you taking the family to jacksonville for the rnc next month? >> you know, coming from florida, you're struck by what a dis-united states we have. in florida record infections, some people masking, many not. then i was in the great state of montana last week where there are 20 or 30 infections a day and you're out on a hike and you see people masking. we've been talking a lot about the economy but the silver bullet, our secret weapon and super power to restore the economy comes down to one word. mask. it is discouraging to see different levels of citizenship around the nation and to be honest as a floridian this isn't our best moment. >> doctor, the rnc is going to hold this event and hold it outside. if people are wearing masks, can they stay safe? >> i think the key here is it is not just the masks but all of a combination of things. so far florida has not been able to demonstrate. it's masks, physical distancing, accommodations, even outside is still a risk, and having the testing infrastructure, tracing. florida has been breaking record numb

mccarthy: this is something the rnc chair and others are meeting about every day. i will be at the convention and i know we will do it in a safe manner. it will look different from those in the past knowing what we are living through today, but it will be an opportunity to share ideas. reporter: at the end of the month the $600 unemployment benefit is set to expire. republicans have floated the idea of rather than extending that a work incentive bonus. given that we are seeing record numbers of daily cases of coronavirus added, is now the time to end the unemployment extension in lieu of something that would incentivize people to be out and about? is, mccarthy: your question in the extension of the extra money that the federal government is paying, should that be blanket across the country or should it be -- should be based upon the cost of living in different states -- when we first passed the bill there was a short timeframe. we have more data and information. that's why people should come back to work in congress. there are a lot of reports and i have heard from

mccarthy: i'm speaking the rnc chair and others. i will be at the convention gladly and we will do it in a safe manner. we will take the precautions needed. it will probably look different than those in the past knowing what we are living through today , but it will be an opportunity to share ideas and do it in a safe manner that we are distance from one another. >> at the end of the month, the six of the dollar on up limit benefits is set to expire. some republicans have floated the idea of rather than extending that, a work incentive bonus. given that in the past couple days, we are seeing a record number of daily cases of coronavirus, is now the time -- is it appropriate to and that on implement extension in lieu of something that would incentivize people to be out? rep. mccarthy: sometimes people get this wrong. theou end the extension of federal money and should that be blanket across the country or upon the costased of living in different states? when we wrote the bill, there was a short timeframe. we now have more information

elizabeth: welcome rnc committee woman for california, harmeet dhillon. welcome back. those are tough words from vern i don't know jones. that is a tough reaction. he is a democrat. not voting for joe biden. what do you say. >> it is long overdue for these democrats what the democratic party is leading them towards is absolute destruction of our country. democrats are as interested in the safety and security of their

the rnc and the white house said they wouldn't change their plans for their convention whatsoever to accommodate concerns about spreading the virus. the president said he wanted a full convention and a packed arena and north carolina was like, that's crazy, have you seen our covid numbers so the rnc and the white house decided, fine, we'll pack up, we won't do it in north carolina. we'll move it, instead, to florida. and now, of course, in the interim weeks florida has become by some measures the world epicenter for coronavirus infections excellent foresight there. excellent planning while the sheriff in the jacksonville, florida, region, today, just lays it out in blunt terms, and i don't -- makes me think that i do not know what they're going to do about the rnc and this late plan to move it to jarcksonville "the sheriff of jacksonville, florida, says he can't provide security for the republican national convention because of a lack of clear plans, a lack of adequate funding and a lack of enough law enforcement officers." "as we're talking today, we're still not close to having som

so the rnc and the white house decided fine we'll pack up. we'll move it instead to florida. now of course in the interim weeks, florida has become by some measures the world epicenter for coronavirus infections excellent foresight there. excellent planning the sheriff in the jacksonville, florida, region today lays it out in blunt terms it makes me think i do not know what they're going to do about the rnc and this late plan to move it to jacksonville. quote, the sheriff of jacksonville, florida, says he can't provide security for the republican national convention because of a lack of clear plans, a lack of adequate funding, and a lack of enough law enforcement officers quote, as we're talking today, we're still not close to having some kind of plan that we can work with that makes me comfortable that we're going to be able to keep that event and the community safe, says duval county sheriff mike williams quote, it's not my event to plan, but i can just tell you that what has been proposed in my opinion is not achievable right now from a law enforcement stand, from a securi

