it is led by people who work and live in gainesville. governor kemp and the rest of the georgia team is completely focused on this fight. but we know the solutions have to be locally driven. i am excited about the efforts of the gainesville task force against covid-19 and i know they will do a fantastic job in stopping the spread of this disease. thank you, governor. gov. kemp: thank you very much, general. we appreciate what you are doing in hall county. also we will open it up for questions. i want to make sure everyone can answer here questions about anything, as well as dr. toomey and others. with that, we will open it up for questions. reporter: governor, in a recent teens with aaid drivers permit will be allowed to have their drivers license without a driver's test. do you think this will make the roads more dangerous? gov. kemp: that is a really good question, something we have been working on for several days now. we should have a resolution to that. the department of driver services team has been focused on basically this new no

. >>> a coronavirus hot spot has emerged in gainesville, georgia where dr.zabeth larkins is director of critical care at northeast georgia medical center. >> one of the things i wanted to share with you is some of our alternatives for ppe storage. six weeks ago we would not have been saving disposables. i'm not going to lie to you. our staff are scared. they don't want to get this. they don't want to give it to their families. but they're coming in to work every day and they're giving their best, often for people they've never met. because that's our mission. >> gainesville is in hall county where there are several poultry plants. maria palacios, an activist for latino workers in gainesville, described working conditions in those poultry plants for the "atlanta journal-constitution." "you have people working in large open production spaces where people are literally standing elbow to elbow in the same spot all day. people are willing to go in sick to work because their financial obligations are overwhelming." gainesville is now eighth in the nation for new c

gainesville is eighth in the nation for new coronavirus cases per capita.ta journal constitution reports computer models suggest the staffs at the northeast georgia health system would be working beyond their capacity by late may. joining us now is dr. clifton hastings, the chief of medical staff at the northeast georgia medical center in gainesville, georgia. dr. hastings, what is the situation there now and does it feel like you are prepared for what seems to be coming? >> thank you for allowing me to be with you tonight. we're in a situation where we see the number of cases continue to rise. two weeks ago we had about 900 cases in our county. now we're close to 2,000. based on our model out of the university of pennsylvania using that model we predict that we will reach our max of the pandemic around june. we'll probably reach our capacity around may 22nd, if the model is correct. fortunately, we're getting resources from the state including 20-bed mobile unit they will put outside the hospital in anticipation for this and we just hope we're preparing ad

host: in gainesville, florida, talking about president trump.resident trump yesterday at his press conference in the white house in which he was announcing his new effort on social media policies when it comes to websites like twitter and facebook was asked if he had been in contact with george floyd's family. this is what the president had to say. >> have you spoken to the family of george floyd yet? pres. trump: i haven't, but i feel very badly. it is a very shocking site. bill and i were talking about it. it's one of the reasons bill is here right now, because we are very much involved. andked the attorney general the fbi to take a strong look and see what went on, because that was a very bad thing i saw. i saw it last night and did not like it. >> do you think the police officers should be prosecuted? pres. trump: i'm not going to make any comments right now. what i saw was not good, very bad. host: that was president trump yesterday. president trump weighing in overnight in a series of tweets. the second of which was flagged by twitter for

cat in gainesville, florida. what do you think? caller: i think this is a once-in-a-lifetime, unprecedented thing that we are going to. i am a small business owner and my problem is ideal with small business owners and the money is not trickling down. the reason why we are opening is the beach.have if the money trickle down faster, we could get somewhere. the big banks are only giving us 10% of what we are asking for so we can get loans through them so they can get paid back the money so they are forgiven. i went through paypal to get mine just because they haven't and you can get it -- have it and you can get it. i am letting the small business owners now the money is there. we have to have a leader that gets on a microphone and talks to small business owners so that we are not scared that we are going to lose everything that we build. .o -- built so, i am just saying -- i don't want to disrespect anybody. he is our leader. i did not vote for him. peoplewant to make sure are aware, small business is the root of the american bloodl

