the truth is, we did slow the spread. we flattened the curve. >> complete and utter denial. coronavirus cases, surging through the u.s., as local officials race towards a plan b. but what is it? new details about the virus's startling effect on young people. experts say reopening is to blame. plus, americans may soon be barred from entering most of the countries in europe. we're live for you, in london. hello and welcome to our viewers, here, in the united states and all around the world.

i am michael holmes and you're watching cnn "newsroom." welcome, everyone. consider this. the white house says the coronavirus pandemic is under control. crowded political rallies. well, they're fine. and the u.s. president would not dare be seen wearing a mask. but cnn has learned the president is now insisting on extra steps to protect himself when he travels. concerned how it would look if he became infected. for example, the venue is inspected for contagion, by advance medical teams. restrooms, designated for the president's use, are scrubbed and sanitized before he arrives. and those expected to be close to the president. well, they're tested for the virus.

and then, there was the first coronavirus task force briefing, in nearly two months, on friday. the vice president mike pence said the u.s. had flattened the curve, and is in a much better place. and, in his words, has made remarkable progress in moving our nation forward. problem is, that stuff's just not true. you heard something completely different from the medical experts. dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, saying that this is something we have never faced before. pleading with young people to be part of the solution, and not the problem. and also, saying, for goodness sakes, avoid crowds and wear masks. now, that has the u.s., once again, sees its highest daily number of new cases. more than 45,000, on friday alone. and the u.s., surpassing 125,000 deaths from coronavirus. now, the three-most populous

states in the u.s., florida, california, and texas. all three, seeing alarming spikes in cases. the governor of texas, now second guessing one of his major decisions. >> if i could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the opening of bars. now, seeing in the aftermath, how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bar setting. and, you know, a bar setting in reality, just doesn't work with a pandemic. >> well, at least five states are now reporting their single highest daily numbers of new cases as a number of states roll back some of their reopening measures. cnn's erica hill reports. >> reporter: today, we find ourselves careening toward a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. >> reporter: harris county, texas. elevating its public-threat level to red. the highest level. urging people to stay home.

banning large, outdoor gatherings. >> the outbreaks are worsening. our public-health capacity is strained or exceeded. healthcare surge is not only likely, but is already in progress. >> governor greg abbott, pausing the state's reopening. closing bars and cutting restaurants back to 50% occupancy, as new cases continue to surge. >> staggering numbers in florida. nearly 9,000 new cases reported on friday. governor ron desantis says the spike is, simply, a result of more testing. >> really, nothing has changed in the past week. >> the state banning on-site alcohol consumption at bars friday. one of at least 11 states now rolling back or pausing reopening plans. >> you will see, with the death rates, they're lagging. >> the vice president painting a much different picture. >> we're in a much stronger place. the truth is we did slow the spread. we flattened the curve. >> the curve is, actually, going

up. nearly, 40,000 new cases recorded on thursday. an all-time high and a new peak. 32 states moving in the wrong direction over the past week. >> it's 20% positivity in tests taken in arizona. >> just 12% of arizona's icu beds were available on thursday. of those in use, nearly 40%, occupied by covid-19 patients. >> if we don't extinguish the outbreak, sooner or later, even ones that are doing well, are going to be vulnerable to the spread. >> the white house task force, now considering pool testing. combining multiple samples to find and isolate infections more quickly because, in the words of dr. anthony fauci, something's not working. while no state is in the clear, it's a sharply different story in the northeast. where plans for in-person learning are now on the table in several states. >> the maximum number of kids who can be in school.

that is a goal. >> as officials cautiously watch the spread. >> for anybody who thinks this is over, i would just ask them to take a look at the data coming out of a lot of the states in the south and southwest. >> one of those states, south carolina, reporting its highest day for hospitalizations and second highest day for new case counts on friday. hospitals are currently at 75% capacity in south carolina. once they hit 80%, the governor says that's when they need to move into surge capacity. in terms of who is getting infected, the governor says it's been mostly people under 40. particularly, the 30 to 35-year-old age group. the state's public health director urging anyone who's been to the beach, to get tested. but on the question of masks, do not look for a mandate in that state. the governor saying a statewide mandate would, not only be impractical but it is too tough to enforce. erica hill, cnn, new york. >> i got some perspective on all of this a little earlier from dr. nander in los angeles.

