well, look, i can't -- go talk to deborah birx about that. she doesn't seem to think so. all i'll say is we keep the sheets every single evening and regarding new cases, the growth of new cases and the growth of new fatalities is running between 0% and 1% and has been for many many weeks. so it's completely flattened out. but -- stuart: 100,000 new cases in the last week, larry. i'm not trying to lighten up on this but we've got 100,000 new cases in the last week, roughly speaking, and there is a feeling that the more new cases you've got, it slows down the economic recovery and could lead to new crackdowns in some localities if you get a really big spike. that's the concern of the market, i think. >> well, okay, fair enough, stu. i'm not a medical expert, as i say. i would talk to ambassador birx on these things. but look, my seven-day averages, we work a seven-day average for new cases and fatalities, that's also running between 0% and 1%. it has not changed. mind you, we are testing much more, okay, so that's one point. so you may find a little pickup in cases. secondl

deborah birx and secretary ben carson. has been working very closely with your administration, and we are grateful for the partnership that we forged. president trump wanted us to be here today with the developments over the last two weeks, the rising positivity and the rising number of cases, with a very simple message, and that is to you and the people of texas, we are with you. and we are going to stay with you. we going to make sure that texas and your health care system in texas have the resources, have the supplies, have the personnel to meet this moment. the governor and i also talked about the vital importance of testing. at this point, texas is testing at an enormous scale across the state, but in our briefing today we spoke about how we can accelerate testing, accelerate returns on testing and we will carry that back tonight to the coronavirus task force as well as to our private partners, companies like labcorp and qwest to make sure that texas has the resources to identify this moment. this has been a helpful g

deborah birx from the white house task force said something new about wearing a mask. she said, scientific evidence shows a mask not only keeps you from infecting others but may also protect you from getting infected. this message has not been emphasized by the white house before. what is your take on this? >> it's very exciting to know that some of the scientific evidence now shows that we're not only preventing the respiratory droplets from escaping, but you're also wearing a protective device which can trap the actual microdroplets from somebody else. fashionable masks which you can buy in almost any outlet now, some do have a pocket so you can put a filter in them and they also are pretty good but, again, you're not going to trap, you know, the tiny micron virus droplets which can be 0.3 microns. these will protect you against 5 micron respiratory droplets then the throw away disposable ones are, you know, they're good but they're not as good as the ones that are made out of cloth which have several layers of protection. so there are a lot of masks out there, mona,

it's striking the very things that pence and deborah birx were doing in texas, greg abbott, the governor, accentuates what the president is not doing. he seems to be doing his best to affirm the portrait his former national security adviser bonn bolton painted of a vacant chair in the oval office when it comes to the coronavirus. we've got a crisis that is accelerating in the united states, threatens public health, threatens the economy and the president is not talking about it. he's not setting an example on masks. he's not urging others to wear masks. the impression that's being conveyed is that the grownups in the administration are trying to handle this themselves, as if he's not there, and the president is like a child in the sand box who is playing with sharp sticks. when i say sharp stings, i cks, talking about videos he retweeted of white people with guns, white people yelling "white power" "wanted" posters for people going after statues in public parks. he seems to be in a very dark place mentally right now. >> protesters were by pointed weapons at them. john harwood, thanks ver

deborah birx. >> i'm really appealing to every text ton wear a mask. i think we know now, there's scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others but may also partially protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery and a new finding, and it's very encouraging to texans to know that you can protect one another. >> so is that news to you? that this protects the wearer as well as those around them? >> well, i think we have suspected that before and had some data and so any new piece of data that further affirms the importance of wears masks is helpful. of course, from the beginning, we have always talked about the need to focus on the science, the evidence are and the data and not politics or personal opinions. so any new support of that, any new evidence of the importance of wears masks hopefully encourages everyone to do so, because, you know, we can have all the regulations around mask wearing, but it's also important for each of us to take that individual action ourselves, to make sure, again, we are protecting o

deborah birx was with pence in texas, and she pushed for the use of face masks, touting new research about their benefits. >> i'm really appealing to every texan to wear a mask. i think we know now there is scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others, but may also partially protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery and a new finding, and it's very encouraging to texans to know that you can protect one another. >> but her boss, president donald trump, rarely wears them. you can see in these images from sunday, no mask. >>> well, now even some of his republican allies are asking mr. trump to mask up. >> if wearing a mask is important and all the health experts tell us that it is in containing the disease in 2020, it would help if from time to time the president would wear one to help us get rid of this political debate that says if you're for trump, you don't wear a mask, if you're against trump, you do. >> dr. ann ramoin is a professor of epidemiology and joins us live from los angeles. >> good to be here. >> white house task force coordi

