vice president pence. today.ate you here i would like to start out with, it is nice to see the improvements of having more accountability and geographical indications of our food and the traceability on it. it is important. i know as a small producer of fresh produce and even larger volume greens it is important to many people what we talked to. it is nice to see more transparency. it would be interesting to see who are the people that are going to be doing the testing, will it be in collaboration with our government officials and independent labs, and people we can follow, find that andrmation fairly easily with that being said, is the standard testing for dairy and for grains and altered products that we import and export, is it going to be standardized amongst all three countries? vp pence: i think this plan is about leveling the playing field and creating open markets. it is a remarkable thing the strength of the north american economy and unfortunately as the president observed under nafta, we were, a

president pence: questions? yes, please. >> [inaudible] vice president pence: we received a request in the last 24 hours for roughly an additional 500 additional medical personnel. we will be moving out on that very quickly. ofhink one of the aspects our nation's response over the last four months has been the extraordinary efforts of not only national guard, medical personnel, but president trump, whether it be new york, louisiana, whether it be in michigan or elsewhere, actually deployed active duty military personnel. so the secretary and i will be speaking on air force 2 with the leadership at fema to identify personnel that are available. they will be packing up and moving out, because we want the incredible health care workers here in arizona to know that , and we wille way be detailing that to the governor in the next couple of days. yes, please. arizona may now have to decide who lives and who dies under the plan. is it acceptable that arizona is at this point? vice president pence: let me say, our objec

vice president pence: good afternoon. we just completed a briefing with governor ducey to therizona's response rising number of coronavirus cases. few reflections on what we have heard and what we are determined to do. before that, let me take a moment to reflect on another aspect of this day. a huge win for the people of arizona. for american workers, farmers, and ranchers. and that is that as of today, the usmca has taken effect. told, this state in trade with mexico and canada supports $20 billion annually. i will dig this opportunity particularly to thank governor doug ducey for his efforts in moving the usmca through the congress. president trump committed to renegotiating nafta in a way to put american jobs, american workers, farmers and ranchers first, and we have done that. and that promise was kept when the usmca took affected a. so governor -- took affect today. so governor ducey, you have our sincere respects. president trump asked us to be here today. with the dramatic rise of coronavirus cases in arizona, to

pence: thanks, bob. let me say in response to your question, i would recommend that every american review the statement issued by the american academy of pediatrics. that released an important report indicating there are real physical and mental costs for -- cause for children to be deprived of an in classroom setting ranging from nutrition to children with special needs. we heard from the doctor that some 7 million children in america deal with mental health issues and the services and counseling they receive, they receive at their schools. so we want to put the health and well-being of our kids first. given the fact that children, as dr. redfield said, do not appear to be susceptible to serious outcomes from the coronavirus, we want to put the totality of their health and well-being forward. that tells us, that tells this task force, it means we need to get our kids back to school. please. reporter: you have articulated the problem about the myriad risks that students face but what is your plan? what i

pence: good morning, all. the white house coronavirus task force met today at the department of education, part of our ongoing effort to focus on a mission to save lives and meet the needs of our states and health-care workers, to protect the vulnerable and safely reopen america, and reopen america's schools. , we havell hear today tested more than 39 million americans. among those, more than 3 million americans have tested positive and more than 1.3 million americans have recovered. than 133,000 americans have lost their lives and our sympathies are with all of the impacted families. because of what the american people have done, because of the work of our health-care workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady. it is a credit to the sacrifices the american people have made, the extraordinary work our health-care workers are doing. we pledge to continue to work our hearts out 24 hours a day to keep our losses low. moments, dr. birx will outline t

. >> vice president pence: thank you, admiral giroir. as we said, the focus today is unsafely reopening our schools. as we discussed yesterday at the white house summit, from very early in this process, the centers for disease control has been issuing guidance for schools and for child care services in early march. march the 12th, to be specific. when we first published the 15 days to slow the spread and encouraged people to engage in schooling from home wherever possible, from that point forward, cdc has published decision trees about how schools can begin to redeveloping plans and published guidance for k-12 schools. as dr. redfield can elaborate, in a few moments they will be issuing five new documents that will range from preparing communities to return to school safely. the decision-making tools for parents and caregivers, and to create symptom screening considerations as children and teachers returned to school. as we made clear yesterday and we will make clear again today, we are here to help. none of the cdc recommendations are i

