the cdc says the number of people infected with coronavirus may be up to 24 times what has been reported. i'll ask our medical expert the world health organization's covid-19 special envoy about that. also, reports that russian intelligence officers offered cash to the taliban to kill american and british troops in afghanistan. we'll have the latest details and reaction to the shocking

allegations. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. thank you for joining us. our top story, the world is about to pass two pandemic milestones, almost simultaneously. that's when the global total of documented cases hits 10 million and the global total of deaths marks a half million. and a big reason those numbers are going up is the united states. americans are less than 5% of the global population but account for 25 % of all the world's infections and deaths. the u.s. recorded 87,000 new cases in just the past two days.

among the worst hit are states that reopened in may. a month later, they're facing alarming spikes in new cases and hospitalizations, many young people are falling ill and now the cdc says it is actually much worse than we thought. to date, the u.s. has documented 2.5 million cases of covid-19, but according to the cdc survey, the real number of infected americans is at least six times higher and possibly a whopping 24 times higher than the official figures. out of all 50 u.s. states, florida is rapidly emerging as the new epicenter, more than 9,500 new cases were reported on saturday. that's a daily record. it adds to the fast rising infections of recent weeks. the state now has more than 130,000 confirmed cases.

contrast florida in green against italy. florida is now approaching what italy had and is worse. cnn's randi kaye has more from west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: here in florida, yet another record day, a spike in cases 9,585, the highest number of cases in a single day. the governor is saying that's because increased testing, increased testing to 45,000 tests a day. but with we are seeing higher positivity rates in the state of florida, mostly among young people, ages 33 to 35 years old. mostly asymptomatic. but they do hang out a lot in bars and the governor decided that was a reason to close all of the state bars, which he has done. but the governor has decided not to issue a mandatory order that everybody in the state of florida wear masks. so he's leaving it up to those local governments and local municipalities saying he's going to trust people to make does

decisions, but we see people and out about here in west palm beach, not wearing their masks, so it is unclear if everybody really is making good decisions. in miami, they have decided to close the beaches because of the spike in cases coming up for the very popular busy july 4th weekend, the mayor there saying he doesn't want to see a spike on top of a spike. randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> the mayor of miami says he believes florida's spike in cases come from people gathering in large groups and refusing to wear masks. his city is taking steps to stop more illness from spreading. here he is. >> the numbers that we have seen, for example, two days ago we hit the high water mark of 1500 cases, that's three times higher than what we had in late march, early april at 500 cases. state of florida hit 9600 cases, seven times greater than high water mark of 1300.

so i think, you know, florida as a state opened bars, we never opened bars in the city of miami. the fact we're closing our beaches now and requiring masks and now considering stiffer penalties for businesses that don't comply with the rules are things we're hoping are going to help us reverse this horrible trend that we're seeing over the last couple of weeks. >> texas is another state seeing an alarming increase in coronavirus cases. it reported almost 6,000 new infections saturday. the surge has many local leaders urging residents to take more precautions. here's what the mayor of austin told us a short time ago. >> i need my community right now to just be real vigilant with respect to wearing masks and social distancing. and those that can, i want them to stay at home. right now, this messaging that is coming out of washington is

confusing people, and we -- and we need more help from our state leaders to make very clear this is very serious. >> much of the concern there in texas is over hospitals reaching capacity. cnn's alexandra field is in houston where some intensive care units already are filling up. >> reporter: officials here in houston area, another of the country's hot spots now sending out more warnings, letting people know the city's hospitals could be overwhelmed in a week to three weeks if we continue to see new covid cases rise at this rate. texas medical center, the world's largest medical complex, reported that 100% of their icu beds were full this week, they also reported that 28% of those beds were filled by covid patients. hospitals are now moving to implement their surge plans across the city. governor greg abbott has taken some steps to put the genie back in the bottle, placed new restrictions on bars and

restaurants as we see more of these cases affecting people in their 20s and 30s. but officials say more needs to be done. nothing will stop the spread that we're currently seeing short of an all out stay at home order, something the governor has not ordered. in houston, texas, alexandra field, cnn. the fatal consequences of washington's retreat from science-based reality is best understood against the rest of the world. in each case, fact-based data drove a strong coordinated centralized response and public compliance. for more on this, here is brian todd in washington. >> reporter: the coronavirus crisis in america has reached such disturbing levels that the european union could soon block americans from traveling to europe according to officials. one diplomat telling cnn europe will be looking to keep out visitors from countries where the virus is circulating most actively. and by that measure, experts say, the u.s. doesn't stack up

