to prevent the city of atlanta from making face coverings compulsory to try to stop the spread brian kemp is suing atlanta's mayor saying she has overstepped her authority with the mask order he wants a judge to express the block atlanta and at least 14 other local governments all $26.00 u.s. states now require face coverings to be worn in public. the new york. mask of america. new york's governor has launched a national campaign to encourage people to wear masks in public despite the rising cases there's still no official ruling on their use from the federal government share returns and has more. several months into the pandemic am coded 19 testing is still beset by restrictions shortages and delays in several states for those eligible for a test long waits have to be endured and it may be a week or more before results are disclosed even with many unable to be tested the trends are all menace with coded 19 infections reported to be rising rapidly in 40 of the us is 50 states we were previously see about one inch and or even one in a large house we were doing in the community it were comi

passport to 2018, at that point brian kemp has been secretary of state for eight years and purged 1.4 million voters, overseeing the closure of 214 precincts. he has been the architect of exact match, which is the system that helps 553,000 application for voter registration hostage, 83% work people of color and was responsible for multiple infractions in the news that the power to run for governor and was replaced by brad ratzenberger. he comes into play and through fair fight action organization i started suited the statement said that we saw happen will never be undone. i will never be the governor in 2018. the process was wrong. that democracy didn't work, so one of their solutions was to buy new machines because we also had an issue of flipping where people would put in their vote and the person they selected, namely me, would suddenly become brian kemp. i am not brian kemp and i want to frame them for this reason, malfeasance doesn't disappear prevent action doesn't disappear because it goes underground and what happened in part was that the same structure that had been deeply pr

well, brian kemp he's about to speak at a news conference. we'll speak with the atlanta mayor in minutes to discussion this ongoing debate. >> joining us right now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. great to have you back. we started in bad shape as a country in terms of cases and hospitalizations and deaths and ending it worse. we're ending it worse. every day the numbers have gone up and sanjay, we talk about it all the time. i know you don't like to be the voice of desperation or doom or anything. but today feels desperate. i mean, what's happening in florida and georgia and elsewhere and texas is bad. >> yeah. it is bad. you know, i like to be the voice of some sort of solution, you know, because i think that's what we still ultimately need. but you're right. i mean, there's no way to sugarcoat what's going on right now. we see those numbers rise and i'm here in georgia. i'm following earnestly what's going to happen throughout the day here today with some of the back and forth between the governor and the mayor. but as

rob: brian kemp is coming up alive on "fox and friends," keep an eye for that. jillian: congress at odds how to end of violence in big cities. rob: lawmakers building another stimulus package. congressman ralph norman joins us next on how washington is tackling all of these things this week. - [narrator] the shark vacmop combines powerful suction with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. ♪ ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ rob: a busy week on capitol hill, lawmakers returning from the independence day holiday with a major to do list. jillian: joining us is congressman ralph norman, good to see you. let's start with what happened monday, democrats started with a bill limiting the president's ability to mobilize troops in riot ravaged cities, kamala harris is the sun preventing authoritarian policing, quote, donald trump is ordering and identify law

governor brian kemp also refusing to mandate a statewide mask order. does that concern you? are you hoping that he's not an example for too many people in your city or state? >> well, donald trump is actually violating the law as he stands on our tarmac without a mask, the city of atlanta operates atlanta hartsfield-jackson airport. we have mandate that you should have on a mask. so i am very glad to see that the others on the tarmac are heeding the law in atlanta, but it's not surprising to me that donald trump is once again breaking it. >> our governor cuomo has offered the city of atlanta any assistance it needs, are you going to take him up on that? >> sure will. my mom says a friend in need is a friend indeed. we need the ppe, we need the testing, we need the support with contact tracing. we're grateful for that support. >> mayor keisha lance bottoms of atlanta, i hope you and your family feel well. continue to recover. thank you for spending some time with us. >> thank you for having me. >>> when we come back -- new developments in the death of george floyd. we're gett

georgia governor brian kemp is suing the city of atlanta arguing keisha lance bottoms has overstepped her authority by ordering people to wear masks in public. >>> and manhattan beach, california, are now ticketing people who do not wear masks. abc's megan tevrizian has more. >> reporter: this morning, covid-19 cases exploding around the country. a record number reported thursday. 71,000 new cases in just 24 hours. despite the drastic rise in numbers from utah -- >> i think it's a political hoax. >> reporter: -- to oklahoma. >> my rights are civil rights. >> reporter: to wisconsin. >> it's an outrageous infringement on our fourth amendment liberty. >> reporter: the debate over masks is raging. >> don't be stupid. >> just trying to save my grandma's life. >> since when do we have a constitutional right to put other people's lives in danger? >> reporter: in georgia where hitting record levels governor brian kemp is suing city council and mayor keisha lance bottoms to stop the city from requiring masks just one day after he blocked local officials from issuing mask mandates. that decisio