she is -- i asked her what had to be done to change the trajectory of this virus. >> in fact, we, today, are in a better position than we were, few weeks back, when we didn't know so much about the virus, which we do know today. science has given us facts and things i think we all know there has to be widespread testing. we have different types of tests available. but what about the access, right? contact tracing. it has to be spoton. and why is masking a political issue? it's supposed to be a simple intervention, which we know has -- has -- has proven to be effective. and physical distancing. we know what needs to be done. and now, we are in a position to even have the scientific knowledge backing us.

so it's kind of incumbent on us to take all this, together, and do simple things right. why can't we? i think we can. we just have to be motivated enough to keep doing it. >> well, the rising rate of infection among young americans is an especially troubling aspect of this new spike in cases. many experts say it is due to the lack of social distancing at places, like bars and clubs, as you can see there. dr. anthony fauci was asked about the uptick at friday's briefing. >> it's a paradigm shift because we are dealing with young people. people who are going to be asymptomatic. and people who are getting infected in a community setting, not an outbreak setting, where you know who to identify, isolate, and contraact trace. >> brian today takesd takes a l

this. >> at the trump rally in tulsa, an air of confidence over coronavirus. >> i know that i am fully taking on the risk of possibly encountering, you know, or being exposed to it. but, as an american, that's my right. >> at this irish pub in jacksonville beach, florida, gathered for a night out recently. none of them wore masks and 16 people in the group tested positive for coronavirus. >> i think, at the time, it was more out of sight, out of mind. we hadn't known anybody who had it, personally. governor, mayor, everybody says it's fine. we go out. it's a friend's birthday. it was a mistake. >> my experience, definitely, that, you know, of course, we're regretful. we do feel foolish. standing there in front of all those people, we knew we were -- we were pushing it. >> in new york city, young people have been seen crowding outside bars recently. several, not wearing masks.

now, the price for those risks is coming into focus. the cdc says more younger people in the u.s. are becoming infected. >> i, also, want to appeal to the millennials and those that are under 40. it's really important that this group really commit themselves to these practices, to protect those at risk. >> infection among young people is especially acute in states that are now experiencing huge spikes. in arizona, people age 20 to 44 account for almost half of all cases. young people make up the majority of new cases in urban areas of texas, according to "the new york times." and, in florida, according to state officials, the median age for people testing positive has dropped way down, to between 33 and 35 years old. experts say a key factor, younger people are much more willing to take risks, as those states have reopened. >> some of the activities that they may partake in. going to parties. going to bars. it's very hard to social distance. so you are seeing transmission in many places linked to

attending bars. >> overall death rates could go down as a result of more younger people getting infected. but experts are still critical of remarks made by vice president pence, on that front. >> younger americans are less susceptible to serious outcomes of the coronavirus. and the fact that we are finding more younger americans who have contracted the coronavirus is a good thing. >> i don't want young people to heed the vice president's comments, and get from that, a false sense of security. that, for them, this infection is a walk in the park. >> pence did warn young americans about something that medical experts are, also, sounding an alarm about. >> they can, then, transmit that to vulnerable individuals. and, in states where hospitalizations are rising, that's likely what's happening. these young people are serving as links in a transmission chain. >> and other warnings for american young people. some younger coronavirus victims are staying sick, longer, and it's not clear why. a and, she warns, contracting the

virus when they are young, can expose people to some people chronic fatigue syndrome, which for some can stay with them for life. >> human trials have started now in brazil. they are happening there because, of course, brazil has one of the worst outbreaks right now. and, across that region, the pan-american health organization says there are more than 2 million cases of covid-19 in latin america. as cnn's matt rivers reports, infections are showing no signs of slowing down. >> reporter: when the world health organization first called latin america the epicenter. but just over a month later, that number has more than tripled. now, at 2.3 million cases and counting. >> the pandemic for many

countries and the americas has not peaked. >> fueled by horrific outbreaks in the region's largest countries, none of them worse than brazil. its number of cases have doubled since the end of may. now, at more than 1.2 million. second in the world, behind only the united states. at rio de janeiro's beach, to acknowledge the more than 55,000, so far, who have died from covid-19. and you could call president bolsonaro skeptic in chief as he downplays the threat and ignores its human cost. but on thursday, a rare moment during the president's facebook live. he asked the head of his tourism agency to play maria on the accordion. he went on to say he thinks he might actually have had the coronavirus, and that he might do another test for the disease.

