are in arizona right now. illness continues to increase inside emergency rooms use is up and so is the percentage of positive tests. we see increases across the board. i am going to take you through the metrics quickly. i think you have heard some people incorrectly say this is like the flu. the goldmine, that is influenza. it is behaving like the flu. covid is different. and it is on the rise in arizona in terms of surveillance. over the last week, we see our first flattening and slight decrease. covid-19 cases by i want to point out a new metric we added. it is when the stay-at-home order ended. we've all been dealing with the coronavirus for some time. the emergency order was on march 11. our stay-at-home order ended may 15. if you look along the way, we never had much of a rise in cases. after the stay-at-home order, we wherecouple of weeks there was not much of a rise in cases. and then, you see a rapid increase in cases throughout june. these are our percentage of positive tests. the blue is the amount o

why would you fly to arizona? [indiscernible] vice president pence: the rising cases here in arizona is why i am here. it is why we brought the white house coronavirus has force here. in sitting believer down with the people that are leading the effort. i was in texas over the weekend. i will be in florida tomorrow. because we are absolutely sure arizona make and health care workers have the resources, the supplies, and equipment they need to render the care that anyone of us would want a member of our family to have. i must tell you today, i can't account for the reports that you cite. that from thes briefing we received at a, hospital capacity remains within manageable -- today, hospital capacity remains within manageable lines. .e continue to see cases rising but as we have surveyed hospitals across the state, personal protective equipment, those things they need to render be inthey appear to abundance of light. we are here to make sure that remains the case. we don't ever want any health care professional maki

arizona is in the green. there are not many states in the green.no this has been the difference in the last week because of the actions arizonans have taken over the last two weeks. some folks don't hear from media sources at all. i think there are important to point out. they want to hear from the subject matter experts come so if that's the case let's hear from the standardbearer on these numbers, and that's johns hopkins university of medicine. these are case trends in the united states, d.c. and puerto rico. a three day moving p average. green is a downward trend. red is an upward trend.do to my eye there's only two or three states that are green, and arizona has been green for several days on and three dayn moving average. so today i have better news, but it also want to say so people understand the truth around what is in front of us, there's no end in sight today. that's why talk about the foreseeable future and it will be no victory laps. what we can take from here is knowledge of what difference we c

today arizona is below 1. to show where we are in andarison to other states the fact of your good decisions and actions that you have made have put us below one. other stateshere are, how fluid this number can be, and how dramatically we moved from one side of the graph in less than three weeks. thank you very much. what you're doing is making a difference in arizona. let's take a look at another graphic that will show how the number of cases have changed from last week to this week. this is the new york times graphic. they show it for every state and country in the nation. this is how you can determine hotspots. the blue part of the map is in decline. the red and darker colors is where the virus is spreading in the yellow is where it is stabilizing. look at the mounting change in arizona's map in one week. week to week, those are the good decisions arizonans are making across the state. thank you. newly reported cases in the state of arizona. as you can see, we were flat from march to april to may until june.

my arizona mayors and i talk regular. i will be speaking there today with a of tucson and flagstaff, and we shared stories about tough moments but also advice about what's working in our community so it really has brought mayors together. i am proud national of the role mayors have played in covid-19. the mayors have been powerful voices for safer communities, and it's an honor to be part of that community. >> for my final question let me ask you a baldly political question. you are a democratic mayor in the state that was once considered a red state but now arizona police and the 2020th election is viewed as a battleground state. in your mind come to your mind, what's changed in arizona to make it so competitive and possibly give the democrats an edge? >> it's been an incredible transition during the time that i've been in elected office. last election cycle we elected four democratic women to statewide office, colluding u.s. senator kyrsten sinema. we've had much stronger urban communities now and a lot of growth in a m

