he didn't need to win florida. this year, they are doubtful about that in florida is a must-wednesday for republicans, not so much for democrats. steve: in terms of political capital and organization, with his governor ron desantis bring to the trump campaign? marc: good question. he still has higher favorable numbers than unfavorable numbers. now, he has taken shock and his favorability rating because of the way he handled coronavirus, oh i should say the way the national news media has part trade -- has portrayed florida and the coronavirus. i do have an issue with some of the coverage. as head of the state, governor desantis is in charge of picking the secretary of state, who oversees the election machinery. and if the election looks like it did in 2012, huge lines of people waiting to cast early votes, the governor at the time, charlie crist, nature to give people more time to do that. the008, pardon me, that was case. in 2012 when governor scott saw these huge lines, he didn't open polls longer for early votin

florida just stopped doing that. they stopped reporting hospitalization numbers statewide at the end of may, which "the miami herald" suggests is when their rise in cases really started taking off. they just decided they wouldn't put that information out in public view anymore. florida is so cagey about its numbers when it comes to coronavirus that they fired the person they'd had running the state's website showing all the coronavirus data. she says they fired her because they wanted her to manipulate and remove data in order to make the epidemic look more under control in florida than it actually was. she's incidentally now launched her own handmade personal version of the florida coronavirus data dashboard that she used to run for the state. she's just doing it herself now from home in her spare time because she says the state wouldn't let her post the real data online at the official site, so she's doing her best now just as a private individual. florida has also resisted posting data about outbreaks and deaths a

he didn't need to win florida. this year they are more doubtful as florida is a must-win state for the republicans, not so much for the democrats. >> in terms of political capital in organization, what does governor ron desantis bring to the trump campaign? >> that is a good question. he still got favorable numbers that are higher than his unfavorable numbers. so that is an important thing. now he's taken a bit of a shot in his favor ability rating with the way he's handled coronavirus or i should say the national news media has portrayed the coronavirus. i do have in an issue with some of the coverage but that is for another day. as head of the state, governor desantis is in charge of the secretary of state who oversees election machinery and the like. and if the election looks like it did in 2012, where you had huge lines of people waiting to cast early votes, the governor at the time charlie crist made sure to give people more time to do that. later on when -- pardon me in 2008 that was the case. in 2012 when go

florida are responsible for nearly more than1 florida are responsible for nearly more than 1 million jobs florida are responsible for nearly more than1 millionjobs in florida, so it is a huge industry of course and a lot of people were making the argument that it was indispensable for florida's economic stability to reopen as soon as for florida's economic stability to reopen as soon as possible. of course, the governor was also promoting the state of florida as a site for many events that were not going to be able to be somewhere else in the country, for example the nba, which is due to happen later on in orlando. so a great deal of economic issues around tourism in florida, which explains why the governor was so eager to open the state. as ever, thank you very much for your help. now let's move away from the us and look at countries which have controlled the virus to a large degree, but continue to face localised outbreaks. for example, in mid—june, china had a spike of new cases in beijing, after almost two months without any. we know from that the government is willing to reint

. >> a political reporter covering the presidential campaign in florida. c-span interviewed him on the issues motivating voters in the 2020 presidential race. with the impact of the coronavirus and protests against police violence could have on the outcome of the sunshine state. >> we can continue our series on part of 2020 the focus is florida joining us in miami who has politics with politico.com. could you give us an overall sense of the landscape in the state right now? >> one is a broader picture coronavirus and protests are both gripping the state, especially coronavirus. this is president trump's newly adopted states. that doesn't seem to making much of a difference in the polls. he currently when you look at the surveys in florida is doing pretty badly think politics average showed eight points. kind of an astonishing margin it's a bigger than hillary clinton's was at this point having covered a number very close races in florida going back to the 2000 presidential election that the presidency by fiber and 37 votes after 37 days of recounting i alw

na tatasha chen joining me from florida. what is expected? >> reporter: we don't have a lot of details on what he may discuss or announce here besides a general covid-19 update but we can see name tags of the people on the panel behind us who will be speaking alongside the governor and they include the president of sacred heart which is the hospital where we're at along with chief medical officer. we expect to hear from the pediatrician in chief from the children's hospital that's part of ascension sacred heart. there hasn't been much information about the details of the discussion they will have here today. obviously we've been reporting a lot about the recent increase in cases across the state of florida and as you just mentioned, some of the beech cities in the broward county area followed the lead of mild in closing their beaches important the july 4th holiday. here in pensacola we haven't heard of anything similar as far as beaches closing for the holiday. everybody in this room is wearing masks and trying to stay socially distant. we're

