Thank you for joining us. Daily Coronavirus Infections hit another record in the u. S. Friday. Almost 67,000 according to Johns Hopkins university. More people are diagnosed with covid19 every day. States shown in orange or red have spiking numbers. One medical expert is warning of dark days ahead. What were looking at is what i think is going to be one of the most unstable times in the history of our country, unless we figure out a way to do something and implement a federal plan. We can do this. But we need a white house engaged. New cases here in georgia also hit a new high on friday. 4,400. The state reopened in late april. Now, atlantas mayor has rolled back reopening, setting up a fight with the states governor. Florida, south carolina, arizona and texas, also reopened early. They have all seen their average daily bases go up since, by far, more than 800 . Positive test rate, and escalating death and hospitalizations have workers trying to stem the violence. We get the latest from martin savidge. Reporter long lines of testing in florida. The singleday death toll on thursday, including the death of an 11yearold child, Miamidade County reports that hospitalizations are up 74 in less than two weeks. And 88 of icu beds are currently in use. The governor pushed back. You got a lot of beds available. Reporter the county is seeing a Positivity Rate of 28 . Its a concern in south florida. Reporter the nations Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says the coronavirus surge can be linked to states opening too soon. Some of them jumped over checkpoints. Governor desantis response theres no reason why not to move forward. Reporter disney world reopens this weekend. President trump is in florida, discussing Drug Trafficking and attending a fundraiser. As he campaigns, the virus continues to spread, with hot spots spreading from coasttocoast. Today, West Virginia becoming the latest state dealing with a surge. The virus there spreading faster than anywhere else. This is the only bullet to do right now other than to shut our state back down. I think the numbers look worse as we go into next week. We need to make sure theres going to be hospital beds available in the houston area. Reporter and the contagion goes beyond those infected. With many still unemployed, the lines demonstrate a different misery. Meanwhile, an ominous warning from the world health organization. In our Current Situation, it is very unlikely we can eradicate or eliminate this virus. Reporter martin savage, cnn, atlanta. Lets bring in dr. Peter boebek. Thanks for coming in. Thanks for having me, natalie. These numbers, what can you say . In my may, in what were then the darkest days of the crisis, the u. S. Was reporting about 20,000 new cases. Now, its 60,000. Were seeing horrific rate of increase. Theres only four states going in the right direction currently. Do you see the u. S. Getting out of this hole anytime soon . Not if we stay on the current trajectory. The Current Situation is so much worse than it was back in march, april, may. Then, the surge was very much concentrated in new York New Jersey area. Now, we have multiple new yorks right now. If we start today and go two weeks out ahead and see where were going to be at the current trajectory, 100,000 new cases a day. Overwhelmed hospitals. Were talking about freezer stru trucks, backing up to hospitals to take care of bodies. Were looking at record death rates. I hate to say this. It should be a last resort and nobody wants it. Were at a point where things are out of control and need to think about going to a shelterinplace order. Understand. What is the recourse . The white house and President Trump, meantime, claim that the United States is the world leader in fighting this virus. Does that make any sense . Were the world leader in all of the ways unfortunately. We are the greatest in the world with scientific experts. Were in a class of our own, in the suffering that has continued to occur. Its a tragedy. If you look at how the pandemic has unfolded and whats dif wren differentiated what was the difference. Its leadership. And weve fallen way behind. The cases in florida are staggering. The president barely addressed that. Does it make sense that right now, theres no emergency on the part of the white house, no federal, coordinated plan, being addressed. Its mindboggling. I dont understand and you cant wish this away. The virus doesnt respond to bluster and stern talk. It responds to action. Were months into this pandemic and we know what works. Unfortunately, as weve seen, relying on states and localities to do this on their own isnt going to be enough. Ignoring the problem, as the white house continues to do, doesnt help anybody. Testing has slowed in the sun belt states. Hospitals are trying to keep up. Now, we see governors and mayors want different approaches and they contrast the situation with what youre seeing in europe. In europe, things started out in a similar fashion. And companies were caught with a surge in march and that came close to overwhelming the Health System with high numbers of deaths. We saw that stayathome orders in march, april and may, kept it under control. In may, most European Companies did two things differently. They were building theyre capacity