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garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to raffage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. with more than 12,500 new infections there. slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. many people do recovery-- recover. but each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. and absent a significant reversal, the nation appears headed for 100,000 new cases per day. this weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia, tennessee, missouri and kentucky. we begin tonight with lilia luciano in los angeles. >> california is bracing for yet another shutdown as deaths and hospitalizations continue to spike. down south in florida folks are also expecting the worst. >> south beach tonight under curfew. >> by closing earlier it actually tones down the party. >> miami dade were one in five covid tests are positive, lea

garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to ravage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. with more than 12,500 new infections there. slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. many people do recover. but each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. and absent a significant reversal in trend, the nation appears to be headed for 100,000 new cases per day. this weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia, tennessee, missouri and kentucky. we begin tonight with lilia luciano in los angeles. >> california is bracing for yet another shutdown as deaths and hospitalizations continue to spike. down south in florida folks are also expecting the worst. >> south beach tonight under curfew. >> by closing earlier it actually tones down the party. >> miami dade where one in five covid tests are positive,

jim axelrod, cbs news. >> garrett: that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday, i am major garrett good night. >> >>> two armed officers walk into the restaurant. >> mixed messages in morgan hill, where restaurants given the go-ahead by santa clara county are now hearing a very different story from the state. >> reporter: the beaches in marin county are full of people, but it may not be the social distancing nightmare it appears at first glance. >> reporter: the fire bay area has been dealing with a lot of fireworks. last night in contra costa county, an entirely different level of problem. what they are doing to prevent a repeat of that tonight. >>> developing news out of the south bay. the state has just rejected santa clara county's expanded reopening plan. >> the request the county made on thursday would have allowed certain businesses like gyms, hair and nail salons to reopen later this month under strict rules. now they won't. >> this new development comes after several restaurants in morgan hill say agents from the department of alcoholic beverage control dropped by their bu

>> garrett: nikole, thank you.he president lost new hampshire by about half a percentage point in 2016. on the same day that president trump was condemning the removal of controversial monuments, cheering protestors took aim at more statues in connecticut and maryland. here is cbs's tom hanson. >> 1, 2, 3, pull! >> reporter: a crowd used ropes to pull down this statue of christopher columbus in baltimore, tossing it in the inner harbor among a growing a growingcross the country to movement ac take down symbols protestors say represent racism and oppression. maryland's governor called the action unacceptable and the antithesis of democracy. and in waterbury connecticut, protestors beheaded another columbus statue. yesterday president trump at his salute to america speech blamed the radical left. >> we will never allow arch angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. >> reporter: across the nation hundreds of statues have been vandalized or taken down,

i'm major garrett. the u.s.ould soon see 100,000 new coronavirus infections every single day, more than double the current number of cases, that stark warning tonight from the nation's top infectious disease expert comes as the virus is exploding across the south and west. dr. anthony fauci told congress today the dramatic increase in some parts of the u.s. is now putting the entire country at risk. tonight, 37 states are now reporting more infections compared to just two weeks ago. hospitals in texas and arizona are now being stretched to their breaking points. los angeles county says it could soon begin running out of beds by the middle of next month. at least 14 states are pulling back on reopening, closing top tourist destinations, including beaches and bars, just days before the july fourth holiday. tonight, new jersey, connecticut, and new york, once the pandemic's epicenter, are ordering travelers from 16 states to quarantine if they want to visit. and the european union tonight is banning most americans

this is the cbs weekend news >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington.n politics, as in life, there are plenty of pebbles. john lewis was a rock. secure in his principles, solid against injustice. in washington, lewis commanded respect that bordered on reverence, deepened by a humility that often transcended partisan strife. john lewis died last night at age 80. the cause, pea the news drew praise from every living u.s. president and heads of state. to across the country have been lowered to half staff. we will have much more on lewis' life, including a discussion about an issue that was his life's work-- voting rights and access. but we begin with nancy cordes on the unforgettable life and contributions of john lewis. >> we are marching to our state capitol. >> reporter: john lewis secured his place in history by the time he was 21. a freedom rider who risked his life on buses and at lunch counters to push for desegregation. >> we do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: lewis helped to organize

