rebekah jones built florida's coronavirus data portal, but she says she was fired by the state of florida on may 18th after refusing to manipulate data to make it seem as if certain florida counties had met the criteria to reopen. she has been tracking the coronavirus data in florida on her own since then, and in a recent article about florida's coronavirus data problem, she wrote "data is only as trusted as its keeper." and joining us now is the keeper of florida data, rebekah jones, the former manager of data and surveillance for covid-19 at the florida department of health. thank you very much for joining us again tonight, rebekah. what is the situation with the state of florida's publicly available data? is it still as flawed, to put it mildly, as it was when you were fired? >> it's much, much worse than it was when i was fired unfortunately. they've dumped antigen tests into the percent positivity but not separated them. they restricted some data. they haven't added anything new, at least not from the department of health, so things unfortunately have only gotten worse. >> so is the

as a double gator, i'm honored to represent the university of florida and gator nation in florida's third congressional district and i look forward to witnessing your continued success. go gators. mr. speaker, how much time do i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. mr. yoho: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. kelly, for five minutes. ms. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise for several reasons. first and foremost to honor the life and legacy of my friend and colleague, congressman john lewis. long before he brought his talents to the halls of congress, john was a young leader in the civil rights vement together with his brothers and sisters they waged a war for the heart and soul of this nation and changed history. i feel truly honored to have served with him and i will be forever changed. from the edmund pettus bridge to the house floor john, was the conscience of the congress and truly of our nation. he will be missed. likewise we lost another civil rights leader, reverend c.t. vivian, a

southern command in south florida on july 10th. a senior administration official says it's likely he picked it up during a family vacation after a recent official visit to europe. alisyn? >> joe, thank you very much for those developments. >>> now to this story. remember this announcement from president trump? >> he's a great friend of mine from the yankees. he asked me to throw out the first pitch, and i think i'm doing that on august 15th at yankee stadium. >> all right, it turns out, that was a surprise to the president's staff and to the yankees. "the new york times" reports the team had not invited him. they write, "mr. trump had been so annoyed by dr. fauci's turn in the limelight, an official familiar with his reaction said, that he had directed his aides to call yankees officials and make good on a longtime standing offer from mr. levine to throw out an opening pitch. no date was ever finalized." dr. fauci threw out the opening pitch at the season opener and is now getting more attention for that, let's just say, less-than-

situation is really concerning here in south florida. >> reporter: florida is now averaging more than 9,000 new cases a day. a staggering jump of more than 1,200% since the state began re-opening two months ago. the president in hard-hit miami-dade county today, the positivity rate there is nearly 30%. >> there seems to be this lack of understanding or awareness that we are in one of the most extraordinary public health crises that our nation has ever faced. rchq the u.s. is shattering new case records almost daily. west virginia now has the highest transmission rate in the country. >> the only bullet in the gun right now is this right here, this little mask. >> reporter: ten states seeing an increase in covid-related deaths in the past week. half of those posting their highest average for new cases since the pandemic began. >> i think the numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week. we need to make sure that there's going to be plenty of hospital beds available in the houston area. >> reporter: it's not just hospital capacity and icu beds. personal protective equipment is

tras este re que 12,600 sÓlo en la florida. a nivel nacional se reportan mÁs de 3,350,000 infectados de los cuales mÁs de 282,000 viven en la florida. y esa investida del coronavirus en floridaamenaza a rebasar la capacidad de camas, zona de salud, unidades de cuidados intensivos, y medicamentos. autoridades mÉdicas tiene pacientes recuperados de coronavirus donar su plasmapara retratar al creciente nÚmero de infectados. se atribuye este rebrote a actuaciones y responsables de personas. galo: las autoridades de la florida se enfrentan a un escrutinio mÁs severo cada vez que intentan explicar el por quÉ de la rÁpida propagaciÓn del covid 19. sobre todo en miami-dade. no tienen plan, no estÁn haciendo nada, le gritÓ una personal gobernador. y el alcalde de miami, carlos jimÉnez, durante una rueda de prensa. mÁs de 15,000 casos positivos detectados en este condado en un solo dÍa es una cifra alarmante. >> trabajamos sin parar para responder a esta crisis, dijo el gobernador. los hospitales estÁn por sobre el 90% de s

and let's talk about florida. hurricane isaias is barreling toward the state forcing florida to shut down some covid testing sites. this comes as the state, again, added more than 9,000 new cases in the span of a day. it is also breaking its daily death toll record for a fourth consecutive day. president trump is scheduled to land in florida this hour. he's holding a couple of campaign events in addition to talking -- taking part in a round table on covid and storm preps. so let's start with randi kaye live in palm beach county, florida. beautiful day so far. we know how quickly all of that could change. how are people in florida preparing for a hurricane in the midst of this pandemic? >> reporter: they are bracing themselves, brooke. because they're still watching the numbers from the coronavirus, another 257 dead here in the state of florida, that is more than 6,800 floridians so far and 8,400 are still hospitalized. but they are preparing, of course. they've taken down the -- a lot of the state-run testing site

