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for now, chris jansing picks up the coverage. hey, chris. >> hey, willie. hello there. i am chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it's tuesday, july 7th. here are the facts at this hour. knee deep in the first wave. that's how dr. anthony fauci describes america this morning as we watch a skyrocketing number of cases in nearly every corner of the country. more than 300,000 new cases were reported just since the start of july. we saw roughly 53,000 cases on monday alone. that's more than double what we saw the day after memorial day weekend. so big picture, the country is closing in on 3 million infections. more than 131,000 americans have died. add to that hospitalizations are growing in nearly two dozen states, including places like arizona and nevada. but we're also seeing a surge in states that have largely stayed under the radar until now. cases in idaho and washington state hit single-day highs. and some of the biggest increases week to week are happening in west virginia, tennessee and montana. all of this is forcing some areas to rethink their plans to reopen. th

the future of awesome. >>> hello, everyone, i'm chris jansing.nk you so much for joining us on what is already a very busy saturday evening. an unusual sight we just saw a short time ago, president trump wearing a mask. it happened as he visits walter reed medical center where masks, by the way, are required. he is expected to meet with wounded soldiers as well as the health staff there that is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. before

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i'm chris jansing. president trump is on his way back to the white house after visiting walter reed medical center. in a carefully choreographed public gesture, the president wore a mask, something he has been notably reluctant to do. this nod to what medical experts have been saying for months comes as the country deals with new highs in the number of cases almost every day. more than 3 million nationwide, more than 130,000 deaths. the epicenter right now, florida where dpf rgovernor ron desantie trump who has downplayed the serious necessary of the pan da>> i believe in school choice across the board. >> as the nation deals with the rising number of cases, there was one covid case donald trump made sure he could prevent. roger stones are his sentence on seven felony crimes commuted in part, the white house says, over concerns he could face coronavirus in prison. though trump blamed what he called overzealous prosecutors. the move prompting this from prominent democrats. >> it's shocking but not surpri

i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. let's start the hour by getting you caught up on the latest facts. right now we're closing in on 3.4 million known cases of coronavirus in our country. so far we've lost more than 136,000 americans. cases skyrocketing, especially in the three most populous states. hospitalizations and deaths all ticking up. and in the largest state, an ominous warning, california shutting down places that only recently reopened, from indoor restaurants and bars to, in some county, churches and gyms. right now testing remains a huge challenge. this morning white house task force member admiral brett giroir, the nation's top testing official blamed the long lag from gettihigh demand. we're still far behind where most experts say we need to be. >>> so let's start in california where there are contradictions and confusion as the number of coronavirus cases climb and the governor announces a sweeping rollback that affects, as we said, indoor restaurants, bars, movie theaters, wineries, big deal in californ

i'm chris jansing. thank you for being with us. the fallout tonight, immediate to a striking new the interview with the president of the us, and a series o of statements you can variously label as controversial, incorrect, or downright bewildering. new polling shows a growing distrust of the president on the coronavirus crisis 20 points less trustworthy than joe biden. >> we have embers and we have flames florida became more flame like, but it's going to be you would control. many of those cases are young people that would he'll in a day. they have the sniffles and we put it down as a test. take that look at the numbers you in europe. >> 6,000 in the whole europe youtube. >> they don't test. >> is it possible that they don't have the virus >> it's possible that they test. the cdc said if everybody wore a mask for four to six weeks, we could get this under control do you regret not wearing a mafg in up from the start and will you consider a national mandate that people to have masks? >> no. i don't belie

