this is hour, america's national experiment on re-opening for business gets much bigger. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, right now more than half of america is reopening for business if only a little. we're on both coasts to look at whether anyone is meeting the white house guidelines. then -- >> they could have kept it. they could have stopped it. but they didn't. >> this is an example of the latest claim by washington against beijing. the details in a live report from hong kong. plus some incredible scenes

as the united states salutes its front line heroes. ♪ well, from the u.s. to europe to asia, governments are slowly reopening their economies, getting back to business, and hoping to slowly settle into this new normal. this as the global coronavirus case total climbs past 3.5 million. the u.s. remains the worst-hit country in the world with deaths and infection still rising. but that hasn't stopped dozens of states wrapping up their first weekend of loosened restrictions. and the national experiment is set to expand over the coming hours. more than 40 states will have eased at least some of their

regulations by the end of this week. but as phased reopenings begin, cases nationwide top 1.1 million and the number of people killed by the virus has passed 67,000. a top member of the white house covid-19 task force warns things could get much worse. >> our projections have always been between 100 and 240,000 american lives lost, and that's with full mitigation and us learning from each other of how to social distance. >> still states are moving forward with their reopening plans hoping for an economic boost. in new jersey, which has the second highest virus totals in the country, golf courses opened this weekend. this as the governor announced another 3,100 cases on sunday. florida beaches were already reopening, drawing this protest from a man dressed as the grim

reaper. but officials aren't stopping there as people will soon be able to eat inside the restaurant in much of the state. in mark mark people will be able to go to the gym and shop at a mall in indiana. the question now is whether patrons will feel safe enough to show up and if shopping and a day in the sun are worth flouting medical experts and adding to the potential spread of the pandemic. but states such as california are standing firm on stay-at-home orders. and there's been push back. paul vercammen takes us down to huntington beach. >> reporter: another day of the hard shutdown in orange county and another day where police seem to be looking the other way when it comes to surfers. what we saw was some of the surfers got out early in the morning and rode the waves and then the officers got on bull horns and told them to exit the water. these surfers did.

all this in orange county where covid-19. that's a population of 3 million. many would argue that's not a staggering number. that would include the group of surfers we talked to who feel this beach shutdown is just overreaching. >> a governor wasting all these resources on putting cones up, putting caution tape up and driving down a cop at every light is the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen. >> i think it's ridiculous. there's other things you can be doing in terms of having people saying keep moving on the beach, but don't stop us from this out. >> those images are an example of what not to do, people, what not to do. this virus doesn't take the weekends off. and that's why i cannot impress upon you more to those californians watching that we can't see the images like we saw particularly on saturday in newport beach and elsewhere in the state of california. >> governor newsom stressing

social distancing is important to stress stop the spread of covid 1 and he didn't like the idea of people stacked up on the beaches. newsom also said this week we're going to be able to make announcements that will give some people more ability to get back on their economic feet. that will be welcomed here in huntington beach and all of orange county as well as those northern california rural counties where there are zero covid-19 cases. reporting from huntington beach, i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. well a different story in florida. businesses in all but three counties will begin reopening their doors in the coming hours. the state's governor says they're taking small deliberate steps to resume normal life. ran randi kaye explains what's going to happen next. >> reporter: today begins phase one in the reopening of florida. that includes state parks.

it will also include some of the largest beaches in the state of florida including pensacola, destine, and clear water. they will be open from sunrise to sunset. social distancing of course is encouraged. also open as of today will be restaurants. they will have seating outside. as long as the tables are six feet apart. inside people will be allowed up to 25% capacity. retailers also can open their stores up to 25% capacity as well. elective surgeries can resume and golf courses will be open again too. some things that will still be closed will be movie theaters, dog parks, salons and spas. the governor met with salon owners over the weekend and they were pleading with him to allow them to open. but he said he's going to have to take that under consideration. he said they can text customers, have them wait outside, whatever it takes. but he did not commit. also still closed are three major counties in southern florida that were hardest hit, the most populous counties, that would be miami-dade, broward, and palm beach county. on a bright note, the governor plans increase testing in the state. right now the state is testing

about 15,000 people a day. he hopes to ramp that up to 20,000 people a day by may 15th and 30,000 people a day by june 15th. also walgreens he just announced will also be opening some droouf through testing areas at nine locations. and the national guard will continue to ramp up testing in nursing homes. randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. u.s. vice president mike pence now says he should have worn a mask during his visit to the renowned mayo clinic last week. pence notably was the only one not wearing a mask when he toured the hospital and met with health care workers. he did this despite the clinic's policy requiring face masks. pence defended his decision again sunday on fox news telling a town hall he is tested for coronavirus frequently, but even so, he admits he should have worn a mask. and that admission comes as new york governor andrew cuomo is