well. >> the united states is not responded in a coherent, organized fashion, which is capable of doing anything serious to really stand in the way of this virus. >> reporter: the united states is returning to the high infection rates of the outbreak's early days while the european union pushed its rate down and seems to be keeping it down. in europe, even in places like italy, which was devastated by the virus early on, longer lockdowns, aggressive testing and contact tracing have proven effective, while states like florida, texas, arizona and california are seeing enormous new spikes. >> the u.s. response is lagging. we're not doing what we need to do to keep physically distant. we're not across the country scaling up contact tracing as effectively as needed so we can prevent cases from exploding into clusters and outbreaks. >> reporter: south korea, like the u.s. has big cities with dense populations vulnerable to coronavirus. but as had dramatically fewer cases and deaths than the u.s.

what tactics made the south koreans more successful? >> south korea, they have an extraordinarily very smart testing program, which enables them to rapidly identify cases, rapidly form the contacts of those cases and then rapidly isolate them. >> if you would move to south korea on january 20th, when each of our countries had its first case, you would have been 70 times less likely to be killed by this virus. >> reporter: experts say another big reason the u.s. has fallen behind other countries in the handling of the pandemic is because the federal government allowed individual states to take the lead, and make their own decisions of when and how to reopen. as a result, many states reopened much too quickly, while states hit hard early on like new york didn't. >> they held it over a period of weeks to months. they wrestled the pandemic to the ground where now we're more worried about there being new introductions from states where it is taking off. >> open your businesses now.

>> reporter: one problem the u.s. had which most other nations have not, the politization of the response. leaders like president trump, vice president pence, openly shunning guidelines on wearing masks. trump on fox radio even making fun of joe biden, who has worn them. >> he started speaking through the mask again. he feels comfortable with the mask on, i think. even though there was nobody anywhere near him. >> reporter: but president trump and other republicans are not the only ones being criticized for politicizing the response to coronavirus. experts point out not only did some democratic governors not call out or prevent people from staging mask protests against police brutality recently, clearly a risky venture during the pandemic, but a couple joined the protests, breaking their own lockdown orders. brian todd, cnn, washington. dr. david navarro is a covid-19 special envoy with the world health organization. he joins me now live via skype from geneva. good morning, doctor.

thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning. how do you do, sneverybody? >> i'm doing pretty well, thank you very much. the world is about to hit 10 million confirmed cases and half a million deaths. when this disease first made headlines in late january, did you see it getting this far this fast? >> i always recognized that this virus has an incredible capacity to spread really quickly. and it is dangerous. and i suppose i hoped that all countries would be able to get on top of it and push it back, but i did at one level also with colleagues have a sense of dread. it is not too late. yes, the virus is advancing and it is advancing all over the world, but we also know what needs to be done to hold it at bay. and we're going to have to get on top of it, because otherwise, for the next few years, it is just going to go on and on spreading. and causing real distress.

so, yes, now is the time when all nations need to get together to get on top of this virus and push it back so that it doesn't continue to threaten humanity. >> and we now heard that the cdc is projecting that infected americans -- that the numbers may be at least six times higher, possibly a whopping 24 times higher. when you see how the u.s. and, say, britain as well, are reacting to this, countries seeing huge numbers, what worries you? >> most importantly i would like to be sure that every human being everywhere understands that this is a dangerous virus. an we all got to act together to deal with it. i'd love it if every single political leader could be really leveling with their people about the importance of acting in a way that reduces the risk of transmission. physical distancing, mask

wearing, hygiene, shielding the people who are most at risk. secondly, i'd love it if we could also focus what needs to be done in the way of basic health services to make sure that when outbreaks do start, we close them down very quickly and that's finding people with the disease and isolating them and then getting their contacts -- if everybody knew the basics and if every government everywhere could implement the level of healthcare that is needed, then we can get on top of it. that's my hope and i suppose that's what i -- happen but i feel some countries are still lagging behind others and it is the countries that are perhaps not moving as much in line with the rest that are still unsure about the seriousness of this virus. i'd like to say to them, please catch up with the rest because we all got to do this together. >> well, you mentioned the importance of leadership here. certainly in the u.s. the fight against this has become very

