and gainesville, georgia is no exception. the latino community in the region has been hit especially hard. cnn's gary tuchman spent time with health care workers on the front lines there. >> i'll be with y'all in a second. >> reporter: she is not doing well, a female covid patient transferred from her room to the intensive care unit in gainesville, georgia. >> it's exhausting. it has pushed me to my limits. it has shown me that i'm a lot stronger than i thought i was. christina hayben is an rn at this hospital. it was a hot zone early on in the crisis. but numbers started dropping, the state started reopening, leading experts say, to what's happening now. >> just when you think you're getting ahead of this thing it's coming back. >> reporter: this used to be a corridor for regular hospital patients. it has now been transformed into an additional intensive care unit for covid patients. >> i thought we were probably in the clear. i think a lot of us did. >> reporter: dr. morgan says the rising covid numbers make the job more di

me, first upo to in gainesville, florida. democrats line -- we go to tim, first up in gainesville, for the. democrats line. morning, mr. garcia. i am a pro-life democrat, i am also a black lives matter person. i wanted to say that you can be adamsiot like john quincy or abraham lincoln and be against the treatment of mexico. they were against the mexican war. john quincy adams viewed it as with despair, the annexation of texas. he thought that that was ultimate betrayal of the constitution. i would like to get your remarks on this direct quote. the constitution is a rag, and the union is sinking into military monarchy to be rent asunder like the empire of alexander or the kingdom of eve from. that was his comment about the annexation of texas. thank you for taking my call. guest: thank you so much. i see you are also a historian and a very wise one. i think we have had warnings from great leaders in our front sectorsthe of the population all along who have warned against the election of people who think they are elected to be

gary tuchman, cnn, gainesville, georgia. >> great reporting there.der we should every day say thank you to those health care workers and others on the front lines going through this summer surge. >>> an unprecedented deal on a big coronavirus recovery package. welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about well the names have all changed since you hung around but those dreams have remained and they've turned around who'd have thought they'd lead ya back here where we need ya welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. young woman: yeah, thanks mom mother: of course and i love these flowers young woman whispering: hey, did you bring the... the condoms? young man whispering: what's up? young woman whispering: condoms father: condoms charlie. she wants to know if you brought any condoms. young man: yeah i brought some. announcer: eargo, a virtually invisible hearing loss solution with high quality sound and lifetime support. call now to save $300 on our best hearing loss solution >>> european nations today reaching agreement on a maj

gary tuchman, cnn, gainesville, georgia. >>> now, the state of texas is facing a storm on two fronts right now. some of the places hit hardest by the coronavirus are now in the path of hurricane hanna. the first atlantic hurricane of the season made landfall on saturday, damaging buildings and uprooting trees. the governor issued a disaster declaration for dozens of counties and requested federal help. storm shelters are being set up, but officials say the pandemic is complicating their response efforts. let's bring in cnn's derek van dam with the latest. derek, i was reporting from the corpus christi, rockland area, during the devastating hurricane harvey a couple of years ago. it sounds like this storm nowhere near as bad, right? >> absolutely not. won't be as significant a rainmaker either. good morning to you. good morning to our viewers. you talk about what is known as a threat multiplier, a pandemic ongoing with a landfall and hurricane and you can imagine how our resources are going to get stretched. think of this as a litmus test, a test for what is to come. because we know w

gary tuchman, cnn, gainesville, georgia. >>> it's just hard to put into words the remarkable efforts and work that these frontline healthcare workers are doing for all of us. >>> texas is rapidly becoming a hot spot for coronavirus in the u.s., the state ranks fourth in overall case count. the virus has taken a terrible toll on houston. here is, yet another, view of what these healthcare workers are up against in the icu. nearly 400 people have died in there. the mayor spoke with cnn's wolf blitzer about the loss his city has suffered. >> we have reported 386 people who have died in the city. not the county but in the city of houston. 151 of those deaths came just in the month of july. we have had more people to die in july than march, april, may, june, combined. each month, the number goes up and up and up. >> and now, they have this to deal with in texas. some of the hard-hit areas in the state now are dealing with a hurricane. hanna made landfall saturday with sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. this was the scene in port mansfield, texas. the governor has issued disaster declar

at the northeast georgia medical center in gainesville, georgia, a state where covid deaths have nearlyoubled since earlier this month. >> it's exhausting. it has pushed me to my limits. it has shown me that i'm a lot stronger than i thought i was. >> reporter: christina heybin is an rn at this hospital, a part of georgia that was a hot zone early on in the covid crisis, but numbers started dropping, the state started reopening, leading, experts say, to what's happening now. >> just when you think that we might be getting ahead of this thing, it's gonna come back and we're starting all over again. >> reporter: this used to be a corridor for regular hospital inpatients. it has now been transformed into an additional intensive care unit just for covid patients. dr. stephen morgan is treating many of them. >> i have to admit, i thought we were probably in the clear, you know? i think a lot of us did. >> reporter: dr. morgan says the rising covid numbers make the job more difficult. more fatiguing. he checks on a middle aged covid patient and is gratified by his progress. >> real strong guy