and other parts of florida. we look through those trends as well. some are positive. i think the biggest concern in self lord is we work hard to get the medicine, and this is just the beginning of the staff support. we are here to do more as you need to do more, and we understand the challenge. [inaudible question] >> they are mostly private labs. we have three state labs. they have a limited number, may be a day, which is help pull, but with the numbers we are we wanted to get one of those big machines this summer and now they're like, you in february.hine hopefully, we won't need one then. a have a company that is newer company. it's a self swab test. you send it directly to them. they run it and send back a report every day. that is what were looking to do, something like that for the symptomatic drive-through test takers, someone that exudes -- that is exhibiting legitimate symptoms. we want to know if you have it or not. so we can do it and get a quicker turnaround maybe. the problem with the state labs, we

right northern part of florida northern part of florida might as well be what is true as they call south florida alabama mississippi it's very easy to go to it's easy to go from tallahassee to alabama that is. by any. state capital is to mississippi so it's not quite you know there's not a lot of bleed over there. so that's a significant circle or it could be a base of the midwest and then northeast same thing you guys you know you go 5 hours hit 3 states here if you look united states that say they the keys in the name is david mayo from the miami herald thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate it thank you very much for having me. for torie and i'll south africa where the president is announcing you locked on restrictions a spike of cases there as well $50.00 and that's before the end of this year we must make it our single most important task to prove these projections wrong through our own actions s. individuals as families as communities we cab and we must change the cause of this pandemic in our country we buy a novel or familia with what we need to do to protect ourselves

here's what florida is reporting. 27,000 cases in just the last two days. including more than 15,000 on sunday alone. dr. anthony fauci saying this today. >> here it is. it's happened. you know, your worst nightmare. the perfect storm. it is truly historic. we haven't even begun to see the end of it yet. >> and while dr. fauci continues to level with the american people about the dangerous spread of the coronavirus, the white house is now actively trying to undercut and discredit him. let's discuss now. cnn's white house correspondent desean harwood is here as well as dr. reiner director of the catheterization program at george washington university hospital. gentlemen, good evening. thank you so much. i want to start with this. i want you to take a listen to what we just heard from kennedy of louisiana on fox. >> there are some people who want to keep our schools closed because they think it gives them a political advantage. and they're using our kids as political pawns. and to them, i say unashamedly, they can kiss my ass. that's wrong to do that to the k

of a position as florida. govern kno governor desantis, shutting down restaurants, common sense things, pausing on a fall semester for school reopenings. they need strong measures, katy. they need strong leadership. i don't think school's ready for reopening by the fall. i don't know a single teacher that wants to enter a classroom without the precautions in place. >> why is it that we as a country are not taking this virus and the necessary precautions and steps personally as populations of other country? we are a much larger nation but why aren't we taking it as seriously at people in italy or hong kong are taking it? why are we out here and having a fight about what precautions are necessary, having a fight about whether or not this is a hoax, having a fight about whether or not to believe the top infectious disease expert should be listened to? why are we having such a hard time here? >> if i had the answer to that, katy, my gosh, i would say it right now. here's what i will say. the admiral over the weeke

under florida law, chapter 60 statute passed back in 1917, a citizen of the state of florida and the county can bring a cause of action to enjoin a public nuisance which is something that will injure the public and clearly will injure the public. >> so what you are asking for just to explain this to us, you are asking for attendees or convention organizers to follow cdc guidelines. walk us through what all you're asking for. >> that is correct. obviously it is foolish to have any convention, republican, democratic, tupperware in the midst of a pandemic. but the convention is coming. there will be a convention here and what we are asking is that the rules be followed set down by the cdc and recognized worldwide to greatly minimize the risk of harm which is one best not to have it indoors, two, if you have it outdoors that people be distanced at least six feet apart and that they wear mask. the jaguars just released today that they are returning tickets and only play before a 25% capacity crowd which will be required to wear mask and must occur with this convention. >> okay. in effect,

