First coronavirus vaccine. Joining us now, cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta and medical analyst dr. Rochelle rolinski from mass general hospital. Sanj sanjay, when we learn theres been a 90 increase in coronavirus cases among children the last four weeks, that is a lot. It is a huge increase. You saw the raw number of about 100,000 new cases the last two weeks of july, and it really does cause concerns as we are in some areas reopening schools. Yeah, no question about it, john. I mean, i think the number of children becoming infected is increasing, and its increasing at a more rapid pace. I think theres two things that are happening here. I could just tell you a little bit from reporting but also from personal experience. Up until recently, its been harder to get the younger people tested at all. You had to be symptomatic to get tested. It was mostly adults who were symptomatic. So i think the increase in testing among younger people is driving some of this. But i think another big part of this is just the fact that, especially young kids, since about middle of march, have largely been home. And now theyre starting to get out and about more. Youre seeing it, maybe getting ready for school, getting ready for sports, whatever it might be. And i think its very clear that these kids are transmitting this virus amongst themselves to other people, whatever it may be. Thats happening. And a lot of people have gone back and they keep citing this south korea study, saying, hey, look, kids under the age of 10 really dont seem to transmit it that much. I went back and looked at that study carefully with a couple of sources. There were some 50,000 contacts that were traced across all age groups in that study. But for kids age 0 to 9, it was about 57 contacts total. Point is, they didnt have a lot of contacts, there wasnt a lot of data there. We know kids carry this virus. We know they can spread it. And i think the numbers youre citing there are just more evidence of that. And we also know that masks can help prevent that spread. I mean, this is something weve known for months at this point. As we hear from dr. Fauci saying there should be a universal wearing of masks, what are the chances we actually see that happen when theres still so much resistance in many areas . Good morning, erica. You know, i think were going to have to have universal masking at the local level because were not getting it at the federal level. I want to echo a bit of what sanjay has said, and also note that, you know, over time, we have commented about how kids have done comparably well when you look at adults. So, adults over 80 have mortality rates of this disease of 15 . Children have mortality rates somewhere around 0. 5 , 0. 4 . But when you look at the numbers, the sheer numbers of children who are now reported to be infected or have been infected, 100,000, were talking about deaths of like 500, 600 young kids. And so, i think when you start looking at the sheer volume of numbers, even very small death rates tally to a lot of children dying from this disease. And look, thats exactly what concerns me and what questions it raises for someone like me, without a medical degree, this morning. We know that this new spike in cases that we saw in june and july was fueled by younger adults, people in their 20s who were starting to go out and circulate. What im worried about, sanjay, is now we could see a new spike fueled by kids again. And when you see the raw numbers, even if kids, you know, 5 to 10, dont spread it as much, if tens and tens of thousands of kids are getting it, thats more of them to spread it. Right. And look, that first point, john, i think that they do spread quite a bit. I mean, you know, i think that historically, if you go back and even look at other infectious diseases, it was initially believed kids werent that big a spreader of the disease. Take flu, even, for example. So, the inoculations, the vaccinations were primarily reserved for elderly people. And then they realized, well, theres a lot of spread going on still, wheres it coming from . Oh, its kids. We should vaccinate children as well, make them a priority for vaccination as well. So, thats something we have to certainly keep an eye on. I think we were early days still in all this. Were making lots of conclusions based on very little data, very early data. I think, you know, kids carry this virus in their nose, theyre likely to spread it. And you know, if you follow the demographics and look at the data very closely, its exactly what you say. Were starting to see more and more that the Largest Group of people who are now infected with this virus are younger people, not super young kids, but younger people, and thats clearly a result of their increased mobility. Yeah. We saw those numbers in california alone. In kids and teens, cases up 150 over the past month. Some of the other data that really has me scratching my head this morning is when we looked at testing. So, the number of tests in both florida and texas has actually declined, and fairly significantly, down 29 in florida, down 31 in texas. But the Positivity Rates not only remain high in texas, they jumped over the past month. Now at 24 . You know, the big question is, i know we need to look at the Positivity Rates because that tells us a real story, but the fact that were seeing, dr. Walensky, fewer tests, when we know that more tests are what can help move the country forward. I mean, look at where weve plateaued, almost, in florida, how high that rate of positivity is. Right. Its a really good point. You know, there are lots of different metrics that we can use to see how were doing with the spread of this disease. One of them is our Positivity