you do not want mike pence as your doctor. ( as pence ) "i am afraid have bad news.your lung x-ray shows arapidly growing mass of media hysteria. a prescription for cool-menthol flavor. it'll relax your t-zone." fortunately, we are also hearing from someone who actually knows stuff, the nation's top epidemiologist, dr. anthony fauci, seen here washing your hands with his eyes. fauci had some good news. "there's no need for a second lockdown for covid-19." whoo-hoo! burn your masks, lick the groceries, tear down your sex wall! we're free! is what i would say if i didn't actually read the article. because it turns out, despite the headline, what fauci actually said was, "i don't like to talk about a second wave right now, because we haven't gotten out of our first wave." come on, tony! don't play us like that. that's like saying, "honey, i promise i'm not going to cheat on you again, because i never stopped cheating on you the first time. come on in, diane! you're gonna like her. come on in!" unfounately, there's no wa the president knows how bad things are, because "f

vice president mike pence downplayed the threat. >> we'll respect the unique communities that may have challenges, rising cases and rising positivity. >> reporter: suggesting they will push financial incentives for schools that open their doors. the president also slamming the cdc's reopening guidelines calling them very tough and expensive tweeting they are asking schools to do very impractical things. cdc director robert redfield defending but also downplaying those guidelines. >> i want to make it very clear that it was not the intent of cdc's guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. remember, it's guidance. it's not requirements. >> reporter: and with the cdc preparing to release new guidelines next week, redfield decline to go say if pressure from the president is overriding the science. >> we will continue to develop and evolve our guidance to meet the needs of the schools and the states. >> reporter: also in the president's cross hairs -- >> the current state is really not good. we are still knee deep in the first wave of this. >> reporter: -- dr. anthony

, quote, in pence trump gains what all presidents want, and effective oil advocate who has no agenda other than to advance and protect a single client, namely the president. >> guest: mike pence is a friend of mine and i talk in the book, got to know him when i came to congress, we became friends, we would have him speak at faith and freedom events, when he was a congressman and i think very highly of him. the behind the scenes stories how he ended up on the ticket, stories he shared with me, mike pence is one of the finest vice presidents we ever had. i know the president is grateful to have him in the president loves him, thinks very highly of him, i couldn't tell all the stories i know in the book about the role he has played in the administration but i do share some of them and even though mike pence is obviously a person of great ambition of his own i personally think of godly ambition i think his main and only consideration is to serve the president and he has done an incredible job doing so including most recently heading up the white house coronavirus task force, one of the f

vice president mike pence, a former house colleague of lewis said the following statement today, john lewis will be rightly remembered as an icon of the civil rights movement, he was also a colleague for me and a friend, even when we differed, he was always unfailingly kind as my family and i will never forget the privilege of crossing the bridge at his side on the 45th anniversary of bloody sunday. capitol hill with the flag at half staff, lewis made friends on both sides of the aisle. >> i personally think just like doctor martin luther king, he shared what he's willing to put himself behind to do the right thing for a cause. i think we could use more of that right now. >> in a real sense, john lewis was the most important disciple among martin luther king jr. except another movement he took his to an even higher level. >> thirty-three years ago in 1987, he promoted nonviolent demonstrations for many decades before even stepping foot inside the capital as a member of congress. he was no stranger here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, he was close with jimmy carter, barack obama and he vi

there, mike pence's folks are still leading the task force. response and how to tell the public about this very serious virus has gotten caught up in another back-and-forth between staff. >> we just got this alert from kaitlan collins that mike pence will be leading a phone call with governors today. >> he does that every monday, yes, he does that every monday. >> so are they trying to sideline him? they don't want him sullied by this? is that the thinking? >> no, not at all. i think it's essentially mike pence is seen as a bit of a safe haven for some of these governors who have been and you can see it in our reporting and senators frustrated by watching the reaction from the president and consider mike pence to be the person they can go to. i think some of the communications aides working for the president view themselves as either in competition with or don't want to see mike pence in most of the attention but it's again yet another sort of in-fighting piece as opposed to anything else. >> doesn't seem that important, maggie, with 140,000 a