the deadline comes as the president canceled his rnc acceptance speech planned for next month in florida, a reversal from six weeks ago when the speech was moved to florida because north carolina officials said no to a big crowd. >> i'll still do a convention speech in a different form. >> reporter: and overnight more unrest in cities. in seattle authorities arrested more than two dozen people. in neighboring portland, oregon, they're preparing to mark 60 straight the nights of unrest. as for the covid relief money, the chock is ticking as -- clock is ticking as millions of americans grow anxious and the august recess looms. chris? chris: david spunt reporting from bridgewater, new jersey. david, thank you. >>> joining us now, treasury secretary, steve mnuchin. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you. it's good to be with you. chris: house democrats passed their bill fully two months ago, but here we are the last week in july, and the white house and senate republicans still can't agree on just a gop package. meanwhile, a federal ban on i instructions ran out yesterday -- evictio

rnc chair mcdaniel wrote in a fox news op-ed with their unity manifes manifesto, it is clear joe biden is controlled by sanders and the rest of the radical left, singing the siren song of

and we just communicate that data and information to the rnc and to the president, his team. we've been planning up until yesterday. but we were stating and suggesting, wow, we appear to have plateaued. we just got to think about and consider if we start to decline again, there's uncertainty here, do we want to risk a rise in cases? >> i just want to be precise and then i want to move on. you were willing to go along and have this convention. if the president had been determined to do it, you would have said okay, is that right? >> look, on a day by day basis, if i had gotten to where i didn't think this was a healthy, something we could do with health protocols and protect people, i would have clearly communicated that to the rnc to the white house. but all the communication that we've had with them, if i had suggested that they would have gone along with it. the president puts the health of the american people first. this was his decision. had i gotten to this decision in a week or two weeks or three weeks, we all would've rode in the same direction and did the right thing.

you have the rnc saying we're going to push this outdoors. there's a certain immovable object nature to the virus, to the reality to it, and the gravity of it that seems to me to keep regrounding the politics of the absurd that is donald trump. >> yeah, this is what you learn from these videos. you know, a lot of these folks have changed their mind in the last three months, because finally between the virus and between these protests in their communities, something happened that affected them. you know, they thought that trump was going to be a businessman and a deal maker, but they see him just totally unprepared, unable, unwilling to even try to handle this crisis. and it pains them. you can see how some of them feel almost ashamed that they've been -- that they feel duped. so that is why we're doing this project, to create a strength in numbers so that other people noticing this, looking around is now too, saying this is insane what is happening. they can see there are other people like them. i think that tulsa was a little bit of a canary

the reagan foundation is requesting that the trump campaign and the rnc joint fundraising committee stopsing president ronald reagan's image for fundraising purposes. it was a response to a fund- raising email that offered trump, reagan commemorative coin sets featuring the likeness of both presidents. as folks person for the rnc says the objection came as a surprise, given that the reagan foundation recently hosted the trump family to raise money for its organization. the time right now is 4:26. california coronavirus hospitalizations continue to trend up. next, the unsettling data about covid-19 deaths in contra costa county. and a couple was caught on camera wearing masks, and they had swastikas on them. it stirred up confrontations with other shoppers. we will tell you why they say they were wearing those masks and walmart's response. >> she was such a fighter. we really thought she was going to beat this. >>> of family grieving is a 61- year-old grandmother dies from covid-19 just one day after a fellow employee also died from the virus. and a mural outside of a home in berkeley hon

that included canceling the rnc convention in florida for health concerns, but still he expects florida students to head back into classrooms. and amid nonstop pictures of violence on city streets, his campaign now attempting to claim that joe biden's america will be unsafe and the suburbs will be plundered. susan page of "usa today," who is standing by to join us in a moment, points out the following. quote, sunday the re-election campaign that president donald trump officially opened on the day he was inaugurated enters the final stretch. sunday will be exactly 100 days to november 3rd. given what we're seeing now, we are likely to still be grappling with the coronavirus 100 days from now. the world health organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on friday with the total rising by over 284,000 in just a period of 24 hours around the world. worldwide total infections are over 15 million now. here in our country, cases topped 4.1 million with more than 146,000 now dead. while the current surge appears to be plateauing in some states thankfully, today was the t