Rate, as you know. And the fact that that is four or five times higher than we feel it should be in order to demonstrate that we have control of this demonstrates were doing about, you know, 20 of the testing that we should be doing. Another one of those metrics is your cases per 100,000. And that is reported in both florida and texas, in some of these counties at 40, 50, 80 per 100,000. Schools that successfully opened in europe did so at case rates of 1 per 100,000. So were talking 20, 50, 80 times higher in some of these places. And then the real question is, why do we not have testing . Why is testing not going on . Is it because its young people and young people are less prone to be symptomatic . Is it because theyre feeling well . Is it because access is really a problem . Is it because they simply dont have the tests or dont have the Public Health infrastructure to conduct those tests . I think all of those could be a reason. One other key point i want to make sure Everybody Knows and understands is weve talked about this golden vaccine that we sure hope is in our horizon. All four of the vaccine candidates that are being looked at and enrolling, we hope, in the next few months ahead, none of them enroll children under 18. So, while were looking for these vaccines to be a real golden opportunity, we are not at a place where, even if we have one in the months ahead, that we will have adequate data for children. I didnt know that. I didnt know that they werent enrolling kids under 18. Sanjay, to the point that dr. Walensky was just making, one of the things i do want to say about the texas data and its weird hospitalizations in texas are not going up, even as the Positivity Rate is going up. The hospitalizations arent. So its not that there are people so sick that were not seeing that are going to the hospital, at least not yet. But sanjay, why do you think fewer tests are being administered in florida and texas . I think testings, you know, its been a problem all along. Weve talked about this for months on this program. I think when i talked to admiral giroir about this, he basically said theyre going to surge testing in hotspots. And you know, if theres other places in the country where they need more tests, theyre going to start surging them in those areas, so they may be surging away from florida and texas right now. They shouldnt be, because obviously these are still places that are of concern. But we still have a testing infrastructure issue in this country. Were still doing basically symptomatic testing, mostly, very little surveillance testing, and even less what we call assurance testing, trying to give people the assurance they dont have the virus, that people around them dont have the virus. Were not in the position to be doing that kind of testing really at this point. As far as the hospitalizations, you know, i think this all sort of fits, you know. Even though the tests the Positivity Rate is going up, which means theres a lot of cases out there that were missing, we know that increasingly, its in younger people. And thankfully, younger people are less likely to get sick, but they can get sick, as dr. Walensky was mentioning. If you increase the absolute number of infections, youre going to increase the absolute number, obviously, of hospitalizations as well. But its a lower percentage than elderly people. So we may see increasing cases, lower hospitalizations, but ultimately, you know, the numbers will all continue to go up, unless we bring the overall viral load down in this country, which were still not. I mean, the virus is still spreading, whether were testing or not, its still spreading. Yeah, whether we find the cases or not, theyre still out there. It doesnt mean they dont exist. More than 20 million cases now globally, as we know, dr. Walensky. And as we sort of you know, you were pointing to what we were looking at in terms of cases per 100,000 for schools to open in different countries. As we look at whats happening around the world, how much can we take from other countries as a lesson at this point . We continue to see the rise globally. Right. Its a really good question. First of all, you look at countries that have started to see maybe what theyre calling a second wave or a surge in cases. I want to remind people, their surge in cases wed be lucky to be at. So i think first we have to look at what were doing locally and realize were not doing nearly enough. We havent clamped down enough to get where we need to. We havent taken the first lesson from europe, which is how do you get this under control. I do think that some of the lessons we can learn is that, you know, they have opened precipitously in some places. People are tired of this. There is fatigue out there. Travel has increased. Tourism has increased. Bars and nightclubs have opened. And those are all the places where theyre seeing increased cases. And i guess one of the real questions is, in the next phase of this, whenever we may get to the next phase of this, is it going to be possible to exert local efforts to put out local fires, or are we going to have to sort of go broader . Will we find those local fires quickly enough to be able to control them . Dr. Walensky, sanjay, thank you both so much for being with us. You know, we talk about this three hours a day every day, and i can still learn new things from you both. I really appreciate it. Erica . My pleasure. Thank you, john. Breaking news this morning. Vladimir putin claiming russia has developed an approved the worlds first coronavirus vaccine, a claim that is being met with heavy skepticism. Despite putin announcing his own daughter is among the first to receive a dose. Cnns Matthew Chance is live in moscow. So, matthew, weve