>> garrett: janet shamlian, thank you. now to today's about-face from president trump on the question of face masks. after months of mixed messages, today, the president said "masks are good," and that he would wear one in a crowd. but without a nationwide order making masks mandatory in public, health officials say they fear cases will keep soaring. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: tonight, the battle ring face masg face masks continues. >> we have a right in america to not wear a ( bleep ) mask. storert w, texas,timet a where a customer refused to wear one in order to make a purchase. today, president trump said this: >> i'm all for masks. i think masks are good. >> reporter: asked if he would wear one? >> if i were in a tight situation with people, i would absolutely. >> reporter: but he went on to say he doesn't support a national mask order, something states and cities are deciding on their own. >> savannah love means wearing face coverings. >> we are requiring all of you to do a little more. wear a mask. >

let's go back to garrett haake in el paso. garrett? here in el paso, they've been preparing for this surge. they've been seeing it coming and i'm joined by dr. joel hendricks, the chief medical officer here at the university medical center. dr. hendricks, talk to me about what you've seen over the last week, the last day in terms of the increase of cases and admissions here at the hospital. >> so certainly we've seen a lot of increase in our numbers. and it's increased where we're having to hold patients to be able to put them upstairs while we maneuver patients around. it is a surge. we're seeing it all across the country but in particular here we have that issue of being able to place them in the appropriate spot and with the staff necessary to take care of them. >> glad you mentioned that. we were talking off camera. you mentioned the idea that ppe, bed space, those are less of a concern here than the ability to make sure you have the staff you need. you can't just pull nurses or respiratory therapists out of thin air. >> you're rig

since may, garrett, we've been asking for reagents.make the machines work on the test. and if we had those, we could run the tests here in dallas. we could do 6,600 tests on a two-day turn-around right here in our hospitals. they won't give us those. they keep making us send all the tests off to a federal lab somewhere out of state. it's taking eight to ten days to get the results back, okay, and that's just useless. >> i know you've been incredibly frustrated with the governor. you want more local control of the response here. if you could be in charge of one element of this, whether it's from the local or federal response that you're not now, what would you change in how dallas is i don't waconfronting pandemic? >> i sent a letter to the governor that has what the doctors that are actually treating these folks, the chiefs of epidemiology and infectious disease want and i would implement that because we've got to follow the science. that includes closing restaurant in-person dining. >> indoors and outdoors? >> no, just indoors. amusem

you cannot tell me that was not intentionally aimed at garrett.bviously was. >> i understand, what did people tell you about what happened before? >> it was -- from the moment the car stopped to when the first rounds were fired was less than ten seconds. it was extremely rapid, there was not a lot of turn around time, it was just people screaming at the car, obviously, i don't imagine that there was any kind of real conversation going on. you know, i -- >> did anybody tell you that they saw the victim point the weapon at the shooter? >> nobody has told me that. i have not heard any witnesses say they saw garrett point at the shooter or at the vehicle. but i want to be very clear that the driver incited the violence, he accelerated into the crowd of people and shot first. >> i understand. james, look, i know this is going to hit you in waves, this is a very hard thing to be around, when it happens and know what the result was. i know why you were there, i know you were there to fight for justice, and justice is what we should all want in this situa

when she left on friday before garrett's incident, she was held in high esteem there.t four days later after telling her that she was being totally supported, the district attorney brought charges against garrett and suddenly she was terminated. they got hammered by it spontaneously by the public and so they went on and tried to blame it on melissa and we look forward to having a jury of peers at some point correct this very egregious wrong. >> tucker: it's almost beyond belief and hard to know what kind of monster would do this. not only did they fire you for something you had nothing to do with, something is relative was accused of, but then after they fired you they smeared you. and let's be honest about what you were saying. for being a racist, that was the dash and that's what they were saying, that you are racist. how do you feel about that? >> flabbergasted might be the word i would use. extremely hurt is another one because it couldn't be further from the truth. it's such a false statement. it has caused a worldwide embarrassment because we've had people from o

