hearings this week after a state senator, tom barrett, tested positive for the virus. all state representatives and staff members are being encouraged to get tested this week. >>> new york is seeing a decrease in new daily coronavirus cases, with an average of 650 cases per day. governor andrew cuomo says he's ready to make a decision later this week on reopening schools. he also noted that both parents and teachers are not exactly likely to trust school districts when they say they are ready to reopen. so unclear how that will play out. >>> philadelphia eagles head coach doug pederson has tested positive for covid-19. he'll continue to work from home, leading the team virtually during his quarantine. and we're only a few weeks into the shortened season, and there are already questions about how long baseball can last. over the weekend, more games were postponed and more schedules were disrupted after more players and staffers tested positive for covid-19. the miami marlins have 20 cases, and there are now six cases

mayor tom barrett, a democrat is mayor of milwaukee, mr.ayor, what is left of this convention experience for milwaukee? >> well, what's left a lot of memories and a lot of hard work and a lot of people who poured their heart and soul into making this a reality, but we have been forced to deal with reality, the reality is we are in a pandemic right now and so there had to be dramatic changes. so of course it is a disappointment for us here locally. there is no question about it, because this is the first time in the history of the city of wisconsin that we would be posting a major political party convetion. here w a lot of excitement but there is also a realization that with all of the challenges we are facing right now, again, it couldn't be distance as usual. >> garrett: what, if anything, will go on in milwaukee? >> well we still have the staging that will go on here and some local speakers and a lot of the logistics are going to be done from here, but as you noted in your introduction, it is not going to be the four day extravaganza we s

here's milwaukee mayor tom barrett leading off the second day of the convention. >> mayor tom barretterybody. i am the proud mayor of milwaukee. i would love to welcome you to my home city right now. the good people of milwaukee and i were so excited when we return -- learned a resilient city was chosen to host dnc. it was the first time a major political party chose wisconsin to hold its convention. but these are not conventional times. as a

. >> mayor tom barrett. i.yor barrett: h i am the proud mayor of milwaukee.ove to welcome you to my home city right now. the good people of milwaukee and i were so excited when we return -- learned a resilient city was chosen to host the 2020 dnc. it was the first time a major political party chose wisconsin to hold its convention. but these are not conventional

here's milwaukee mayor tom barrett leading off the second day of the convention. >> mayor tom barrett. hi everybody. i am the proud mayor of milwaukee. i would love to welcome you to my home city right now. the good people of milwaukee and i were so excited when we return -- learned a resilient city was chosen to host dnc. it was the first time a major political party chose wisconsin to hold its convention. but these are not conventional times. all know,t, as we this is not a conventional convention. and as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the democratic party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. unlike the president, we have -- covid-19 ar hoax. unlike the president, we have never made fun of face masks. and unlike the president, we have never belittled her public health experts. we understand that our public health experts. we understand why we can't be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president, we are showing the country we ar