. >> reporter: they have two tent mobile units that have been set up on this campus in gainesville. them is in use to treat patients with mild covid-19 symptoms. i'm told the idea is to create a buffer so they can keep people with covid-19 outside of the hospital, to hopefully, slow the spread in terms of protecting and preventing their doctors as well as other patients from contracting the virus. in terms of the numbers in this state, governor kemp said over the weekend that the state had hit their lowest number of hospitalized positive covid-19 patients since hospitals started reporting that data. but the cumulative number of covid-19 positive cases statewide continues to rise. today it is at over 33,000. in hull county, there are over 2,000 cases. and doctors at this hospital, they say they expect those numbers to go up. they think they're just below the curve and expect to see it peak in this county in the coming weeks. that's what they're trying to prepare for. >> ellison barber in georgia for us. catie beck live in tennessee. thank you both for joining us. >>> i'm joined now b

georgia, for example, "the journal constitution," reporting on hard-hit gainesville, georgia, where case numbers rose exponentially every week in april, but the governor still insisted on lifting all of the stay-at-home orders nationwide even where the numbers were taking off as a rocket. in gainesville, georgia, the last week in march they were at 12 new cases a day on average, the following week was 22 new cases a day, the following week, 47 new cases a day, the following week, 61 new cases a day. now they're at 95 new cases a day and let's see how high it can go. but they're removing all stay-at-home orders, everywhere in georgia, across the board, because why are we doing this anyway? who really cares? why are states like this, states with problems like this, reopening? well, i mean in the case of iowa, you're seeing them get praised by the president. why they do it. one of the great success stories. but also, you know, who is to tell them not to reopen? >> there are four criteria that states should meet in order to safely reopen. the first is to see the number of new cases decline f

day would never come >> so they were wondering what to do how can we help them >> reporter: the gainesville clerk had the idea to reopen and repurpose the courthouse drive-through window after 20 years >> a lot of people thought it was a joke, they didn't think it was for real i said, i'm dead serious, we're going to do this >> reporter: the response, overwhelming 46 couples lining up for a socially distant drivethrough wedding >> we planned on getting married in a few months from now, but because of the pandemic we weren't sure when we could actually have the wedding. >> reporter: justin and joanne waters married at the very courthouse they met. >> we both worked on similar cases. we started talking to each other in and out of work and we eventually ended up here. >> we were originally supposed to get married in april. >> reporter: for this couple their dream wedding in charleston now on hold until next year. >> i don't want to marry him until next year >> reporter: couples of all ages. >> i say here in a convertible at a drive-through wedding in the middle of a global pandemic and can't h

. >> reporter: moved by their plea, gainesville court clerk had the idea to reopen their courthouse drive-throughple thought it was joke they didn't think it was for real i said i'm dead serious. we're going to do this. >> reporter: the response -- >> you ready to get married? >> reporter: overwhelming. 46 couples lining up for a socially distant drive-through wedding. >> we plan on getting married in a few months from now. but because of the pandemic we weren't sure when we could have the wedding. >> reporter: justin and joe waters mao married at the courthouse where they met. >> we started talking to each other in and out of work and we ended up. >> reporter: for erin and jonathan, their dream wedding in charleston now on hold until next year. >> i don't want to wait to marry him until next year. >> reporter: couples of all ages >> i sit here in a convert at a drive-through wedding in the middle of a global pandemic and can't help but how smile this fitting scenario is to our relationship >> reporter: promising to love in sickness and in health might never have meant so much >> wasn't going to

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the city of gainesville now considered a hot spot there.overnor brian kemp that the city will open temporary hospital in the city and hope they will not need it. more than 1.2 million cases of coronavirus reported in the united states right now. meanwhile the covid-19 pandemic taking a real toll on gaming industry with casinos forced to close doors. wynn net loss of 400 million. revenue down 40% from a year earlier. also suspending quarterly dividend. mgm resorts report lid working workers of possible layoffs in august. company acting ceo in a letter to furloughed cited sharp decline of travel for the rest of the year, possibly 2021. u.s. casinos have been shut down since mid-march and as you can see wynn share this is morning are down 1%. frontier airlines has changed mind apparently. it will not charge passengers extra to seat to empty middle seat. congressional democrats accused company of taking advantage to customers concerned of contracting covid-19. frontier had plans to charge $39 under the plan which would to start tomorrow. that's

