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here. showing some himspromises, we'l have more on the eight responses today. massachusetts is laying out reopening plan. the national picture is complicated. in some places cases are down and flat even after reopening. in texas, there are troubling signs that cases are on the rise again. the president says he wants sports to come back with big crowds and no masks. last hour the new york governor says that's not going to happen, at least not now. >> i have been encouraging major sports teams to plan reopening without fans but the games could be televised, new york state will help those major sports franchises to do just that. hockey, basketball, or football or whoever can open. we are willing and able partner.

the u.s. will soon have 1.5 million confirmed cases and 90,000 american deaths. this is a number that's on track across 100,000 by the end of may. we'll have more on what scientists hope is a big development, early results from a phase one clinical trial connecteded by biotech company. our medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us right now on this. >> brianna, is quithis is inter. they gave people vaccinations at various levels. these volunteers develop a neutralizing antibodies. these are antibodies that not only bind with the virus but keep it, sort of disable it from attacking human cells.

i spoke with the chief medical offic officer, let's take a listen. >> unfortunately we don't have the sound byte. can you tell us what he said? >> sure. what he said was they found the levels of neutralizing antibodies at the same levels or higher as people who had covid-19. it is unclear of any levels to protect you. and that's why they have to move onto phase three trial in to real life. let's take a look at what the timeline is for this. they vaccinated some where between 60 and 100 people. this july they hope to start clinical trials. typically that's tens of thousands of people. they vaccinate people and they

then live their looiives then t see those who are vaccinated or protected. when i spoke to the doctor, i said when do you think you can have it available on the market and ready to go. he says sometimes between january and june of next year. that's basically the timeline that dr. fauci have put out there. he did not make promises or make guarantees. this was an aspirational timeline but he says it could be realistic. >> when they're answering this question of yours of the timeline, is that the best case scenario, january to june of 2021? >> yes. that's the best case scenario, that's if everything goes well. the hurdles whether it is covid or anything else, you need to find a place that the virus is transmitting a high enough level that you are giving people a chance to get infected. if there are not covid out there, you will vaccinate

someone but they'll never be exposed. the virus stays at high level. if social distancing works and all the other things we do work, ironically, that hurts their trial. it is very difficult to predict how long a vaccine trial will take. it is not a drug where you are treating people you are sick. you are vaccinating people and hoping the virus is around there so you can see if it works. >> you are trying to solve a problem, i guess you need a problem to solve, elizabeth cohen, thank you so much for that. >> dr. jorge rodriguez is specialized in internal medicine. the early stages of this trial is a small group of participants. i wonder what your initial thoughts are here? >> this is interesting and promising. this could end it right here of

maderna's vaccine. it is a replica of the virus did not create antibodies. they used three different dose sa dosages of the vaccine. they found the lowest dose of the vaccine created antibodies similar to those infected. this is great. phase one shows you the safety and whether there is well, approve of concept and it did. now we need to move onto phase three in the study. >> if you are thinking about this just as a late person which i know you are not. can you hang any hope on this? >> both. the next step is to see if this

really works. the issue that's already mentioned is the fact that you need people to be exposed to the virus. there are considerations to do something in the past may not have been considered which is to vaccinate people and participants that are knowledgeable gets exposed to a little of the virus. we may be cutting corners. the first step looks promising onto the next step. we can't hang our hat on this is just yet. >> doctor, standby for me. i want to turn now to the reopening. tom foreman has been tracking progress and setbacks here. how is it going, tom? >> depends on where you are brianna is how it is going. take a look at the map. the most current we have in terms of where new cases are going up and where they are not going up. red is bad. green is good.

tan is sort of in the middle. not much is happening. look at all tl red on there. south and east of the united states and awfully a lot is happening. texas is being hit and oklahoma and move over towards the west, arizona, nevada and idaho and all the way to montana, dark red there and we got michigan there and the carolinas and virginia all in the red zones now. this is important now because we have 17 states in the red zone and now look at late last week what it looked like. back then we had 7 states in the red zone and a whole lot more green out there. this is a measure of new cases t not an absolute total. a state that gets more testing in place they may have more new cases, it does not mean they are necessarily worse off than some other states, but this is not what people want to see when you are talking about reopening.

