vin gupta is back with us.ympathies go out to you, to everyone in the educational community there and certainly to the families. how shaken is the arizona educational community following the tragic death of kimberly chavez lopez byrd? >> first, thank you for your condolences. this news was devastating for our education community. unfortunately, here in arizona we are facing a severe spike in cases of covid-19. the risk of community spread is very high, and this has made it very difficult for all of us in the education community. and our hearts go out to her family. >> talk to me a little bit if you will, then, about the conversations that you're having with other staff, what they're telling you. what are the most pressing questions and concerns as the clock is ticking towards decision time? >> so here in arizona, our school year typically starts in late july, and most schools even start by early august at the latest. and so we were planning -- trying to get ready for this next academic year. we had a road map.

i am ritika gupta.dent trump says masks are good, but he questions whether americans should be made to wear them as coronavirus cases spike across the u.s. he said he would wear a mask if he was quote, and a tight situation with people. -- in a tight situation with people. -- raised $141 million in june and they brought in twice that amount for the full second quarter. and thes the president republicans in the same period. joined these has senate in rejecting president trump's defense of military bases named after confederate generals. the armed services committee voted last night to rename the installations as part of the overall pentagon spending bill. -- would allow him to stay in office to 2036. voters casting ballots voted in favor of the term limit exemption. his approval ratings have been sagging because of the economies of the kremlin pulled out all the stops. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countri

i am ritika gupta. -- in a u.s. ipo.re priced above a target hour -- that was already raised. by visiony is backed fund. shares begin trading today on the nasdaq. uber is in talks with investors interested in taking their freight division. the ride-hailing service held discussions. the funding round would give the freight business a standalone valuation of about $4 billion. uber freight connected truck drivers with shipping companies. the top oil driller in california has filed for bankruptcy. says -- theesources filing could kick off the next wave of collapses among oil drillers and businesses that depend on them. that is your bloomberg business flash. tom, guy? guy: very good, ritika. thank you very much. -- has cutres revenue and profit, hitting asian operations. joining us now is sigve brekke, telenor's ceo. thank you for your time. i would like to start with the cut to the targets. i am curious as to the specifics, as to why you had to make these changes to your guidance. think werst of all, i have the worst behind

i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. tom: equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. a lift in the equities markets. the vix turning goes the other way. that is not unusual on a monday morning. 27.92 on the vix. the first thing i looked at when i came in to 731 lexington this morning, the yield markets, the two year yield -- 10 year yield from a .66 into .3. i would also note gold up $12. what do you have, guy? the curve flattening for the banks. we will talk about that this week. european stocks higher this morning. we got a positive legacy out of asia. csi 300 up once again, 2.1%. we await chinese gdp this week. you mentioned euro-dollar, we are waiting for the ecb thursday and the capital meeting friday. i would highlight copper again, at 1.85%. keep an eye on what is happening in that space ahead of the chinese gdp. i have to mention tesla as well, with copper, up again despite the model white cuts. maybe we will talk about that later on. a massive, massive week coming up for central banks. we are waiting to see what

i am ritika gupta.t the first word news. a big victory for apple at the european union general court. apple won its battle over an order to pay ireland a billion-dollar tax bill. the court ruled that apples and ireland's a richmond to pay less tax were not illegal. we will be live in brussels at this hour with more. china is warning the u.s. to stay out of hong kong affairs, after president trump ordered an end to hong kong special status with the u.s.. who also signed legislation to sanction chinese officials responsible for cracking down on political dissent in the city. the trump has reversed itself on student visas, after a high-profile fight with harvard, m.i.t., and hundreds of schools. the government originally required that all international students take at least one class on campus. many colleges are preparing for the.e-instruction on supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is in hospital, being treated for a possible infection. the 87-year-old general is a four-time cancer survivor. global

i am ritika gupta. microsoft comes up short.ny failed to meet lofty expectations of 49% growth in its cloud computing business. still, overall sales beat estimates. demand for the subscription software remains strong. apple would be interested in bidding for a chip designer. the firm had discussions but apple isn't planning to pursue a with their hardware -- hardware focused business model. -- the swiss drugmaker says they are rick nash drugmaker says they are recovering and have a positive outlook for the year. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine: thank you so much, ritika. reported cases of coronavirus have topped 15 million across the world. the three worst countries, the u.s., brazil and india account for nearly half of all cases and 40% of fatalities. we are joined by ucl principal research fellow, jennifer rohn. we also spoke to the rosche chief executive early on and he said we have to be careful about the use of coronavirus test because they are pretty scarce. are we testing to much in certain countries or ar