in gainesville virginia, lauren blanchard, fox news. circa >> a lot of sunshine this afternoon, and a warming trend, that headline as we move toward to approach the we can, nothing major, eventually we are talking about some 90s. quick look at the national perspective as we take a look at the maps right now, we have dry conditions out across the west, as we put this into motion. into your thursday, and of course watching whether towards the eastern seaboard, lots of clouds approaching detroit, and the nation's midsection we could have some thunderstorms popping up. old systems moving out of town, this area of high pressure this will be the source of some more as we head into your thursday. thanks guys this afternoon, in fact lots of clear skies up and down a good portion of the state. as we come in closer right now, does look like we have some patchy overcast lingering closer to monterey bay, that's kind of what is left over from this morning across portions of the bay area. as we come in closer we will check out some of the wind speeds

in gainesville virginia, lauren blanchard, fox news.>>> in the race for the white house, presumptive democratic nominee joe biden continues his criticism of president trump saying he repeatedly ignored warnings about the coronavirus. >> he didn't even read them or he ignored them. both of which is a dereliction of his duty. >> democrats do not want -- >> president trump is defending his handling of the crisis saying some of his biggest critics -- >> they were against me doing the band. they said it is too much. it is too severe. >> president trump is venting frustration that more states are offering vote by mail ballots to prevent the spread of the virus. the president opposes mail-in ballots which he says are corrupt. closing the digital divide. coming up the nations that are bringing technology into the homes of thousands of students to help with distance learning. >> how san francisco's tourism industry is helping to bounce back from a massive drop in visitors. >> and united airlines workers stage a protest at sfl. the airline is in protecting them against potential covid exposure

in gainesville virginia, lauren blanchard, fox news.>>> the us supreme court has temporarily blocked the release of the formal report to the house of representatives. the house judiciary committee requested portions of the report that were blacked out by the justice department. as part of its investigation into whether president trump obstructed justice the court gave no reasons for its decision and there were no noted dissents. the court order could mean the full report will be made available until after the november election.>>> coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30, it is no surprise that san francisco's tourism industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus. will break down the numbers and tell you why some industry experts are hopeful that the locals can provide a lift. when sporting events finally do come back, it will be unfortunately without any fans. michigan football head coach jim with his take on possibly playing without anyone in the stands. plus a bay area school district put out the call for help and in less than a week, those calls have been answered. tonight the latest

ellison barber in gainesville, georgia, thank you. katy, just one quick code on this. seems like a lot of states, the stats aren't holding up under scrutiny. we're finding out they're mixing tests. we're finding out they're double counting. if one person gets two tests, they count it as if they tested two people. you know, we're finding a couple states doing. that a couple states mixing the diagnostics testing. it's starting, when you peel back the onion in these states, it's starting to make me nervous about a lot of the collected data that we so trust because only is as good as the data you're getting from these states and right now quite a few of them, we had a virginia issue, we had a texas issue, now a georgia issue, a florida issue. this is starting to become a problem. zblfr a >> and this is a perfect example of why you need investigative journalists, people willing to get down into the numbers and double check them and hold governments accountable, especially in the time of a pandemic when you need to know the truth. you need to have all of the facts and not so

>> well, again, going back to the new hot spot that we have in georgia, up in hall county and gainesville area, the latino population is around one-third of the population in that area, but accounts for half of the covid-19 cases. so this is what we're seeing across the country. black and brown communities are being disproportionately impacted. i think there are layers to this as it relates to this virus. it is simple, we have to continue to stay home to the extent that we can and separate ourselves, but i think the other layers that we have to continue to address are the health disparities and the living conditions that are making black and brown communities more susceptible. i do just want to add one thing, in georgia, those underlying health conditions are prevalent throughout our state, throughout the south and so simply because you're not a product of a black or brown community doesn't mean that you are immune because so many people have these underlying health conditions. >> this is not a matter in atlanta, but it is in georgia, has to do with the young man, african-american who was

as one of nation's worst outbreaks hit in his state, in albany, georgia, and even as the city of gainesvillehose poultry plants are, became the center of one of the nation's newest emerging large outbreaks. the northeast georgia medical center there projects it will not hit the peak of its coronavirus hospital admissions until the middle of june, but they expect to max out their staffing capacity at the hospital well before then, like within a matter of three weeks. it's hard to square what's happening in georgia right now between the characteristics of the large epidemic in georgia right now -- it's hard to square that with governor brian kemp's insistence that everything is fine and faster than anywhere in the done, georgia needs to open everything back up. it's hard to square those things sometimes, but then sometimes it's not that hard to square them. this is the other big news in the georgia epidemic today. a new cdc study that finds that more than 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in georgia are african-american. african-americans comprise only about 30% of the population in geo

