i'm kristen welker in for craig melvin. right now there are more than 3.1 million known covid-19 cases in our country. so far we've lost more than 134,000 american lives. we have breaking news at this hour in the race for treatments. the company gilead published data their antiviral drug reduces the risk of death by 62%. also this hour white house coronavirus task force member dr. anthony fauci is speaking at a virtual conference about the pandemic. he's been consistently warning about this crisis calling it a perfect storm. it's quite a different message from the president. right now president trump is taking a shot at the health expert saying fauci has, quote, made a lot of mistakes. as we speak, the president is flying to florida, a major coronavirus hot spot. on the agenda, meeting with the largest community of venezuelans in our country. when the president lands in florida, he'll be walking into a state that just reported its highest number of deaths in a single day. as hospitals are facing a huge strain, testing is al

kristen holmes, kpleexcellent reporting as general. thank you. joining us now, i want to get both of your thoughts on what we just heard. cnn's reporting on the growing rift between dr. fauci and the president. dr. murthy, when you were the surgeon general of the united states during the obama administration, i know you worked closely with dr. fauci. what's your reaction when you hear these reports of an effort to try to smear him, to undermine his credibility. >> thank you, wolf, it's good to be with you today.

>> kristen welker at the white house, kristen, thank you. >>> change could b coming to our nation's capital and the nfl as well one team at the center of controversy over its name taking the first step toward here's geoff bennett with that story. >> rep conduct a thorough review of the team name, which has long been condemned as a derogatory slur against native americans. the team owner dan schneider writing in a statement that he wants input from others while taking into account the proud tradition and history of the franchise it comes just one day after fedex, the team's most prominent sponsor, asked the team to change its name fedex owns the naming rights to the field where the team plays in maryland. also on thursday nike appeared to remove the team's products from the website. both the nfl and schneider had for years defended the tohange it >> the name really means honor and respect. >> reporter: nfl commissioner roger goodell saying today he's supportive of this important step. a former player for the team also weighing in. >> i still believe it should be changed. i think there's been

erin, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, krist kristen. here in california, it will be a july 4th unlike any other. beaches closed, fireworks canceled, and authorities telling everyone to stay home. across the nation, july 4th celebrations canceled as the virus continues its deadly surge. infections on the rise in at least 40 states, with a record-high number of cases in at least 16. >> this virus has proven time and again in communities around the country and around the world that it will come back with a vengeance. >> including california, where beaches and boardwalks stand empty. normally crowded for the holiday weekend. >> without people complying, we're back to where we were three months ago. >> reporter: california's spike blamed in part on people not wearing masks. now authorities are starting to issue fines. up to $300 in some cities. this as hospitalizations are on the rise, up more than 50% the last two weeks. >> for every patient that we discharge healthy, home, we're admitting many more. >> reporter: in florida, starting this h

kristen, tell us about the new fallout in wake of the congressman testing positive for the virus. what are you hearing >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi tonight announcing a mask mandate on the house floor after gohmert tested positive at least two lawmakers are planning to self-quarantine and the attorney general got tested for covid after appearing at a hearing on tuesday lester >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> the arrest of a protester last night by police in new york has struck a raw nerve as the trump administration announced plans to deploy federal agents to more american cities our gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: the new york city police officers in plain clothes grabbed a young protester and forced her inside an unmarked van when other bystanders rushed over uniformed officers kept them away using bicycles as barriers. >> i think it was the wrong time and the wrong place to effectuate that arrest. >> reporter: the nypd said the protester was wanted for damaging police cameras during five separate incidents around city hall but the way

>> peter, kristen, it's a very scary situation. remember, when people talk about the economic recovery, they say, this is going to be a "v." when people get back to work, everything will be fine and dandy. people can't get back to work if we're still amid this massive health crisis. the reason so many people were laid off to begin with was because of the stay-in-place orders. in order to address the health crisis, people needed to go nee. guess what, many of those businesses are still being put on hold, especially in hot spots like california, texas, florida. so for so many of those people, they can't simply get back out there and go to work. you mentioned that the president has said, people are disincentivized to go to work because of that $600 payment. there may be some instances where this cushion is more money than people were making previously, but that's not many people. the overwhelming majority of americans getting this money, they are spending it on rent, food, necessities, everyday necessities, so people are very scared.

