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let's begin with casey stegall. he is reporting live from dallas. eco-good to see you.lth officials believe there is one thing that can really help slow the community spread of coronavirus and they say that simply to test more people, more specifically asymptomatic people. those who don't know they have it but are out and about in society. so today three new federally funded research testing sites are officially open and some of the hardest hit states. one in texas, one and louisiana, and other and florida. the hope is to identify carriers of the virus before they infect others or worse get slick enough to wind up in the hospital. here in texas a record number of people are hospitalized from covid. more than 9200 patience. state health data shows that a 515% jump since memorial day, and space is getting tight. >> we have seen an increase in the number of cases with covid. the hospitals have had to expand. we started with 46 beds, then 58, now or at 88 beds. even though it sounds like a lot of beds, it's not enough. >> arizona is experiencing the same issue according to

casey stegall is following the spirit a state that reached a new high with 7,000 new cases just yesterdayy? >> that is one of two record set and 24 hours time here in the lone star state. not only did we log the highest number of new daily cases, but we also clocked the highest number of hospitalizations statewide since this pandemic began. more than 6500 texans are now any hospital fighting covid and for context and that's a 323% jump since memorial day. infections are spreading so quickly and san antonio that that city's mayor not requiring all businesses to prescreen their employees and customers, and that includes taking their temperatures before entering businesses, and also requiring a mask. today gavin newsom is expected to announce new and more aggressive restrictions ahead of the holiday weekend. more than 6,000 new cases were reported in that state yesterday alone it also a new record. while los angeles county remains that states epicenter, data shows over the last month or so cases have jumped 74% in the san francisco bay area. >> unfortunately over the last two or three weeks

casey stegall as part of the story in dallas. >> starting tomorrow down in san antonio, in addition to wearing a mask, anyone who is going inside a business will have to be prescreened. it will be asked questions like whether or not they are experiencing covid symptoms and they're going to have to have their temperature taken. that's a new health mandate and inquires all employers to test their staff. it's not clear how it will be enforced, but county leaders say it's necessary as the region and state continue reporting a record number of new cases and hospitalization. the texas governor says with a holiday weekend upon us, he's especially concerned. >> i'm bored about the upcoming fourth of july because we learned from memorial day that that was one of the reasons that led to a spread. it was contributed in part by the fact that bars were open. >> colorado is the latest state adding bars and nightclubs to shut down in person service. they were just allowed to reopen a week ago. the move comes after an uptick with new infections over the last nine days. the governor points out their nu

casey stegall tells us no data shows that covid cases are rising in at least 21 states. >> reporter: more than 10 states are seeing an increase in hospitalizations as the spread of the coronavirus accelerates. florida's department of health is reporting a 23% uptick in hospitalizations among young people, between july 16th and 24th. health experts say rising cases in this age group could complicate how states approach school reopenings. >> it's not just necessarily screening the sick and making sure that they stay home, it's about improving ventilation. >> and positive test rates are on the rise in several states including virginia, ohio, and tennessee. the white house task force is urging officials to mandate mask wearing indoors, and reduce indoor gatherings to less than 10 people. >> when you've been out in a group and gathered with a larger group without your mask on, you may have been exposed, and you don't want to be the one that bring this virus home. >> meanwhile, major league baseball is facing a hiccup just days into the season. at least 17 players and coaches now from the

that's the latest from dallas, casey stegall, fox news. >>> for more now on the covid- 19 outbreak, weare joined by dr. john schwartzberg, of america infectious diseases at uc berkeley school of public health. dr. schwartzberg, very good to have you today. we appreciate your time let's start here in california, with how we are doing in our state. obviously early on we were able to flatten the curb. now we are in the midst of another surge in cases, that the virus has the upper hand here, what are the key ways that we are going to be able to regain control of this outbreak? >> opened up too quickly, and the people didn't really respond to the public health recommendations, in terms of social distancing, wearing masks, etc. and now we are seeing the consequences of that. we have learned what to do, we know how to control it, we just have to do it now. and i think some of the steps the governor has taken over the last several days are going to help a great deal did i think more steps will likely be necessary to get this under control, again, it will take about two weeks after we have star