in the last few days is when georgia governor brian kemp actually sued the atlanta mayor and atlantacouncil over their rollback to phase one. that's a set of recommendations where the city of atlanta would like businesses like restaurants to go back to curbside pickup and delivery only. atlanta is only one of several georgia cities with a mask mandate. all of that was mentioned in this lawsuit filed by kemp. mayor bottoms fired back on twitter saying reading is fundamental, pointing out the fact that kemp was suing over a set of recommendations. kemp on the other hand has said that he is doing this on behalf of atlanta businesses who were struggling and who need to put food on the table. when we talked to some atlanta businesses, restaurant owners in particular, they said the real problem is that there's no clear guidance here and they feel like they're children caught between two divorcing parents. here's one restaurant owner and what he said. >> we're not getting answers, so it's like we're having to make decisions on our own on how to do this. it's a political game. i call it a po

amna: georgia governor brian kemp's porter has put the issuef up masnt and center.me now is the mayor of athens, clark county, georgia, which moved to require masks earlier this month. thanks for making the time. i want to ask you about ns we just gotten about governor brian kemp and the state attorney general suing the atlanta mayor and the city council for their requirement wearing.lic mask what is your reaction to that? >> this has all been so deeply frusating. weimply want to create a platform for health and safety for the local population. i've been in constant contact with mayor bottoms and other mayors throughout the state. in lieu of action on a statewide basis, as we've seen another republicanli lead state alabama and arkansas, we need to act as local boots on the ground who are keeping people in our community safe. we are going to continue with our order in athens clarke county as mayor bottoms has also indicated she is going to do, and mayor davis in acosta, and mayor johnson in savannah. we understand that as science has demonstrated over the la many mon

look, georgia's governor brian kemp doesn't deny that. in fact, multiple times during that press conference he not only encouraged but implored people to wear masks. every member of his task force talked about the performance of wearing masks, but just 12 hours earlier his administration filed a lawsuit against the city of atlanta and mayor bottoms because of the mask mandate and the going back to phase one restrictions. now, the governor maintains that this is about saving lives and livelihoods of businesses. a lot of focus on businesses and what going back to phase one might mean for them. but the mask mandate is in cities all across georgia and many mayors including keisha lance bottoms said they'll still do it. here's what the governor had to say. >> now, i know that many well intentioned and well informed georgians want a mask mandate. while we all agree that wearing a mask is effective, i'm confident that georgians don't need a mandate to do the right thing. instead of issuing mandates that are confusing and unenforceable, i'm askin

brian kemp is a crow ard.s afraid he'll alien ate the president of the united states who has symbolled his ambivalence about masks and alienate a republican party may not stand with him in re-election if he goes against the minority declaring that masks are somehow an infringement on their liberty but he's a coward because he refuses toute the pulpit of leadership to tell people what they need to do to save their lives but the vulnerable around them. this is not a moment of couldn't raw diction or confusion, it is an act of cowardice. >> if the governor made the mandate, they would still vote for him if they voted for him before. on topic of joe biden's running mate, the vice president is in the final stages of vetting and expected to make the announcement at the beginning of next month. have you had a direct conversation with joe biden about the vp spot since the vetting process began? >> i refer all questions about vetting to the biden administration -- the biden campaign. >> and i appreciate that very succi

. >> reporter: as cases surge in georgia, governor brian kemp banning local officials from mandating masks. >> i'm deeply frustrated today. we believe our local orders can stand and so we're going to fight this. >> reporter: arkansas and colorado adding mask mandates today. at least 38 states now require face coverings in public. target, cvs, and publix the latest businesses to require them for customers nationwide. >> the science at this point is very clear. wearing a mask can reduce your chance of transmitting covid and acquiring it five times. >> reporter: 39 states are now moving in the wrong direction. 16 are reporting record hospitalizations. all but two of those seeing a rise in deaths. >> even places that think they're doing quite well right now, they're not. >> reporter: in texas, austin's convention center and this laredo hotel now being prepped for non-icu covid-19 patients. two counties are sharing a refrigerated trailer as morgues there reach capacity. >> these individuals are family members and friends. >> reporter: new analysis from the cdc finds the travel bans for ch

>> because, van johnson is a leader and brian kemp is not.his is the person who is one of the last governors to close the state despite a disproportionate share of the covid infection occurring in georgia at the time we had a city in albany, the city of albany was the fourth highest rate of infection in the world. and he stumbles in to the decision to close the state. he was one of the first to reopen the state, diss fight every metric saying do not do so. and his response has been to not lead but to suggest. we don't elect suggesters. we elect leaders. and that's why we are proud to have mayor van johnson, and we are unfortunately being guided along, haphazardly by a governor who was failed in his attempt to be a leader and i hope he will learn from governor abbott in texas, that learned that mandating to save lives is why we have people in charge. >> you know, there's a, there's a two--part part of this. there's the part in which the governors want to genuflect to donald trump and be obedient to him and then there's the real experience. esp