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. >> reporter: i'm kristen dahlgren, with just weeks to go until school begins the cdc is laying out its guidelines, pressing districts to welcome students back in person, hand hygiene, disinfecting, spacing out students to maintain social distancing, even repurposing unused buildings or holding classes outside. keeping groups of students in cohorts or pods together throughout the day the new guidelines address downsides of remote learning and benefits of in-person classes, adding covid poses a relatively low risk to kids but also noting 64 children in the u.s. have died since the pandemic began. >> teenagers and children ages 10 to 19 seem to transmit the virus at, at least the same rate as adults. there's nothing to suggest that children don't. perhaps there's some evidence to suggest that the youngest children are less likely to transmit it. guidelines come weeks after president trump urged the cdc to ease its preliminary recommendations which he called too restrictive. >> i'm so angry. if it's not safe enough for gop delegates to be hundreds in the convention space, then how is i

in our series facts over fear, kristen dahlgren on how they spread it and how to protect yourself. >> reporter: after an infected student recently attended graduation in west chester county, new york, at least 14 people tested positive for covid-19. a choir practice led to 53 infections. >> one person spreading, coughing and laughing, causing several people to get infected. >> reporter: they've come to be known as superspreaders, an infected person who may not be symptomatic but goes, for example, to a birthday party passing it to other guests who then can spread it themselves it's a combination of biology and behavior some people are more contagious, with a higher viral load, more virus per droplet and some spread it farther by things like talking louder but they also need to be close enough to others to transmit the virus. >> you think about the respiratory droplets that go out into the air and that increases risk of infection. >> reporter: labs are at capacity. in many places test results can be delayed. meaning some may be spreading the disease before they find out they're infecte

it's unclear what if anything gets reimbursed. >> kristen welker tonight, thanks. >>> health experts say the key to beating the virus is mass testing, but labs are backed up, delaying results by days, even weeks in some cases what's the problem tom costello went looking for answers. >> reporter: in florida today five more federal sites opened up amid the nation's building backlog for covid tests. while the results are usually back in just over four days it can take up to two weeks. >> none of us are going to be happy until that's under 48 hours. but we're making all our efforts to do that >> reporter: why the delay? the samples are sent to labs for technicians to use reagents, special chemicals to look for the virus. the mayor clinic processes 10,000 samples nationwide every day. >> the challenge we have right now is having the reagents or the chemicals we need to run the tests are actually in short supply so we can't run them to their maximum capacity. >> reporter: there is a faster test, almost like the strep test you take in a doctor's office, results in a few minutes. the nih is

. >> i'm kristen dahlgren a dire warning on capitol hill today from the nation's top infectious diseasexpert dr. anthony fauci calling covid-19 out of control predicting the possibility of 100,000 cases a day. >> i pleasing think it is important to tell you and the american public i am very concerned because it could get very bad >> reporter: fauci was joined by the top doctors on the white house coronavirus task force including the cdc director who laid into american airlines for its decision along with some other airlines to begin filling planes to capacity >> i can tell you when they announced that the other day obviously there was substantial disappointment >> reporter: american responding it still has multiple layers of protection in place including face covering is and enhanced cleaning procedures and a preflight covid-19 symptom checklist. today masks, social distancing, and increased testing were repeatedly touted as vital to controlling the spread the pace of testing has doubled since may. experts at harvard's global health institute say it is not enough, pointing out the u.s.