places such as florida and texas are seeing increases in coronavirus deaths, as casey stegall tells us now, the pandemic could be leading to a new health crisis. >> the u.s. surpasses 3.5 million coronavirus cases, thursday, the latest surge, putting a strain on hospitals. florida, adding nearly 14,000 new infections, leading facilities in miami-dade county to convert beds and other rooms to handle additional patients. facilities in texas and alabama or also dealing with bed and staff shortage, as medical personnel test positive. >> it takes each level to help make the system work as a whole. >> alabama and montana have issued statewide mask mandates in response to the surge. public health officials say other areas have become too relaxed with taking precautions. >> what we've seen is in certain areas, we got relaxed on that, and we need to get back to that. and that's what we have been calling for. >> the latest surge includes new york to hit pause on reopening plans. >> to see so many states going in the wrong direction is causing us a lot of care in how we approach this decision. >>

correspondent casey stegall has more on that from dallas. >> the race is on, not against each other but against this virus. >> leaders from five pharmaceutical companies updated lawmakers stay on their coronavirus vaccine development. >> we are still in the process of designing our phase three trials. >> health officials remain optimistic that one could be ready by later this year or early 2021. it can't come soon enough, as johns hopkins university reports more than 14.7 million cases worldwide and more than 611,000 deaths. more than 141,000 of those fatalities are here in the u.s. the tenth highest per capita across the globe. on monday, seven states logged record highs of hospitalized covid patients including florida but the governor says there's still plenty of space. >> statewide 24% of the hospital beds in the state of florida are empty. that's over 14,000 hospital beds and about 20% of the icu beds. >> the pandemic not only has states grappling with how to open classrooms, there's also challenges with extracurricular activities like sports. in california high school fall sports s

casey stegall joins us live from one of those hot spots in dallas, texas. >> good to see you.s starting today, pretty much all texans have to wear a face mask or a face covering in public up until now, they have created their own policies and such when it came to that when social distancing measures cannot be practiced and with a few exceptions, down in south texas, officials have either closed or limited access to public beaches over the holiday weekend, that's after large crowds gathered in those spots for memorial day, galveston, corpus christi, in south padre island all very popular and impacted. a large number of city parks and boat ramps have also been closed for the holiday. many counties have also implemented restrictions on the size of groups allowed to congregate in public. >> really up to all of us, keep those celebrations super small. it's a scary time, and we need to show grace to one another, but we will get through it. all moved from selfishness to sacrifice. >> another hot spot, florida, the mayor of miami implementing a curfew that goes into effect today and i

john. >> john: casey stegall for us tonight. thanks so much.os angeles county supervisors are considering a plan to close the central jail within a year. last year supervisors rejected a proposal to replace the facility. today a supervisor said the coronavirus pandemic presents a magnified and reaffirmed need to close the jail altogether. an army officer who was a key witness in president trump impeachment trial is retiring. a lawyer for lieutenant colonel alexander vindman says his client has determined his career "will forever be limited because of retaliation by the president and his allies." president trump fired vin men in february. a senior defense official confirms that the defense secretary signed off on vindman's promotion on monday. he will retire at the lower rank. the dow gained 177. s&p 500 finished ahead 25. nasdaq jumped 149 points. two major universities are suing the trump administration over the enforcement of a rule that could adversely affect foreign students who are studying in this country. national correspondent william l

casey stegall, fox news. >>> bay area weather, still talking about the same old set- up. low clouds and fog in the morning, finally giving away to sunshine in the afternoon hours, but you may have noticed a bit of haze over the past few hours. we'll talk about that haze in just a little bit. current numbers, it is still warm inland. at least we're not talking about triple digits. san jose checking in at 80. oakland 70, and up in the north bay for san francisco and novato, upper 70s to low 80s. looks like showers and thunderstorms developing out towards the sierra. now for us, a bit of some haze moving in from some fires burning to the south. especially this fire burning closer to fresno county. the mineral fire. 11,000 acres at last check. so some of that haze, mainly in the upper levels, is being pushed in from the south. current winds still a breeze out there, fairfield, sustained out of the southwest, at about 21 miles an hour. sfo not nearly as strong, and san jose only about 10 miles an hour. patchy fog in the distance, and also some of that haze. some of that chases