." >> good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington.are barreling toward a milestone in our country's battle against coronavirus. one where controlling viral spread may be beyond our current capabilities. former fda commissioner scott gottlieb said on face the nation this morning, we can expect about 60,000 new infections each day this week. now mortality rates have been trending down, for weeks due to improved treatment and protections for the vulnerable. but there are to guarantees. some estimates point to as many as 160,000 u.s. deaths by month's end. as of this holiday weekend the death toll is just over 129,500. the virus as we know is everywhere but there are four areas of accelerating spread. florida, texas, arizona and california, specifically los angeles, and that is where our lilia luciano is with the latest. >> reporter: l.a. county beaches are closed again today, as covid infections are rising at an alarming rate shooting up 41% in three weeks. with cases skyrocketing, the state celebrated a socially distanced holiday weeken

garrett, let me get your final thoughts on this.overnment has been involved in the testing program in texas which is where you have been talking to folks for a while, and it has been to say that safely a debacle. who are texans there putting the blame on for their frustration, the governor, greg abbott or president trump? >> reporter: it seems like there's plenty of blame to go around. it's no accident that joe biden's first ad in texas is about the pandemic response. texans are exhausted by this. they're very fearful of the possibility of another economic shutdown. they lay a lot of that at the feed of the federal response. even governor abbott who won election in 2018 by wide margins is taking hits from the right and the left. republicans thinking he's going to far on his mask mandate and democrats feeling like he's not going far enough, not taking the reigns or giving it to local officials in the cities that so desperately need help. everyone who is in charge in texas which is republicans at most levels is left holding the bag he

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thank you, garrett. that's nbc's garrett haake on capitol hill. >>> the total number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in florida has officially topped 400,000. there were more than 12,000 new cases since just yesterday. president trump decided to cancel the jacksonville parts of the republican national convention because of surging cases in the state. >> when we chose it, it was not at all hot. it was free. and all of a sudden it happened quickly. it happens quickly. and it goes away and it goes away quickly. >> joining us is rebecca jones, former manager of the coronavirus darkboard for florida's department of health. she's 2350i8d a whistle-blower complaint with the florida commission on human relations. she alleges that she was fired for refusing to publish misleading health data. rebecca, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> this week you told yahoo news that what you're seeing now from covid-19 "is actually far worse than we anticipated." how much worse? >> much worse. some of the earlier projectio

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that's the over captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> garrett: tonight are a chilling prediction.he u.s. could soon see 100,000 new covid infections a day. the stark warning from the ration's top coronavirus doctor. >> we are not in total control right now. >> garrett: cases now on track to more than double, hospitalizations up in 12 states, e.r.s pushed to the limit. u.us, post-i.c.u. syndrome-- the long-term damage patients are now facing. turning travelers away: the european union stops most americans from entering 27 countries, saying infection rates are too high. what it could mean for u.s. tourists and those doing business overseas. plus, more restrictions here at home. new york, new jersey, and connecticut expand their quarantines.

we cannot stop and we will not and cannot be patient. >> garrett: the son of a share cropper, throughon-violence, he later made "good trouble" -- and suffered the blows. for decades. force for change. ultimately -- a hero in america's story. also tonight, praise from all sides. again and again these words: courage, conviction. >> our nation is at a great loss at this point. >> garrett: plus, red zone warning. states resort to new restrictions, as coronavirus infections and deaths rise. tr

joining us now without further ado is laurie garrett.i mentioned, pulitzer prize-winning science journalist and somebody who we have been checking back in with periodically over the course of this crisis if for no other reason than she keeps us honest. laurie, thank you so much for being here today. this is a bracing read. >> thank you, rachel. >> you have been willing to say stark things, including in terms that other people would be like i to sugar-coat, and you lay it out bluntly. what do you think is the reality check that americans need about safety considerations and the realistic chances of opening in-person instruction for kids this year? >> well, there's several things. first of all, it's not zero risk. even in communities where the transmission of covid-19 is relatively low, opening schools is not a zero-risk exercise. you don't know what the scale of the risk is unless you've done your baseline testing. you know exactly what percentage of your kids in each school level, each age group are already infected, what percentage of y

let me begin with garrett on capitol hill. bring us up to speed as to what happened. we know this was supposed to start at around 10:00 a.m., there has been a delay. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the committee chairman jerry nadler was in an accident on his way down from new york to start this hearing. i'm told that nobody is hurt, he's just delayed in his arrival. getting to new york. and really at this point, what's one more delay in the start of this hearing? this hearing with bill barr has been pushed back repeatedly numerous times as democrats have just tried to nail down a date and a time and place to get the attorney general to show up. and in that time, the list of questions that they have had for him continues to grow. ayman, you mentioned a couple of them, i started working through my list today, it also includes things like the handling of the michael flynn case, the commutation of roger stone's sentence, to how prisons are handling covid cases inside their walls. there is a long, long list of topics that democrats want to work thro