deborah birx, is in arizona to meet with the state's governor. arizona trying to contain a surge in case numbers and hospital admissions there. as infections spread across the west and the south, there are now more than 2.6 million known cases in our country. so far, at least 126,000 americans have died from coronavirus. and the world is watching. just this morning, the european union announced that americans are not welcome to visit its countries because of coronavirus concerns. and starting today, we are going to have our experts here to answer your questions about the virus. there are still so many. we're going to do this all week long. you can tweet them to us using #msnbcanswers. you can also submit those questions by emailing us, as well. there's the email address on your screen. it's talk@msnbc.com. we'll get to the questions in a moment. we're going to devote a significant chunk of the program to that. again, we'll do that in a moment. >>> we want to start in arizona. the governor there ordered bars, nightclubs, gyms, and movie theaters a

nbc news reporting that doctors anthony fauci and deborah birx vocalized concerns about the safety of holding a rally in tulsa at this time. lest we forget, the campaign forced attendees to sign a waiver in case they get sick. >> given that the campaign had attendee tess rally on saturday sign a waiver to indemnify them if they get sick, would the president contributing to a fund if we see sickness coming out of it? >> i think it's a hypothetical and speculative question. >> all of this comes after trump consistently found himself on the wrong side of history. this week was a disaster even by trump's standards. he faced a fair of defeats before the supreme court. the high court that he touts for stacking with conservative justices, well, it ruled against him twice. the first decision that gay and transgender individuals cannot be fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation. that majority ruling authored by justice neil gorsuch, a trump appointee. the second decision, a rejection of the trump administration's efforts to end the program that allows nearly 800,000 daca reci

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deborah birx. >>> the cdc has information on updated symptoms of coronavirus. it includes nausea, vomiting and a runny nose. the original symptoms included loss of taste or smell, difficulty breathing, this agency states that this list does not include all the possible coronavirus symptoms. >>> researchers are looking for people who have recently been diagnosed with covid-19 to take part in a new study. they are trying to determine the effectiveness of a common and inexpensive antibiotic in treating the disease. there are hopes that this drug could keep patients in the early stages of infection out of the hospital. >> outpatient trials are interested in identifying therapeutics that work early in the disease course. the first purpose is, it approves outcome for individual patients. keeping people out of the hospital as the primary goal. that improves outcomes. it reduces burden on the healthcare system. >> the bay area research teams are looking for 2500 people for the study. >>> next week, the city of san francisco moves into the next phase of its reopening pl

deborah birx, dr.others, members of the task force, the secretary of health and human services coming into the briefing room. let's listen as the vice president opens this briefing. >> well, good afternoon and to our fellow americans out west, good morning. we just completed today's meeting of the white house coronavirus task force, and i'm pleased to be joined by many members of the task force with us for this briefing. i want to thank secretary azar, dr. birx, dr. fauci, dr. redfield of the cdc, as well as our attorney general, dr. girard of the u.s. public health service, dr. hahn and seema verma. we'll make a series of presentations to update the american people on the status of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, and then be available to take questions. we very much appreciate the attendance of all who are here and all of you who have made time to tune in. as we reported today, we have now more than 2,500,000 americans that have contracted the coronavirus. and sadly we've lost more than 126,0

deborah birx promised to work with mayors to expand testing.eaders are applauding the passion but pleading for common sense. >> express your outrage. but be responsible, because the last thing we want to do is see a spike in the number of covid cases. >> reporter: those fating racism say the virus of hate may be more dangerous than the actual virus. >> at this point i feel like i'm more concerned with the death and the genocide of my black brothers and sisters than i am of getting this virus. >> i'm fighting for my human rights rather than fighting a virus. i've stayed home for this whole quarantine break. i think it's time for me to get out and fight for my rights. >> reporter: a battle being waged as a study says masks and social distancing keep coronavirus at bay. significant actions show a gaping difference in the risk of infection. 3% if you're wearing a mask, 17% if you're not. 2.5% chance if you keep a distance of at least three feet, 30% if you don't. there are 200 to 300 people out here right now. most are wearing masks, many are not,