mike pence just explained why. we have a life report next.a insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> there's breaking news this morning because the united states is accusing china of illegal spying and ordering it to close its consulate in houston. secretary of state mike pompeo just spoke out about this. cnn's david culver is live in beijing with the update. what did he say, david? >> alisyn, he addressed what is now a significant story here in china and that is the closure of the consulate in houston. we have known about the intellectual property theft with regard to the chinese party and the issues of interfering was domestic politics. so why now? why is it that they acted with the closure of this consulate? here is what he said just a few minutes ago while in denmark. >> the report this has been going on for a long time makes our point. president trump has said enough. we're not going to allow this to conti

president, and first lady, vice president pence and missus pence. first i want to let you know that i pray for you daily all four of you. i cannot imagine the burdens on your shoulders. and i know that is only through god read that you can handle that. pres. trump: it is not easy. >> i so appreciate this. i am the president of our school board in the great state of ohio. and we are very actively working to get our children back in school full-time altogether. as safe as possible. we are fortunate that we have a lot of resources that we are able to do that. my biggest concern and i hope through your leadership, we will not have overregulation at the local level. and we keep from being able to accomplish their goals. my biggest fear is that we will get everybody back and we will get into a routine and then beat us of regulation, that we would have to close back down. and it's a very big concern, that would be such a destruction on top of a destruction. so that is probably my biggest concern. i'm also very happy to hear that the university of alabama h

yeah, i'm biased because mike pence is a friend of mine and i talk about it in the book. i got to know him when he came to congress in the early ough oughts. and we would have him speak as a congressman and i you can at that about the behind the scenes stories how he ended up on the ticket, stories he shared with me and i think that mike pence is one of the finest vice-presidents we've ever had. i know the president is grateful to have him and i know the president loves him, thinks very highly of him and values his counsel tremendously. i couldn't tell all the stories that i know in the book about the role that he's played in the administration, but i do share some of them and i think even though mike pence is obviously a person of great ambition of his own, i personally think a godly ambition, i think his main and only consideration is to serve the president and his country and i think he's done an incredible job doing so, including most recently heading up the white house, coronavirus task force. 's one of the finest public servants i've ever gotten to know in my career

pence said they will send additional medical personnel here. and they appealed to younger americans, where we have seen an uptick, they asked them to adhere to social distancing guidelines and wear masks. both mike pence and ron desantis were both wearing masks. dr. birx also had a message for floridians. >> to every floridian, we know what works. in addition to the hand washing and social distancing, wearing masks and not having large gatherings inside. not having large gatherings outside. but if you participated in a large gathering in the last four weeks, we ask all of you to come forward and be tested. we are asking for everyone under 40, if you were in a gathering, please go and get tested, please wear a mask, please do the hygiene issues and please stay away from those who have co-morbidities. >> it is worth noting the juxtaposition of this visit to the state versus last time when ron desesantis declared victoryn battling the coronavirus. it shows how quickly things can change. >> a few weeks ago governor desantis was saying it was basica

before the game, pence and pablo sandoval joined in. statement pence said he used privilege to speak and act on his beliefs and wants to bring his privilege to act on social injustice. he calls kneeling a peaceful protest out of love for our entire society. whether you like it or not, and i know the president doesn't like it, we'll see it across the board. baseball games, basketball games, the nba that has black % lives matter on the court, nfl games. you're a very big sports fan. do you feel in any way bothered by political statements before sporting events? >> i think we lost spencer's feed this for a moment. kristen, do you want to jump in? >> i think drew is frozen as well. either that or he's making a very funny expression. i think pablo sandoval did that. and hunter pence is really a leader of the giants at this point so i think that speaks volumes. when you have leaders taking that stance and across the mlb, too. i think clayton kershaw has made a statement. i think that you can say they should not intermix. but that's not practi

joining us today is vice president mike pence. thank you, mike.commerce secretary wilbur ross. wilbur, thank you very much. labor secretary eugene scalia. thank you. health and human services secretary alex azar. thank you, alex. transportation secretary elaine chao. thank you, elaine. we had a great day in georgia yesterday. cutting regulations like nobody has ever seen before. epa administrator andrew wheeler. thank you, andrew. thank you very much. omb acting director. small business administrator. thank you. cms administrator. great people. those are great people. they are doing an incredible job should -- an incredible job. i want to thank the state and local tribal leaders that join us in this great cause. thank you for being here. what we have achieved together is truly without precedent. never happened before. the previous administration handed over 60,000 pages of heavy-handed regulations through the federal register. that is why nothing got done. under my administration, we have removed 25,000 pages of job destroying regulations, more th

