity rate approaches nearly 20%. he does so as texas will likely pass new york in terms of total coronavirus infections. the state, like much of the country, though is faring somewhat better, to those numbers in a minute. a decline of average new cases when meas

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i'm john king in, with aton. thank you so much for sharing this day with us.ation scientist. dr. deborah birx says she sees evidence now of a plateau after weeks of a punishing summer coronavirus surge. that assessment comes as the administration bushes schools to get children back in the classroom. new centers for disease control guidelines say kids don't spread the disease as easily and substantial uncontrolled transmission should pushing learning online and many

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i'm john king in washington. thanks for sharing your day with us. we begin this workweek headed in the wrong direction and with the president of the united states trying to blame those who work for him and yet escape responsibility for himself. the coronavirus cases are numbing, 59,000 new cases can on sunday and 428 new deaths. one positive milestone, new york city reporting zero coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period, the first time since four months ago we can say that. most of the country is reporting troubling or at least concerning numbers and you might think that a president would care to lead us at a point of this. president trump instead undermine offing his own experts again, launching a coordinated attack on dr. anthony fauci because he doesn't like dr. fauci's comments on trend lines. the president turning to game show host and conspiracy theorist chuck woolery re-tweeting that accuses a trump cdc among others to hurt the president's re-election chances. numbers donuts lie, and the numbers suggest you are a lot safer if you embrace dr.

i'm john king in washington. we're moments away from a capitol hill stare-down.ness today in front of the house judiciary committee, you see the committee room there is the attorney general, william barr. the hearing guarantees fireworks. democrats have a very long list of grievances. their baseline contention is this, that ever since he took the job and was confirmed as an attorney general, william barr, the democrats say has acted as the president's lawyer, not the president's lawyer. examples are dropping charges against michael flynn and to lay out a version of the mueller report way back then dramatically that favored the president. barr said mark an attempt by the

i'm john king in washington. thanks so much for sharing this day with us.ies to shake a polling slump directly tied to the coronavirus summer surge. one pivot, wear a mask is suddenly the message of a president who for months has refused to set that example. back to briefing reporters is another, and here is proof this is about politics, not the virus. top administration doctors and scientists are not invited to today's presidential event, at least not at this hour. a morning tweet from the president tells us he is still not interested in talking truth. he insists the united states is the global leader.

i'm john king in washington. thank for sharing your day with us. coronavirus crossroads. a back in time moment that should give us all pause. the nation's most populous state is reinstating stricter stop the spread restrictions, and its two largest school districts, los angeles and san diego, say the numbers are so bad the children will need to learn at home this fall. because of its size and diversity california is often a first alert and our state-by-state coronavirus tracking makes it clear right now that a lot of places at this moment are

i'm john king in washington. thanks for sharing your day with us.oday reinforce the everywhere-you-look challenge. weekly unemployment claims are heading back up meaning the summer case surge is taking a toll on the economy as well as on hospitals, on test sites and on your back-to-school planningp overall case count will hit the 4 million count sometime today and it's taken 15 days to go from 3 million cases to 4 million. we're in the pandemic's worst month when you consider cases. nearly 1.3 million added so far in july so far alone and second highest of new cases on wednesday, 71,695. the immediate challenge, of course, is to stop the summer and the surge of new cases over the last seven kays, a record high. 67,429 new cases.

i'm john king in washington. thanks for sharing your day with us. bad numbers today reinforce the everywhere-you-look challenge. weekly unemployment claims are heading back up meaning the summer case surge is taking a toll on the economy as well as on hospitals, on test sites and on your back-to-school planningp overall case count will hit the 4 million count sometime today and it's taken 15 days to go from 3 million cases to 4 million. we're in the pandemic's worst month when you consider cases. nearly 1.3 million added so far in july so far alone and second highest of new cases on wednesday, 71,695. the immediate challenge, of course, is to stop the summer and the surge of new cases over the last seven kays, a record high. 67,429 new cases. deaths, too, climbing. the united states reporting back-to-back days of 1,000-plus deaths for the first time since the end of may. there is a pattern to much of this. the summer surge and then state after state reimposing restrictions and then jobs lost. the first-time unemployment claims that i mentioned back