i'm casey stegall, that's the latest from dallas. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> george floyd's family is suing the city of minneapolis as their attorney calls this moment the tipping point for policing in america. attorney benjamin crump announced the wrongful lawsuit this morning. it also six damage against the four former officers charged in floodplain death. crump says the selection will continue on important conversation on the pandemic of police brutality. >>> the city of minneapolis has a history of policies and procedures and deliver it indifference when it comes to the treatment of arrestees, especially black men. those that cry out for training and discipline. >> crump went on to say his legal team is hoping to set a precedent and create a financial burden on the city police department in wrongful death cases to prevent future incidents. >>> still to come at noon, students at u.s. colleges can stay where they are, at least for now. the biggest concern following the reversal of a highly criticized immigration policy. >>> also, a bit c

. >> harris: in texas right now, casey stegall's live in dallas with the latest on this. casey? reported 216 new covid deaths in the last 24 hours. that's another record for single day fatalities in that state. more than 6300 floridians have now died from the virus, while texas logged 164 new fatalities in the last day, pushing the total death toll here passed 5800. more people have died from coronavirus in texas during the month of july than all of may and all of june combined. meantime, indiana, ohio, tennessee, and kentucky appeared to be emerging as hot spots, according to the coronavirus task force. kentucky has ordered all bar is now closed, and restaurants scale back capacity 25%. the governor also says 21 children under the age of 5 have tested positive this week. >> we can't live under any illusion that kids don't get the virus. and the more and more kids that get the virus, even if the percentages of those that are harmed are low, that's just a math equation. more kids will get the virus, times whatever that number is, of those that are harmed. that equals more kids th

casey stegall joins us live from all of this. casey. reporter: connell, today we had a coronavirus task force briefing at white house. one of the things interesting to share the vice president said earlier this week the mortality rate was 90% lower than at the height of this pandemic and health officials also say that they believe one of the main factors helping prevent further community spread of the coronavirus in places like texas a big hot spot, test more people, in particular people asymptomatic. three new federally funding surge testing sites are officially open, one in texas, one in louisiana, another in florida. the hope to identify carriers of the virus before they infect others or worse, get sick enough to wind up in the hospital. because in the lone star state, a record number of people are in fact hospitalized from covid. more than 9200 patients. health data show that is 515% jump since memorial day and space is getting tight. listen. >> we have seen exponential increase in the number of cases we had of covid. the hospital h

jon: busy time, casey stegall, dallas, texas, thank you. >>> we are awaiting a church service in selma, alabama, for congressman john lewis. part of a six-day celebration of his life which began this morning in the congressman's hometown of troy, alabama. steve harrigan is reporting live from selma right now. steve? >> jon, we're waiting a convoy of vehicles bearing the body of john lewis. the crowd out here despite the rain to try and see the man many call their hero. this will be the second service of the day. earlier today at troy university, a place where john lewis applied to but was denied because it was an all white institution. they honored him there this morning. his family members spoke. his sister said john lewis had a simple philosophy. >> if you see something wrong, do something. his actions showed us just that. in a time when going to jail was perceived as trouble, he reminded us that it was good trouble, necessary trouble. see something, say something, do something. >> john lewis did something time and time again. tomorrow he will be honored one more time on the edmund p

casey stegall is live in dallas with the details. casey. reporter: yeah, melissa, we should point out that only impacts establishments right there in new york city and restaurants in-room dining across the rest of the state of new york could resume. meantime here in texas starting tomorrow if you go into a business down in san antonio not only are you going to have to wear a mac, but you're also going to have to go through a bit of a health screening. you will be asked if you're experiencing covid symptoms or not. then you have to have your temperature taken. this new health mandate requires all employers to test their staff too. it is not clear how that will be enforced but city and county leaders say it is continue reporting a record number of new cases and hospitalizations. once more the governor says with the holiday weekend upon us he is even more concerned. >> i am worried about the upcoming 4th of july because we learned from memorial day that that was one of the reasons that led to the increase of the spread and it was contributed i