and a test is something mexican president should probably consider after his finance minister tested positive for the virus. on monday, the president tweeted this video, in which he is standing right next to that minister, not socially distanced. not wearing a mask. he hasn't said if he will now get a coronavirus test and he's never worn a mask in public. but it might be a good example to set in a country where cases have more than doubled since june 1st. mexico's death toll, now at more than 25,000, will almost certainly surpass spain's in the coming days. meanwhile, the virus is relatively under control in places like belize, uruguay, and paraguay. peru and chile. and honduras president is in the hospital being treated for pneumonia. plus, health experts say the virus could be around for a

while. >> in the absence of effective treatments, or a widely available vaccine, we expect that, over the next two years, in the region of the americas, we will experience recurring covid-19 outbreaks. >> in the nearer term, the international monetary fund said the combined gdp in latin america and the caribbean could shrink nearly 10% this year. and a university of washington model now predicts that, by october, the region-wide death toll will be nearly 440,000. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. >> when it comes to international travel, the tables have turned. diplomats say the eu is moving to ban most travelers from the u.s. in the coming days. there might be other countries involved as will. we'll talk about that when we come back. also, the changing landscape of cities around the world transforming their streets because of the coronavirus. some say they hope the changes

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americans hoping to take a post-lockdown holiday in europe this summer might end up

disappointed. diplomats telling cnn travelers from the u.s. are unlikely to be allowed into the european union. even as the bloc opens up to international travel. the problem, of course, america's high covid infection rate. as we've been reporting, the u.s. posting its biggest single-day rise in cases on friday. the u.s. state department says it appreciates the eu's transparency, and is working with europe to find the best way to reopen international travel. to tell us all about it, cnn is standing by in london. just an extraordinary thing. the eu, perhaps, banning the u.s. and that would be an incredible embarrassment to donald trump. >> it's absolutely extraordinary, michael. but it is to be expected in some ways. the 27 member states have been meeting this week to set up plans for reopening, for easing travel restrictions. remember, this has to be a coordinated effort because, of

course, within the region, boarders have to reopen. but at the top of that checklist, rate of infection. if the rate of infection of a country better than the eu or equivalent to, they will be allowed to travel to the european union. if it is worse, as in the case of the united states, they will be banned from entry. it's that simple. and we actually have heard from one eu diplomat. let me read you his statement because it's so strong. u.s. chances are close to zero, with their infection rates, not even they can believe in that possibility. very strong words. and you alluded to that state department reaction to this news where they, essentially, say they appreciate the transparency from the eu. and they hope to -- look forward to working together on reopening efforts. they seem to indicate, there, that the door is open to negotiations. but this is not a negotiation, michael. this is a matter of science and data and figures. and the european union has been emphasizing this is not a

political decision. this is a health decision. this is about protecting the european community. but -- and there will simply be no exceptions. but, when you have an american president who, very much, believes in american, might be interpreted although it isn't one, michael. >> yeah. what are the economic implications, though, of a decision like this? >> there are huge economic implications, michael, potentially out of this. and secretary of state mike pompeo did allude to this earlier this week, saying it's important for the european union to fully reconnect with the american economy. and he is right. the eu -- one of the eu's largest trading partners, rather, is the united states. they rely heavily on tourism money from the united states. france, 10% of its gdp, based on tourism. so there are big financial implications here. but the bottom line is, the eu

is unwilling to risk lives for financial gain. that this is a matter, again, of a health decision. of what is best for the eu, at large. and what is best for the eu, at large, is to follow this -- is to follow this checklist, to make sure these criteria are set in place. if you don't tick the boxes, you simply will be banned from entry. michael. >> interesting to see how this unfolds. thanks so much there in london for us. those eu travel restrictions were on the agenda during a closed-door meeting on friday between the u.s. vice president mike pence and airline industry executives. but the main focus of that was the airline's plan for contact tracing. the airlines have objected the government's demand that they contact trace their passengers. but on friday, both sides reached a compromise. they will use a third-party app and website that collects information from passengers, themselves. the coronavirus isn't just altering the way we work, go to

school, shop, and socialize. it's reshaping the lay of the land, in cities across the globe. nic robertson hits the pavement and takes to the tube to see how the pandemic is changing london. >> our cities, everywhere, are changing. they're getting breathing space, quite literally. here, in london, more space for cyclists and for ped viians, le less for cars. >> it's a win/win for pedestrian. it's a win/win for the drivers so let's see what's going to happen. >> covid-19 is causing cities across the globe to adapt in similar ways. from paris to bogota, from new york to buenos aires. but will the transformation last