the mayor of phoenix, arizona, did an interview with our colleague chris jansing today on msnbc that put right up front the desperation in arizona's largest city. phoenix is the largest city in arizona, the state capitol of arizona, also the fifth largest city in the united states which makes it remarkable that this is what they're going through. >> the federal government has provided a testing surge in other states such as texas and florida. i request that they do the same in phoenix. when you see that positive rate that steven just mentioned above 25% we are only testing the sickest of the sick. we need more help with testing right now. we also need more medical personnel. we are stretched right now and our hospital ceos tell me it's going to get worse over the next two weeks. this weekend i went to a testing site where people had waited over 8 hours. i saw a man who was sweating and struggling to breathe try to refill his gas tank because he'd run out of fuel on our city street. if anyone looks at that and doesn't want to do better for him then i just don't understand it. we need

i'm chris jansing. thanks so much for joining us this evening.and on capitol hill are at half staff right now. just one sign of the mourning at the loss of georgia congressman john lewis who died at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. it's the last battle he would wage in a lifetime of righteous fights. he was one of the original freedom riders in 1961, one of the big six civil rights leaders to speak at the march on washington. >> i have the pleasure to present to this great audience young john lewis, national chairman, stu

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i'm chris jansing. it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m.e east, and nbc news has just learned after weeks of radio silence, president trump spoke to dr. anthony fauci yesterday. that's just about a day after an anti-fauci op-ed by one of trump's top advisers sparked widespread criticism. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany will hold a press briefing any minute now. we'll bring you any news from that as it happens. in the meantime, confirmed cases of covid-19 have now topped 3.5 million in the united states. cases are on the rise in a vast majority of states, 41 of them. that means this crisis is going to get much worse before it gets any better. 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

>>> good evening, i'm chris jansing. thank you for joining us. political professionals usually use opposition research against their opponents. i mean, it's right there in the name. but tonight, in an extraordinary move, the white house is using it against one of its most visible team members. nbc news confirming the white house has gone beyond sidelining the nation's top infectious disease expert. now moving onto attempts to undermine his credibility. dr. anthony fauci you might have noticed was not on the sunday morning shows today. benched again. in favor of administration officials with a rosier view of how the u.s. fight against the coronavirus is going. >> we're not losing the battle, but we're in the midst of it. >> definitely not losing. that came on a day when florida set a single day record of 15,000 plus cases. larger than any state has seen in a day including new york at the peak. with more than 3 million cases nationwide, there was this sunny assessment from the surgeon general. >> just as we've seen cases skyrocket, we can turn it a

i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. here are the facts at this hour.urs after reaching the somber mooild milestone of more than 4 million known coronavirus cases, by nbc's official tally, another 75,000 recorded cases on thursday, the second highest number so far. we have lost more than 145,000 americans with a new report this morning of a 9-year-old dying in florida. that's according to "the washington post." and with cases, hospitalizations and deaths all climbing, the president is making another huge about-face. he's now canceling the in-person republican convention in jacksonville, florida, over safety concerns as the situation in that state deteriorates. it comes as the cdc releases guidelines for reopening schools, emphasizing getting kids back into the classrooms. ahead, i'll speak with the president of one of our country's largest teachers' union about t

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i'm chris jansing. president trump is in texas today, but one thing didn't go according to plan. he was supposed to be joined by texas congressman louie gomert. but this morning he announced he's tested positive for covid-19. he's pointedly refused to wear a mask. dr. anthony fauci said there's no acbu ambiguity. >> all of those trials show consistently that hydroxychloroquine is not effective in the treatment of coronavirus disease. >> not effective. a distraction at best as the new federal report shows nearly two dozen states are in the red zone. that means they've reported more than a hundred new cases per 100,000 people in the past week. and another major developing story. the ceos of the country's largest tech companies are on the hill for a hearing that will begin this hour. any minute now, in fact. industry giants including jeff bazos, mark zuckerberg, tim cooke are going to address concerns over potential anti-trust violations in big tech. we'll bring you any big developments from that as they happen. >>> but let's start in washington this afternoon where republican congr

