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. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> 5:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast. we appreciate you joining us. the coronavirus is spreading across the united states at an alarming rate. johns hopkins university reports almost 1.3 million cases, yet most of the country is moving to lift restrictions. and one reason, the huge toll this pandemic is taking on the u.s. economy. the government reports now more than 20 million jobs were wiped out in april. the virus is now inside the trump white house. two staffers have tested positive in the past two days. both the president and vice president are being tested on a

daily basis. the two infected white house staffers had close contact with the president and vice president. and there is growing concern the white house could become a virus hot spot. our jim acosta reports. >> reporter: for the second straight day, the white house is confirming a staffer has contracted the coronavirus, this time a senior official. vice president mike pence's press secretary katie miller. >> she's a wonderful young woman. katie, she 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 pot spot to the virus is now real. miller is married to one of the president's top aides and speechwriter steven miller. word of katie's test results comes one day after the president acknowledged one of

the military aides came in contact, too. >> know whocontact with him. >> reporter: the white house is stubbornlial voiding such precautions without masks. without wearing one. >> we were very far away, you saw, plus the wind was blowing so hard in that direction, if the plague ever reached them, i'd be surprised. could have reached me, too. >> reporter: neither were republican members of congress meeting with the president. though one lawmaker noted they were tested before the virus. the virus is heading home at the white house, with the economy staggering with the unemployment rate. larry kudlow said wall street doesn't seem to be too worried. >> if you told me that i would go on the air on a day that we lost 20 million jobs and the stock market would go up 400

points that would have been very interesting. >> reporter: but another economic adviser kevin hassett said more devastating numbers are on the way. >> i just want to say how heartbreaking it is to see a report like this. probably the number will be higher than this. >> 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.lowest employment record in the history of the country. >> what's the plan? >> there are a lot of proposals. i don't want to get ahead of the president. >> reporter: a top vaccine official, dr. rick bright may have been retaliated against. raising questions about the response about the virus. violating the whistle-blower protection pact by removing dr. bright from his position because he made disclosures in the best interest of the american public. the president brushed off the bright case. >> looks like a disgruntled employee.

>> reporter: but the president is not denying what has become painfully obvious. that the number of dead from the virus will keep climbing perhaps by the tens of thousands. >> we may be talking about 90,000 people ultimately. we may be talking about something more than that. >> reporter: as for the white house press secretary testing positive for the coronavirus, a senior white house official said other staffers who have been in contact with katie miller have been tested. and so far all of those tests have come back negative. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. after weeks of being confined in their homes and apartments, many americans, understandably, are eager to get back to their normal routines. and state governments are under enormous pressure to let them do it with limitations. but california's governor warns how these states that do not abide by the state guidelines could lose federal disaster funds. we get the latest from cnn's athena jones. >> reporter: california may be

getting a phased reopening even though it's one of 28 states where new cases are still on the rise. the first state to issue a stay-at-home will now allow stores that sell books, clothing and others for crushside pickup. others, with proper distancing and sanitation protocols. but some 30% of businesses still remain closed. >> i know 70% is not 100%. and i deeply recognize with modifications means with restrictions. with restrictions means the struggle for businesses to get back to where they were prepandemic. >> reporter: by sunday, 48 states will have begun lifting restrictions. a new study from the university of maryland, based on cell phone data showing more people from surrounding states rushing to georgia as it began to reopen. >> we're seeing major, major reduction in social distancing. it's almost as if people were staying at home for too long and

couldn't wait for it to go up. >> reporter: as meat plants begin reopening, tyson's waterloo plant has more than 1,000 employees testing positive for the virus. next door in nebraska the governor says they'll stop reporting cases at specific plants unless they have the company's permission vand verify the employment status. >> we're not disclosing that on a company by company basis. >> reporter: and companies continue to grapple with the toll on nursing homes. >> just about half are related to long term care facilities. >> reporter: states that haven't begun to open laying out plans they hope to do so safely. >> we haven't killed the beast. but we are -- we're ahead of it. >> reporter: new york mayor bill de blasio announcing a test corps. >> by early june, we'll have 2500 public health foot soldiers in this corps.

to take an entity that didn't even exist, in the course of just weeks it will be ramped up to 2500 people to begin. big number, but a necessary number to be able to build what we need to build. that number will grow. >> reporter: and there's more evidence of unequal distancing of social distancing rules. 35 out of 40 people arrested for violating guidelines were black. bill de blasio tweeting that disparity in numbers does not reflect our values. we have to do better and we will. in a heartbreaking development, mt. sinai hospital saying two children have died from what it called extremely rare covid complications a 5-year-old boy in new york city an a 7-year-old boy in westchester county. the case is reporting 73 reported cases of children with the virus who have become ill with inflammatory symptoms similar to kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.