to testing, tracing, isolation and containing the virus. Two, they were much more careful and slower and more cautious about reopening. In the u. S. , we threw open our doors even though cases were rising in midmay. And from late may until now, the curves have diverged. In many european compauntries, were seeing a couple of hundred a day. Or in the single digits. In the u. S. , it doesnt have to be this way. Absolutely. Theres a way to have a solution. Theres debate about schools reop reopening. What needs to be considered in making these decisions . Schools reopening is one thing everyone can agree on as a goal that we want it to happen. Schools dont exist in a vacuum. They are a part of communities. One thing is difficult is to think you can open schools when you have a raging, outofcontrol pandemic. Its like opening schools in a hurricane. The first thing we do is to bring the pandemic under control. What would happen otherwise, we can open schools but within weeks there will be outbreaks and the schools will be shuttered again. It will cause more harm than good. We need to be thinking about planning and how we can support School Systems and resource School Systems to set up for social distancing. There needs to be more teachers aides, protective equipment. The reality is, they need the support and we wont be able to do it in many parts of the country unless we get the virus under control. We appreciate your expertise, as always. Dr. Peter drobac, university of oxford. Thank you so much. Thanks, natalie. brazilisgoing through one of the worst covid outbreaks with 1. 8 Million People testing positive, trailing only the u. S. In cases and deaths. Yet, the nations president keeps promoting unproven treatments as corruption allegations are being investigated. Heres more from the brazilian capital. Reporter im bill weir in brazil. The president is in his president ial palace down the road. He uses social media to support hydro hydroxychloroquine. He has his military distributing a stockpile in the countryside. And police are investigating pandemicrelated corruption charges in 11 of 26 states. Everything from profiteering to buying ventilators that simply do not work. The United Kingdoms Prime Minister says england may need stricter face mask rules. Boris johnson was wearing a Face Covering himself. He wants to see them warn in shops as they are in scotland. The United Kingdom has one of the highest death tolls in the world. It says it will not join the e. U. s vaccine program. London has concerns about key issues of setting prices. Meantime, its relaxing quarantine rules for travelers from some countries, including france and italy. The United States is not on the list. It doesnt hurt to know people in power. U. S. President trump commutes the sentence of his friend and political ally, roger stone. Well talk about that, coming next. Also, its the season of political ads in the u. S. The trump and the biden campaigns have very different approaches. Well tell you what theyre saying and who they are trying to reach just ahead, in a live interview. Five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. So youre ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. Robinwithout the commission fees. So, you can start investing today wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. President trumps longtime friend and adviser, roger stone, is a free man. Mr. Trump commuted stones 40month prison sentence just days before he was to begin serving his time. The selfproclaimed dirty trickster was convicted of felonies related to russia. Reporter President Trump commuted the sentence of roger stone, convicted of crimes including lying to congress, to support the president. Stone was pleading publicly for the president to intervene. Reporting to prison during the pandemic was akin to a death sentence because he is 67 years old. Ultimately, the president did intervene on friday. Heres stone describing his conversation with trump. He said, you understand, i have the option. I have the authority to grant a pardon or commute your sentence. You should understand that a pardon would be final, and in accepting a pardon, you are essentially accepting guilt. And i would rather see you fight this out. Thats why im commuting your sentence. Reporter President Trump and stone are insisting that stone did not get a fair shake at trial. But even District Attorney bill barr said they got a fair case. Cnn, sara murray, washington. Good morning, natasha. Good morning. This isnt the first time the president hasnt commuted or pardons an ally, to be sure. Where does the roger stone story fit in . Was it a surprise the president did this . Its not a surprise. Its a stunning show of president ial power to protect one of trumps friends. Its an attack after the u. S. Supreme court voted 72, that the president is not above the law. Hes been dangling pardons for roger flynn and paul manafort. He has been calling it a witchhunt. It wasnt a full pardon, as the report mentioned. But they started to convince trump that he needed to do this. Those in stones intercircle because this was an attack on trump himself. And trump is all about himself. But trump has really focused on pardoning individuals that wouldnt really be popular to pardon in the American