he did not need to win florida. this year, they are more doubtful about being able to do it being a must win state for the republicans. -- not is an important thing. he has taken a bit of a shot in his favorability rating. the national media has portrayed florida and the virus. i do have an issue for some of the coverage but that is for another day. of the governor is in charge the secretary of state who oversees the machinery. we have huge lines of people waiting to cast early votes. the governor at the time made sure to give people more time to do that. 2008, that was the case but in 2012 when governor scott saw huge lines, he did not open the polls for longer or for early voting. the election supervisors in florida have petitioned for more of authority and more ability to conduct more absentee ballot or mail in voting processes in order to get ready for the fact that a lot of people will probably stay at home and vote that way. and so far, the state has not moved on that. that is a practical way that he is affect

as at to ask about florida state that tim russert said up famously into thousands, it is florida, florida, florida. 2016, four point 6 million votes for donald trump, 4.5 lien votes for hillary clinton. why has this state consistently been so tight between democrats and republicans, such a battleground state? joe: florida is a melting pot of america. we have almost four or five different states, if you were to break us up. it is very expensive to run year. that is what florida should be first in voting, because we are so reflective of america. we can't win the white house without winning florida, but we are firing on all cylinders, even during the shutdown. first time you had the republican national committee, the republican national committee and the republican party all working in conjunction within 24 hours of shut down, we are charged with all digital operations, we have 130 staffers on the ground. cochair of the trump campaign, we had 62 people at the very peak. because we have had a captive audience at home, we went out and recruited tens of thousands of volunteers. that is why we a

while everyone agrees gang centers are a problem including the florida the florida believed maybe it's being financed by gangsters. conversely you have people that are supporting gun control at that time, individuals more so than a movement. but their argument is the reverse of that. they're sayi saying, well, it's gangs financing these sportsmen or nra. so it's interesting no one disagrees gangsters are the epicenter of why these gun laws really come to the foray, but both sides are using it as prop gabd ganda with no factual basis of support. >> when did the nra move it its origins today? was it world war ii, post world war ii? >> i would say it is 1932. 1932 is when the florida backed legislation known as the uniform firearms act, which was intended -- which was a model state legislation that was supposed to be enacted everywhere as a way to make the laws uniform. and in doing so that would protect sportsmen say i was traveling from indiana to ohio if ohio had stricter laws and i was traveling in my hire car i would not be harmed by going into that state necessarily because these la

why don't you see florida's numbers looking better? >> well, i think it's just either the vice president is not getting the right information or his statement is grossly irresponsible. the country is not opening safely. we're going in the wrong direction. and we're seeing a number of cases, number of deaths, and number of hospitalizations going up. we are in a situation that we should never have been if we had done things safely and correctly, but we obviously did not. and we are in a very, very, very difficult situation right now. >> what should have been a better approach? what should have been a better approach? there was no real national guideline. the white house said, we're leaving it up to states and municipalities to approach this the best way they can. but then the white house would say we're ready for the nation to open up. so what would have been a better collective approach? >> well, i think there was clearly -- the how to open america safely document that came out of the white house should have been followed by the states.

he didn't need to win florida. this year, they are a little more doubtful about being able to do that if florida is a must win state for the republicans. not so much for the democrats. host: in terms of political capital and organization, what does governor ron desantis say about the trump campaign? he still has favorable numbers that are higher than his unfavorable numbers. that is an important thing. he has taken a shot in his favorability rating, the way he handled the coronavirus. i should say, the way the national news media has portrayed florida with the coronavirus. i do have an issue with some of the coverage. that's for another day. he is also, as the head of the state, the governor is in charge of making -- picking the secretary of state. if the election for him looks like it did in 2012, we have huge lines of people waiting to cast early votes. the governor at the time major to give people more time to do that. later on, when -- pardon me, into the sunny, that was the case -- in 2008, that was the case.