deborah birx. texas,x is going to arizona, today she is in new mexico. of course you know she is leading the coronavirus task ande along with dr. fauci she is going to be in arizona and vice president pence is going to accompany her for the update on what's happening in arizona. it is an official visit and it is focused on health care and public health in arizona. >> and one question for dr. christ. i know we have enough ventilators. but do we have enough staff? is there enough staff for weeks if that is needed? dr. christ: we continue to work with our hospitals. we have requested -- our health care workers have been working for a very long time and we know tiredveryone is getting and there are a lot of patients. we have worked to request a federal medical assistance and give relief to hospitals as well as we are working on establishing a national contract that would provide a coordinated, centralized location where we, through the state, can provide staff and resources to our hospitals. we are working on that. we are in the process of finalizing a contr

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deborah birx on the call: >> it does worry me, because not everyone was in a mask. some people were shouting. and we don't know the efficacy of masks with shouting. >> reporter: it all adds up to a pandemic dr. anthony fauci calls his worst nightmare. he had this reminder: >> masks can help, but it's masks plus physical separation. >> reporter: federal reserve chief jerome powell says unemployment will likely fall to 9.3% by the end of this year, and vows consumer suppor holdg down near-zero ira22. >> we're not thinking about raising rates. >> reporter: the push for a vaccine got a boost from the federal government, which reportedly announced it will fund and conduct three trials this summer involving roughly 30,000 people in more than 50 cities. a vaccine can't come too soon as more places with crowds indoors, like movie theaters, plan to reopen. a.m.c. announced a plan to open its doors next month. as for the outdoors, miami reopened beaches for the first >> reporter: albeit with volunteers making sure people abide by the new social distancing and face mask rules.

we are hearing doctor deborah birx, the co—ordinator of the white house task force, has told state governors to mmp governors in a phone call to ramp up testing. this surge seems to be happening in states particularly quick to open up their economies, but there's no sign of them slowing down economies and distancing people any further. do you think we will have to do you think we will have to do you think we will have to start living with this virus, and, in many cases, dying from it? this is what public health people like myself have been saying from the beginning, this can't be a choice between public health and reopening the economy, but investing in the economy is the only way to reopen the economy and unfortunately in the places you mentioned that opened up to quickly, now left in a position that, as the governor of texas said, re—lockdown is their last resort, it may be on the table for states where cases are rising so rapidly that it is stressing intensive—care rising so rapidly that it is stressing intensive—ca re unit capacity and hospital capacity which, as you recall, in the begin

>>doctor deborah birx also in attendance in texas issuing this warning. >>we know now there's scientific evidence that mass both keep you from infecting others but may also partially protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery in a new finding and it's very encouraging to texans to know that you can protect one another. >>theresa kron 4 news. well to the peninsula now a woman was caught on camera intentionally coughing on a belmont bartender just hours after the bar reopened. >>so the incident happened last friday was at the saint james bar and restaurant in belmont this is the video check it out you can see the woman right there, she's intentionally coughing. right in the bartender space workers say the entire incident started as a bartender tried to get the woman to wear a mask indoors. >>the bartender. is is you have to put your nascar and you have to stay 6 feet away from people that you didn't come into the park. is tuesday that know he's not. >>it's all i don't i don't know she was intoxicated or not it did i kind of hope she i

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. >> reporter: deborah birx also adding that wearing one is not just about protecting others. >> we know now, there's scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others, but may also partially protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery and a new finding. >> reporter: cases in texas topping 5,300 on sunday, surpassing 5,000 for the sixth day in a row. this video showing texans crowding into a nightclub saturday, the owner telling our houston station they did not shut down because they consider themselves a restaurant. capacity at restaurants recently limited by the governor. bars where covid can easily spread shut down once again. cases going up in nevada less than a month after las vegas casinos opened. a caesars palace employee has lost his life after testing positive for the virus. unes, including los angeles, as cases continue climbing there. pple are not wearing masks as much as they were before. >> reporter: zohreen shah, abc news, houston. >> zohreen, thank you. >>> the european union is still deciding which outsiders will be allowed to enter