even mike pence, a forensic analysis of the words used by mike pence, tells you how much things have changed. listen. >> we slowed the spread. we flattened the curve. >> we will slow the spread. we will flatten the curve. >> so the first one was june 18th. the other one was yesterday. when mike pence goes from "we have" to "we will" in two weeks, you know there's something major going on. >> yeah, there is a real shift happening. and the truth is, if you're paying attention w, you can't dy the reality of what is going on. the hospital -- doctors in hospitals are telling us that they're seeing more and more patients. that the patients are coming in circumstance. that they are experiencing a surge in cases that they weren't experiencing before. that is not flattening the curve. we clearly have a problem and mike pence has, in some ways, no choice but to accept it. the question is, why won't the president. why won't he acknowledge that there is -- that this has not been solved or resolved in this country? it is a counterproductive perspective for president trump to have, because i think

pence: hello, wisconsin. [applause] thank you for that warm welcome.o congress mingling grossman, congressman brian stiles, state senators, members of the state legislature, honored guests and my fellow americans, it is good on,be here in rip wisconsin, the birthplace of the republican party. [applause] and it is great to be back in the badger state with so many great americans. [applause] and thank you all for being here today. allow me to begin by bringing greetings from another great fan of the badger state, a man who loves the state of wisconsin and has been fighting to keep the promises he made to the people of the state every day for the last three and a half years and was in this state not long ago. allow me to bring greetings from the 45th as an of the united states of america, resident donald trump. president donald trump. [applause] in our first three years, president trump did keep every promise he made to the people of wisconsin and all across the country. the results were extraordinary. military, cut taxes across the board, rolled back reg

vice president pence appeared in a mask today for at least part of his trip to arizona as several more cities are now making face coverings mandatory for anyone going outside. and the president, who has steadfastly refused to mask up in public, may be having a change of heart. >> i'm all for masks.

now, mike pence has made strides. we heard from medical experts say it is better that he's modeling masks now as opposed to failing to do. that he leads a virus task force that has some of the worst results, worst grades of any government effort to curb the coronavirus in any country in the world. and now he is on something of what critics view as a failure ner in terms of of curbing the virus. florida, thursday, he was back in texas over the weekend. each of the states, the charts are easy to read. they have record surges and the state policies originally followed the pence policy which has failed to curb it. each state run by republican governors. pence today sounds pretty different from just two weeks ago. >> but with cases rising dramatically, and not just here in maricopa county but all across arizona, we wanted to be here to get a report from the ground. we'll make sure that arizona has whatever it takes to meet this moment, to slow the spread and flatten the curve to save lives. >> that's how he sounds today. w

florida is must-win state for mike pence. latest polls show joe biden with a lead in florida, also in arizona, which explains mike pence's trip to arizona. taxpayers are paying for these trips an the trip to florida today because it was disguised like the arizona trip as mike pence checking on what a great job the trumpian governor is doing? the bat -- doing in the battle against the coronavirus. today florida once again set a record for number of coronavirus cases reported in a single day as the coronavirus continues to surge in the united states, joe biden is maintaining a double-digit lead in national polls. the latest university poll shows joe biden at 53% to donald trump's 41% and joining us now steve smidt. joining us now the founder of the lincoln project. i want reaction to all the important stories of the day. let's begin with the most important story because of the level of shock of the unprecedented nature of it. the intelligence reports that vladimir putin is paying, has been paying as much as $100,000 or more per

"mike pence will never sign a i said don't worry"mike pence will never sign a, law against the gays,met him." he is great. [laughter] well, he did. i was surprised and upset. i tweeted. well, this is going to force of if indiana will discriminate , against our lgbtq employees, we are going to disinvest in indiana. how am i going to bring my because customers there and my , employees there and how am i going to hire and make a great tech company there if they are discriminating against lgbtq customers and employees and everyone else? that opened a door. by the next day, every other company like eli lilly, cummins, and hundreds of other companies, even companies all over the world said, "i agree with marc, we are going to disinvest." mike pence called me and said "what are we going to do?" and i said "i think we are going to have to issue rolling economic sanctions against the state of indiana." [laughter] what does that mean? and he is like i don't know but , i think it will be bad and he's like, what should we do and i'm like let's resolve this, we know each other, this is not that h