. ♪ >> continua la propagaciÓn descontrolada de coronavirus en florida. acortando los recursos y capacidad de los hospitales. sin soluciÓn inmediata a la vista comienzan las presiones para que simplemente un nuevo cierre del estado y asÍ contener los contagios. la misma situaciÓn en california.allÍ ordenaron el cierre en todo el estado de negocios y locales pÚblicos bajo techo para frenar la pandemia. los bares, restaurantes, iglesias, y gimnasios entre los afectados. >> y rivera logrÓ salvar a su pequeÑo hijo antes de ahogarse accidentalmente en california. autoridades dicen que alcanzo a regresarlo al bote donde paseaban. hoy es lunes 13 de julio. asÍ comenzamos. ♪ ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn edición nocturna. patricia: muy buenas noches. comenzamos con la confirmaciÓn de florida como el epicentro de la pandemia en el paÍs. en dos dÍas se registraron casi 28,000 nuevos casos. tras este re que pasÓ de los 15,000 afectados hoy se contagiaron mÁs de 12,600 sÓlo en la florida. a nivel nacional se reportan mÁs de 3,350,000

at the university of florida. thanks a much for being with us. nias calif reclose is, should florida think aut doing the same, given the explosion of cases there? >> that has happened in certain areas of florida where we have had more cases. i don't know necessarily that we have to do that across the state, but we need to look at wherwe are having high levels n cases and think about whether certain activitid to be curbed. laura: are you surprised that the outbreak has gotten so bad here in the united states? >> i am, in a way, only because i think we were at point where we thought we were in very good control of the outbreak,end where peo were complying with what we need to do to prevent those cases. i think what was a surprise to me was that as we came into these reopening's, it just fel like b people were tired ng at home and went back to their activities without a thought for long term infection control measures. laura: as a public health official, do you feelndermined by politicians who don't want people to we

in florida. to have a big convention it's not the right time. it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people. okay, but doctor, he's still pushing to reopen schools. how do you square that? >> well, you can't. and this is the same president who at the end of june despite record daily cases in places like tulsa and phoenix thought that having rallies with thousands of people was a good idea. but, look, don, there was no way this convention was going to happen. florida has become the epicenter of the pandemic on the planet, and even under the best possible circumstances where finally the virus starts to ebb in florida and things get better over the next few weeks there would be no way to bring tens of thousands to people to florida and then risk reigniting the virus back in florida. so it was destined to be canceled. i think people finally just got to the president and convinced him of that. >> it's interesting how he and the governor ron desantis were bragging about how re

, central florida. we're also working under the tampa bay area. they've dealt with a lot of nursing home outbreaks particularly in pinellas county, that's been a concern. while carrington place is good we want to see if there's ways we can expand the footprint but this is an important tool to protect residents of long-term care facilities who are the most vulnerable but also, you know, not needing to -- if someone is stable or is symptomatic having a place to go where they're not going to infect other people and can be cared for. so i want to thank the secretary for working hard on that and talk about the new nationfacili and additional beds for this. just to show why this is important, so here in manatee county, they've had i think as of yesterday or as of this morning maybe 138 covid-related deaths, 91 of them have been related to long-term care facilities. so that's 66% of the corona-related fatalities have been linked to long-term care facilities. so that's not only just saying 65 and up but just 65

and that would be florida. today, florida reported a record-breaking 132 deaths in just one day, highest single-day total in the state since the beginning of this pandemic. and with miami emerging as the next epicenter, republican governor desantis has come under increasing pressure after months of down playing the severity. >> we welcome to the broadcast five-term u.s. democratic congressman tom deutche of florida. congressman, first, how are you and how is your district? >> well, i'm doing again. we're doing fine. we can't really complain because we're able to try to stay out of the midst of this, even as we try to fight it. but for the people who have no choice but to go to work in this environment, for the people who are mourning 132 families, mourning the loss of their loved ones to this terrible virus the 80 people per day on average who are dying over the past week it's terrible. and we need leadership. we need positive direction and the governor keeps giving us excuses and excuses. he refuses to do what

stone is at the home in florida today. of course, the president himself is going to florida. so the question is, what is the president going to say about this? let's listen to what the president said this morning before he left to go to florida. >> well, i'll be looking at it. i think roger stone was very unfairly treated as were very many people and comey is walking around and biden and obama because we caught them spying on my campaign. who would have believed that one? >> reporter: kate, he is strongly indicating something is going to happen but waiting to find out when. >> kaitlan, thank you. >>> it is the top of the hour, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. any moment now president trump will be landing in south florida, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in this country right now and the spot where it's most serious in the world at the moment. on the agenda as the white house is explained it so far not addressing the pandemic but rather to focus on drug trafficking. he's also slated to attend fund-raisers later today. right now there's nothing on the schedule that's dire