forever? >> here, in london, probably 8 million journeys need to be made by the most. if a fraction of that end up in cars on roads, we're going to end up in gridlock. and i hope that as they get used to it, that's behavior that sticks. >> a quick, mid-morning journey on london's previously overstuffed underground. wearing a now-mandatory face covering. a rapid reminder of how strange the world of confined spaces now feels. the question is, when the pandemic recedes, will people go back to their old ways and cram onto crowded public transport again? to help answer that, i asked john dale, who designs people-friendly streets. we meet at one of london's highly touted new bike lanes. >> take what is currently these bus stops. move the bus stops out. possibly, make this a cycle

lane. there is no need for more walking space, probably, here. but you can see, over there, there's -- basically, where you can see the hatching. >> authorities are cutting planning and investing. the british government has set aside $300 million. but this being london, not everyone is happy. >> it just won't work. london will come to a standstill. >> roy has been a cabby 40 years. seeing it all, he says. >> like, shut the roads off, have a bike day. and everyone's out there. you know, it's not amsterdam. this is london. a busy city. >> what the local authority have done is put these in the road to stop cars being able to drive through the roads. >> matt winfield runs an organization keeping cyclists and ped estrians safe. >> when there are few cars on the road, and people feel comfortable, they will cycle in huge number. and we need to kind of make sure

that sort of change in behavior is locked in. >> as he talks, a lady calls for our attention. she has bad asthma, has been sheltering in place. windows shut until the traffic blocked. >> it's lowered the pollution. i can open my window right now. >> there seems to be an acceptance that change is necessary in a variety of different ways. we've accepted it, for this emergency. we still seem a little nervous, broadly speaking, to accept it as a climate emergency. but the fact that it can be different is something we are all seeing. >> what to do is going to be a decision coming to all of us, soon enough. >> ultimately, governments want us back at work, and soon. but as long as transport remains problematic, then, we have to change our travel habits. london, like so many other cities across the world, is at a

potential turning point. >> for me, i can stay there forever. i'll be happy with that. >> nic robertson, cnn, london. >> change is afoot. well, the u.s. president is used to riling up his base with tweets and rallies. but even his own advisers worry he risks alienating the rest of the country if he keeps on with his race-bating rhetoric. we'll discuss, when we come back. is mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for less than $16; and a schultz 4k television for less than $2. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save.

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this is cnn "newsroom." now, the white house coronavirus task force, stepping out in public again for the first time in months. friday's briefing was full of trademark mixed messaging. with the vice president pence saying the trump administration -- well, it's handling things very well. and then, you had the health experts giving a more darker message. now, the last time the task force addressed the public was back in late april. and cases and deaths in the united states have, of course, spiked since then. jim acosta, with more. >> with covid-19 sweeping across the south and out west, the administration's coronavirus task force, finally, reemerged much. vice president mike pence appeared to be looking at the soaring number of cases through rose-colored glasses. >> all 50 states and territories across this country are opening up safely and responsibly. we slowed the spread. we flattened the curve. we saved lives.

>> buts that that's not quite t a spike in coronavirus cases is forcing some states to pause reopenings. dr. anthony fauci tried to gently add a dose of reality. >> everything from maybe opening a little bit too early on some. to opening at the right time, but not actually following the steps, in an orderly fashion. to, actually, trying to follow the steps, in an orderly fashion, but the citizenry did not feel they wanted to do that, for a number of reasons. >> fauci tried to make an appeal to individual americans to do more. >> you have an individual responsibility to yourself. but you have a societal responsibility. >> it was the first task force news cop frens news conference in nearly two months. >> then, i see the disinfectant. where it knocks it out in a minute. >> where the briefings came to a screeching halt back in april when the president suggested that americans inject themselves

with disinfectants, to kill the virus. as for the wisdom of crowded campaign events, like the president's rally in tulsa last weekend. pence tried to dance around the question. >> we still want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process. >> so, how can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem? >> even in a health crisis, the american people don't forfeit our constitutional rights. >> pence also declined to give a full-throated endorsement for masks, despite wearing one in public the day before. >> the first principle is that people ought to listen to their state and local authorities. >> former vice president joe biden said he would try to mandate masks. >> i would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask. anyone to reopen, would have to make sure that they walked into a business that had masks. >> the administration is considering a new approach to halting community spread with something called pool testing, that would have health officials testing batches of samples from people in groups. the batches positive individuals in that group need to be tested.