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the seminole tribe of florida down in florida, which is our brothers and our brethren and we are the descendants of the ancestors that were brought as prisoners of war to the west, and i just want you to know that even though seminoles are associated with the overall indian removal act of the 1830s and what's known as the trail of tears, our people, our males were shackled in chains and brought to the west as prisoners of war. so the seminoles are a very well studied native american people group and a well-known people group, as well, when you think about american indians. a lot of times people will think of the seminoles. and we extend our invitation out to you. come visit us here in central oklahoma, the home of the seminole nation of oklahoma, wewoka. but let's take a look at the map. it speaks a little bit about seminole beginnings. as we see the whole southeastern part of the united states was home to many tribes, as you can see in this map, and what became known as seminoles for you see, seminole is not the original name of the nation and the tribes that exists in florida today

president. >> the senator from florida. >> mr. president, reserving the right to object. >> this is clearly a challenging time for every level of government. i think we'll all admit that this crisis was unprecedented and congress has already taken bold action to stem this virus and save our economy, if we're not careful, congress will create another equally devastating crisis down the road, a crisis of our own making. our national debt and deficits already at unsustainable levels have skyrocketed, as congress has spent almost three trillion dollars, $3 trillion to address this crisis. to put that in protect, congress has spent $9,000 for every american. at some point we need to start thinking about the impact this spending will have on the future of our children and our grandchildren. how we're impacting our ability to fund our military and safety nets like social security, medicare and medicaid. again, i know-- i know everyone here wants to help our states. i want to help our states, too. which is why i support and maintain the e

listen, i love florida and i think god loves florida, and i think we need to do everything we can to have safety first. it's important to try to understand, ana, that we want to open the economy. listen, we live on tourism in the sunshine state and it's because it's beautiful. but we have to also balance safety is the number one -- safety first. >> wouldn't wearing a mask help florida be able to be more open? >> well, that's correct, you're exactly right, ana, it does. because if we have lower cases, more people are going to be inclined to come and visit the sunshine state. that's important to our economy, it's crucial, clearly. but leadership has to say, and i mean in the governor's office, look, i was governor. and i understand that people pay attention to what you do and how you comport yourself. i think that the governor can do better here. i know that he's trying. listen, this is a difficult situation for everybody. we're kind of trying to build a plane as we're flying it as many have said in the past, so i understand that, but i think the governor would be ill advised to say we

>> political reporter covering the presidential campaign in florida. c-span recently spoke about the issues motivating voters ahead of the 2020 election. >> mark covers politics for politico.com. an overall sense of the landscape in the state right now. >> there's a few different landscapes. one is a broad picture, both are regrouping the state. this is president trump's newly adopted state, but that doesn't seem to be making much of a difference in the polls. if you look at the surveys that is getting pretty badly. politics on average showed this kind of an astonishing margin. it's bigger than hillary clinton was at this point. having covered a number of close races in florida going back to the presidential election that decided the presidency by 537 votes after 37 days of recounting, i always get suspicious or weary of them showing a big blowout at the top of the ticket race. so if joe biden wins florida i don't think. >> if you look back at 16 it was a close race between hillary clinton and donald trump. why was it so competitive back then and what

so if somebody is on vacation in florida, if somebody winters in florida, florida doesn't count those. i think they admit that, so is that why you're seeing the deletion or is something else going on? >> no this is not just people being attributed to the wrong state. these are people who got sick and died here in a florida hospital. they're not people who got sick and then went home to massachusetts and died. it's an entirely different field they use and they publish. these are people who actually died in the florida hospital and i think that people care more about where the virus is in their community than they do whether or not somebody is -- has a permanent legal address in florida. whether they're staying here for several months with family member or relative and then they get sick and they die here. you are part of this community, you know? you walk around in the same grocery stores and you're walking around hopefully in the same hospital. so that is what people really care about. >> i should let everybody know, we have reached out to the florida department of health, we have not