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what florida law allowed at that point, and was florida unique and not having a signed a defendant? >> florida law at the time only allowed for the appointment -- principally capital cases or death penalty cases. they were not alone at that time and not providing council to defendants but they were in the minority at that point. the trend of history was clearly going against them. i'm not sure about the precise number about -- but i think you are down to about a dozen jurisdictions that did not provide counsel and all cases to poor defendants. >> it was even more dramatic than that. one, the judges trying to help gideon out a little bit. it is very difficult to be a coach and the empire umpire. some folks who say gee, the constitution is and say appointed counsel -- it is true, and at the founding actually of the framers only provided for council in death penalty cases, but in other cases the judge was actually supposed to help the defendant, but as time went on, it became clear that you cannot play these two roles. one argument for the rightness of the case is just, judges cannot b

javier: realmente no creo que llegue a tierras del sur de la florida. estarÍa separado unas cuantas millas. lo mÁs prÓximo serÍa el sÁbado como huracÁn categorÍa 1, con vientos de 75 millas por hora, pero siempre lejos de miami, al este. patricia: hay que tomar precauciones, gracias . como si en florida no hubiese suficiente el problema con el epicentro de la pandemia en el paÍs, esta tormenta amenaza con empeorar la delicada situaciÓn en el estado. isaÍas, que llegaría como huracÁn aunque alejado de las costas, cambio el foco de las autoridades locales. decidieron cerrar los centros de pruebas de coronavirus y alistar refugios para posibles evacuados, justo en tiempos en los que se evitan concentraciones bajo techo. vilma: por tercer dÍa consecutivo, la florida batiÓ rÉcords de muertes por covid-19, tal como lo anticipaban los mÉdicos. >> en la medida en que tenemos los pacientes, mÁs pacientes van a estar en cuidado crÍtico. muchos de sus pacientes desafortunadamente fallecen por el covid. vilma: a los doctores les preocupa que la to

for the third night in a row, florida has broken a record for deaths in a single day. the virus is also hitting home for the president. herman cain, one of his staunchest supporters and a former republican presidential candidate, has died from covid-19, six weeks after attending a packed rally for the president. well, as we come on the air, more than 151,000 people have been killed by the virus here in the u.s., and there are more than four million confirmed cases nationwide. it all comes as the american economy suffered another crushing blow today. the g.d.p. dropped nearly 10%, falling at its fastest pace in history. well, there's a lot to get to tonight. we have a team of correspondents covering all the news, and we're going to begin here in atlanta with cbs' michelle miller. good evening, michelle. >> reporter: norah, john robert lewis served this community for more than three decades and in this home-going service it was a reflection of his years of service. ♪ he was willing to fight in the struggle ♪ >> reporter: a celebration of life... ♪ he was willing to

we have a number of south florida and central florida. tampa bay, they have dealt with a lot of nursing home outbreaks. that has been a concern. so while this carrington place wegood, we want to see if can expand the footprint. this is an important tool to protect residents that are vulnerable. if someone is stable or asymptomatic, having a place where they can go where they are not going to infect other people and they can be cared for. i want to thank the secretary for working on that. we talked about the additional beds we are bringing on every day for this. just to show why this is important. yesterdayve had as of 100 38 covid related deaths. related tohave been long-term care facilities. 56% of the corona related fatalities have been linked to long-term care facilities. up.only 65 and and then residents of these facilities. close by they've had 100 corona related fatalities. 65 of them related to residents of long-term care facilities. 65%. this is really a significant part of this fight. distancing. we have a better idea now then in

just off of the florida coast. we've got no word from nassau over whether they will bump that back or move to another location if they can pinpoint a new location. we have been following the hurricane very closely. what are we looking at? >> well, those guys have a much higher and more important job than i do. where that thing is going to land. especially right in the middle of a hurricane right off of the florida coast. this is a 75-mile-an-hour storm here that is not threshold for it to be a hurricane versus a tropical storm fay. it is pulling up towards the northwest. we have a very interesting feature, which is a coastline that kind of mimics the trends. especially as they move off towards the north, they generally deflect towards the east because of the rotation of the earth. has that exact same coastline. the storm takes that path. you see that when you look at all of our tropical models. it's going to be right offshore, so we can't say exactly 10 miles, one way or another, where this goes, and that means ver

so, there was a lot of thinking that florida would escape the worst of it, but somehow, here in florida, things went terribly wrong. on april 1st, florida governor ron desantis issued a stay-at-home order, hoping to contain the coronavirus. weeks later, while visiting the white house, the governor took a victory lap for how he managed things back home. >> everyone in the media was saying florida was going to be like new york or italy, and that has not happened. we had a tailored and measured approach that not only helped our numbers be way below what anyone predicted but also did less damage to our state going forward. >> reporter: that turned out not to be the case at all. trouble started in early may when desantis rushed to reopen before many other states. restaurants, gyms, barbershops and beaches were first to reopen in most parts of the state. after memorial day, the virus was starting to rage. by july 1st, there were more than 9,000 new cases reported in one day statewide. and recently, new daily cases topped 11,000. but if you listen to desantis, there's a disconnect. >> i think