chris jansing picks up. >>> good afternoon. at any moment donald trump will be talking to florida and we will see if he talks to reporters before leaving the white house. >>> tension moments as members of the coronavirus task force testified before the house subcommittee on the virus. dr. anthony fauci answering lingering questions over whether a fast vaccine is a safe one, arguing it is and the timeline remains optimistic. >> we feel cautiously optimistic we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we do into 2021. so i don't think it's dreaming, congresswoman, i believe it's a reality and will be shown to be a reality. >>> the expanded unemployment benefits passed by the c.a.r.e.s. act expires today. that leaves 30 million americans without a critical safety net. federal republicans have not agreed on a plan to replace those benefits and they are gone for the weekend. >>> the state of florida is staring down twin crises today. parts of florida are under tropical storm watch as hurricane isaias makes its way towards

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>>> hi there, i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, jewuly 8th. we begin with breaking news overnight that the u.s. has passed 3 million cases of the coronavirus. now, to put that in perspective, if all the americans who contracted the virus were gathered together in one place, they would make up the third largest city in the country. nearly 57,000 new cases were reported on tuesday, with 780 deaths nationwide. the president, making a big deal of that second number on twitter, but dr. fauci says the death rate doesn't tell the whole story. >> it's a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death. there's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. don't get yourself into false complacency. >> big picture, cases are up more than three dozen states this morning. at the same time, california, texas, mississippi, alabama, gaerks a georgia and the carolinas are smashing records for new patients. arizona, mississippi and texas are seeing their highest death tolls of this pandemic. despite all that, president trump is

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>>> good tuesday morning i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin let's get you caught up on the facts. right now there are more than 3.8 million known coronavirus cases in our country, and so far we've lost close to 142,000 americans. to put that in perspective for you, the 14-day tracking has cases up 32% and deaths up a disturbing 64%, but the president is tweeting this morning, quote, we are doing very well. that's the message the white house is looking to sell as this deepening crisis is now driving the president back to the briefing room. starting today, he will restart his daily coronavirus task force briefings for the first time since they were axed in april over concerns from his own party he was getting off message top white house negotiators are meeting with senate republicans to hash out some sticking points today, and that doesn't even take into account what the democrats want one of the issues centers on schools, and that fight is only heating up across the country. in florida, the largest teachers union is suing governor ron desantis over his push to fully reopen all publ

i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. here are the facts at this hour. right now we're closing in on 4 million known coronavirus cases in our country, but the cdc now says, according to antibody test data, true covid infection rates are ten times higher than reported in some parts of our counted. so far we've lost more than 143,000 americans and the death toll is climbing. for the first time this month, the u.s. just recorded more than 1,000 covid related deaths in a single day. now president trump in his first coronavirus briefing since april is doing an about-face about where we are in this crisis. he is now admitting things will get worse before they get better, and that's not the only eyebrow raising comment he's making. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but right now california is on the verge of surpassing new york. once our country's pandemic epicenter, as the state with the most reported coronavirus cases. this deepening crisis and speaking cases there has pushed california's governor to consider rolling back its reopening efforts, and th

i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. here are the facts at this hour. just 24 hours after reaching the somber mooild milestone of more than 4 million known coronavirus cases, by nbc's official tally, another 75,000 recorded cases on thursday, the second highest number so far. we have lost more than 145,000 americans with a new report this morning of a 9-year-old dying in florida. that's according to "the washington post." and with cases, hospitalizations and deaths all climbing, the president is making another huge about-face. he's now canceling the in-person republican convention in jacksonville, florida, over safety concerns as the situation in that state deteriorates. it comes as the cdc releases guidelines for reopening schools, emphasizing getting kids back into the classrooms. ahead, i'll speak with the president of one of our country's largest teachers' union about these guidelines. but first, right now millions of americans are facing an uncertain economic future as a surprising republican intraparty fight is delaying another round of covid reli

