Playing that music, there was no bigger knicks fan than me. I had a lara starks hat and jersey. Thank you very much. Just saying. Put that out there for a second for you, chris. Just letting you know. You are new blood. Okay . This isnt an accident. All right. Ive been around a lot longer than you. You were here for the gravy days with starks. Ive been watching that team. Theyve been bad for a long time, and ive been here for all of it. Well, look, i wont let the camera zoom in. Ill let you have the gray hair today. But you are absolutely right when you say this is a time and the idea of music being able to soundtrack what is happening. I mean, you see the protests on the streets as sort of a rallying cry. You hear about whats going on. You have people talking about the yes men. You have people pointing guns at people on the street for peaceful protests and otherwise. You see whats happening on capitol hill. I mean, these are the soundtracks of our lives right now, and i will be curious to see what everyone sings as a chorus, right . Soundtrack is the right word and a beautiful analogy to what it will be. Well done. Look. This is cnns time. Stop messing with chris cuomo right now. Im laura coates. Im in for don lemon. Before he stops calling me an upgrade here. You know, the coronavirus is surging. And the nations top experts warn, unfortunately, things could get a lot worse. Cases on the rise in more and more states. I think were now up to 36 and, frankly, only two of the 50 states are even down, right now. Youve got texas hitting its highest daily number of new cases. Theyve got almost 7,000 reported, just today. And dr. Anthony fauci says that america should be prepared for things to get a whole lot worse. We are now having 40plusthousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day, if this does not turn around. And so, i am very concerned. 100,000 a day . I cant even imagine that number. I mean, here we are, right now, were all very concerned, as hes saying. And that, as the president s own experts are are reiterating the very guidelines that he is ignoring. Especially, the one thats as clear as the nose on his face. You know the one. Its simple. Three words. Wear a mask. Please, please, please, wear a Face Covering when you go out in public. It is not an inconvenience. It is not a suppression of your freedom. It, actually, is a vehicle to achieve our goals. It is critical that we all take the personal responsibility to slow the transmission of covid19, and embrace the universal use of Face Coverings. The Surgeon General was pleading for people to just wear a mask. And members of the president s own party are even trying, and i mean desperately trying, to convince him to do the right thing. Ive suggested that the president , occasionally, wear a mask. Even though, in most cases, its not necessary for him to do so. The president has plenty of admirers. They would follow his lead. Wearing a mask is just a good idea. And it will, we know, from experience, will slow the spread. Of the coronavirus. Well, of course, theyd follow the lead. I mean, hes called the leader of the free world, right . I mean, even the president s rideordie stalwarts are trying to send him a message. Its like, somehow, were in gotham city, and there is a bat signal thats going up. But its saying, please, mr. President , just wear a mask. I think they work. And i said especially if i wear a mask, and it opens up baseball, concerts, nfl football, id rather wear the mask and go to the game to protect grandma, grandpa, mom, and dad. We must have no stigma, none, about Wearing Masks. For my home state, i do believe in Wearing Masks. Wearing the mask is the best opportunity for us to keep this economy open. I think that if the president wore one, it would just set a good example. Hed be a good role model. Maga should now stand for masks are great again. Theyre trying so hard to get through to him. You see where this is all playing. It just does not seem to be working. The president has said he has no problem with masks. That he encourages people to make whatever decision is best for their safety, and to follow what their local jurisdictions say. Cdc guidelines are still recommended but not required. And the president is the most tested man in america. Its his decision whether to wear a mask. The most informed man in america . Wow. Well, you know, we dont really need, truth be told, for the press secretary to say what she just said. I mean, the president , himself, has told us. And by the way, hes done it in his own words, multiple times. Precisely, how he feels about wearing that mask. I think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens. I dont know. Somehow, i dont see it for myself. Well, how about for the people of the United States of america . I mean, youve even got former Vice President joe biden, whos calling out the president s, how can you describe as, woefully inadequate coronavirus response. It seems like our wartime president surrendered. Waved the white flag. What white flag . We left the battlefield. And the president . Hes just, seemingly, holed up behind closed doors at the white house. Apparently, just rage tweeting. All the while, americans continue to die. And hes blaming