here's major garrett. >> garrett: the communication shop did not "going rogue." this is a public dispute between an economist, peter navarro and a scientist, dr. anthony fauchi. it shows deeper confusion and political division over science when officials tell us that a science is what a pandemic rattled public needs the most. >> dr. anthony fauchi, how do you deal with disinformation, misinformation, some of it coming from the mpgs? >> it's difficult, you know, to give you a twin tiff answer except for the most part, i believe, for the most part, you can trust respected medical authorities. i believe i'm one ofem s i think you can trust me. >> previous. s have. dr. fauchi advised president obama during the ebola crisis. president george l.w. bush called him a personal hero. >> i think dr. fauchi. probably never heard of him. top doctor at national institute of health, working hard on this disease of aids. >> reporter: now fauchi faces lampoons. the president himself retweeting a gale show host accusing fauchi and other public officials of lying about crisis. chuc

nbc's garrett haake is following the hearing for us on the hill. i want to bring in our justice correspondent pete williams. garrett, i'll start with you. the attorney general's first appearance before the committee. obviously democrats are going to want answers about a number of things. i just laid out a few of them. walk us through what you think will be among the most contentious topics, shall we say. >> democrats have long sought the hearing with this attorney general. for months they wanted to get him here to talk about all those issues you laid outgoing back to the mueller report. these hearings tend to generate more heat than light. the judiciary committee is typically the most partisan committee on the hill. i think the issues that will be top of mind for democrats in particular as they press bill barr, will be those most closest to where we are in this moment. the heavy handed, they believe, of controlling protests i think will be top of mind. so, too, will be the commutation of roger stone and the handling of the michael flynn case. some

. >> with me now from capitol hill is nbc news correspondent garrett haake. i watched this along with you, garrett. there was a little dodging and weaving there. on both sides dr. anthony fauci didn't want to get back into a corner answering a political question. but, look, this hearing was supposed to be about a national plan to fight the virus that has now claimed 150,000 american lives. what have we learned? >> i think that exchange with jim jordan was an unfortunate outlier because so much of this hearing was useful for people trying to keep up with the latest in what's going on with the pandemic. a couple of key points. we heard from fauci on why the u.s. is doing so much worse relatively speaking than europe in a number of categories. we talked about the efficacy of their shutdown, shutting down 95% of activity to 55% in the u.s. he clarified after pressed this was not that the u.s. is doing more testing but these countries more successfully lowered their base line rate. he was pressed about the value of hydroxychloroquine, and he said if there were dat

captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: breaking news tonight-- at the brink.ord spikes in coronavirus across the south and west, as the number of new infections nationwide doubles from just weeks ago. hospitals and i.c.u.s now running out of beds. nurses protesting, saying "give us more masks and gowns." is the country at a tipping point again? reversing course-- ahead of the holiday, states now reimposing restrictions on businesses. california shutting down bars, businesses and restaurants in most of the state, as new york city scraps plans to loosen rules there. tonight, the new warning from governors-- stay home on july 4th.

nbc's garrett haake covering all the politics for us on capitol hill and nbc's carol lee at the white house this morning for us. garrett, let me begin with you a lot of meetings and briefings in the works there today walk us through what we're expecting and the sticking points that remain >> reporter: yeah, the administration is sending some of their top officials to capitol hill today, chief of staff mark meadows, treasury secretary steven mnuchin will be here running back and forth between meetings with some powerful republican committee chairs, eventually the entire republican senate conference and democratic leaders late in the afternoon, republicans have to get on the same page amongst themselves first about that they want in this bill. and the sticking points there include this payroll tax cut that the administration wants to see in this bill, that senate republicans by and large have little to no interest in and this question of how much more money to give the cdc, to give for testing and tracing and so forth, senate republicans would like to see more money spent there, the whi