you don't want to see a lot more new cases showing up and texas, boy, that's something to look at here. texas had on saturday its single worst day of new cases. more than 1800 of them in one day. the governor there basically saying this is a result of more aggressive testing that they are getting out there testing people. many of these are related to meat plant places. look at some of the recent opening states and what's happening. at the top line there, that's texas. retail-to-go. steadily and pushing up in cases there. maybe more testing and maybe more testing, maybe it is a problem, too or a combination of two. some businesses are are reopening there. colorado, some restrictions

relaxed, they're trending down and some retailers reopened in south carolina there, sort of e meandering at the bottom there. last is the percentage of new tests that are positive, that's moving down. little good news but a lot of trends are not looking good. >> tom, we appreciate you giving us the trends as we are seeing day-to-day. >> officials are going to be closely monitoring the effects of two of those states and florida some of the popular counties there. they're opening stores. in texas, some gyms and office spaces are beginning to reopen. despite 1800 positive cases reported on saturday as you heard tom reported there. this is the largest single day increase we have seen there yet. cnn's rosa flores is in doral and ed lavandera is in dallas,

texas for us. rosa, i want to begin with you, are people flocking to these businesses so far? >> reporter: here in florida we are seeing slow and steady flow. behind me you will see some car traffic and some foot traffic. that's what we have been seeing all morning here. miami-dade and broward county are the most populated county in the state and they also account for the most cases together of about 50% of the cases in the state of florida have occurred in these two counties and for the first time they are reopening and joining the other 65 counties in the state and allowing restaurants and retail stores to reopen at 50% capacity. barbershops reopening as well enforced with restrictions, bars and pubs and hotels will continue to be closed. one of the things that stands

out of miami-dade, the iconic location when people think about are still closed. the city of miami beach. the iconic strip on ocean drive, south beach, all of those are closed. the mayor in each city saying they are concerned and they want to take this very slow because they know their cities are magnets for people in and around south florida are going to want to go there. they want to take it slow according to these mayors and this could all change. they plan to start reopening retail on wednesday and a week from wednesday they plan to start reopening restaurants but rihanna, t brianna, the key is they want to take it slow because they know a lot of people are going to flock to iconic locations that are very miami. >> brianna. >> we have seen that. and do officials know why there

has been a big spike in texas over the weekend. >> reporter: we are a little more than two weeks in the phase of reopening in texas. 1800 cases reported on saturday. state health officials say about 734 of those cases attribute to focus testing in the texas panhandle area around meat packing plants and amarillo. that was one of the reasons for the large spikes in the numbers. when you talk to leaders in the big cities, dallas, houston and an san antonio and austin, we are starting to see repercussions of reopening started back may 1st. one health official said there could be a combination of both things, focus and increase testing that's happening across the state. some of the effects of this phase reopening started a little more than two weeks ago and today we are seeing even more

reopening as gyms and exercise facilities can open up at a 25% capacity. n non-essential manufacturing and offices in buildings can get the green light to begin reopening. again, as we have seen before just because they can reopen does not mean everybody is reopeni reopeni reopening. every business you are talking to taken into account of what they fweeel to do. the governor is planning more announcements on what is going to reopen here in texas later today. that's what gives many officials here in texas feeling the state is in a precarious situation as how things are beginning to unfold here >> rosa and ed, thank you. as gyms are reopening in the u.s., researchers in south korea are seeing the effects of reopening fitness classes there. they found evidence of a single

intense dance workshop caused the virus to spread to 112 people. we have doctor jorge rodriguez is back with us the tao talk ab this. let's talk about this. this was four-hour long. it was not a half hour class. it was in doors and none of the instructors had symptoms but eight of them tested positive for the virus. what does it tell you of the spread of covid in closed spaces where people can be contracted. >> it tells us we already expected. when you are exercising, you are huffing and puffing. you are spreading droplets in the air. in you in an enclosed area, it is likely that the person next to you is going to be exposed. if you wipe your hand with saliva and you get it in your

hand and that can touch somebody else. even though we are meeting in large areas, you are still huffing and puffing and your droplets, some studies say can hang on 17 minutes in the air. it makes sense to me that this is a dangerous thing to do and higher risk. >> considering that free zone as people radically describe it. i want to ask you about the 13 sailors aboard roosevelt, they tested positive again after they were tested negative twice and were allowed back to the ship. >> the concern that you may be infected the second time and it concerns us of the possibility that the test were not accurate and done sufficiently. listen at the end of the day until we have vaccinations that can give 60% or 70% of the population of the world

antibodies, we are still preexposed. we can't let go of the whole trinity in order to combat covid, which is distancing, masks and hygiene. we need to do that even when we think we are safe until we know we are all safe. >> dr. rodriguez, thank you so much for all of your insights. >> as tensions between the white house and cdc spills out into the opening, the trump administration is fighting over itself over the testing chaos. a possible new cluster after a pastor holds a church service on mother's day. we learned of new cases there. and one major university is getting ahead of a possible second wave this winter by making huge changes to its schedule. will other folls follow suits? this is cnn's special coverage. [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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the cdc is firing back after peter navarro's comment. listen. >> early on in this crisis, the cdc had the most trusted brand around the world really let the country down with the testing because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy, they had a bad test. that did set us back. >> this criticism led to outrage. one said it is not just the cdc firing back. health and human services alex azar hit peter navarro as well.

