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we begin with a test underway in the united states, americans trying to experience some normalcy. a holiday that comes during a pandemic where the death toll is approaching 100,000. public health officials are concerned about what the virus could do if large crowds attend religious services in person for the first time in months. nearly every state is allowing houses of worship to open. many states have allowed it for weeks, actually. but friday president trump declared them essential and warned governors not to close them. meantime, americans are taking advantage of relaxed restrictions at parks and beaches. in myrtle beach, south

california the umbrellas are practically touching. health officials continue to ask people to cover their faces and avoid gathering in groups. at least two states are reporting an increase in cases. the governor of arkansas says his state is seeing a second peak. >> it's clear and evident to me that we've had one peak and then we've had a deep dip, and we're having a second peak right now, and they're really about 30 days apart. >> and this is how "the new york times" front page looks today. listing names and touching details of 1,000 americans who have died in the pandemic. and it represents only a small fraction of the victims so far. our correspondents across the globe are working their sources to bring you the very latest. let's start with natasha chen in

tybee island, georgia. >> reporter: we've seen thousands of people come to tybee island and beach here. you can tell the groups are doing social distancing as far as the group next to them, but they're also supposed to keep their groups to under ten people and sometimes we're not seeing that. we're seeing groups larger than that. i talk today the mayor of tybee island about the fact she saw some georgia department officers enforcing that and trying to break up some of the larger groups on the north end of the beach. you can also tell no one around us on the beach is wearing a mask. there are some people wearing them out on the town, but when i talked to the mayor and we both wore masks because we were in close range to one another here's what she told me about that. >> i was on the north end and i saw rangers down there breaking up groups, and i think they're just oversaturated with people, and i don't know it's -- it's just a difficult task. >> no one's really wearing a mask out besides yourself, of

course and your crew. people are going to take precautions however they want, and, you know, it's their decision. >> i also got a jesus that's a lot larger than any virus that hits this earth. so if it's my turn to go i'm going. if not i'm enjoying life. >> reporter: i also spoke to some local residents who say they're highly dependent on these tourists to make money. after all, these cash strapped business here are eager to see this income cis weekend, but they're also very frustrated when they see people not abiding by cdc guidelines. a couple of residents here told me they saw a group of 100, 150 kids last weekend that required tybee police to go out there and try to break them up. so the local residents are concerned especially because the local population tends to be around 60 years old, and some of them are in that vulnerable group. so as they are appreciative of the income they are also understanding that comes at a

risk. natasha chen, cnn, tybee island, georgia. here in santa monica we are seeing social distancing and paying attention to the rules. you can see this bicyclist with their mask on. that is something they decided to do this weekend. it seem tuesday have alleved a lot of pressure on the sand here in santa monica. they did not want people to gather here in large groups, put down tents, try to start little cook outs whatever they may be. they wanted social distancing here and so far for this little corner of santa monica, it seems to have worked. and for this small city of 90,000, a lot of pressure. this is tourism. this is tourism at its best where people come here from all over the world to gather, and they have lost a lot of their tax revenue. both hotel tax and sales tax. >> it's been about 10 weeks since i really had a good nights sleep or day off. and i'm not saying that for

pity. it's the reality of trying to run a local government in these unprecedented circumstances. we've had recessions before, but never anything that happened this suddenly or this deeply that took that much money out of the city coffers so quickly. trying to figure out how to run a city on roughly 40% less money is a challenge. tourism provided a great deal of our city budget. and with the restaurants closed and hotels the very few open have 5%, 10% occupancy. >> the mayor also telling us the city of santa monica has lost over $40 million in the last few months in tax revenue. when you look over here at the pier the ferris wheel is not spinning and that means the economic engines of santa monica are not spinning. they're hoping in due time we'll get to a point where social distancing will allow much of this small city to reopen. for now the beach is a little

bit more open and things are calm. reporting from santa monica i'm paul vercammen. back to you. >> earlier i spoke with dr. esther chu, an emergency physician and associate professor at oregon health university. and i asked her what could happen next as more people venture outside. >> as we go out it will have a field day in terms of transmission. but i do think that the majority of people are feeling cautious. they know we are coming up on 100,000 deaths in the united states. so people are not being -- i am seeing people actually still wanting to be very careful and especially people who have, say, elderly parents or young children. i think people want to be careful and be really measured about coming outside. but we will see. you know, we'll see what happens