really hammering home the importance of wearing a face mask. and he didn't mince word when is he shared what he thought of those who choose not to wear them. take a listen. >> you wear the mask not for yourself. you wear the mask for me. it's a sign of respect to other people. and you make me sick, that's disrespectful. i have to go into the hospital. i have to call an ambulance. that's an ambulance driver. i have to go into an emergency room. that's a nurse, that's a doctor who has to put on ppe that somebody has to buy and pay for. they have to risk be exposed to the virus because you wouldn't wear a mask. because you wouldn't wear a mask, you put so many people at risk because you didn't want to wear a mask. >> and some states are requiring their residents to wear masks in certain situations. but at least one is now backing

down. ohio will no longer make residents wear masks inside stores. its governor explains why. >> every employee's going to have the face mask. but it became very clear to me after we put out the order that everyone in retail who walked into a store as a customer would have to do that. it became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far, that people were not going to accept the government telling them what to do. >> well, more now on the promising news of a possible treatment for covid-19. listen to what dr. deborah birx had to say about the experimental drug remdesivir. >> so, it's a first step forward. in parallel, we have a whole series of therapeutics including plasma and monochromal antibodies being worked through. we are concentrating on vaccines as well as therapeutic bridges

to ensure the american people can do well with virus eventually. we want to ensure there are vaccines and therapeutics available rapidly. >> dr. birx added that a covid-19 vaccine becoming available in january is not out of the realm of possibility, but it depends on several other factors. >> well infectious diseases specialist joins me now from australia. thank you so much for being with us. >> hi, rosemary. how are you? >> good, good. good to talk to an australian. so, let's talk more about this new drug remdesivir that has just received emergency fda approval for use on covid-19 patients suffering severe symptoms in the hospital. how excited are you about that break through and how much does it change anything? >> remdesivir is an interesting drug. so, the antiviral antibottics that we have are very view in number and are very targeted to

maybe one or two viruses ft b. but remdesivir has the potential to treat lots of viruses. now, having said all that, the data that we're talking about comes from a trial of 1,063 people where the people who received remdesivir recovered more quickly than the people who did not receive it. the limitations are, however, that the trial's ongoing, that we haven't seen the data, and it hasn't been peer reviewed just to make sure that the trial has no holes in it. and also, this comes on the back of another trial in china which showed that remdesivir didn't make a significant difference in time to recovery although with that trial, the numbers were smaller than the researchers hoped. so, hopefully remdesivir will be that silver bullet, but i'm just not 100% sure yet. >> we'll continue following that of course. i did want to ask you this.

as more u.s. states prepare to open up, the biggest hope of course that we all have is that we'll get a vaccine by early next year. now, oxford university is in human trials right now with its vaccine. here's what professor john bell had to say about that. >> we're pretty sure we'll get a signal by june about whether this works or not. coronavirus doesn't mutate at the pace of flu as far as we can see. but it's also quite a tricky virus in term of generating long-standing immunoresponses to it. and as a result, i suspect we may need to have relatively regular vaccinations against coronavirus going into the future. that, of course, remains to be seen. that's my bet at the moment is that this is likely to be a seasonal coronavirus vaccine. >> sounds pretty promising, doesn't it. we will know by june, that's next month, if this vaccine works. and if it does, professor bell

says we'll probably need to have regular shots. whats your response to what he just said, and how much hope do you have for the oxford vaccine option compared to the other 100 plus vaccines being looked at right now? >> yes, rosemary, the oxford vaccines seems to be getting the most publicity. but there are about six or so vaccines which have gone into human clinical trials. so, maybe more than one will work, including one at the university of queens that's going to be in human trials where they say it might be ready by september. the only issue is the quickest evidence ever got a vaccine from start to finish has been four years. so, turning it around so quickly will be an enormous task, and we normally have to go through an extensive trial process to make sure that it's safe and effective. but if they're saying they can do it by september, that's great. the other thing about the oxford trial is the serum institute of