we have a number in south florida, central florida, we are working, i know the tampa bay area. they have dealt with a lot of nursing home outbreaks, particularly in pinellas county. while this is good we want to , see if there is ways to expand that. this is an important tool to protect residents of long-term care facilities who are the most vulnerable, but also -- if someone is stable or asymptomatic, having a place where they can go where they will not infect other people and they can be cared for. i want to thank the secretary for working hard on that. and we talked about the new facilities and the additional beds that we are bringing on every day for this. just to show why this is important, so here in manatee county, they have had i think as of yesterday or this morning, 138 covid related deaths, 91 of them have been related to long-term care facilities. so that is 66% of the corona-related fatalities linked to long-term facilities. that is not only just saying 65 and up, but 65 and up and then residents of these facilities. sarasota county, close by, 100 fatalities, 65 of

florida,rs in south central florida, we are working on the tampa bay area. they have dealt with a lot of nursing home outbreaks. that has been concerning. while care is good, we want to see if there is ways to expand that. this is an important tool to protect residents of long-term care facilities who are the most -- ifable but also someone is stable or a symptomatically, having a place where they can go where they will not infect other people and they can be cared for. i want to thank the secretary for working hard on that. we talk about the new facilities and the additional beds we are bringing on every day. important, this is here in manatee county, they have had, as of yesterday or this morning, 138 covid related deaths, 91 of them related to long-term care facilities. fatalitiesna related linked to long-term facilities. but 55+ anding 65+ residents of these facilities. sarasota county, close by, 100 fatalities, 65 of them related to residents of long-term facilities. 65%. this is a significant. part of this fight . social distancing. we have a much bett

joining me now florida congressman matt gaetz. congressman, florida is one of the hot spots. what is the governor there? what is the federal government going to do about it? >> in florida we have captured a great deal of the coronavirus through world class testing. we're testing nearly 100,000 people a day. we've learned in florida that young people who do not fear the virus are very unlikely to alter their behavior as a consequence, and so we're seeing a great deal of asymptomatic spread, and as we find more cases, the average age continues to drop. that's because we've gone on offense in assisted living facilities and in nursing homes, but where you've got young people getting together, whether it's the black lives matter protests or in house parties or with one another in a variety of circumstances, you see that spread not causing an increase in the death rate. i think we can also suggest that these medical innovations that we've experienced that the federal government has really led have helped reduce that death rate, whether it's the hydroxychloroquine that the "wall str

in south florida, it's a regional community. it takes nothing to dooef and go to palm beach or leave miami-dade to go to broward. if everyone is creating rules across the state of florida, we have the numbers we have now. the numbers that escalated and again, guy back, asking questions, who is leading in the state of florida? >> wow that's a good question. thank you, represent sif jones. my best to you and your family. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> tucker carlson commented tonight about the racist and sexist comments about the senior writer for his show. and then he announced a vacation. that is next. ♪when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion,♪ ♪upset stomach, diarrhea pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and now, get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with new pepto bismol chews. new microban 24 watch as microban 24 kills 99.9% of bacteria... and then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. i trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24-hours. >> te

as tim russert said, florida, florida, florida, can't win without florida. and according to the cbs news yougov poll, donald trump is losing in florida. his response to the pandemic really seems to be playing out here in these polls. it might be good for the president politically to step up on fighting the pandemic. still ahead on "morning joe," she's a retired marine, who flew 89 combat missions as a fighter pilot. now amy mcgrath is on a new mission trying to unseat senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, the kentucky democrat joins us next. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. g "morning " we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ - sir. - you're talking about a first [runnigeneration americanren] from the streets of the imperial valley who rose to beat the odds. she worked nights and weekends till she earned herself a master's degree. she was running in a marathon when a man behind her collapsed from cardiac arrest. and using her e

florida coronavirus cases surging. more than 15,000 cases announced on sunday alone, marking the highest daily number of confirmed cases in the state ever. the test positivity rate in florida has not dipped below 15% since june 25th. governor ron desantis suggested over the weekend that florida will not proceed to the next phase of reopening. >> so right now, we're not making any changes, status quo. we want to get this positivity rate down. and as we get in a more stable situation, you know, then we'll take a look at it. >> reporter: hospitals in miami beach are nearing full capacity. >> we're going to have to start moving regular beds into icu beds. so we're clearly being strained at this point. and there's obviously an impact on non-covid cases. which also need to be taken care of. so this is really straining our health care system dramatically. >> reporter: walt disney world reopening some parks, despite the surge. making masks mandatory and barring anyone displaying covid symptoms. georgia seeing an increase in ne