i have to say, in gainesville, it was not our surveillance system that told us about what that increasedth transmission, but actually the hospital themselves reported to us before our surveillance system was even sentient enough to pick up on that. data is not say the the only piece. it needs to be a much more comprehensive approach. i think no data system, whether it be needles or this were designed to be looked at with this scrutiny. i am grateful that the media are looking at this closely, because often we can recognize things we do not see, or there are consistencies that i didn't notice. it's not that we are trying to hide things. there is no deception. there may be several explanations that have to do with how the data was collected or some of the other issues reported. data i hope that helps explain at least some part. >> hi, governor. supreme court justice cleef isckwell -- keith blackwell going to be retiring soon. do you believe georgians should be electing the next georgia supreme court justice? gov. kemp: first of all, you will have to talk to justice blackwell about why he res

let me bring in nbc's ellison barber in gainesville, georgia. good to see you. help us sort through these numbers and exactly what they mean. >> reporter: chris, let's start by looking at some of the numbers that we do have. we know the state of georgia opened about three weeks ago, around april 24th is when they started the process of reopening. back then there were close to 27,000 cumulative confirmed cases of covid-19 statewide. today there are close to 39,000. the total number of confirmed covid cases has increased since georgia began to reopen, but the seven-day moving average of new cases has steadily declined. testing numbers in this state are up. governor kim says georgia's hospitalization rate is down 34% since the beginning of the month. we're in polk county, a county that started emerging as a hot spot in the state of georgia at the end of the month. officials said they expected to hit staffing capacity by may 22nd, the end of this week. they set up temporary mobile medical units to treat patients with covid-19. they have another one on the other side

include amarillo, texas, rockford, illinois, des moines, iowa, garden city, kansas, wisconsin, gainesville, georgia, nashville, tennessee, st. cloud, minnesota. the top two are st. joseph, missouri, and central city, kentucky where according to the white house coronavirus task force the percentage rise in coronavirus cases in both of those places, the percentage rise in both of those places over the past week is over 600%. over 650%. i mean, meanwhile the president is saying publicly the numbers are going down everywhere rapidly. all throughout the countries, the numbers are coming down rapidly, the president says. but internally, the white house is grappling with these places having case numbers rising 75%, 100%, 400%, 650% in a week. and this is not like one difficult epidemic in one corner of the country. this is not one state where things are bad. this is all over. on the watch list, according to these documents, internally at the white house coronavirus task force. this is a document that was not supposed to be shown to the public. there's other metro areas that have horrific numbers

in gainesville, georgia, the last week in march they were at 12 new cases a day on average, the following week was 22 new cases a day, the following week, 47 new cases a day, the following week, 61 new cases a day, and now at 95 new cases a day, and let's see how high it can go. but they're removing all stay-at-home orders, everywhere in georgia, across the board, because why are we doing this anyway? who really cares? why are states like this, states with problems like this, reopening? well, i mean in the case of iowa, you're seeing them get praised by the president. y-one of the great success stories. but also, you know, who is to tell them not to reopen? >> there are four criteria that states should meet in order to safely reopen. the first is to see the number of new cases decline for at least two weeks. the other is enough public health capacity to conduct contact tracing on all new cases. and the diagnostic testing to test everybody with covid-like symptoms, not just those with severe illness and enough health care system capacity to treat everyone safely. to my knowledge, there are

they have two temporary mobile tents set up at this hospital's campus in gainesville, georgia.f them on the other side of the hospital is already being used to treat covid-19 patients who have mild symptoms. they say they're hoping that tent can act as a buffer to help slow the spread so other doctors, nurses, other patients in the hospital maybe don't come into contact with people who have covid-19. there is a designated covid-19 unit inside of the hospital. we are able to get some cell phone video of what it looks like in that unit. if you look at this cell phone video provided to nbc news a little earlier today you can see the nurses standing there are wearing clear gowns. a hospital staffer told me that is because they are so low on their traditional gowns that they are having to make plastic gowns out of plastic that is used to make painters tarps. we spoke to one nurse who works on that floor, the designated covid-19 unit, it has changed her for forever. listen here. >> working on the covid unit changed me. it has changed my life, my family, my co-workers, and even my own