i'm john king in washington. thank you so much for sharing this special day with us, special because today the nation's capitol honors and remembers the late congressman john lewis, the man who meant so much to so many, a civil rights icon, a hero, the conscience of the congress for decades and the casket will arrive at joint base andrews moments from now. lewis will begin his final journey to capitol hill. for more on his arrival congressman lewis was honored in his birth state of alabama over the weekend. that included one last crossing of the edmund pettus bridge, can you see it right there recruiting the route that lewis and others took on bloody sunday back in 1965 and then again later with martin luther king jr. on march for voting rights from selma to montgomery. lewis' body laid in state at the alabama state capitol as people paid respects. today there will be a ceremony in the u.s. capitol rotunda. leaders and the congressional black caucus will take part and joe biden and his wife jill will pay their res

we talk about plenty sunday you have to think of john moses and john lewis. dr. king told john lewis, do not go over that bridge that day. they argued about what day they are going to march. over that marched bridge and dr. king told him do not do it. it was bloody sunday. i will never forget when i came home from church as a kid and i saw all that violence. but john lewis went across that bridge, knowing that. he was going to do what he was going to do. dr. king was not on the bridge that day, on bloody sunday. dr. king was not on that bridge. he told them children do not go over that bridge. and john lewis took them anyway. i will never forget that, bloody sunday on the bridge. you understand what i'm trying to tell you? bob moses and john lewis? great characters. but dr. king told john lewis don't go over that bridge. thank you. have a statement coming from former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton on john lewis's passing. we have lost a giant, john lewis gave us all he had to redeem america's unmet promise of equality and justice

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king, i am john robert lewis. i gave my whole name. t he still called me the boy from troy. >> dr. king told the boy from troy he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state. but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim lawson came to nashville, and he enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. and he kept saying respect the dignity and the worth of every human being. even if someone beats you, throw you in jail, look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food and then took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> a lot of pe

king, the great john lewis. democratic congressman from georgia and an icon of the several rights movement followed his friend and civil rights icon into that good night. john lewis 11 years younger than dr. king and a force unto himself and who had been the lone remaining number of the big six who spoke at the march on wug was 80 years old. he died after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. born to a family of sharecrop r sharecroppers john lewis became an early leader in the stunts nonviolent coordinating committee where he worked to fight for the rights of black people and organized and several lunch counter sit ins throughout the south. he played an integral role in the civil rights movement and was arrested or jailed at least 40 times throughout the 1960s often putting his very life on the line to progress the rights of black people in america. he was an original freedom writer in 1961, a speaker at the historic march on washington in 1963 and gained prominence when he and hundreds of marchers were b

like john the baptist preparing the way, like those old testament prophets speaking truth to kings, johnis did not hesitate, and he kept on getting on board buses and sitting at lunch counters. got his mug shot taken, again and again. marched, again and again, on a mission to change america. spoke to a quarter million people at the march on washington when he was just 23. helped organize the freedom summer in mississippi when he was just 24. at the ripe old age of 25, john was asked to lead the march from selma to montgomery. had ordered troopers to use violence and that he and josÉ williams and others led them across that bridge anyway and we have all seen the film and the footage in the photographs and president clinton mentioned the trenchco trenchcoat, the knapsack, the book to read, the apple to eat, the toothbrush, apparently jails weren't big on such creature comforts and when you look at those pictures and john looks so young and he is small in stature and looked, and every bit that shy, serious child that his mother had raised and yet he is full of purpose and god put perseveran

jesus or jesus christ himself have to do with george floyd according to black labs matter activist john king statues in stained glass showing jesus and mary as quote white should be taken down and says they are forms of white supremacy others say those behind the b.l.m. movement and anti 1st and from a marxist standpoint which according to history view organized religion as oppression but even before the b.l.m. movement it's long been debated in california that $21.00 catholic missions that still stand across the state represent a symbol of spanish colonial ism that forced the conversion of native americans to christianity and now images like this are circulating abundant living faith center in el paso texas was vandalized breaking 27 windows and 6 doors local news reporting by the way church of god in fort worth texas was robbed on the morning of july 11th according to police all the mirrors in the church were destroyed but according to a media report the president is standing in solidarity with the catholic community and a white house official says those found guilty of these violent acts