florida -- my parents live in florida. we think about florida all the time. you also have a vulnerable population, people who are older, people more likely to have pre-existing conditions. we've really got to pay attention to florida. obviously i watched the interview you had with the mayor. there's going to be all sorts of decisions that i think are going to need to be made now, not a week from now, not a month from now, but now in order to sort of try and get ahead of the curve as best as possible. >> like what, sanjay? >> basically deciding if there's going to be a mask policy. we know how effective masks can be if people are going out in the public. i get there's a significant desire to not shut things down again. i understand that fully. but if some of these actions aren't taken now, that decision may no longer be in the hands of people. the decision may get made for them, especially if hospitals start to get to the red line sort of capacity that we saw in new york. >> i want to ask you one of the things we are hearing from florida. governor ron desantis

these were the original tribes of florida. what we do know, historically, they were decimated due to disease and slavery early on as europeans come to this part of the world. so what became known as seminoles, they begin to settle in this area here as early as the 1700s. that will become associated with those particular tribal people groups. the capital of today, as people will call it, tallahassee, is actually probably where this -- tallahassee is right along this area, if i have the estimation of the map here. tallahassee is my tribal town. that is the tribal town i come from. we as seminoles have tribal towns, what we call bands today and the formation of our trouble -- tribal government. we also have clans. so my clan is bird clan. all of this derives from my mother's side. so we are matrilineal. whatever your mother is, is the line you follow, especially with your clan. constitutionally, today, if your mother is not a member of the seminole nation but your father is, then you can be a member of that band of your father. b

florida just stopped doing that. they stopped reporting hospitalization numbers, statewide, at the end of may. which "the miami herald" suggests is when their rise in cases really started taking off. they j they just decided they wouldn't put that information out in public view anymore. florida's so cagey about its numbers when it comes to coronavirus that they fired the person they had running the state's website. she says they fired her because they wanted her to manipulate and move data, in order to make the epidemic look more under control in florida than it actually was. she's, incidentally, now launched her own, handmade, personal version of the florida coronavirus data dashboard that she used to run for the state. she's just doing it herself now, from home, in her spare time. because she says the state wouldn't let her post the real data online, the official site, so she's doing her best now just as a private individual. outbreaks and deaths at its nursing homes and workplaces. florida likes to keep the number

hit the new daily high, and so does florida nearly 10,000 cases in that state in just one day. texas and florida now reversing some of the reopenings. >> we continue to see more covid-19 positive test results and rising hospitalizations. >> beaes in miami set to close again and what the texas governor wishes he'd done differently arizona pushing the limits, not reversing course in its reopening even as some hospitals fill up and residents wait in line for hours in 105 degree heat to get tested. >>> the super spreading events behind the new outbreaks past bars, the new science on how they are driving the outbreak. >>> the outrage a after the officers involved were reassigned to desk duty for their own protection. >>> back to school an exclusive look at how notre dame plans to bring students back in august. they're cutting class sizes in half. >>> and southern discomfort the giant dust cloud blanketing the south, where it's heading next. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> i'm kate snow in for jose tonight we have passed yet another milestone in th

let's look at what's happening in florida. it's seeing its highest increase since this began, since we started charting this in march. tell us what the situation is on the ground in your hospital. >> well, our number that we focus on is 38. we have 38 covid beds in between two units. and if we can keep that number below 38, you know, matching discharges with admissions, we feel like we're in a good spot. our number yesterday was 33 down from 40 a few days ago, so we were in a good spot yesterday, regarding the number of patients that we had. >> that is good news, although it does fluctuate day-to-day. and the overall trends in florida, in texas, in california, not great. juliette, look at texas, for instance, where you can see the number of hospitalizations continuing to rise, doubling in some cases over the last few weeks. i think we have a graphic that illustrates this. and in houston, we're being told they're running out of icu beds. and the question is, what do you do about it? apple is closing stores in the houston area.

alone. 40% of black men in florida could not vote because of a felony conviction. over 20% of african-americans in general could not vote in florida because of a felony conviction. florida was going to counter in order to get the representation in congress but these were folks who could not vote so when you think about that, this is where florida is operating under a. florida implemented as a mentioned before god the felony disenfranchisement law a year after congress passed the reconstruction act this black men can vote. in the felony disenfranchisement law they were eager to debate er targeted or applied towards african-americans, so it's criminalized blackness. it wasn' wasn't a complex that e criminals but that criminalized blackness. and then sucked them into the criminal justice system with the added bonus you get sucked into the system and the added bonus that you've stripped them of their rights. so, after almost 150 years to get this mass mobilization happening in florida, people's initiative, amendment number four that sees the inherent injustice in the p