governor brian kemp is suing atlanta's mayor over her mask order even though masks are proven to help prevent the spread of the virus, so let's begin in georgia and all that has happened, diane gallagher, this morning, the governor holding a press conference and the mayor responding to all of this in this new lawsuit against her right here on cnn. >> yeah, poppy, and, look, governor brian kemp doesn't deny that masks protects the community. in fact, he said it multiple times today and even flew around the state of georgia back before the numbers were so bad here encouraging people to wear masks, so it was a bit perplexing that he chose to sue the mayor of atlanta as well as the members of city council, especially since roughly a dozen different local communities have some version of a mask mandate throughout the state. now, the governor claims that it violates his executive order because the executive order says you can not put any restrictions that exceed the order in it. he also in the lawsuit is suing her for recommending that atlanta if back to phase one. he claims that this is ab

what was supposed to happen yesterday and what did happen is governor brian kemp extended an expiringublic health emergency for covid-19 and extend it had through the end of the month. the order said for months local governments could not pass any more restrictions that were more restrictive than what the state had done but he tucked in a little new passage that county and city governments cannot mandate masks or facial conversation. that not there before and governor brian kemp who wears a mask everywhere, went on a six-state flying tour telling people to mask up. he's been in a pretty public battle with the mayor of mayor with the mask mandate here in the city. here's the thing. atlanta wasn't the only city with a mask mandate, wasn't even first. the mayor of savannah reacted to the new part of the executive order saying that he felt like governor kemp just didn't give a damn about georgians and they said they were going to continue to listen to science in savannah and got a similar comment from mayor bottom's office saying the order remains in fact saying it will drive the city's d

state of georgia is suing a city man who ordered the mandatory wearing of math governor brian kemp says the atlanta officials mandate violates his executive order that prevents local governments from enforcing such measures that azerbaijan as president has sacked his foreign minister of what he's calling meaningless negotiations with neighboring armenia that's a ceasefire between the 2 countries was broken just after one day the latest fighting began on sunday. a top official of the u.s. state department says the european union needs to be more critical of countries that violate a u.n. arms embargo in libya david schenker who's the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict showing he says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt jason patric is the founder of the consultancy in libya analysis he explains why the u.s. has started to get more involved in the conflict there are 2 reasons for this one is that general haftar are lost his attempt to take t

governor there is going to court to ban cities and municipalities making masking in public compulsory brian kemp says local orders can't be more restrictive than measures he's put in place his team only strongly are just the winning of masks the governor has taken a formal position on mass in the state of georgia so whatever the motivation is i think that at the end of the day we all have to do the right thing because it's the right thing to do and what the scientists are telling us is that the right thing to do is to wear a mask mask are not a political statement mask are a public health to a necessary public health to. the state of georgia continues to send mixed messages to everyone that lives here cases a no such thing in 40 of the 50 states hospitals are being stretched to the limit we were previously seeing about one in 10 or even one in 8 of our tests that we were doing in the community they were coming back positive now we're seeing one and or so about 25 percent of all the tests that we're doing which we've also ramped up but we're seeing more of those that are coming back oz that which

the governor of georgia, brian kemp, is raising eyebrows for his decision to overturn the mandatory mask orders that were imposed by some cities in his state. public health officials say universal mask wearing is currently our only hope for containing this virus. we'll have more on that in just a moment. >>> and it's official. previously public covid-19 data is no longer publicly available on the cdc website. the information was scrubbed from the site as president trump has moved to cut the organization out of the conversation. hospitals are now being asked to send their data directly to an hhs data base. let's begin at the white house with that news that president trump and dr. anthony fauci are talking again. pressure had been building on the white house from critics, including republicans, questioning those attacks on the country's highly respected top infectious disease doctor. just as parts of the country are being dev staastated by new sur of coronavirus. we mentioned every state, plus d.c., puerto rico, and the virgin islands are seeing cases increase. in the handful of states whe

overnight, republican governor brian kemp sied an order banning any public mask requirements. that, in direct conflict with several cities and towns, which have ordered masks be worn. today, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms sa she is keeping her mask order in place. >> it's a simple thing to do it's an easy thing to do and we will push people to do ite despe disagreements we have. >> desjardins: this one day after president trump visited the state, praising kemp and reopening to a local tv station. >> you've reopened and you're getting close to 100% reopened and you've really kept the virus down which is a tribute to a lot of good, talented people.>> esjardins: in fact, the virus has grown in georgia with near record case totals yesterday. no indications the crisis is taking a deeper political toll on president trump. mr. trump replaced his campaign manager brad parscale yesterday with a top advisorill stapien. the shake up comes as his campaign grapples with declining poll numbers. in the past week, separa polls put presumptive democratic nominee joe biden ahead of mr.um in