king, i am john robert lewis. i gave my whole name. but he still called the me the boy from troy. >> dr. king told the boy from troy he would need his parents' permission to take on troy's state. but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then, he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim larson came to nashville and he enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. and he kept saying, respect the dignity and the worth of every human being. even if someone beats you, throw you in jail, look 'em in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch kouscounters in nashvi in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food, and then, took what ever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time, in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> like a

king, i am john robert lieu iewis. i gave 450i whole name. still called me the boy from troy. >> dr. king told the boy from troy that he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state. but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim lawson enrolled at vanderbilt divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us a philosophy. and he kept say respect the dignity and the worth of every human being, even if someone beat you, throw you in jail. look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown na nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food and took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that time, they were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die. the

john the baptist, preparing the way. like those old testament prophets, speaking truth to kings. . marched again and again, on a mission to change america. spoke to a quarter million people at the march on washington when he was just 23. helped organize the freedom summer in mississippi when he was just 24. at the ripe old age of 25, john was asked to lead the march from selma to montgomery. he was warned that the governor had ordered troop troopers to ue violence. but he, jose williams, others, led them across that bridge anyway. we've all seen the film, and the footage, and the photographs. president clinton mentioned the trenchcoat, the knapsack, the book to read, the apple to eat, the toothbrush. apparently jails weren't big on such creature comforts. [laughter] and you look at those pictures, and john looks so young. and he is small in stature. look, in every bit that shy child his mother raised, and yet he was full of purpose. god put perseverance in him. we know what happened to the marchers that day. their bones were cracked by billy clubs, their eyes and lungs choked with

king, i'm john robert lewis. i gave him my whole name, but he still called me the boy from troy. >> dr. king told the boy from troy he would need his parents permission to take on troy state, but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> john lawson came to nashville and enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> he taught us the philosophy in the discipline of nonviolence and he kept saying respect dignity and the worth of every human being. even if someone beats you, throws you in jail look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and other students filled the counters, tried to order food and took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when a 20-year-old lewis was arrested the first time in february 1960 his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that ti

like john the baptist, preparing the way, like those old testament prophets speaking truth to kings, his mugshot taken again and again. marched again and again on a mission to change america. spoke to a quarter million people at the march on washington when he was just 23. helped organize the freedom summer in mississippi when he was just 24. at the ripe old age of 25, john was asked to lead the march from selma to montgomery. he was warned that governor wallace had ordered troopers to use violence, but he and jose williams and others led them across that bridge anyway. and we have all seen the film and the footage and the photographs. president clinton mentioned the trench coat, the knapsack, the apple to eat, there book to read, the toothbrush. apparently, jails weren't big on such creature comforts. and you look at those pictures. and john looks so young. and he's small in stature. looking every bit that shy, serious child that his mother had raised, and yet he's full of purpose. god's put perseverance in him. and we know what happened to the marchers that day. their bones were cra

cnn's john king breaks it down from the magic wall. >> 100 days to the election, brand-new polls showshe president in trouble in three states that were absolutely critical to his big 2016 victory. let's look at the numbers. in arizona, normally reliably read, democrat joe biden with a small, but still the lead. move on to florida, always the ballots grown, and always close,s 51% for biden, 46% for trump. again, close enough, but still the president, the incumbent on his heels. 12 poinmichigan, joe biden with points. three important states, joe biden on top in all three and the coronavirus is why without a doubt. in arizona, six in ten disapprove for trump. very similar in florida, only 57% of how the president has handled the pandemic. michigan. 59% disapprove. under weight on the biggest issue, also under weight on another big issue. race relations, policing, law and order. if you look at the president, how has he handled racial inequality? only 35% pretty similar in florida. michigan, a third approve. coronavirus race, the president under water. that's why he's losing to joe biden in