well the florida panther is florida's official state animal was chosen by schoolchildren back in 1901 to represent our state but it still very nearly went extinct in the mid 1990 s. they they were the population had dwindled so small that they were inbreeding and had genetic problems and captive breeding that tried captive breeding with them and that it didn't work because the kittens still had the genetic problem so they end up having to use this totally unprecedented scientific experiment to save them and that actually had the chapter on that is actually called hail mary pass because that's what they needed in order to make this work the book has sort of a hopeful ending which is you know kind of rare for environmental stories to have a have an up ending like that but we had about 20 panthers left in the mid 1990 s. and now we've got about 200 so it's a pretty big comeback for them you know they're not out of the woods by any means but they're doing a lot better than they used to very good now there was a time when people thought the panther was already extinct what was done to save

to your left, miami, florida to your right. both of those states right now are kind of going in reverse, not just slowing phased openings, but in the case of both of them now looking at stopping bars from doing business at least with alcohol, which does kind of limit their clientele, and also with drastic capacity in the case of texas in restaurants. that had been up to 75%, going backwards to 50%. the implications from all of this at a time we got news that half a dozen states right now are considering similar measures to deal with what has been an enormous spike in cases. for the third straight day running, around the 40,000 mark, something we've not seen throughout this process. but again, more cases does not necessarily mean more trouble. for example, the death counts at this point are actually subsiding rather dramatically. we're going to get into that anomaly in just a second. in the meantime, i do want to pick apart the significance of what's happening in these states right now. here to do that, steve harrigan. hey, stev

and deaths in florida to more than 3,300. the mayor of miami had this to say about the latest surge. >> well, we're very concerned. we hit 1500 cases today. you know, that's three times what i call the high water mark of march, so we're at 300% greater of new cases than we were back in march. the state of florida, 89,000, is seven times greater than the high water mark was, with 1300 cases in march. so, it's incredibly concerning. >> florida's governor says nothing has changed in his state in the past week, regarding the coronavirus pandemic. but some cities are reacting to this latest surge by making the wearing of face masks in public mandatory. cnn's miguel marquez reports from florida. >> reporter: the sunshine state, in a state of crisis. the number of coronavirus infections climbing at alarming rate, with florida reporting nearly 9,000 new cases. its highest single day to date. cities like hollywood now mandating masks be worn in public even outdoors, except when exercising. >> i do think for the safety of everybody, es

texas and florida there. governor desantis in florida there acknowledging that yes there's a spike in numbers, a spike in positivity but claiming much of it can be blamed on increase in people of a certain demographic. the younger demographic 18 to 44, and most of it because of socializing he says. in texas you heard the vice president there, pence acknowledging a spike in texas saying also what's contributing to that spike is the groups getting together and he says wearing a mask is a good thing. . so let's talk about the real similarities here coming from they briefings out of florida and texas. i got a great contingent of experts and reporters from texas to florida and to washington. right now let's go to dr. michael sag. also with us there is francesca chambers. so, doctor let me begin with you in texas. the governor abbott saying it's been a swift and dangerous change, a positivity rate of 13%. were you expecting to hear an announcement from the governor or the vice president how those numbers would be t

. >> 75% of the icu beds are already occupied in florida. we are right back to square one. >> covid-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in texas, and it must be corralled. >> young people are going out, as they do think they're invincible, they're getting the virus, and they're spreading it into the community. >> donald trump is expected to attend several public events in arizona, where the number of daily coronavirus cases has been steadily surging. >> when you put a bunch of people together in an indoor space, those are the perfect conditions to have a superspreader event. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it is tuesday, june 23rd, 6:00 here in new york. >>> and while you were sleeping, violent clashes broke out between police and protesters near the white house. protesters attempt to topple a statue of former president andrew jackson. then they spray-painted the columns of the historic st. john's

this is jacksonville, florida. bear in mind, the argument that testing is the cause of the surging numbers was widely criticized when president trump made it last weekend. let's bring in our bbc monitor live in miami. louise, tell us more about how many rtrictions will be returned in florida. louise: there hasn't been a change in the tone from authorities. -- there has certainly been a authorities paired the governor has suspended plans to reopen the economy. but controversially has not ordered a statewide requirement to wear masks. he has left that to individual cities, individual counties. many of them have, for example, miami-dade where i am, there is in order to wear masks. also controversially, in jacksonville, which is going to be the site of the republican national convention final night later on in the so it is clearly a situation thate. changes across the st still, i would say that most authorities in florida have realized the seriousness of the situation. and although only aew weeks ago they were scribing

