>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THAT IS TONIGHT’S LAST WORD,
THE 11th HOUR WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
DAY 1266 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, 118 DAYS TO GO
UNTIL OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE RIFT BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP
AND HIS TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE
EXPERTS ARE GROWING EVEN AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE GROWING
SUBSTANTIALLY WITH NOERPRTHEAST
58,238 NEW INFECTIONS JUST
TODAY.
OVER 1,000 PEOPLE DIED TODAY.
TRUMP IS PUBLICLY DISMISSING THE
WARNINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WHO HAS
BEEN SEEN AND HEARD EVERYWHERE
EXCEPT BEHIND THE OFFICIAL
PODIUM AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND
WAS NOTABLY MISSING FROM TODAY’S
RARITY TASK FORCE BRIEFING.
THE PRESS SECRETARY WAS ASKED
ABOUT DR. FAUCI’S STATUS.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS CONFIDENCE
IN THE CONCLUSIONS OF OUR
MEDICAL EXPERTS AND IT’S UP TO
HIM TO TAKE WHAT HE VALUES IN
THE OPINIONS OF DR. FAUCI AND
DR. BIRX AND OTHERS AND DO WHAT
HE THINKS IS BEST FOR THE
COUNTRY.
>>> THERE IS AN EXPLOSION OF
COVID CASES LARGELY IN THE
SUNBELT STATES AND WHAT WE ARE
IN FOR IF WE CAN’T GET THIS
UNDER CONTROL.
HERE IS DR. FAUCI EARLIER TODAY --
>> THAT GOES AGAINST TRUMP’S
ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. IS,
QUOTE, IN A GOOD PLACE WITH
RESPECT TO HANDLING THIS VIRUS.
TRUMP SAYS THERE WILL BE NO MORE
SHUTDOWNS.
IT IS STAYING OPEN.
THE LATEST PUSH IS TO OPEN
SCHOOLS. TODAY TRUMP SAID, QUOTE --
>>> THE RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDE --
>>> HOURS LATER, THE VICE
PRESIDENT ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF
THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE,
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND
NOTABLY WITHOUT DR. FAUCI WERE
LEFT TO MAKE TRUMP’S CASE TO THE
NATION.
>> WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING EARLY
INDICATIONS OF A PERCENT OF
POSITIVE TESTING FLATTENING IN
ARIZONA, FLORIDA AND TEXAS.
IT’S ESSENTIAL WE GET OUR KIDS
BACK INTO CLASSROOM FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING.
WE CAN’T LET OUR KIDS FALL
BEHIND ACADEMICALLY.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO CUT
PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO CUT
FUNDING FROM SCHOOLS AT A TIME
WHEN HE HAD CATERS
WHEN HE HAD
WHEN EDUCATORS SAY THEY NEED
MORE.
>> FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL, THE
PRESIDENT SAID WE ARE GOING TO
GET THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
THEY JUST DON’T WANT IT TO BE
TOO TOUGH.
NEXT WEEK THE CDC WILL ISSUE A
NEW SET OF TOOLS THAT WILL GIVE
MORE CLARITY ON THE GUIDANCE
GOING FORWARD.
>> THE REPORTER YOU HEARD,
CAITLIN COLLINS CONFIRMED THE
LAST TIME THE PRESIDENT WAS AT A
TASK FORCE MEETING WAS IN APRIL.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT DATA HE WAS
GOING BY AS ARIZONA, TEXAS AND
FLORIDA ARE STRUGGLING TO GET
NEAR FLATTENING THEIR CURVES.
AND BET SIT DEVOS.
>> IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF
SCHOOLS SHOULD REOPEN.
IT’S A MATTER OF HOW.
THEY MUST REOPEN AND BE FULLY
OPERATIONAL.
HOW THAT HAPPENS IS BEST LEFT TO
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
>> THIS AFTERNOON THE WHITE
HOUSE HAD THEIR TURN TO WEIGH IN
ON THE REJECTION OF THE CDC
GUIDELINES.
>> THE CDC IS ON THE SAME PAGE
AS THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT IS ROUTINELY
BRIEFED ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
>> DID THE PRESIDENT PRESSURE
CDC TO CHANGE GUIDELINES THAT
WEREN’T IN ACCORDANCE WITH
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> WHAT IS IT THAT THE PRESIDENT
THINKS ARE TOO STRICT AND
EXPENSIVE --
>> ONE EXAMPLE IT FOOD SERVICES,
HAVE CHILDREN BRING THEIR OWN
FOOD.
THERE ARE 22 MILLION CHILDREN IN
THE COUNTRY THAT DEPEND ON THESE
MEALS.
>> THAT’S ONE THING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL.
>> THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL
SYSTEM HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR
CLASSES WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE
TO THREE DAYS A WEEK.
GOVERNOR COMEAU SAID NEXT WEEK
HE WILL ANNOUNCE PLANS TO REOPEN
THE SCHOOLS AND SLAMMED THE
PRESIDENT FOR THREATENING TO
WITHHOLD FUNDING.
>> IT’S NOT LEGAL OR
CONSTITUTIONAL AND YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO BULLY NEW YORKERS.
THREATEN ME, THREATEN ME,
THREATEN ME.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN
THROUGH THIS.
I AM STILL HERE.
DO YOU THINK THE THREAT IS GOING
TO WORK?
>> AS ALL OF THIS UNFOLDS, THE
ADMINISTRATION’S TASK FORCE
COORDINATOR IS ADVISING PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE CORONAVIRUS IS SPIKING, TO
CORONAVIRUS IS SPIKING, TO
RETURN TO PHASE ONE GUIDELINES.
>> WE ASK THEY NOT GO TO BARS OR
INDOOR DINING, BUT REALLY NOT
GATHERING IN HOMES AND
DECREASING IT BACK TO OUR PHASE ONE RECOMMENDATION WHICH WAS TEN
ONE RECOMMENDATION WHICH WAS TEN
OR LESS IN IN-HOME GATHERINGS.
>> THEN NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL
MURPHY ORDERED MASKS TO BE WORN
WHEN OUTSIDE AND WHERE SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
>>> THE MAYOR OF ATLANTA, KEISHA
LANCE BOTTOMS WHO HAS COVID-19
TONIGHT SIGNED A SIMILAR ORDER.
>>> MEANWHILE THE TULSA CITY
COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS THE
CAMPAIGN RALLY HELD IN LATE
JUNE, WHILE POORLY ATTENDED
LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO A SPIKE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
261 NEW CASES ON MONDAY, A
ONE-DAY RECORD HIGH.
ANOTHER 206 CASES ON TUESDAY.
YOU WILL RECALL SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF THE PRESIDENT’S ADVANCE STAFF