that's the latest from dallas, casey stegall, fox news. >>> meantime, hotel and airport workers staged a car caravan demonstration today in oakland to help get their jobs back once the pandemic subsides. they are pushing for council members to push what is called a right to work ordinance. it would give them the right to be rehired by their employers when the positions reopen. it would affect almost 15,000 workers. >> we haven't heard anything back from the company about going back to work, but, you, that is why we're here to push on the right to recall, so that it won't be the company's choice, it would be mandated. >> now the oakland city council is set to vote on this ordinance at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. >>> dr. anthony fauci holds a virtual fireside chat at stanford university. his dire warning about covid-19 and the national dr. fauci the administration seem to be add odds over the covid-19 response. coming up next, how the white house is responding to the reports of a potential fall out. >>> around the bay area today, a noticeable drop in temperatures. we'll have a look a

david: casey stegall, thank you very much. we have a "fox business alert." visa reporting third quarter results. let's go right away to jackie deangelis with the numbers. hi, jackie. reporter: david a beat on the top and bottom line so let's go through this. revenue at 4.84 billion. expectation, 4.82. it was three cent beat on earnings, $1.06 a share versus estimate of 1.03. visa is not providing a fiscal 2020 full year outlook. a lot of companies are saying that because there is so much uncertainty out there. but in the last it eight quarters only missed earnings per share once. it is still on the positive streak even though this brought estimates down. last year it earned $1.37 at this time. as we have more we'll bring it to you. back to you. david: by the way, visa could shave 10 points off the dow tomorrow if numbers stick with it. thank you for the numbers. jackie. back to you. melissa: back at home, the white house is working on shifting production of life-saving medicine from china back to the u.s. amid covid related drug shortages and maybe getting r

casey stegall is live in dallas, talk about the critical care beds? >> there are at least 50 across the state that are at capacity which is according to the florida agency for health care administration. at south florida has been hit especially hard miami-dade and broward county's account for at least 14 of those facilities where icus are at capacity. florida reported 216 new cobit, xp ten deaths in the last 24 hours pushing the state's death toll to more than 6300 and as a whole new problem, a tropical storms on the way. it's forecast to hit the eastern coast of florida, and they are setting up shelters dedicated to covid patients should they be needed. more than 60 state testing sites will be completely shut down later today possibly through wednesday of next week. and they are requiring brick and mortar schools to reopen there this fall in addition to giving parents a choice for virtual classes. school districts like miami and palm beach for example have announced they won't physically open and they will begin the school year with remote learning.

casey stegall following all of those developments. these are just not developments unique to the united states. before coming up here we've seen noticeable pops in cases in vietnam, australia, in spain, in hong kong. in hong kong it has gotten so bad they're closing down street blocks, having nothing to do with protests by the way and everything to do with sudden, unexpected spike in cases even in parts of china, even though the chinese are not detailing where they are and how many have been affected. into all of this senator kevin cramer, north dakota republican senator joins us right now. senator, you worried when you hear these reports, not only of spikes of cases here, but abroad, that this is proving you know, a nasty thing to get under control, maybe rougher than we thought? >> well, neil, maybe it is, what i worry more about is the response to it all, the panic it creates, the fear that drives people's thinking. to suggest somehow we should live in a risk-free world is silly when you consider all the other ways that people can

fox news's casey stegall in dallas with the latest there. casey. reporter: jackie, up until today elective surgeries were on hold in eight counties in the state of texas but today's proclamation of the governor expanded it to 113 counties. that is out of 254 in the entire state. so no elective surgeries for the time-being in 113 counties here in texas because not only is hospital bed space running tight in texas and also other states where they're experiencing surges of cases, officials say staffing also has become an issue. the feds are sending in additional help in fact. more than 1000 doctors, nurses, other medical personnel deployed to places like california, arizona, texas and florida. six federal teams alone to the lone star state. more than 9600 patients are now hospitalized with covid across texas. 2816 have died since the outbreak. while in arizona, the number much new daily cases slowly started to decline but the data shows a recent jump in fatalities attributed to the virus. 75 in the last 24 hours. before that the record was 40 on june