florida went, not today. in its felony disfranchisement law, it wrote laws that were either targeted at african-americans or only applied toward african americans. so it criminalize blackness. it wasn't that blacks were criminals, it criminalized blackness. then sucked them into the criminal justice system with the added bonus so you get them sucked into the system to get the convict labor system happening with the added bonus that you also strip them of their voting rights. so after, we've got over 100 years the moles 150 years or so. you get this mass mobilization happening in florida of people ballot initiative, amendment 4 that feeds the inherent injustice and permanent felony disfranchisement. the way that it had run in florida was that there is the permanent you had to wait seven years after you have finished your term your sentence before you could even petition the governor's commission to get your voting rights back. the commission didn't meet all the time it met four times a year. when you have 1.7

shows the pockets, across the southeast, florida. and back through the west, severe thunderstorms tonight will roll off the coast later on. and then another threat tomoow getting carolinas and back through tennessee and kentucky, also stretching back through the northern plains. the worst of these will fire tomorrow afternoon. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> when we come back, the locust swarm overseas. how it's effecting flights in and out of a major international capital. stay with us. because our way works great for us! but not for your clients. that's why we're a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? nope. we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? we don't have those. so, what's in it for you? our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. at fisher investments we're clearly different. so we collaborate ♪ ocean spray works with nature every day to farm in a sustainable way i wondered.. co

joining us now, florida congressman greg steube. he serves on the house judiciary, oversight and veterans affairs committees. congressman steube, we obviously don't have a handle on the virus. is it a good time to be bringing the gop convention to jacksonville? >> well, i think floridians and especially republicans are very happy to welcome the convention here in florida. it's two months away. we still have 60 days before the convention comes into jacksonville, so who knows what type of situation we have with covid-19. there's going to be -- it's the president of the united states, the rnc, we're going to have plenty of safety protocols in place to insure everybody's protected. they're going to do temperature checks as people go in, plenty of ppe for people to use, sanitation procedures, so i feel very comfortable that our leadership is going to take the things they need to do to make sure that everybody's safe. jon: we've, fox news recently put out a poll asking voters, among other things, who do you trust to do a better job on han

yesterday we crossed the 5,000 mark here in florida. today another 5,000 mark, more than 5,000 cases reported by the florida department of health and just yesterday and during a press conference florida governor ron desantis doubling down saying he's not going to require masks statewide, but here's a reality on the ground. we talked to an expert. she put it like this. it's very simple. there are a lot of young people in the state of florida who are out and about partying, not wearing masks, not social distancing and then going home and intermingling about their parents and grandparents, going to work and mingling with their co-workers and spreading this virus. we checked the numbers here in miami-dade because miami-dade is the epicenter of this crisis here in the state of florida, and just yesterday there was a 27% positivity rate. now, you've got to listen to this because the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. they have exceeded 10% for the past step days. when it comes to hospitalizations jackson health reporting a 108% increas

my parents live in florida, poppy. i mean, this has been a conversation topic for the last several months. a lot more vulnerable people live in florida. because of age, people go there to retire and people have pre-existing conditions so that's why, you know, you see 75% of the icu beds already at capacity now, and this is sort of in a more plateau phase, so when they talk about this being the next epicenter it's not just the number of cases, it's the toll on the hospital system that they are worried about. >> sure. >> and looking at oklahoma, they are seeing the biggest single day increase yesterday in the rally with the president in 20,000-plus people in this arena and no mandated masks tomorrow, i wonder if that risk is not only great to the people of tulsa but, you know, more broadly across the nation because things are more open now. people are traveling more. it's the summer. they are driving from state to state. there's just a lot more contact. >> yeah. there's no question that these numbers that we're seeing, t

florida hit 32,000 new cases since friday. and you're seeing a lot of our local governments step up and mandate the mask wearing and for awhile even the mayor from jacksonville said it wouldn't happen. he put that into place today. who knows if it's going to actually stay in place for the rnc. he could actually over ride it before hand. that's why i called the statewide and local government can't over ride it as the rnc comes to jacksonville but certainly, with these upticks in cases and not just upticks in cases but the skyrocketing positivity rate, i'm not surprised we here in the state of florida where we are today and looking for ron desesantis be engaged and take his head out of the stand and realize we have a health care crisis that needs leadership at this time that we haven't been seeing from him. >> why do you think he's not doing something statewide? would it make a difference if the president urged everyone to wear masks which the white house is saying the president believes people should listen to local officials?