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker, syndicatedolumnist george will and anna palmer, correspondent for "politico." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. for a country that celebrates american exceptionalism the united states finds itself in an exceptionally bad place today. the calendar says july 12th, but it feels more like april 12th when it comes to battling this virus, even if president trump did finally wear a mask in public late yesterday. once again, cases are surging, the ten worst days for cases nationwide have occurred over the past 11 days. we are facing shortages of protective tests and icu beds for covid-19 patients and once again, we are left to wonder how did we get here again? is it because of a president who remains in denial about the sdafrter unfolding on his watch? is it because foolish deciding they were immune or the experts were wrong or that they had a right n

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker.nna palmer, seen your washington correspondent for politico. a great trio this morning. welcome to all. kristen welker, i want to start with robert mueller's op ed pushing back on the president's decision to commute roger stone's sentence. under the headline, roger stone remains a convicted felon. he lied about his intermediary. he denied about meeting with the trump campaign about the timing of wikileaks diseases, and he tampered with the witness imploring him to stonewall congress. in your report, kristen welker, the president is basically alone apparently in that west wing in being in favor of this decision. did he really push back on every single adviser on this? >> it seems that he pushed back on post advisers, chuck, according to conversations with multiple officials. he was counseled against this move by some of his top aides, including by the attorney general and yet, president trump moved forward with this decision and, look, his aides, chuck, were saying to them this could be

and garrett haake on capitol hill joins us, and kristen welker and former republican national chair and msnbc political analyst michael steele, plus dr. joshua vicesteen for practice at john hopkins bloomberg school of public health. doctor, to you first and ask about the significance of reported on the first trials on the vaccine. >> evidently that step forward shows a lot of people respond to the virus, a pretty homogenous healthy population, but they did develop not just antibodies but signs of t cell immunity and promising steps. as the editorial pointed out, we're still a long ways to go before we have actual evidence of the vaccine that works but it's definitely better than the alternative. had this study not worked then this vaccine would be tossed aside and in favor of others instead it continues on into a much bigger and more important clinical study. >> and bigger and also less homogenous talking about large groups of people, brazil, i believe south africa, maybe other populations where there's a high degree of the virus and also a very different kind of population to test. >>

kristen, there have been repeated claims even during the campaign that people had heard the president use the "n" word and other slurs. no one ever proved it. and mary trump just says that she grew up in this family and that it was routinely used by his family. she did not include that particular claim about him in her book. but in answer to rachel maddow last night whens of s of rachele question. >> andrea, that's right, and i think you hit at what is so potentially damaging for president trump about this revelation, the fact that it does not come in a vacuum. the fact that it comes in the wake of all of those rumblings during 2016 that people had heard president trump use similar language. now, of course the white house is define ant, insisting he doet use those words. but as you point out, this is a new revelation and we know this is a president who has delved into the culture wars regardless of what he may be saying in private. and we're seeing that on display right now in the wake of george floyd's death. he has been sort of defiant, defending police, and making all sorts of cont

sam, good morning. >> reporter: peter, kristen, good morning. a physician i spoke with described this as a medical hurricane with an untold number of patients being swept up in the virus' wake, except they have no idea how long this is going to go on for. miami-dade, largest health care provider, jackson health, saw a 28% jump in covid patients in one week. this morning, hospitals in national coronavirus hot spots are nearing a breaking point. >> feels like a war zone a little bit. >> reporter: in florida, a record 83,000 infections in seven days, make iing up a quar of all the states cases to date. miami-dade hosts the biggest chunk of that, with the city and county now cracking down on anyone not wearing a facial covering. >> we will be going directly to fining people for not wearing masks. >> reporter: florida's governor won't institute a statewide mask mandate and says the hops can handle the latest surge. >> 21% of the state's beds is available. those are at the greater number available than in march. >> i have a few icu beds available. in

