Erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. Dividing, not uniting. President trump delivers another divisive message on independence day, as the pandemic surges through america. Plus, thousands flock back to pubs in the uk for a proper pint, after months of lockdown. But will Super Saturday turn out to be a super spreader, as well . Also, new daily records. Floridas coronavirus cases spike in the midst of crowded beaches and bars this Holiday Weekend. Will new closures happen . Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robin kur know. Great to you have along this hour. So, americans are marking independence day. Usually a day for patriotism and pride, but this year were seeing disunity over policies and the coronavirus pandemic. Traditional fireworks filled the sky over the National Mall in washington just a few hours ago. This, as the national deals with a troubling surge in the virus. Some people were forced to stay at home. These beaches in california, as you can see, were closed. The state is struggling with a Record Number of people in the hospital with the virus. Meanwhile, rising cases did not keep everyone off the beaches in florida. This beach was packed, as well as others. Florida is one of the nations hot spots, reporting the most cases in a single day so far on saturday. Well, heres a look at where things stand across the u. S. Most states are experiencing spikes in daily infections. Only one state is seeing a decline. While some people went to the beach, others spent the holiday rallying for social justice and exercising their right to protest which is at the very heart of americas democracy. U. S. President donald trump, however, blasted protesters as, quote, the radical left, anarchists and agitators. He said the countrys sometimes racist past must be protected. We will never allow an angry man to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. We will safeguard our values, traditions, customs and beliefs. We will teach our children to cherish and adore their country so that they can build its future. So, again, to emphasize, this is a holiday that celebrates how americans came together to dwayne independence, but you wouldnt know that by the president s remarks, even at this critical time. Well, Jeremy Diamond has more on President Trumps message. Jeremy . Reporter well, on fourth of july, most american president s typically aim for unifying remarks, but President Trump this evening, for the second night in a row, focusing his remarks on exploiting cultural divisions among americans. Particularly at this time of deep division in america, with the coronavirus pandemic and these protests over a National Reckoning on racism in america. President trump delivering these divisive remarks in which he even compared his current political fight against leftists in america, radical leftists, as he called them, to the fight against nazis in world war ii. American heroes defeated the nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists, saved american values, upheld american principles and chased down the terrorists to the very ends of the earth. We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters and people who, in many instances, have absolutely no clue what they are doing. Reporter now, President Trump on saturday also said we will not allow anyone to divide our citizens by race or background. Those remarks, fatherly remarkab remarkable, coming from this president , one that started his campaign by decrying mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists. A president who called for a total ban on muslims entering the United States. A president who said that a judge who was of hispanic origin could not be impartial in a case involving him. This president claiming on saturday that he will not allow others to exploit people by racial divisions. Now, President Trump sought to recast himself as a protector of American History and heritage. That was a theme of his remarks on friday at mt. Rushmore and on saturday at the white house. But the president , for the last week, hasnt focused on protecting statues of Founding Fathers as he has claimed in this speech. Instead, hes focused on protecting confederate namesakes and monuments. Thats been the heart of the president s focus. Yet now, he is trying to recast that battle. But certainly, these remarks from the president on a fourth of july where america is facing these crises, divisive and certainly not unifying for this country. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Well, florida is one of the biggest u. S. Hot spots right now, reporting thousands of new cases on saturday. But thats not stopping some people from celebrating the fourth of july holiday the way they always do, by hitting the beach. Well, Boris Sanchez tells us all about that. Reporter yet another recordsetting day for the state of florida. More than 11,000 new coronavirus cases reported here in the last 24 hours. That means that in the first three days of july, the state has seen over 30,000 new covid cases. To give you some perspective, the state of florida saw about 100,000 new cases in the month of june alone. Local leaders, the states governor, ron desantis, leaving it up to local officials to determine what restrictions they wanted to put in place. But here on the western part of the state, just outside of tampa at clearwater beach, folks were coming all day to enjoy the waves, to play sports, to enjoy the sand and surf, as well. There are signs out that are washing people to try to stay socially distant, six feet apart from people who do not share the same household. They are also asking groups to not congregation. Groups of ten or more are not allowed here. Though, throughout the day, we did see groups of much larger than ten people enjoying the beach. Actually spoke to one woman named kathy who told me she moved from alabama to florida in the middle of the pandemic. She says that shes concerned about the risk of coronavirus but