one day after president trump canceled the rnc convention in jacksonville next month. he still wants kids back in the clack room in a few weeks. florida threatens to overtake new york for second place behind california in total cases. nbc news correspondent sam brock with us now from miami beach. hey, sam. >> brian, good afternoon. the fact of matter is please is not enough right now to get people to comply with mask orders now to understand the gravity of the situation here in miami-dade county it has to be the threat of financial penalty to generate a change in behavior. that's what we've seen the last couple of days. starting on thursday they've been issuing citations to people refusing to wear masks. $100 the first time, $100 the second time. $500 the third time and the threat of arrest if that person continues to not wear a mask. there are people here who say go ahead, fine me whatever you want, i'm not wearing a mask. others say it's back breaking to pay 100 bucks. there's no segment of society that is not affected by this. it comes at a time when you're looking

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criterias ner, ace lynn pulley, cofounder of black lives matter chicago, and former chairman of the rnc, mileachael steele. attorney crazner, the inspector general launched an investigation, including what's happening in terms of teargassing people, the use of force, the training and instruction of these officers, they're showing up dressed in camo and snatching people off the streets. you had a strong response that the possibility that this could come to philadelphia. what will you do if these same unnamed, anonymous camo-wearing forces pour into your city in response to protests? >> first of all, philly is excited about your show. we're all really happy that it's going. i just got off a call with a bunch of clergy that wanted me to pass that off to you. we're going to arrest people who break the law and prosecute them in the philadelphia district attorney's office. my dad volunteered and served in world war ii like most of my uncles, to fight fascism. i would not be doing my part for this country if i didn't say the obvious, which is that we have a president who is acting like an auth

i wonder about the rnc, before i let you go, rebekah. do you think that if the data reflected what you intended, as you allege they have changed the data, would the rnc public event still be taking place in jacksonville? >> i don't think that the rnc was canceled because of anything that the data said. it was canceled because of public image. that's all this has ever been about. it's been very clear for quite a while now that they stopped caring about the science, the scientists, and what the data said and started moving more on politics. if they followed the data, they wouldn't have opened up on may 4th the first time and then pushed us into phase 2 halfway through may. i mean, the lead epidemiologist for the state quit when they announced that schools would reopen in the fall. so this isn't just me. this is an entire culture at the department of health that doesn't care about data. >> rebekah jones, we appreciate you making time for us. thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> much more to come here on msnbc. the clashes continue with feder

i want to bring in rnc spokesperson liz harrington.pointed out all stay president trump doesn't have the power to delay the election? >> well, president trump seems to be only person in washington that is sounding alarm bells about the problems posed by these radical democrat voting plans to completely overhaul our election process with a massive expansion of mail-in voting. think about what happened just the past couple weeks. you had another democrat indicted in philadelphia for ballot stuffing. you had someone trying to register a dead cat in atlanta. of course you know what is happening in new york where here, we are, over a month after election day, nobody has idea who won. this is a huge threat to the integrity of our elections. president trump is simply raising the alarm bells on this. cheryl: he is trying to bring forth the issue to get us all talking about it which he effectively done. what is the plan here? we had senator braun on, a republican senator. obviously he wants the election to go forward in november, and it will. h

he said we should be fine tuning this, and i don't have a solid plan, he said, from the rnc. >> well,oint out that police are providing security for large-scale -- >> do you disagree with him? >> hold on. i'm going to answer your question. law enforcement in the city of jacksonville have a lot of experience for providing security for large-scale events. they pack 70,000 people inside a football stadium. i'm sure they can handle security like the republican national convention. >> is that a national security event? as you pointed out these th one is. they're different, you know that. >> they are different. that's why they'll have access to $30 million of a doj grant because it is designated as a national security event. >> okay but he said, quote, there's got to be some major reworking of what's happening. is that going on? >> well, we have been working with local officials and the city of jacksonville and the state of jacksonville since the determination was made to move the main part from charlotte to jacksonville. so, absolutely. we've been in the planning process and working with t

tea party patriots cofounder and delegate to the 2020 rnc convention. remind our viewers why you started to tea party patriots? guest: thank you for having me. i am make a walter to rather than a delegate. i want to make sure we are clear. we got involved