in the arizona desert linda rawls is a thorn in the side of president donald trump. a white suburban woman she belongs to the very group that helped him win in 2016 but that it's now offending him she can look back at a life dedicated to the republican party she ran for congress in 1904 but her assessment of trump is devastating. he has become worse than we could have ever imagined no one really realized that he was psychologically disturbed i don't think people realized how much he really would not follow the constitution and how much he would change the whole party from the party of freedom into a party that. worships dictators and destroys the rule of law. for decades arizona used to be a republican stronghold but it is now becoming a battleground and the spread of the coronavirus is playing a crucial role at phoenix's largest testing site everyone in 4 tests is coming back positive. voters in arizona are turning away from trump for many reasons but one can be found right here behind me at the south mountain community college it's an hours long wait to get tested

in the arizona desert linda rawls is a thorn in the side of president donald trump. a white suburban woman she belongs to the very group that helped him win in 2016 but that is now offending him she can look back at a life dedicated to the republican party she ran for congress in 1904 but her assessment of trump is devastating. he has become worse than we could have ever imagined no one really realized that he was psychologically disturbed i don't think people realized how much he really would not follow the constitution and how much he would change the whole party from the party of freedom into a party that. worships dictators and destroys the rule of law. for decades a result know used to be a republican stronghold but it is now becoming a battleground and the spread of the coronavirus is playing a crucial role at phoenix's largest testing site everyone in 4 tests is coming back positive. voters in arizona are turning away from trump for many reasons but one can be found right here behind me at the south mountain community college it's an hours long wait to get tes

arizona. thank you for taking time. i know you are in incredible demand right now. >> thank you for inviting us to be on. >> so you know the situation much better than me or anybody else. let me just ask you first if i got anything wrong or if news has outpaced anything i explained or if you think i'm looking at anything the wrong way around in terms of understanding what's happening in pima county. >> well, pima county is over a million people, which makes the number of icu beds even a little more stark. the access to them is more significantly limited because we have such a large population. we're a rural, semirural and urban population. we're a very large county. we have two american indian reservations. we're on the border with mexico. we're a very eclectic group in terms of the county, but everything else you've said is accurate. >> in terms of the resources in your county and what that means for an individual person who may or may not have tested positive, who feels like they need to go

today out of arizona. arizona shatters daily record. or out of south carolina. south carolina's huge spike in new cases overwhelms state contact tracers. this was the headline in nevada today. rate of nevada cases nearly triple from late may. we are in a period of explosive, uncontrolled growth in this epidemic. this is explosive out of control expansion. don't worry, the president is on it. >> i think we are going to be very good with the coronavirus. i think at some point that will just disappear, i hope. >> you still believe so? >> i do, at some point. >> yeah, sure, i think, i hope. you still believe -- yeah. so that's the plan. think it will disappear, hope it will disappear. the president has been in this particular neighborhood in la la land for quite sometime. in fact what he said today when he said he thinks it will sort of just disappear. if you saw that clip or heard that clip, you are forgiven for thinking that was something he said a long time ago. that's almost a word for word repetition from something he said back in late february. >> it's going t

arizona, you know what is happening there.ay there is some type of political element to a decision to put masks or not in some of these states? >> no, i mean, look. this is a matter of public health. chris, you and i have talked about this before. we originally put out an order that said that anybody in any workplace has to wear a mask. and i think that has worked very well. in many cases, the safest eight hours a day is the time that people are at work, following the protocols. and they're doing by and large a very good job. we talked about to put out a mandatory mask for everyone in public, it was clear early on there was not only not support for that, but there is a big, huge pushback and that was not going to work. but what we've now done is we've taken all of our 88 counties, and measuring the amount of spread. we have four colors. the third level is -- there's four levels, the third level is red. and the seven counties that we put the mask order in at 6:00 p.m. tonight are all counties that are unfortunately moving forwa

the democrat on top in arizona, 49-45. florida, always the battleground of battlegrounds, always close, 51-46. five-point advantage into the last 100 days. that's close, within reach for the president, without a doubt. another state he won in 2016, 100 days out, he's behind. 51-46. michigan, 52-40. the president of the united states down 12 points in the blue collar industrial midwestern state that was one of the big surprises of 2016. arizona, florida and michigan all part of the president's map four years ago. why are voters thinking about change? because of his handling of this pandemic. the dots are clearly connected. in arizona, 35% approve of the president's performance dealing with the coronavirus. 6 in 10 arizonans say they disapprove. in florida, about the same, almost 4 in 10, 39% approve, 57% disapprove. in michigan, 36% approve, just shy of 6 in 10. 59% disapprove of how the president is handling the nation's giant challenge at the moment. the other big issue in the news in recent months, policing, race relatio

he gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: thank you. i recognize -- yield time to the gentleman from texas, mr. good yep, such time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gooden: thank you. i rise today in opposition to the no ban act which would tie the hands of our executive branch, restricting our ability to act quickly and decisively to defend america from her enemies. the president must have authority to act when our national security is at risk. when the situation demands we halt travel into our country, whether that be to protect us from a pandemic or other national security issue, the president must have the power to do sofmente democrats on march 11 of this year debated this very measure in the form of a bill. ironically the same day that president trump instituted his ban onure peaian travel. because they knew the optics would look bad they pulled the bill down. if it was bad then, it's bad today. congress gave the president the authority we are discussing today w

one of the hard-hit states right now is arizona.ted highest death toll yet, 147 people in arizona died from the virus just on saturday. state's positivity rate for new infections remains extremely high, 39% of those getting the test test positive. miguel marquez is joining us live from phoenix. these are troubling numbers we're hearing about in arizona where you are. describe the situation you're seeing on the ground. >> yeah, that positivity rate is just astronomical. keep in mind, one-day rate. seven-day leads country about 24.5%. there are hopeful signs, retransmission rate is down a little bit and hospitalizations are down a little bit but there is a ton of the virus out there right now. that's one big thing vexing the lawmakers and the governor about opening the schools. supposed to open august 1st, when they traditionally open. pushed it back to aspirational date of the 17th of august. but 87 doctors have sent a letter to governor ducey telling him to keep schools closed until at least october if not for entire semester becaus

we're sending people now from new york to arizona. what can i say is that we saw deaths from coronavirus not just from the virus itself. right? but from death by suicide and other effects of this virus, and we'll continue to see that for frontline workers who are being traumatized by not being supported by their leadership at their state level or their federal level. >> i hope folks are listening to you. i hope our leaders are listening to folks like that nurse who was with vaughn hillyard. this is such important information. doctor, good to see you, and looking well. thank you, we appreciate you. >>> hackers were able to infiltrate some of the mostelec? facebook's former chief security officer will weigh in with us next. ♪ ♪all strength ♪we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ ♪won't wait♪ ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ ♪we can do it ♪all strength, no sweat (man) $hm.5? $9.95? $9.95. what's with all the $9.95 notes? i thought you'd never ask. it's about a life insurance plan with options startin

so we're pretty down close to arizona and texas. we border arizona in the four corners. tons of texans drove up here over the weekend. our numbers have been steady, slight uptick, but i feel we're complying well with mask wearing. yeah, we're worried because we have a lot of texans and arizonans spending time in colorado. >> this points to the problem with the articles of the confederation. it's a free nation, with free movement of people. and you can't just keep people where they are, particularly in the absence of these shelter in place orders. do you have any data on sort of how many people are coming out of the state or any way of knowing what your sort of exposure is just with movement in and out of the state? >> we do. we have a lot of mobility data and it shows a lot of visitors from the hot zones to colorado. so what we're telling coloradoans, who are doing a great job wearing masks and staying six feet apart, when anybody comes into your store or your business or interacting with anybody, treat anybody like they might be contagious. whether that person is from t

nearly 90% of arizona's icu beds are full.zona republican governor doug ducey is under fire for downplaying the virus and even obstructing local officials from requiring masks in june as case numbers began to explode. ducey reversed course and allowed mayors to issue their own virus guidelines under growing pressure, but has resisted calls to pass a statewide mask mandate or reimpose his stay-at-home order, and,.d but arizona residents saththe actions are too littletoo late. the fami of a 65-year-ol mexin-n-ameran m manho dieieof covid-19 is cucusingrizozona stata officials of being direlyly resnsibible for h his death. in a scathg g obitry i in he arizona reblblic,"he f famy of mark anthony urquiza wrote -- "his death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to jeopardize the health of brown bodies through a clear lack of leadership, refusal to acknowledge the severity of the crisis, and inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize risk." this is urquiza'daughter kristi