and there is a common sense group of safeguards that are far less than what the president and mike pence and betsy devos get every day. they get tested every day. everyone who's around them gets tested every day. but you need to have the kind of six feet of physical distancing, the appropriate ppe, cleaning and ventilation, and because of all of that -- and that's assuming that community spread is down, like in new york, which is not the case in florida, so because of all of that, it pretty much means that our schools are going to be opened on a hybrid basis. and it's a logistical challenge, but if you -- we do this for kids and for teachers, then 76% of my members say they're good with it because they know that kids need to be back in school because of learning loss and because of the emotional need. so, i'm glad that the president has woken up, that kids are

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mike pence called me and said, well, what are we going to do? i'm like, i think we are going to have to issue rolling economic sanctions against the state of indiana. [laughter] and he is like, well what does that mean? i am like, i don't know, but i think it's going to be bad. he's like, well, what should we do? i'm like why don't we resolve this? we know each other. this is not that hard. and in fact, i sent two of my employees to his office. within a couple of days it was worked out. he changed the law, and it was all behind us. by the way, i think that is how it should work anyway. it was very easy. [applause] david: you did a similar thing not long ago when, in san francisco, there was a tax that was proposed to help pay for homelessness, which is a big problem in san francisco. most ceos in the tech world said, this is crazy. we are against it. you said, we are supporting it,

that must have been harsh for mike pence to get roasted by his idol: mayo.le pence was saying it and spraying it, trump had a coronavirus meeting with florida governor ron desantis, seen here estimating the size of his brain. right off the bat, trump offered some crazy ideas to fight the virus, like banning entire countries from entering florida. >> you're going to be cutting off brazil. i mean, you're going to-- >> not actually cut them off. but it's just-- if you're going to fly to miami, then the airlines should give you the abbott test, and then put you on the plane. but if-- >> would you ever want to ban certain countries? >> if they're-- if they were seeding the united states, i think we should ban them. >> you'll let us know. you'll be watching and you'll let us know. >> stephen: what? what do you mean, "you'll let us know"? ron desantis will let the president of the united states know if he wants to ban a country? that's not how this works. i don't trust florida with international policy. i barely trust florida with florida. don't ask his advice! doe

as far as i know, vice president pence will continue to be the nominee for the vice president. i have not heard that senator tim scott even wants to be considered to be vice president. so i don't think that that is going to happen. and honestly, given what is going on with the coronavirus and covid-19, the fact that vice president pence heads up the coronavirus task force, i think he's in the right place at the right time. and needs to continue in that position. >> kathy in louisiana, republican. >> caller: good morning. you're very brave to step up and take the place of the tea party patriot co-founder. i know that initially, when you started the organization, that you were targeted by the fbi. the irs, the dea, the deq, every possible organization there was, was weaponized against the tea party. i'm so glad y'all survived. the country needs conservative people worried about how the money is spent. i live in st. martinville, pennsylvania. 40% poverty level-plus. my best friends are black. i spend christmas and thanksgiving with these people. they're not just best friends becau

i was watching vice president pence today in wisconsin. and he kept hammering this theme about vice president biden being too far to theft tying him to socialism. but when you think about that speech by the v.p., and when stefien about bil new campaign manager replacing brad partale what is n for the trump campaign? toluse: yeah, bob. add good story about this this morning andt the p you have the vice president and you have people around the president putting forward at somew cohesive nartive about why president trump should be re-elected, whyoe biden is the wrong man for this moment. but it doesn't mat pr int because president trump is on a completely different page. he's talking about as asma said things about bubba wallace and tweeted about all of the various books that haveit been n and tell-all books that have been written about him and how he's -- the victim of campaigns to take him out and talking about joe biden and former president barack obama, ioying on his campaign. all these var conspiracy theories and things that the american

but even vice president pence, who heads the coronavirus task force. i was at a briefing with him today that was oddly disconnected from the crisis that we're now experiencing in the southwest. vice president pence talked about what a great job we've done on testing. we've ramped up testing. we've got ppe. we've got better therapeutics. he was so proud of the job that we've done. and said we flattened the curve. and then, two weeks ago, we noticed an increase in cases. and now, we're on it. we're prepared for it. well, that's not really the point. the point is, your objective was to crush the virus, not to have a resurgence of the crisis. it is true that death rates are down. and we do have better therapeutics and better treatment regimens and all that. but we've got a real problem, right now, in the administration, which is in grave political difficulty, is not inclined to acknowledge the extent of the problem. even governor abbott of texas had said we reopened bars too quickly. vice president pence said, oh, yeah, some people think states reopened to