this holiday weekend. there's always going to be a delay before we see what the actual impact was in terms of number of cases and number of deaths. so we're learning as we go. >> dr. choo, you mentioned the 100,000 number. you've probably seen the front page of "the new york times" on sunday where it has printed the names of 1,000 people who have died and a little bit about their lives. it's so horrifying to see it in black and white and be reminded of that. so what are the key things that you would be encouraging americans to do to make sure that the country doesn't lose any progress its made with this deadly disease and certainly not deepen this tragedy which we see so starkly on the front of that paper? >> well, i hope that americans spend time doing what i did today. i just sat with it. i sat through and read every single line of it because i think as the number goes up it

almost becomes meaningless. it's so hard for your brain to absorb the impact of this squeeze. it's not just it's nearly 100,000 dead, it's that it has happened a little bit in over two months. it's almost too much to think about. it's a tragedy beyond our ability to absorb it. hopefully when you sit down and go line byline and you know that's a tiny fraction of those we lost and how special each one of those was, i think it really makes you think we have to do all the things we're being asked to do, the little things and the big things. keep staying away from work, listening to public health officials who may say from week to week okay we've reopened and now we have to pull back and foe back in because there's been a surge of cases mentioned. that is going to happen everywhere where we open, step back a little bit, try again to reopen see if we're successful, pull back. that's going to be incredibly

hard to be that nimble, but that's what we have to do so that number doesn't keep shooting up. >> and dr. choo, as we learn more about the virus and there are more studies carried out, there are pockets of encouraging data that we're seeing. specifically on this convalescent plasma study. can you tell our viewers a little bit about what that is and whether or not you're encouraged by what you're seeing from the data. >> yeah, i think we're getting little bits of hope that really signal scientists are working on every front to try to provide both short-term and long-term solutions to this. so, you know, there are a few promising drugs. nothing is a magic bullet, but we see some promise in remdesivir, ultimately shorten the course of the disease. we've seen some success with n convalescent plasma where we take the blood of people who have had coronavirus and hope to

conifer passive immunity with people sick with it with antibodies. and we got promising news about a phase one trial of a new vaccine, and that's still very early. we're very early on all these things. how much we'll be able to turn those -- you know, a few studies into benefit for the whole population around the world we still don't know. but what it shows is that scientists are working really all cylinders firing in a global race to find both the short-term solutions like convalescent plasma and medications to treat this to the longer-term solutions like a worldwide vaccine. >> the opposition here in the united kingdom is now slamming prime minister boris johnson's senior advisor dominic cummings. that's because there are new reports saying that cummings violated national lockdown rules not just once but twice. the labor metre has responded by

tweeting there cannot be one rule for boris johnson's advisor and another for it british people. cummings told reporters he will, quote, obviously not resign over these allegations. to delve into this deeper joining me live from london. it does seem with mounting pressure on the government with cabinet ministers coming out supporting cummings and new details being revealed in these new scoops of british media it's becoming a question of integrity for the prime minister, and he's spent a lot of political capital over these past months. so is he going to have an option here? can he keep dominic cummings? >> well, bianca, the pressure is mounting. and for people to understand how important dominic cummings is to this downing street government i would equate him to, for example, the white house. steven miller back in the day, steve bannon, someone seen as key to driving the strategy and messaging in really the

governance coming out of downing street. and what people are really striking as hypocritical here is dominic appears according to these critics to have broken the lock down rules he himself created as part of the government. we first got reports that he took his family and drove more than 250 miles away from their london home in order to self-isolate closer to family because both cummings wife and he himself would eventually fall ill with the coronavirus and they wanted their family to help take care of their young child. but the advice at the time said if you are exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus do not leave your house at all, seven days after symptoms have subsided and everyone was told not to travel. don't travel 20 miles out to a beauty spot even if you're feeling healthy. so many criticerize calling it so hypocritical when he and his family were actually sick were traveling against what seems to have been the government advice. but as you have noted despite

all these calls for resignations against these politicians, every single front page i've seen this morning has had dominic cummings on the cover. the government, dominic cummings, they're standing firm, that he did nothing wrong. we've seen these tweets from all these cabinet ministers they're standing by him. as we've seen more reports calling out saying he traveled again even after that initial trip to get family to help with his child i don't see how much longer this pressure can mount before something can happen. again, we're seeing very defiant statements out of downing street, after those second reports dominic cummings traveled again downing street came out and said they will not waste their time answering a stream of false statements from campaign newspapers. but the pressure is mounting and for people in the u.k. to do what they can to help stem the spread staying home, many people