also learned that the kremlin has named the vaccine. They have, indeed. Theyve named it sputnik v, v for vaccine, sputnik after the first satellite that was sent by the soviet union back in 1957, astonishing the world into space. This is the first vaccine, of course, thats been launched into the global pandemic, and so they kind of like that sort of parallel that it draws between the sort of symbol of soviet technological excellence back in the 50s to the symbol of russian medical science now. Thats one of the reasons i think critics have been saying that russia has been pushing so hard to get this vaccine out there, first of all, because it wants to show the world its still a superpower when it comes to its scientific technology. But within the past hour or so, Vladimir Putin has gone on national television, on a Video Conference with all his ministers, announcing that that first vaccine against covid19 has now been approved for use inside russia. He said this its had all the necessary checks, according to Vladimir Putin. I know its effective, he says. He said it forms a stable immunity. Thats what he told his Health Minister. Thats what he told the country, speaking on national television. As evidence to that, he said this, he said, one of my own daughters has had the injection. She had a slight temperature at first, he said, but now she feels well. Its an astonishing revelation, because in a decade, i have not heard Vladimir Putin mention any of his children. And so, it just underlines just how much confidence the russians want to show that they have in this vaccine, that Vladimir Putin would make it public that his own daughter he doesnt say which one but his own daughter has had this vaccination and seems to be doing very well. It is a huge contribution to the victory over coronavirus. Thats what the Health Minister added. But in terms of more technical details, the russian director investment fund, the Sovereign Wealth Fund here that is essentially bank rolling this research, said they already had orders for a billion doses from 20 countries around the world. And so, thats pretty astonishing. Yeah. Reporter now, astonishing even more so given there is such skepticism and concern about this vaccine. Thirdphase trials only start tomorrow, so there are big concerns about whether this vaccine is effective, and indeed, whether it is even safe, erica. Absolutely. Matthew chance, wow. It will be interesting to see where this falls. 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These are teams that we know. Whats the significance of Mountain West canceling yesterday . Well, its absolutely significant because this is the second major conference to do this. The midamerican conference canceled, postponed fall sports on saturday. Now, were not talking about the big ten or the pac12 or the s. E. C. Just yet, but these decisions put pressure on the schools and the leagues that are still trying to play because their medical advisory groups are telling them that it is not safe enough to continue with the testing and the protocols that are in place, with travel, without these athletes being in a bubble environment like the nba or wnba. So, this is significant because its just going to continue to put pressure on other leagues that have not yet made a decision about their fall football season. So, dr. Mcdougal, i know there are a lot of people, fans and otherwise, asking, whats going on here, what happened the last week . Why are College Sports having this moment of selfdoubt . And i know you point to the fact that, go back to the spring, go back to the very guidelines that the ncaa gave itself for reopening. These are the Core Principles of resocialization of collegiate sport. Number one on this list is a downward trajectory of covid cases or positivity percentage. And all you have to do is look at a map around the country, you can see there are plenty of states, plenty of places with major College Football or College Sports programs where theyre not passed door number one. Yes. Very good question, john berman. And also, id like to say, today im speaking on behalf of the National Medical association as its 121st president , representing over 45,000 africanamerican physicians in the u. S. And as a member of the ncaa covid19 advisory panel. And you speak to the truth. And with this covid19, its a societal issue, and we need to be placing a full court press on covid19, and that involves invoking a National Strategy to mitigate this deadly disease. That involves invoking the defense production act to create opportunities to produce ppe, to produce testing kits. And this notion that governors are suing mayors because theyre asking the citizens to wear facial coverings is a reflection of why we are having such problems with opening up College Sports. You want to play football in columbus . You want to play for ohio state . Get the rate down in columbus. That is an argument you will hear. Nicole, we have seen a number of Prominent Players and coaches from the most prominent programs come out over the last day and say, we want to play. Listen to clemson. We cancel football, the virus isnt going to go away. And it is truly my belief that these guys are safer here than without us. Not only are they safer here, mentally, its better for them. We feel safer here than anywhere else, honestly. And when you go outside of these walls and you go get food, you go do anything, youre at just as much, if not more risk. How universal or prevalent is this feeling among the athletes . John, can i well, weve had a number of players who have spoken out in the last day or so, kind of a hail mary, 11thhour push to make it clear that they do want to play, which we all expected that they did, but