word news in new york city with ritika gupta. ritika: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell unveiled the republican proposal, house speaker nancy pelosi called it "pathetic are capped she says she will try to fight -- ," and she says she will try to fight. the hardest hit u.s. states after health officials posed unpopular members like closing bars and requiring masks. texas had its lowest total in two weeks. now states wonder whether they can keep infection rates down until a vaccine arrives. china is buying american imports, but not enough to hit returns of the two nation trade deal, according to bloomberg calculations based on chinese come sims -- chinese customs agency data. farm products have stepped up the last two months. european central bank has asked that the bank hold off on dividends or share buybacks at least until january. lenders wanted to return to business as usual. the ecb asked banks to show moderation when it comes to handing out bonuses. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered b

here is ritika gupta.the number of coronavirus infections worldwide has gone over 12 million, and many of those have been in the u.s. the u.s. at another record yesterday with more than 59,000. texas and california accounted for almost 40% of them. the supreme court is expected to rule on president trump's tax records, whether congress and the manhattan district attorney can see tax returns and other financial documents the president has fought to keep private. the president has lost every step at the records have not been turned over, pending a final court ruling. china's top diplomat blasted u.s. policy toward beijing. the foreign minister accused the trump administration of being driven by "mccarthy style paranoia." he proposed a blueprint to getting relations between the two biggest economies back on track. he also called for cooperation on the coronavirus. isjamin netanyahu consolidating powers as he tries to rein in a second coronavirus outbreak. parliament has given his cabinet the power to curb the

i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. nejra and tom? tom: we appreciate it. futures are up. vix under 28. really showing an extraordinary run. look carefully of the vix this morning. the point figure chart is really optimistic. we will see what the vix does again at the 28 level. nejra: your right to make that distinction between the optimism equities and what we are seeing in other parts of the market. it is the cyclical sectors that outperform as well. the 10 year yield is steady. nasdaq futures point to a higher open. a bit of dollar weakness coming through. a lot of it being driven by optimism around vaccine trials --m pfizer and bio rentech bioentech. see.interesting to this is a wonderful conversation. we will take a little time to introduce professor bauder. theory and had a there was a way they did economics at yale university. it was different than harvard, efferent in cambridge. it was different than chicago, distinctively different than the university of chicago. the heart and soul of that wa

i'm ritika gupta. it is a grim record for the state of florida. it reported a record of 15,003 hundred new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day rise since the outbreak began in the u.s.. the number of deaths fell by more than half on the day before, and there was a decline in fortis rate of positive tests. still, there's a warning -- decline in florida's rate of positive tests. still, there is a warning that mammy hospitals are near capacity -- might -- that miami hospitals are near capacity. senators marco rubio and ted cruz sanctioned by china for legislation that would punish officials over alleged human rights abuses. and hong kong, residents sent a signal of continued opposition towards beijing. more than 500,000 defied warnings to participate in an unofficial primary. a poll showed that joe biden has a five-point lead over president trump in texas. lead holds a 46%-40 1% among registered voters. the president's handling of the pandemic may have influenced those results. and a big transaction in

gupta. what's the guidance here? >> short answer is we don't know.i'll say this, as a lung doc who has been on a tirade against tobacco companies, craig, you and i have to have a conversation after this. what we know is there is an additive risk for a bad outcome if you're a smoker, whether a vapor or a classic tobacco cigarette smoker. the secondhand smoke in and of itself, is it a risk to ab individual? absolutely. secondhand stroke connotes you're at risk of dying at a greater rate than just exposed to secondhand smoke frequently. does secondhand smoke, if covid-19 traveling in a waft of smoke released by a smoker, is it more likely to be transmitted to you? i think the answer is we don't know. possibly and we don't know. >> for the record here, dr. gupta, i don't smoke the cigars open. more a special occasion thing. i never inhale. dr. gupta, thank you, dr. lipi roy, thank you as well. actually stick around. we're not sure this briefing will start soon. while we wait on the task force briefing to start from the education department, we'll pose mo

i'm ritika gupta. across the u.s., public officials are warning that they could impose lockdowns again if people don't act to help resurgent coronavirus. , ands of miami, houston idea.ave floated the case numbers are climbing and all but six states. the white house is drawing a line in the sand for the next coronavirus aid bill. president trump could reject a measure passed by congress if it doesn't include a payroll tax cut. democrats are solidly opposed, and even republicans are cool to the idea. german chancellor angela merkel is raising doubts about reaching agreement on a landmark 855 billion dollar recovery fund this week. eu leaders are meeting in person for the first time in five months. merkel says the differences remain very great. amongst them, how will the money be distributed, and rules dictating how funds will be greenlighted. prime minister boris bracing for -- primewavr minister boris johnson bracing for a second wave of coronavirus cases. he is also due to unveiled plans today to ramp