hejoins us from gainesville in florida. would like to talk about immunity.e to talk about immunity. if you get it and recover, how long might you have any immunity that lasts. we have seen that in asymptomatic cases. people who have had met with —— very mild or asymptomatic cases. your immunity can wane down in 2— three months. in more serious infections, is what we know as of now. it does not last a long time. what implications then does this have? this concept we often hear, herd immunity. we wa nt to often hear, herd immunity. we want to achieve that through just getting the infections naturally. we have —— we need a vaccine who has a more robust response than what we have seen with natural infections was up and that is the only way to get there, in addition to using physical distancing and mask usage. we just played a report from florida. 0ne usage. we just played a report from florida. one person there said, look, it has a 99.6 recovery rate. we don't need masks was not a people taking the right steps to protect themselves or others? we are seeing most

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albany, floyd medical center, medical center in macon at the northeast georgia medical center in gainesville. in total response provide an additional 88 medical beds to supplement hospital capacity. making all of this happen has required incredible effort on the part of all of our employees and state partners. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge their countless hours and hard work spent working to keep our citizens safe, and we remain focused and we recognize that what we do daily affects the safety and the lives of our citizens. and with that i will turn the podium over to commissioner frank berry, department of community health. >> good morning. before i i get started i want o recognize and thank the frontline workers are helping as a battle this illness. we greatly appreciate their service to the state of georgia. i am here to talk about staff augmentation nursing homes, hospitals and for state hospitals through the department of behavioral health and development disabilities. to date we have 15 hospitals statewide with a total of 417 healthcare providers. we have partnered with heal

a student at brown university from gainesville, georgia...ere is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first of our semifinal matches. the winner today gets to come back later this week to play for a quarter million dollars. kyle, dhruv, emma, good to have you with us again. good luck. here we go. all right, let's take a look at the categories for this first round of play. ah. hey... ...followed by... and finally... emma, off you go. all 5 vowels, $800. emma. what is authorize? that's the word that uses all five vowels. words that use all 5 vowels, $1,000. kyle. - what is euphoria? - right. flags, $800. here's the flag of this maritime province of canada. kyle. what is prince edward island? that's it. yes. - flags, $600. - answer... [ cheers and applause ]

a student at brown university, from gainesville, georgia.... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. it never ceases to amaze me how attentive you the viewers are when you watch an episode of "jeopardy!" i'm sure many of you noticed on yesterday's program and on today with our three contestants, all wearing purple ribbons. this is one of the symbols in the fight against pancreatic cancer. they are wearing them as a tribute to larry martin, last year's teacher's tournament winner who, shortly after the tournament, passed away from pancreatic cancer. now, the minimum guaranteed for an appearance in this tournament is $5,000, and "jeopardy!" will be donating that by the charity selected by larry martin's widow. [ applause ] rachel, dhruv, and rob, let's go to work. here are the categories for the first round of play, starting off with... [ chuckles ] uh-oh. next... notice the quotation marks there. then you deal with... and you're gonna love this one... ...

gary tuckman, cnn, gainesville, georgia. >> what a story, want to update.d in the past few minutes that the court proceeding in the case between the governor of georgia and the mayor over wearing masks has been cancelled. the judge presiding over it is recusing itself. we'll let you know when we have more on that. jim? >> as cases climb in texas, one county judge is ordering residents to stay at home. the order impacts hidalgo county along the u.s.-mexico border and includes a curfew, essential travel indications as well as requirements to wear a mask. the question is will other counties follow suit by mandating such restrictions. i'm joined now by the head of another county, harris county judge hidalgo. thanks for taking time this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> so do you have your own intentions now of imposing a mandated shelter in place or state-at-home order in light of a rise in cases where you are? >> first, let me share where we are. the good news is over the last week or so we've seen a slight decrease in the hospitalizations in the general

they didn't decide until late yesterday afternoon, they drove all night from gainesville, florida, gotning. this is a moment they felt they had to be here. for many it's personal. because of john lewis. what john lewis meant to them. what john lewis did for them. everyone here probably has their own individual reason why, but we also know it's because of the overarching, he's now passed and this is to remember a life dedicated to all of us. you know, this journey which he is on, he's starting from brown chapel church. that is the very church where they organized in 1965. that's where dr. king and john lewis met and organized these marches that were to go from selma to montgomery. that's where they left on march 7, 1965, bloody sunday, leaving that church, following this path. that's what i'm saying, we're reliving some of history here. it's not just to allow the public an opportunity to see john lewis one last time. it is to remember this remarkable journey that john lewis took all of us on, going back to his very humble beginnings in troy. there's a great quote his brother made yester