wait two weeks, florida will be next. hell, we're eight weeks away from that and it hasn't happened. >> reporter: as cases kept escalating in june, the governor resisted a call for a statewide mask mandate. phed the sunshine state is reopening. this weekend, disney is reopening its parks for the first time in four months. with temperature checks, masks, and sanitation stations. but california is putting its reopening in reverse. shutting down indoor businesses, restaurants, bars, theaters, and museu museums. los angeles and san diego school districts announcing they will only reopen online this fall. 12 states hitting a record number of infections and hospitalizations this weekend. many cases traced back to large gatherings of people. including michigan, where hundreds were shoulder to shoulder at this party. what goes through your mind when you see these parties? >> it's sad. i'm all about partying, but right now is not the time. >> reporter: jared is a party promoter in south florida. he's been planning events since the

and other parts of florida. we look through those trends as well in summer positive and i think her busy entered biggest concern is south florida so we worked hard to get the medicine and this is just the beginning of the staff support, were here to do more as you need to do more and we understand the challenge. [inaudible question] >> we are mostly private labs, we have three state labs, they do a limited number, they are doing about a thousand today which is helpful after the 24 hour turnaround but with the numbers we are looking at, we had set up to have one of the big machines like carlos tried to get one here, we wanted to get them this summer and now they're like you can get a machine and february, we will need as much in february hopefully. it is really working with private labs. what we did with the long-term care is we have a company, it's a newer company and it's a self swab test, you send it directly to them, they run it and send it back and report every day, that is what were looking to do, something

this means that the state of florida has surpassed 400,000 cases. miami-dade county here where i am, used to akouptd for 24% of the total cases. now it's jumped 25%. with all that said yesterday governor ron desantis claiming that the cases have stabilized. take a listen. >> we clearly stabilized with the cases. the numbers positive are better this week than the previous week. if you take out south florida, the rest of the state is trending even better in that, although i do think south florida, you know, has definitely stabilized and miami has shown some signs of improvement as well so i actually think that the trend -- look, you've got to look at all of this. there's a bunch of different data points, but we're trending much better today, you know, than we were two weeks ago. >> you know, i asked an infectious disease expert dr. eileen marty here in miami-dade her take, and she says that it's too early to make the call to say that these numbers have stabilized. she says look at the icus in miami-dade county right now they are operating at is 32 bos

of the state of florida does. >> reporter: florida is averaging 45 deaths a day. sunday the greatest number of deaths was right here in pinellas county. 14 14. bottom line, health officials are uncertain what is going to be the eventual end to all this because of the patchwork in the state, and it's possible florida's governor will address that. up until now he that stood back. he has allowed the counties to make decisions. so in miami-dade county, for instance, they have just decided now they're going to open the beaches tomorrow, but they're going to close indoor dining a the restaurants, but they will allow it for take-out. whereas here, the beaches are open and you can go in to the restaurants. it's a big state and, remember, this is a tourist state. so there are those who have been traveling, andrea, to miami-dade, discovering when they got there, well, our vacation's a little different, and get in the car, come up here to central florida. out on the west coast on the beaches here. of course is, if they're asymptomatic, carrying potentially the spread of the

florida. those are places i would focus on and start, mika. >> so to me what you're saying is frighteningly obvious to take kasie hunt's term throughout the show, it's frighteningly obvious there are mitigation techniques that have not happened because the leadership in florida and the president's leadership. there's been a call for federalized response since this began, the president refuses. can you give us an update in terms of what is happening -- what are you hearing about what is happening with testing in this places like florida where they are having hot spots, where there are surges in numbers because now i'm hearing there's confusion with testing and also delays. >> it's that last part i want to double click on, nationwide, especially florida, remember april we couldn't get enough agents and swabs, that's the same. i've heard 21 days, makes contact tracing useless. that's where we're at in this day and age. secretary devos sitting here on the sunday news talk show saying we have to re

the states behind florida, louisiana and arizona. against this backdrop there are reports that florida is fudging its numbers and minimizing the crisis by underreporting positive numbers. dr. jason salami is joining me now a professor at the university of south florida. doctor, you did the research here. tell us how florida is skewing the results. >> so actually first it's important to understand that i'm not an insider but a scientist trying to make sense of the data like everybody else and so that's why i created a dashboard to make publicly available for people to access reliable data. but obviously covid-19 has been increasing dramatically in florida and the positivity rate is something that people pay attention to. you see the governor tweet out about it so in this article there are two major issues that emerge with what's happening with the positivity rate. the first to me is more of a problem with the communication of the data so people should have access to data they understand and it is pretty simple. we want to know the cas

