TO PETER NAVARRO ONE OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TOP TRADE AND
ECONOMIC ADVISERS LATER THIS
HOUR.
>>> WE BEGIN IN A COUPLE OF
CORONAVIRUS HOT SPOTS.
JOINING US NOW IS DAVID GURA.
>>> HOUSTON IS IF PLACE WHERE
THEY’RE IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS
BECAUSE THEY ARE AT CAPACITY
WHEN IT COMES TO INTENSIVE CARE
AND THOSE KINDS OF BEDS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS PLACE TO
BORROW A PHRASE FROM DR. FAUCI A
PLACE THAT’S SETTING RECORD.
8,000 NEW CASES ACROSS THE STATE
OF TEXAS YESTERDAY, ALI, AND YOU
LOOK AT THOSE INTENSIVE CARE
UNIT BEDS THIS IS THE MEDICAL
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD THE LARGEST
HOSPITAL FACILITY IN THE WORLD
AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF IC USHGSU
THEY’RE FULL AT THIS TIME.
NOW, THEY SAY THAT HAVE ABOUT
800 MORE BEDS THAT THEY’LL BE
ABLE TO PUT INTO PLACE IF THEY
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THOSE
HOSPITALS.
AS WE LEARN FROM OUR COLLEAGUES,
AMONG EXECUTIVES HIGHER IN
HOUSTON, THEY’RE WORRIED.
THEY’RE WONDERING WHERE THINGS
ARE GOING TO GO.
YOU MENTIONED WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, THIS
WAS A REVERSAL, THIS WAS A
ABOUT-FACE, FOR SO MANY WEEKS,
LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS PUSHING THE
GOVERNOR TO ISSUE A MASK MANDATE
AND HE DECLINED TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
IT WAS A REAL SURPRISE YESTERDAY
WHEN WE GOT WORD FROM AUSTIN THE
GOVERNOR HAD SIGNED THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THERE ARE
EXEMPTIONS.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR ONE IF
YOU’RE GOING TO CHURCH OR
VOTING.
I’M ELECTING TO WEAR ONE AS A
POLICY OF NBC.
IT’S A STEP FORWARD.
THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY HAPPY
WITH CHANGE.
HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE
GOVERNOR SAYING IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT NEEDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED,
ONE PART OF MANY THINGS THAT HE NEEDED.
WE ALSO CALLED FOR PMORE PPE.
TESTING IS GOING UP NOMINALLY,
BUT DEMAND IS GOING UP MUCH MORE
THAN THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET TESTED.
>> THAT’S MAJOR ISSUE.
SAME THING IN ARIZONA.
THE CASES ARE GOING UP FASTER
THAN THE TESTING.
.
WHOLE IDEA OF MORE TESTING MEANS
MORE CASES IS NOT ACCURATE.
ERINN McLAYOFF LYNN IN HOUSTON,
OFFICIALS WEREN’T TAKING SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND MASK WEARING
SERIOUSLY, THEY TURNED AROUND ON
THAT.
THAT’S NOT THE SAME IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE GOVERNOR ACTED WHEN NEW YORK
ACTED AND WHEN WASHINGTON STATE
ACT AND THE MAYOR ACTED.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, THE
KEY QUESTION IS, WERE PEOPLE
LISTENING?
EXPERTS I’VE BEEN TALKING TO
THAT PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA WERE
NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES, WERE
NOT HEEDING THE ADVICE OF
AUTHORITIES AND SO AUTHORITIES
ARE NOW HAVING TO TAKE DRASTIC
ACTION, LET ME JUST SHOW YOU THE
SCENE PLAYING OUT BEHIND ME,
IT’S TRULY STAGGERING.
THIS IS SANTA MONICA, JUST OVER
THAT WAY, YOU’LL SEE A
COMPLETELY EMPTY BEACH.
VERY FEW CARS IF ANY PARKED IN
THAT PARK PARKING LOT.
NORMALLY ON A FOURTH OF JULY
HOLIDAY THAT WOULD BE PACKED
WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE TO
ENJOY THE BEACH, HERE TO ENJOY
THE FIREWORKS, THE FIREWORKS NOW
PROHIBITED.
THE AMUSEMENT PARK THAT WAY,
COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AS WELL.
AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO GET
THIS FROM SPIRALING OUT OF
CONTROL.
56% INCREASE IN CASES OVER THE
LAST TWO WEEKS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
SPEAKING TO PEOPLE OUT IN SANTA
MONICA TODAY, THEY TOLD ME THEY
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WERE NOT
FOLLOWING THE RULES, THEY’RE
GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE
DRASTIC MEASURES.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MEDICAL
ADVICE, WEAR THE MASK, SOCIAL
DISTANCING, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE PUT IN THREE
MONTHS AND WITHOUT PEOPLE
COMPLYING WE’RE BACK TO WHERE WE
WERE THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> I’M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE
SEEING THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO
SOCIAL DISTANCE IT’S NOT JUST
OTHER.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES TRYING
TO THINKING OF NEW WAYS OF
COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AS
WELL.
L.A. MAYOR GARCETTI TALKING