has arizona lost control of the epidemic? >> i think arizona's on the bri brink of losing control of the epidemic. >> reporter: the concern of not only the infrastructure crumbling but the health care workers themselves. how close are health care workers to a breaking point? >> i would say a lot of them are at that point or past. myself and others are leaving the hospital at times in tears. >> reporter: the crisis in arizona is evident here at banner university medical center, where icu beds are filling up fast. >> patients are dying. there are patients begging me not to put them on the breathing machine, because they know they might never talk to their families again. it's really difficult. >> reporter: dr. jennifer o'hay has worked there for 22 years. >> in the beginning we were watching and learning from new york. then all of a sudden things just exploded here. i would say that compared to march and april, i'm taking care of at least twice as many patients now as i was then. now, what we're seeing is a lot of our younger p

arizona for them, could they get arizona? that would give them pennsylvania, michigan, arizona.be enough to put joe biden over the top. that's significant. arizona, if the democrats flip that, that will change the electoral map. a 5-point lead in our poll. we'll see where it goes. >> steve, you're not talking about the fact that the new poll puts joe biden ahead in wisconsin and joe biden ahead in florida as well. we'll see steve kornacki so much he'll appear in your dreams. thank you, my friend. >>> turning to the senator where the democrats have the wind in their sails. the races in arizona, minnesota and new mexico also seem to be trending more blue. democrats need four seats in the senate to take control of the chamber. while there are no senators in pennsylvania up for re-election, joe biden's home state will be a key electoral puzzle piece for winning the 2020 race. i want to bring in senator bob casey of pennsylvania. he's a native of scranton. he was among the first to endorse joe biden's presidential campaign. senator, thank you for being here. i want to talk to you abo

take a look at arizona.irus infections have been on ae in arizona for weeks now since the state's republican governor began one of the earliest reopenings in the country to appease trump. this weekend the number of icu beds and ventilators being used by coronavirus patients hit an all-time high in arizona. that's the hard data behind the experience that that phoenix e.r. doctor was just describing. with all the numbers still trending up, the governor of arizona, doug ducey, has not enacted any significant new restrictions to slow the spread. he's not closed businesses. there's no statewide mask requirement. and so with more people in arizona getting sick than the hospitals can keep up with, officials on the local level are pushing on the governor to change his mind. this weekend the mayors from five of arizona's biggest cities sent the governor of arizona this letter, asking the governor to enact a statewide mask requirement, to increase testing and contact tracing, to ask arizonans to stay home. but also fo

director of the arizona public health association. so, will, when i hear the number of ventilators on the rise, when i hear the number of icu beds on the rise, i think about what happened here in new york and i start to wonder if that death toll really is a lagging indicator. >> well, the death toll for sure is a lagging indicator. and i think what our hospitals here and in arizona have been doing for the last two or three weeks is really ramping up their surge plans. they have all in place surge capacity plans. and they've been busy implementing those. and the critical control point that often isn't discussed is the amount of staffed beds. because a bed doesn't provide any care to anybody. it's staff that does that. these covid patients are extremely labor intensive. and it takes a lot of icu nurses to manage a patient. so one of the things they've been doing is trying to find as many out-of-state icu-trained nurses as they possibly can. the vice president was here last week. we promised 500 folks that would come into arizona and pro

she's in phoenix, arizona. doctor saskia popescu, why do you get this bad in arizona?ckly and so really reopened so quickly and so early, unfortunately arizona was one of the last states to do closing measures in one of the first reopened, and u nfortu nately now the first reopened, and unfortunately now what we are seeing is hospital that 90% capacity, one out of every five patients hospitalised has coronavirus positive, and resulting in hospitalisation, but also today actually the city morgue reported they are 9796 city morgue reported they are 97% full, so so much of this is premature opening, rapid reopening and people rushing out to go to bars and restau ra nts out to go to bars and restaurants as if — you have seen some of those videos. a lot of the messaging coming from leadership both national and state is that we were passed coronavirus, and that really gives people not a lot of motivation really to maintain infection control measures. from what i have red about restrictions or lack of restrictions in arizona, restau ra nts a nd restrictions in arizona, restau