good afternoon, i'm kristen zse. >> and i'm larry beal. millions of californians reeling today after the governor's reclosing announcement so you have businesses that had just reopened or were about to. they are now locking their doors once again. it's all because of the numbers. california has now had 329,000 confirmed cases of covid-19, more than 7,000 in the state have died. here in the bay area there have been 36,359 cases, including 651 deaths. the death rate went up by 20% in july, and that's the reason there's so much cause for concern, and remember the number 1.1. for every one person who contracts the virus in the state thundershower 1.is people on average are now infected. the state wants to drive that down to 1 or below as quickly as possible, so we asked just how bad is it right now? are we essentially back to square one with all of inform? nbc 1's news joins us know. >> reporter: there's good news and bad news. the bad news is cases are on the rise, the good news things being things are really not as bad as they could be or co

is responding to the president's retweet of a video that falsely claimed there was a cure here's kristen welker. >> reporter: president trump, aiming to energize supporters in texas where the polls are tight. but his trip was overshadowed by covid. texas republican congressman louie gohmert planning to travel on air force one with the president tweeting that he has tested positive. >> i'm asymptomatic but apparently i have the wuhan virus. >> reporter: gohmert frequently seen without a mask even for part of yesterday, today blamed mask wearing, without any evidence. >> i can't help but wonder if, by keeping a mask on, and keeping it in place, that if i might have put some germs, some virus onto the mask and breathed it in. >> reporter: it all comes as the president is digging in after retweeting a video of doctors monday promoting the controversial drug hi chloroq and saying social distancing and wearing masks is unnecessary, the doctor at the forefro forefront peddles in conspiracy theories. >> making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it she was not a

kristen welker and ashley parker join us.sten, there is a move by the campaign to promote stepien and demote parscale. who is running what? >> andrea, there had been so much criticism of brad parscale particularly in the wake of the tulsa rally where he overpromised and underdelivered. remember, he said they had gotten over a million responses. the president was left feeling as though that rally wasn't handled properly, didn't go off as planned, and that there needed to be a shift. the question is was bill stepien going to work around him, simply circumvent brad parscale or ultimately be elevated? we got our answer overnight. bill stepien is a longtime adviser to president trump, he's worked on the campaign, and of course he's a former campaign manager for former new jersey governor chris christie and he was mired in the bridgegate scandal. so he is no stranger to tough politics. but the question is, what happens next and will there really be a big messaging shift, because by all accounts, it's jared kushner who continues to

kristen? >> all right. we'll see if he says more in the days ahead. for more complete information about what's open and closed where you live, go to abc7news.com. >>> as we mentioned, sonoma is one of the counties statewide impacted by the order today. and the severity of the order caught some business owners really by surprise. wayne freedman is live in santa rosa tonight. wayne, a tough step backward. >> reporter: oh, it's tough. sonoma county woke up expected they would go back on that watch list. let's show that graphic one more time. all the new additions to that watch list, they now affect sonoma county and any county on the watch list in the state of california. when word of the governor came out, it spread almost like a virus. it landed like a harder than expected punch to the gut. >> i'm in shock. >> reporter: brigitte alvarez just reopened five weeks ago, with plenty of losses to make up. now with barbershops and salons ordered to close, she faces the prospect of falling further behind. >> i don't like the way it's been handled, and without

for this i turn it over to my pal kristen welker. kristen, who have you got for us? >> we have a great conversation coming up. i want to introduce two very experienced old hands when it comes to american politics. we have democratic strategist david plouffe, who's, of course, the campaign manager to barack obama. then senior adviser to president obama, so no stranger to all of this, senior strategist to mitt romney's campaign, stewart stevens, now, of course, a member of the republican anti-trump lincoln project and author of "it was all a lie: how the republican party became donald trump" out next week, so you don't want to miss that. thank you both so much for being here for a really important conversation. david, i want to start with you. obviously both men have had to get really creative when it comes to trying to reach out to voters against the backdrop of this pandemic. so we've seen joe biden holding virtual town halls. he just did this joint conversation with former president barack obama. how do you assess his strategy so far? he's obviously leading in the p