china for the virus. Hes giving you a window into what hes really thinking with an allcaps tweet. Proclaiming himself the lone warrior. And hes repeating that old favorite that he last tweeted. Not at all coincidentally, by the way. Shortly after the vote the vote in the house to impeach him, quote, in reality, theyre not after me. Theyre after you. Im just in the way. The president , yet again, playing the victim. And frankly, ignoring who the real victims are. And by the victims, i mean the more than 127,000 americans who have lost their lives to this virus. Let alone, the ones who are battling from the affliction. And the loved ones who are still trying to process all that is happening, at this pace. Hes ignoring his own supporters. And all the republicans, all those republicans whove finally seemed to find religion on that simple task of wearing a mask. Just ignoring reality. And the president stands alone. Lot to talk about today with cnn White House Correspondent john harwood. And dr. Jonathan reiner. You know, director of the cardiac Catheterization Program at George Washington university hospital. Pleasure to have both of you here. John, if i can start with you. I mean, you see that weve got now top republicans, including Vice President pence. Theyve all seen the light. And theyre now talking about the wisdom of wearing a mask. This epiphany, now, that everyone seems to be having, except for the president of the United States. John, why do you think the president is not, at least, acknowledging the epiphany, let alone getting on board . Laura, its a bizarre situation. And all those republicans are talking to the president , as if he were a child. This is irrational by the president. It is selfdefeating. It counters his objectives of getting the economy back in shape, resolving the Public Health crisis, and reelection. The only conclusion you can draw, since theres no more scientific debate. Its unanimous, even within his own government, his own aides. The only conclusion you can draw is that the president is psychologically incapacitated from doing this. He thinks, as in the byte you played, that it makes him look bad, personally. He thinks it makes him look bad politically because it suggests all is not well with his fight against coronavirus. He thinks the masks are a sign of disapproval of him. It would be an admission that hed been wrong before. What ever all those reasons are, most of them have been uttered by the president , himself. They make no sense, and he simply is unable to do what smart, rational people working for him are begging and pleading for americans to do. And hes hurting himself by the process. Including, by the way, his own Vice President. And of course, the irony, dr. Reiner, in all this, is when he talks about not seeing himself wear a mask with these other foreign leaders. Guess what . Theyre likely wearing a mask. Its not as if the pandemic just hit the United States of america. But, you know, dr. Fauci is saying that he wouldnt be surprised if the u. S. Saw 100,000 new cases per day. And of course, if we dont have real leadership, i mean, is it even possible, doc, for the country to reverse course . We can, absolutely, turn this ship around. The people of this country have accomplished much greater feats than this. We can do this and its not hard. We need to get the entire population to wear a mask when you go out in public. Its not a big sacrifice. You know, our parents and our grandparents sacrificed a lot more. So thats easy to do. We need to get the states to continue to increase the amount of testing they do. Particularly, in the south, which where the states have lagged substantially behind the northeast in testing. And we have the ability to do this. We, absolutely, have the ability to do this. We just dont have the Political Leadership to do this. Heres the ironic thing. Roll the clock back three months. If, at the end of march, the president of the United States had come out wearing a mask, and had said, this is your patriotic duty. Wear a mask. And he was wearing, lets say, a maga mask. He probably would have sold millions of them. We would be, right now, where spain and italy are. We would be almost done with this first wave. And the president would be way higher in the polls. Thats the irony of this. He would be lauded for his management of this pandemic. Instead, he banked on magical thinking. That the warm weather was going to make this go away. That hydroxychloroquine was a magic bullet. And he wished it away, and this is where we are. And lets not forget, again, bringing the light, somehow, into the body, dr. Reiner, as well. And of course, you know, one thing i think about, usually, you would say hindsight is 2020 and were too harsh on leadership who are trying to make these decisions. But we do know it wasnt as if the United States was the first country to grapple with this, right . I mean, the idea that we had the idea and the benefit of what other countries were going for going through, we could have learned from them as well. The president , as you know, dr. Reiner, is actually headed to mt. Rushmore for a fourth of July Celebration and the governors saying theyre not going to enforce social distancing but they will provide