new concerns about safety at the white house, an aide to the president tests positive for coronavirus. ordinary americans overwhelmed, unemployment soars but so does the death toll. also -- >> anytime there is a poft mosi money, dishonest people will have their hands in it. >> the mad scramble for medical supplies made much worse by fraud. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we appreciate you joining us, i'm natalie allen, this is cnn's

"newsroom." our top story, a senior aide to u.s. vice president mike pence is the latest instance of the coronavirus slipping into the inner circle of the trump administration. katie miller who is married to trump steven adviser stephen miller serves as the vice president's press secretary. she tested positive on friday, one day after a personal valet to president trump also tested positive. and a personal assistant to e n ivan ivanka u ivanka trump also tested

positive. and steven hawn is self-isolating is for two weeks after he had contact with someone who tested positive. both the virus and unemployment are taking a heavy toll. the u.s. government reports a staggering 20.5 million americans lost their jobs in april. wall street would normally take a dive on such news, but investors pushed the dow up more than 450 point, perhaps optimistic the u.s. will soon reopen. we get the latest on that from nick watt. >> i have two teens to raise up, we have to keep up the good spirit, but we're all scared. >> reporter: more than 20 million jobs vanished in april alone, the worst jobs report in american history. in only 15 states are new case

counts consistently falling, but 47 states are at least partially reopening through the weekend. some restrictions remain which not everyone likes. >> i have a right to buy groceries without being forced to participate in -- >> excuse me, you need to wear a mask. do you understand that? >> you're violating my constitutional rights. >> there is private property. >> reporter: some nonessential retame reopening, curbside pickup and delivery only. >> soer we're all trying to understand what curbside actually means. >> reporter: here it means that they have hired runners to bring merchandise to you in your car, but reopening places like this is not just about retail, it is about life. >> it is a community hangout, it is your local that you hit before you questiyou go home. >> one question is how long are we going to be wearing masks. i think a long time. i'm not wearing one right now because i'm talking with you. >> have you managed to survive? >> that is yet to be seen.

>> reporter: roughly 70% of the economy can open with if i indicati modifications. >> reporter: tomorrow restaurants can open in nevada and camp xroungrounds in north dakota. in texas, hair salons. >> what is concerning is that this is an experiment, no one knows what will happen. >> reporter: there is a potential problem with such uneven openings. a new study found that after georgia started opening earlier than surrounding state, more than half a million people traveled into georgia every day, a 13% spike. there is spread potential. as it tyson meat processing plant reopens in waterloo, iowa, the number of confirmed cases in workers more than doubled to over 1,000. one worker told cnn he has no choice but to return, i can't

beat donald trump and tyson. they're billionaires. i'm not. i'm broke. good new, the nfl laid out their schedule. >> and we can add to the social distancing. >> reporter: and clearly a work in progress. this arrest in new york city sparked an internal investigation. and brooklyn's d.a. tells cnn that of the 40 people arrested for not social distancing through monday, 35 were black, four hispanic, just one white person. >> when we see disbeparity, we' address it. >> reporter: and remdesivir? well, there are only about 200,000 courses available right now. >> i think that there was excitement and then there was sadness and disappointment.

if you don't get a drug, it means that more patients potentially will do badly. >> reporter: california just announced that every edge sistered voter in the state will also get a mail-in ballot for november's presidential election. there will still in-person voting, but anybody can do it by mail if they want to. the secretary of state said this could be the most consequential election of our lifetime. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> testing is ramping up at the white houses as the coronavirus hits home. so why aren't the president and his advisers wearing masks? jik being jim acosta has that. >> reporter: a staffer has contracted the coronavirus, this time vice president's press secretary katie miller. >> she's a wonderful young woman. katie tested very good for a long period of time and then all

of a sudden today she tested positive. she hasn't come into contact with me. >> reporter: but the potential that the west wing has become a hot spot for the virus is now real. miller is married to one of the top aides, stephen miller. word of katie's test results comes one day after the president acknowledged that one of his military valets came up positive too. >> i've had very little contact. mike had very little contact with hill. >> reporte . >> reporter: the president greeted world war ii veterans without wearing a mask. >> we were very far away. and plus the wind was blowing so hard in such a direction that if the -- could have reached me too. you only worried about them, that's okay. >> reporter: and noted that they were tested

