By Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Mike Hayes, Meg Wagner and Veronica Rocha, CNN
From CNN’s Virginia Langmaid
There are at least 6,308,741 cases of coronavirus in the US, and at least 189,323 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
So far on Monday, Johns Hopkins has recorded 8,119 new cases and 115 reported deaths.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
From CNN's Haley Byrd
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Senate GOP leaders for their plan to move later this week on a scaled-down coronavirus stimulus package.
“What they have is so meager that it insults the intelligence of the American people,” Pelosi said Tuesday during an interview with Bloomberg TV.
What is this about: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing a $500 billion measure, about half the size of Republicans’ initial offer. The bill is not expected to receive the 60 votes needed to pass, as Democrats are likely to oppose it. Democratic leaders have called instead for a $2 trillion relief package.
Pelosi alleged the bill is an attempt to give vulnerable GOP senators some political cover.
“It’s only to check the box so some of his endangered Republican senators can go home and say, ‘Well, see I tried.’ But it isn’t trying. It’s not even an attempt to do the right thing, and Mitch McConnell knows that because he has to satisfy those Republicans in his caucus who don’t want to spend one more dollar,” said Pelosi.
“Get serious. Get real, Mitch McConnell,” she added.
She said Republicans should negotiate among themselves to come to some consensus on how to move forward, noting that the new GOP plan differs from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s proposal to Democratic leaders. “They are in disarray,” Pelosi said.
She also claimed Republicans “don’t believe in science, and they don’t believe in governance.”
But Pelosi projected confidence on a separate front that Republicans and Democrats will move to keep the government funded ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
“We’ll come to agreement on that, I feel quite certain,” she said.
She said she believes it would be hard for President Trump to veto a clean continuing resolution.
“It’s not in anybody’s interest for the government to be shut down. It is to be avoided at all costs,” Pelosi said.
From CNN’s Anna Sturla
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont spoke candidly about his state's shutdown and struggle to obtain supplies during the early days of the pandemic while taking part in a panel today at the Yale School of Public Health.
"At that point, you had 50 governors scrambling," Lamont said, describing planes landing with ordered personal protective equipment, then taking off to another place with a higher offer.
The governor also described the days leading up to initial shutdowns in the United States, and the realization that Connecticut would not receive supplies promised by the federal government.
Lamont remarked on a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the National Governors' Association meeting in early 2020, where Pompeo warned against making deals with China. Lamont described the speech as foreshadowing his realization that the federal government was not in control of supply chains for personal protective equipment.
"There was no supply down in Washington, DC. You probably heard, 'Don't worry, the cavalry's on the way,'" Lamont said. "There was nothing there."
Lamont added he had to convince his constituents that the virus was a matter of life or death.
"I could not just order people, 'Wear the mask, stay safe, stay home, or else I'm going to arrest you,’" said Lamont.
From CNN's Laura Dolan
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that 64,550 classrooms in NYC public schools have been inspected for ventilation issues and 96% have passed.
Ventilation inspections are completed in all 1,485 public school buildings, according to the mayor.
“Work will continue on the classrooms that need a little more to be done before school opens,” said de Blasio at his news conference. “There is time, obviously, to make the improvements.”
New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said a total of 10 buildings need repairs across the board. The city is working to get them “up to par” before the start of school on Sept. 21. Staff at those buildings will be temporarily working from home, said Carranza.
“Any repairs that aren’t complete by the first day of full time teaching and learning with not be used. It’s a simple as that," he said.
The “Learning Bridges” free childcare program announced by the mayor earlier this summer will have access for 30,000 students starting Sept. 21 for children taking part in the hybrid learning program.
The city will prioritize those who have the greatest need for pre-K-8 children.
Seventy percent of families considered high priority will have access by the end of September, according to de Blasio, and 100,000 seats will be available by December.
From CNN's Ted Barrett
The Senate will vote Thursday on a procedural motion to advance the GOP's scaled-down Covid stimulus bill, a Republican leadership aide told CNN.
Here's where the votes stand: The $500-billion measure would need 60 votes to advance, but is not expected to reach that number because of broad Democratic opposition to the bill, which they say is too small.
Republican leaders are hoping to get at least 51 GOP votes so they can tout the measure would have passed If not for Democrats filibuster of the relief.
But for Republicans up for re-election, especially those in tight races, being able to vote for more stimulus will be an important signal to their voters that they tried to act, even if the bill falls short.
New York will publicly disclose a Covid-19 "report card" for every school in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
“Every school district has to report every day to the department of health as to how many tests were taken, what type of test, what was the result,” and all that information will be available online, he said.
The state will keep track of the data provided by the school district, local health department, and lab that does the testing. He is signing an executive order today to ensure this data is collected.
The governor demonstrated the platform and what will be available including the following:
As K-12 schools reopen with a bevy of combinations from remote, to hybrid, to in-person learning, Cuomo said its “imperative” to track the infection rate by school and district to determine potential spread.
Cuomo said parents and teachers are still nervous, and the school plans are only as good as their implementation.
From CNN's Annie Grayer
As college students begin their fall semester, all 50 states have now reported positive cases of Covid-19 at colleges and universities.
This represents more than 37,000 cases of Covid-19 among students and staff at colleges and universities across the country.
These numbers represent cases that CNN has reported so far. There are likely many others, and this total will continue to be updated.
One thing to note: Many schools update their data every few days, or even once a week in some cases, so there can be a lag in data.
From CNN's Kristina Sgueglia
The New York Department of Health will require colleges to notify the state when they have 100 Covid-19 cases and could be required to transition to remote learning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
The governor said in New York that SUNY Oneonta, Cornell University, University at Buffalo, Hofstra University, SUNY Oswego, Colgate University and SUNY Fredonia have all seen outbreaks.
“That’s all across the state, that’s the entire state, that goes from Long Island all through Upstate.”
“So this is going to be a problem, I am telling you that,” he added.
Meanwhile, Cuomo cited a large gathering in Washington Square park in New York City this weekend allegedly involving New York University students, and called out the school administrators and city police for not stepping in.
“Frankly NYU security didn’t do anything about it, local police didn’t do anything about it.”
NYU this weekend said in a statement it was investigating.
From CNN's Kristina Sgueglia
The priority for New York going forward to is to “protect the progress we’ve made,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
The infection rate is .96%, he said, adding that New York reported 5 deaths Monday.
The state of New York is “stable everywhere” he said adding a caveat that the most recent data should be taken grain of salt as its holiday number.
The governor said Tuesday the state is entering a “post-Labor Day phase,” where “people start to get back to work, schools are opening, activity is increasing.”
He said notably traffic is starting to increase, with more road traffic than public transportation leading to “longer commutes” the state is encouraging people to take public transportation.
Cuomo said “flu season is going to be a complicated factor” due to “more stress on the testing system.” He said also because the symptoms can be comparable to Covid-19.
The governor said the state's priorities are to watch schools, bar non-compliance, and secure voting. “Colleges are a problem, and will continue to be a problem,” the governor added.
“This is an entirely new enterprise in an entirely new world,” he said of K-12 schools opening. “It’s something that we have to be very careful about.”
The state continues to watch non-compliance in bars. The State Liquor Authority and Police Task Force observed nearly 5,000 establishments over Labor Day weekend and found 37 to be in non-compliance.
