Campaign tells cnn we can hear the president complain about efforts to, quote, tear down our history. Cnns nick watt is joining us from just outside los angeles. The virus is looming this Holiday Weekend. Local officials have decided to shutdown beaches like the one behind you. Whats the latest . Reporter absolutely, jim. A lot of beaches across california have been closed for the weekend. Also youre no longer allowed anywhere in this state to sing in church, and three cities around here said they will start fining people who dont wear masks when theyre out and about. West hollywood first offense 300 bucks. There are a lot of people now doing whatever they can to make sure that we do not see a spike after Independence Day like the spike we saw after memorial day. Florida now leading the nation in new cases every day as the u. S. Heads into the Holiday Weekend. The most important thing i would say to people is if you do go out to a gathering or in public, please wear a face covering. Reporter beaches will be open again in new york city for the 4th, but closing down again in parts of texas, across much of southern california, the bay area, and south florida. Off limits in miami beach and the mayors message . The hardest thing to deal with are these mixed messages coming from the state and the federal government and the president. Were telling people there is nothing more american than making a sacrifice by staying home. Reporter wednesday more than 50,000 new cases across this country for the first time. Yesterday it happened again. We have implemented an aggressive strategy reporter the president says its just more testing. Its not. So what is it . Its very difficult to say that this particular demonstration or that particular rally or that particular holiday at a beach did it. But something happens to make the spike go way up like that. Reporter and different states, different stories. In arizona more people are now being killed by covid19 than ever about before. Vermont hasnt had a covid19 patient in the i. C. U. For nearly six weeks. One in parts of texas, we are told there are waiting lists for i. C. U. Beds. If people gather on the 4th of july the same way they did memorial day, it is going to lead to a massive increase in the number of people testing positive. And it could lead, once again, to an increase in the number of people who lose their lives. Reporter hes finally mandated mass,s for most texans. Unfortunately, the cow is out of the barn. I think we are a little too late. This is an action that should have been instituted months ago. Reporter still, texas making that move might be a watershed moment. I hope every governor in every state takes notice in one of the most conservative freedomloving states, the last place you would expect can do it, then its really okay to say, lets put Public Health first. Reporter so, everybody, of course well, most of us hoping that baseball will, indeed, be back later this month. Today we just got the test results of the tests everybody involved had to take going in. Among them, 38 people tested positive. 31 of those were players, and those positive tests coming from 19 different clubs. Jim . That is just incredible. All right, nick watt, thank you very much for that. Lets get an update on the situation in florida which currently leads the nation in new cases of the coronavirus. Cnns randi kaye joins us. Randi, whats the concern as we head into the Holiday Weekend . I suppose its this spiking caseload. Reporter absolutely, jim. The concern is more spread and more spike. Florida now averages more cases per day than any other state in the country. They certainly dont want to see the spike that they saw after memorial day. Once again now on july 4th holiday. Young people are the ones who are getting sick. You can expect them to be out and about this Holiday Weekend. 25 to 34yearolds making up 20 of the states cases, in fact. The median age in this state is 37 years old for those getting the virus. It used to be 65. In fact, there are 7,000 minors in the state of florida who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Youre probably asking whats the governor doing about it, he is not putting out a statewide mask mandate. Counties are taking it upon themselves. Palm beach county would normally be crowded, very crowded on this Holiday Weekend. Instead it will be closed. So will the beaches in Broward County just south of here and miamidade further south of here. But then you have lucia county that will be tracking with drones. They say its the bars, not the beaches that really spread this virus. And one grim note, jim, to point out here. As we are getting more information about this 11yearold boy from Miamidade County who passed away from coronavirus, that is the youngest person in this state, he was severely compromised we have learned. Still unclear. He wasnt traveling so its still unclear how he got that virus, jim. Still very sad news. Randi kaye, thank you very much for that. Lets get expert medical analysis from peter hotez and former u. S. Surgeon general vivek murthy. You describe this as a perfect storm. The u. S. Seeing its highest single day of new cases as the Holiday Weekend approaches. Just how bad do you fear this could get . Could we see things spike even more . Thank you, jim. Im deeply concerned about where we are in this pandemic. You know, we are certainly seeing more cases than weve ever seen. We are setting records, multiple records this week for new cases. But i fear that this could, in fact, get worse. Weve heard dr. Fauci tell us that he would not be surprised if we saw more than 100,000 cases a day, which is almost double where we are today. So things can