quick break, more on the unemployment crisis and the latest news on capitol hill with my colleague chris jansing> it took 43 days to get to 2 million. it took 27 days to get to 3 million and it took 16 days to get to 4 million. that acceleration is an assault on the lives and the livelihood of the american people. if we want to open our schools, if we have to open our economy, we must defeat this virus. we had hoped with this legislation, the heroes act, we put forth ours two months and one week ago. they said they needed a pause. they still are not prepared. they didn't use the pause to prepare. what we've seen so far falls very short of the challenge we face in order to defeat the virus and to open -- in order to open our schools and our economy. science, science, science and science seems to be ignored. the delay, the denial have caused deaths. we can do something about it but we must have the appropriate response to it in terms of

i'm chris jansing. thanks so much for joining us this evening. the flags at the white house and on capitol hill are at half staff right now. just one sign of the mourning at the loss of georgia congressman john lewis who died at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. it's the last battle he would wage in a lifetime of righteous fights. he was one of the original freedom riders in 1961, one of the big six civil rights leaders to speak at the march on washington. >> i have the pleasure to present to this great audience young john lewis, national chairman, student nonviolent coordinating committee, brother john lewis. [ applause ] >> those that say be not be patient, we cannot be patient. we do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. >> john lewis was arrested at least 40 times in the 60s, and of course was brutal live beaten in selma on the day known as bloody sunday. eight days after americans saw those scene, president lyndon johnson introduced the bill that would become the landmark vote being rights act. the fight for

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i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin.our by getting you caught up on the latest facts. right now we're closing in on 3.4 million known cases of coronavirus in our country. so far we've lost more than 136,000 americans. cases skyrocketing, especially in the three most populous states. hospitalizations and deaths all ticking up. and in the largest state, an ominous warning, california shutting down places that only recently reopened, from indoor restaurants and bars to, in some county, churches and gyms. right now testing remains a huge challenge. this morning white house task force member admiral brett giroir, the nation's top testing official blamed the long lag from

i'm chris jansing. here are the latest headlines we're following at this hour. there's a white house press briefing set to guinea minute now and we'll be monotorting it. we expect the press secretary to be pressed on the trump administration spreading opposition research on dr. fo h fauci. a major medical association is now speaking out against those attacks. all of this amid the devastating covid spike, especially in florida, which shattered the record for daily coronavirus cases yesterday. so many cases it ranks number four in the world behind three countries. it was florida's highest increase we have seen so far. a sing is the day since the beginning of the pandemic. florida also saw nearly 500 deaths in the last week alone, which means the growing number of cases isn't just a sign of more testing. me meanwhile, house speaker nancy is pelosi pushing back against the pressure campaign to reopen schools. >>>. >> we cannot say to kids we'll go to school, you might get sick and take it home. the biggest risk to spread of the pandemic is opening up the schools in

chris jansing picks up. >>> good afternoon. at any moment donald trump will be talking to florida and we will see if he talks to reporters before leaving the white house. >>> tension moments as members of the coronavirus task force testified before the house subcommittee on the virus. dr. anthony fauci answering lingering questions

for now, chris jansing picks up the coverage. hey, chris. >> hey, willie. hello there.y 7th. here are the facts at this hour. knee deep in the first wave. that's how dr. anthony fauci describes america this morning as we watch a skyrocketing number of cases in nearly every corner of the country. more than 300,000 new cases were reported just since the start of july. we saw roughly 53,000 cases on monday alone. that's more than double what we saw the day after memorial day weekend. so big picture, the country is closing in on 3 million infections. more than 131,000

. >>> hi there, i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, jewuly 8th.ght that the u.s. has passed 3 million cases of the coronavirus. now, to put that in perspective, if all the americans who contracted the virus were gathered together in one place, they would make up the third largest city in the country. nearly 57,000 new cases were reported on tuesday, with 780 deaths nationwide. the president, making a big deal of that second number on twitter, but dr. fauci says the death rate doesn't tell the whole story. >> it's a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death. there's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. don't get yourself into false complacency. >> big picture, cases are