before an event. 14.7% unemployment rate, highest on record since the great depression. larry kudlow noted wall street doesn't seem to be too worried. >> if you had told me that i would go on the air on a day when we lost 20 million jobs and the stock market would go up 400 points, that would have been very interesting. >> reporter: but kevin hassett said more devastating numbers are on the way. >> how heart breaking it is to see a report like this. probably the next number will be a little higher. >> what is the president's plan to get this country out of the ditch? >> this president is the jobs president. this president got us to a place where we had the lowest employment rate in the history of this country. >> what's the plan? >> there are a lot of proposals being entertained. >> reporter: the administration has another big problem as the investigative office found that dr. rick bright may have been retaliated against for raising

questions about the white house response to the virus. bright's bright's lawyers say that the whistleblower protection act was violated. the president brushed off the bright case. >> to me he looks like a disgruntled employee. >> reporter: but the president is not denying that the number of dead in the u.s. from the virus willbi. >> we may be talking about 95,000 people ultimately, we may be talking about something more than that. >> reporter: as for the vice president's press secretary testing positive for the coronavirus, a senior white house official said other staffers who are in contact with katie miller have been tested and so far all have come back negative. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. president trump and many others would like to see a speedy return to normal daily

activities. but a senior official at the world health organization cautions it is unlikely until there is a cure. >> there is a path out, but we must remain ever vigilant. and we may have to have a significant alteration to our lifestyles until we get to a point where we have an effective vaccine and effective treatments. >> let's bring in a virologist, thank you for coming on. >> good morning. >> and we just heard from the world health organization saying that the world could face significant alteration to our lifestyles until there is a vaccine. and then we just saw the encouragement from the president that he wants to open the economy. it is the push and the pull because how can there be a quick fix, as much as people would

want that, when there are so many unknowns with this virus to safely say let's just go back out there? >> absolutely. i think the world health organization statement about lifestyle alteration until the vaccine, i think that we need to take it even beyond that because even if the vaccine would become available, still we need to follow some of these restrictions and effective social distancing measures because vaccine is really a long term thing. but coming back to boris johnson and the opening up in the uk, i think a full proportion of people are affected and this is not an appropriate time to open up at the scale we're already thinking of. and the primary reason is that we still don't know what portion

are immunized. in the uk, we don't have 40% of people already having antibodies, we can't for sure say that the transmission will be stopped. and until we get to 60% of the community in the population, the chances for it to come back would be significantly higher and we can't afford a second wave of the outbreak. >> right. he's expected to address the country, the prime minister, and very likely will not expect changes from the coronavirus lockdown right now. i want to talk about the fact that you're a virologist, you collaborate with the research. the u.s. has resisted joining the eu and the world health organization in a coordinated international response. is that hurting getting ahead of this and trying to get toward a

cure? >> well, this is not really a time for national policies. what we need to do is have international cooperation so that we can tackle this infection which is not specific to any country, but it is a common enemy. and the matter of the fact is that if the disease were to be staying in any country of the world, for example if the virus can travel from china to the rest of the world, it can travel deep into africa. so the effort has to be at such a scale that not only a country would be separated but also have a global response in such a way that if the treatment or the vaccine would become available, it would be deployed at the international level. and right now there is a certain level of national efforts and this is a good time to emphasize

the fact that we need that. >> absolutely. because this virus continues to trick doctors, the twist and turns it keeps bringing about of more things that are unexpected, what do you think about that aspect of this virus? >> the thing is that although we are four months into this disease, still there are a lot of things that need to be explored. for example now we are he sare that 20% of the patients were not having respiratory signs, but they can still show cardiac injuries. and this is really something that we've been looking before is that the receptors which are the molecules that are required to allow the virus to enter into the cells, those are leblgtsoca

into the heart, blood vessels. so if the virus has a chance to enter into that system, multi or began failure would be a more prominent feature that could lead to more damage than we anticipated. so certainly a lot more needs to be explored and we don't have all that information, so difficult to assess the impact on the body. >> and as you say, never a more important time for a cohesive coordinated international effort on this. we thank you so much for your expertise. >> thank you very much. well, much of spain gets the green light to begin lifting more restrictions. we're live in madrid next as the country chips away at its strict coronavirus lockdown. and people around the world used social media friday to pay