Public. Its a whos who of white collar criminals, politicians, Law Enforcement, that have gone above the call of duty. We see Rod Blagojevich was pardoned. He was a corrupt democratic politician. Joe arpaio, the controversial Law Enforcement from arizona. You had mike milken, white house said scooter libby. These are people that wouldnt be popular to pardon. It demonstrates, if you are close to trump, if you are loyal to him and youre a powerful person, he will see to it that you are poardoned and absolved from your crimes. And roger stone, the selfproclaimed dirty trickster. His closest ally says he will see if the president is a second term, if he is an asset or detraction on that. Lindsey graham said he thought the move was justified. Do you expect his loyal congressional support will stay loyal on Something Like this . It probably will because republicans have tried to remain loyal to them. They know the ship is sinking, due to the way hes mishandled the Coronavirus Crisis and the way hes handled race relations. This is just another thing that hes done to show that he can really destroy the road of democratic norms. And thus, the Republican Party hasnt gone too far in trying to attack him on these orders. That is not surprising. Stay with us, natasha. I want to get your comments on this next story. With four months to go until election day in the u. S. , President Trump and joe biden are ramping up their advertising campaigns. And the tone of the commercials reflect s visions of americas future that could not be anymore different. Heres cnns tom foreman. Never underestimate the power of family. Or the sacrifices people will make for their children. Reporter the latest Joe Biden Campaign commercial is a warm salute to families, caring, commitment. But in the rapidly heating ad wars joe bidens failed old liberal ideas would crush our economy just as its recovering. Reporter team trump is lighting up the flamethrowing. If youre calling to report a rape, please press one. To report a murder, press two. Reporter attacking biden as soft on crime, unable to revive the economy. And biden is hitting every weak spot for the incumbent. For the last five years, hes brought america down with him. Attacking health care for patients with preexisting conditions. Giving tax cuts to billionaires, not working families. Praising white supremacist, stoking racial division. What a beautiful history we wrote together. Trump said sizzle with attacks on his record. Losing 300,000 jobs in a failed trade war. Reporter bidens counterpunch, trumps record has cost jobs, security and lives. I dont cake responsibility. I will do my job and i will take responsibility. I wont blame others. Reporter trump says, at 77, just three years older than trump biden is diminished. All men and women are created by reporter and bidens ads suggests that thats the kind of talk that hurts everyone, as the country is dealing with a pandemic and racial divisions. Thats what the presidency is, the duty to care for all of us. Reporter the Campaign MediaAnalysis Group says more than 22,000 spots run by trump by july 1st, nearly all were negative. Biden in the same period, has aired no negative ads, even though he contrasts his record with trumps. Where are all of the ads airing . Trumps are showing up in a broad range of states, including red ones, where he can trying to bolster his base. Bidens are in fewer places but playing in swing states that trump won in 2016. When you watch all of the cruci commercials in a row, the contrast is clear. The president telling voters hes done a great job. And if hes not reelected, the sky will fall. Biden says, vote for me and look up, youll see a bright, new day coming. Tom foreman, cnn, washington. Oh, yes. The campaign ad season. I want to get your thoughts on the approaches behind the ads. The president s negative track. And biden, not directly, fighting back. Its not surprising that trump has gone negative. Thats the way he has tended to campaign. Very negative and critical and dirty in some ways, and really attacking his opponents in a personal way, often. And playing to the politics of fear. That worked in 2016. He was able to play on peoples fears of what would happen if Hillary Clinton was the president. That would be disastrous for all number of areas. Thats what his ads are trying to do. Thats going to play well to the base. Thats not going to increase his support base, which is something he needs to do. He doesnt really have enough to win it in 2020. Now, biden, in contrast, is trying to look to the way the American Public is feeling at the moment. Thats completely hopeless. The economy is in shambles. We have record unemployment rates and coronavirus epidemic out of control that seems unmanageable. Hes trying to send a message of hope. And the reason for doing that, is in order to get people behind his campaign, that he will be able to unite americans and try to come um with some solutions to the problems. Trump should be trying to focus on how hes going to resolve the problems and try to send a message of unity and hopefulness. What he can do for small businesses. I think his campaign is missing the boat here. All right. We appreciate your insights. Thanks so much for commenting on both of the stories for us, natasha. Thanks for having me. Well see you next time. As we mentioned, florida is seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. After a short break, a look at how things went so wrong in the sunshine state. And americans of color are paying a heavy toll in this p pandem pandemic. 