i mean, brian kemp was elected in 2018 with a major assist from president trump and we know of coursethere's a bit of that although it's interesting, there is a real kind of splintering in approach between republican governors in the south. even those who are sort of firmly on donald trump's team, if you like it. so, some states down south have said "look, it is up to local municipalities to decide. we don't think there should be mandates but we are going to leave it to people to decide locally," such as florida where ron desantis, the vociferous trump—supporting governor of florida, he's taken that view. whereas brian kemp has taken this harder line that he doesn't believe there should be any kind of mandate at all. and it's difficult because the row in georgia now is against a backdrop of huge numbers of rising cases. they had, i think... well, they've had more than 3000 deaths, they've had 130,000 cases. they're rolling seven—day average is up hugely on just couple of months ago which is reflected across the country of course. we are seeing the rolling seven—day average now over 60

one other thing i'll point out you to, andrea, is that governor brian kemp had put in place a set oftended them as the numbers started to go up. some of those guidelines are set to expire at midnight tonight, at 11:59 tonight. that means unless he extends or amends those guidelines, many of the guidelines around social distancing or capping the number of gatherings in public places or just what restaurants need to do in order to operate safely, all of those guidelines are set to expire tonight, andrea. >> blayne alexander on the story, thank you so much, blayne. >>> georgia democratic candidate for senate jon ossoff joins me now, very good to see you. let's talk about the pandemic situation and how it could affect the politics in georgia as well. what are your concerns? >> frankly, it's bizarre to have president trump flying down here for a campaign photo op. i understand he's going to talk about infrastructure, permitting. that's fine, but we're in the midst of a public health crisis, an economic crisis, folks are having troublemaki making rent, facing eviction, facing foreclosure.

the state just reported the most deaths in a single day. >> brian kemp is demanding action. president trump visited georgia without a mask despite growing concerns in the south. >> we're in the 60s now and if we don't do a substantial reset, we're going to be in the 70s, 80s, it's going to keep going because that's how the virus works. we absolutely need mandates on mask wearing. i believe that in the southern states where the outbreaks are bad you cannot have any indoor gatherings of any size, no restaurants, no bars, no nightclubs, none of that stuff. >> without national leadership here some businesses are done waiting. walmart is the largest retailer to mandate them. including costco and starbucks. they will hold all classes online. none of the nation's 20 skichoo districts are trying to figure it out. >>> the first u.s. governor diagnosed with covid is oklahoma's kevin stead. he led one of the most aggressive reopening plans. the rally contributed to a surge in cases there. oklahoma cracked 1,000 cases for the first time. >>> breaking overnight, the first big shakeup of

suing a city mayor who ordered the mandatory wearing of masks to help contain the virus governor brian kemp says the move violates his decree brief ending local governments from enforcing such measures several cities in the state of pushback against his orders and the number of coronavirus cases in brazil has passed 2000000 more than 76000 people have died as the world's 2nd biggest outbreak after the united states there are concerns that many more infections are going unreported due to the lack of testing as about john's president has sacked his foreign minister over what he's calling meaningless negotiations with neighboring armenia it came on the same day as a new flare up in the border clashes that began on sunday a top official at the u.s. state department says the european union needs to be more critical of countries that violate a u.n. arms embargo in libya david schenker who's the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict and the f.b.i. is investigating a major hacking campaign that targeted some of the

brian kemp. gov. kemp: good morning, everyone. i want to thank everybody for being with us and i want to start by thanking dr. toomey, commissioner barry and superintendent woods for their strong leadership during the pandemic. andd want to take a moment thank your teens. i know we don't do that enough, but they have been grinding away every day and for those of you watching, thanks for all that you are doing. these continue to be challenging times in our state and country ckd the recent uptake -- upti of covid-19 cases is coast-to-coast. this virus is far from over. sincee come a long way the pandemic began, but we have incredible challenges in front of us. over the last several weeks we have seen a rise in cases, a rise in hospitalizations, and a rise in the percentage of georgians testing positive for covid-19. hotspots have been popping up at churches, manufacturing plants and long-term care facilities. we are literally tracking this data hourly. wele much has changed, remain laser focused on protecting the lives and livelihoo

georgia governor brian kemp has come under huge fire for suing localities in his own state over mandatingheir own covid-19 rules. he is here to respond to them. it also tonight, raymond arroyo digs into biden's latest mask add, and anthony fauci on the catwalk. first period of there is no getting around that, according to most polls, president trump is running behind joe biden. on the economy, the new nbc "wall street journal" poll gave trump record high marks on the issue. the story of the moment however is cobit dominating everywhere and it's where voters favor biden. that shouldn't be the case and to tell if you will have hit us. the issues at hand are right in trump's wheelhouse. number one, the virus came from china. trump has been a greater hawk on china than any president in my lifetime and his ban on travel without a doubt saved thousands of lives. number two. when ppe, and ventilators mobile hospitals were needed, trump marshaled both the government and private companies and they delivered in rapid speed and historic fashion. to get out of this mess, we are going to need an unpre