absolutely get worse. Heres the good news. The ability to stop the spread or at least slow the spread of this virus is in our hands. The decisions we make about staying home, avoiding unnecessary contact with others, the decision we make to wear a mask when we go out, to distance from other people, to wash our hands, avoid touching our faces, avoid crowds, these are the kind of decisions that will help us reduce the spread of the virus and buy us the time we need to ultimately get a vaccine. Dr. Hotez, the president is traveling to a larger public event as we speak with no distancing protocols. How dangerous is not only this event, but the example the president is setting . Well, clearly this is not a time to be holding gatherings. We are in a steep acceleration right now in the United States. We were at 40,000 last week, 50,000. Well be at 60,000 by next week easily. In fact, if you look at the numbers in florida, texas and arizona, on a perperson basis, were more or less there at that 100,000 mark. So dr. Fauci proposed it as an apocalyptic prediction. Thats already happening right now in multiple Southern States in the u. S. So we cannot be holding big gatherings, especially with people in defiance of Wearing Masks and that sort of thing. And heres heres where i think we need to head. I mean, certainly all of the behavior changes of dr. Murthi has pointed out, hes absolutely right. The issue is without that federal road map and guidance pushing on it, i dont think its going to happen at a substantive enough level just by leaving it to the states or to local health departments, i dont think its going to work. And the evidence of that is the numbers are already continuing to accelerate. We will need now National Guidance and a road map to say at what point do we have to do more aggressive measures in terms of shutdowns and other big picture initiatives . Also waiting for the vaccine, thats not a viable strategy. We already know that probably based on what were seeing, a lot of the vaccines will only be partially protective, not completely protective. They may reduce disease, but they probably, at least some of the early ones, will not interrupt transmission. So vaccines are not going to be a magic solution. They will be companion technologies but not replacement technologies. We need leadership otherwise we will continue to spiral in cases and it will affect the economy as well im sorry to say. Dr. Murthi, speaking of that the Surgeon General jerome adams refused to say people should avoid large 4th of july celebrations. Instead people should makeup their own minds. If you were serving as the Surgeon General, would that be your message . Well, my message would be to absolutely avoid crowds. The truth is we know that this is a virus. It spreads very easily. We also know its far deadlier than the flu. What we need to do is avoid what we saw memorial day weekend where we had people gathering in large groups and facilitating the spread of the virus. One of the real challenges we have had in this country, if you think back to three, four months ago when coronavirus had arrived here in large numbers we saw in new york city, we asked the question are we going to be like south korea or italy, south korea did fairly well and italy did poorly. Turns out we ended up being worse than both, and this is a product of poor leadership and mixed messaging. Unfortunately thats led us to the place where now. But we can correct that. We can, even though weve lost far more lives than we should have, we cant get those lives back. What we can do is safeguard im sorry . Do you think we will correct that . Well, im hoping that we will but im not 100 confident what im hearing from our political leaders were doing it fast enough. This is where our shortcomings have been. Weve had failed leadership, weve had poor messaging and taking the precautions we need. Dr. Hotez and dr. Murthi, thats all we have for this moment. Well get back to you as soon as we can. Thank you and we appreciate it. Have a good Holiday Weekend. Thank you, jim. President trump is expecting more than a crowd of 7,000 people with no social distancing. We are also learning more about the speech he plans to give tonight. A source tells us we can expect the president to keep stoking the cultural wars. Stay with us. This is a situation room special report. Resilient business can be ready for it. A Digital Foundation from vmware helps you redefine whats possible. Now. From the hospital shifting to remote patient care in just 48 hours. To the university moving hundreds of apps quickly to the cloud. Or the City GovernmentGoing Digital to keep Critical Services running. You are creating the future on the fly. And we are helping you do it. Vmware. Realize whats possible. Breaking news, President Trump is on his way to Mount Rushmore where hell join a crowd of more than 7,000 people for a 4th of july celebration. Social distancing will not be possible and masks are optional tonight. We expect the president to stoke the cultural wars during the speech accusing the left wing as he calls it in this country trying to tear down our history is how the campaign is describing it. Cnns Jeremy Diamond has more on that. Jeremy, this doesnt exactly line up with the guidance from his own Coronavirus Task force. Reporter it certainly does not, jim. The cdc doesnt say anything about bringing thousands of people together with no social distancing. In fact, they say the opposite. And then as far as the content of the speech, jim, if you were expecting something unifying on the 4th of july, it does not appear that is the direction the president is headed. Instead, a Campaign Official telling me that the president is going