i'll ask the rnc liz herrington about that in our next hour. up, baseball is back , thank goodness we'll be speaking with two-time world series champion keith hernandez and we're also by the way talking to the ceo of fox sports this hour, i want to know if he expects a ratings boom without fans, of course, in the stands. you'd think so. but first, chicago mayor laurie lightfoot removing two christopher columbus statues in the city and also pushing back on president trump's order to send in federal agents, but tom homan says we need them and he is next, the second hour of "varney" & company just getting started. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ashley: in chicago overnight, mayor lightfoot ordering two statues of christopher columbus be removed after tense clashes between protesters and police. dozens of people standing across the street cheering as these statues came down, one in grant park the other one came down in chicago's little italy neighborhood and there you can see video of that, and by the way, in the last 28 days, chicago has seen 394 shootings. that compa

ronna mcdaniel, rnc chair is with us now.r response to this suggestion of a delay in the election? >> well the president obviously understands that is done by congress constitutionally but he is trying to highlight what many in the media are not paying attention to. we have a huge problem right now with mail-in voting across the country. in new york, they had a primary a month ago. we still don't have the results. we had an election in patterson new jersey where 20% of the mail-in ballots were thrown out because they were fraudulent. seeing democrats across the country, i know this, because i'm in 20, 30 different lawsuits across the country, where they are working to systematically take away safeguards to election integrity, signature verification and expand mail voting. it's a system that is being deluged with these mail ballots but doesn't have the infrastructure on back end to support it. we need to get this fixed. it will cause problems in november if we don't pay attention now. stuart: ronna, what do you say to this, i

rnc chairman ronna mcdaniel joins me 120 days out today. we begin in atlanta with jonathan serrie with a look at what's happening today. >> we crunched the latest numbers and what we found was in the past month the seven day average increased 134% while deaths during that same time. decreased 39%. what does this mean? expert same much of this is because fatalities can lag after a week but also patients getting infected in this new resurgence of the virus tended to be younger and some good news the doctors are improving their ability. the florida set a record for new cases, 11,458 over the fourth of july holiday and the city of miami beach close to shore line to discourage crowds in the mirror of neighboring miami-dade county is ordering the closure. texas which closed bars as a precaution reported its highest state increase with 8,258 cases in a single day. the epicenter of the outbreak is trying to maintain its downward numbers as it enters phase three reopening today. >> the indoor dining became a real nexus for infection. in a way that o

. >> president trump wanted a large crowd for next month's convention as well but the rnc announced it is cutting back on the jacksonville festivities because of florida's spike in coronavirus cases. is >> the former ft. leads president trump on two key issues, the handling of coronavirus and more. >> the recognition of black americans continues to challenge the very sole of this country. >> biden is calling for national standards and police use of deadly force and police oversight commission. cbs news, the white house. at least 25 states have mask orders of some form but there's more push back overwearing them in public. georgia's governor signed an executive order banning cities and counties from ordering people to wear masks. the nationwide mask debate comes as more than 66,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported on wednesday bringing the total number of new cases in the past week to more than 443,000. health officials say the recent pe lke in los angeles county, 44% of patients with the virus are between 18 and 40 years old. >>> happening today, facebook ceo mark sucker burg wil

this place also holds the arena where the rnc will take place. and we're going to have to see how that actually comes together come august. this testing site is seeing long lines. normally you'd see long lines of spectators. today we're seeing long lines of people waiting to get tested for covid-19. duval county is averaging around 384 covid cases a day. just two weeks ago, ayman, that number was closer to three. that just shows you how quickly things can turn here and in fact, the surge began not long after the announcement the rnc was moving here. so this event could look significantly different than what was originally intended, ayman. >> dasha burns live in jacksonville, florida, thank you. >>> as concerns grow about outdoor activities spurring coronavirus infections, miami-dade county is closing its beaches for the holiday weekend. hotels, motels and commercial lodgings are also restricting pool access and alcohol sales. this as cases of coronavirus in miami-dade county top 37,000 with at least 1,000 deaths so far. joining me is miami-dade c

from charlotte after north carolina governor roy cooper rejected requests from the president and the rnc to be able to hold a full convention without social distancing or masks. trump canceled the jacksonville rnc on the same day florida reported more than 10,000 new covid-19 cases and a record 173 deaths, including a nine-year-old girl. despite canceling the convention, president trump has called again for schools to fully reopen in the fall. but at least one school that will not be doing that is st. andrew's episcopal school in maryland, where trump's son barron attends classes. the centers for disease control and prevention issued new guidelines thursday emphasizing the importance for schools to reopen, saying children face social, emotional, and mental risks if kept at home. the cdc guidelines make no reference to the risks teachers and staff will face if schools reopen during a pandemic. nationwide, the numumber of confirmed covivid-19 cases has topppped 4 million and the n nur of caseses has doubled over the past six weeks. another 100000 deaths were reported on thursday, bringing