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arizona versus massachusetts. go to the seven day of new cases in arizona -- all right.s going up. it has had 3,500 cases yesterday. the point i'm making and do it without the graphic, i guess, there has been a slight drop in recent days. the question is, is that a blip or is it finally proof you're plateauing? do you see that? what are you seeing there on the ground? >> i do hope that that's evidence that we are plateauing. i think we are all very hopeful that's what that means. we are seeing a slight decrease in icu bed occupancy. again, last week it was closer to 90%. this week down around 85%, 86%. we are very hopeful that is a sign of our plateau and that may be a result of local, city and municipality mask mandates increasing social distancing and setting down some businesses such as bars and gyms. >> you mentioned bars and gyms, also mentioned no-mask mandate there. you have, even the president of the united states belatedly coming into the briefing room yesterday saying americans should wear a mask. teachers in arizona will protest today because they think it's n

arizona has a teaching shortage. we will need more people trained in technology, trained -- i have heard from districts they are hiring more hr directors because they are having to think about if a staff or student tests positive, thinking about the hr components of that. and then as far as other staffing positions, any place where we want to decrease the number of people in an area, whether it is a school bus or a classroom, we just need more resources to have the facilities and the tools that we need to make that possible. >> if you hear from the president of the united states who tweets in all caps the schools must open or we will cutoff federal funding. or the governor says to you, and i know you are elected independently from the governor in the state like, you must do it. it must be done. what is your reaction to that? >> again, they are out of touch with reality. president trump, secretary devos, they are -- it's just not reality here in arizona. the magnitude and the severity of the outbreak here. i am fortun

in phoenix, scottsdale, tempe, mace an, surprise arizona. arizona is an interesting case. arizona, if you have been paying close attention, their numbers statewide are finally starting to level out a little bit this week after arizona having been the scariest place in the country in terms of covid for much of june and july. now, arizona's rep governor doug doocy initially like trump and florida's republican governor desantis, arizona's governor doug doocy initially just announced a mandate by which he declared all schools must open no matter what. but, you know, there was pushback and the pushback worked. this sort of thing is worth paying attention to, particularly if you are beaten down by how bad the headlines are and how bad the news is staying. look at the places where people fighting for constructive policy are winning, are getting even politicians who have not been good on this issue to get better. in arizona we saw it when the state public health association balked at what the governor was telling schools to do. the state public health association telling governor

you can see california and texas and arizona and florida there. those numbers steadily working the way up there and in the sun belt right now which is really where this is just raging away take a look at what's happened in south carolina. they have doubled their cases in a month. so as i've said before, all of us want this to get better and hope for the best, everyone would love to see schools open and work properly, businesses open. but the numbers are making a lot of that look prohibitive because there is no sign that this is under control or even close yet. brianna? >> all right. tom, thank you for that. >>> florida as tom said is within of the nation's hotspots. officia officials reported a report number of new cases there and despite the numbers there is still no statewide mask mandate. cnn correspondent rosa flores in miami beach for us. you are there in one of the hardest hit areas. tell us how hospitals are handling the surge in cases. >> reporter: hospitals are getting tested. at last count here in florida 35 icu hospitals are at capacity

we set politics aside in arizona to move the state forward. we announced the delay in in person administration. he is putting the safety and wellness of our school communities first. and i know that's been a tough position for him to be in. >> superintendent kathy hoffman, the elected state superintendent for the schools in arizona, who has a very, very, very difficult job on her hands right now and i really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you, chris. >>> i'm joined now by my friend and college who is the policy editor at nbc news who has been covering the nationwide struggle to open schools this fall. we have been corresponding on this because i have been so invested in this topic and you have been doing a lot of reporting. before this week when the president started issuing these decrees, what was your reporting finding about the lack of direction, the confusion, the difficulty of these thousands of different districts trying to come up with a plan? >> last month i was talking to a lot of different groups about this. i