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barcelona's beaches is once again allowed. they reopened friday to allow morning exercise and one of the latest steps toward normalcy in spain. but while most of the country is set to move on to the next phase of it's reopening plan on monday, barcelona and madrid will have to wait a little longer. scott mclean is joining me now live from madrid with more about what is next to these cities. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning. so in barely half of this country on monday, stores, churches, restaurants, terraces, they will all be allowed to open at limited capacity. people will even be allowed to have small gathers of 10 or less. as spain gradually starts to ease its restrictions, spaniards may find it tough to make sense of the constantly changing rules. on a recent trip, we found that some of the rules when it came to travel were plainly

contradictory. there is less than 300 miles between madrid and this island, but in the age of coronavirus, it took our crew two flights and a lot of bureaucracy to get there. >> this is an authorization. and as we got to the airport, they asked us to fill out this form. >> reporter: which asked if we had had any coronavirus symptoms. amid the worst outbreak, walking along at the wrong time of day will surely get you fined. yet cramming yourself on a hot airplane is still okay. >> we're on the plane, we have our goggles and mask on because there is not a lot of social distancing going on. >> reporter: the real crime we fu found out was documenting it. after we landed, a flight attendant gave my producer say a

choice, to leave the videos or he'd call the police. sure enough, a uniformed spanish civil guard officer was waiting for us on the tarmac. the iata says there is little evidence of koichd spreadicovid aircraft. but there is nothing that is applicable to all airplanes. that is true. spanish transport ministry told us it merely encourages airlines to ensure the maximum possible separation between passengers. failing that, everyone must wear a mask. on our ferry trip to the island, the paperwork was the same, the rest could not have been more different. >> we've been told that we have to go to the main port again to get some kind of test. >> me and the team just got the coronavirus test. it was just a finger brick and they drew a little bit of blood. >> reporter: moments later, the

result results. s wias spain slowly moves towar the new normal, it seems like safety first on the streets and water, and much different experience in the sky. so natalie, as you mentioned, madrid, barcelona and large swathes of the rest of the country will be stuck in what the government is calling phase zero, that means that the stay-at-home order remains in effect with exemptions for specific times to walk outdoors or to exercise. health officials say that the reason these regions aren't allowed to move to the next phase of reopening is because they haven't met the health criteria, they haven't had a low number of cases, the ability to track new cases and the health care capacity to deal with a possible second spike. and at least in theory, even on monday when spain moves toward this new phase in some parts, travel between regions will still not be allowed regardless

of what phase each region is in. >> all right. phases are important right now for sure. scott mclean, thank you so much. the british prime minister is expected to speak sunday about the country's next steps in dealing with the pandemic there. the uk is reporting the most coronavirus deaths in europe. boris johnson has said that he will outline which restrictions the government is going to lift, but some ministers are trying to manage expectations. hadas gold is joining me from london, she'll be watching to see any hint of what is expected from the prime minister? >> reporter: well, natalie, on thursday i think a lot of hopes were raised with a bunch of newspaper headlines saying that monday was going to be essentially freedom day, that the lockdown would be severely lifted. but then we saw a walkback, ministers trying to tampg do don

expectations. now we're hearing that tomorrow evening's address by were ris jo were ris johnson will lift some measures, but that they will be pretty minor. for example, we're expecting that garden shopping wis will b. people want it start planting their flowers and vegetables, that will be allowed. so will potentially exercising more than once a day. right now we're only allowed to go out once a day for exercise. that could potentially be increased. we're also waiting to see whether the recommendation that people wear masks in public and at workplaces will be put out there. we're not expecting that to be a requirement like we've seen in other places, but it is possible that the uk could finally actually put forth some sort of opinion on face masks because thus far they have resisted saying that face masks are a good idea for people to wear out in public. but one of the biggest consternations here in the united kingdom is the