governor brian kemp won't allow the city to be burned and that is what donald trump has been saying.local levels if you look at seattle, minneapolis, they needed the national guard, they needed the president's help but they made political decisions based on public safety and public health and we cannot do that. people get the message but when you are allowing people to lose and burn and take over parts of the city and go through neighborhoods protesting late at night, those aren't protests, protesters, those are criminals, it is pulling at my heart. i'm not sure black lives matter to black wise matter. where is the democratic party, why aren't they calling them out and telling them to stop this. rob: so many pictures of people who were killed, really devastating to see. you are a democrat in the state of georgia. that makes you interesting because you're a trump supported coming out against the biden campaign, saying we cannot be tricked again. you have a new op-ed out. >> i'm not against joe biden. i'm for donald trump because donald trump is about results, prior to the pandemic, re

governor brian kemp.applause] tough.warrior, he is he has done a great job and you have done a great job in every aspect of running this incredible state and i have always been there for you. when we met at the plane, he said everything we needed in georgia, you have been there, that is right. perhaps more important than brian, far more important is george's first lady, marty kemp. thank you very much. ballots, those mail-in you going to watch that for me? they have a lot of problems all over the country, they just had paterson, new jersey, massive percentages of the vote was a fraud. well in balance, be careful. be careful. i'm going to have to be very nice to ups. ups, i love you. i love you, carol. it is very bad what is going on with mail-in ballots. as differentiated from absentee ballots, where you have to go through a process because you can't be there for some reason, at the mail-in ballots is going to be -- they are going to berate, they are going to be a terrible situation and you have to be car

brian kemp. >> good morning, everyone. let me first thank everybody for being with us and i want to start by thanking dr. toomey, director bryson, commissioner berry, general carden and superintendent woods for the strong leadership during the pandemic. also would like director bryson did come didn't want to take ja moment and thank your teams, too. i know we don't do that enough but they've been grindingly every day in the trenches, for those of you watching this morning thanks for all that you were doing. these continue to be challenging times in our state and our country, and the recent uptick of covid-19 dean -- covid-19 cases is literally from coast to coast. it's clear this fight is far from over. we have come a long way since the pandemic begun but we also have incredible challenges that remain in front of us. over the last several weeks as you know we've seen a rise in cases, a rise in hospitalization rates and a rise in the percentage of georgians testing positive for covid-19. hotspots have been popping up at chu

that is our governor, brian kemp.or, i appreciate your focus to transportation and infrastructure. it makes my life a lot easier. thank you. finally, i'd like to recognize somebody else. the president acknowledged her earlier. the leadership exemplified by secretary elaine chao is exceptional. we have never experienced the kind of cooperation -- [applause] we have never experienced this kind of cooperation from your administration, mr. president, that we enjoy today. thank you for your leadership. thank you for the partnership you share not only with georgia, but all the states. thank you for making this happen. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: russell said that so well because there have been many steps we have made over the course of the last three years that allowed us to get to this big, giant step. this is a big deal. and this is front page all over this country. and frankly, nobody realizes what it means other than the people that are in this room and others that do what you do. but the fact is this is somethi

. >>> also brian kemp starts a new legal fight with the city of atlanta over restrictions. those stories and then a check of the weather when we come back. of the wtheaer when we come back frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron? next time try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. just toss it in the dryer to bounce out wrinkles. we dried these shorts with bounce wrinkle guard, and a pair without. the bounce wrinkle guard shorts have fewer wrinkles and static, and more softness. it's the world's first mega sheet that does the job of three dryer sheets. it also comes in unscented. if you don't love bounce wrinkle guard, we'll give you your money back. >>> welcome back, everybody. with covid cases on the rise, more than half the states have issued mandatory mask requirements to help stop the spread. arkansas is on the growing list. it will apply to people 10 years and older. the rules will go into effect on monday. earlier governors in two concerned states said people will be on gated to wear masks while in public. meanwhile the political battl

georgia governor brian kemp calling in the national guard after 31 people were shot in atlanta and an 8-year-old girl was killed. new york city is seeing a spike in a crime, shootings up 130% last month compared to the same time last year. shocking video shows a father gun down crossing the street in broad daylight with his 6-year-old daughter as he holds her hand. mayor bill de blasio under pressure to act where "the new york post" telling him to do something to cover very similar to the 1990s when they experienced a crime wave. all of this happening in the backdrop of the defund the police movement, victims of gun violence are saying we need more cops to prevent violence. >> we can't take money from the police department. we need the police. you take the police from here and we wind up having less police officers in the street, it's not going to work. the crime is going to get worse. going after the police officers when they hurt someone that look like me, we need to go after the people that look like me that hurt people that look like me. >> dana: and don lemon causing controversy

having a mask mandate in atlanta and, of course, the governor brian kemp has sued the atlanta mayor and atlanta city council for those restrictions that are more stringent than what the state is currently allowing. a judge has called for the two sides to meet in mediation before tuesday, fred. >> lots of volatility there. and, you know, as for the candidate, he was with us last weekend. not in person, but he had a very special relationship with the late congressman john lewis. and to now hear that he is awaiting his test results, this is a very tough time for him. tough choices he'll be making over the next few days. natasha chen, thank you for that. appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> memorial services for congressman john lewis have begun in alabama. earlier this morning, we heard from lewis' five surviving siblings in his hometown of troy. one of lewis' sisters described the civil rights icon as a humble public servant who dedicated his entire life to helping others. >> he lived with the never-ending desire to help others. he often told us, if you see something wrong, do something. hi