she spent two days with the mike pence family in july of 2016 and after she had met gingrich and there was talk because he really needs help on capitol hill that the people that i spoke with right in the middle of this said once she said to donald mike pence is your guy because he will be content to be number two and will be gunning for your job like the other two. it's interesting to me she got a bath but also knows how to predict the argument because as anthony told me, trump likes to be the star and again, that was a very appealing way to present the vice presidential candidate. sometimes people say why should we pay any attention to the first lady, why does it matter, so if someone said that to you, what would you say, why should we care? >> somebody that knows a lot about the first lady and has written a marvelous book called the matriarch and wrote a lot about the subject of she wrote matriarch about george bush's private life and i thought that he answered this question. the >> i think part of it was the era she grew up. born in 1925. they didn't have the opportunities they have

>> well, first of all, mike pence was a member of congress. served with john lewis and my understanding is that the two had a good relationship at the time pre-trump administration. as for the president himself, the white house issued a proclamation. the flags were ordered in his honor, in his memory at half-staff. but you're right. the president himself hasn't said anything. and the two of them had a -- to say testy, is an understatement. that's their relationship. if you remember, john lewis was one of the first members of congress to announce that he was going to boycott president trump's inauguration. he didn't -- he said he was not a legitimate president. and that gave sort of a green light to other members of congress at the time to do the same. look, john lewis had power to forgive in a way that is almost hard to wrap your mind around. he forgave george wallace. he forgave a man with the kkk who beat him senseless and came to his office decades later to apologize. he was also a very strategic politician. there was no love lost between h

here's vice president mike pence. sadly, more than 133,000 americans have lost their lives.es are with all of the impacted families. and while we mourn with those who mourn because of what the american people have done, because of the extraordinary work of our health care workers around the country we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and study. this isn't going away. in the past 24—hours the us reported a record 60,000 new cases. california and texas both recorded 10,000 new cases on tuesday. and testing is being escalated. anyone without symptoms can get a test now in texas, louisiana and florida. miami is a particular concern. from wednesday, indoor dining at restaurants is out — and gyms are closing. anthony zurcher is in washington for us. anthony, this is of course a health crisis but i assume it's almost a political crisis now for the trump administration two. absolutely. they we re administration two. absolutely. they were promising that if states began reopening, getting back to business as usual the economy would rebound and the viru

he's why we're not having any plans made, mike pence is his echo. the head of the coronavirus task force. who did he meet with yesterday, some of the doctors in that local video, the one with the science fiction lady. a video that was removed from social media. you want to debate if the tape should have been removed? i'll have it. the main point is the substance of it, and it's being relied on by our president. we just surpassed 150,000 deaths in this country. we have never in in history had a president failed to take a lead in a crisis like this. he looked you in the face and said, i take no responsibility for what's happening with testing. the vice president heads the task force, he's meeting with people, pushing a magic pill, instead of making a plan to help schools open.

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vice president pence loading up there, heading out west. vaughn hillyard standing by at sky harbor international airport ahead of the vice president's arrival. the vice president resisting suggestions that reopenings could be behind the spike in cases in arizona, but you have the governor acknowledging that increased community spread, any sense they're going to land on the same page here? >> reporter: exactly. just yesterday afternoon that vice president pence pushed back on the idea that this rise, this spike in cases in arizona, texas, and florida were connected to the reopening of businesses, but the data just doesn't match that assertion. when you look at the percent positive number, that is the percentage of the cases, of tests, that come back positive. that number has continued to rise ever since the stay-at-home orders expired in florida, texas, and here in arizona. here in arizona, the number is now nearly 25%. that number, craig, was used by these governors to justify their reopenings. and these numbers now and the severity here in

and new tonight, "the washington post" reports that vice president pence's trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret service agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. we're going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. but despite all of this, president trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mt. rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. >> the crisis is being handled. something to think about, china was way early, and they're getting under control just now. and europe was way early, and they're getting under control. we are likewise getting under control. some areas that were very hard-hit are now doing very well. some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone, and they flare up, and we're putting out the fires. but other places were long before us, and they're now -- it's life. it's got a life. and we're putting out