go talk to deborah birx. she doesn't seem to think so. mind you, we are testing much more. so that's one point. you may find a pickup in cases. hospitalizations have increased. the u.s. has the biggest coronavirus numbers. >> larry cut low was trying to play down the second wave. this was just a bad market day. 2 million cases is alarming. the death toll has been a huge challenge. jerome powell, the federal reserve board chairman said we have a contraction of 6.5%. at unemployment rate above 9%. those could change depending on the velocity of the u.s. futures, the remaining is stable. we are overdue. if you look at europe, we've lost 4% rita cross the board. down at the beginning. now we're above the line across the board. i'd like to go back to 1996 and alan greenspan. we went up 44,000 until last week until we saw the steloff today. all clear saling. we're finding 9 world is stuck at the moment. speaking of which, the u.k., this gdp drop, wow, i think in two months they've lost 18 years of growth. what is the take away both for the u.s. and brittain because they were both

we know the president is against more testing, even though doctor deborah birx, the co—ordinator of his has suggested to governors of states they should be doing more testing despite what the president says, but surely approaching an election politicians will be reluctant to order more lockdowns, won't they? absolutely, but the vast response to the pandemic should not have been an economic or political one, it has to be a public health one. if we had responded correctly in march and april and even now, we would be in a much better position, much like many other countries around the world, that took the severity of the public health threat not an economic one. that would be better for anyone looking for re—election in november. we will have an overlap with flu season will have an overlap with flu season with undoubted surge of flu covid cases at that time so it would be hard as i was a politician to sell myself on response of this pandemic is cases and deaths are increasing around this country if we see other countries around the world who have managed the swell and are getting back and

deborah birx. dr. birx: thank you, mr. vice president. thank you for the great introduction. just to remind everyone where we have come from in the last four months, we have a great deal of understanding now about the differential disease. differential infections, no. we believe everyone is susceptible to infection. we know infection leads to a spectrum of disease and we have much better detail about who is vulnerable and why they are vulnerable. as the vice president said, at one time, we were diagnosing people in the icu after they came into the emergency room. whoks to the millennials have been heating our guidance, they have been coming forward and getting testing. whereas before we told them to stay home, now we are telling them to be tested. this is a great change for us, because it allows us now to find the asymptomatic and mild diseases we could not find before. talked aboutld yesterday, from the serology test, we have a great understanding of what was happening in march, and the number of asymptomatic and mild conditions that led to individual to have antibodies but

deborah birx revealed it's not only for the safety of others, but also for yourself. >> we know now there'sific evidence both keep you from infecting others, but may also partially protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery and new finding. >> joining us to talk about this is dr. clayburn. doctor, good to see you. congratulations, you know join us not as a pregnant, expectant doctor, but you've had your baby girl in the midst of this whole pandemic. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling great, fred. thank you for asking. yes, my baby girl was born on may 30th, and our entire family is doing well. >> she was born a day before my birthday. she's going to be awesome. so let's talk about what dr. birx was saying, she said this is a new message, a new discovery, that wearing a mask norse protects others, but protects yourself? is that a new discovery? >> well, you know, us as physicians, we all wear masks all the time. i know there's controversy whether masks are being helpful for others, or just yourself. it's certainly something i recommend to protect others, but also to p

deborah birx, both took time to put out a message saying that masks are important. so listen to this. >> where you can't maintain social distancing, wearing a mask is just a good idea. it will, we know from experience, will slow the spread of the coronavirus. >> i'm really appealing to every texan to wear a mask. i think we know now, there's scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others, but may also partially protecting you from getting infected. it's very encouraging to texans to know you can protect one another. >> the important thing is we've learned a lot about how it spreads. i don't think there are very many adults in this country who don't know about the hand washing techniques that should be employed, about the masking, about the social distancing. the problem is people aren't doing it. >> reporter: the message is important, even more so important that it's being said on texas soil, as the state sees cases continuing to soar, hospitalizations continuing to soar. ana, here's the thing, masks are not mandated across texas. the governor ha

deborah birx traveled here to texas over the weekend to meet with local health officials and also the governor of texas, greg abbott. this came on the heels of the state logging days of record cases of new hospitalization records and also the number of new cases. here's the governor. >> we need to understand that covid-19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. over just the past few weeks. a daily number of cases have gone from an average of about 2,000, to more than 5,000 per day. >> bill: gavin newsom ordering barnes and seven of the states counties to close following the number of cases among young people. he urged the closer and another eight counties, but has not require that as of yet. the golden state has more than 211,000 confirmed cases. the meantime in florida the communities of palm beach county's all closing the beaches for the holiday weekend. that state ordered to the suspension of alcohol consumption at bars. the governor is attributing the hike and new infection numbers to a hike and increased testing. and there is no mask