masks. How risky is this sort of optional thing to be able to wear masks, if you feel like it . This president seems to enact every policy that one would enact to propagate the virus. Right . He doubts he doubts the ability of masks, to prevent the virus. He calls testing overrated. He brings together thousands of people in rallies and now at this fourth of july gathering in south dakota. What is the benefit to the country . What is the benefit to the folks of south dakota . And what is even the political benefit to him . You know, maybe theres some ego tonic he gets from it. Maybe his people are trying to get him out and boost his spirits. But whats going to happen is this is going to send exactly the wrong message. I dont want people out en masse over the weekend on the fourth of july. I want them in their own backyards, grilling some hot dogs. Thats your patriotic duty and thats what the public should listen to. Of course, as john was talking about, we have got a large event like this. Thousands of people. But its not just an isolated example. I mean, its the latest example, right, of the president downright ignoring the fact that we are in a pandemic right now. Not in the future. Right now. Trying to come out on the other side. President barely talks about it anymore. Hes trying to direct attention elsewhere. But even Vice President pence, who heads the Coronavirus Task force. I was at a briefing with him today that was oddly disconnected from the crisis that were now experiencing in the southwest. Vice president pence talked about what a great job weve done on testing. Weve ramped up testing. Weve got ppe. Weve got Better Therapeutics. He was so proud of the job that weve done. And said we flattened the curve. And then, two weeks ago, we noticed an increase in cases. And now, were on it. Were prepared for it. Well, thats not really the point. The point is, your objective was to crush the virus, not to have a resurgence of the crisis. It is true that death rates are down. And we do have Better Therapeutics and better treatment regimens and all that. But weve got a real problem, right now, in the administration, which is in grave political difficulty, is not inclined to acknowledge the extent of the problem. Even Governor Abbott of texas had said we reopened bars too quickly. Vice president pence said, oh, yeah, some people think states reopened too quickly. That wasnt the problem. Well, if the governor of texas was, ill take him at his word. John harwood, dr. Reiner, thank you for your time and of course tell people who are continuing to suffer, particularly black and brown populations in this country, that were in the clear. You know, the governor of florida says he wont roll back his states reopening. Even though floridas reporting more than, get this, 6,000 cases, as of today. New cases. The mayor of miamis going to weigh in with us, next. Audible is a routine for me. Its like a fun night school for adults. 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And, of course, youve got the governor, ron desantis, saying were not going back, closing things. Well, joining me now, is miami mayor frances suarez. Good luck to you. I know you will be great in that leadership position as well. Mayor suarez, i have to ask you. Youve got cases in florida. They are obviously surging. Your governor is still not making masks mandatory. And he is now claiming that its not reopening thats doing this. Its not reopening thats driving these spikes. What do you say to that . Do you agree . Well, first of all, we made masks mandatory last week. We think its similar to wearing a seatbelt. You are required to wear a seatbelt. If you dont wear it, you could lose your license. If you are driving without a license, you can go to jail. Its for your protection and protection of others. So i definitely think wearing a mask in public is something we should have, not only in the city but, certainly, across the state, given the numbers that were seeing. Secondly, you know, i dont think you can discount the possibility of having to reclose or having to potentially reimpose a stayathome order. Im not saying we want to do that, and i know that its a measure of last resort. But you cant take that possibility off the table, given the numbers that were seeing. If these numbers our death rates going to go up. If our death rate goes up, like we have seen in other parts of the country or other parts of the world like italy or spain. Thats something that is going to create a health crisis, that will lead to unacceptable consequences. So we just cant take somebodys options off the table. You know, im glad you are talking about consequences, mayor suarez, because so often, i think people believe, somehow, everyone will conform to behavior, even in the absence of consequence. We know thats not the case. And so, if someones not wearing a mask in miami, they could be fined up to 500. Of course, theres other things that happen as well. But given the large number of people who arent complying as were seeing, i mean, particularly young people, are you seeing any change, even with those consequences hanging over their heads. Yeah. What we did was we created a consequence structure for people who are not wear masks. If youre