athena jones, new york. health officials warn relaxing with restrictions is a stern message repeated by the world health organization. >> we need to go back to where we should have been months ago, finding cases, isolating cases who tested positive. doing quarantine for contacts. we've seen time and time again, countries that contain this virus and brought it under control without the need for massive lockdowns have done it through complication of principles, human rights driven, both sometimes, quite aggressive public health surveillance. and i think we -- we sometimes argue this is something we do in society. we sometimes look for the answers where they're not. we need to go back to the basic principles of how we control this disease. >> let's talk about it with

molecular virologist sterghios mocshas. >> we need to go backtracking people, isolating people, testing positive for quarantine. instead, we see so many countries opening without the processes in place. >> it goes to say we should have never stopped or even abandoned the concept of the basic which is test, trace and isolate. in fact, they've didn't saying this from day one, this is the mechanism that works. so, it's looking almost inevitable, with the decisions made worldwide, with the lacke will have a second wave. >> well, in the meantime, before there is a second wave, it's becomingee ing evident that thi

more than a respiratory problem. we just saw the report where two children died in new york. other aspects, strokes, covid toe, digestive problems. are you surprised with the mystery this revealed? >> it's got many ways of dama damaging the body and we're still learning. reading from the discovery of ebola virus, he suffered covid himself and he's recovering it. he's concerned specifically on the coronavirus and the long-term impacts and survival of it are actually quite point yan poignant. actually just brushing the surface of the problem. we have to separate what it does in the beginning which is basically giving you pneumonia

to what it does afterwards. this afterwards is the concentration of really lack of oxygenation for a long period of time. the fatigue that people feel is because of oxygen levels going down and go into distress mode. this will cause problems to the kidney, toes, et cetera. it's not an easy virus to work with. >> and also, we've learned that cardiovascular disease, not a lung issue, that is a pre-existing condition that causes most of the deaths. >> yes, we've known this for a while now. the chinese from the early days were quite clear that people with cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes are at a risk of dying of the coronavirus. the elderly, aged which tend to

have multiple conditions at the same time, their compounded greater and greater and greater. it's not surprising that the heart and lungs are intricately related, if you've got one, you got one straightaway. it's not surprising that we're having problems. >> you know, we've seen video from inside emergency rooms where teams are trying to save people. and just now this knowledge that this virus is presenting to them makes it all the more, you know, just horrendous what they're up against to try to save people's lives. i want to ask you sterghios, do those hinder the complexities from the vaccine? >> the vaccine should prevent all of these complexities. we've had some news in the last

24 hours, or a study, of a vaccine that works with primates. but that doesn't mean it will work with humans. again, it's not the first report that the vaccine seems to be working. we can all hope and thank the scientists that are working day in and day out to try and solve the problems. treatments, yes, it's very specific. because treatments can target specific things. if we can stop the infection from taking hold, that's a different story, if you have the infection and it's causing these complications, you really want to know what complications can will show without causing dap to the outsiddamage to the outside. and that's why people like myself say you need to protect yourself in the first place. you need to prevent transmission from happening. we need to be sober about it. it may never happen. >> we thank you for your

expertise. and we hope for the best, of course, for everyone in this pandemic. sterghi sterghios moschos. leadership and sheer luck in the pandemic. we'll get a sense of how the strategy is coming up in the uk. also -- >> we are on the plane. we're looking at it because there's not a lot of social distancing going on. >> mixed messages in spain over pandemic dos and don'ts, as the country prepares for the next round of eased restrictions. we'll go live to madrid. much more ahead here. you're watching "cnn newsroom." ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ ♪we can do it ♪all strength, no sweat

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tamp down expectations. for more what we may expect, cnn's hadas gold is live for us in london. good morning, ahead das. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, we are expecting boris johnson to give that address, tomorrow, 7:00 p.m. local time. as you noted ministers are trying to tamp down expectations this is somehow an announcement that the uk is temporarily reopening. there is a flurry of headlines and cover pages claiming that monday was the day that the lockdowns would be eased. but that doesn't seem to be necessarily the case. what we're seeing in reports so far tomorrow's announcement will be piecemeal and very slow opening. things like gardening centers might be opening. people might be allowed to go out more than once a day for exercise. we might hear guidance with face masks and whether or not the government does recommend wearing face masks. we're not expecting a sort of requirement for face mask. but it's possible they may make