. >> mike pence and deborah birx met with the governor and health officials here yesterday. they encouraged residents across the state to wear face masks especially in the areas that are seeing the largest increases. they know? >> dana: casey stegall, thank you. the white house saying that president trump was not briefed on a report that russia was offering bounties to kill american troops. kristin fisher is live at the white house. you were there at the briefing. we got more information. >> the white house press secretary says president trump still has not been briefed on the intelligence that fueled these reports that russia may been trying to pay the taliban linked militants to kill u.s. soldiers. she said president trump is only briefed unverified intelligence and that this intelligence has not been verified. given the severity of these accusations, alleged russian bounties being placed on the heads of american troops on the ground in afghanistan. i tried to ask the press secretary why he has not been briefed today about it. here's what she said. >> there is no consensus

deborah birx and others. your credibility has been unquestioned.in the state government said there's a reason to question your credibility about this? >> yeah, there was a period where immediately after the news broke that i had been taken off the dashboard and then fired after that, where i think a few government officials tried to accuse me of not being a scientist or not having access to the data or not having been the architect. but i rebuilt the whole thing in three days, so i think i've put that to bed. >> and what about floridians' reaction? are they -- is your work being reported in the daily newspapers in florida? do they have general access to it through the news media? >> yes. actually the media in florida has been amazing, and they've spread word about this resource being available. it's already received millions of hits. the outpouring from the community has been so incredible, and for me really shocking because i didn't think anybody would care if i did something like this. and it's already kind of blown my mind how supportive everyon

deborah birx said sunday that scientific evidence shows that wearing a mask protects both yourself and others, but many americans are not wearing masks so with cases skyrocketing, is it time to mandate their use? >> rosemary, everybody should be wearing a mask. there is no reason not to wear a mask. we've now seen with data to back up the fact that wearing a mask works, and not only is it important to wear a mask because it protects other people from you but it does provide some level of protection as well to the wearer. all of these masks do. you know, i think the thing here is that when politics gets inside of these issues, all of a sudden science gets thrown out the door. what we really need to be focusing on is the science. we're asking people to wear masks because this is the way we can open the country faster than anything else. we need to be able to reduce the spread of the virus and wearing a mask is a key part of this. >> the u.s. hit an all-time single day record for coronavirus cases. the numbers are just astounding. and icus are filling up. this country is failing to contro

deborah birx made a trip here to the lone star state to meet with local health officials and positive greg abbott. after the state logged days of record-setting numbers, both of new infections and hospitalizations. here is governor abbott. >> we need to understand that covid-19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. over just the past few weeks the daily number of cases have gone from an average of about 2,000, to more than 5000 per day. reporter: california governor gavin newsom ordering bars in seven of the state's counties to close following the number of cases rising among young people. he urged the closure in eight other counties but that has not been required in those places as of yet. the golden state has more than 211,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. in florida the communities of miami-dade, broward, monroe, palm beach counties all closing beaches for the fourth of july holiday weekend. that state also ordered suspension of alcohol consumption acrossbars across the whole state. governor ron desantis largely attributing hike in new

deborah birx has made the trip.vice president landed in dallas right now, you see him wearing a mask along with other members of his team also wearing a mask. now when pence touched down, this comes after we confirmed yesterday, he's postponing campaign events in florida and arizona and in the next few days because of the rise in coronavirus cases especially in the south. listen. >> the window is closing. we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly, we need to social distance. we need to wear our face coverings if we are in settings where we can't social distance particularly in the hot zones. david: trump campaign is pushing back on washington post where it shows employees at tulsa arena removing social distancing stickers before the president's arrival. campaign's spokesman telling fox news that everyone that went to rally was adhere to go local guidance, hand sanitizer and also provided with masks though many people in the crowd were not wearing masks, arthel. arthel: and david, the president

the white house has not yet said of doctors fauci and deborah birx will be at today's meeting the briefing is expected to start about 9.30 or so we'll bring it to you live here on kron 4 is safely back years a developing story that we're following this morning. a new chapter in the war of words between the president and oakland mayor libby shaft the mayor fine firing back at president trump after he criticized the city of oakland. in an interview last night kron four's reyna harvey is live in oakland. she has more on this continuing battle of words reyna. >>marty good morning and that's right the president being very critical in his work choice of oakland and a few other big cities. we're going to show you what the president had to say last night. >>take a look at detroit take a look at what's happening in oakland. take a look at what's happening in baltimore and everly gets upset when i say and they say oh is that a racist statement is not a racist. frankly. people come up to me say thank you, thank you sir for saying it. the city's it's like living in hel. >>now mayor shaft and not take