with first word news, here's ritika gupta. ritika: joe biden will call for a moderate approach toward rick -- toward reviving the u.s. economy today. the democratic presidential nominee in pennsylvania will stay away from more ambitious proposals pushed by aggressive -- pride -- pushed by progressive's. the u.s. is that has set another record for coronavirus cases. according to the new york times, more than 59,000 cases were reported yesterday. accounted and texas for almost 20,000 of them. the positive rate of testing in california jumped to 7%, and gavin newsom warned that it could quickly spike into double digits. sealedican president has an unlikely partnership with president trump. in a visit to the white house he called for more north american trade integration. he held president trump for his kindness and respect. mr. trump remains unpopular south of the border after calling mexicans criminals and racists during the 2016 presidential campaign. phonedng to the firm had research, the worst performance, losing almost 10%.

sanjay gupta." million times, like "should i wear a facemask in a crowd. but then we cut to video of dr. sanjay gupta looking irritated. >> seth: yeah, okay, that's pretty good. >> actually, if we wanted to do it for tonight's program, i should start sorting through clips to find video of an annoyed sanjay gupta >> seth: all right, you get to that thank you. >> so i just pop out here and get that done then >> seth: um-hmm. great. guys, who was that >> i have no idea. >> wait, seth, you don't know who that was either? >> seth: no! >> he is not a new writer here >> seth: i didn't hire a new writer >> and neither did i >> seth: ben, you don't have the power to hire new writers. >> a sad reality >> seth: seriously, who was that person >> i just assumed it was one of your old high school friends or something, seth. >> seth: high school i am like 30 years younger than him, jermaine. >> i thought he was ian's dad. >> why >> i don't know. that's just what i thought >> wait, even if he was my dad, which he's

sanjay gupta, dr. peter hotez, thanks to both of you and for everything you guys are doing. >>> just ahead did president trump break the law by not wearing a mask when he arrived a few hours ago in atlanta, georgia? we'll talk to the mayor, keisha lance bottoms. there you see her. [♪] if you experience bladder leaks, you shouldn't have to sacrifice discretion for protection. try always discreet. the unique design features protective leakguards, which help prevent leaks where they happen most and an absorbent material that turns liquid into gel, for up to 100% leak free protection. the shapewear design provides a close and seamless fit, to ensure total discretion. choose the solution that keeps you drier. try always discreet underwear, with a money back guarantee. brand power. helping you buy better. she always wanted her smile to shine. now, she uses a capful of therabreath healthy smile oral rinse to give her the healthy, sparkly smile she always wanted. (crowd cheering) therabreath, it's a better mou

i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. equities, bonds, currencies and commodities. equities surged up 16. stunning -- bonds are turning -- churning. gold surging. up $18. silver with its own story as well. i will let francine talk to the dollar after a nice roofing from george sarah bellus -- a nice briefing from george saravellos. francine: investors monitoring earnings pouring in, they are looking past the tensions between the u.s. and china. yuan strengthening and treasuries are steady. press presidential conference the other day, i believe it was tuesday, maybe it is a different president trump. here he is on houston and the consulate. additionals closing embassies, it is always possible. we thought there was a fire in the one that we did close, and everybody said there is a fire, and i guess they were burning documents or papers. i wonder what that is all about. tom: this story advances the point that i saw yesterday, a little bit of reuters speculation and a sharp bloomberg st

gupta. >> seth: all right, next pitch [ door bell ringing wait, who the hell is that >> it's my dad, he insisted. >> hello, everybody. ♪

gupta?when i was in the icu yesterday i was wearing a face shield on top of an n95 mask caring for a covid patient on a ventilator. i'm sure dr. wen has seen this in her ers. we tend to wear face shields in addition to another mask. so a face shield in and of itself we think will provide some protection from large droplets. we use this term drop let. it's basically the spit that gets released if you cough or sneeze with covid-19 from your mouth and nasal pharynx. we think that that's what that face shield is really good at. protecting you from that droplets that get released. the california department of education, some school districts in california are saying maybe teachers should wear face shields because kids will be less afraid of seeing their teacher in a face shield than with a mask, and also face shields are more comfortable. any guideline says you need a little fabric covering at the bottom of the face shield to see if you can protect against those droplets because it's not foolproo