florida. one of the most troubling epicenter in the country. today the state reported more than 11,000 new infections and 93 deaths. that is just shy of the single-day record in cases reported late last week. and an increase of more than 1200% since the may 4th reopening. rosa flores is live outside of jackson memorial hospital in miami. let's start with the positivity rate. what is the latest on that today? >> reporter: well, miami-dade countries just released it, brooke and it is down slightly but there is no good news here. it is down to 28% from 33.5%. but here is the thing, the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. well they've been over 18% for the past 14 days. like i said, there is no good news here. and the hospitals are getting tested, the infrastructure is getting tested. miami-dade countries also just released the hospitalization numbers of covid-19 patients and according to miami-dade county the number of covid-19 patients has increased in the past 14 days by 74%, icu's by 88%

welcome back because the headlines now florida has set yet another daily u.s. coronavirus record with more than 15000 new cases this is higher than any european country at their peak south africa has reintroduced a nighttime curfew and a ban on alcohol sales after recording its highest daily jump in new infections more than 13000 cases were confirmed on sunday. and then exit polls have given poland's incumbent president under a do a slight lead in the country's closely force election race too dear a conservative is up against socially liberal walsall mayor rafael cross kosky the polls been seen as a battle for the future direction of the country. now aid agencies say that lives will be lost as a result of a u.n. security council decision that cuts another vital lifeline for more than a 1000000 displaced syrians after days of deadlock russia forced members to compromise allowing only one border crossing to remain open for 8 to liveries the un originally authorized to flow through 4 border crossings in 20142 from turkey one from iraq and the other from jordan 6 m

we mentioned florida. some of those statistics from florida. they high case level. they did today record their highest number of deaths in a single day. i believe it was 132. for comparison, new york at its peak was up at 780. i've seen you say that florida and new york are dealing with different issues. can you describe what you're talking about there? >> yeah. well, we've had about a sixfold increase in cases since june 10th. we've had about a 3 1/2-fold increase in hospitalizations, and we have had a threefold increase in deaths, which of course is tragic. but the case fatality rate, the number of deaths over cases, has been dropping very steadily over the last -- really the last month since june 10th. in fact, we're now at about 1.5%, and that compares to 10% in new york city, for example. i think part of the explanation is that the age of cases is younger than occurred in new york. most of our cases right now are in the age group of 15 to 44. most of the folks that are hospitalized are between 55 and 85, and most of the deaths are between 65 and 95. so part of

jacksonville, florida, baton rouge, louisiana and one in texas. about half of the cases they have had have come in the past ten days. >> it is worrisome because it does not bode well for the coming weeks and months. let's get more news from jeremy diamond. the president is making a major push to reopen all schools across the country starting next month. what are you hearing and what is the latest? >> reporter: as coronavirus cases are continuing to surge in more than half of the states in the country, the president making a full court press for schools to reopen. during a white house event today, arguing that schools reopening needs to be a priority both for the mental health of the students as well as the economic health of the country. the president said he will pressure states to reopen schools if they don't so themselves. as for the cdc guidelines to help schools reopen safely, they are not expected until next week. >> we are going to reopen schools. everybody wants it, the moms and dads want it. >> reporter: pushing for reopening schools. arg

florida, a state trump carried, biden leading, a 14-point lead over trump in florida. the last time a democratic candidate was ahead by double digits, 13 years ago. trump wanted by nine in texas. biden up by a point in texas. big swing there. you see it in michigan. trump won michigan by .3 of one point in 2016. that was the closest of the three midwest states trump was able to flip. now nine points for biden. minnesota, by the way, this was not a trump state in 2016. it's one of the states trump has talked about making a trump state in 2020. it's one of those states where he this feel they can flip from blue to red. last night fox news poll, not a close race in that poll, though. biden leading by 13 points in minnesota. let's show you the road to 270 map. we'll be using this thing a lot in the coming weeks, coming months. this is what the map looked like in 2016. you can see the most direct path is to win back those three midwestern states they had won for decades and trump took in 2016. if biden was able to get pennsylvania, if he was able to get michigan. we don't h

and you would think florida would take a wait and see approach, cases are out of control but florida's republican governor intends to follow the president's lead and committing him schools to reopen without exceptions come next month. and school officials on the ground say that is a very, very bad idea. >> i will not reopen our school system august 24th if the conditions are what they are today. >> joining me now frederick ingram. president of the florida education association. thank you for being with me, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> we just heard from betsy devos a little bit ago delivering this message to the governors, and i quote, it is not a matter of if schools open, it is a matter of how schools must fully open and must be fully operational. when you hear that, what do you think? >> so, right now it is irresponsible to talk about how -- if schools will reopen in the fall for florida. right now we need to be talking about how we get this virus under control. how do we keep schools and our communities safe. how do we ensure that our teachers and our educational support