. >>> i'm john king in washington you're watching here. georgia, after about a 3.5 hour moving funeral service in honor of the late congressman, the civil rights icon. the speakneers included three former presidents, his deputy chief of staff in washington, three members of the family, another living legend from the civil rights day. a 12-year-old young man lewis met a few years ago who became a close friend of the next generation, if you will. they're gathering outside the church right now. in the words of all three presidents, including the republican president, george w. bush, not once did the current president donald trump come up by name in the current service, but somewhat veiled in the remarks of president bushes and clinton but not at all in the words of president obama, a direct challenge to those watching services today to carry on lewis work for civil rights, for a more fair, kind and just democracy, and going so far as invoking the name of george wallless. criticizing the use of federal forces, authorities in recent days against

as a boy john listened through the door after bedtime as his father's friends complained about the klan. one sunday as a teenager he heard dr. kingohn lewis was getting something inside his head. an idea he couldn't shake. took hold of him. that nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience were the means to change laws but also change hearts and change minds and change nations. and change the world. so he helped organize the nashville campaign in 1960. he and other young men and women sat at a segregated lunch counter, well dressed, straight back, refusing to let a milk shake poured on their heads or a cigarette extinguished on their backs or a foot aimed at their ribs, refused to let that dent their dignity. and their sense of purpose. and after a few months the nashville campaign achieved the first successful desegregation of any major facility in the south. john got a taste of jail for the first, second, third -- well, several times. but he also got a taste of victory. and it consumed him with righteous purpose and took the battle deeper into the south. that same year just weeks after the supreme court ruled that segregation o

. >> thank you so much, to john king. i am brianna keilar and welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world as we watch this special live coverage right now of the nation's tribute to congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. this is the third day, the third of six days of memorial services for the man known as the conscience of the country and he was of the country, the congressman's cass ketd ket is arrive at capitol plaza. you see right now this processional heading toward the capitol, away from the white house. he will be lying in state at the u.s. capitol following a ceremony which is set to begin shortly. this motorcade has been carrying lewis and his family through the streets of washington, d.c. where he served our country and congress for more than three decades. the motorcade is pausing at key spots including a short time ago at the memorial to reverend martin luther king jr., who was kronk lewis' beloved mentor and friend. it stopped the black lives matter where congressman lewis made h

life, everything he did he tried to do in a nonviolent way and was inspired by martin luther john junior. king: the nation mourns the passing of john lewis, the georgia congressman made his name on the front lines of the civil rights movement, working alongside doctor martin luther king and sustaining a fractured school while leading the margin, alabama. joining us now, someone who worked as an intern with john lewis. chaplain for the bridgeport connecticut police department, pastor and author and an assistant chief administrative officer there. it's good to be with us. tell us how you came to intern for john lewis and share some stories with us. >> thank you for having me. my heart is deeply grieved at the loss of this spiritual giant, this caravan of love. this moral tiger the entire united states and around the world has felt. i had an opportunity to intern for him in 2007 and 2008. when i was a student at the florida mechanical university in tallahassee, florida, i came to know representative lewis through the late julian, the former national president of the national association for the a

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. possible progress in the vaccine race watching staggering coronavirus numbers globally and here in the united states. the preliminary results of two vaccines, one by the university of oxford, one by casino biologics are encouraging. that vaccine is safe and does induce an immune response and the other with antibodies a month after vaccination. they caution more study is needed, not yet clear if either candidate protects people for an extended period. the count in the united states about to hit 3.8 million infections. death toll 140,000 americans. all hands on deck moment, that the language of a coronavirus task force official describing the challenge at this moment. the president last hour says he will resume the daily coronavirus briefings starting tomorrow following a weekend interview the president said a fair amount of the virus but most of the words disconnected from the reality of this summer surge. president, for example, said misleading things about testing and the death toll.