host: in gainesville, florida, talking about president trump. president trump yesterday at his press conference in the white house in which he was announcing his new effort on social media policies when it comes to websites like twitter and facebook was asked if he had been in contact with george floyd's family. this is what the president had to say. >> have you spoken to the family of george floyd yet? pres. trump: i haven't, but i feel very badly. it is a very shocking site. bill and i were talking about it. it's one of the reasons bill is here right now, because we are very much involved. andked the attorney general the fbi to take a strong look and see what went on, because that was a very bad thing i saw. i saw it last night and did not like it. >> do you think the police officers should be prosecuted? pres. trump: i'm not going to make any comments right now. what i saw was not good, very bad. host: that was president trump yesterday. president trump weighing in overnight in a series of tweets. the second of which was flagged by twitter fo

northeast georgia in gainesville, there's a very big spike.ill struggling in southwest georgia, in albany. i know as a mayor, and i speak for other mayors that we can't put in measures that would be appropriate to respond to where our communities are. >> so you're saying that the governor may not be paying or adhering super-close attention to a state or local criteria, but how about federal criteria? did georgia meet any of that criteria for the faces of reopening? we did not and have not. we have not experienced that in our state as a whole. in fact, we are seeing spikes in some areas. i was looking at the numbers that came out at noon today. to the extent we've had any drop in our numbers, i believe it was because we took very aggressive measures in and around atlanta to socially distance. it concerns me greatly that people are out and about as if it's business as usual, and that's not the reality of where we are with covid-19 is there a plan in place in atlanta, your city, even across the state, to address a possible resurgent of covid case

. >> hilton next tried to use meredith cards at a bank 50 miles south in gainesville, georgia. camp that night with his captive in a remote spot in the forest. the next morning, hilton attempted to use meredith's bank card still again at an atm in canton, georgia. nothing. they returned to his hidden campsite. he held meredith altogether for four days in the woods. and what nature of man is gary hilton? listen to the confession tapes about what he says about meredith's dog ella. he said he knew the dog had the identifying chip when he let the go in the supermarket parking lot. >> if i wanted to ensure that no one would have associated the dog with her, i would have killed the dog. there's no way i could do that. >> he was too much of a softy to kill the dog as he explained it. but ella's owner never had a chance. >> she was dead from the beginning. because i just told you, once you've done it, you're either going to kill her or get caught. there's no other solution. that sounds cold and cruel, yeah, it was. >> in his unbelievable cold recollection of the crime, hilton told mere

cat in gainesville, florida. what do you think?aller: i think this is a once-in-a-lifetime, unprecedented thing that we are going to. i am a small business owner and my problem is ideal with small business owners and the money is not trickling down. the reason why we are opening is the beach.have if the money trickle down faster, we could get somewhere. the big banks are only giving us 10% of what we are asking for so we can get loans through them so they can get paid back the money so they are forgiven. i went through paypal to get mine just because they haven't and you can get it -- have it and you can get it. i am letting the small business owners now the money is there. we have to have a leader that gets on a microphone and talks to small business owners so that we are not scared that we are going to lose everything that we build. .o -- built so, i am just saying -- i don't want to disrespect anybody. he is our leader. i did not vote for him. peoplewant to make sure are aware, small business is the root of the american bloodlin

pastor paula white cain, new season church in sacramento, reverend samuel rodriguez, free chapel in gainesvillen. thanks for being here. pastor franklin, start with you, can you talk about you who you feel about president trump's order for these churches to be allowed to be open and for people to go in person and not just online to these services? >> well, thank you, it is great to be with you, especially on memorial day weekend. we were so thankful that the president had the back of people of faith he has on every issue. he certainly didn't disappoint us this time. it is so critical, the reason that men and women have died, and shed their blood was for freedom. one of those freedoms, is the freedom to gather and the freedom to worship. it is one of the most precious freedoms we have in this nation and nothing is free. this freedom was purchased by the blood of our soldiers and our men and women. so when the president stood up yesterday and he did what he did, it was a shot in the arm and he said something so powerful that churches are essential. and you know, if a bar is essential, if a weed s