possibility that anybody entering the uk will be forced do a 14 day self-isolation quarantine. we're seen reports that when entering at an airport, that people have to give a specific address and say this is where i will quarantine for 14 days. the airline associations have been telling media outlets that this will severely affect their already hurting industry and they hope epe it won't happen. but it is pretty clear that if people were hoping that this would be a freedom day, that clearly is not going to happen. >> right. we'll wait and see what the prime minister has to say. hadas gold for us. on coming up, taking advantage during a crisis as states become ripe targets for pandemic profiteers. >> and 2 1/2 months after a

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welcome back. i'm natalie allen. you are watching "cnn newsroom." two white house staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus during the past two days. katie miller, who is married to stephen miller, is press secretary for the vice president. she tested positive on friday one day after one of president trump's personal valets also

tested positive. and a source tells cnn that personal assistant to ivanka s trump has tested positive but has not had contact with the president's daughter in weeks. and many states have desperately tried to get protective gear for their medical workers. and they have paid out tens of millions of dollars for it. but as drew griffin explains, that has quickly become fertile ground for profiteers. >> reporter: while coronavirus was overwhelming hospitals, governors across the country were in a mad scramble to find supplies and a lot of people were making a lot of money. >> i can't tell you how many orders we placed with vendors who are acting basically as brokers who just started businesses in the middle of this pandemic because they saw an opportunity. >> reporter: from new york to california to louisiana, hundreds of millions of dollars

in ventilators, masks and other personal protective equipment were ordered, but some of it never showed up. after stalled deals, the governors of both california and maryland say they are looking into deals with glublue flame, pop-up medical supply company. >> unfortunately across the country there have been some cases of fraud. it is uncon conscionable that anybody would try to exploit this pandemic for profit or personal gain. >> reporter: and attorneys speaking on behalf of blue flame told cnn the company fully intends to honor the contract for a million and a half masks and 110 ventilators to maryland and says that the chinese government interfered with its ability to fulfill the shipment. in louisiana, at the height of new orleans pandemic crisis, $7 million of ppe supplies never showed, and the third party

supplier being charged with fraud. elie honig says a crisis with billions being spent quickly is the perfect environment for wide scale fraud. >> anytime there is a pot of money, dishonest people will have their hands in it. even in times of emergency for some people there is just no bottom. >> reporter: adding to the issue, the lack of federal leadership on supplies that force states to fend for themselves, scoring the internet or relying upon unknown suppliers. case in point, new york state. >> competition among states, competition among private entities to get this equipment. the federal government was trying to buy it. >> reporter: the one that received the most attention is the deal for 1400 ventilators from a silicon valley engineer. the state paid $69 million, but the ventilators never arrived. a spokesman from governor cuomo's office says hhs confirmed that they were vetted and approved by the federal

government themselves. the engineer behind the failed deal did not return cnn's calls and though most of the money has been returned, $10 million is still under negotiation. >> as a nation we can't go through this again. >> reporter: to fight fraud and better their bargaining position, new york and six other northeast states have now joined together to stabilize the supply chain and combat the fraud that is also spreading like the virus itself. >> in an ideal world, you would have had the federal government stepping up earlier. that is not happening. so governors are getting it done. >> reporter: the fact is the federal government and a group of volunteers organized by jared kushner were behind the referral for the failed new york ventilator deal according to the "new york times," so it is not just about getting federal help, it is about getting experienced federal help. states say that is not happening so they are going alone. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. now we turn to a case that is captivating this country, to

the state of georgia now right here where two white men accused of killing a black jogger outside brunswick, that is on the georgia coast, are in jail now without bond. this video obtained by cnn shows 64-year-old gregory mcmichael and his 34-year-old son travis being arrested by authorities thursday afternoon. martin satisfy swranvidge is in georgia with the latest. >> reporter: gregory and travis mcmichael, the father and son arrested in the death of ahmaud arbery had their first appearance in court today done by video link. it was a pretty simple affair. their rights were read to them, the charges were also read against them. and it was also said that there was no bond at this particular time. they were done individually, and each one took less about two minutes. and they really didn't have anything to say other than to acknowledge when their names were called. outside of that very same