youve also had movements in other leagues, including the pac12, where they have threatened to withhold their services. They have threatened to boycott because of their concerns related to their health and safety as well as Economic Impact of the amateur model. So, i think that its hard to say that anything is a month lith. Its hard to say all College Players feel one way or the other. But i do think its worth pointing out here that, first of all, even if the season is postponed, they would be able to stay on campus and practice and have that environment that they feel safe in. And then also, that this has exposed how little a say College Athletes have in what happens to them. This is something that we have seen during the pandemic. They dont have a players union. They didnt have representation or a seat at the table when they were determining health and safety protocols, like we saw in the pro leagues. So i do think, no matter what comes out of this, the fact that players were speaking up and using their voice collectively is something that is good and will continue. Agreed. Agreed. I wish it didnt have to happen in a situation like this john, can i speak to this . Absolutely, doctor. Go ahead. Can i speak to this . Feeling is not science. So, a feeling is not a protocol. So, those feelings should be used to advocate for testing and for ppe and for placing a full court press on covid19. So, thats what the feeling should be used for. Dr. Mcdougle, i get the sense that you have questions about whether its safe for these players to be on the field playing right now. We put forth a strong document through the ncaa advisory committee. Its a solid document. And provisions within that set parameters on being able to resocialize and restart college athletics. And as you pointed to at the very beginning of this show, the provision is, youre supposed to have at least a 14day decline in infections in ones community. And people are just skipping over that. And so, i would hope that this focus being placed on collegiate athletics allows our country to reflect on the importance of addressing covid19 from a national perspective. And our governors need to link arms and form a shield of protection against covid19 until, and hopefully, our National Leadership will also put this at the highest level of priority. Thats where we need to be. So, sports is important, but it is not as important as 160,000 people dying. I have to let you both go, but nicole in five seconds or left, do you think that these conferences will announce the big 12, big ten, s. E. C. Will announce that theyre postponing this week . I think well see the pac12 is meeting today, its president s and chancellor, so they can potentially make a decision, at the very least to delay the season further and potentially postpone. It would be a huge domino, if it falls today. Nicole auerbach, dr dr. Mcdougle, i appreciate both your time. Really interesting discussion. Thank you, john berman. Erica . We want to remember some of the more than 163,000 lives lost in this country to coronavirus. 58yearold Greg Odonnell died just one day after the memorial for his wife of 27 years, gabby. Their son, robert garcia, is the mayor of long beach, california. Mr. Odonnell owned a contracting business with his brothers and was, in garcias words, a goodhearted man and the best husband our mom could have ever hoped for. Keith johnson was a retired professor of trumpet at the university of north texas. His wife of 50 years told kxas tv they met at a Music Festival in new hampshire, where he was playing, and she was a maid at the hotel where he stayed. He was 77. Gilbert polanco was the first guard at san quentin prison in california to die of coronavirus. Kgo tv reporting theres been a mass outbreak inside the prison, infecting 2,000 inmates. Polancos daughter says her parents had been preparing to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Well be right back. 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People go there for solitude and contemplation about americas past. So it should not be a place that becomes politicized. It should not be able to be Donald Trumps going to grab gettysburg by the scruff of the neck and give a redmeat speech to his base, which is divisive. So, i would say leave gettysburg alone and find another venue. I have to say, its not the same thing, but when we heard this, one of the first things i thought of was an interview that the president had at normandy, and when we saw him there with all of those crosses in the background. And that really struck a chord with a number of people as well because it became so politicized. To think that now were looking at gettysburg, where the president has in recent weeks really taken it upon himself to do his best to shore up the confederacy, right, that we keep confederate flags and monuments to confederate generals going. That, too, leaves you scratching your head. Its all a bit nutty. I mean, here is donald trump defending confederate monuments staying up, refusing to strip the name of rogue traitors like bragg from federal forts, now talking about speaking at gettysburg remember, not giving a speech there about public policy, but selfaggrandizing himself, making that the center of the Republican National committee, the middle of the battlefield and cemetery at gettysburg. I cant think of a worse idea. Going to places like normandy is important on anniversaries, and i would urge donald trump to go to gettysburg and reflect on the battle there at the appropriate time, but this is deeply inappropriate. The white house isnt much better, but at least with these weird times with covid19, one could say that is the residence of the president. It might be fitting for him