a comment on that. one of the biggest is we may see reports that the uk is considering requiring people entering united kingdom to self-isolate and quarantine for 14 days. something that has not been a requirement until now. this will be a new change and something that the uk airline associations are worryingi inab, because this would further discourage people from traveling to united kingdom. but if people are hoping tomorrow's address would be the beginning of the end to the lockdown in a meaningful way, as of now it seems to be a very slow process of the lockdown. natalie. >> hadas, we'll wait for sunday. most of spain will take a step towards easing its strike lockdown. the minister says half the country is clear to reopening the next days of reopening on monday. but the most popular cities of

barcelona and madrid will have to wait longer. scott mclean joins me from madrid. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, the lucid restrictions apply for half of the country, madrid, barcelona, as well as large swaths of the country are in stay-at-home orders that apply. that's because they're not satisfied the number of new cases. and also not satisfied with the new ability to track new cases nor with the hospital systems ability to deal with a second wave of cases. for the rest of the country as spain starts to ease its restrictions, well, a lot of people, well, they might get lost in the maze of restrictions. on a recent trip to one of spain's islands, it found that the rules, at least when it comes to travel are plainry contradictory.

>> reporter: there's less than 300 miles from madrid to the island. it took our crew, two flight, a ferry and a lot of bureaucracy to get there. >> this is from cnn. as we go in the big airport, we're to fill out these forms. >> reporter: which asked if we had any coronavirus symptoms. amidst the worst outbreak in one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, walking alone at the wrong of time will surely get you fined. but cramming yourself on a hot airport next to strangers is perfectly okay. so, we're on the plane. and we've got our masks on. there's not a lot of social distancing going on. the real crime we found out was documenting it. are we landed, a flight attendant gave my producer laura and i a voice, delete the videos

or he'd call the police. sure enough, a uniformed spanish civil guard officer was waiting for us on the tarmac. a major airline lobby iata says there's little evidence of covid-19 spreading on an aircraft. there's very little research. the spanish transport ministry said it merely encourages airlines to ensure the maximum possible separation between passengers. knowing that, everyone must wear a mask. on the ferry trip to the island, the paperwork was the same, but the rest different. >> being told we have to go to the main port to get a test. >> reporter: me and the team got the coronavirus test. it was a pinprick. they drew blood. moments later, the results. as spain slowly moves towards

the new normal, the rules seem wildly inconsistent. for now, it seems like safety first on the streets and the water, a much different experience in the sky. so in places that are reopening come monday, stores, churches and restaurant terraces will all be allowed to open in limited capacity. even gatherings of ten people or less will be permitted. and there will be special times set aside for senior citizens to go and shop. if you're in area stuck in phase zero, if you're thinking i wouldn't mind going for a drink on a phase two terrace, think again. it's still not allowed what phase you're in natalie. >> what a report on air travel which we know will be severely impacted for years because of this pandemic. thank you for that report. scott mclean for us in madrid. so how effective are

coronavirus tests? that's what experts are asking. coming up our own dr. sanjay gupta will tell you about that. and people around the world pay tribute to a jogger, a black man, gunned down in georgia. more on that and the latest developments in a very disturbing case, coming up.

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great depression. it says more than 20 million americans lost their jobs last month. but mr. trump said he expected those figures, and he has no doubt things will bounce back. >> we had the strongest economy in the history of the world, the strongest economy we've ever had and we had to close it which was artificial. we artificially closed it. those jobs will be back. next year, we'll have a phenomenal year. people are ready to go. we've got to get it open. >> that rosy outlook does little for millions of americans who now find themselves in dire need. and for the newly unemployed getting food on the table can be a challenge. our kyung law shows us an impact on families who just weeks ago were prosperous. >> very hard. >> emotionally, financially,

everything. our life has changed 180 degrees. >> reporter: and it happened overnight? >> it happened overnight. >> reporter: armand tells the story you hear again and again at food banks goose today's america. he pulled up for free food in his bmw. until the coronavirus hit his new york printing shop more than supported his family of four. are youscary? >> yes but as the head of the household i don't show it. we're all scared. >> reporter: the lines of the needy and unemployed all harken back to the darkest time of america's economy, the great depression. like then, this downturn touches millions upon millions. entire industries are halted like air travel. cruise ships, tourism and theme parks. and retail and restaurants from los angeles to main streets across the country, gutting jobs.