not wearing it the first time, you get a warning. Our police officers, actually, are going to have masks with them so they can actually give people masks that are not wearing them. The second instance is a 50 fine. Then, 150. Then, 500. Then, ultimately, you could be arrested. The same thing for businesses. If you are a business thats not complying with the rules. Before, you would simply proffer a plan and the next day, you could be open for business. Now, we decided were not just going to do that. Were going to penalize businesses that dont conform with the rules. And were going to make it so that they have to close for ten days the first time. 15 days, the second time. And 30 days, the third time. We want to make sure that businesses understand its not just about the noncompliance, in that moment. We want to make sure that they understand that theres a Penalty Associated with failing to comply because youre putting peoples lives at risk. And as mayor, my job is to protect the residents of my city. All of our lives depend on them getting the point. Mayor frances suarez, thank you. I want to bring in dr. Peter hotez as well. Baylor college of medicine. Hello, dr. Hotez. Im glad youre here. Youre in texas. A major hotspot, unfortunately. And the state, as we know, is setting yet another record of new cases today. And theyve got nearly 7,000 reported. And by the way, if you look at hospitalizations. Look at that chart there. Its also following the same trend there. The upward trajectory of it. And youve got Governor Greg Abbott who is expanding the suspension of elective surgeries to, in some ways, free up these hospital beds. Just tell me how bad is the situation right now in texas . Youre absolutely right, laura. Thanks for having me. Were having a crisis situation, here, in texas. We just broke a record. Today, 7,000 new cases. To put that in perspective, dr. Fauci warned we could be up to 100,000 cases, daily, in the United States. Based on the size of the population of texas, thats 10,000 cases a day. So were almost at dr. Faucis apocalyptic warning, right here, in texas if that continues. So we are seeing a steep rise. Theres no evidence that the numbers are going to go down at all. Anytime soon. And we will see surges on intensive care units, including our texas medical center, which is the Worlds Largest medical center. And the bad news is, this is playing out now in florida. It may be happening in oklahoma and arkansas and certainly in arizona. So we are seeing massive resurgence of covid19, across the southern part of the United States. And we have to make a plan. We have to do something differently because because, without with with things currently as they are, even with Wearing Masks, it may not be adequate, at this point. We may have to really do something quite dramatic. Well, 19 states are thinking that their most dramatic move is to either stop or maybe roll back their reopenings. But will those interventions i mean, is that sort of the the bestcase scenario . The best approach to this . If masks arent the answer, is rolling back going to make some difference . You know, without having a vaccine, were were developing a vaccine at texas childrens in baylor, hopefully by next year. But without a vaccine, its Like Fighting an epidemic with one hand tied behind your back and we dont have a lot of tools. And another piece at stake here that not a lot of people are talking about and that is the lowincome neighborhoods in these cities of houston and dallas and in in phoenix and elsewhere across the south. Those are the ones, i think, are getting hit the hardest. We dont i dont have the demographics, yet, to support that. But anecdotally, thats what i think the story is going to turn out to be. This is decimating lowincome neighborhoods, people of color, africanamerican populations, hispanic, latinx populations, native american populations in the arizona area. And thats why, in order to strike home that point, im calling this potentially a humanitarian catastrophe unless we intervene now. And we are still getting these issues coming out of the white house Coronavirus Task force. I think we have to make call an audible. Think about doing something differently. Maybe take the control out of washington, bring it to atlanta and the cdc. And im proposing that because because i i just cant sit by. Its just too heartbreaking to see so many good people get hurt by this virus. Dr. Hotez, im right along with you. Thank you for your time and for drawing the attention, particularly to lowincome communities to continue to be devastated by covid19. You know, sources are telling cnn that the white house was warned about russia offering bounties. Actual bounties to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan, dating way back, even to early 2019. So whats with the white houses changing story about the intel . Former director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, hes going to weigh in next. Businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver, in new ways, to new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. At comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. And now, with one of our best offers ever, were committed to helping you do