that she wanted to enjoy the Holiday Weekend on the beach. Heres more of what she shared with us. I just think that we all should wear masks and protect ourselves as best as we can, you know, and keep, you know, keep the social distancing going on and, you know, thats it. If were going to get it, were going to get it. Im happy to be here. I really am. I know the numbers are going up and i hope it drops, but it doesnt seem like it is, so why stop enjoying life . Reporter of course, the big question is, what these numbers will do two weeks from now. Remember, that after the memorial day weekend, when we saw so many large crowds ignoring social distancing guidelines, soon after that, we saw a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide. Two weeks is that incubation period for the coronavirus, so, all eyes will be on the numbers, about 14 days from now. Boris sanchez, cnn, clearwater beach, florida. Joining me now is dr. Carlos del rio, professor of medicine at emory university, which is right here in atlanta. Doctor, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. So, weve been seeing a spike in cases across the United States. Can it all be accounted for just by increased testing, as some have suggested . Ah, no, robyn. I think that increased cases is because theres increased transmission. Diagnosis, testing, is simply telling us theres cases out there, but in fact, in some of the cases that have the highest increase in testing, in cases, we actually have seen a decrease in testing, which is the case in florida. So, unfortunately, not, this is not just testing. This is really a lot of transmission and a lot of uncontrolled transmission of this virus and thats what worries all of us, because were siege more cases and were seeing an increase in hospitalizations. Here in georgia alone, we saw over 1,600 hospitalizations today. Th three weeks ago, june 7th, we only had 700 patients hospitalized. So, a dramatic increase in the number of people hospitalized with covid19. Yeah, thats certainly worrying. Across the u. S. Many of these cases, as we say, are rise, but were not seeing as many deaths. How do you explain that . Is it just a lag . Part of it is a lag. Part of it is also that were seeing younger people, you know in the first phase of the epidemic, we had a lot of older people coming in and older people died a lot faster. Younger people tend to die less. Our median age in the hospital has dropped from about 62 to about 48 so, younger people are less likely to die. But the other thing is that we also have gotten better at treegt this disease. Not much better, but weve gotten somewhat better. And finally, its because, you know, deaths lag about two weeks with the increase in testing. In florida, you are seeing an increase in deaths and an increase in cases. You talk about what youve learned. What have doctors and medical professionals learned over the past few months in terms of treating Covid Patients . I know some have suggested less ventilation in some cases and, of course, still a lot of experimentation in terms of drug combinations. Well, the most important thing weve learned is the value of a drug named remdesivir. It clearly has a role in patients that are needing oxygen. It helps them increase the number of days they need oxygen and it does have slight improvement in survival. Weve learned from a recovery study conducted in the uk that the use of a drug called deck meth zone has improved life for people. We are learning better ways of ventilating people, the use of anticoe wag lants. A lot of people are helping us decrease mortality with severe covid disease. Theres still so many questions, arent there . Particularly the range of symptoms that, the way this virus attacks the body. It seems to be quite wideranging. Does that concern you still . Well, its concerning, but its also fascinating from a research standpoint. Why do some people get so sick and others dont . How can we predict that . Is there anything we can do to prevent disease, getting disease worse when somebody gets infected . And we are embarking on a variety of different studies including the use of plasma, some new Research Studies that are going to address some of those issues. I know you worked a lot in the field of hivaids over your career. A very distinguished career. Do you see any similarities, particularly when it comes to behavior and changing peoples behavior . You know, absolutely. For many years, as you well know, we have been telling people about how to have sex with condoms, how to protect themselves and simply it just does not happen as much as we would like it to. It makes a lot of sense, if you tell somebody, hey, wear a condom, practice safe sex, but the reality is, its a lot harder to implement. So, knowledge doesnt necessarily translate into behavior. Well, were seeing the same thing here with this virus, and were seeing the same thing with people being reluctant to use masks, being uncomfortable using masks, but we also have seen something that is also very concerning, which is the politicization of certain behaviors. You know, we have never heard, for example, people saying, well, you know, im a liberal and therefore a wear a seat belt when i go down the free the way, but youre a conservative and its against my freedom to move in my seat to wear a seat belt so im not going to use one, or a governor telling people, well, we encourage you to use seat belts, but were not going to mandate it. That to me is the part thats been really hard to deal with, the fact that we have made political and we have made partisan things that should not be, which is trying to save lives. And thats very much being seen in the usa. Mexico just next door neighbor, has been really hit hard in the last few weeks, last few days. What do you make of of the infection rates there . Well, you know, its not surprising. Mexico has many large cities, like mexico city, which could be another new york. Mexico city has a lot of people. A lot of