india which is one of the biggest vaccine producers in the world has said that they are going to produce 60 million doses of this vaccine regardless of whether it works or not. hopefully it does work, of course. so, i am kind of optimistic, but i don't necessarily think we'll see it until early next year. >> of course they have oxford has been working on this for quite a few years. so, that has put them ahead of a whole loft other people. i did want to ask you this too because australia has been particularly aggressive with its lockdown and testing measures along with new zealand, germany, taiwan, and others. and as a result these countries have reduced their cases and death toll s and are emerging successfully from the quarantine. the united states continues to have highest death toll and insufficient testing in place. some americans don't want to stay home, they don't want to wear masks. they don't want to be told what

to do. how bad could it get if the u.s. testing doesn't improve while at the same time the country opens up for business. >> you summed it up nicely. if all those measures don't improve, it could get a lot, lot worse. with australia, i think the reason we've been successful so far is as you've said we've done a lot of testing. 10,000 tests per million people, hand in hand with good contact tracing capacity. also the public have been very cooperative. of course there have been some silly people. but everyone's been generally socially distancing. the other unusual and great thing that's come out of this is something called national cabinet where as you know in australia we've got a federal government and we've got eight states and territories with their own governments, a bit like the u.s. and the prime minister has been meeting with the governor equivalent of those states and territories on a regular basis. and from those meetings, it looks like despite being on different parties they've been cooperating, we've been

generally getting a single message, and the cooperation between that group has been linked to very powerful messaging that the people have embraced. i think that's been another effective measure in australia. >> very helpful not having mixed messages. thank you so much for talking with us. always a pleasure. >> thank you so much, rosemary. turning now to europe where spain is launching phase zero of its gradual reopening. after weeks under strict lockdown, this phase will see some businesses operated on a limited basis. on sunday spain reported its lowest daily coronavirus death toll in six weeks, france also reporting its lowest daily number of deaths in more than a month. still the government is expected to extend its state of emergency through july 24th, though it will not impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers from the uk and other parts of the

europe. italy is loosening some restrictions too. more workplaces will be allowed to reopen provided they can meet social distancing rules. but most shops will stay shut until may 18th. and we are tracking all the developments in italy with cnn contributor bobby nadeau and the latest from spain with journalist allgo journalist al goodwin. thoo they'll be with us in just a moment. tensions are rising between the united states and china in response to the coronavirus. the u.s. accusing china of intentionally concealing the virus. zblfrmgts a deadly insect has been spotted in the u.s. for the first time. details for. you achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? try zyrtec... ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day.

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. maybe we've never had a better relationship and we're working with them very closely on the coronavirus. >> are you concerned that china is covering up the -- >> no, china is working very

hard. we've been working very much with china. i've spoken, as you know, with president xi. they went through hell. and their numbers are starting to look very good. >> u.s. president donald trump praising china's coronavirus response earlier in this pandemic. but the president has since changed his tune saying china could have stopped covid-19 from spreading. over the last few weeks the u.s. and china have been blaming each other for their responses to the epidemic and even where the virus originated. a new report from the u.s. department of homeland security says the chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of the coronavirus from the international community while it stock piled imports and cut exports. at a fox news town hall,

president tru president trump said he believes the origin of the virus was a horrible mistake but the blame rests with china. >> i don't think there's been any question of it. we wanted to go in, they didn't want us to go in. early, very early. there are things coming out that are pretty compelling now. don't forget, china tried to blame it first on some of our soldiers. that turned out to not go too far. i got really upset with that. that was not right. then today tried to blame it on europe. >> on sunday the u.s. secretary of state echoed complaints that the virus originated in a lab. mike pompeo saying there's significance evidence supporting that claim, however he agreed with the u.s. intelligence report saying the virus was not man made or genetically modified. pompeo also accused china of hiding details of the outbreak. >> we can confirm that the chinese communist party did all that it could to make sure that

the world didn't learn in a timely fashion about what was taking place. there's lots of evidence of that. some of it you can see in ub plik. we saw them kick a journalist out. we saw them silenced. they shut down reporting, all the kinds of things authoritarian regimes do. this is classic communist disinformation effort. that created enormous risk and now you can see hundred of thousands of people around the world, tens of thousands around the united states. president trump is very clear we're going to hold those responsible accountable and do so on a time line that is our own. >> well, cnn's kristie lu stout is following the story from hong kong. good to see you. it's not just the united states applying pressure on china. global outrage is building including in australia. so how is china reacting to all this? >> well, rosemary, we are