just that. Get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Tonight, were learning the white house received intelligence back in early 2019. Early 2019. That russians were offering bounties to have u. S. Troops in afghanistan killed. Thats according to a source familiar with the situation. And a u. S. Official is telling cnn that the information about these russian bounties was actually included in the president s daily briefing, this past spring. But the white house has been denying all of it. That the president was ever briefed on this intelligence. But today, press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany insisted that, despite reports, the president does read these briefs. The president does read. And he, also, consumes intelligence, verbally. This president , ill tell you, is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that we face. So he does read them. Most informed. Well, joining me now, former director of National Intelligence, general James Clapper who, by the way, director clapper, i miss seeing you in the green room at cnn but ill settle for this right now. Thanks, laura. Its always nice to see you. I got to ask you. You know, when you hear this, does it make any sense to you that the white house would have had information, on a plot to kill u. S. Troops, and the president just didnt know about it . No, laura. It doesnt. And i know that much has been made and by the way, i dont have any inside baseball here. So i cant testify to the voracity of this reporting. But lets just assume, for the sake of discussion, you know, this is valid. Now, there are many occasions during the six and a half years i served as director of National Intelligence, where i would have occasion, either in the written product, the president s daily brief. Or verbally, in the oval office, inform the president about perishable and critical intelligence. Particularly, if it involved threats to or jeopardy to u. S. Lives, particularly those in combat. And you dont have a lot of opportunity, sometimes, to validate it and verify it, corroborate it. And i would always err on the side of telling the president. But also, caveating that by telling him what the sourcing was, and what we were doing to try to either corroborate or disprove this information. But the import of it was such that i believe he shouldve known about it. So, in this case, you know, this is bad news, both ways. If the president didnt know about it, well, thats bad. And if he did and didnt do anything about it, thats bad, too. One other comment i would make, laura, is that intelligence is inherently a communications process. Involving the conveying of information, either in writing or orally. And if the recipient of the information doesnt read or doesnt hear, it puts the Intelligence Community in a tough place. Of course, you know, he has it now. So you would expect the president to be outraged or express it, in some way. Were not seeing that right now, director clapper. But more importantly, i mean, trump is not known, shall we say, to fully or maybe even regularly read these daily briefings. Hes hes briefed orally, as she just said. And youve done this hundreds of times. Youve had and done hundreds of president ial daily briefings. Tell me a little bit about it, for the audience. I mean, how long is it . How much does it change, from day to day . What is this like . That i would have had to have consumed and been aware of. Well, i can only explain how it worked with president obama. The president for whom i served, as director of National Intelligence. And he was a faithful reader of the president s daily briefs. Which, normally, would have anywhere from four to six or seven written articles, which are heavily vetted and coordinated throughout the community. And, by the way, included, if the occasion called for it, dissent. President obama wanted to know that. Often, commented that, you know, if all of you in the Intelligence Community agreed all the time, i would be very suspicious. And so, we would present dissent. And we would, also, make sure that we explained sourcing and what we were doing to try to improve sourcing. Particularly, on issues that were sensitive. But not fully we didnt have full information, as we might like. I think the white house, moreover, has conflated a process thats normally associated with longrange estimates, National Intelligence estimates. Which take a long time. Require coordination throughout the community. When youre dealing with perishable, tactical information, particularly in a situation as dynamic as afghanistan, where troops lives are in jeopardy, you dont bother with those longrange, estimative niceties. And i think the white house is trying to conflate that. In addition to the written product, we, also, during our pdb time of maybe 10 or 15 minutes, of brief on additional items, in addition to those that were covered in the president s daily brief. Or provide updates, after the cutoff, of the president s daily brief. Director clapper, thank you for being here and explaining that because its so important people understand. If that is the protocol that has been for prior president s and predecessors, this idea of conveying information. Dissent. Giving a comprehensive