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will be back at 6:00 with more news and news of captioning ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett:onight no independence from covid-19 the virus tread and spreads. across the u.s. 40 states now spreadsng a surge in infections, florida the hottest of all hot spots, more than 11,000 cases in the last 24 hours. all this as president trump asserts 99% of cases are "totally harmless." today the president's former homeland security advisor said no. >> suggesting that it's not dangerous is in itself a dangerous message. >> garrett: also tonight protestors topple more monuments they call symbols of racism and injustice. also, to reassure and protect air travelers, some airports install thermal cameras. but do these temperature readings screen out the

garrett referenced the response that that chart elicited where dr. fauci said, yeah, that's because europe closed down 95%, and when the u.s. closed down it was about 50%. that's why you see that big disparity between the u.s. and europe. the president's tweet makes the claim that the europe has more cases because we do much more testing. that ignores the fact that we have more testsiing because we have more cases. for instance, in grease, they don't have an enormous amount of testing, because they don't have enormous amount of people in respiratory distress and having people they come in contact with needing a test. clearly, this hearing is something the president is very focused on this morning. >> it should be pointed out that the president's tweet has been demonstrated to be factually incorrect time and time again despite the fact he continues to try and convince people that that's why we have more cases in our country. meanwhile, while all of this was happening, shannon, there was another matter related to the coronavirus, another matter address

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garrett, great reporting. talk to me about governor abbott, he said that a shutdown may be needed to contain the spread after another deadly day in texas. >> reporter: well, andrea, it seems that the governor is leaving that out there as a warning. he doesn't want to shut down the economy in texas. and he knows texans don't want a full statewide shutdown. and it's almost like a threat. to encourage people to social distancing, stick to the mask wearing guidelines. in the early phases of the pandemic, the mask wearing can't really catch on. i can tell you people are much more conscientious of it now because they don't want to see parts of the state shut down. that's what the governor does, he gives a version of that warning, wear your mask, social distance, or we could be headed in this direction towards another shutdown. >> garrett haake, thank you for your reporting on the front lines. joining us now, texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee. thank you for being with us. the virus is spreading rapidly in your s

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garrett haake is there for us. garrett, how many members of congress -- do we know how many members of congress are actually there? or will be there? >> reporter: we should have a few dozen members. the congressional black caucus and close friends of the congressman will be in the rotunda as this begins in earnest throughout the course of the day. any other members who want to come in and pay their respects privately will get an opportunity to do so after. forgive the motorcycle noise, the motorcade is starting to leave the front of the east steps. but the black caucus members have priority access, if you will. they are specially invited for this purpose. i think also important to note that congressman clyburn, the whip whose friendship wit lewis either of their service in washington going back several decades will give the benediction at the close of the formal proceedings inside the rotunda. only after the family has departed will other members of congress be back. the senate arriving later this in and pay their

they have the sniffles and we put it down as a test. >> garrett: plus congress reconvenes.the goal? another round of pandemic stimulus. tributes, bipartisan and plentiful for civil rights leader and congressman john lewis.

. >> joining me now from two of the coronavirus hotspots here in the u.s., msnbc's garrett haake in el paso, texas, and nbc's steve patterson in phoenix, arizona. garrett, you're on the border with mexico, that has been partially shut down because of problems in arizona. you're in texas, we're also seeing it in el paso, but one of the states in mexico is closing the border to americans because our coronavirus cases are hitting new highs. >> reporter: yeah, andrea, make no mistake, this is a binational community here. 700,000 people in el paso, more than 2 million in juarez. it's a binational pandemic. here in el paso, the city's relative isolation nationally has protected it from earlier phases of the pandemic. but now they are seeing this spike in cases. i'm at the university medical center here. they've erected tents outside the hospital to make sure they can handle a surge of cases so they can continue to operate as a hospital for patients not just with coronavirus. they want to make sure they have all the things we've heard about before, ppe, bed space, being prepared for that cert