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing this day with us. this country on a dangerous curve. more than 59,000 new coronavirus cases in the last daily count. right there how many records were set just over the past week. here you see why. 35 states trending in the wrong direction. 12 there in beige holding steady. the governor of texas predicting a tough week for his state with the four hottest of the hotspots with california, arizona and florida. today florida reporting more than 12,500 new cases, a slight drop from the record 15,000 cases reported on sunday. on this date, a month ago, florida recorded just 2,500 new cases. the president's reaction not to chart a new course, to flatten the curve, but to blame others and retweet conspiracy theories in the process. let's bring in white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the numbers up in trump states across the country. the president not saying this is what we have to do to make it better but p.k.ing fights with experts and agencies. >> reporter: yeah. the experts who have offered the soberi

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. this hour, the cdc now says schools should get children back in the classroom. that even as a top trump administration doctor says the science around how quickly children can spread this virus is unsettled. today that official dr. birx offered hope in the worst month of this epidemic and seeing she sees evidence of a plateau in states crushed by the summer coronavirus surge. is she right seeing signs that might be happening? national numbers are still sobering. the united states now well over the 4 million case mark. another nearly 69,000 cases added yesterday, thursday. 920,000 plus in the past 14 days. the united states has registered its four highest days of new infections. when you shift from cases to deaths, the signal's in the data is alarming. 1,000-plus american lives lost to the coronavirus and something we have not seen since the end of may. we know the national numbers will go down or up so fast only when the big states get their act together so take a look at the numbers a

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. familiar pattern today.another daily case count record and the president telling you listen to him not the scientific experts. look at numbers. they are troubling, period. another 60,000-plus new confirmed coronavirus cases now running the american total to 3 million 431,000 infections and counting. the death numbers president says is low is again starting to rise. florida reporting single rate high for deaths yesterday as did alabama, utah and oregon. 14 reporting risen hospitalizations, sadly sends up the death count even more. reminder today. the virus does not care who you are. oklahoma's republican

i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a frightening baseline truth this hour. the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating. global case count near certain to eclipse 15 million today. the world now averaging a pandemic high of 231,000 new infections per day. the united states accounts for more than a quarter of those. average of 66,000-plus confirmed infections just over the past week. the numbers send a clear message according to the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci who says at the moment, we are losing. >> we ultimately will get control of it. i don't really see us eradicating it. i think with a combination of good public health measures, a degree of global many herd immunity and a good vaccine, which i do hope and feel cautiously optimistic that we will get, i think when you put all three of those together, i think we will get very good control of this. >> and dr. fauci says he's not quite sure whether a vaccine will come this year or next and adds it's impossible to know how long the vaccine would

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i'm john king in washington. thank for sharing your day with us. we are again at a coronavirus crossroads. a back in time moment that should give us all pause. the nation's most populous state is reinstating stricter stop the spread restrictions, and its two largest school districts, los angeles and san diego, say the numbers are so bad the children will need to learn at home this fall. because of its size and diversity california is often a first alert and our state-by-state coronavirus tracking makes it clear right now that a lot of places at this moment are trending in the wrong direction. the president won't acknowledge this. in fact, he flat out ignores it saying those talking about slowing the reopening or keeping students at home are trying to hurt his re-election chances by hyping the coronavirus risk. once again though as the president's own advisers making clear he is out of touch with reality. listen closely. >> we all know that kids need to be back in school physically for all the reasons we talk about, social, emotional, nutritional he

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cnn's john king had a closer look at the recent trends in the u.s. >> reporter: number one, when youook at this map, it is more encouraging, way more encouraging than days and weeks ago. still, 18 states heading in the wrong direction. that's the orange and the red. but 26 states holding steady. and six states, the case count is going down. importantly, florida on the way down, a big driver in the summer surge, let's hope that holds. texas another big driver in the summer surge. arizona a big driver. the nation's most popular state now with the most cases holding steady. you do see this map, compared to one month ago look at all that red, orange, florida, texas, arizona among them we're in a better place today than where we were a month ago. let's look again. the summer surge still daunting. just shy of 19,000 cases back on memorial day. july 1, memorial day, 53,000-plus. yesterday, that's not the direction you want to go in, the question is does that flattening hold? in california, in the past seven day, the seven-day moving afternoon you don't want to be near or above 10,000 cases.