tweeted i was sick and i would have loved to help but i didn't go anywhere, it's really slamming them in the face as rather hypocritical. bianca? >> quite. and we think of stories so prominent in the british press such as the 13-year-old boy who died without family present, i mean what people have had to endure without their loved ones close to them and then seeing this story. it also strikes me that the criticism of the british government pretty much throughout this outbreak in the country has been that the messaging has been unclear, it's been mixed, there's been some flip-flops and then to see the prime minister's chief aid himself behaving in a muddled fashion isn't consistent with the spirit and really the letter of the lockdown rules. it does make you wonder. so how much trouble do you think the government's in more broadly when it comes to their strategy, optics and communicating with the british public at large? >> well, bianca, to add to that we have the chief scientific

advisor, someone really well-known advising the government. that person resigned over a similar incident where he left his house just to visit his girlfriend within the same city when everyone was under lock down and that person resigned. we've seen other government officials get into trouble and those people were allegedly not actually ill. we had have a very awkward moment yesterday during the briefing where you had a cabinet minister and scientific advisor essentially saying two different things. the advisor was trying to say, listen, if we're advising if you are ill to stay in one place, to self-isolate. whereas the cabinet advisor defending what dominic did, traveling 250 miles and that's quite a distance for someone to travel. and that's the issue with the messaging here. everyone understands it is difficult, but i think it's hard for people to square to understand what are they supposed to do at what time, because they've seen reports of

police issuing fines, of police speaking to people who are traveling, who are doing something might be deemed inappropriate and they're seeing this from dominic cummings. we did have comment from the local police saying they did speak to the family about this and advised them the advice was to stay at home. now we're seeing possible contradicts from downing street saying the police didn't speak to comnic cummings. it's not a very good look for a government right now when they're trying to handle a pandemic and they need a succinct message. >> thanks for joining us from london. mexico starts a new week with a continued surge in coronavirus cases. on saturday the country set a new record for a day to day increase. more than 3,300 infections were reported bringing the total number of confirmed cases to more than 65,000. saturday's spike in cases was the second time in three days

the country reported a record the crease. brazil continues to struggle as well. over the past 24 hours it recorded more than 900 new coronavirus deaths. this as a video that portrays president bolsanaro in a very unflattering light is being made public. cnn's nick paten walsh has more. >> reporter: the latest numbers for brazil again make tg the second most infected country on the planet and bearing the brunt of latin america which right now is the epicenter right now of the coronavirus outbreak. 347,000 about cases reported in brazil, according to the last count just eclipsing russia's latest numbers. and adding, though, to that sense of concern here in brazil and outside of brazil for brazil is a recording that's being released by brazil's supreme court as part of an ongoing

investigation into the brazilian president alleged interference in police investigations. this very explicit 2-hour long video is a leaked recording from a cabinet meeting last month. now, it contains a number of things which the president himself has played down as not significant and not incriminating towards him. he's always denied interference in police investigations. the key reference to the coronavirus outbreak relates to comments he makes about the governors of sao paolo and rio de janeiro and he's also very explicitly rude about the mayor of a town heavily infected by coronavirus and digging large number of graves to cope with the outbreak there. he's similarly offensive towards that man as well. now, also his environment

minister goes onto talk about possibly how this outbreak might enable further environmental regulations to be peeled back. he's defended his comments saying he's always ben in favor of deregulation. while this video released i should say from the supreme court it does appear to be more about brazil's internal political strife. it also carries a clear message to those doubting president bolse na bol bolsenaro. the peak here in sao paolo, deep concerns here. the preparations being done simply haven't been enough so far. nick paten walsh, cnn, sao paolo, brazil. still ahead the u.s. president and his former attorney general reignite their feud on twitter. and protest in hong kong. the very situation beijing's hugely controversial security