the governor of georgia, brian kemp, suing atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms over her city's mask mandate, claiming that it violates his emergency orders. putting the people of his state at risk, knowingly doing it. in the face of all of that, what does this do-nothing president do today? he throws himself a great big campaign-style event right on the south lawn of the white house because nothing says wartime president fighting for your life like a couple of pickup trucks and a crane with a big trump administration banner on it. look at -- look how ridiculous that picture is. i used to build tonka and -- toy cities when i was a kid that wasn't that ridiculous and childish. he can't go to rallies. not with that pesky virus killing people across the country. so he's bringing the rallies to him. the president making no attempt to hide the fact that his south lawn event today was blatantly political. he seems to want to talk about just about anything other than the pandemic that is killing more and more americans every single day. yes, the death rates are going up and the hospitalization rate

the state reporting nearly 5,000 new infections friday as governor brian kemp and atlanta mayor keishaance bottoms continue to spar over coronavirus restrictions. cnn's natasha chen joining me now from atlanta. natasha, what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, fred, the good news is that atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms and georgia governor brian kemp have been ordered to go through mediation and they are supposed to do that before tuesday. of course, mayor bottoms on thursday said during a virtual press conference that they are trying to work out, trying to iron out their differences. she also mentions that they had a good conversation on a phone call wednesday between her and the governor. she said the two of them are in agreement that masks save lives. however, within the last 24 hours, governor kemp tweeted a list of accomplishments he has done for the people of georgia and one was he filed this lawsuit to stop businesses from closing. and of course, when he filed this lawsuit, he mentioned he did this on behalf of atlanta businesses who were frustrated with the city's roll

and saying that he saw things in brian kemp that he hadn't seen since the 1960s when it comes to voter the abuse and ait can attacks and a state sponsored violence against black people. it was always important, not what he did 50 years ago, but the fact he never stopped that battle up until the moment he passed. that's why we can't spend enough time praising him. >> you know, the last time we saw him in public was there at lafayette square in the wake of the put down of the protestors. his reaction to that. seeing the black lives matter mural hadn't been painted there. just a block and change from the white house. what do you think, he didn't speak a lot about his reaction to that. what do you think must have been going through his mind? he said it was extraordinary, yes, but how far things had come or had they? >> i think this struggle is a a perpetual one and no one knew it better than congressman lewis did. what i hope he took from that mural was the solace in knowing that the struggle was left in good hands. that he could lay his burden down and not have to worry that there were no

on mae 21st nearly one month after reopening the state, governor brian kemp was cautiously optimisticud of what we accomplished over the last several weeks. >> reporter: in the two months since that press conference, things have only gotten worse. since this perfect storm, the factors of under testing, early reopening and lack of enforcement of masking and physical distancing policies has compounded the pandemic playing out in george. >> reporter: harvard professor says the way in which georgia officials interpreted data may have given a poor since of confidence. georgia's health department fact dated it's numbers. the georgia department of health defended the practice to cnn calling it the traditional way to look at data during an outbreak, adding georgia has been reporting the data the same way since the beginning of the pandemic. while it says less about when infections are occurring, presenting data is important to understand the case burden we're facing each day. but harvard researchers say back dating caused errors. >> decline in cases every week because the positive cases keep

governor brian kemp is suing atlanta's mayor over the city's mask mandate. the push back is hard to comprehend given that masks are simple, cheap and recommended by some experts but some americans don't see it that way. >> this is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing. we are supposed to be physically distancing, wearing masks and so all of our medical -- >> people expressing their displeasure in provo, utah. the white house leans on districts to resume classes in the autumn. it's a hard sell as parents, students, teachers weigh the risk but the white house is adamant. >> when he says open, he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. the science should not stand in the way of this. >> texas was one of three u.s. states to post their highest one day death tolls on thursday. for more here's cnn's erica hill. >> reporter: a stark reality in texas. refrigerated trailers brought in as morgues reach capacity. >> i need everybody to help us and do their part because people's lives are at stake. not just the people g

but i haven't heard anything back from her camp. >> and what about brian kemp? make of people like kemp and loeffler praising john lewis but all actively working to undermine things like voting rights and black lives matter? >> i read a quote. forgive me for not knowing who it's from and it said, to honor the man, you have to also honor the mission. we need to honor his mission. and that was this movement that we're talking about. that's the black lives matter movement and i say movement after that because a lot of people are getting caught up in the capitals. we need to honor his legacy and his mission. >> yeah. and donald trump has continued to attack those who kneel, you know, ahead of games. several players on the giants, their manager kneeled during an mlb exhibition game in oakland monday night. people are still kneeling for black lives matter. what would you say to donald trump if he would listen to you on the issue of kneeling and black lives matter? >> i would just say that players are going to kneel because players now understand that they can make a st