casey stegall, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> san francisco is now seeing a peak when it comes to patients hospitalizedovid- 19. the city's health director says back in april there were 94 patients hospitalized. that number dropped to 26 just six weeks says there are 107 pe are hospitalized there in the city. and a quarter those are in the icu. meanwhile there are close to 100 new cases reported every day with a total of more than 6000 cases. >> is extremely sobering that we have reached this point. our reopening remains on pause. san francisco remains on the state watchlist. the main reason we joined that watchlist was because of our rapidly rising hospitalization rate. >> right now the city says hospitals have enough capacity, but the search has the city concerned about the future. city officials announced a new care center -- if needed. >>> law enforcement agencies across the state are speaking out against a proposed bill to punish police officers who don't intervene if they see excessive force. democratic assemblyman is holding off on the bill at the wake of george floyd's killing. punishments for

casey stegall in dallas with the very latest. >> you talked about this now going about 13 other states where masks or face coverings are pretty much required outside the home almost anywhere you go. are the latest executive order that was passed in the state by texas governor greg abbott in recent weeks to help slow the community spread of covid-19. the announcement also comes on the heels of yesterday's record-breaking number of hospitalizations in texas. more than 7300 patients diagnosed with coronavirus are now being treated at hospitals across the state, a figure that has doubled in just the last two weeks. health officials all over the country have been expressing concern about this very holiday weekend, concerns that people would not heed the warnings about social distancing were gathering in large groups particularly in states experiencing those surges. a lot of public beaches have been closed in places like california, florida, and also right here in south texas. or at the very least, access to those spots including boat ramps and campgrounds limited. >> it is really up to all

. >> bret: casey stegall in dallas and thank you. president trump says that he doesn't think that wearing a mask will solve the coronavirus outbreak but he is a believer in masks and quotes that "masks are good to." chris wallace has extensive exclusive interview with president trump on "fox news sunday" and chris joins us now with the preview. good evening, chris. >> good evening, bret, we spoke this morning with the president of the white house for an hour about the most pressing subjects facing the nation. obviously, the topic was the coronavirus and we talked about a lot of the issues and we just heard casey mentioned the surge in new cases. at 75,000 in one day yesterday. the whole question the president arguing that a lot of that is because of more testing and while testing is up 37%, the new cases are up by 193% which would seem to indicate that the virus is actually spreading. we talked as well about opening schools and we talked about masks, the hot issue as to whether or not people should wear masks. >> you were a mask for

fox's case city stegall with more from dallas. casey. was reported back on march 17th. since that time, which is almost four months to the very day, more than 3400 texans have died from covid-19. more than 282,000 have been infected with the virus. record numbers in just the last week. the health data also shows that out of the number of tests being done, almost 17% are coming back positive. it is also put a serious strain on hospitals, not only with bed space running tight in certain regions but at times leading to staffing shortages, after caregivers themselves test positive. one of the reasons the u.s. military medical staff have been deployeded to states like california and texas to help. a grim side to texas being such a hot spot, fema dispatched 22 refrigerated morgue trucks to various parts of this state. that is in addition to the other individual hospital systems or local governments secured on their own. listen. >> currently the city of san antonio and bexar county have two of these refrigerated trailers that are in operation a