awaiting word from beijing. we have put in a request for comment with china's foreign ministry affairs, not likely to get a comment today. we have heard from the chinese global times designed to fool u.s. voters. this claim is a repeated claim that something that china has heard before, a repeated claim from the trump administration that the origin of the coronavirus is linked to a lab in central china, that many scientists believe that the origin is not the lab but in a live animal market in wuhan. but again the trump administration is the origin is at the wuhan institute of sri ro virology. it has in the past received u.s. funding, in fact funding from the u.s. national institute of health. according to reports, in 2018 american diplomats in china raised the alarm twice about

safety standards at the lab. but in his comments overnight the u.s. secretary of state did not provide any new concrete evidence behind this claim that the origin of this virus is this lab and he wouldn't say whether he believed that the virus was released deliberately or accidentally. now, as we wait official word from china, we know china is engaging in its own propaganda and messaging campaign about the virus for weeks now chinese officials have had a theory saying that the u.s. army brought the virus into central china. so, last week there was that video posted online, the state news agency, the bizarre animation that mocked and made fun of the u.s. pandemic response. this does not bode well for relations between the u.s. and china. we know that the relationship is already rocky before the pandemic, but as the pandemic grinds on at a time when international collaboration is desperately needed to develop therapeutics, to develop a

vaccine we have these two countries engaging in a war of words about the origin of the virus. >> when mike pompeo says those responsible will be held to count account, what does he mean? has anyone suggested what he's implying? >> according to our colleagues at cnn washington, d.c., they've spoken to a source inside the administration telling cnn that there are tools, that there is appetite in the trump white house to use in order to pressurize china at this moment. these are economic tools including sanctions, including cancelling u.s. debt obligations. so, this is a moment when the trump white house is seriously considering playing economic hard ball with china when again we're in the midst of this pandemic that demands an international global and coordinated response, rosemary. >> kristie lu stout bringing us all of that from hong kong.

many thanks to you. talk to you soon. china now says it recorded 85 million domestic tourists in the first three days of the mayday holiday. that has generated revenue of nearly 5 billion tlar dollar. restrictions are still in place at tourist sites but 70% of what's considered a class scenic spots in china were open. the holiday lasts a total of five days. south korea is now providing emergency relief grants to citizens impacted by the coronavirus. those living off basic expenses are eligible to receive cash while others will be able to apply online for assistance next week. the country will also begin to relax its strict social distancing orders on wednesday as the number of new cases of the virus has stayed relatively low. italy and spain have been under lockdown restrictions for weeks,

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welcome back everyone. well, russia reported more than 10,000 new cases of the coronavirus on sunday. the fourth record single day increase there in a row. that is despite a lockdown that's left the capital, moscow, looking like this with streets largely deserted. last week, president vladimir putin extended russia's isolation period through may 11th warning the peak is not behind us. cnn's matthew chance normally based in moscow joins us now live from london. good to see you, matthew. what more are you learning about these numbers and what's happening in russia with this pandemic? >> reporter: well, the numbers are as you just reported for the past 24 hours. we're expecting an update in the next, you know, hour or so. we get regular daily updates and the russia authorities with the rate of increase of infections. i should say the latest figures

10,500 in the previous 24 hours. that's the single biggest daily jump we've seen. it brings the total infections in the country just under 135,000 and the number of people who died of coronavirus is just under 1,200 people which seems remarkably low in a country where there are about 140 million people. so, there's a good deal of skepticism and there has been since the outset that the figures we're hearing about publicly may not be a true representation of the actual number of people infected. in fact over the last day or so the mayor of moscow has come out and said that he believes from the evidence that he's seen that about 2% of the population of moscow may have been infected with coronavirus. and that would take the snnumbe of infections in that city alone way, way above where we are

nationally at the moment. >> certainly those numbers don't look right considering what we do know about the mortality rate of this coronavirus. many thanks, matthew chance bringing us the latest, what's happening in russia from his vantage point there in london. many thanks. after weeks on lockdown, italy and spain are gradually loosening restrictions. in spain, people can now exercise outdoors as long as they maintain a safe distance. and small businesses resume monday. parks will reopen in italy but most shops stay shut until may 18th. but masks and social distancing are mandatory in both countries. we've got reporters standing by in italy and in spain. bobby nadeau is at the market in rome and al goodwin. how are italians responding to the lifting of some of these restrictions and of course their