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And around the world. Im natalie allen. Another record for daily Coronavirus Infections in the u. S. On friday. Almost 67,000, according to Johns Hopkins university. More people are being diagnosed with covid19 every day. Cases are spiking across the u. S. And at least 26 states have paused or rolled back reopening. Florida, south carolina, arizona and texas, have all seen their average daily cases rise by 800 in the last couple of months. Floridas Miamidade County has seen hospitalizations rise a staggering 74 over the past 13 days. On friday alone, the state recorded more than 11,000 new infections. Cnns randi kaye has more on the crisis in florida. Reporter on april 1st, Florida Governor ron desantis issued a stayathome order. While visiting the white house, the governor took a victory lap for how he managed things back home. Everyone was saying florida would be like new york or italy. That has not happened. We had a tailored and measured approach, that not only helped our numbers be below what anyone predicted and did less damage to our state going forward. That turned out not to be the case at all. Trouble started in early may, when desantis rushed to reopen, before many other states. Restaurants, gyms, barbershops and beaches were first to reopen in parts of the state. After memorial day, the virus was starting to rage. By july 1st, there were more than 9,000 new cases reported in one day statewide. And recently, new daily cases topped 11,000. But if you listen to desantis, theres a disconnect. I think we stabilized at where were at. Reporter thats just not true. And the data proves it. Since reopening, floridas average number of daily cases has jumped more than 1,200 . And dozens of hospitals have run out of icu beds. In the last two weeks in hardhit Miamidade County, the need for icu beds has increased 88 . And ventilator use jumped 123 . The states Positivity Rate is hovering close to 30 . Were in the midst of a very, very vicious spike in miami dde county. One thing you cant have is a zb governor or a president trying to downplay it as if its not an urgent thing we need to Pay Attention to. Reporter while the governor continues to defend his move to reopen the state, the fact is, more than 4,100 floridians are dead. And the message from the governor, still coming up short. Theres no need to really be careful about it. Reporter randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. The coronavirus pandemic is hitting communities of color in the u. S. Especially hard. As Cnns Abby Phillip explains, a lack of access is taking a heavy toll. Reporter the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the u. S. Has shifted from the north to the south and west. But one thing has remained the same in arizona, mississippi and in florida, black, hispanic and native americans are still being disproportionately infected, hospitalized and killed by the virus. And the problem is likely to get worse. The 23 states in the south and west with growing coronavirus outbreaks, is home to 71 of all hispanics and nearly twothirds of all people of color in the United States, according to the Kaiser Family foundation. Most of these are red states. In some cases, the states that resisted stayathome orders and mask wearing, moving quickly to reopen with the support of the trump administration. Its time to stay open. Well put out the fires as they come up. Reporter but black and brown communities are paying the price. My father, i believe, was robbed of life. My father was mexicanamerican for the majority of the stayathome ordinance. Reporter kristen lost her father in june. Her family including this criticism. His death is due to the carelessness of the politicians that jeopardize black and brown bodies through lack of leadership. Reporter nonwhite groups represent a majority of coronavirus cases and half of deaths. Add to that, how to pay for treatment. According to the cdc, hispanics and native persons are threetimes more likely to be uninsured than whites. As cases rise, in republicanled states that have not expanded medica medicaid, that problem can get worse. Theres a number of individuals for whom health care, the Affordable Care act is unattainable. Reporter then, theres testing. Racial disparities is a problem there, experts say. Populations at risk, latino and africanamerican communities, not many testing opportunities for those folks. Reporter when and if a vaccine arrives, the nations leading Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, warning that a lack of trust in communities of color, could hamper efforts to protect those groups. Fauci telling the Financial Times on friday, we have to do some serious reaching out. Kristen said she shared her familys heartbreaking story, in part, because she wanted to urge policymakers to institute a National Policy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including a mask mandate. Her father lived in the state of arizona, where that states governor has resisted a statewide mask mandate. But he has, as cases have risen overtime, allowed localities and cities to institute their own mandate. Abby phillip, cnn, washington. What do americans think about the pandemic . An abc news ipsos poll shows a disapproval rate on the handling of it. 67 . Thats two in three americans surveyed, disapproved of the president s management of the crisis. Thats nine points higher than a month ago. Many americans think the u. S. Reopened its economy too soon. 59 of those surveyed said its happening too quickly and 15 said too slowly. One in four think its occurring at the right pace. 