political. people wear or don't wear a mask as much to make a statement as for health reasons. your organization has felt the political fallout with washington announcing it is cutting funding amid claims the w.h.o. bungled early stages of this. how much is the political fighting, doctor, hurting what should be a worldwide unified effort that you say must be achieved? >> well, politics are real. we can't wish them away. so we have to live in a world where people are needing to find reasons to promote themselves and make sure they get voted in in various elections coming up. just to say to everybody, this virus does not understand politics. this virus just exploits any weaknesses that we have. and as you said at the presentation we had just now, if there are inconsistencies in the political positions taken by

leaders, then the virus will exploit them. so i do actually ask that ordinary people -- people who are trying to get on with their lives, people with families who need to be looked after, that we all come together and say we must put dealing with this virus before anything else. we really must, because otherwise the next few months and years are going to be really difficult for humanity. and that's really necessary. to be clearly across to everybody now that the virus exploits political differences and actually where there are political differences things are much, much worse. >> yeah, absolutely. the united states is the leader, of course, in the cases. and we watched this epicenter move from central china to iran to parts of europe, the u.s. now has a quarter of all cases as well as deaths, latin america is poised to possibly be the new epicenter and hearing you say, well, we could be in this for

months or years reminds people the work that has to be done to try to stop this, especially in some fragile countries. >> yes, in places where governments are not strong, in places where there are -- this is much, much worse than what is happening in the united states right now. the united states has got a wonderful health system. it also has got some of brightest communicable disease experts in the world. you know what to do. it is just a case of doing it. people know what to do, they got fabulous support services. but go to poor countries, places where people are living in slums or townships and they don't have the resources, they don't have health services that can cope, they are suffering, very, very badly. we all need to come behind them. you're dealing with an international broadcaster in cnn, you're connected with people all over the world -- together on this, all of

humanity. otherwise we will find ourselves facing such terrible problems, as i say particularly for poorer people, people in refugee countries. at least in the united states, you know what's going on because you've got good testing, but there is have many countries where there is very little test and we're finding out after a terrible accident, a lot of people dieing in a particular city, we shouldn't be like this, we got to work together to get on top of this. >> i hope people are listening, thank you for your wisdom. thank you for your expertise and your time. david navarro, doctor, thank you. >> thank you. thank you for all you do. bye-bye. overwhelmed, short staffed and fighting an enemy the u.s. was woefully unprepared to handle back in april, a nursing union president spoke with cnn's don lemon about the terror of the coronavirus and its epicenter in new york. here she was. >> the level of illness has really increased.

the number of patients has increased. yesterday -- last night alone we admitted 200 additional patients. we have about 1500 corona positive patients in our system. we have over -- we have 1300 people out on furlough. we have about 600 positive covids and many sick workers. many of them nurses. we have lost some nurses. they have succumbed to the virus and we have quite a few already in the icu. we're terribly at risk because of the intensity of the virus, the virulence of the virus, it is attacking our own systems and that's the big reason that we need the ppe, particularly the hazmat suits that can protect us. we started off being concerned. the concern turned to worry and fear and abject terror and now we're almost numb. >> next hour, we'll hear again

from judy sheridan gonzalez and i'll ask her what improved, what hasn't and her advice for states and cities facing a surge in this deadly disease. one person is dead and another injured after a shooting in louisville, kentucky. it happened during a protest in jefferson square park saturday evening. demonstrators have been gathering to demand justice in the killing of breonna taylor there. officials say law enforcement performed life saving measures on one of the victims, but he died. a short time later, police received word of a second shooting victim at the nearby hall of justice. he was transported to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. we'll keep tabs on this developing story. shocking allegations say russia offered to pay the taliban to kill u.s. and british troops. coming up here, what the white house says about what president trump knew about this and when. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair

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the kremlin and white house are responding to shocking new reports about the war in afghanistan. a european intelligence official tells cnn russian intelligence wanted to see u.s. and british

forces die in the conflict and it offered cash to taliban fighters as rewards if they killed them. the white house is not denying the reports, but it is denying president trump and vice president pence were briefed about it. that clashes with "the new york times" which first reported this story. it says mr. trump was told about the intelligence in late march. russia and the taliban both are denying the report. international secured editor nick paton walsh is tracking this stunning story for us from london. good morning, nick. what more are you learning about it? >> a european intelligence official telling me that russian military intelligence began a scheme to incentivize taliban militants in afghanistan to kill u.s. and other coalition soldiers in that country, in the past months or so. now, this intelligence official says while they really don't

seem to understand the russian motivation for such ghastly frankly scheme in the eyes of the coalition they do believe that that scheme resulted in some coalition casualties. now, it is not clear whether these were fatalities or injuries, which nationality or when these particular casualties occur, but it is certainly in their assessment was with consequence. it incentivized the taliban to do something. some may argue the taliban don't need cash incentives to go out and kill coalition soldiers this feeds into the broader issue of what the insurgency is doing in afghanistan, while trying to perhaps strike a peace deal, waiting for prisoner exchanges, yet still continuing violent attacks. the taliban said this is not anything that they had something to do with, they said they don't need foreigners giving them instruction on how to continue their activity. russian embassy in washington used the #blamerussia saying they have nothing to do with this at all.