to do it from the white house. But gettysburg is just grossly misguided. Do you think that in floating gettysburg, its a way to make the white house seem more palatable . I do. I think its sort of a canard. You know, he went to mt. Rushmore. Hes saying hed like to see his face on mt. Rushmore. Pennsylvanias the allimportant swing state. So if he can get in, give a speech in pennsylvania. But really, it forces people like me to say, if i have a choice, between gettysburg or the white house, i would say, historians would say do it from the white house. Do not denigrate gettysburg in such a crass fashion. He also gettysburg, of course, you cant ignore the connection to Abraham Lincoln. And President Trump likes to put himself in the same camp as president lincoln. Hes done it often. I just want to play some of those moments for folks at home. Okay. I can be more president ial than any president in history, except for possibly abe lincoln with the big hat. I did more for the black community than anybody, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln. I am greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen. The closest would be that gentleman right up there. They always said lincoln, nobody got treated worse than lincoln. I believe i am treated worse. What do you think that infatuation is with Abraham Lincoln . I think all president s fall in love with Abraham Lincoln, because no matter how bad they have it, lincoln had it worse. And yet, he ended up being number one ranked as president s. Remember, barack obama was very interested in the presidency of lincoln, and george w. Bush called it his favorite president. Whats different here is donald trump is trying to say, im as great as lincoln, im the equal of Abraham Lincoln, which is just preposterous. If he is a oneterm president , donald trump will be remembered with james buchanan, towards the bottom of american president s. Twoterm president , it could become a different story. So, hes trying to elevate himse himself. As his mt. Rushmore speech indicated, Donald Trumps running saying, i am george washington, i am lincoln, i am buffalo bill, while all of these democrats are trying to tear down American Heritage monuments. I stand for them all. Im the representative of them all. I even want a garden of statues, he called for. So, hes feeling insecure. So by saying im of the quality of Abraham Lincoln, it makes him feel big and important and special in history, but most people see it as selfaggrandizing and a sign of narcissism. Speaking of history, im just curious your take on this moment. Let me play it for you. It happened yesterday. The closest thing is in 1917, they say, right . The great pandemic. It certainly was a terrible thing, where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 Million People. Probably ended the second world war. All the soldiers were sick. Im not sure who they are, but i do know that the pandemic was definitely not in 1917 and that world war ii, of course, didnt happen until decades later. But that to me is remarkable also because its not the first time. No. He constantly, constantly says 1917. Its like a tick he has that he cant say 1918. I mean, without exaggerating, there are 50 times that hes done that. Nobodys either corrected him or hes stubborn. And then it got all convoluted, that talk, with world war ii, and it became just a muddle of nonsense there. The bottom line is, donald trump has no historical memory. He doesnt understand what our democracy is. Im not just saying that. I met donald trump at maralago to ask him about other president s. He told me he never read anything on lincoln. I even said, did you read a Childrens Book on lincoln . He had not. He does not read american history. He said he operates from his guts and has learned from watching television, so he knows the tv president of his lifetime and particularly like Ronald Reagan style, but then said reagans a terrible negotiator to me. He liked things about nixon. But the idea that he understands anything that happened during the civil war in any real way is just not there. So, hes just hijacking celebrity names from history and using them in a selfserving way. Douglas brinkley, always great to speak with you. Thanks for being with us this morning. Thanks. President trump has spent weeks falsely claiming mailin voting is rife with fraud. Cnn takes you to one state thats now counted millions of mailin ballots. Were taking you there for the facts, next. Whether its bribes to roll over. Or an overdue makeover. Get all your pet essentials right when you need them, with Curbside Pickup at petsmart. Just order online, drive up, checkin, and pick up. Youve been avoiding. Like people. And pants. Ings but dont avoid taking care of your eyes, because were here to safely serve you with new procedures that exceed cdc guidelines and value your time. Visionworks. See the difference. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesnt get everything clean. 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Reporter george stern is an elections administrator for jefferson, colorados fourth largest county, located in the western suburbs of denver. So, everything here is out in the open . Everythings out in the open. Reporter hes invited the president and cnn to tour the countys mail ballot processing facility. His message . Theres no massive fraud that our elections are secure as much as they are accessible. Reporter all registered colorado voters automatically receive a ballot in the mail. You can still vote in person, but an overwhelming majority of ballots, including 99. 