have been 29 june and he actually ended up passing away on june 30th or while we were talking to kristen there the united states to record $1465.00 deaths is the highest 1000000 crease since late may in total coronaviruses claimed more than 150000 american lives and that means that roughly every minute another person does die from covert 19 in the united states plus for the state of arizona where kristen and her late father a from on thursday it recorded 172 new coronavirus deaths that's a single day record there the state governor though is convinced that everything is heading in the right direction and that emergency rooms are seeing a downward trend in patients with overt symptoms but for kristen focus on the statistics is part of the problem. the trumpet ministration has been downplaying the severity of the price crisis since day one they haven't been doing their jobs who have a quarter needed response to minimize risk while still preserving the economy they've been driving home that's also a narrative that you have to pick one or the other and that's simply not true oh it's you know

that was syria analyst kristen helberg speaking to us a little earlier this is day to view news he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour germany's chancellor angela merkel is chairing and e.u. summit in brussels aimed at bridging differences over of corunna recovery plan member states are deeply divided over the conditions for handouts from 750000000000 euro folks. will have more headlines at the top of the out until then check out our website data dot com thanks very much for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. from the covert 19 special next on d w. a meal call complete 2nd season on the.

joining me, nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. telemundo senior correspondent christi christina mondano. all of us looking at a campaign and a political moment like no other. >> my administration has taken the most aggressive action in modern history to prevent the spread of this illness in the united states. we are ready. >> despite deflection -- >> i don't take responsibility at all. >> responsibly shifting -- >> the governors are responsible, they have to take charge. >> and denial -- >> we are the king of testing. >> it's clear with 100 days to go, the 2020 election will be a referendum on president trump and his handling of the virus. >> what would you have done differently facing this crisis? >> well, nothing. >> the virus continues to drag down mr. president trump's political standing. 37% of voters approve of how he's handled it down 8 points since march. job rating, personal feel action about him, attitudes on re-election all underwater. mr. trump is counting on a quick economic recovery. >> the good thing is the numbers

kristen, steve, and kari, a tremendous way to get us started, to get through the poll. there's a lot more in it. there's a lot more we haven't released yet, which we look forward to releasing next week, but this is the important stuff right now politically and with the virus, it is a -- at this point, a five-alarm political fire for the president. up next, we are tracking the latest coronavirus hot spots as case counts surge. some local lawmakers consider bringing back some total shutdowns if the situation doesn't change course soon. >>> plus, new hope on the vaccine front. we'll talk to a lead researcher with some promising new findings. but first, an update on the health of supreme court justice ruth bad ruth bader ginsburg. the court says she has already been discharged from the hospital and is resting comfortably at home. ginsburg had expected to be remain hospital i'd forized for days after beingpossibleerday. we'll be right back. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...ca

kristen welker, thank you so much. yamiche alcindor, who was at that rose garden event that had been billed as a news conference and wasn't, and of course michael beschloss, thanks for your perspectives, all. >>> breaking news now from two states. in oklahoma, the governor has just announced he has tested positive for coronavirus. he's the first governor to test positive. governor kevin stitt says he feels fine, is a bit achy. he feels like he's getting a code. and breaking news also from alabama where the governor just issued a statewide mask mandate. let's go to nbc news reporter dasha burns in montgomery, alabama where the hospitals are under tremendous pressure because of the surge there. is that what led the governor to issue this mandate for masks? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, andrea. the governor said that the numbers do not lie. and they paint a pretty grim picture here. there are records on hospitalizations, case numbers, and deaths. she announced at a press conference that overnight they had more than 50,00