people ride the subway. Its very hard to isolate if you are, you know, poor. You need to go to work every day. So, im not surprised that theres a lot of transmission. I think again, mexico has to do three things that we have been saying in the u. S. Face masking has to really go up. We need to mexico has to test a lot more people. Mexico has very, very low testing rates. And really do Contact Tracing, because the reality is, in this disease, one of the only tools we have, and were not doing very well here in the u. S. , either. You have to test people. And after you test people, you have to isolate them and do Contact Tracing, because you need to stop transmission at its root, right there, in that person that got infected. Dont let that person transmit to other people. And something that is very important to remember, robyn, if you dont do that, one infected person, over the next two to five days, infects another probably 2 1 2 to 5 people. And those individuals that infect more people and by the end of one month, 30 days, that one infected individual leads to over 400 infections. Goodness me. Thats sort of sobering data. And certainly a reminder that all of us need to Pay Attention to these warnings that doctors like you are giving us. Wear a mask, its as simple as that. Doctor, thank you for joining us for all of your expertise. Good being with you. Well, iraqs battered Health Care System is struggling with a huge spike in coronavirus cases and deaths, as well. Saturday, officials reported more than 2,000 new cases, bringing the total to more than 58,000. And they say the death toll rose by more than 100 to around 2,300. The pandemic is sweeping the whole country, but its really hitting the capital, baghdad, especially hard. Arwa damon now reports. Reporter they wait to verify the names of the dead. Their sorrow is silent. Much like the enemy that claimed those they love. Yousef lost his parents and his sister to covid19. One after the other. They underestimated the virus. They did not understand how to protect themselves from the spread. We are terrified now. We are 100 convinced, he says. The burials happen at night in iraqs largest cemetery, when the countrys brutal summer heat dips. Final prayers are carried out by strangers. Teams from the countrys paramilitary force, initially formed to fight isis. We are getting around 70 to 80 bodies a day, he says. And it is expected to get much worse across this country, whose medical infrastructure was already decimated by decades of sanctions, war and corruption. Medical workers report a prevalence of the virus among hospital staff, due to a lack of proper measures and ppe. I was with my family when the head manager of the hospital contacted me to inform me that the result of pcr is positive for covid19. Reporter this doctor filmed the moment he told his children he was sick, promising them that he would be back, not knowing if it would be a promise he would keep. For any person, its a pra r painful moment that you say goodbye to your children and your family and you do not know whether you will return back or not. Reporter luckily, he did, and is now recovering. We were so worried about mommy and daddy because of corona, his daughter says. But the doctor fears for the worst for his country. With coronavirus cases now ju jumped due to government default a in providing protection measures, the people opening the markets and malls. Reporter this video shows people scuffling over oxygen tanks outside a hospital in the south of the country. Trying to secure a supply for their sick loved ones. In the same city, Health Workers beg their ministry for help. Iraqis no loss on a mass scale all too well. The bitter pain of consecutive warps that bled into each other. A member of iraqs Security Forces apologizes for his inability to keep his emotions in check. Its his mother who died. Arwa damon, cnn, istanbul. Thanks to arwa for that powerful report. Youre watching cnn. Up next, englands muchloved pubs have officially reopened after being closed for 15 weeks. Well see how theyre adapting, or not, to social distancing. Usaa is made for whats next no matter what challenges life throws at you, were always here to help with Fast Response and Great Service and it doesnt stop there were also here to help look ahead thats why were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and thats just one of the many ways were here to help the military Community Find out more at usaa. Com pubs and other businesses in england are open again and for all those who waited in line to get their first pints, Super Saturday couldnt come soon enough. After more than three months of lockdown, pub doors in Northern Ireland were thrown open again on friday, as well, but those in scotland and wales have to wait a little bit longer. Anna stewart is in london for us. Reporter Super Saturday in england saw pubs, restaurants, cinemas and hair salons able to reopen after over three months of lockdown. These businesses have had to introduce some covid19 safety measures. Face shields for hairdressers and Face Covering for their clients. Socially distanced tables. The black line pub here in hammersmith have embraced the new measures, but not all businesses have decided to reopen yet. Some are concerned that those new measures could limb how many customers they can serve and may make them financially unviable. And of course, there are always concerns that the consumer appetite isnt yet there. I think having a beer outside, which weve been doing for weeks anyhow, is fine. Its actually quieter here today than it has been, because pubs are open. Not in a rush to go to cinema. Restaurant would be nice. Wouldnt go into a pub or a restaurant myself, but takeaway, id do. I dont want to be around lots of drunk people, probably battering into you. Excited for restaurants and things, it would be nice to get back to a little bit of normality, but obviously, still do need to be safe in trying to keep that distance from everyon