and there's a coronavirus spike in florida. the governor now says young adults should consider social distancing. i'll talk to the mayor of miami about what needs to be done to get it under control. we start in tulsa, oklahoma. where president trump kicked off his first campaign style rally since march. it was billed as a crowd reaching upwards of a million, but only about 6200 people actually turned out. and despite the widespread cultural unrest being felt all over the country right now, rather than offer a message of unity, president trump stuck to his usual divisive talking points. >> we will never kneel to our national anthem or our great american flag. you know, they don't sell a lot of bombs when we're not dropping bombs on people, you know that, right? i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. i got nicer properties. i got nicer houses, i got nicer apartments. i got nicer everything. >> nbc's cal perry is on the ground in tulsa and was there last night. first of all, happy father's day to you. let's talk about

randi kaye is live in west palm beach, florida. the beaches there will be closed over the holiday weekend, and there is growing concern about the new cases and hospitalizations there, randi. >> reporter: yes, we're on the beach here in palm beach county in west palm beach specifically. there's a few people out on the beach here, a few stragglers catching the early morning sunrise because as you said, they are going to lose their rights to come on the beach come the holiday weekend. we'll get more information today but palm beach county plans to close the beach for the holiday weekend, so does miami-dade and so does broward. they will all be closed. it's because they don't want to see a spike on top of the spike. already yesterday more than 8,500 new cases in the state of florida and if you think that sounds bad, it is. it's 144% jump above the previous sunday high. so things are definitely bad here in the state of florida, and if you take a look at who is getting affected the most here in the state of florida it's not the elderly,

all of this as florida meets this grim milestone. more than 100,000 cases in the state of florida. this as the median age of the covid-19 patient in the state of florida plunges. it used to be 65 back in march. now according to the governor, most of the cases are now between the ages of 18 and 35 according to governor ron desantis, most of these young people are not social distancing, they are not wearing masks. so the governor says that he's going to be publishing psas to educate the public and also sending in inspectors and regulators to businesses to make sure that the rules are being followed. he is not shutting down the economy, and he is not requiring masks statewide. of course, now we know that the city of miami is requiring masks. and there's another important metric, wolf. that is hospitalizations. now, the state of florida does not publish a number of hospitalizations related to covid-19. however, we do get a glimpse from jackson health, one of the largest health systems here in the state of florida. they report in the last 13 days, wolf, an increase of 75% in the number

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going down to florida for their bubble going the m.l.s. going down are we going to see that be a bigger issue that it depends on the league's oh not a good side i'm going to go with yes it's going to be a problem and especially with the recent rise of coded cases doctors are saying that these are all you know people age 30 and under so i think a lot of athletes fall into that age you know or you know especially in the interesting part is with golf usually that's you know you're close to your caddy but you're not usually around a lot of other people but the concern is now this player has gotten it he may contact tracing to figure out who he's been in contact with and now they're worried ok do we need to suspend the play so it's just going to come down to each league and each organization will be doing it differently and you know they're going to be under a lot of scrutiny thank you for that regina ok that's it for now but make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading our brand new free app it is called portab

more than 3,200 reported in florida. >> florida imposed a quarantine on new yorkers. now we're afraid they're bringing the virus to our state. >> it's not really so much a second wave, it's, we've never finished the first wave. >> both responding officers charged in the shooting death of rayshard brooks have surrendered. officer devin brosnan has been released on bond. >> he's disappointed in the system, to be honest with you. >> this is nothing new. we charged it based upon the facts. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camarata and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day," it's friday, june 19th, juneteenth, a day marking the end of slavery in america. john berman is off. jim sciutto joins me in a very handsome tie this morning. >> good to be here. >> president trump's campaign rally is scheduled to happen in tulsa tomorrow, despite many red flags concerns coronavirus. oklahoma just reported its largest single-day increase in covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic. but at tomorrow's ral