>> think about five fingers. 20% is one out of the five. so 1 out of 5 people in the united states who wants to be working is no longer working. and that's jaw-dropping. >> reporter: but there is a difference with today's economy. >> we know exactly what is causing the job loss. in the great depression, people understood there wasn't enough money but they didn't really understand why. >> reporter: a vaccine, a medical breakthrough could help put this father back to work. you have ever had to do anything like this? >> no. >> reporter: he's a writer in hollywood. the jobs impacted in the entertainment industry suddenly stopped. driving up with his son, he said he wanted to talk in support of the l.a. regional food bank, but only if we didn't use his name. >> i think it's difficult for a lot of us who try and provide for our families and still need some dignity.

so once you realize you're not going back to work for a while, it's pretty heartbreaking. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, glendale, california. citizen the start of the coronavirus, testing has been a problem, one of the issues now, even if tests are available, they may not always be accurate. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta explains. >> if you've heard anything lately about tests, it's that we haven't performed enough of them in the united states. >> today, everyone is so focused on getting tested, they missed the point that a bad test is worse than no test. >> and that may be another more fundamental problem. just how good are the tests in the first place. >> fda basically has created a wild, wild west environment for this testing, where under their approval process, on an emergency basis, they've let tests on the market that basically have a very, very wide range of results. >> he's the director for the

centers for infectious disease in minnesota. >> the quality for the test is very great deal, that's the challenge understanding if you get a negative result is it really negative. >> a molecular test can determine if you have actually virus inside of by drawing a sample from your nasal larynx or spitting into a vile like i did and testing for the virus. how well it can find the genetic markers is known as sensitivity. if the test has poor sensitivity, can may result in too many negative results. that means too many people testing negative for the virus where they're actually infected. >> we actually took a study, over 200 specimens, and tested them by all five methods and there are differents in the tests. >> dr. gary procop is head of

virology in cleveland clinic. did the tests meaning they caught all but 5% of the cases but the highly touted test that can get results in minutes missed up to 15% of infected patients. another study announced missed 25% of infections and that's a concern. because despite their negative test results, those people are actually infected and could still spread the virus. >> you would never want to use that test to string somebody in the hospital and put them until a covid unit because in that case you couldn't afford to make a mistake. >> in a statement, he said that the media using to find the sample could be deluding customers. the finds of procop study are

yet to be peer reviewed. >> it doesn't mean that we put out things that don't work effectively. >> when asked about the speed, a spokesman tolded fda that it doesn't end with an emergency use authorization. we will continue to track these testings and take action if required. obviously, testing is important, we've been talking about that for a long time. but not getting the infection is still the ultimate goal. so, you want to do everything you can to protect yourself. we know in the white house now, they're getting tested every day. that may in fact be too many tests. every day may be too frequently. but actually doing everything to slow down the spread within the white house, people wearing masks, coming up, i think that's something that we're going to have to see. now, with regard to the tests themselves, there's a lot of people in the public health community that say the fda needs to be making sure these tests are accurate, that they're validated. a bad test can be worse than no

test at all. >> sanjay gupta for us there. legendary los angeles performer roy horn has died. he was 85. he had coronavirus. horn was part of the siegfried and roy magic act which featured wild animal illusions. it ended in 2003 when a tiger attacked horn, during a show. horrifying the audience. he survived but never fully recovered. his partner called horn one of the greats at magic. two white men accused of killing a black jogger appeared in a south georgia court friday. 64-year-old gregory mcmichael and his 34-year-old travis are being charged with murder and aggravated assault. and it's possible there could be another arrest. martin savidge has the update on the case that is being watched around the world. >> reporter: gregory mcmichael

and travis mcmichael, the father and son arrested in the death of ahmaud arbery, was done by video link from the county jail to the courthouse in town. it was a pretty simple affair. the charges were read against them. and it was also said there was no bond at this particular time. they were done individually. in both cases, each one took less than two minutes. 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 for the protests before had, of course, been limited due to the pandemic. and the limitations put on crowd gatherings. today there were hundreds of people. it was a very mixed crowd. it represented the diverse nature of brunswick community. this had been planned before the

arrest. no one was saying this was the time to celebrate and saying this is still a very first step. there's a great deal of frustration in the front. many are deeply troubled bit fact that the georgia bureau of investigation came in and in less two days determined that an arrest is warranted on the charge of murder. whereas, the local authorities spent over two months investigating and did nothing in the minds of much of the public. there's 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 rodney bryant, he was the person who was taking the video. interestingly enough is the fact, 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, bryant has been depicted as either a witness or a participant. and so it was asked of the gbi

what is his status, 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. >> friday would have been arbery's 26th birthday, and people all over the world took time to honor him. the goal was to run 2.23 miles to symbolize did the day arbery was killed, that's february 23rd. they documented their runs and posted to social media using the #i run with maud. that was his nickname. his high school coach posted this 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.