brian: kemp.here is an emergency and deploying national guard troops. peaceful hijacked by dangerousive agenda. now georgians are being targeted, shot, and left for dead. this lawlessness must be stopped and order restored in our capital city. i have declared a safety emergency and called up the national guard because the safety of our citizens comes first. this measure will allow troops to protect state property and dispatch state law enforcement officers to patrol our streets. enough with the tough talk. we must protect the lives and livelihoods of all georgians. keep in mind in atlanta fourth of july weekend 31 shot, five were killed and, steve, that little 8-year-old girl was killed when she is with her mom and mom's friend. the governor saying enough is enough. steve: ever since rayshard brooks was killed in that police-involved shooting a couple of weeks ago, the wendy's has become the epicenter of protest. and for the most part they have allowed the protesters to take over wengsdy's that wa

>>georgia governor brian kemp has sued atlanta's mayor and city council over its rollback to phase one which he says is unenforceable well the mayor keisha lance bottoms has instituted a mask mandate and is calling on the city's restaurants to return to curbside pickup and delivery only as cases of covid-19 sore it is a complete waste of time. >>and money to bow suit against the capital city. this state in which he is supposed to leave. >>kemp says no local mandate can be more or less restrictive than statewide executive orders. he said he filed the suit on behalf of struggling atlanta businesses. but if his lawsuit is a dish best served cold some atlanta restaurant owners say it's just feeding the fire. >>grow up the adults kevin clark and his partner lisa spooner own homegrown and atlanta restaurant that was cited in camps lawsuit as an example of a business suffering from the mayor's actions. >>we would benefit more if they came together and made a universal decision together on their own as adults working together to help this community. not a lawsuit that to me just. that makes it

brian kemp is suing kesha lands bottoms for her restrictions which go further than the states. a court hearing is expected in the coming hours. >>> atlanta is not alone in georgia with mask requirements. other cities like savannah have taken the same steps. the mayor has teemed up with new york's governor to get personal protective equipment for savannah. andrew cuomo urged everyone to wear masks to save lives. >> a mask became a political statement. a mask is not a political statement. the mask says i understand science and medicine and i listen to doctors and professionals. that's all the mask says. and the mask will save lives. why would you not wear the mask? i mean, why wouldn't you? two years from now when we look at the numbers and it says 40,000 more people died because they didn't wear a mask, how do you possibly explain that? >> joining me now is the honorable van r. johnson, the mayor of savannah. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, rosemary, for the opportuni opportunity. >> new york governor andrew cuomo met with you monday bringing much needed ppe along with a

the issue at hand there, governor brian kemp is suing atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms to stop the city from enforcing the mask man date and other orders this is unfolding as cases in georgia continue to steadily decline. let's bring in nbc's blayne alexander with the latest. the governor filed this lawsuit against the mayor last week. what do we know about why the judge has recused herself and anything else that's key to this case >> reporter: we know that recusal came at the very last minute the hearing was set to begin right now, at 11:00 a.m. in atlanta. we found out within the past hour or so she is recusing herself. we expect to get the recusal letter sometime later today. we should have more insight as to why she's step ag way from the case however, this is deepening this rift between georgia's governor, georgia's republican governor and the democratic mayor of atlanta, keisha lance bottoms. all of this really comes down to masks, whether or not they should be required and whether the city has the power to enforce people to mandate people to wear face masks tlaernt's mayor k

brian kemp has said he wants people to wear masks. he is not going to mandate it.e are some cities though including savannah, georgia, one he is not going to be visiting, that have passed regulations within their own city limits to go ahead and mandate mask wearing, something we're seeing in many states that haven't done it o overall. the cities are doing so instead. >> all right. dianne gallagher in atlanta, georgia, thank you so much. children so far seem to be less severely affected as a general assumption by coronavirus than adults but that does not mean children are not spreading the virus. an alarming new study, next. if you're a veteran homeowner, here's a smart way to save money. use your va benefit to refinance your home loan at today's near record low rates. one call to newday can save you $3000 a year. newday's va streamline refi requires no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. it's the quickest and easiest refi newday's ever offered. your va home loan benefits never expire. so call newday now. an herbal stress reliever ash

have 39 of 50 states that have mask mandates, there are still 11 holdouts there including what brian kemp georgia, and he is suing the mayor of atlanta over her decision to put in a mask mandate. you see that there are lines being drawn in the sand about those that are following the science and the advice of our public health officials, like dr. fauci and dr. birx, and those that are going off on their own here. there are democratic governors that have done a bad job. we talked a lot on this program about what happened in nursing homes. but we cannot change the fact that the president's approval rating on handling this is under 40, and for good reason. there were other things he could have done. he could have trusted the experts, he could have. that's what joe biden is referring to. he could have acted faster. >> harris: as we have said many times, we are learning about this every single day. rachel, i'm sorry. rachel? >> rachel: i was just going to say, biden said he had the playbook on what to do with this virus. he was the person that was criticizing the president, calling him a racist