and among them, florida. the sunshine state is one of at least 11 pausing or rolling back reopening plans. >> now, the trump administration is down playing any growing threat, but cnn has learned that measures meant to protect the president from catching the coronavirus have scaled up dramatically after more of his staff has tested positive. and there are the international reprecautions as well. the european union is close to finalizing an agreement to block american visitors. >> a lot of news to get to, and we have reporters across the country covering every angle for you. randi kaye in florida, sara westwood at the white house and polo sandoval is in new york. polo, let's begin with you in new york. break it down for us. what's the reality of what we're seeing across the united states right now? >> reporter: that reality is in the numbers. just consider the totals that we saw yesterday alone in the u.s., basically surpassing its record number of daily covid cases, nearly 40,000 in all. when you hear from ex

florida one of the many states right now seeing a surge. today they reported a record number of coronavirus cases. yesterday they recorded a number of coronavirus cases. today the governor was essentially saying young people are driving this surge. they are worried about the 18 to 44 age bracket and the 25 to 34 age bracket. blaming socializing. the governor saying maybe graduation parties are to blame. encouraging these young people to avoid seeing their family member who is are in vulnerable populations to try to avoid negative outcomes. i want to bring in dr. peter hotez at baylor college of medicine. director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development. doctor, we heard governor saying he was surprised to hear the young people are driving this surge. is this something we should be surprised by? >> we have seen a step acceleration in number of cases. not only in florida but the major metropolitan areas of texas, including houston where we're seeing dramatic rise with projections saying we could have two or three times

they were doing about 24,000 tests a day here in florida. now we are up to about 45,000, so that's how the governor is explaining it. but we are also seeing a higher positivity rate here in the state of florida, mostly among younger people, 33 to 35 years old. they are asymptomatic, but if you look at where younger people hang out, it is in the bars, which is why the governor did take one bit of action here. he did close down the bars in the state of florida just after they had done so in texas as well, because that is where young people are congregating. but one thing he hasn't done is mandate masks here in the state of florida. he says he's going to leave it up to the local governments and the municipalities, that they can make up their own mind. he says that he's going to trust people here in the state of florida will do the right thing. we talked to some folks here because we saw so many of them not wearing masks here in palm beach county, which has now mandated people have to wear masks if they can't exercise and safely social distance

i think for the last eight days, florida has a record high. the high watermark when we implementation mentioned stay-at-home order was 1300 case. that was the high watermark for a very long time and we shut down our entire economy for this high watermark. we had 3200 cases yesterday. that's three times the high watermark. obviously in miami we're extremely concern about what we're seeing. you know, we're going to do everything we can to prevent miami from becoming an epicenter. >> governor desantis says florida is, his words, not rolling back on reopening but florida did see a 65% increase in new cases over the last week alone. can you really go about business as usual after seeing a spike like that? >> it's very difficult. i came out on monday and i had a press conference saying we're not going into phase three, have not made the criteria which requires reduction in new cases, reduction in the percentage of cases, which we saw both increase, both those metrics increase. thank italy our hospitalization rate remains stable. we know that lags a

florida, way up. and now the governor taking action. cnn's randy kaye with more from palm beach. >> reporter: here in florida yet another record day. a spike in cases. 9,585. that is the highest number of cases in a single day. the governor is saying that is because of increased testing. increased testing from about 4,000 tests a day to about 45,000 tests a day. we are seeing a high number of positivity rates mostly among young people, ages 33 to 75 years old and they do hang out in bars and the governor decided that is a reason to close all the state bars which he has done, but the governor has decided not to issue a mandatory order that everybody in the state of florida wear masks. so he's leaving it up to those local governments and municipalities saying he's going to trust people to make good decisions. but we see people out and about here in west palm beach not wearing their masks so it's unclear if everybody really is making good decisions. in miami-dade county they have decided to close the beaches because of the spike in cases c

florida has been eyed as the next epicenter of this pandemic. that hasn't changed governor ron desantis's mind when it comes to masks. he is doubling down on his decision not to implement a mandatory mask order saying he trusts people to make good decisions. in california, we just learned that state