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protesters were seen throwing objects at police in a live stream posted online. beijing's hugely controversial security proposal is the main reason for the renewed demonstrations. ana coren is standing by for us in hong kong. we spoke about an hour and a half ago and you're already seeing scenes erupt where protesters were being suppressed by police. what are you seeing? >> reporter: bianca, the reason we put our tear gas masks on is because multiple rounds of tear gas have been fired. the police behind me have just raised their signs saying you could be arrested if you're still congregating. a sign went up earlier saying they will use force. we are sees these sporadic protests if you like. i want to take our camera down the end of this road here all the way to victoria park, and there are thousands of people. now, this isn't the number

perhaps the protesters had hoped for but the march is only supposed to start over an hour ago. no march has really taken place. protesters walk, you know, 20 meters, 50 meters, police stop them, and then the tear gas is fired. so this is something that is no doubt going to play out for the rest of the afternoon. now, as you mentioned people have turned out to the streets because of this national security legislation. this is something that paging announced at the national peoples congress it is going to enact itself. it's overriding the hong kong legislator, which is unprecedented. this law they tried to push through back in 2003, half a million people took to the streets. this bans treasons, sedition, secession, and it also bans any

international interference which is obviously something china accuses the united states of doing on a regular basis in interfering in hong kong's affairs. but assembly like we're seeing people pounding the streets, chanting slogans like we heard a little bit earlier, bianca. hong kong independence it's the only way out. that will now be a criminal offense. here in hong kong they have enjoyed the freedom of expression. that is one of the things that has existed under the one country two systems policy which came into force when britain handed hong kong back to china in 1997. fast forward 23 years and this national security legislation firmly puts hong kong under beijing's control and democracy activists, the pro-democracy activists here in hong kong, the protests we are seeing and hearing from, they are greatly concerned this is the end of

hong kong as we know it. this is now one country, one system, bianca. >> and ana, how do you those protesters feel? what are they communicating to you? because as you said to me earlier they think this might be the last time they're going to be able to protest in this way, and obviously they're being constrained from even being able to do that. from now on it looks as if their ability to express themselves politically is only going to get more and more limited. so how frustrated are they, and also what are they thinking that they'll do next? because they've encountered obstacle after obstacle over this last year to try and express their democratic right. and now it looks like they're going to be stopped at that at every opportunity. so how are they feeling, and what do you think they're going to do next? >> reporter: well, it's a frightening prospect for these people, bianca. as you can see police are trying to clear us from the streets.

they're obviously going to move in. we had heard that the water canons were also arriving and began in june of last year. they started off peacefully. people were protesting against the proposed extradition bill. now that was shelved and obviously the protesters demands became much more talking about greater freedoms, talking about electing their own government, talk about a police inquiry, inquiring into police brutality, the use of excessive force. there was a police watchdog that came out with their findings last week and it said that the use of force used by the police was justified. well, a british expert meant to be on that particular panel quit last year, he came out and said it was a disproportionate force used at almost every single protest. so what are we going to see

moving forward, bianca? this is going to now be a criminal offense. protesting on the streets is now going to be a criminal offense. we were here earlier when a pro-democracy politician stood up with a loudspeaker talking about freedoms for hong kong. police in their dozens moved in and arrested him, dragged him off. we followed him and he said this is the end of hong kong, one country, one system is what now exists here. which means that hong kong is just a part of china. this is now just a chinese city, which for many is frightening because hong kong prides itself on being semiautonomous. that is why it is the international financial hub. and all those corporations, those multinational corporations with headquarters here in hong kong now decide that this is china, they could very well move their headquarters out of hong kong. it exists because of the level of autonomy that it has enjoyed thus far.

now, the city's chief executive said this is not going to change the way people live, that this is not going to affect peoples expression of freedoms, expression and freedoms they have currently enjoyed, freedom of speech. but people here in hong kong don't believe it. what we have witnessed just in the last couple of hours police move in straightaway. and they clamp down on these protests. a sign goes up, tear gas is dispersed and then they move in and arrest people. this is not the restraint that we saw from the hong kong police last year. >> ana coren, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest from the streets of hong kong surrounded by protesters and police on this day as you describe this historic turning point. certainly in the trajectory of hong kong as a semiautonomous region. thank you so much, ana. we'll keep checking in with you throughout the day. >> just ahead on the program many churches are beginning to

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm bianca nobilo outside london in my house. the director of that chinese virology lab we heard so much about is pouring cold-water on the political speculation it's where the coronavirus originated. she told state media it never encountered the virus before they received the first sample the 30th. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo pushed the theory for

weeks. then pompeo walked back the comments about a week ago saying the virus came from wuhan, but he said we don't know from where or from whom. u.s. president donald trump is also calling houses of worship essential, and he's threatening to overrule any state governors that defy him on reopening them. but health officials and many religious leaders warn that such gatherings are risky. as cnn's brian todd reports new cases are forcing some churches that had already reopened to close their doors once again. >> reporter: new indications of the dangers of reopening churches during this pandemic. the cutoosa baptist tabernacle church in georgia, and the holy ghost church in houston have closed their doors for the second time. several parishioners and leaders of those churches reportedly testing positive for coronavirus after their they reopened in recent weeks. officials investigating whether a priest at the houston church