new normal? >> well, you know, there's a lot of caution today. i have to say, you know, we've seen people out on the streets. there's a lot of traffic, people using public transportation. 4 million people across the country are going back to work, people who couldn't work from home. markets like this behind me which are genuinely bustling are starting to come back to life. people are very, very cautious. this is a moment nobody wants to, as the prime minister said, squander all the work they've done during the lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. nobody wants to go back to where we were two months ago. people are taking it very, very seriously. you've got to wear a mask if you're in a place of business, you've got to wear it on public transportation. we are seeing churches allowed to hold funerals, maximum 15 people. a lot of sadness of course involved in that in saying good-bye to their dead, memorializing them in various ways. this is a country on its knees

trying to get back on its feet. there's still a long way to go but this is a very positive start, rosemary. >> sounds good. bobby nadeau in rome. let's go to you in madrid. how smooth has the lifting of restrictions been so far across spain? >> hi, rosemary. there's been a lot of joy with people able to run and take bicycle rides. these are the adults. the spanish government is saying the hard part comes now as the infection rate has gone way down in spain so they're opening things up. most of the country is starting what they're calling phase zero. so, for instance that the restaurant, they can't take out those tables that are for outdoor terraces until next week if everything goes well. this restaurant which has been closed serves takeout food. they serve a roast chicken among other things. whether they will open today -- there's no sign they're going to reopen. but the government says they can reopen if they have a lot of security measures.

small stores can open with clients coming in by prior appointment. so there's a series of security measures that the government is watching today, mostly across the entire country to see if the spaniards will maintain the social distancing, keep masks on where necessary and see if this can work. a few small spanish islands in the mediterranean and atlantic ocean have moved ahead of the rest of the country because they have such a low infection rate that they would start on phase one which would allow outdoor terraces for restaurants and more people in the stores and funerals under certain conditions. but most of the country remains on a very, very tiny little opening this day and this week, rosemary. >> looks cautiously optimistic for both spain and italy. al goodwin bringing us the latest from madrid. many thanks. europe of course is no stranger to plagues. centuries ago, people had to quarantine themselves and they didn't have social media or a lot of other ink thises.

so, how did they do it? just go to cnn.com for a fascinating chat with a professor on the history of social distancing. still to come, after trillions of dollars are handed out in stimulus money, the trump administration is looking at whether americans need another round. we will tell you where that stands. back in a moment. neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try neuriva for 30 days and see the difference.

here in the united states the top white house economic adviser is raising the possibility that more stimulus money may need to be handed out. but larry kudlow told cnn the trump administration wants to first assess whether additional aid is really necessary. >> there may well be additional legislation. there's kind of pause period right now. what i would say to you at this particular juncture, let's execute the continuation of what we've already done. let's see what the results are.

the outlook in the weeks and months ahead directly is not positive, as you noted. the unemployment is very, very high. almost 30 million people. we are covering them with generous relief packages, just trying to stabilize things and get folks through this. and then we will see. >> and with a number of businesses now reopening, some restaurants across the country are struggling to rehire workers. here's cnn vanessa yolk vich. >> it's an experience to try to create something with somebody. and it just feels incredibly powerful to have to shut it all down. >> it's been over a month since kurt huffman closed 20 of his restaurants, furloughing 700 employees. >> i apologize standing here. >> his emotions still raw. >> it's still weighing on me a

lot. >> covid-19 wreaking havoc on businesses and employees. tens of millions of americans already filed for unemployment. millions more are expected. but as some states reopen, businesses are starting to rehire. >> once the $600 federal money started arriving, we just noticed that it was almost impossible to get people to come back to work. >> the federal stimulus gives unemployed workers an extra $600 a week through july. unemployment now pays equal to or more than average weekly wages in 38 states, including oregon where huffman owns restaurants. >> our employees are confronted with decisions which is do i want to go back to work in an environment that i'm not positive is safe because there's no testing available and make less money. so, the obvious answer is no way. why would you do that? i wouldn't do that if i was them. >> lots of low wage workers, front line workers who lost their jobs really quickly due to

social distancing measures, in some cases those workers can earn more on unemployment than they were in their old jobs which does highlight we had a wage problem in these jobs before this crisis ever happened. >> in minnesota, christian oxen dorff owns five coffee shops. revenue is down 85% and he furloughed 46 of his 60 employees. but slowly he's coming back online. >> we have been trying to bring people back on, especially our key employees because it could cost us about $3,500 per employee to train them. >> but employees face new challenges beyond health concerns like home schools kids or taking care of loved ones. and with limited and uncertain work hours to offer, oxendorff says rehiring has been more challenging. >> that would be like any other

