♪
>>> NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT
THE GOP IS CONSIDERING MOVING
NEXT MONTH’S PARTY CONVENTION IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ENTIRELY
OUTDOORS.
AUGUST, FLORIDA, OUTDOORS,
JACKSONVILLE.
THE CONVENTION REMAINS INDOORS,
EVEN PARTIALLY THAT PRESENTS A
PROBLEM FOR FLORIDA GOVERNOR
DESANTIS.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO HAVE
TAKEN A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN
JACKSONVILLE.
THREE OF U.S. CITIES TO HAVE
RECEIVED HHS SURGE TESTING
SITES.
LOU TURNER, SO -- THESE RAPID
TESTING SITES, SURGE IN TESTING,
PERHAPS THE WHITE HOUSE IS VERY
INTERESTED IN HOW THE VIRUS IS
HITTING JACKSONVILLE, SO LOU
TURNER, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> YEAH, SO, CHUCK, EXACTLY, AND
WE’VE ALREADY SEEN PEOPLE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE, MIKE PENCE HERE,
THE VICE PRESIDENT JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO, SO GETTING READY,
RIGHT, ANTICIPATING EVEN THAT
MOVE IS OUTSIDE IN SWAMPY
AUGUST.
YOU MENTIONED THE SURGE TESTING.
THAT’S AN ATTEMPT TO GET 5,000
PEOPLE TESTED PER DAY, THREE
SITES AROUND JACKSONVILLE, BEAR
WITH ME, THAT’S INTERCHANGEABLE
HERE.
NORTHEAST FLORIDA, A
CONSOLIDATED CITY GOVERNMENT,
ABOUT 1 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING
HERE THAT WILL NEED TO BE
GETTING THESE TESTS RIGHT NOW.
AT LEAST 20% HAVE BEEN COMING
BACK POSITIVE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU, THOUGH THE
NUMBERS SPECIFIC TO
JACKSONVILLE.
AND IF YOU JUST FOCUS IN WITH ME
ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, PRIMARILY
PHASE TWO OF REOPENING, ABOUT A
MONTH AGO WHEN GOVERNOR
DESANTIS, LOCALLY OPENED UP
BARS, GYMS, WE WERE HAVING 40
POSITIVE TESTS IN A CITY OF A
MILLION PER DAY, THAT WAS WITH
PHASE TWO OF REOPENING, AT THE
END OF THIS CHART, THIS DOTTED
LINE, OUR MOVING AVERAGE THE
LAST TWO WEEKS, WE’VE HAD 900
POSITIVES.
FROM 40 IN THE OPENING OF PHASE
TWO NOW TO 900 PER DAY.
THAT’S SOME STARTLING TO SAY AT
LEAST THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR