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let's get to what's going on with the rnc. willie? coronavirus cases in florida as we mentioned has forced the president to cancel the jacksonville portion of the republican national convention. the three-night planned celebration which was to be capped by the president's acceptance speech was supposed to begin exactly one month from today. this is the second time the president has cancelled plans for the full-scale event he hoped for. last month he moved the event from charlotte after refusing to scale down because of the virus. tweeting, quote, democrat governor roy cooper is still in shutdown mode. another tweet, he wrote governor cooper is still in shelter in place mode and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised. the governor responded stating we have been looking for a safe convention in north carolina, and it's sad they wouldn't scale down to keep people safe. after scaling down in florida and north carolina, the president said it'll be what the governor of north carolina proposed from the sta

instead, the president is pulling the plug, and he is throwing the rnc into chaos. >> we'll have a very nice something. we'll figure it out. it'll be -- it'll be online, in some form. maybe, it'll be something even a little bit different. we have time. you know, we're talking about the end of august. but i think it will be something that will be exciting. >> smarter minds have been saying that forever. not the time to have a bunch of people crowded into a room. remember that rally he held in tulsa? going to florida. middle of a hot spot. lot of people have said maybe the convention should be virtual this time. nope, i don't like it. i'm going move it. i'm going to go to florida because they won't let me have my convention. and now, look what's happening. is that leadership? a leader would have known that before. would not have had to relent and retreat, now. what a defeat for the president. the president, who first insisted on having his convention in north carolina, demanding that the state's democratic governor allow a full house of thousands -- thousands of delegates, crammed togethe

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that is exactly why the trump campaign and the rnc are right to push back against this. to vote but hard to cheat. elizabeth: the republican national committee has $20 million reports say to oppose democrat-backed effort to ease voting restrictions. joe biden says his campaign assembled 600 attorneys. so the voting rules in key battleground states governor are in court fights happening right now. that could influence the outcome of the presidential race. your thoughts on that? >> we need to deal with this. new york state they have got a primary still up in the air even though a month after the election. we saw in new jersey earlier this year the governor ordered 100% election by ballot. all the chaos and concerns they had. even naacp raised concerns. that city council special election. there is a big difference, a lot of democrats are trying to confuse people thinking that it is just like absent tee ballots. it is not. as an eligible voter i can ask for ash sent tee ballot. that can be mailed to me. what democrats doing in california, across the country to mail to every

joining our conversation, former rnc chairman, michael steele. claire is still here.ele, let me start with you. i started this conversation with mark mckinnon and cornell belcher, who know a whole lot about campaigns. and i haven't had a chance to ask you about this, but thomas friedman last week wrote a pretty pointed piece that donald trump is seeking to wag the dog, but as opposed to in the fictional, dark comedy, his war to distract from crisis is one being waged on americans in the streets of american cities. do you see it that way? >> i do, not only does he want to wag the dog, but break his legs as he's doing it so he can't move. and can't come back. and that's the ultimate takedown here. and it still frustrates me to no end how folks out there across the country continue to play into a narrative that they're being set up to play into. there are plenty of other sites and areas inside portland and across the country that aren't federal. do not give the president the link he's looking for to connect that dot. go to state property, go to a mall, go some place else

it's more for the rnc. but he's excited about the prospect. reporter: i want to ask you about something he tweeted in april. he said joe biden wanted the date for the democratic national convention moved to a later time period. now he wants to move it to a day and time he doesn't want to show up. i wonder why. respond to joe biden. circumstances changed. changed,rcumstances the president changed his viewpoint on having the convention in jacksonville. reporter: i wanted to ask about the phone call with vladimir putin. did the president raise the question of russian bounties on the lives of american troops? >> as you know, that intelligence is unverified, still to this day. i won't get into the private discussions with the foreign leader. i'm not on that call. but that intelligence is unverified. but our president will always stand with our military and protect them against any foreign adversary. reporter: [inaudible] reporter: does the president planned to go to the capital to visit john lewis? >> i have no intel about the president's upcoming