en la historia moderna de los estados unidos el objetivo es tener resultados al final del 2020 mike penceendo dinero, mike pence hace el anuncio en miami florida que es el epicentro de la pandemia que estÁ avanzando con fondos del gobierno federal >>> (informaciÓn en pantalla) >> bueno, continÚan los retos es que es primera generaciÓn y tambiÉn la distribuciÓn y la aplicaciÓn de millones de personas asÍ que todavia falta para que esta crisis termine por lo pronto los invitamos para que nos acompaÑe >> en noticias telemundo josÉ >>> julio muchÍsimas gracias y ahora nos vamos a guatemala en donde los protestas ha provocado serios disturbios >>> lo mÁs grave se viviÓ anoche en san lucas en donde un grupo de pobladores la emprendiÓ porque el municipio aparece en la zona roja de alerta en donde hay solamente 2 casos de coronavirus >>> los manifestantes piden volver al trabajo y prendieron fuego al edificio de la municipalidad que quedÓ en cenizas el alcalde pudo ser evacuado. >> hablÉ con el doctor 2 casos activos la verdad es que estaba muy contento >> de verdad a san lucas en paz >>> estamos

again, we heard from vice- president mike pence. he said the cdc will be issuing guidelines on reopening schools. he did mention none of the recommendations are intended to replace local guidelines, so it sounds like even at the federal level they will be deferring to what states decide. allie rasmus. >>> well, the painting temperature over a black lives mural is fueling tensions. what a couple could face. >>> in minutes we catch up with businessman tom steyer. >>> power through your morning when you wake up on mornings on 2. >> download the ktvu fox 2 app. and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery. get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah! it's beautiful! say what? i said it's bea.... try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery. >>> new this morning nearly 2 million unemployment claims have yet to be paid. the backlog is prompting the newly jobless to complain of an overwhelmed

vice president pence really mad about that.ith us media watchdog brent bozell on this new media controversy. cnn hosts don lemon, chris cuomo caught on camera, mocking reporting on rising crime in cities and also mocking reporting on the pushback against defunding the police. as more people were shot last night including three children. also tonight, republican jim banks from house armed services, he's fired up on more bad news for former fbi director james comey and his team and their botched trump russia probe. a british court now slamming the guy behind the fake dirt, the fake opposition research that democrats paid for and fbi used to spy on the trump team. a british court finding christopher steele was inaccurate and misleading. now this, you won't blow what christopher steele told the british court was the real reason hillary clinton and democrats paid him to deliver fake dirt on trump. it is disturbing and the fbi fell for it. we got the story. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. the opening edit starts right

reporter: we should note president trump, vice president mike pence, both on the road today, you sawe of it, talking about potential progress as it relates to putting this, the efforts together to get a vaccine. the president in north carolina. the vice president in florida. back here in washington, we learned that the president's national security advisor robert o'brien has been diagnosed with covid-19. the white house says the president and the vice president are not at risk of exposure. david, as we send it back to you we are anticipating this republican relief measure there, their phase four relief measure and of course all of the details that will be wrapped into it. david: keep us updated. blake burman, good to see you, thank you very much. melissa, back over to you. melissa: airlines looking grim. the industry taking another hit as travelers think twice about flying. the details next. >>> plus e-business making a bold choice. one company is staying closed in one of the biggest national parks in the country. yep, td ameritrade's got that. free access to every platform. ♪. and t

vice president pence announced the cdc will be revising its guidelines for schools after president trump complained on twitter that those guidelines were very tough and expensive. let's begin our coverage this hour with cnn's erica hill with more on today's coronavirus developments. los angeles county for example is now warning residents the coronavirus is surging to levels not seen there since the initial peak of the pandemic back in april. update our viewers. >> that's right. hospitalizations as you said are at levels not seen since april. the public health director says that is because of community spread. cases, infections, and hospitalization rates all on the rise. she says there has been a slight uptick in deaths as well and she fears there could be more death to come because as we know those numbers lag behind. these classrooms need students according to the administration. >> they must fully open and they must be fully operational. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics says in-person learning is best if it can be done safely. >> we've really believed every state has the