to tell us the truth about americas history and he will tell the truth about those trying to tear it down and divide our country. So clearly there, jim, very similar comments to what weve heard from the president over the last week as it relates to these confederate monuments. Again, jim, in the background of all this, what matters is whats happening with the coronavirus pandemic. Jim, its worsening, not getting any better. Tonight President Trump is doing the exact opposite of what many Health Experts advise, drawing a crowd of thousands to celebrate Independence Day at Mount Rushmore. Even as coronavirus cases hit new records. Up to 7500 people are expected. Many of them sitting shoulder to shoulder as trump speaks in the shadow of four former president s. Well be giving out free face masks if they choose to wear one, but we wont be social distancing. Reporter just like at the president s recent campaign rally, masks wont be required. After a week spent defending confederate monuments, trump will continue stoking the culture wars at Mount Rushmore. Warning about efforts to tear down our history and accusing a left wing mob of having toe divide our country. According to a Trump Campaign aide familiar with the speech. As trump continues to participate in large gathererings, the Surgeon General jerome adams wavered on whether others should do the same. Would you advise someone to go to a large gathering, yes or no . Craig, its not a yes or no. Every Single Person has to make up their own mind and look at their individual risk. As you mention, cdc says larger gatherings are a higher risk. You have to take that into account. Reporter by the White House Coronavirus coordinator dr. Deborah birx this week sending a different message, avoid crowds. In addition to the hand washing and the social distancing, Wearing Masks and not having large gatherings inside. Not having large gatherings outside. But if you participated in a large gathering in the last four weeks, we ask all of you to come forward and be tested. Reporter meanwhile, Vice President mike pence force today delay a trip to arizona this week after eight members of his secret Service Detail tested positive for coronavirus. Just the latest instance of secret Service Personnel testing positive or being forced to quarantine. And while dr. Anthony fauci warns were setting records practically every day of new cases in the numbers that are reported. That clearly is not the right direction. Reporter President Trump insists the virus is getting under control. And the crisis is being handled. Reporter falsely claiming there is a rise in coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good. The reality, infections rising in 36 states with 52,000 new cases on thouursday alone. They say it is not caused by testing. And golfing amid a chris, the president did that, hitting the links for his 365th day since becoming president. And, jim, we are now learning that eight secret Service Agents who traveled to phoenix, arizona, earlier this week for a trip by the Vice President , we learned they tested positive. Now we are learning they are also holed up quarantined in a hotel in phoenix. Jim, that is leading to concern among agents in the secret service according to cnn sources about these unnecessary trips that the Vice President and the president are taking, according to some of those sources. And i asked the Vice President s office whether or not they plan on scaling back the Vice President s travel in light of these positive tests. So far they have not responded to our request for comment. Jim . Jeremy dimon, thank you for that. Senior correspondent joe john is standing by at the Mount Rushmore event. Joe, what do we expect to hear from the president tonight and what do we expect to see . Reporter well, lets start with the see part first, jim. Take a look on the lower level, you can see a lot of people here. The president is still about 2 1 2 hours out, and is very possible the park service is going to reach that 7,500 ceiling that they said they might reach here. So the first observation about this crowd, number one, there arent a lot of people wearing face coverings and even though face coverings are optional, we were told if people wanted face coverings they could certainly get them from the government. It doesnt appear people are asking for them. The second thing is about social distancing. We knew that the governor of south dakota had said there would not be social distancing at the site. What we did not know is that there would be situations where people could not social distance. Thats because if you look at some of the seating, especially up here on the upper level in the amphitheater for rushmore, there are black folding seats that are connected, rows and rows of them with essentially twists that tie them together into rows. Why in the world would you do that in the age of coronavirus . It turns out theres state fire code that says you have to have loose seats like this together in big gatherings, if theres a fire, if theres a storm people run to the exits. Fire is a real concern here because there are going to be fireworks. This is the first Fireworks Show scheduled to happen at the mountain in 11 years. Many concerns that something could happen. Authorities want to keep everybody safe here, jim. Back to you. We hope they do. Joe johns, thank you for that. Lets get reaction from our senior political reporter and former Veterans Affairs dr. Shulkin. Any nia, thanks for being with us. Mr. Shulkin, what goes through your mind when the president has an event without social distancing and do you believe him when he says the virus is under control . Jim, even when i worked for Preside