the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. joe biden will call for a moderate approach towards reviving the u.s. economy today. bloomberg has learned that in a speech in pennsylvania, the democratic presidential nominee will stay away from more ambitious proposals pushed by progressives. his plan covers several areas that include a push to buy american and incentivize american jobs, clean energy, childcare, eldercare, and racial equity. the u.s. has set another record for coronavirus cases. according to "the new york times," more than 55,000 were reported yesterday. the rate of positive tests in california has jumped to more than 7%. governor gavin newsom warned that it could quickly spike into double digits. --t because president mexico's president has sealed an unlikely partnership with president trump. he called for more north american trade integration and hailed president trump for his

ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell insists that businesses, schools, and other organizations protect the bits -- organizations be protected against coronavirus lawsuits. he says changes to liability laws should be included wholesale in legislation. speaker pelosi says that shows he is not serious about reaching a deal. federal reserve policy makers will turn their attention on how

sanjay gupta and dana bash. sanj sanjay, we all watched the president yesterday, even as we watched the death toll continue to rise in the united states, 1,000 new deaths reported overnight. the president used different language on masks, but he also said that the administration issed in proceis in the process now of formulating a plan to deal with this. what was your takeaway? >> the same as yours, john. we are just hearing about the idea a plan will be formulated, but still didn't hear what that plan was. we didn't hear about galvanizing every citizen to do the right thing, to remind everyone that we're all in this together and all have a role to play here. what an opportunity to sort of lead. but i keep coming back. i've been talking about this since march. about testing and this idea that we need breakthroughs in testing, antigen testing, more widespread testing and i feel like we've been having these same conversations for several months now. what's the deal? has there been a real investment in testing? and

gupta just on couple of the medical things dr. gupta, the claim that the president made that the fatalities have fallen 75% since prid mid-april. it's worth noting fatalities are up 65% in the past two weeks it gets skew those two statistics sadly, because you get to treat more cases, we're exert at treating cases how would you characterize it. >> thanks for the opportunity. first of all, the president is cite things like remdisivir and all these therapeutics that will be broadly available maybe give people out of the icu more quickly he's selling a bag of goods that's not true. maybe there's mortality benefit. we don't know. number two, we have gotten better get people out of the icu more quickly and likely save they've lives easily we need more icu beds. here chuck it's hard to get an icu dialysis nurse sometimes. that's the biggest light staffing is an issue getting military and nurses and do docs to help is so key >> i'm going to pause it there let's go back. he's taking a few questions. let's listen in. >> how you handled thi

the first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. ritika: public officials are warning that they could impose lockdowns again if people do not halt the resurgence to the coronavirus. miami and los angeles have all floated the prospect, warning that it is not working to stop the number of infections and deaths. case numbers are climbing in all but six states. trumpals say president could reject a measure passed by congress if it does not include a payroll tax cut. democrats solidly opposed and different republicans are cold to the idea. prime minister boris johnson is bracing for a second wave of coronavirus cases. he will announce $3.8 billion of extra funding. he is also due to undue plans to ramp up virus testing to 500,000 today by the end of october. and in china, people's reluctance to travel and eat out is dragging on the economy. supplementala report on second-quarter gdp, the industry shrank 18% from a year ago. some areas in china still have pandemic restrictions in place, and tourism has shrunk has people -- as people avoid

ritika: with the first word news, i'm rick gupta. across the -- i'm ritika gupta. across the u.s., states are -- officialscould are warning that they could implement lockdowns again. case numbers are climbing but all but six states. the white house has drawn a line in the sand for the next coronavirus a bill. president trump could reject a measure passed by congress if it doesn't include a payroll tax cut. democrats are solidly opposed, and even republicans are cold the idea. in the u.k., prime minister boris johnson will announce $3.8 billion of extra funding to help repair the national health service. he is also due to announce plans to -- by the end of october. german chancellor angela merkel is raising doubts about reaching agreement on a landmark recovery fund this week. in brussels, eu leaders are meeting in person for the first time in five months. amongst them, how the money will be distributed and greenlighted. reportng to a supplement on second-quarter gdp, the accommodation and catering industry in china shrink 18% from a year ago. some areas in china st