we can't do patchwork work here in arizona. we need statewide action. >> mayor, thank you for continuing to join me to have this important conversation. our thoughts are with you and the people of arizona. mayor regina romero of tucson, arizona. >>> the president's own attorney general advised him against commuting roger stone's prison sentence. next, eric squawalwell's though as a member of the house judiciary committee. judiciary committee. sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. did yocould be signs thats syour digestive systemwn isn't working at its best? taking metamucil every day can help. metamucil supports your daily digestive health using a special plant-based fiber called psyllium. psyllium works by forming a gel in your digestive system to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. metamucil's gelling

we report from arizona, where infections are surging and doctors have to make tough decisions.ou have to pick and choose who gets that life—saving intervention, that is a horrible situation to be in, i have never had to be in that situation. turkey's president signs a decree converting one of the world's most iconic buildings, istanbul's hagia sophia, back into a mosque. amazon says an email asking employees to remove tiktok from their mobile devices was sent in error. and, on the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the schoolgirl who helped the raf beat the luftwaffe. hello. president trump has commuted the prison sentence for his friend and advisor roger stone. mr stone had been due to start a three year and four month prison sentence for lying under oath during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us election. the white house said mr stone would have been at serious risk of covid—19 in prison. our north america correspondent david willis has the latest. well, roger stone, james, is a political operative, someone who has almost rejoiced

what are we looking at in arizona?h, well, as you mentioned, we're in something called crisis standards of care. and that's a situation in which the hospital systems are prepared to make really tough decisions about who gets care and who doesn't when the resources aren't there to treat the people that show up. it's essentially a triage system so that, you know, you might have four or five people that needed to be in the intensive care ward, but you've only got a couple of beds. and so you have to use a scorecard essentially and decide which one of those patients is most likely to live, and you make a triage decision about people who are doing badly and decide maybe we're not going to provide care for this person because i have a better shot with this other person. it also considers how many years of life you may have left if you do recover as part of the formula. by the way, this is not just covid-19 patients. this is people who show up with a heart attack or any other medical condition. everybody gets triaged. yeah. >

and arizona's a really interesting place. if you have been paying close attention, their numbers, statewide, are finally starting to level out this week. after arizona having been the scariest place in the country in terms of covid, for much of june and july. now, arizona's republican governor, doug ducey, had initially, like president trump, like florida governor ron desantis, like kim reynolds, arizona's governor, doug ducey, had also, initially, just announced a mandate, by which he declared all schools must open, no matter what. but, you know, there was pushback. and the pushback worked. and this sofrt rt of thing is w paying attention to, particularly if you are beaten down by how bad the headlines are and how bad it is staying. look at where the fight for constructive policy are winning. in arizona, we saw it when the state public health association balked at what the governor was telling schools to do. the state public health association telling governor ducey that instead of picking a date out of a hat, by which he de

the state with the most cases is arizona. how did it become a covid—19 hotspot?ong has been there. loud music plays. when the governor of arizona lifted the state's stay—at—home order, people partied, pre—pandemic style. it was a joke to us. days later many woke up to what will probably be the worst hangover of their lives. never imagined in my life i would be in a hospital, you know, on a breathing, oxygen tube. i felt like i was going to die. the bars and nightclubs have now been shut down again. the pumping music replaced by an eerie silence. but the damage has been done. at the beginning of the pandemic some hoped the summer heat might help slow the infection rate. well, if you want proof that is not happening, it's here. it's currently around 44 celsius in phoenix. the temperature is rising and so are the number of confirmed covid cases at an alarming rate. arizona is now the coronavirus hotspot, not just for the united states, but for the world. and yet people here are still queueing many hours for tests and waiting many days for the results. they are getti