view of the risks. Whether its perishable or a longrange plan, i mean, what youre talking about are the very tools a president , a commander in chief, would need to make decisions that impact american lives. And if if he didnt have it or didnt take advantage of it or just was dismissive of it, director clapper, were in a world of trouble. I appreciate your time, as always. Thanks, laura. Thanks for having me. Well be right back. Former Vice President joe biden is now slamming President Trumps handling of the coronavirus. And joining me now, National Political reporter for the new york times, astead herndon. You know, its a funny thing, first of all, were, what, 125 days away from a president ial election and we dont have all the debates. We dont see whats going on. And we are hearing about that in this way. Its a really odd time. But i want to ask you. We know President Trump refuses to wear a mask. And heres bidens thoughts on that. That mask is not so much to protect me. Its if i have been undiagnosed, its to protect you, against me. Its to protect other people. And its called patriotism. I mean, look. Frankly, Wearing Masks should not be a left, a right issue. Biden is saying, though, what americans need to hear. Or is he . What do you think . Yeah. I think, certainly, Vice President biden is reflecting what the Public Health experts are telling the country. And increasingly, what other republicans are telling their own constituents about why they need to wear a mask and what republican governors, in states like texas and georgia and arizona and others, are saying. That needs to happen for those communities to not have an increase of coronavirus cases. But, look here, the president has not done this because he has politicized mask wearing as another form of a referendum on this administration. You know, i was in tulsa, at the president s rally last week. And i would ask people, what did you do with your mask . Because workers were handing them out to every person who came in. But you wouldnt see people inside wearing them. They said that they were immediately throwing them away. They kind of said it with pride because that was something that they saw as a referendum on the president , himself. Thats something that he has encouraged. And so, for his supporters, for the deepest core, even though thats not the reflective of where most of the country is, they see that kind of mask wearing as as a liberal versus conservative issue. I got to tell you astead, just hearing people are throwing these masks away, it wasnt that many months ago, people were begging for ppe. Remember, they were begging for some form of mask. The idea of Surgeon General even giving people tutorials about how to create their own masks is being thrown away as some side of pride. That really makes my stomach turn when i hear that. But also, i mean, President Trump has been attacking former Vice President biden over, now, his mental fitness. And biden was even asked about this today. Really, by a fox reporter. Watch this. I forget my train of thought, from time to time. You got 12 years on me, sir. Have you been tested for some degree of cognitive decline . Ive been testing. Im constantly testing. Look. All you got to do is watch me, and i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man im running against. So, you know, biden wants to turn the tables, obviously, on President Trump. What are your thoughts . This is not been a move that has worked for President Trump or previous opponents of biden. Voters know Vice President biden. They like Vice President biden. And they do not see this as an issue that has been continuously working for them. Just look at polling, where seniors are flocking to President BidenVice President biden, not to trump. That cognitive decline question and issue is not one thats really resonating with people. But its one that continuously the campaign has tried to hit. Astead, thank you so much. Up next, the confederate statues and symbols in the heart of the nations capital. Why segregationists and confederate leaders are still being honored on capitol hill. I got this Mountain Bike for only 11. Dealdash. 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And theres a bust of chief justice tanney, who wrote an opinion stating that africanamericans cannot be citizens of the u. S. I could move things around. I couldnt actually take them out. That requires something else. Reporter but theres a renewed focus in the wake of the uprising against systemic racism, pushing to get them out altogether. We cant separate the statues from the history of racism in this country. Reporter Speaker Pelosi had four paintings taken down from the house. But when it comes to removing the statues, her hands are nearly tied. Its up to the states to choose which two statues to send to capitol hill. Can you imagine davis, stevens, treason, they committed treason against the United States of america, and their statues are here because their state put them here. Reporter several states had already been making plans to swap out their statues before this moment. Arkansas pulling their controversial statues, swapping them out for johnny cash and daisy bates. 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