that's get to the first word news with ritika gupta. ritika: good morning, francine, tom, senate public is want to go on the record saying they tried to restore supplemental jobless benefits to millions of americans. mitch mcconnell is trying to force a debate on a stopgap measure for those $600 a week checks. democrats want the jobless but onlyextended, too, as part of a larger relief package. president trump is coming under pressure to setting national strategy for the coronavirus. the white house has largely avoided strict rules to unlock the plan. experts say that has made shortages of protective gear at hospitals worse. it could complicate distribution of vaccines. in the ok, prime minister boris johnson's government has reimposed lockdown restrictions on millions of people. authorities targeted a large part of northern england. they say people there failed to follow social distancing measures, and that led to a spike in coronavirus cases. people in greater length check -- greater manchester, like a nort, and yorkshire will longer

sanjay gupta, thanks again. appreciate it. be sure to tune into cnn tomorrow night for a new cnn coronavirus town hall. that's at 8:00 p.m. with anderson cooper as well. >>> a staggering new statistic about coronavirus and your children. out of the nation's top hot spot, florida, that's next. >>> plus, president trump's niece says that her uncle is utterly incapable of leading this nation. what she says motivates the entire trump family. that's ahead. just over a year ago, i was drowning in credit card debt. sofi helped me pay off twenty-three thousand dollars of credit card debt. they helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. they make you feel like it's an honor for them to help you out. i went from sleepless nights to getting my money right. so thank you. ♪ >>> if florida were a separate country, it would rank eighth in the world for the most number of coronavirus cases. and that's today's national lead. florida reported 10,000 new cases today, surpassing the 300,000 total mark. jackson health, florida

sanjay gupta. dr. gupta, good to see you again. as we were just talking about the president is in south florida, the epicenter of the virus, we haven't seen him wear a mask today. though we should note he does get tested every day. how much is he putting himself and those around him at risk? >> yeah. i mean, this is a significant hot spot. so the idea that you may come in contact with somebody inadvertently who's carrying the virus is going to be much higher in a place that's a hot spot. keep in mind there's a lot of people who may not have any symptoms, who may still be harboring the virus. that's a huge concern. you're right. he gets tested a lot. but what about the people around him? and keep in mind, as you well know, pamela, there's a significant contingent of people that then accompany the president on these trips. there are people who basically scout out hospitals ahead of time in case the president should need hospitalization. they take up personal protective equipment. they have to keep resources aside for all of that. we

vin gupta gets tonight's last word.tarts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,286 of the trump administration, leaving 98 days until the presidential election. well, it took just over a week, but the president has managed to fully revive the mood and feeling of those previous coronavirus briefings. today sounded more like early to mid-pandemic trump, declaring much of the country looks pretty good to him and recommending we take

i'm ritika gupta. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell insists that businesses, schools, and other organizations protect the bits -- organizations be protected against coronavirus lawsuits. he says changes to liability laws should be included wholesale in legislation. speaker pelosi says that shows he is not serious about reaching a deal. federal reserve policy makers will turn their attention on how to jumpstart a stronger rebound from the recession. they are all but certain to keep their benchmark rate unchanged when they wrap up their two day meeting today. the fed releases a statement at 2:00 p.m. new york time. fed chair jerome powell hold a news conference 30 minutes later. amazon ceo jeff bezos plans to tell congress today his company is an american six-story -- an american success story. he will strike a patriotic tone in his appearance before the house antitrust committee. they will be joined by the ceos of facebook, apple, and off of that -- and alphabet. sanofi anded with gsk to deliver

i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ sen.chumer: senate republicans have presented us with a halfhearted, half-baked proposal. the republican plan is to little, too late. the republican plan is weak when our problems need a much stronger brew. jonathan: the words of u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer in washington, d.c. that's where the focus is right now. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. from new york, one hour and 12 minutes away from the opening bell, here is your price action. equities shaping up as follows, down by 0.4% on the s&p 500. yields come in its ingle basis point to 0.61%. down 0.3%. the drama is down in washington right now. some calm on wall street. the expectation is still that they get this done, and this was in evitable, that these two sides would clash at some point. we are seeing that play out big time this morning. tom: the stimulus is going to be many trillions of dollars. there will also be a lot of detail. cowen,rueger is at and he has a reputation for exquisite layo

ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. for the 27th day in a row, the u.s. set a coronavirus record. a seven-day average of new cases reached another new high yesterday. over the weekend, florida and texas established daily records. the top official in the houston area once more restrictions to contain the spread of the disease, but the state government has blocked them from doing more. india now has the third largest number of cases in the world. brazil have. and more. india failed to suppress the virus despite implement in one of the most expensive lockdowns at the end of march. president trump sounds as though he is changing his position on masks. the president will hold a rally in new hampshire, and masks are "strongly encouraged." the u.k. is injecting $2 billion into theaters, museums, and bees in use in an attempt to rescue the country's arts and culture sector from the break of collapse. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak tweeted, "the show must go on." uber is expanding its food delivery business. the ride-ha

i'm ritika gupta. newu.k. has announced a $11.3 billion job retention bonus. companies will get a bonus for each employee they bring back to work. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak is selling his plan to get the economy going again. cutting the tax on some home purchases. u.s. is planning a coronavirus testing surge in three states hit hard by the pandemic. temporary testing sites are being set up in louisiana, texas, and florida. that could help health experts get a clearer picture of how the virus is moving pretty population. meanwhile, officials are weighing how far to go in reopening the economy or rolling back steps already taken. bolsonaro president defending his approach to the coronavirus despite the fact it has killed tens of thousands of brazilians and left him with the disease as well. bolsonaro had called the virus "a little flu," and battled officials who wanted stricter quarantine measures. the president of mexico is taking the biggest gamble of his 19 months in office. he is in was

i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ pres.mp: i think it is an incentive for companies to hire their workers back to keep their workers. the payroll tax cut to me is very important. we are working on it. i don't think there is too much dispute as to the level of importance. jonathan: the president of the united states would like a payroll tax cut. good morning. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. two hours and 12 minutes away from the opening bell. equity futures adding to the rally. we had some way to the s&p 500, up another 23 points. we advanced 0.7%. in the bond market, yields bleed higher 20.60%. to 0.62%.- bleed hire not doing much. frome get that spread down $2 trillion and find agreement between democrats and republicans? tom: stimulus here, stimulus everywhere. part of that is political panic we move towards depending on the election. rutte has to go back to the netherlands after this historic agreement. kevin cirilli, i want you to color the level of panic among republicans right now. it is 1

i'm ritika gupta. china may retaliate for the closing of its consulate in houston by closing the u.s. consulate in hong kong. the editorording to of "the global times." comments have frequently been a tipoff to at the government does. president trump now expanding federal law enforcement operation to chicago and albuquerque, new mexico. that sets up a showdown with state and local democratic leaders who have denounced the president's federal agents in portland, oregon. the president says his goal is combating violent crime, a move seen as an appeal to his conservative base. british prime minister boris johnson trying to head off support for scottish independence. tensions have been growing between the government in london and edinburgh. the coronavirus pandemic and holding other referendum. tesla reported positive earnings for the fourth quarter in a row. still, that is not good enough for ceo elon musk. he thinks tesla isn't growing fast enough. shares have quadrupled since march. global news 24 hours

i'm ritika gupta. china calls it unprecedented escalation. the u.s. has ordered the chinese consulate in houston to be closed, according to the state department. it is to protect american intellectual property and american private information. beijing has warned it will retaliate. last night, houston firefighters went to the consulate after reports that documents were being stored in outside containers. president trump has rebooted the tone.virus he says the virus will be defeated, but says it will probably be worse before it gets better. republicans putting together a coronavirus relief plan that broadly supports the idea of more relief checks to individuals, but there are doubts about president trump's payroll tax cut. the differences threaten threatened to push any action on the stimulus into next month. the democratic party platform is sticking close to joe biden's line on major policies. according to a draft, the policy will call for universal health care and remaking the justice system, but stays

vin gupta gets tonight's last word.ith brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,286 of the trump administration, leaving 98 days until the presidential election. well, it took just over a week, but the president has managed to fully revive the mood and feeling of those previous coronavirus briefings. today sounded more like early to mid-pandemic trump, declaring much of the country looks pretty good to him and recommending we take hydroxychloroquine. he also lamented dr. fauci's popularity compared to his. all of this as americans remain unwelcome, barred from traveling in most of the world. all of this on the day the u.s. death toll surpassed 150,000. the state of florida in particular, in fact, set a one-day record of nearly 200 deaths. at the podium today, the president was defending a doctor in a video he re-tweeted. she claims to have the cure for the coronavirus and says masks are unnecessary. >> the -- the recommendations of many of the people including doctors, many doctors think it is e

i'm ritika gupta. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell unveiled the latest republican coronavirus relief package. the white house plans to cut the weekly $600 unemployment boost to about 70% of pre-pandemic wages. house speaker nancy pelosi has that proposal. democrats passed their plan a couple months ago. health officials around the world are getting a reminder of how tough it is to permanently stamp out the coronavirus. they are grappling with second waves on the pandemic. china reported the most cases since mid arch, and spain is scribbling to stay ahead of new outbreaks that lead the u.k. to impose quarantine on travelers. this week, federal reserve chairman jerome powell is expected to reassert that odyssey rates will remain near zero for a long while -- that policy rates will remain near zero for a long while. biggest tech companies have gone on a buying spree this year. the number of acquisitions have come at the fastest pace since 2015, despite antitrust scrutiny under the trump administrati