area is in the epicenter of florida. so how are things looking at this moment? >> well actually, today the last week or so we've slowed the growth down. also seeing the contagion level, the positivity rates start to level off and go down. so those are pretty good -- that's pretty good news so far. it's not to say that we don't have a lot of people going to the hospital that we don't have a lot of people in the hospital. we do we have about 2200 people in the hospital. about 2500 people and there's 2500 people on ventilators which is higher than it was just three weeks ago. but, we saw a huge spike in about two or three weeks ago started that got us from 800 people in the hospital to about 2000 pretty quickly. think we have leveled off in terms of the spiking. and hopefully were heading in the right direction. >> when this whole pandemic first began in this country it really looked as though florida was going to be spared relatively speaking. and you know, the governor started to reopen the state in the middle of may. how

states like arizona, nevada and florida are among the highest. today new york city entered phase four as the state reported just eight covid related deaths. but concerns are rising over scenes like this one outside a bar in queens. >> what they're doing is stupid. and reckless. and it has to stop. >> reporter: dr. pastewski knows firsthand the risk. he is a covid survivor himself and he has a blunt warning. >> we just start having trucks full of dead people or we're going to get smart and we're going to do what we can as americans to keep our parents and our grandparents alive. >> reporter: today is the 12th day since the fourth of july that florida has reported more than 10,000 new cases. there are new curfews in effect in parts of south florida tonight as well as fines for violating mask orders. and the bahamas has decided to close its borders to visitors from covid hot spots including the united states. norah? >> o'donnell: manny bojorquez, thank you. tonight the mystery deepens over why the first hispanic u.s. district court judge in new jers

florida is one of 40 states where cases are rising. more than 10,000 new cases for the sixth day in a row. >> if you had been -- >> shame on you, ron desantis! >> if you had been infected -- >> reporter: protesters frustrated with florida's governor, drowning him out at this news conference today. just months ago, he scolded the media for overhyping the virus. >> wait two weeks, florida's going to be next. just like italy, wait two weeks. well, hell, we're eight weeks away from that, and it hasn't happened. >> reporter: today, he made an urgent plea for plasma. >> your plasma will be able to be used to help other patients. >> reporter: one florida sheriff's department says despite a ban on large gatherings, they've broken up several huge block parties recently, like this one that went past 2:00 a.m. earlier this month. there are growing concerns at the villages, florida's largest retirement community, where cases and hospitalizations are on the rise. and tonight, with the nationwide demand for testing and fast results at an all-time hi

i mean, look at florida. look at the polling in that polling you cited with quinnipiac. 70% of the states say the virus is out of control. roughly 60% disapprove of the way the president is handling. roughly 60% disapprove of the way the governor is handling it. why not? they'll cross 400,000 cases today or tomorrow. some time next day or next week they'll pass new york. they have two times as many cases as any other state, as california, which is not exactly doing great either. so, yes, the president is paying a price. i would say, john, his kind of cultural message of the cities are out of control and they're coming to get you, if there's an audience that might work with elements of it, it would be older white voters, but again, there's only so far you can push that, as long as there is this consensus that you have failed on literally a life and death issue, probably the greatest life and death challenge that americans have faced in our lifetime. >> of course, there's a nexus between the crime in cities and

this is florida. it's an 100 degrees outside. >> you know, representative, there's exceptions for people who have conditions that make it hard for them to breathe if they choose to not wear a mask. >> read the legal complaint of the lawsuit which you'll find those exceptions are written in such a vague way essentially most businesses and government itself are in a position to immediately want to deny it. when you walk into a store and say, listen, i have an illness or asthma, what's happening is you're getting actually bullied and harassed by businesses and government officials to wear a mask. they actually aren't trained, most code enforcement officers not trained on spotting your illness or subjective sensory disability. so they're pushing you to wear a mask. really, these masks are creating even more havoc than violating the constitution but actually causing direct harm on people's lives incentivizing bullying and harassment. it's terrible. >> do you know anyone who's died from covid? >> i'm aware

schools start next month in florida. they have several weeks to see how this goes and possibly change their minds or come up with some kind of a combination of in school and online early. something that might help mitigate having all of those children in one place. >> yeah. all right. elizabeth, if you could stand by for me. among the new announcements out of florida the state requires the schools there to reopen for in-person classes this fall. i want to talk more with alberto carvallo as the superintendent of schools. i think we can all agree in-person learning is best for the kids. it's best for parents certainly trying to get back to work. but that order seems to entirely ignore how much worse the cases have gotten in your state. is you district ready to go back to school as usual? number one, thank you very much for the opportunity. our district is ready to go back as long as the options that we have put before our parents, our community, the surveys with parents and teachers are honored. i believe they will. look.