. >> casey stegall is live in dallas with more. >> while virtually every corner of texas has been in impacted in some form or fashion of the coronavirus, it's been hit especially hard in recent weeks. places like corpus christi, texas, and it down near the u.s. and mexico border, an area known as the rio grande valley. texas governor has deployed medical teams to that region to help. i federally run surge testing site is open there. and how dog polk county texas, officials have now ordered people to shelter at home once again and curfews have been issued. while in houston which has been the epicenter of texas in terms of covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations, medical leaders are finally starting to report a decrease in the number of patients at area medical centers. although they warn, that doesn't mean it's time to let their guard down. >> is good news and it happened right about when we expected it to happen based on some of the testing we saw level off in houston significantly. >> school districts across texas are also planning the best way to put kids back in the classroom at

casey stegall is live in dallas this morning with the latest. >> more on that rural hospital in a moment first we want to start with some encouraging news and that is that the overall state health data here in texas is showing that the curve is beginning to flatten a little bit here. that is certainly some welcome news. yesterday, texas reported about 5800 new cases which is the eighth day in a row that number was below 10,000 and much lower than the state's all-time high of nearly 10,800 which was back on july 15th. health officials are largely attribute a mess to better social distancing practices and increase use of masks. governor abbott's issued a statewide mandate around the beginning of july. according to local leaders the total number of covid hospitalizations is also slowly declining in places around the state, especially in houston once considered to be texas' epicenter for the virus. it is the ceo of houston methodist which is a major provider in the region. >> they were going up very steeply. thankfully that curve event. adit continued at that rate the world would be a very d

casey stegall is live with more.until just recently and today, local communities had implemented eat their own majors this latest mandate comes from them governor himself. and also closing or limiting access to public beaches. beaches in galveston and corpus christi and south padre island are extremely popular. and that's the size of groups that are allowed to congregate in public. it's a scary time and we need to show grace to one another. we will get through it, if we all moved from from selfishness to sacrifice. >> the growing list of beaches will be closed and south parts of florida, and the mayor of miami has implement it countywide curfew. in movie theaters, bowling alleys and a majority of casinos in that area to close once again. alecia? >> alicia: casey stegall in dallas. >> leland: we are learning a lot more about the national guard response to last month's protest here in washington. count the congressman wants answers from the house oversight committee and he's coming up the next hour. plus the greatest w

casey stegall is joining us live from dallas. >> an awful lot of heavy hearts. to honor and pay tribute to the officers killed in a line of duty, ambushed over the weekend in broad daylight down in the border town of mcallen, texas. investigators say the 911 call was made by a woman who told dispatchers that a fight between her father and son was turning violent. when police arrived at the house they made contact with the person in the front yard to verify that story as those two officers then approached the front front door. the suspect opened it and without warning started shooti shooting. he then took his own life. both officers died at a local hospital. 45-year-old el doll the old guard is out was a and his partner had been on the force for about two and half years. >> they come here every day and put their lives on the line. and people don't realize, a memorial has been set up in front of the mcallen police department. law enforcement partners and perfect strangers have been filing through dropping the flowers, cards, balloons, anything to pay your respects

casey stegall reports on that. he is life in dallas, texas.act gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to close. that eviction deadline is about 5:00 eastern today. we have seen some video out if they are showing items being moved out, largely in black trash bags being packed into u-haul u-haul trucks. although the council told politico they will remain open until further notice. earlier this week you remember the houston fire department was called after reports of classifying documents and other papers being burned at the site which experts say is not uncommon when a government closes a diplomatic facility. china's foreign ministry has been announced via eviction saying it breached international law and harmed u.s. china relations. in response, today beijing ordered the u.s. consulate to close. accusing some of its workers of harming china's security interests among other things. some experts fear beijing will continue to retaliate with moves that could harm the american economy. >> they will stop an end u.s. oil gas contracts. most of

that's the latest from dallas, casey stegall, fox news. >>> in southern california, a body found today in a lake has been identified as former "glee" actress naya rivera. her body was found this morning at lake piru in ventura county. the sheriff's department said they were confident that the body is that of 33-year-old rivera. it has been taken to the coroner's department, where it will be identified through dental records. investigators say there's no indication of foul play or suicide. rivera had been missing for five days. she was on the lake in a rented pontoon boat with her four-year- old son. he was later found along and asleep on the drifting boat. >>> tomorrow, a bail hearing is set for ghislaine maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of sex offender jeffrey epstein. prosecutors today revealed at least win each epstein's victims will speak at the hearing, to try to convince a judge that maxwell should be denied jail. they also revealed that when she was arrested, fbi agents had ad to burst into her residence because she wouldn't cooperate with them. prosecutors say that maxwell have a fli