gupta talking about what it will be required to have a national program of testing.ople in arizona? >> i think the doctor just said it himself. the core of the strategy is politics, right? arizona is a perfect example of how this political football, this misinformation, this different messaging from the white house and then from the governors and from your mayors is costing life. that costs lives. arizona went from 13,000 cases in may to all of the sudden 150,000 case, right? this messaging, this confusion costs lives. maybe one telephone most surprising things that i noticed is you said in your previous segment that words matter, right? the president may be backtracking now. he may be trying to act with a sense of urgency. he may try to make us believe that he believes in science suddenly, but the matter is that his base believed him the first time that he said this virus was harmless, right. so as we try and find this cohesive strategy, his base in arizona, what i saw still believes in this invisible harmless virus instead of this deadly virus that has consequences

i'm ritika gupta. negotiations resumed today on a compromise coronavirus release plan. the trump administration and congressional democrats are nowhere close to an agreement, under pressure because millions of americans will lose supplemental unemployment insurance this week. white house chief of staff mark meadows sees little chance for a stopgap measure that would extend those benefits. the number of americans killed by coronavirus has now gone over 150,000. death tolls surged to records in california, florida, and texas. the new wave of infections that begin in june appears to have level off -- that began in june appears to have leveled off. a vaccine print today group of primates with a single shot in -- germany's economy plunged into a record slump in the second quarter. output fell 10.1%, the most since germany went to quarterly gdp reports in 1970. indicators signal that growth has returned, but unemployment remains high. ab inbev sold more than expected in the second quarter, despite the corona

vin gupta from the university of washington. good to see you, dr. gupta. let me play for you what the president said about the virus last night. >> i think we're going to be very good with the coronavirus. i think that at some point that's going to sort of just disappear, i hope. >> you still believe so, disappear? >> i do. >> okay. and dr. gupta, how is that for a message to the country right now? >> good morning, andrea, it's good to see you. you know, it's comments like that coupled with governor did he desantis back in may, these are the wrong leaders for the moment. governor desantis yelling at a reporter for asking a reasonable question. in fact he's seeing one of the worst outbreaks we're seeing in the country. he and the president aren't doing things they need to do. they're messaging in the wrong way. they're enabling people who distrust science, who don't want to wear a mask, to not do those things. they're things we're begging people to do. that's the big problem here. governor desantis is just acting irresponsibly and he's trying to double down

sanjay gupta. i've spoken many times about the president's disinformation about the virus.et let's set that aside for a moment. progress on moderna's vaccine in the peer-reviewed medical journal and that's the standard here and how far behind is this and where does this put your time line, your hoped time line for a vaccine being available broadly? >> yeah. first of all, it is appear-reviewed medical journal of a u.s. vaccine which we haven't seen up until now, just to make that clear. we've been basing a lot of our reporting on press releases, so this is a big deal. still early days. we have phase one data now which looks promising. it was 45 patients, healthy, 18 to 55. they got two shots separated by about a month. what they saw was that they were able to generate the type of antibodies that you'd like to see that will hopefully fight the virus. the only way to know that for sure is to actually now do the next phase of study where you will actually be able to see is this, in fact, protecting a large segment of the population. two caveats and this is the early days and th

ritika gupta: with first word news, i'm ritika gupta.d parscale is out as the campaign advisor for president trump. iny also said more americans a poll trusted biden to do a better job on the economy. anthony fauci says -- sounds like he has had enough, firing back at critics, saying that this bizarre behavior hurts the president, calling the attacks on him nonsense. is trump administration barring chinese communist families from coming to the u.s. and the move would almost certainly lead to beijing americanng against travelers. the international monetary fund warns that small and midsized bankruptcies may triple this year, stalling economic recovery and causing financial instability. the imf says that more than one third of the small businesses in the u.s. and south korea are worried about viability. investors interested in taking a stake in uber freight, the ride-hailing service had discussions to raise $500 million, giving them a standalone valuation of about $4 billion, operating as a broker connecting truck drivers with shipping com