we'll stay own a lot of stories, we're bringing back too back on, rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel, and house intelligence chair devin nunes. have a great evening lou: good evening, everybody. the radical left's assault on america goes on. the radical dems deny the existence of the rapid crime wave that they helped foster in democrat-held cities. they make repeated calls to defund the police and to support, of course, extremist groups such as black lives matter and antia that. all of which -- antifa. all of which place american lives in constant risk. in new york city, disturbing new video of a crowd that gathered as police were making an arrest. the video shows a suspected gang member attacking a new york police officer, putting him in a head lock, and by doing so, drawing cheers from the crowd of some 50 people who had rushed to the scene of the arrest. the shocking footage comes as residents suffered through a fourth straight weekend of deadly gun violence in new york. and yet they cheer gang members rather than the police who are trying to maintain order in the streets and peace in

on thursday, the rnc chair wrote members, adjustments must be made to comply with state and local healthounty has seen a spike in cases. nearly 15,000 people have tested positive for covid-19, with a 10% positivity rate. the first three nights the convention will have a limit of 2500 delegates. on the final night for the acceptance speech, alternates and the gusts will be allowed. jacksonville's mayor allowed mandatory facemasks in public last month. >> whatever the medical professionals and local authorities ask us to do is what we will do. >>> this is the rnc committeewoman from california who spoke at the 2016 convention in cleveland. she says this year, california's 179 delegates and 176 alternates. all gop delegates will be asked to comply with the local pandemic cautions. >> everyone who is given a credential will have taken a covid-19 test. that is a prerequisite to getting any kind of badge, whether you are a delegate, guest, or alternate.>> reporter: this is a big difference from last month rally who had a group of 6200 people. several campaign staff did test positive for covid-

now that you have canceled the jacksonville portion of the rnc, do you think governor cooper made the right choice? president trump: we are actually coming to north carolina as you know. we are having -- i guess that would be the nomination night. that will be monday they are going to be here. the rest, we will do in a different form. we could have done it many different ways. i think we did the right thing. i am happy we are going to be having a piece of it, at least a very important piece in north carolina. >> mr. president, [indiscernible] they are here now today. what is your plan going forward to prove you are the right person? president trump: i think the poll numbers are very good. we are leaving in north carolina. we are leaving in pennsylvania -- leading in north carolina. we are leading in pennsylvania. i think our poll numbers are very good. we are leading substantially in georgia. we get a lot of suppression poles. we get a lot of fake poles just like -- suppression polls. fake pollst of just like we get fake news. i was not going to win any of the swing states and i won a

the former rnc chairman, and from the obama administration and now a biden adviser. good evening to all of you. doctor, how important is it as some americans understandably say, well, if it didn't work, how much longer do i have to put up with this? or i've already suffered under quarantine and job losses, very real things. not to minimize any of the real pain out there. how important is it to look at what dr. fauci and the e.u. are emphasizing, if you really do it, it works. >> you're absolutely right on that. not only does it work but even those e.u. countries, germany, for example, when they did have some hot spots break out at clubs and other places, it was because they had a pretty uniform approach to testing and tracing that they were able to quickly isolate and decrease the cases. i think the key is, reopening the economy goes hand in hand with people feeling they can be healthy and function. in economy. so yes, people are frustrated. it is even more frustrating to think you're taking two steps forward, one step back. >> i think it is not an either/or. this is

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i know this gets mentioned on the show at least once a week but they had the autopsy that the rnc did they talked and they researched deeply about what that party was saying to black people, to hispanics, to people of color, and it was an entire plan about how they needed to bring people into this party. and every time i hear, you know, even senator claire mccaskill say behind closed doors her republican friends say this but in front of the cameras they're vacillating and some still support trump or don't know what to do. i think back to that. they figured out that the republican party, to a certain extent, was already dying at that point and they needed to do something to prove that they were a party that everyone could be welcome in, in the way that it seems the democratic party is welcoming to people. and it doesn't -- none of this makes any sense. as claire sort of said, this is a losing proposition. president trump aside, the republican party if you can't figure out how to answer these questions. if you can't figure out how to be welcoming to everyone, if you can't figure out how