. >> we couldn't tell if you said chris or kristen. >> kristen. >> no, you.anted the female perspective on this. >> oh, okay. my perspective is that yeah. a couple that gorges together, stays together. but also, i'll glad they don't have audience members this year. they may want to consider that. i sue' high projectile possibility there. so don't be anywhere near. >> that's a great place to stop. that's it for the four at 4:00. but spencer, chris, we'll be coming back. a look at the forecast and chris, baseball is back in the bay area. we'll talk about that. giants and a's returning to practice this week. >> changes ahead usaa is made for what's next no matter what challenges life throws at you, we're always here to help with fast response and great service and it doesn't stop there we're also here to help look ahead that's why we're helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and that's just one of the many ways we're here to help the m

kristen holmes, thanks so much.n emergency room physician and executive director for the committee to protect medicare. let's start here with the report the white house is trying to block billions of dollars for the cdc, the pentagon and the state department to respond to the pandemic and billions more for testing and contact tracing in the states. politics aside, what does that mean for public health? >> good morning. thanks for having me here. i think for public health, it means we're still fighting this virus with at least one hand tied behind our backs. we do know it's taking over a week in some places to get results back. i was in my community, i used to be on the school board, having a conversation with our superintendent about putting kids back in school. if we don't have rapid turn-around testing what do we do with a kid or teacher who is positive. do they stay out for a sfwheek in businesses, do they shut down for a week? do we get rapid testing after 24, 48 hours and keep the economy and schools going? tha

let's cross back over to kristen welker. i apologize for interrupting you, but because we were getting that reaction for first time, we wanted to bring it to your viewers. i'll let you finish your train of thought before i ask you about the father of a marine killed in afghanistan last year. tell us more what you -- the administration's response so far to this and what it has been. >> reporter: well, i think that what i heard from robert o'brien, the national security adviser echoes what we just heard from the secretary of state. the administration clearly trying to make the case that this was handled properly, o'brien said earlier today that the cia briefer decided to exclude this information from the president's briefings. now, of course, there is information that it was in the president's written presidential daily briefs, did he read those briefs? it is not clear. that remains one of the top questions and he, when pressed on the question of the president's tweet calling this a hoax, said he wasn't talking about the story

zeke emanuel, thank you, kristen welker and yamiche alcindor as well. dr. zeke is the author of "which country has the world's best health care" and the co-host of the podcast "making the call." >>> speaking of dr. fauci last night, he took a brief break from his day job to take the mound and throw out the first pitch at nats park here in washington. he spoke to "the washington post's" robert costa about that moment this morning. >> so was that a flat curve? [ laughter ] >> it went in the wrong direction. i joked around after and said, i used to be a shortstop when i played ball as a young boy, and i thought i was supposed to be throwing to first base. >> that's a reasonable explanation, i think. he was flattening the curve. it was a rate-shortened game, the nationals would have caught up in the final innings, we always do, but the yankees are mond monstrous this year. juan soto has covid and couldn't play. there's still plenty of baseball to come this summer. >>> coming up, adam schiff and nancy pelosi joining the program. stay with us. ning the program. s

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let's get to kristen now. is the white house explaining why there isn't anything covid related on the president's agenda during his visit? >> reporter: kate, they're not but it is not that surprising. i have spoken to many advisers to the president saying this is how they want him to handle it moving forward. they want to really move on from the virus and how we have seen the president handle it since the very beginning saying that the government is doing a good job and there are problems with testing he said there weren't problems with testing and as recently as last night he blamed the surges on the amount of testing that they're doing. this rhetoric is starting to putt him at odds with some of the nation's top health experts, particularly as you mentioned dr. fauci who just moments ago said that we were in a serious situation here. going completely against what we have heard from the president. that's not the first time we heard this from dr. fauci. this is somebody supposed to be one of the top presidentia

kristen: thank you for having me.here is the casket of the late congressman john lewis on capitol hill. as we told you, the opportunity for the public to pay their respects continues today into the afternoon and the evening. the casket is outside because of the coronavirus pandemic, to protect those that are traveling to mark the death of the congressman. are going to switch topics here and turn our attention to the $1 trillion coronavirus relief package that the republicans unveiled to lower, they want enhanced unemployment benefits and other proposals area we will talk with the director of economic policy at the bipartisan policy center. we will be right back. months,g the summer reach out to elected officials with c-span's congressional directory that contains the contact information to stay in touch with congressman and state governors. order your copy online today. ♪ tv, on c-span two has top non-fiction books and authors every weekend. coming up sunday at noon on "in-depth" a conversation with wes moore, the aut