who died recently died of covid-19. >> you bring a lot of people together, you put them in close quarters, you have a lot of, you know, proximity, people touching, people saying -- bringing people together in religious events where there could be crying, shouting, singing, i think all of those could bring significant risk of infection. >> reporter: a church in rural arkansas according to what the cdc reported are what some called a super spreader. two people went there in early march which infected 30 parishioners and killed at least three of them. but experts are warning it's not just the formal services associated with churches which are dangerous but also their ancillary events. >> there was a case of a choir where one infected individual spreaded to more than 50 just from choir practice. birthdays and funerals and other events where people are hugging

and touching would also be such times of events, too. >> the state of new york is testing religious communities in new york city for antibodies of coronavirus and is starting to allow religious gatherings again but only with a maximum of ten people at a time. >> the last thing we want to do is have a religious ceremony that winds up having more people infected. >> reporter: as thousands of churches reopen around the world our ideas of a typical service are going out the window. this week pope francis celebrated the first public mass in two months in st. peters basilica but only with a limited number of worshippers. father timothy pelt in gross point park, michigan, got creative on easter sunday using a squirt gun to dispense holy water to parishioners nearby. virtual services, temporary suspensions of church day care, but one expert says it shouldn't be doctors or public officials who mandate those changes.

>> i think it is not me as a physician that needs to tell the community. i think it's i work with the leaders of that community who then tell the congregation and the people that go to those churches and those synagogues and to those mosques what they need to do. >> so is this the end of large religious gatherings like on christmas eve, easter, the jewish and muslim holidays the the health experts we spoke to say it should be more of a pause but it could be a long one. one expert says there could be recommendations coming that the next religious gatherings we see should not be held until christmas of 2021. brian todd, cnn, washington. a cnn religion commentator, and he joins me now from new york. father beck, always good to speak to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, bianca. >> now, this is a time this pandemic where people feel

lonelier, more anxious and afraid than ever, and obviously faith is a great comfort to many people when they're facing those types of emotions or they're grieving or they're worried. but do you think it's necessary for people to go back to churches, to mosques, to synagogues at this stage in the pandemic? or do you think that maybe people should be more creative and stick to the virtual services and other things that you can provide? >> well, churches, mosques and synagogues have been doing very creative things via zoom and virtual worship and community hang outs and all of that. and it's been wonderful. but, of course, people do feel a need for physical community. and there are certain rituals with all the denominations really that can only be done in person. people are missing comunian, just receiving communion, i think we all want to get back to that but i think we have to do

it in a safe and incremental way so when we do so we feel safe to celebrate and not just being in fear. let's come back in a way there's relative comfort we're not infecting people, we're not being infected and we can be about what we're there for. >> and how comfortable do you feel having read the cdc guidelines that if you were to go back and resume some of the researchuals you talk about, if we take christianity, for example, taking communion, singing which we know is an activity can put more droplets into the air, people can tend to be more densely packed together in churches. do you feel confident with the guide ins you've received you could hold a safe service? >> well, i think the guidelines are recommendations and they don't really spell out all of the specifics that churches and mosques and synagogues will need to take into account.

that's why i think it's important for all the local churches and the local dioceses and congregations to really be about what their specific worship space is necessary. all virtual is different. jews celebrate differently from catholics, from different denominations. so i think it's important what we do we do in a way that is tailored to that community. so holy water, for example, we're told we're going to empty all the holy water funds. there will be no holy water. how does someone come up safely for communion, how do you sanitize them before you give someone else communion? so these are very detailed things the guidelines don't address but individual worship spaces must address. >> and without getting into a big thelogical debate about the extent to which god is involved

in our daily lives how do you feel when religious leaders make statements how they feel their faith protects them from the virus. obviously it's not many, but these voices really cut through. does that make you feel uncomfortable people might be heeding that advice and not taking other precautions? >> yeah, sure. i think it's bad theology and it's bad spirituality. and i think it's harmful. i would even go so far as to say it is sinful because it's inviting people to put themselves and others in danger. we know from experience that god has not, in fact, protected people from this virus. pastors have died, congregants have died. so did they not believe enough? did god choose not to protect them? that kind of theology and spirituality just does not hold up. >> to end on a more positive note do you think there are any virtual services that you've begun to our or any creative