sanjay gupta and john harwood. sanjay, in terms of the type of event that is clearly not safe, an indoor convention is very high at that list -- on that list. so as a doctor, your reaction to the decision from the president? >> yeah, i mean, it was an inevitable decision, frankly. i mean, i say that, of course we saw what happened in tulsa and arizona. but i think at this point, given how much viral spread there is i think the public health communities have been pretty unified in their voice on how risky this is. you can look at one of the riskiest type of events and one of the lowest risk types of events and frankly, anyone paying attention over the last months, this is not a surprise. lowest risk is virtual events and the highest risk event, large indoor events, people coming from outside the local areas because that means they may disperse then to other areas, difficult to practice social distancing. i'll add into that there's no -- there was no clear mask mandates inside these types of events in the past. and p

i am ritika gupta.ch mcconnell has drawn a line in the sand on a new stimulus package, insisting his proposed changes to liability law be included in the legislation. that has bogged down tops between trumps representative and the democrat. nancy pelosi says it shows mcconnell is not serious about reaching a deal. mixed views on the coronavirus pandemic front. florida reported a record number of deaths, but new infections are down in two states, california and arizona, and a positive test rate in texas is lowest in a month. mixed views on the coronavirus pandemic in the u.s. -- joe biden says he will pick his vice presidential nominee next week and tells reporters he will let them know as soon as he does. the presidential nominee has pledged to pick a woman run a mate. the candidates include four black women, among others. visa is starting to benefit from the slow opening of american cities but the credit card network is not ready to predict what the next weeks of spending will be a. -- will be. in hong

vin gupta. he's an e.r. doc specializing in these kinds of illnesses, also an affiliate assistant professor with the university of washington department of health metrics sciences. good evening and welcome to you all. susan, i'd like to begin with you. your publication was in the news this week. as one does, peter navarro wrote a hit job on anthony fauci. it appears in your pages. there's since been an editor's note at "usa today" saying it should have been more rigorously fact-checked. but still we're reminded it's the thought that counts. it's really a white house-sponsored, one way of looking at it, war on information, science, and medicine. >> yes. and what "usa today" has said, the editorial page editor, is that there should have been a fact-checking article with it, which has now been posted to point out some of the things that mr. navarro said that are not factually true. what's valuable about this op-ed is it puts a senior aide to the president, someone close to the president, on the rec

vin gupta, pulmonologist at the university of washington medical center and an msnbc contributor. good to have you with us. will, arizona arizona, like som states across the south, seemed to have the virus under control while america was under stay-at-home orders. what happened? were the orders lifted too soon? was there not enough guidance given on how to reopen properly? what happened? >> yeah, well, good question. in a nutshell, as you mentioned, we had a very successful stay-at-home order, really flattened the curve, gave us important planning time. the critical control point for us was may 15 when the stay-at-home order ended and we came out with essentially the honor system. people, businesses, et cetera, were encouraged to follow cdc measures but there were no compliance expectations and no enforcement. as a result, by and large business behavior and also individual behavior became pre-pandemic again, resulting in what you see now, just record cases and we're in what's called crisis standards of care in our hospital systems, meaning it's pretty grim, a triage system that's

sanjay gupta and michael osterholm. okay, sanjay, tell us what you just learned about the briefings. >> well, we have learned that they're best called briefings, not coronavirus task force briefings, because it's not clear that anyone from the task force, at least not the scientists or the doctors are going to be there. as of this morning, they haven't even been told, so not only do they -- do we not know if they're going to be there, they don't know if they're going to be there or not as well. this gives you an idea into how the white house is handling this. it's not going to be just coronavirus that's going to be discussed. and frankly, you know, the people that we should really be hearing from on this that will give us the idea of what's happening in the country and also i think more importantly the best path forward it's not clear at all that they're going to be there. they don't know yet, so it doesn't sound like they will be, but it could still change throughout the day. >> michael osterholm, let me tell you, in m

sanjay gupta explores this question, next. >>> hong kong is battling a third wave of coronavirus and brazil's president still in isolation after a second covid test. cnn has reporters around the globe. >> i'm will ripley in hong kong and the infectious disease says the virus is mutating which can make it more contagious. they attribute this latest spike in cases to the lifting of social distancing measures which is why they have strengthened the measures. schools are now closed, restaurants at dinner time, bars and gyms. the kind of places where people take off the masks, have close conversations and could potentially spread the virus to others in this densely populated city. >>> i'm in london where doctors behind me are testing this. a potential vaccine against coronavirus. what's different about what's happening in this hospital bed behind me is that the patient hasn't received a full copy of the virus, albeit a weakened one. instead, she has been given a tiny fragment of the genetic material. the hope is that now she's had that, her body will be prompted to produce antibodies, the