that's the number of deaths equivalent to the population size of cities, like gainesville, florida, waco, texas, charleston, south carolina. and i think it demands catastrophic urgency that i just don't see that we are taking, such as we're quite lucky that we can prevent these by just wearing a mask. >> urgency, dr. walensky, we're seeing the opposite of it. the president overnight put out a statement that said, death rate from coronavirus is down tenfold. and dr. anthony fauci, who chooses his words so carefully, i think, because he feels as if his job is teetering on the brink, this is how he describes how we should be looking at the death rate in this country. >> 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. >> don't get yourself into false complacency. so many other things. what's he talking about, dr. walensky? >> so i like so many others have the deepest respect from dr. fauci. i think what we need to realize is the deaths lag far behind the

a plan on how to get kids and teachers back safely, we prioritized opening a crunch fitness in gainesvilleellows got swole enough to make up for the fact that my kids can't count past seven. seriously, we should have had testing figured out months ago that was the whole point of flattening the curve, to buy time for our policymakers to get a system of testing, tracing and isolation in place so we could contain future outbreaks remember that? when we all kept saying "flatten the curve" back when dr. fauci was the one briefing the nation at press conferences instead of chucking a ball like your grandpa used to "i'll go get it, grandpa." "look both ways when you cross the street." and yet, the president and the gop have shown zero interest in fixing the problem in fact, trump is so deeply invested in his own political fortunes and so profoundly detached from reality, that he still thinks it would be better if we stop testing altogether and just let the virus rip through the country sickening people undetected. >> i personally think it's overrated, but i am totally willing to keep doing it i a

the nba legend pulling and helping a woman as cars zoomed by on i-75 in gainesville, florida.nding to the scene and just like that, police say super shaq quietly slipped away when he knew the woman was taken care of. super shaq to the rescue. >>> finally, guys, this just made us laugh so hard last night. you tell me. look at this. is this the most talented cockatoo that you've ever seen or is she getting an assist as she nails not one, not two but eight different dance moves all to different ring tones. ♪ [ phone ringing sounds ] >> keep it going, birdie. someone in thailand posted this video, leaving fans with a lot of questions. look at that one. as one person posted who cares. best laugh i have had all day. "dancing with the stars," maybe here we go. amy, i know that is a perfect segue to your next story. >>> you teed me right up, lara. thank you so much. yes, the moment we've been waiting for. we are one-on-one with "dancing with the stars" brand-new host, supermodel turned super businesswoman, the one and only tyra banks. tyra, thanks for being with us. congratulations on

shaq stopped to help after seeing her car pull to the side of i-75 outside of gainesville.until deputies arrived. he fist bumped them before driving off. and you never know when shaq is going to show up. recall back in january, a woman in new york city fainted in the street, and kazam! shaq appeared to help. although he played this genie in a movie, it's not magic. he's just a good guy. >> he halted traffic in the incident -- can you imagine your traffic officer being shaq? that would be pretty interesting. >> no. >> he's a deputy -- a deputy in orlando, deputy sheriff in orlando. >>> ahead, how airlines are struggling to get through the pandemic and what it means for your travel plans. stay with us. when you walk into an amazon fulfillment center, it's like walking into the chocolate factory and you won a golden ticket. all of these are face masks. this looks like a bottle of vodka. but when we first got these, we were like whoa! [laughing] my three-year-old, when we get a box delivered, screams "mommy's work!" mommy's work. with this pandemic, safety is even more importan

, a warning from a college student and her roommates who believe they all got sick going out in gainesville>> we sat at a table. it was just us, we'll be fine, we'll get a drink. to my fellow college students or anybody around my age, the best way to put it, it's not worth it. stay home. >> reporter: it's not worth it. the leaders of some of the most populous counties in texas have essentially been pleading with governor abbott to allow them to issue stay-at-home orders. he's been reluctant to do so. that is not the case here in california. governor newsom essentially signaling that he's going to shut down large parts if not the entire state and that he's going to use state and county agencies in order to enforce it. george. >> matt gutman, thanks very much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha. he's the director of the harvard global health institute. welcome back, good to have you again this morning. that warning from dr. fauci is just so stark. what's it going to take to keep it from coming true? >> thanks, george. that's where we're headed. there are things we can do right now. first and forem

host: a couple more calls here, we will go to tim in gainesville, florida. democrat line.ler: good morning representative garcia. so glad to be talking with you. i want to know i'm a pro-life democrat. i'm also a black lives matter person. i marched with the children of daca, i am the grandson of a jamaican immigrant in my mother's name was carmelita. i wanted to say that you can be a patriot like john quincy. they were against the mexican war. it withncy adams viewed disparity, the annexation of texas. he thought that was the ultimate betrayal of the constitution, but i would like to get your remarks on this direct quote. -- and theution is union is sinking into military monarchy to the ripped asunder like the empire of alexander. that was as comment about the annexation of texas. thank you so much for taking my call. guest: thank you so much. i see your also a historian and a very wise one. i think we've had warnings from great leaders in our country from different sectors of the population all along who have warned against the election of people who think that they are