cnn's kristen holmes is reporting for us. kristen, the president today visiting troops, wounded personnel, military personnel at walter reed. he wore a protective mask purposely in front of the white house pool, in front of the white house reporters. something he has so far refrained from doing. so what did he say about that? >> reporter: well, that's right. we know this came after a lot of begging and pleading from aides and advisers who believed that it was time for president trump to get on board with masks. and just to walk you through it, as we know for the last several months president trump has said they weren't for him, that he has said that meeting with dictators or other world leaders in a mask, he didn't see that really working out. and behind closed doors he said that -- he told aides that he believed that wearing a mask could send the wrong message to his supporters as he tried to get away from this pandemic. now, here's why he said he was wearing a mask today. take a listen. >> well, i'll probably have a mask if

joining me now is nbc white house correspondent kristen welker, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post," and charlie savage, washington correspondent for "the new york times," part of the team that broke the story on all of this. charlie, you've now reported in "the new york times" about this money transfer and that added to the growing accumulated information that led intelligence officials to take this more seriously. now you've got the president's tweet going back against this. tell us what you know and how seriously you think this should be taken. >> right. well, so the significance of this new information, which by the way was withheld from congress in those initial briefings they had earlier this week when just members of one party and then the other from the house were brought into the white house, is that the intelligence portrait supporting the analytical conclusion that this was real and was happening evolved over time. initially there were some detainees captured in afghanistan, some taliban militants, some criminals from a network that worked closel

kristen, thank you very much. don't go too far away. >>> as we mentioned earlier cases across many states are surging this week. florida reported 10,000 new cases in one single day. the state is being seen as the epicenter of the virus in the united states and that isn't stopping one of the top tourist attractions anywhere. we're talking about disney world in orlando -- from opening up today. natasha chen has been following the reopening for us. natasha, what precautions have been taken? i assume a lot. >> reporter: absolutely. there is so much that will be new for anyone who steps foot on disney property, wolf. that includes even before you get there. if you have a ticket you have to make an advanced reservation to go into the parks. does knee wants to know what day you're coming so they can keep the numbers low and operate at reduced capacity. we saw a little bit of that with the annual pass holder presue in the past couple of days. so, people were able to do their favorite rides multiple times, but there are mo

nbc's kristen welker with late details now from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, an about-face, president trump for the first time tweeting out a photo of himself wearing a mask, writing many people say it is patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance, there's nobody more patriotic than me, your favorite president. the image was taken from his recent visit to walter reed medical center, the only time the president has worn a mask publicly. over the weekend the president said he has no plans to enforce a national mask mandate. >> i want people to have a certain freedom and i don't believe in that i think masks are good but i leave it up to shift in strategy, with polls showing the president trailing joe biden by double digits for days aides have been pushing him to publicly show more leadership according to multiple officials. the president today announcing plans to start briefing americans again. >> we're going to give you a lot of briefings in the next week and over the next few weeks as to -- i think it's very important to do with the vaccines and the thera

kristen holmes is at the white house for us. kristen, the president is spending the day golfing. he hasn't spoken, that we know of, aloud, about congressman lewis, but the vice president did. >> that's right, fred. and we have asked over and over again, the white house if there are any plans to release a statement from president trump or some sort of tweet. some sort of acknowledgment of john lewis' life. now, of course, you did say there's a proclamation there. but i want to read you one line from the proclamation and compare it to what we saw from vice president pence. and the proclamation from president trump is the only thing acknowledging john lewis' long life of giving back and serving the public was one line that said as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of representative john lewis. that was it. now compare that to vice president pence's statement which we'll pull up right now, which is an emotional and touching tribute. congressman john lewis was a great man whose courage and decades of public service changed america forever and he will be