courthouse earlier in the day had been a huge protest. in fact one of the largest that has taken place in this tragedy. many of the attempts to try to have protests before had of course been limited due to the pandemic and the limitations put on crowd gatherings, but today there were hundreds of people and it was a very mixed crowd that represented the diverse nature of the brunswick community. this had been planned before the arrests and no one was saying that this is the time to celebrate. in fact they said this is just the first step and there is still a great deal of frustration, many are still deeply troubled by the fact that the georgia bureau of investigation can come in and in less than two days of looking at the evidence determine that an arrest is warranted on the charge of murder. whereas the local authorities spent over two months investigating and did nothing. there is also a frustration about the potential for a third person that may have been

involved and whether or not they will be brought to justice. that person is william bryant, he is the person taking the video. interestingly enough the fact that of course without that video, many people believe we wouldn't be where we are today with the arrest. but at the same time in police reports, he has been depicted as either a witness or a pa participa participant. and so it was asked could he be arrested. the head of the gbi said at this time their investigation continues and there is the possibility of more arrests. martin savidge, cnn, glenn county, georgia. arbery and he father spoke with chris cuomo friday night and he said his son was good hearted and that the circumstances of his death amount to a lynching. >> i just want people to know that he was a very good young

man and he loved people and i just want people to remember him as a good hearted young man and he was the type of young man if he had one dollar and you need that one dollar, he would give it to you. that is just how good his heart was. and i done see him worked whole week 40 hours and if you needed his whole check, he would give it to you. i told my son don't work and give your whole checkup, you know. but that is just how good a heart he was. even loved him. if youyou know know him, he was good young man. and to have left like that it is just devastating to our family. >> these are heavy words for you to use. why do you see it as a lynching by a racial mob? >> when you come at a young man,

you jump on the back of a pickup truck with a shotgun and . .357 magnum and a pickup truck and you fold him like he was an animal and gun him down like he was an animal, all he's doing is running, and he tried to avoid y'all and he just tried to stay out of y'all way, but you kept pursuing him and blocking him in with that truck and he didn't have no chance. all he did is just try to defend himself. three men with guns, unrm aed black african-american man, didn't give him no chance because of the color of his skin. this is just hatred and there is no place for that. that is just getting around him. that is why i want these men to

stay in jail. i don't want them to bond out. i just want them to get life sentence. we just don't believe in killing. i just want them to suffer how my family is suffering. i want them to see my son's face every day they do time. i just want them to suffer hard because i just don't believe in no death, you know what i'm saying? i just want you to stay locked up so they don't get out here and kill nobody again. >> well, ahmaud arbery was honored all over the world friday which would have been his 26th birthday. people ran 2.23 miles to symbolize the day he was killed, february 23rd. they dumted their runs and then posted to social media using #i run with maud, his nickname. his high school football coach posted his own message friday. >> maud, i'm standing in the

same spot the last time i seen you take a run. i will not get tired until we get justice. until your family finds peaceful. i want you to know this morning, maud, that you got a whole community behind you. i run with maud. >> we'll be right back.

the red arrows aerial acrob acrobatic team painted the sky over london to celebrate the defeat of the nazis. isn't that beautiful. and check out this unique view from the cockpit of one of those hawk jets provided by the uk's defense ministry as the nation recalled the end of world war ii

in europe 75 years ago. across europe there were somber commemorati commemorations. angela merkel and emmanuel macron laid wreathes in their respective capitals. and prince charles ralaid a wreh in memory of those who died. russia and belarus have just held their ccommemorations, but they looked different. let's go to matthew chance for more on that. >> reporter: that's right, but russia and belarus celebrate what they call victory day the day after western europe because the surrender was signed after midnight on may the 9th, not may the 8th. and normally in russia of course