3 in this years state primary, have consistently been returned by mail or ballot drop box. Everyone knows mailin ballots are a disaster. Reporter this week, the president sued nevada to contest the expansion of mailin voting, tweeting in july, mailin ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 election. Weve been doing universal vote by mail in colorado for seven years, and we can say with certainty that that is not the case. Reporter thats because of what stern says is a rigorous system of checks and balances. For a mailin ballot to be counted, the envelope must be signed. A Bipartisan Team of election judges, trained by fbi handwriting analysts, then compares the envelope signature to those stored on file. If there isnt a signature that matches, thats getting pushed off to the side and its going to be investigated by the district attorneys office. Reporter data from the conservative Heritage Foundation shows nine instances of voter fraud out of millions of ballots cast since colorado began voting by mail in 2013. Nines too many, right . We want that number zero. But thats nine out of 16 million. Thats literally less than one in a million. Reporter in june, the president falsely claimed that millions of mailin ballots will be printed by Foreign Countries and others. But colorado Election Officials say thats also not a concern. An adversary would have to mimic everything perfectly from a signature on file to the ballots size, style, paper weight, and even the envelope its mailed in, all of which differ from county to county and change in each election cycle. Another bonus . Everything is paper, right, when you have mail ballots. Youve got paper ballots. And weve got a paper trail and we store that paper trail for two years after the election. Our voting equipment, our Voting Machines never connected to the internet. They never have been. They never will be. Our county equipment never connected to the internet. Reporter which helps prevent hacking. It would be a total joke. Reporter another false claim by the president , that mailin voting benefits democrats, tweeting, republicans should fight very hard when it comes to statewide mailin voting. Tremendous potential for voter fraud and, for whatever reason, doesnt work out well for republicans. Tonight, we shook up the senate. Reporter in the 2014 general election, the first election after colorado switched to mailin voting, republicans flipped a u. S. Senate seat, won a majority in the state senate, gained seats in the state house, and won three of four statewide offices. Weve seen that there is no partisan advantage. Weve seen record voter turnout from democrats and republicans and unaffiliated voters in our elections. Reporter the president has also suggested that Election Results could be delayed for months. We actually deliver most of our results on Election Night every time because of this votebymail system. Reporter so in some ways, the process makes it faster . In colorado, unquestionably makes it faster. Reporter how easy is it to fake a ballot from someone who is deceased . Dead people cannot vote and they do not vote in colorado. We regularly update our Voter Registration lists. Somebody got a ballot for a dog. Hmm. My dog walks to vote with me every single election, but hes yet to get a ballot or turn one in himself. Reporter lucy kafanov, cnn, golden, colorado. This is such a great piece, such an important piece. People need to find out the facts here about mailin voting because theres so much crap thats being said out there. People need to know that fraud in voting is incredibly small in general. Its a little bit higher in mailin voting, but incredibly small still, and there is literally a paper trail. And people need to separate im sorry, because i care a lot about this. No, i agree with you. Is people need to separate fraud with the issues of the post office being overwhelmed with a lot of people mailing in their ballots. It may be a concern that a lot of people mail in ballots and the post office will be taxed. Then help then figure out a way to help the post office to process the ballots more. That in and of itself is not fraud and people like the president , who say it is, they are lying. People have got to go learn about this. Your lives may depend on it, not to mention your votes. Absolutely. No, its so important. Such an excellent piece by lucy and her team. And i agree with you 100 . So important to not only call out the lies and let people know, right, whats true and whats not, but also to highlight just all of the security measures that lucy went through in her piece there, that the election official went through with her about how they are secure. And the fbi team that trains people to recognize the signature . I mean, seems like theyve figured it out. It is. There is one thing you and i, the media, and all of the American People need to start to do to prepare for election day, which is to get ready to be patient. Yes. Its okay if it doesnt get counted super quickly. It can take some time. You want it to be right. It doesnt matter whether its fast. Totally agree. Also, can we just say, that dogs adorable. Yes. Most importantly, what a cute dog. Yeah. My dog might come with me to vote this year. Who knows . Get ready, dakota coming up, Christine Romans sits down with one of wall streets top bankers to talk about how quickly the u. S. Can recover from the economic crisis. What jamie dimon has to say about this. Youll want to hear it next. To soccer practices. And new adventures. You hope the more you give the less theyll miss. But even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past. They may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. Lets help protect them together. Because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. Ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. Obviously the coronavirus pandemic has led to this huge global recession and while there is a national reckoning, at the same time, economic inequality. So Christine Romans, cnns chief Business Correspondent just interviewed jamie dimon and she joins us now with more. Romans, i have been looking forward to hearing what jamie dimon has to say. The American Economy doesnt work the same for everyone and this stat for you, a College Educated black household has less wealth than a white household headed by somebody without even a high school diploma. Some of the biggest names in business want to hire 100,000 black, latinx and asian workers post pandemic. I asked jamie dimon of Jpmorgan Chase and felix rodriguez, do companies have a moral responsibility to fix racial inequality in capitalism . As you said, this is going on a whole long and while the murder of george floyd made it obvious it was there before. We have to work with unions to solve societys biggest problems, government alone cant do it. The pace is quick. The world will become more complex and these problems of education and jobs, infrastructure, immigration. If you fix these things, you will have a far more just society and more growth which could pay for Better Safety nets, et cetera. The idea is to build new networks and to make the connections happen. In our case, half of our students are First Generation College so that apprenticeship and internship is the building of the networks and then everybody will see what kind of talent there is. So i think that the idea is to broaden the networks and expand on who gets to participate. John, this is a tenyear goal. For the right now, dimon says the shape of the coronavirus recovery depends on what congress does next. I think its critical, yeah. Most of the economies have builtin between a trillion and a half to 2 trillion of another program to get the Small Business individuals to the end of the year and next year. I think that youll need this to stabilize this. As people start to go back to work, get more comfortable, the cases come down, the hospitals can easily handle you know people with covid inside the icus, et cetera, well get our hands around it. Does the recovery take two or three years or possibly take one year . Again, hes assuming more stimulus, another stimulus package from congress and there, you know theyre not really talking right now. He expects the jobless rate to decline to 9 this year, 7 this year and depends on congress. More Small Business loans, though this time with flexibility he says for how Small Business owners spend it. Dimon acknowledged that the rally is driven by 12 trillion of global stimulus and doesnt reflect the pain on main street. You have 13 Million People out of work an you have people suffering. Small business thats far more important than you know than the vicissitudes of wall street and i think im much more sympathetic there. Thats what we should worry. The vicissitudes of wall street. Right now, you have the nasdaq up some 40 . You know, near record high again. The s p 500 higher on the year, so people with money investors have been doing very, very well. But 55 of people own stocks, either directly or indirectly in this country. Theres a lot happening on main street that needs to be fixed. Im curious, a guy like jamie dimon does he see the separation that the president tries to make with Public Health experts that others say doesnt exist . He said well get our hands around this and we are getting control slowly of this virus and that is incredibly important. He said we cant look at the near term data because the big moves of the numbers make it difficult as he said to figure out where we are in this baseline but he says well get through this okay. Hes long term bullish on america. You never want to bet against america and he hopes by the end of next year were down by 7 on the jobless rate. More stimulus from washington is key to that forecast. Yeah. Not necessarily coming, so interesting to hear. All right, Christine Romans, terrific interview. Thank you. New day continues right now. This virus is proving exceptionally difficult to stop. Average daily deaths nationwide have topped 1,000 for the past two weeks and several states are seeing record hospitalizations. I think at the end of a very short period of time well be in very, very good shape all over the country. There should be universal wearing of masks. And social distancing. Im not against having a mandate but a mandate wont fix your problem. If the virus can spread it will. It hasnt gone away. This is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. All right, welcome to our viewers in the united states. Alisyn is off, erica hill is back this morning. Good morning to see you. Good morning. For those who believe that children are immune from catching or spreading the coronavirus the cases in children have increased by 90 in the last four weeks. 90 but these facts, these numbers dont seem to matter to the president. Dont get very sick. They dont catch it easily. They dont get very sick and according to the people that i have spoken to they dont transport it or transfer it to other people or certainly not very easily. So, yeah, i think schools have to open. Catching it and spreading it hes wrong about that. Just not true. And georges Cherokee School district, more than 800 children and 42 employees are quarantined. 50 students and staff have tested positive. And georgias opposing a mask mandate which puts him at odds with dr. Anthony fauci who said that masks should be universal to fight the virus. Overnight here on cnn, one expert, William Hazeltine warned that children can spread coronavirus as easily as the common cold which is a coronavirus. Theres Significant Developments involving