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kristen. >> mora, fantastic interview there.uld what is happening there on the ground right. it looks like they're putting up some barriers behind you. is that what is going on? >> reporter: exactly. let me step out of the way to take a look. a few days ago the fence was put back up before the weekend. they will placed cement barriers behind the fence but over the weekend protesters were able to topple that fence over and so now they're adding an extra layer of cement barriers for extra rephone forcement because fence is a target of protesters here night after night as it standed between them and federal agents. >> mora barrett, thank you for so much of your great reporting. please stay safe as you continue to be on the ground there. we really appreciate it. >>> coming up, some potentially positive news in the fight against coronavirus. keep it right here. we're back offer a quick break. a continuous glucose monitor, you don't have to. with a painless, one-second scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so yo

. >> reporter: i'm kristen dahlgren, across the country tonight, picture of what school will look like in the fall, houston will delay its start until september 8th and keep classes online the first six weeks. >> we might need to change or turn on a dime and we've been doing it we have plan "a" through "z." >> reporter: atlanta announcing it will be virtual the first nine weeks. >> we have to think of our teachers, we have to think of our cafeteria workers and then so many parents across this country are in a situation like i'm in, it's grandma at home waiting for the kids. >> reporter: philadelphia opting for a combo of in person and digital learning. >> my main nightmare is being a superspreader. >> reporter: in richmond, virginia online classes will continue until at least january. >> we know, by making this choice, that there are families and children who are going to face enormous hardship. >> reporter: while south carolina's governor is leaving it up to parents. >> each district must allow the parents to make that choice for their children. >> reporter: today the national academi

lester >> all right, kristen welker, thanks. >>> vaccine agreement the president mentioned is a sign of growing hope perhaps confidence that a safe and effective vaccine will be developed the government's deal with pfizer worth almost $2 billion for a potential vaccine, even before it's approved our tom costello has more details. >> reporter: it's the biggest deal yet in the government's operation warp speed to rush a vaccine to the homeland a $2 billion agreement with pfizer and a smaller german company for millions of vaccine doses that the government would then provide free of charge to the public. >> we can acquire 100 million doses of this vaccine as early as december of 2020. >> reporter: pfizer actually has four vaccine candidates, early test results show they produce antibodies that have the potential to neutralize covid, so far none has received fda approval but critical phase three human trials start within days. what assurances can you give the american public that $2 billion is going to be money well spent >> i think, you know, the 100 million doses would definitely prove

. >> kristen: oh, yay! >> brooke: there are so many. >> bridget: i know. okay, this one is from me. >> brooke: okay. let's see what's in here. oh! it's a baby monitor. >> bridget: mm-hmm. the other one is upstairs with the rest of your presents. >> brooke: oh, you didn't. >> bridget: i couldn't resist. >> brooke: oh, my goodness. look. >> taylor: oh, how sweet. >> brooke: it's so beautiful, honey. thank you. >> bridget: only the best for my little brother or sister. >> kristen: aw.

. >>> finally, a woman who found a way to comfort her husband in sickness and in health here's kristenren. >> reporter: for 114 days, this was as close as mary daniel and her husband steve could get. >> i'm going to come give you a hug real soon. >> reporter: steve is in a nursing home, with early on set alzheimer's. visitors not allowed except through a window >> there's no way to explain to him that this -- why this is happening and how long is this going to happen so he cried >> reporter: mary felt like she was breaking her vow to be by his side. >> i promised him i would be there and i wasn't. >> reporter: then she learned the nursing home needed a dishwasher. >> dishwasher it is, whatever you've got available, i'll take. >> reporter: what was that moment like when you got to see him in person >> i knock on his door, obviously he's not expecting me, and mary was the first thing he said and came over and gave me -- we just had a really great hug. we both started crying >> reporter: she continues to get tested for covid and has to work hard but she shows up with a smile. and a messag