it is a major military parade, an opportunity for the russian leadership, vladimir putin in particular, to instill a sense of national pride in the country's citizens and to showcases country's best most up-to-date military hardware including continental ballistic missile, tanks, things like that. this year it was very different, a much scaled down version, but still afternoon a an aerial shot era aircraft going over the skies in informatioformation. but it was not what we traditionally see. they held back because of the coronavirus pandemic. there were aerial parades over 47 russian cities as well at the same time, around about the same time, to commemorate victory day

in that country you. b but the commemorations were vastly scaled back again because of the pandemic. and across the border in neighboring belarus, which is still much more kind of soviet than russia in many ways, the parade went ahead as normal. lukashenko, who has been the president for many years, has basically, you know, not taken the same stance towards the virus as russia or as indeed any other countries in europe. basically saying that, look, it is not a major threat to us, he advocate drink vodka and take saunas to stave off the effects. and people have criticized that and his response to the pandemic. but the victory day parade went

lady ahead as usual. people on the ground, tanks going past in the streets as if there was no acknowledgement at all that the country and the world is engulfed in this viral pandemic. and so two very different scenes we saw there in russia and in belarus commemorating the same event. >> absolutely. it looks quite strange. that vodka comment, my goodness. all right. thanks so much, matthew. the coronavirus is affecting tomorrow's first ufc fight since this pandemic began, but that and jabs of criticism apparently aren't going to stop the show. we'll have a sports report next.

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the ultimate fighting championship is the first sport to resume in the u.s. but not without setbacks. ufc fighter souza has been pulled after he and two of his corner men tested positive for coronavirus. the organization says they are the only ones who have, so there will be fights on saturday. but as patrick snell reports, that has put the ufc president under intense scrutiny.

>> he's brash. >> no guarantees in life. it is not 100% guaranteed that i'm making it home safe driving home after this interview. >> reporter: he is unapologetic. >> if you are a critic, you will always find ways to criticize this. i don't care what your opinion is or what you think. >> reporter: and dana white is bringing his sport, the ultimate fighting championship, back first in the u.s. after the global pandemic shuttered sport around the globe. >> i believe that we can pull this off and do it safe. i don't think that you will see crowds back at live sports for a while. listen, we have families too. i have a family. i don't want to hurt my family. i don't want to die. this is well thought out, you know. i'm flying down to florida, i'm staying there for ten days. i'm sleeping in the hotel. i'm doing everything that everybody else is doing. >> reporter: white tried to bring back the ufc in april, but their media partner espn shut it

down. meantime among white's other roles these days is one that is helping advise donald trump on reopening the economy. >> everybody is motivated to try to figure this thing out. and bring back sports. and the president feels like sports are probably the first thing that needs to be figured out. get some sports back on tv, then we figure out how to get people back to work safely and then you figure out how to get kids back to school. >> reporter: three fight nights in eight days will take place in florida with the blessing of local and state authorities. but while other sports are too concerned about spread to host any kind of competitions just yet, the ufc president has also been keeping one eye on the future with plans for his much wanted fight island remaining on track to begin in mid june. >> the island was a concept we came up with where we could get people in from anywhere in the world. we could bring people from the

under, from ru united states, from russia, from china, set up the infrastructure where we can do the proper, you know everything is clean, you know, the testing and everything that we need will be done there. and, you know, it is basically for our international fights. >> reporter: trying to return during the pandemic comes as a high profile risk, but white sees ufc as up for the challenge. >> these are the times that you find out who is real and who is not. who do you want to be in a foxhole with. with me or with some of these other guys? i can stay home right now, i could be in my swimming pool hanging out playing with my kids at home. i'm not. i'm out here trying to figure this thing out. you know, this is very expensive, it is not cheap. that is why other people don't want to go right now. it is expensive. nobody that is working this event is somebody that doesn't want to work. they want to work. the fighters want to fight. we haven't laid off one employee he at the ufc, so this isn't a matter of, oh, i need to get a

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the u.s. president presses for workplaces to reopen as his own workplace reports another case of coronavirus. we get the latest from the white house this hour. and more states are loosening restrictions, but cases are on the rise in some parts of the united states. >> and streempts but packed airplanes. cnn's team in spain finds that social distancing doesn't always translate to travel. we're live in madrid this hour. more live from cnn headquarters in atlanta.