casey stegall is in dallas here with the latest. >> yeah, as you know, they gave them 72 hours to closet two hours from now. secretary of state mike pompeo called it a "hub of spying and intellectual property theft." new video shows items being packed into u-haul trucks. although they told politico that they will remain open until "further notice," now it is not clear what would happen if they do not comply, but earlier this week, the houston fire department was called to the location after reports that classified documents and other papers were still being burned at the site. china's foreign ministry did announce to the eviction, saying that it breached international law and gravely armed u.s.-china relations. so in response, today, beijing ordered the consulate to close. a chinese biology researcher was also arrested, who officials i was being harbored up by chinese consulate in san francisco. according to the fbi, the woman lied about her connections to the chinese military in order to obtain a u.s. visa. we should mention that three other chinese nationals have also been arrested on

casey stegall joins us live. >> the first coronavirus death in the state was commit -- in that time, more than 3400 texans have died from covid. more than 282,000 cases have been logged with record numbers and just last weeks. the health data also shows that out of the numbers of tests currently being done, 17% are coming back positives. not only with bed space running tight and certain regions but at times leading to staffing shortages after kurt caregivers themselves test positive and are taken off the front lines. and that there is that is in addition to the other units individual hospital systems or local governments which have secured on their own. >> so currently the city of san antonio have two of these refrigerator trailers that are operational at this time. each of these trailers can hold between 24 and 36 bodies. there is a staffing complemen ag complement. >> a growing number of fatalities are in nursing homes, 224 in the last month of july. in the last week more than 1800 new cases have been reported in texas nursing homes and obviously that has a lot of staff members and

. >> john: casey stegall live for us in dallas, and what a change from about a month ago, casey, whenlooking forward to getting back open again. >> that's right, john and now we are near the top of new cases. the u.s. by the way set a new record yesterday, more than 77,000 cases were reported. that's the most in a single day in this country since the pandemic began. i had about 20% of them were right here in texas. that number now 10,800 infections reported in just one day. sadly, the lone star state also logs the highest number yet of new deaths, 129 and a single day. more than 10,000 patients are hospitalized with covid across the state. a red roof inn in laredo is being click. mike cleared out and used as a hospital as hospitals continue to report a shortage of beds. in the meantime school districts are announcing plans to reopen. nearly all so far like houston, austin, dallas and grand prairie have decided to delay the start for a few weeks. some will offer online classes first and when students eventually returned to impressing learning hygiene and face coverings will be top prio

neil: casey stegall, thank you very much, my friend. to add to that, this is in the newsroom right now, new jersey looking to reopen schools this fall but with some caveats here, monitoring the progress of the virus in the garden state but new jersey governor phil murphy is optimistic schools will be able to reopen this fall. we don't have any word that different municipalities might combine that with virtual learning as well. but it seems to be, all in-person learning. we'll keep you posted on that. remember when we used to have a budget for this country less than a trillion dollars? wasn't all that long ago. that right now is looking at our deficit, not for the year, for the month. in the latest month of june, 864 billion added to our debt. that is the deficit in one month. obviously the virus and expenses around that stimulus for that, a big reason but blake burman, no matter how you look at it, even for a young guy like you, that has to be eye-popping. reporter: neil i'm old enough to remember when we ran surpluses in this country.

casey stegall in dallas. you. >> jon now more on the latest on covid-19 spiking in parts of the country. the u.s. nearly broke its single-day record yesterday as the number of cases continue to climb past 4 million. with a number dead rising to more than 145,000. officials say 33 states have seen at least a 20% rise if in infections this week alone. jackie with the latest headlines. >> more than 73,000 cases were added across the country yesterday. the second highest daily total since the pandemic began. this is a new cdc study shows even people with mild cases may not resolve quickly. the study showed 35% of people who had coronavirus and were able to self-treat at home were still sick two to three week after testing. for young people age 18-34 no underlying health conditions lasting symptoms was 20% and some states are seeing cases come down with arizona, florida, and texas seeing the largest decreases, cases are also now spiking in mississippi, missouri, kentucky, georgia, and puerto rico white house coron