thing i will tell you, talking to this official, it is telling that there are officials inside the rnc who weren't sure they were going to show up for their jobs down in jacksonville because they were so worried about this virus. this spun out of control for the president. >> jim, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, randi kaye who is in florida. let's talk about the situation in florida, randi. >> reporter: it's pretty bad, anderson. no surprise that the president would cancel that convention. 10,249 new cases, a record number of deaths, 173 we are reporting today. that brings the total to more than 5,500 deaths here in the state of florida and getting word yesterday, a 9-year-old girl becoming the fourth minor to die from covid. we have two 11-year-olds, a 16-year-old and 17-year-old. and now more than 25,000 minors, those under 18, infected with this virus. also staid wi statewide, 19% of icu beds, and 54 hospitals without any icu beds at all. 51 hospitals around the state requesting more medical staff. 2400 nurses have been requested. and in miami-dade, the positivity rate is 20%. an

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ronna mcdaniel, chairwoman of the rnc. great to see you today, thank you. >> thanks, harris. >> harris: the supreme court is handing down two major rulings, both seen as victories for religious freedom. as there is a lot of speculation about vacancies on the high court. where is that coming from, and what could replacement look like especially in the short-term? will get into it. high-profile critics calling on mayor de blasio of new york city to quit, move on, resigned from your post, after a spike in violent crime hits new york. why my next guest says if de blasio serves out the rest of his term the city will simply not survive. ♪ if you're a veteran homeowner, here's a smart way to save money. use your va benefit to refinance your home loan at today's near record low rates. one call to newday can save you $3000 a year. newday's va streamline refi requires no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. it's the quickest and easiest refi newday's ever offered. your va home loan benefits never expir

he's canceling the rnc. ron, you wrote, reality counts.or a long time, at least in journalism circles, we wondered if reality still counted over the past past couple of years, because it seemed that the president was able to say things that were not fact-based. but reality is back with a vengeance now. >> yes, absolutely, alisyn. it's good to see you guys again. look, the president, the overwhelming fact in this election is that consistently in polling, 60% of americans say he has failed on responding to the virus. and 60% also say that he's failed on responding to the challenge of race relations and racial equity in the country. and as long as that verdict holds, it is virtually impossible for him to get fully back into the race. the evidence from history, alisyn, is just so clear that there's only so far an incumbent president can go to make the race about his opponent. you know, in our national polling now, you know, virtually every poll, almost exactly half of americans say they strongly disapprove of his performance in office. you go

and that mayor of jacksonville where the rnc is to take place is now in self-quarantine. at the united nations, secretary-general antonio guterrrres warned tutuesday thte pandndemic has spawnwned the sharpest decline i in global per capita income in m more than a a cecentury and could set the word economy back by decades. in south africa, health officials have reimposed some lockdown measures including a ban on alcohol sales amid an accidental rise in covid-19 cases. in india, nearly a dozen states haveve reimpmposed partial locks as confirmeded coronavirus cases one million.aching brazil's death toll has topped 74,000, second only to the united states, with nearly 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases. on tuesday, protesters descended on the capital brasilia demanding far-right president jair bolsonaro step down. >> brazil can't take it anymore. there have been more than 17,000 deaths, more than 17,000 families crying over the death of people that were ignored by the genocidal person in charge of the brazilian government. amy: president also narrow as covid not -- also n

so the latest communication to the white house and the rnc was yesterday morning, and the president made decision that let's go ahead and pull the plug now. there is risk that even if we start to decline that maybe we've plateaued that you could see additional spikes. disappointing because when we had stay-at-home orders, people struggling, businesses struggling. they need the economy, they needed a shot for economic growth, but this was the right thing to do given the new data on the ground that didn't exist weeks ago. >> right, so that's the other question. if the president hadn't made this decision yesterday, would you have? would you have said, mr. president, can't have a convention in this city right now? >> i wasn't there yesterday. i was monitoring it. they knew that i was concerned. and here's what i know. we've been working as a team on this. if a week or two weeks from now the situation on the ground said to me this isn't safe, i would have communicated that to the rnc and to the white house, to the president, and we would have all been in agreement. the bigger point here, thou