>> well the comment regarding cdc are inaccurate and inappropria inappropriate. the cdc has had one error which was in scaling up the manufacturing of the test that they can develop. there was a contamination that did not affect the accuracy of the test led to inconclusive results. they fixed it within weeks and got it out. >> more than a dozen staffs and professors written a leader calling the cdc to lead the effort writing this. "if we were to win the battle of covid-19, we need the cdc's scientific independence and unstifled voice." thanks for being with us doctor. >> thank you, brianna. you want the cdc's authority on this pandemic to be restored.

explain this to us and what you are asking for and what difference do you think it will make. >> it is a team's game. we can't afford people in the team arguing with each other in the press. we have to think about and lead our mistakes to tour stories. the thousands of people that work there we need them desperately as we fight this pandemic. >> you worked at the cdc for 25 years, how important is it to have a relationship that is you know positive and cooperative between the cdc and the white house during the crisis? >> this pandemic has come on so fast and so many societal and economic implications that makes it even more difficult. of course it makes it very political. it is a shame that it is

politics partisan. it is not a partisan issue. this is an american issue and a global issue. it is important for all parts of government to work together but it is difficult to do. tempers are high and it is a difficult problem. hundreds of thousands of people dme nearly died the united states and there is a lot to do. >> at the beginning of this outbreak, we saw regular briefings by the cdc but it stopped back in march. what's the effect of the cdc being cut out as a very public phase addressing public health here? >> well, we need the cdc more than ever. we need people who are experts in collecting and analyzing surveillance data.

the information in these ships are what creates good policies in the future and prevent deaths. from the very beginning we needed to have widespread testing and isolation and identification of infected people. the tests were scarce. the public got the idea that testing were not important. now we have widespread availability of free testing, we need a clear and consistent message of the importance of it. releasing social distancing is increasing isolation of infected people. if you can have the number of people who are infected, you can double the effect of social distancing. so we made a clear, concise message, it is truly patriotic to get tested now. everyone should know that. they should know that if you have the slightest symptoms or you think you are going to

contact, you should get tested right away. it is free and available everywhere. and your contacts should be tested. that's going to protect you and save the lives of other americans. >> thank you so much dr. curran, we appreciate you joining us today. we' we'll talk on a pastor who set up a mother's day service, more than 200 people have been exposed. apple reveals what will change the next time you visit one of their stores. one university is changing up their fall schedule already to avoid the winter wave. and responds to your body... ...so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. during the tempur-pedic summer of sleep, all tempur-pedic mattresses are on sale!

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california health officials are tracing new criminal cases cases to a mother's day service. in butte county, north of

sacramento, one person attended a separate mother's day church service exposed 180 people to the virus. the person who tested positive found out the day after the church service and now those broke california's lockdown rule to attend the service are being told to quarantine. one university is taking major steps to ensure students maintaining safe during the pandemic. leaders are cancelling fall break of the 2020 academic year. face-to-face introduction will continue at the thanksgiving break. >> they'euless, texas let's br n sandov sandoval. >> there will be no fall break and face-to-face interaction will end after thanksgiving.

what you have is classes will still be scheduled on october 15th and 16th, which is a fall break here. after the thanksgiving break, there will not be any face-to-face instruction here. the main reason we are hearing from the university here is concerns that some students and staffs may head home to thanksgiving and possibly getting infected and returning back to campus and risk of infection. what we heard from the president of the university is that he's fully aware this will be disappointed for many students and staffs, many are looking forward to that break and mid october. it is difficult to look forward to that now since the priority of this campus and what we are seeing across the country is the health and well-being of the

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some of the nation's biggest automakers are reopening their factories today. this means tens of thousands of workers are back on the job. here are more coronavirus headlines that we are following across the country. >> nearly a hundred thousand u.s. autoworkers are headed back to the job today. chrysler shut down their plant for nearly two months due to covid-19. work is going to look different

for employees, they'll be required to get temperature checks and required to fill out questionnaire and they have to wear ppe all time except when they are eating. this is a big test for u.s. automakers to see whether they can bring on more ships and people back online and really start up production again. this is all coming as in april of a 15% decline in u.s. autosales so remains to be seen whether the u.s. consumers are ready to buy cars again. we are following a lasting effect on this pandemic can have on anybody that flies, i am pete muntean. still few details, an airline official tells me this will be hard for tsa, one airline says it will experiment with this