alicia: garrett tenney reporting from washington. thanks, garrett. leland. leland: adam kinsinger was talking about this a couple minutes ago. protests across the country this weekend including in baltimore where a statue of christopher columbus was toppled and thrown into the harbor last night. jacqui heinrich is following this as it develops across the country. >> reporter: yesterday, there were protests in more than a dozen cities across the country. in baltimore, they chained and toppled that monument to christopher columbus. the statue was dedicated by president reagan in 1984. a little italy group hired private unarmed security guards to guard the statue after the threats came toward it but it's unclear whether police or anybody else tried to stop the protesters. republican maryland governor larry hogan tweeted while we welcome peaceful protests and constructive dialogue on whether and how to deal with certain statues, lawlessness and destruction of public property is unacceptable. it should be condemned by everyone, regardless of politics. hours earli

correspondent garrett tenney is reporting.vening. >> 16 states are subject to a travel advisory by new york, new jersey and connecticut requiring travelers to self-quarantine for two weeks when they arrive. state leaders that enforcement would mostly be on the honor system but anyone caught violating the policy will be forcibly quarantined and could face fines up to $10,000. >> you can go to a business meeting and somebody says aren't you supposed to be in quarantine? you are stopped by a police officer who says you are driving a car from florida license. you're supposed to be in quarantine. >> cuomo facing criticism over the policy after threatening to sue rhode island over a similar measure three months ago, writing in a now deleted tweet "we will not let new yorkers be discriminated against." "the wall street journal" editorial board is hammering cuomo for the contradiction writing "this comes for the man whose state still has by far the most virus infections and deaths." now he is discriminating against other states and no

food at a couple of libraries at senior sents, thousands of meal captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> garretttonight are a chilling prediction. the u.s. could soon see 100,000 new covid infections a day. the stark warning from the ration's top coronavirus doctor. >> we are not in total control right now. >> garrett: cases now on track to more than double, hospitalizations up in 12 states, e.r.s pushed to the limit. u.us, post-i.c.u. syndrome-- the long-term damage patients are now facing. turning travelers away: the european union stops most americans from entering 27 countries, saying infection rates are too high. what it could mean for u.s. tourists and those doing business overseas. plus, more restrictions here at home. new york, new jersey, and connecticut expand their quarantine travelers from 16 states now told isolate or else.

joining me now from the white house is nbc carol lee, garrett is on capitol hill and with us is robert costa, washington post national political reporter and an msnbc political analyst carol, i want to pose that question to you. these restarting of the coronavirus task force briefings, is this a change in strategy, a change in messaging or are they just reamplifying the message that the president has been on now for months which is that this virus is not that big of a deal? >> it's the question of the day. it remains to be seen. if you talk to the president's aide, they have a very specific shift in strategy that they would like him to embrace, which is being out there more publicly one senior administration official telling us he was leading quietly but he needs to lead publicly. they want him focus on supplies getting done he's talking to this governor about whatever issue governor x is having and look like he's commanding and in charge of a response that is what they want him to do what he actually winds up saying could be a completely different story. we have seen the president, he

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garrett haake with the action on capitol hill. garrett, thank you. katy, over to you. >>> first up, let's find out what's going on in california where confirmed coronavirus cases have topped 409,000. with that number, california is set to pass new york for the most total cases in the entire nation. it is a depressing reversal for the first state to issue a stay-at-home order. california is now seeing some 9,000 new cases every single day. with the majority of people testing positive under the age of 49. governor gavin newsom is expected to issue new guidance to get those numbers back under control in about an hour. let's go to nbc news correspondent steve patterson, outside of providence, st. joseph's hospital in burbank, california. when the numbers were skyrocketing like this here in new york, the governor issued a pretty strict stay-at-home order. california has been issuing patchwork orders to try to get people to stay home. are we going to see something from the governor that is the entire state, that is more strict in order to not just flatten

nbc's garrett haake is on capitol hill for us. garrett, this will be barr's first public appearance before this committee, but he's coming voluntarily. what can we expect? >> interesting use of the word voluntarily there given the delay that's gone into place in getting the attorney general onto capitol hill. because it has taken so long for him to voluntarily agree to show up, the list of issues which democrats in particular want to question him about has simply grown whether it's the firing of the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york to the handling of the prosecutions of michael flynn, the commutation of the sentence of roger stone. now the handling of these protests around the country from washington, d.c. to portland, oregon. all of these issues have stacked up, and lawmakers have gotten more and more frustrated about the attorney general's apparent unwillingness to come and ask -- answer even basic questions about them. now they'll get their chance in a hearing that could go six or seven hours in that hybrid fo