if a pool is negative, that means the whole group is likely safe. >> if we didn't do testing, we'd have no cases. >> even as the president continues to downplay testing, he struggles to do if he won re-election. >> what are your top priority items for a second term? >> well, one of the things that will be great. you know, the word experience is still good. i always say talent is more important than experience. i have always said that. >> "the wall street journal" messaged he has no message beyond his new grievances. how does president elect sound? while mr. trump attack biden, saying appearing the vice president would win the race. >> but i mean, the man can't speak. and he's going to be your president because some people don't love me, maybe. and, you you know, all i am doing is doing my job. >> in the middle of a pandemic and recession, the trump administration asking to

overturn obamacare despite the fact that nearly half million americans that lost insurance during the pandemic have been able to retain coverage through obamacare. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> now, early, i spoke with cnn political analyst sabrina sadikhi and asked why she thinks the president is using so much divisive rhetoric, this close to the election. >> i think we certainly see the president return to the very same playbook that worked to his success in 2016. especially, as we've seen the nationwide unrest stemming from the killing of george floyd in police custody. in minneapolis, the president trying to side with police, attacking protestors. and race bating, as you mention, those culture wars. but, at the same time, he is overseeing a pandemic, where cases continue to rise in the

united states. recording its highest number of new cases in a single day, this week. up from the previous record, in april. and so, you know, i think because he's been kind of handed two crises. one over this reckoning of social justice and, secondly, his failure of handling the pandemic. he is failing to see the buck now stops with him. he is the incumbent president. so, when he complains about a lot of the problems in front of him, the obvious question on the minds of lots of voters is, okay, well, what have you done about it? and that's what's going to be very different about november is, this time, he is on the ballot, himself. owe he's not just running, as a hypothetical. >> and the thing is, you know, what's going to be the political cost of that? i mean, what -- what -- what is he going to say when coronavirus keeps surging, as it is through those sunbelt states that he

must win to get re-elected. already alienated the suburbs in some ways. could there be a coronavirus cost in some pretty crucial states? >> there absolutely can be. not just because of the frustration, which has been manifested in polling when it comes to americans' perceptions of how he, as president, has handled this pandemic. but, also, because of the very drastic effects on the economy, as well as on people's day-to-day lives. this is very tangible for people. they can't go to work. they cannot send their children to school. they cannot travel. they are losing their jobs. unemployment claims, continually, on the rise. so, absolutely, i think you have seen his approval ratings dip, in a way that could very well have bearing in november. it's always hard to say what we'll be talking about a few months from now, when we barely know what we are going to be talking about tomorrow. >> a federal judge has ruled the u.s. government must release migrant children from family detention centers in texas and pennsylvania. that ruling part of an effort to

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hamilton says he is sad and disappointed to have read the comments made by bernie ecclestone on the subject of

inequality. the six-time champion posted on instagram that he acknowledged seeing cnn's interview with ecclestone and the former f-1 boss represents a different generation who are, in his words, ignorant and uneducated about race equality. here is some of amanda davis's conversation with the former formula 1 boss that begins with him responding to amanda asking whether f-1 should have done more to tackle racism. >> i don't think anyone bothered about it before. they were too busy trying to win races or find sponsors or something. little, if any, interest. >> so what impact do you think what lewis has launched, the hamilton commission, what impact do you think that's going to have, in real terms, for formula 1? >> i don't think it's going to do anything bad or good for formula 1.

it will just make people think, which is more important. i think it's the same for everybody. people ought to think a little bit and say what the hell, somebody's not the same as white people. and black people should think the same thing about white people. because i think, in lots of cases, black people are more racist than what white people are. >> what makes you say that? >> well, things over the years, i've noticed. and there's no need for it. >> is that not a case of -- of fighting for equality and fighting against injustice, for such a long time? >> well, against injustice for anyone, what ever color they are. it's important to do something about that, for a start. but as -- i mean, i don't think you're going to easily change people's attitude. i think they need to start being taught at school. so they grow up -- about these

things. and i think it's completely stupid taking all these statues down. they should have left them there. take the kids to look and say why they're there, and what the people did. and how wrong it is what they did. >> as somebody who was so integral to making formula 1 what it is today, do you not want to see it as a sport, leading the way and -- and changing attitudes, and portraying society as it is? >> i suppose the people that need to are the viewers. for the number of people that are directly involved in the sport. such a small number of people can do very little. i'm surprised if anyone in formula 1, certainly the teams and the people, the promoters, have any concern about this. i think it's the public at large