deborah birx told the nation's governors in a call on monday that it was vital that they ramp up testingthat comes as "the new york times" reports what would be something of a switch, a change in the power dynamic if you will. the european union considering blocking americans from entering the eu because the u.s. has failed to control the virus. "the times" also reports saudi arabia has effectively canceled the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to mecca for what some scholars say may be the first time in its history. amid all of this, trump is continuing to spread unsubstantiated allegations against voting by mail, which many states already do and others are considering during this pandemic. here's what he said about it just tonight. >> the democrats are also trying to rig the election by sending out tens of millions of mail-in ballots using the china virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls. mail-in ballots is a disaster for our country. this will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election in the history of our country, and we cannot let this happen. >> that's where we

deborah birx. marin county is one of the been area counties seen a large spike in coronavirus cases and when is the only local county to report an increase in hospitalizations and the percentage of positive tests over the past two weeks. "ktvu" allie rasmussen joins us live with a look at the numbers. allie? >> marin county had 1600 cases of coronavirus cases and that includes 500 inmates and staff members at san quentin who have tested positive. last week there were about 100 people infected in the outbreak is growing rapidly. the marin county corners investigating the death of an inmate at the prison and weather in involve coronavirus. 71-year-old richard stately died wednesday night and he was found unresponsive and there were no physical signs of trauma. marin county health officials report workplace clusters of smaller outbreaks of coronavirus at marin sanitary, 43 employees tested positive for the virus. marin county reopened for outdoor dining and retail and hotels under a revised shelter in

deborah birx. >> having already instability and then the level of protests.ers, and not all of them wore masks. >> reporter: now, as states continue to reopen, the advice remains the same. if you go out, wear a mask and practice safe social distancing. hoda? >> erin, thank you. >>> also this morning, the police chief in minneapolis is speaking out for the first time since the majority of the city council agreed to dismantle the department we're also learning that the officer at the center of the george floyd case was negotiating a plea deal before his arrest nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest gabe, good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning. i sat down with the police chief who is now at the center of a national fire storm. it is a delicate balancing act, trying to reassure both his community and the officers in his department, with the future of policing in his city at this morning, minneapolis police chief arradondo is calling for change >> if we don't evolve, we will not exist anymore. >> reporter: he says powerful police unions make it hard to fire bad

deborah birx who suggest that people continue to stay home when possible and wear face coverings.ven though many republicans are -- senate majority leader mitch mcconnell held up a mask and said it was very important that everyone wear them whenever they go outside in order to contain the spread of the virus until a vaccine is available. take a listen. >> until we find a vaccine, these are really important. i see various events on television in which people are clearly not wearing masks, not taking this seriously and not doing others a favor. we need to get past that. >> reporter: mcconnell's message is stark contrast to president trump who has not personally worn a mask in most of his public appearances. in fact, has characterized wearing a mask for himself as a sign of weakness. bianna and victor. >> sarah westwood at the white house. thank you. you heard the vice president just talk about how people should follow the advice of, the leadership of the local officials, the local people. the "washington post" is reporting that ahead of president trump's rally in oklahoma last weeke

you've got people like pence and deborah birx over the weekend who tried to push it forward along withbott, the governor of texas, as if the president wasn't there. but if the president is not participating, very hard to get it done. >> it's almost like they had to sneak around to encourage mask wearing. >> absolutely. >> abby, the president re-tweeted a video this weekend of the president shouting "white power." the white house says that the president somehow did not hear that part of the video. what do you make of that justification? >> if you happen to watch that video like i did, you know the part where this man in the golf cart screamed "white power," he did it twice, and he did it in the first 15 or 20 seconds of the video. so even if the president conceive appably didn't watch t whole thing, he would have seen it, because it was in the first part of the video. beyond that, i think we've got son used to the bar being so incredibly low on things like this, there is a very high bar for the president to be re-tweeting imagery like this and messages like this. and this is sort of bey