georgia's governor brian kemp is suing atlanta's mayor. mayor keisha lance bottoms says the fight is distracting from the real enemy, the virus. >>> california and washington, two states that were praised for their quick pandemic response are both seeing surges again in washington. cases, deaths, hospitalizations all going up. in california hospitals are under an intense strain. and now members of the u.s. military are helping medical workers out there. that is where we start on this friday. nbc's erin mclaughlin is outside st. joseph medical center in burbank, california. erin, what's happening in these two states specifically? let's start there. >> reporter: hey, craig. both states really cautionary tales of what can happen if you become complacent in the face of the virus. as you point out, both were praised early on for their responses to covid-19. now seeing surges here in california, a new record, 20,000 cases over the course of two days. hospitals stretched to the point where some hospitals are asking the military for help. 160 mili

so when it comes to exposing systemic racism, brian kemp has been whipping it out for years. is looking like a re-do of 2018 voter- suppression tactics. and like any sequel, it's a little on the nose, because stacey abrams, the democrat who narrowly lost to kemp, is my guest tonight. and when she got her absentee ballot in the mail for yesterday's election, it arrived with a sealed return envelope, and she was unable to mail it back. so not only do we have to deal with widespread voter suppression. evidently, some weirdo going around licking people's envelopes. one crisis at a time, 2020. and with the entire world exploding in protest over racial injustice and the ongoing global health crisis, it might be easy to miss the little stories that fall through the cracks, like the presidential election. last night, we got reports of a potential bombshell thanks to a leaked zoom call with virginia democrats held by biden surrogate and man dreaming of a same tomorrow, terry mcauliffe. well, this morning, fox news was pretty jazzed about their little scoop. >> fox news exclusively obt

on may 21st, nearly one month after reopening the state, governor brian kemp was cautiously optimistic. >> i'm proud of what we accomplished over the last several years, but we cannot rest on our laurels. >> in the two months since that press conference, things have only gotten worse. >> a perfect storm of factors of undertesting, early reopening and -- and -- and lack of enforcement of masking and physical distancing policies that's really compounded the pandemic that's playing out in georgia. >> harvard professor dr. thomas si says the way in hi georgia health officials interpreted data may have given a false sense, poorly informing policy decisions earlier than recommended. georgia backdated the covid cases to onset of symptoms. the georgia department of health defended the practice to cnn calling it the traditional way to look at data during an outbreak adding that georgia has been reporting the data at same way since the beginning of the pandemic. while it says less about when infections are occurring, presenting data by date of report is important to have the most current underst

the state's governor, brian kemp, is now suing atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms and the city council for enacting new guidelines and mandating masks. guidelines. suing over guidelines. we're going to speak to the mayor in just a moment. first nbc's blayne alexander in atlanta with more. what is going on? >> well, stephanie, what's going on right now is that while this face mask battle is going now to court, the number of covid cases here in georgia continue to rise. let me give you some numbers that paint the picture. just now in a news conference, i walked out of a news conference with governor kemp where the public health director said that hospitalizations have gone up 39% over the last week or so. we know that the seven-day moving average currently this month is now triple what it was back in april. so while we're seeing this back and forth, the bottom line is that what is in place right now is clearly not working when it comes to stopping or containing the spread of the virus. so during that news conference, i asked governor kemp. you talked about the fact that masks are necessa

the associated press is reporting that the republican governor of georgia, brian kemp, who was wearing a mask today when he greeted donald trump at the airport in atlanta, there he is, his mask is off. if you watch this, he will put on his mask, put on his mask as he begins to talk to donald trump there at the airport in georgia. after doing that, he tonight has issued an order that the associated press says explicitly voids local mask mandates. that's the governor of georgia overriding every local official in the state who wants to mandate wearing masks in that local area. the governor of georgia who wore a mask when he greeted donald trump today says no one in local government in georgia is allowed to mandate the behavior that you will see everyone who is greeting donald trump there is complying with, which is wearing masks. that's the governor in the light blue suit and the red tie who just put his mask on to talk to donald trump. as donald trump goes down that line, as i watched him go down that line when it was happening live today, every single person he spoke to in that line was

. >> georgia governor brian kemp is in a legal battle with the mayor keisha lens bottoms, over her mandate to wear masks, she says the surge is traced to georgia being one of the first states to reopen. >> people across the country came to our state, we were open for business as if we were not in the midst of a pandemic. >> dissidents and residents ú>> we hope to open earlier, toned down the party, and let people go back to wherever they are staying. >> while california imposes restrictions on indoor dining and more, a venice skate park is open to all once again. meg oliver reporting the cbs news. >>> there's a new push for funding, cal trent has received a big drop in funding since the pandemic started. there are fears that financial struggles could hold service. there is a proposed one 8th% sales tax that could provide some life-support. a number of parties have agreed to put it on the november ballot. center sent cisco and san mateo county's are bulking. they want it to go back to the counties they are generated, meaning that caltrain would not be guaranteed any of it. a statement reads