casey stegall, thank you, casey. eric? those federal forces deployed in portland had to use tear gas to clear out protesters as the city marked its 58th straight night of demonstrations. thousands gathered outside the federal courthouse to shoot fireworks, throw glass bottles and shake the fence that surrounded the building and even at one point brought out a power saw to try to cut through that and attack the judicial system and the symbol of our federal government. while other protests there were quite peaceful. other protests are planned in major u.s. cities including those for police officers. the group back the blue. they include speakers from families of officers killed in the line of duty. christina coleman is live in our west coast newsroom with more. hi, christina. >> hey, eric. a lot going on. violent protesters used the chainsaw to cut into the fence at the federal courthouse in downtown portland. agents used tear gas to clear the area. weeks of protests have been happening in portland and across the country, st

casey stegall live in dallas where much of texas is getting ready for the first hurricane of the 2020 season. hi, casey. >> hi, leland, good to see you. hannah in fact was upgrade today a category 1 hurricane just this morning. sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. we want to show you that radar loop again as the storm makes its way closer and closer to south texas. hannah is expected to make landfall between corpus christi and brownsville later today. folks in those areas have been taking precautions over the last few days, doing the traditional things like filling sand bags, boarding up some homes and businesses, voluntary evacuations ordered in lower lying areas of cliburn county, texas. now, galveston is about 250 miles to the north and while it's not expected to take a direct hit from hannah, the storm began tracking a little further northwest and officials say that has caused tides there to be above four feet than normal. there's also concern that the outer bands could drop three to seven inches of rain in a short period of time. >> the about big concern is localized street floo

i want to go to casey stegall. he is monitoring uptick in cases in so-called hot states. casey, where do we stand. reporter: one important metric they're discussing in the ongoing white house coronavirus task briefing right now is the number of hospitalizations and that what has a lot of communities worried there is some relief pap apparently, doctors, nurses, medical personnel deployed to some hard hit states but city leaders in austin, texas, for example, say, if this current trend continues they will run out of bed space in that community in about two weeks time. so, a lot of the city officials have put together this contingency plan, essentially, that they may have to shut the city and the county back down for another 35 days in order to get the numbers where they need to be. similar to what phase one of governor abbott's reopening plan looked like. now austin's mayor says that would be done only as a last resort but it's still on the table. the news comes on the same day texas reported more than 10,000 new cases in a 24 hour period. here is where we talk about the hos

casey stegall is live in dallas. >> that is at the requests of state health officials and also fema.ke houston and san antonio where the hospital systems have been overwhelmed. texas has now had a more than 1,501,500 patients hospitalized statewide and now pushing the death toll above 3300. and many new cases reported yesterday, a record. what's more, the testing positivity rate is no close to 70%. >> in order to socially distance and wear masks and things like that, we can only pray that that is what is going on and it will start to calm down. >> florida reported 132 deaths yesterday which is the highest daily total since pandemic beg began. more than 400 floridians have died from the virus. north carolina, nevada, and utah all reporting record numbers of deaths yesterday alone. this, as a community across the country grapple with how, or if, districts like san antonio or austin have either push the start back or implementing online teaching at least for the first a few weeks, and person learning virtually everywhere will likely require masks. speaking of facial coverings, a new stu

casey stegall is live in dallas. >> it important to point out that all of those deaths did not occurhin a single day but what it did show us is that the pandemic has been deadlier here in texas than previously thought. just as you said, the state is changing the way he reports that data in the past. deaths due to covid were reported by regional and local health officials to the state and now the state will get that information from death certificates and they say that will speed up the process because the texas department of health says that death certificates must be filed within ten days of a fatality. they will have faster information and more accurate information when it comes to demographics. the new method shows that 5,713 texans have died since the pandemic began and while the number of hospitalizations are down across the state, doctors call it a small victory but it doesn't mean let your guard do down. >> i'm super nervous and worried that people will relax and we still have way too much covid in our community for that to happen. >> the number of infections is also on the de

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