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>> reporter: the prediction was daunting, quote, this is a critical point in history, time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic. we must act now with decisiveness and purpose. that was in 2005 and the author was dr. michael osterholm. who issued those words. >> i think everybody ignored. the media ignored them. the private sector ignored them. >> reporter: dr. osterholm wasn't alone, listen to another prominent expert on diseases in 2006 on what a similar pandemic can do. >> world as we know it will stop. there will be no airplanes flying. would you get in an airplane with 250 people you didn't know coughing and sneezing when you knew that some of them might carry a disease that could kill you?

>> reporter: dr. brilliant paid a vivid picture, consultant for the thriller the contagion. at that time, and for a few years, america was better prepared than it was for this coronavirus pandemic. what happened? >> i think we dropped the ball in forgetting about science. anyone who looked at that cadence. those outbreaks coming, would never have reduced our pandemic preparedness, the way we have done in the united states. >> reporter: other crises in america seemed to take priority. but for years, the warnings kept coming from america's top scientific minds. warnings chronicled in a recent "vanity fair" article. in 2015 founder bill gates wrote in "the new york times" the preparedness for the pandemic is like taking a knife to a bazooka fight. we knew the cost. the infectious disease expert wrote in "the wall street

journal," if public health shorts don't interrupt the spread soon, the virus could infect many around the globe. >> it was inevitable at the point, but there were steps we could do to contain it if we took measures early. >> reporter: it didn't happen and osterholm says he's still in the same position, now worried that americans and leaders are not taking it's next steps seriously enough. >> many people think all we have to do is get over this hump going into the summer and this pandemic is gone. >> reporter: larry brilliant worries how we'll handle the vaccine. >> i wonder once we get that vaccination for it, there won't be enough funding for it. it will last many, many years and the virus will have a chance to hide some place and ping pom back to new york and chicago. >> reporter: dr. brilliant and

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baseball's opening day in north america was supposed to be 44 days ago, but the season, of course, now going through a lengthy pandemic delay. but baseball is being played elsewhere, in taiwan, it's even allowing fans inside stadiums to watch professional games. 1,000 fans were allowed in a game in new taipei as it began relaxing quarantine measures. fans had to wear face masks, and set them in seats that kept them

apart based on social distancing guidelines. and even more bad news, fans, of course, can't eat hot dogs or drink a beer because concession stands are closed. stands are not allowed in stadiums in south korea, as don riddell reports it's not stopping those quarantined in the u.s. >> reporter: it may be america's pastime, but with major league baseball on hold, fans are tuning into the start of the kdo season in south korea. >> i would say it's best summed up as joyful. it's a ton of fun. ♪ there's dancing and cheerleaders and cheer masters, it's a raucous atmosphere. >> reporter: unfortunately, korean baseball has lost much of its razzmatazz because of the coronavirus because there aren't any fans there right now. the hype is real.

so much so that the sport channel espn struck a deal to broadcast it. >> it's a home run. >> reporter: and the korean back flipping considered taboo in major league baseball. >> in korea, it's just normal. there's no retribution. it's just a thing that happens. >> that's a back flip. there was our first back flip. >> for the korean players they know it's taboo in the u.s. part of me wonder if they're aware with it being broadcast here which is immensely exciting for them. and they're trying consciously not do it. and they know we're looking for it. it is so fun when it actually happens. >> reporter: back flips or not, enjoy korean baseball while you can, right now there's no other sport to flip the channel for, anyway. don ridriddell, cnn. friday was the victory day.

the 75th anniversary of world war ii. the red arrows over london. two minutes of silence. and queen elizabeth went on television, she compared british resolve in the second world war to how the country is fighting the coronavirus. >> today may seem hard, but the accou that we can't mark the special anniversary as we would wish. instead, we remember from our homes and our door steps. but our streets are not empty. they are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other. and when i look at our country today and see what we're willing to do to protect and support one another, i say with pride that we are still a nation, those brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognize and admire. >> god save the queen. our streets are not empty.

they are filled with love. nice words to hear. finally, this hour, it is being called a hobbitathon, after the character played gone in the hobbit is reading the entire look by j.r.r. tolkien for charity. >> it was an arch leading into a bloomy tunnel leading into trees that hung together, that bear only a few leaves. >> goal is to reach $300,000 to donate to health care workers in the uk. it's expected to take him 12 hours to finish the book. he said he'll only stop the story for bathroom breaks. yet, another clever idea to help out the world. thank you so much for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. "new day" is just ahead.

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