solutions that you or other members of the clergy and religious orders have found which they might be able to keep using in future which could give access to people who are sick or who are older that you'll continue to use in the future? >> we're in a unique position my community. i'm a passionist, and we've been televising a television mass for over 50 years, and it's been addressed to mostly shut-ins and homebound but now of course many others have found us during this time of lockdown. so i think we will certainly continue to broadcast that mass because some people for various reasons, illnesses, age cannot get to mass. but i think we've gone even beyond the mass now. i mean all kinds of things have happened on zoom and ways that people have connected through community, bible sharing. and that's been good. it doesn't, again, replace being together in person, but it has

certainly augmented it and supplemented it. and i see no reason why those things will not continue and should continue. >> father edward beck, thank you very much for joining us from new york. >> thank you, bianca. coming up on "cnn newsroom," bec benjamin netanyahu will soon appear in court on criminal charges but first the israeli prime minister. what he's facing ahead. at just'? what if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks? now they can! this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry for up to 12-weeks.

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just hours from now israel's prime minister will attend the opening hearing of his corruption trial in jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu is facing criminal charges in three separate cases. orrin leiberman breaks it down for us. >> reporter: one week after benjamin netanyahu's swearing in for a fifth term as prime minister, he's facing a very different panel. three judges presiding over his criminal trial. the 70-year-old leader has been

fighting this day for more than 3 years. ever since the investigations were made public. he's maintained his innocence calling the probes an attempted coup. >> translator: this evening we are witnessing a governmental c coup attempt. >> reporter: in case 4,000 prosecutors say netanyahu advanced regulatory benefits for his friend, a multi-millionaire businessman. those benefits were worth hundreds of millions of dollars. in exchange prosecutors say netanyahu received favorable news coverage from a news website owned by that businessman. in this case netanyahu faces the most serious charge of bribery as well as the charge of fraud and breach of trust. in case 2,000 prosecutors say netanyahu was making an an arrangement with the owner of one of the largest newspapers. he sought better news coverage

in exchange for limiting the circulation of the paper's riebl. netanyahu faces a charge of fraud and breach of trust in this case. finally in case 1,000 prosecutors say netanyahu received valuable gifts such as cigars and champagne from overseas charge of fraud. >> translator: i intend to lead the country as prime minister for many years to come. >> his best defense is his former political rival, benny gantz who broke his promise not to serve under an indicted prime minister. the agreement protects the prime minister during which he can pursue the west bank. it took more than three years to get to this point.

a trial with 333 witnesses isn't expected to move much faster. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. still ahead on the program, the pandemic is making for very different graduation celebrations. what one high school principal is doing to make the milestone special. home is playground,gym, and concert hall. and cvs health is helping, with free home prescription delivery, telehealth from aetna, and support for caregivers. we're doing all we can to help you stay well, as you stay in. because now more than ever, home is where the heart is. cvs health.

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the pandemic may have robbed some 2020 graduates of the traditional pomp and ceremony, but a high school principal in dallas, texas is helping his seniors create one of a kind graduation memories. erin jones reports. >> reporter: in the past week he spent 50 hours in the car. >> i hear we got a graduate here! >> reporter: 1300 miles for these moments. >> this is stop number 184. >> reporter: he has made it his mission to personally deliver diploma covers to all his graduates. >> i felt disconnected and wanted to make sure i had a chance to celebrate with each of my seniors.

>> i think it's fun. i've seen pictures of him on a trampoline with one of my friends, everyone's trying to make the most of it. >> it really feels like we're special. he's coming to everyone's houses. >> reporter: in just about a week the principal of the high school has delivered around 200 diploma covers) it's so go. >> we have 249 seniors, and i've opinion loving every stop. ♪ i get just as much out of it as the graduates do. it's just a unique, special moment. >> thank you for watching today, i'm bianca nobilo from my dining room, and michael holmes has much more news for you in just a moment. p. hey lily, i'm hearing a lot about 5g. should i be getting excited? depends. are you gonna want faster speeds? i will. more reliability? oh, also yes. better response times?

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it is a holiday weekend in the u.s., but, as americans head to the beaches and the parks, two states reporting a spike in coronavirus cases. also, hong kong police firing tear gas to disperse appoint governme anti-government protesters. and later in the program, the coronavirus has forced the cancellation of most sports events, but today sees one event so big that the organizers are simply billing it "the match." patrick snell will join my wie the details. hello, everyone, and welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm michael holmes.