deborah birx but we will keep you posted on that.nd the cdc added three new symptoms that may be a sign that you have the coronavirus. they've updated the list to now includeea and a running nose. in the past the cdc only listed eight symptoms that included fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or problems breathing and using your taste or smell. the cdc is stressing even this updated list doesn't include all of the possible coronavirus victims. >>> our time is 6:33 a.m. marin county has seen a rise in coronavirus cases. however county health officials say a closer look shows marin is still in pretty good shape when it comes to controlling the spread of covid-19. "ktvu" allie rasmus is here with more details. good morning, kelly. >> dr. matt willis talked about this in a public meeting last night. there are a growing number of cases in marin county. one of the hotspots in san quentin prison and marin county has 1600 cases of covid-19 and that includes more than 505 inmates and staff members at the present who have tested positi

deborah birx telling americans what a lot of us already know, wearing a mask helps protect you and others some people are still against wearing them. watch the reaction after palm beach county, florida, passed a mask ordinance last week. [ indiscriminate yelling ] >> back with us chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. as a man of science, a doctor, when you show that reaction, when you see that kind of rage to people being asked or required to wear masks, how does it make you feel? >> that's not about science anymore i don't think. i think there's something else at play here, it's about people feeling like they don't want to be told what to do or others can't tell them what to do. i don't know. because i think the science is pretty clear. i think as you mentioned, we've known for some time, certainly about the ability of the masks to prevent others around you from getting sick. i wear a mask every day when i'm in the hospital, when i'm in the operating room. i'm wearing a mask to prevent putting my own germs into the operating room, where i'm operating, it's a sterile environment,

deborah birx, head of the white house coronavirus task force, said testing is now more vital than ever>> i worry terribly about the peaceful protests. i see some wearing masks; i see some others not wearing mas. and so, we are really trying to work with each of the mayors to expand testing availability over the next week or two, so that the individuals who are involved in the peaceful protests can get tested. >> woodruff: the official count of covid-19 cases in the u.s. has now passed 1.8 million, with more than 106,000 deaths. north carolina's democratic governor said today that the pandemic means the republican national convention, planned for charlotte in august, must be scaled back. in turn, g.o.p. leaders said they will begin visiting alternative cities. president trump has insisted on a full-scale convention. this was the biggest day of voting since the covid-19 pandemic began. nine states and the district of columbia held primaries, and while many voted in person, officials reported sharp increases in voting by mail. in the democratic presidential race, former vice president joe

deborah birx are expected to meet with governor greg abbott.he vice president companiancel upcomi upcoming campaigning events in arizona and florida. pence will travel it those states to meet with governors and their health officials. news of the cancelled campaign events comes as the "washington post" reports that workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers from chairs at president trump's rally in tulsa last saturday, june 20th. you asked for trump. where has he been? back in mark when he declared himself a wartime president in the face of the pandemic. >> i feel it, actually. i'm a wartime president. this is a war. this is is a war. different kind of war than we've ever had. >> well, yesterday trump decided to take a break from the war. he went golfing at his virginia golf resort. maybe attempting to relieve some of the stress he's been feeling from the lawsuits he's got in the hopper. joining me now is an infectious disease physician, medical director with the special pathogens unit at boston medical center. good to see you. few

deborah birx also expressed concern about a spike in coronavirus cases two weeks from now. to a person familiar with this phone call, pence and berks said some testing sites were taken down as the numbers decreased in recent weeks. also vice president mike pence tweeted and then deleted a photo showing a large group of president trump's re-election team not wearing face masks or social distancing. those are two recommendations given by the coronavirus task force which pence leads. it appears to have been taken from the arlington, virginia's, office, which requires face coverings in indoor settings. you might remember the vice president has been in this situation before. back in april pence was criticized after touring a mayo clinic. the president is returning to the campaign trail, it is official, next fred in tulsa, oklahoma, for the first time since the outbreak. he won it back in 2016. they began lifting restrictions on businesses at the end of april and moved into phase 3 of its reopening on june 3. according to "the new york times," trump cad pain officials are unlikel

deborah birx will be traveling to those hardest hit states in the days ahead.e vice president said a lot of work is still being done to slow the spread. >> we've now reached some 30 million tests across the country conducting some 500,000 tests a day. in that partnership with governors also, the president directed us to make sure that the states have what they needed when they needed it. >> the u.s. continues to construct ventilators, the administration says it's also seen an increase in the number of younger people under the age of 35 contracting it but they believe the majority of those folks will recover. critics say the white house needs to stop only highlighting the positives. >> donald trump needs to stop caring about how he looks and start caring about what americans happening in the rest of america. the number of cases is increasing in 29 states. we are going to be dealing with this for a long time. trauma can't wish it away. >> officials say they are also impressed with some of the decreases in cases that were once hot spots, talking about places like