craig spencer. and for a time, the brian, and always for insight. actor that there is a huge that we don't know. and dr. spencer is back. in the final minutes that we are back, i wanted to quickly, and i wanted to quickly button up the conversation on the plasma, because a lot of people pay attention to the news, and it is helping with consumer confidence and helped with the stock rally and everything from airlines to cruise lines and have you used it on covid-19 patients in the emergency room, and as e.r. doctor, don't you want more emergency use authorization for anything that has a hint of working so that we can try it and in real time and we are in a pandemic >> absolutely. that is the important question. yeah, we want everything that we can, and that we know is going to be helpful. what we saw however with the previous eau for hydroxychloroquine is that even though we knew that there was not evidence to support the use and well after there was not evidence, it continued the be used and part of clinical trials. what that does is to eat up the att

craig spencer, thank you so much. >>> i've got to get to breaking news.icia james about to make what's called a major announcement. she's talking about the national rifle association, nra. let's listen in. >> -- individual defendants. one, the first individual, longtime executive vice president wayne lapierre who has been the face of the nra for decades. two, former treasure and chief financial officer wilson woody phillips. three, former chief of staff and the executive director of operations, joshua powell. and four, corporate secretary and general counsel john frazier. these individuals in the nra are charged with failing to manage the nra's funds and failing to follow numerous state and federal laws which contributed to the loss of more than $64 million in just three years. since its founding in 1871, the nra has been a registered not-for-profit charitable corporation in the state of new york. these organizations are required by law to register and file annual financial reports with the office of the new york state attorney general and the assets of s

craig spencer. doctor, it's really good to have you. the numbers say it all. you can save 67,000 american lives in just a matter of months if almost everyone wears a mask. is it time for a federal mask mandate? >> absolutely. it's been time for that. for a long time i thought that we really needed to try to convince and help people understand why it was so important. and even though we've had an increase in the number of people that are using masks, we still have a big gap. and we need to make sure that mask wearing is universal if we want to get this number down. what i'm concerned about with that projection is that not 200, 250 or 300,000 deaths. i'm concerned people don't really appreciate the magnitude of what we already have right now. we have the highest death rate in the world and the greatest number of deaths anywhere in the world. i'm afraid that people don't really appreciate the huge difference between 150,000 what we have now and 300,000. and many people just assuming that this is acceptable and this is business as usual. this is an abject failure

craig spencer, the director of global health and e.r.icine at new york presbyterian university medical center. thank you so much for joining us, doctor. >> thanks for having me. >> so let's start with the national testing here. we're currently testing over 700,000 daily. but we know that number is going down. doctor director of global health institute says you can debate the ideal number of daily testing, which he believes should be at least 4 million to 5 million a day. but when you hear the administration is actually asking for roughly 220,000 daily tests, it does seem like we're beyond a reasonable debate. what is your view on how many people should be tested daily in this country right now. >> well, we certainly need a lot more than we're testing right now. we know the percent positivity of test is still extremely high. that means we're not testing enough. the president says we're doing more testing than anywhere else in the world but we have way more cases than everywhere else in the world which means we need to do more testing if w

craig spencer, thank you for joining us >> thanks for having me. >>> still ahead on "closing bell," blackd been a big work from home winner this year. they delivered strong numbers this morning shares though fell slightly after the ceo announced a transition plan that of course had been up sharply year to date fell 13% today we'll discuss that coming up >>> and on wednesday, august 12th, join cnbc small business playbook virtual summit. providing small business owners with resources to survive today's crisis and how to thrive tomorrow go. to cnbcevents.com/smallbusinessplay book to register >>> welcome back time to get a update from sue herrera. >>> here's what's happening at this hour. of a former employee of the los angeles angels has been charged with supplying the drugs that killed pitcher tyler scags last year a former director of communications for the team is charged with illegal possession with intent to distribute. the team calls scag's death a tragedy. >>> a louisiana school district delayed the start of the school year at 19 teachers tested positive or were exposed to the coron

get more information not just on the posting in the hoping of a political professional right dr craig spencer thank you. thank you so much well new zealand has announced its 1st community transmission of the corona virus in more than 100 days by minnesota center are done as ordered and into lockdown after 4 new cases were confirmed it leave all 3 your ass to stay at home in your bubble other than for essential movements such as going to the supermarket or local recreation if you are in oakland you must work from home unless you are an essential service worker or schools in childcare facilities in oakland are closed as of tomorrow morning except for the children of essential super sweet because and those who are who are involved will remember that it leave all 3 we allow you to x e schools and do a childhood for a level 3 for a scene sure super sweet his son lee or public facilities by 3 strong same businesses must close by mid day to morrow. it comes as a retirement village in christchurch has gone into lockdown after some residents showed flu like symptoms the facility told families that 8 r