that have to start thinking. >> hamilton is the efficient and only black driver to compete in the sport. he reacted on instagram. here's part of what he said. quote. so sad and dispinting appointind these comments. bernie is out of the sport and a different generation, but this is exactly what is wrong. ignorant and uneducated comments would show us how far, as a society, we need to go before real equality can happen. now, earlier on friday, formula 1 reacted to our interview with ecclestone by issuing a statement of its own. saying, quote, at a time when unity is needed to tackle racism and inequality, we completely disagree with bernie ecclestone's comments, that have no place in formula 1 or society. mr. ecclestone has played no role in formula 1 since he left our organization, in 2017. his title, chairman emeritus,

being honorific expired in 2020. respond to a report from u.s. intelligence that russian units offered taliban-linked units bounties to kill u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan. this is according to a report in "the new york times." extraordinary stuff. the paper's senior writer, eric schmidt, is one of the authors of the report. our jim sciutto asked him whether there's any proof if the bounties were actually paid and resulted in the deaths of american soldiers. >> there is evidence that some of the moneys have been paid. it's unclear, however, how many of the deaths, if any of the 20 or so american deaths last fall, last year, in afghanistan may have been attributed to this program. we're still digging into that now. >> do we know what options were given to the president to respond to this, that he did not take up? >> well, again, the option, so

far, our understanding it had been laid out to the president, from his advisers. are everything from a strong letter of reprimand, condemnation of this. basically, urging moscow to stop escalato escalatory ladder, going up to sanctions. increasing sanctions against moscow if they don't cease and desist this activity on the ground, which is an expansion of russian aggression. >> according to "the new york times," this would be the first time a russian spy unit was known to have orchestrated attacks on western troops. an abolitionist and civil rights legend was set to grace u.s. currency this year. just ahead, why you won't see harriet tubman's portrait on the $20 bill anytime soon. we'll be right back.

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>> it's a name the president often invokes, when talking about american heroes. >> harriet tubman. >> harriet tubman. >> harriet tubman. >> but the president has stopped short of memorializing her heroism, by replacing andrew jackson, on the front of one of our most widely circulated currency notes. the $20 bill. >> i think it's pure, political correctness. andrew jackson had a great history, and i think it's very rough when you take somebody off the bill. >> first, speaking of history, president andrew jackson was a slaveholder, and signed legislation removing native americans from their land. nevertheless, trump has long admired jackson. visiting his home in nashville. >> i'm a fan. i'm a big fan. >> and moving his portrait to the oval office, where he even hosted a group of navajo veterans, right in front of that painting. >> you were here long before any of us were here.

>> second, no one sought to remove andrew jackson from the bill, entirely. a redesigned bill, simply moves him to the back of the bill, and features harriet tubman on the front. this decision came during the obama administration. a decision that was, also, voted on by americans. initiating a timeline to unveil the bill's redesign, in 2020. coinciding with the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. four years later, the plans for release have been pushed back a decade. treasury secretary steve mnuchin telling reporters earlier this month, this is something that is in the dissent futurtant future new bill wouldn't be released until 2030. so what accounts for the delay? mnuchin claims it's security concerns. >> this remains a nonpolitical situation, where the primary objective of changing the

currency is to stop counterfeiting. >> but, when pressed, mnuchin couldn't explain why the imagery would still be delayed. >> so, yes or no, will you meet what was originally the 2020 redesign deadline? >> we will meet the security-feature redesign, in 2020. the imagery feature will not be an issue that comes up until, most likely, 2026. >> protestors have accelerated the discussion. making clear, which images they believe fully represent america's heritage and which do not. in richmond, virginia, the former capital of the confederacy, robert e. lee's statue was covered with the projected image of harriet tubman. but here, at lafayette park across the white house, andrew jackson. protestors tried to topple it. the president now saying they

are going to increase protection of these statues, saying we shouldn't -- our heritage buchlt who but whose heritage? and why shouldn't harriet tubman be included in it? >> and symbolically, what does it say when there is relubl tantan reluctance for now to even let her share the bill? >> it is so sad that by even sharing a little bit of that real estate, the folks will feel their story is lost. >> at a time when this nation is searching for its moral compass, the image of one woman guided by the north star would speak volumes. and in a language all americans understand. after all, money talks. >> that was laura coates reporting for us there. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i am michael holmes. do stay with us, though. things are going to get better

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