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en arizona 116 mil casos y dos mil muertes. maricopa, pima y pimal los focos calientes.apacidad. en texas, los contagios por arriba de 240 mil. las muertes mÁs de tres mil. los focos calientes en los condados... las unidades de cuidados intensivo por arriba del 80 %. en la florida, mÁs de 244 mil casos. las muertes por arriba de 4200. 47 % de los hospitales del estado ya estÁn al 90 % de su capacidad. jorge, ilia. jorge: muchas gracias. la pregunta si hay que volver a cerrar los negocios, los parques y restaurantes. encerrarse una vez mÁs en la casa. esto se lo preguntÉ a dos jÓvenes polÍticos. a la jueza del condado y al alcalde de miami. >> va hemos cruzado la capacidad base de los hospitales. ya estamos en procedimiento de emergencia adicional. no es sostenible a largo plazo. entonces en este momento para poner la comunidad en un camino exitoso del punto de vista econÓmico y de salud tenemos que mandar cerrar las cosas nuevas. >> son decisiones difÍciles. por una parte es sin duda, no en estamos en el mismo lugar donde estamos econÓmicamente. cuando empezamos esta pan

unfortunately i think arizona has been a great case study forfragmented arizona has been a great caseted and approaches. also premature and rapid reopening. states reopening far too early, far too fast and as doctor fauci mentioned we really didn't lock down oi’ mentioned we really didn't lock down or do the restrictions in the united states to the extent that was needed. arizona unfortunately, a really good example of that. we saw a read surgeons of infections in the month. now were saddened to see things hopefully turn around. it is taken weeks and a month at this point with mandated mask and business closures. unfortunately it been avoided. looking forward to solutions. what do you think needs to be done right now? a lot of things. we need a national approach in terms of making sure states are not reopening too early. and to prematurely or fast, i should say. every state at this point kind of did it against what they needed to. they didn't meet metrics is that we need a national approach for wednesday to reopen. we have to address the testing issues we are saying in the united stat

sophie long, bbc news, phoenix, arizona. he may have to tighten the rules on face coverings in england, encouraging their use in confined spaces, like shops. at the moment they're only mandatory on public transport, but the british prime minister says the scientific advice on masks has shifted. he also urged people to go back to work if they can, instead of working from home. 0ur science editor david shukman has the story. the message is obvious, when the prime minister is pictured in a mask. it means you can expect new rules in england for where you have to cover your face — no longerjust on public transport. we need to be stricter in insisting that people wear face coverings in confined places. we're looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where, you know, there is a risk of transmission. hello! the pressure has been building for a change. the chancellor, rishi sunak, was widely criticised for not covering his face earlier in the week at this photo opportunity. and s

you know, in arizona again, i'm not picking on arizona just because dr. humble is here, but look, they -- you know, you had the governor basically, you know, saying even local ordinances that wanted to have mask orders and various things in place, he was overturning those things. he thought they'd get a break in the summer. they didn't abide by the gating criteria for opening. at a local or state level. therefore, the amount of testing that is now necessary is enormous. so it's very difficult to meet the demands. arizona, i mean, 80% of testing is done by one or two labs. they were supposed to have adequate testing infrastructure in place, they did not. i mean, it's as simple as that. >> will, let me ask you sideways question here which is that you're reporting that arizona is at a breaking point. record hospitalizations in 11 states and 900 new deaths. what's the plan from the white house? well, overnight trade adviser peter navarro writes a scathing op-ed in "usa today" criticizing the leading infectious disease doctor, anthony fauci. how does that help

but i will say that the data from texas and arizona, to me, are a bit encouraging. somebody used an analogy of the car. it kept accelerating and accelerating and now it seems to have plateaued and maybe even decreasing, but it's still way too much infection. lots of suffering happening in those states. so they continue to need to work on really bringing those infection rates down. they're still very, very high. >> what do you think when you look at the numbers out of california and florida? we're not necessarily spiking to new highs, but the numbers are huge. >> yeah. so the analogy here really is that it is -- if arizona and texas were accelerating and then plateaued and have come down a little, florida and california and a bunch of other states thankfully are no longer accelerating. but they're at a very high level. they're 10,000-plus cases a day in both of those states. thousands of people hospitalized. and so the good news is they're not getting worse but they're not getting better yet. >> what are the hot spot states headed in the wrong direction? >> mississip