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Org President Trump has told the Washington Post that the u. S. Staged a cyber attack on a russian troll farm in 2016. The covert operation against the internet agency, was aimed at stopping russian interference in the midterm elections. Its the same organization accused of meddling in the 2016 president ial election. Lets turn to cnns fred. Reporter all this was happening in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections. One of the things going on in the u. S. Is people from the Security Apparatus were seeing evidence there was russian meddling going on again before the midterm elections. A lot of the influenced by the Research Agency that had been so active in 2016. As you recall, in the runup to the midterms, we heard the director of thennational intelligence, dan coates say tht he believed the United States was under attack. At that point, democrats were calling for stronger action by the trump administration. Now, President Trump confirming that, yes, they did take action. And he authorized this cyber attack. An offensive cyber attack against the Research Agency. We heard before, we know that the Intelligence Services believe the attack was successful and succeeded at getting the Research Agency offline and stopping some of the influence operations that were going on at that point in time. Of course, a lot of this happening via social media. A lot of this there to show that the u. S. Intelligence agencies, so dischord and tried to undermine belief in american institutions, as well. Try to get it offline. Is the internet Research Agency active . Reporter its very active still. One thing about the i. R. A. , the internet Research Agency. Its changed names and structure over the past years, as well. Theres been organizations that have been going after it. The mueller report, indicted some of the folks from the internet Research Agency. Theyve changed the way they operate a little bit. But the goals are pretty much the same. You see that some of the things theyre doing have become more sophisticated. Some of the posts in 2016, were crude with grammar and spelling mistakes. A lot of it is cleaned up, as well. Some of it was outsourced to african nations. But its very much going on. The internet Research Agency is operating. And what many folks in the Intelligence Community believe, natalie, is that the goals are still very much the same. They are trying to sow discord in the United States, with the runup to key votes. One thing we have to keep in mind, is that its part of a large empire, by a businessman that is known to be very close to vladimir putin. So, certainly, all of the operations will still continue to be fairly wellfunded, even as, for instance, u. S. Intelligence services seem to be going after the internet Research Agency have done so many the runup to the 2018 midterm elections. Thanks so much, fred for us in warsaw, poland. Turkeys president has issued a president ial decree that will convert hagia sofe so into a mosque. Arwa damon has more about it from istanbul. Hagia sophia is a mix of a mosque and christianity. It was the First Christian cathedral built by the roman empire in the byzantine empire. When the ottomans converted it to a mosque. Come to modernday turkey, the founder of turkey as we know it today, issued a president ial decree to have it converted into a museum. Whats happened now is that the turkish courts have annulled that decree. And presidethe president has mo from the ministry of culture to the presidency of religious affairs. Now, internationally, this is viewed by and large as being a controversial move. Prior to all of this, you had u. S. Secretary of state pompeo, the greeks and russians, unesco urging turkey not to go in this direction. Why now . Many are saying, when it comes to the vast majority of the turkish population, this is a fairly popular move. And some are saying that the president is playing politics, given that the economy here has been on the decline and his popularity has been called into question. Now, the turkish president ial spok spokesperson is saying that despite this move, the christians icons, the christian art, will continue to be preserved. The fact that it is going to be open for prayer should not impact its status, as a World Heritage site. But this is a highly controversial move, especially when you look at it from the international perspective. Arwa damon, cnn, istanbul. A Tropical Storm made landfall in the u. S. Northeast. Karen maginnis will have the latest on fay coming right up. Proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. Im a talking dog. The other issue. Oh. Im scratching like crazy. Youve got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. 