idea at the gate. frontier says they'll turn passenger away if they have a fever higher than 104. i am brynn gingras, a gym opening their store this morning going against the governor's order. everyone has to wear masks and they're willing to enforce social distancing. the co-owner of the gym tells me on the phone they are feeling great and they are exercising and their constitutional rights and police have not tried to shut them down. new jersey is the second hardest hit by the coronavirus of more than 10,000 deaths. >> i am diane gallagher in atlanta. a jbs worker dies. she came to work in that plant for nearly 15 years. she's been on the ventilator

with covid-19 since late march after her grandchildren was born which she never met. more than 300 employees there have tested positive for covid-19. >> everyone thank you for those reports. apple announcing the changes that you will see in their stores including temperature checks. a cruise ship worker had been stuck on the ship for 8 weeks after his test keeps ongoing negative to positive. >> hear how the district is responding of the graduation and i will also speak with an alumni who's begging them to cancel the in pers in-person graduation.

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the alarm being raised over a school board decision in alabama to allow high school students to have in-person graduation ceremony. one of the alumni who's making this plea. attendance is optional and requiring everyone to have masks and have no open seatings and graduates will not be able to throw their caps on the air and the seating area will be

thoroughly infected. you say it is not enough. tell us why you've don't to the school board officials to say this is not enough. >> thank you for having me. we've taken a lot of precautions and understand this is a joyous moment for high school students. really accomplishing their graduation, but there are still a lot of common areas that people will have to pass through and that's thousands of people. two or three entrances with shared spaces, people using the same bathrooms. people handing out flyers and pamphlets, contact with all of the people who enter and exit the facility. furthermo furthermore, this isn't just about personal freedom. people choose to go or not go to a graduation. this is about people who will potentially be asymptomatic carriers who will also then go

out into the community at large and impact other people potentially. so it's really a matter of what's best for the public and not best for each individual. >> you say the mask with filters, this creates a false sense of security. tell us why. >> these masks, n95 masks are specifically designed for fitting certain types of faces. so students are not getting proper training on how to wear these masks properly, remove them without contaminating themselves or the masks, and additionally, not every mask fits every person. large sizes, small sizes. while you're wearing a mask, you may not be protected yourself and might not be protecting others. >> and furthermore, they're going to be allowed to low eer their masks for photographs, which i am guessing you would

argue is probable malematic. >> there is a time and place. maybe in june or july, a later date. i think at this time, the data will tell us it's not the right time to have a gathering this large and to do things like photos. >> there's actually another high school in eastern alabama and it held in-person graduations last week. the difference was they held this in an outdoor football stadium, reduced the numbers by spreading out the ceremonies over five nights. so you can cut it down to a fifth for each. do you think that's a better option? >> it certainly is a better option. however, we don't know what the rates are in alabama given the lack of testing in that state and across the country nationally. additionally, people in alabama unfortunately are typically have

more health care inequality. there's a lot more co-morbidities, so again, this isn't really just about the d t graduates and families coming together for an event. they will leave graduation and go to their communities and put them all at risk. >> dr. muzzaffar, thank you for joining us and represent your profession as well as your alma mater. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much for your time. more breaking news. markets soar on hopeful news out of a vaccine trial. my guest is working on a vaccine and he says, you know what? not so fast here. new clusters break out in south korea at fitness clubs, i'll speak with the gym owner reopening today in texas. and a sobering warning from the fed chief that the economic downturn may last until the end of 2021. a bath fitter bath is installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician all in one day.

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apple is rolling out temperature checks and requiring customers to wear masks as the company starts to reopen stores. cnn's cristina alesci has more. >> reporter: brianna, shopping at apple stores is going to be a dramatically different experience as the company moves to reopen 500 stores around the world. customers are going to be required to wear masks and get their temperatures checked. so far, the company has reopened

100 stores around the world with these changes and others including more frequent decleaning and limiting the people in the store. the company also said in a statement on sunday it will begin curbside dropoff and pick-up in certain locations and a company executive warned that it won't hesitate to close stores down again if the local conditions warrant. apple, like many other companies, saying it learned from reopening in china and applying those lessons around the world. the company saying that stores there have been successfully opened for months now. brianna? >> cristina, thank you so much for that report. i'm brianna keilar. this is cnn's special live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. we begin with news on the vaccine front. there is a breakthrough for potentially today, some very

early results from a big drug company's trials show promise. eight candidates, eight immune responses. we're going to have more on that in a moment. breakthrough or is it really too soon? we'll discuss that. also, the nation will soon eclipse another pair of tragic milestones. we're approaching 1.5 million confirmed cases and 90,000 american deaths. this as the president said he wants sports to come back with big crowds and no masks. last hour, new york's governor said that is not going to happen. at least not now. >> i also have been encouraging major sports teams to plan reopenings without fans, but the games could be televised. new york state will help those major sport franchises to do just that. hockey, basketball, baseball, football, whoever, can reopen. we're a ready, willing and abl