employer paying more in wages, where would that employee go? they're going to do what's best for their family. >> minute plans to lift the soem order next week while oregon will re-evaluate. >> do you expect restaurants will be to open at a greater capacity? >> it's like do i want to reopen in the context where i have to ask my employees to come back to work and take a pay cut. i don't think it's fair to ask people to come back when there's no testing available. >> cnn, new york. and i'm joined by cnn's emerging markets editor john defterios. good to see you, john. tensions between the united states and china over the origin of covid-19 led to a sharp downturn on u.s. markets friday. what impact is all that having on asia markets right now? >> well, if you look at vanessa's report people are worried about keeping businesses open. if you add a layer of complexity

with u.s.-china trade tensions it's going very difficult. we spent the entire second half of 2019 in that mode and it looks like we're going to enter the second half of 2020 in that same condition, particularly with the white house putting pressure on china to live up to the spirit of the trade one agreement. this is a dark cloud hanging over. some of the markets closed in china. but mostly lower. 2.5 to 3% down on the day. we see that australia was up slightly. but the big loser was hong kong and it was trading at 4% lower or 3.5% in that trading band. they're going to have gdp numbers which are going to be terrible coming out in about an hour, probably down 6.5%. the standout for me today was india, trading down now 5.5%, again worried about what's happening between beijing and washington.

dow futures, nasdaq futures, s&p 500 futures trading down just under 1%. the other standout for me has been the oil market. if you look at the u.s. benchmark trading down in the session between 5% and 7%. the international benchmark not as severely lower but there's questions about airline demand hitting that price of crude even though the opec+ that you and i talked about a great deal are now going into place just not enough cuts considering the severe drop in demand because of the slow down in the economy. >> with all this pressure being applied to china, what happens to their pledge to buy more u.s. products? does that remain a priority for donald trump? >> well, it's a priority for donald trump. i'm not sure if it's the same thing for beijing right now, rosemary. that's a great way to phrase that question. that phase one called for

additional purchases by china. there's two focuses here, farm products and energy. in the farm space, it's about $80 billion, so important to the base of donald trump, the heartline of america, those that supported him in the previous election and he wants that support again. soybeans, nuts, pork products going to china. and energy. the u.s. wants to compete against saudi arabia and russia in this space. the early indications are china's using this global slowdown as the reason not to accelerate the purchases. if that's going to be the case, expect the rhetoric we're hearing right now whether it's from mike pompeo, the secretary of state or donald trump himself saying china did this on the coronavirus, china is not doing enough to help the global economy, that will accelerate as we go ahead towards november and the election. no doubt about it. >> good to talk with you. john defterios joining us there. still to come here on cnn, remarkable new image of a flyover by u.s. military jets

honoring health care workers and first responders. we'll have that in just a moment.

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sight from a different point of view yesterday. we showed you these pictures of the blue angels and thunderbird oefrs the national mall. but here's a view from inside the cockpit as the planes flew across washington, d.c., baltimore, and atlanta. their mission was to honor health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. and we salute them too. fantastic. well, as americans continue to confront this pandemic, former president george w. bush is calling on all americans to come together and remember that showing kindness is as important as ever. >> following 9/11 i saw a great nation rise as one to honor the brave, to grieve with the grieving, and to embrace unavoidable new duties. and i have no doubt, none at all, that this spirit of love and sacrifice is alive and well

in america. second, let us remember that empathy and central kindness are essential powerful tools of national recovery. even at an appropriate social distance, we can find ways to be present in the lives of others, to ease their anxiety, and share their burdens. third, let's remember that the suffering we experience as a nation does not fall evenly. in the days to come, it will be especially important to care in practical ways for the elderly, the ill, and the unemployed. finally, let us remember how small the differences are in the face of this shared threat. in the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. we are human beings equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of god. we rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise. >> powerful message there. this is for our u.s. viewers.

an invasive and potentially deadly species of giant hornet has been found in the u.s. for the first time. the asian giant hornet which researchers dubbed the murder hornet has a venomous sting that can kill a human if they're stung several times. they're also strong enough to puncture a beekeeper's suit. the hornts are more than 2 inches long and have been attacking beehives in washington state. scientists don't know yet how they came to the united states. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. stay with us. staying connected your way is easier than ever.

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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, more u.s. states getting ready to ease their lockdowns as donald trump once again shifts their estimate for how many americans could die from coronavirus. the parts of europe that have been in lockdown the longest are starting to open up. how they're slowly getting back to normal. plus, why a top white house economic advisor says stimulus relief for states is on pause.