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For the same medications as the vet, but up to 30 percent less with fast free shipping. Visit petmeds. Com today. A solemn moment in bosnia. In july 1995, more than 7,000 bosnian men and boys were executed in a genocide by bosnian serb forces. The recently recovered remains of nine victims are being buried at saturdays ceremony. The massacre is regarded as europes worst atrocity since world war ii. Dozens have been sent tomourner hoping to attend the ceremony but has been scaled back because of the pandemic. A weather system called fay is moving through parts of the u. S. Northeast after it was downgraded from Tropical Storm status just a few hours ago. It did bring drenching rains and some local floods after making landfall near atlantic city, new jersey. Lets bring in our meteorologist, karen maginnis, watching this one for us. Karen, hello. This is a postTropical Storm fay. Posttropical means it doesnt have tropical characteristics. It made landfall in the vicinity of little egg harbor. And you see someone trying to close their umbrella. This was in the vicinity of rockaway beach. The winds were gusting 45 to 50mileperhour. You see the heavy surf behind them. Now, it continues to trek across interior sections of the northeast and new england. As it does, it continues to weaken very rapidly. It looks like through the catskills and in the green mountains, we might see heavy rainfall. Generally speaking between 1 and 2 inches possible. Now, in ocean city, maryland, we saw heavy rainfall there. Traffic was snarled, roads were closed. The roads werent really closed because of the ocean flooding. But due to the very heavy rainfall across this region, as well. It continues to trek towards the north, slightly towards the northeast. Supporting winds associated with it at just about 35 miles per hour. This is the last advisory that the National Hurricane center has issued on what used to be Tropical Storm fay. Fay never looked very good. It was always kind of poorly organized, natalie. Now, byebye to fay, as it reeked havoc from the carolinas to the midatlantic, new england and into southern canada. Back to you, natalie. And caused a rally to be canceled by the trump campaign. Thank you so much, karen. The National Hockey league is set to return to the ice august 1st. Its season was postponed in march due to the pan ddemic. Now, it will begin in earnest with 24 teams in toronto and edmonton, where players and staff will be inside a containment bubble. The players will be tested daily, as the commissioner says health and safety are the top priorities. Anyone testing positive will be isolated from the team and put in a secured zone. The boys of summer are back on the field in japan to the extreme delight of some of baseballs most ardent fans. As the stadiums open up and home runs return, strict coronavirus rules are governing how many fans can watch and how they can celebrate. Reporter its a whole new ball game in japan, as baseball fans stream into the stadium for the first time in four months. This man has been making this trip for 20 years. But this year is special. Covid19 canceled the plans to watch the opener in march. When the season opened in june, fans like him werent allowed in. My heart is racing, he says, because tonight will be a night of firsts. Masks, required. Indefinitely, no alcohol allowed. No one gets in without temperature checks. For me, im 36. 7 degrees cels s celsius. I put my details, including my name and address. I have to write down my temperature from morning, all for Contact Tracing in case theres an outbreak. Tokyo logged the largest number of cases for a single day on friday. But the country is trying to reopen the economy further. The rules are posted everywhere, even in the city. No jumping up and down. No cheering in a loud voice. This will be tough, because in japanese baseball, fans are part of the entertainment. With carefully choreographed cheering squads, japanese fans are as riveting as the game itself. But now, social distancing is the name of the game, as fans come up with new ways to pour their hearts out. The test comes early, when the lions hit a home run straight into right field. No one moves in the stands to race for the ball, just as theyre told. Polite clapping sounds almost like a classical concert. Video fans watching at home are streamed in to compensate. Baseballs returning as an olympic sport next year. The leagues commissioner tells me getting it right tonight will be a test case to see if japan can really host the games in a years time. It is good to hear the crack of a bat there. Im natalie allen. Follow me on instagram. And i will be back with another hour of cnn newsroom. Well, florida averages 9,000 cases a day and one california county has maxed out its icu capacity. Well have your u. S. Coronavirus headlines this hour. Also, no hard time for convicted felon roger stone. President trump uses the power of his office to commute his Close Friends prison sentence. Plus, the english football world loses a legend. Jack charlton dies at 85. Well talk about this amazing career. Live from cnn world