and the european intelligence official called this particular tactic callous, reprehensible and shocking and too said they are bewildered what russia's motivation here might be. some may perhaps say this is about increasing the number of u.s. casualties, perhaps on a battlefield, expedite an american withdrawal, but donald trump made it very clear he wants out of afghanistan and the fact that the pentagon are even planning to reduce troop numbers below the 8600 they have agreed under current peace talks with the taliban, so a startling allegation, frankly here. i should point out one more detail, natalie, the european intelligence official i've spoken to says the precise unit of russian military intelligence known as the gru that is behind this incentivization scheme is known as 2155, they're the same unit accused, says this intelligence official, of the attack in salesbury in the uk

against the skripal father and daughter. a prominent unit in their eyes and exceptionally you must say geopolitically dangerous scheme here. the white house have come forward and said that as you pointed out, well, it really disputes the intelligence report themselves, they say "the new york times" is wrong to point out that trump and pence were briefed on it. startling, frankly, that they wouldn't be told if indeed, they're not disputing the intelligence itself, natalie. >> just learning about this story, and it is just unfolding. nick paton walsh with the very latest for us, nick, thank you. covid cases are spiking across the u.s. while safety measures to protect president trump from the virus have been toughened, in public he's downplaying the risk. more about that coming up. businesses are starting to bounce back.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. 87,000 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the united states in just the past two days. that has pushed the u.s. total to well past 2.5 million. more than 125,000 people have died since february. and now the cdc says the true scope of the pandemic is far more troubling. according to the cdc survey, the real number of infected americans is at least six time higher, possibly a whopping 24 times higher than the official figures. despite those numbers, president

trump paints a rosy picture of the situation in public. but in private there are tough safety protocols for those around him. now the vice president is postponing events in florida and arizona, where infections have hit alarming new highs. for more from the white house, here is cnn's jeremy diamond. >> reporter: well, as coronavirus cases are surging nationwide, president trump in recent days has continued to downplay the severity of the crisis and insists falsely that testing, an increase in testing is the reason why we're seeing these spikes in several states around the country. of course, the truth of the matter is that while testing is increasing, the percentage of positive cases is also rising, which shows that this is not just about testing. but while the president has downplayed the severity of this crisis, publicly, we know the president has actually been concerned privately about his potential exposure and with that we have also seen the protective measures around the president, measures to protect him from

getting the virus have actually stepped up. in particular every venue that the president enters is now being inspected for potential areas of contagion by security and medical teams. the bathroom he may use during one of those events when he's traveling scrubbed and sanitized thoroughly. and every individual around the president who comes into contact with him is also being tested. that's despite the fact that the white house has actually scaled back some of its other prevent tiff measures that don't deal directly with the president. when i walk into the white house, i've normally gotten a temperature check that is no longer happening. while all of that is happening, we know the vice president who has himself made that same claim about testing and really trying to paint a much rosier picture of the situation in the united states than actually exists, he's also scaling back some of his plans to travel and specifically some of his plans to campaign in person. the vice president was scheduled to travel to florida. and to arizona for campaign

events. the vice president will still be going to the states, we're told, to get an in person briefing on the situation there. but he's canceling campaign events that were scheduled to take place in both of those battleground states. so certainly some changes are happening, but, again, protective measures around the president tightening, but the president himself, his rhetoric hasn't changed. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. i'm joined now by andrew parmar from the university of london and visiting professor at london school of economics. good to see you, professor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the united states is seeing surges of the virus in half of its states and the message from the white house is all states are opening up safely and responsibly. that's a quote. when eight states paused their reopening and three have seen a 50% increase in cases. what do you think of the rosy white house message that the

vice president issued just friday amid this real situation? >> it is quite puzzling in many ways too declare the -- what is going on and it seems to be there is an underlying point of view that the -- doesn't matter, but already lost and doing as much as they can -- it doesn't -- with the health officials, the scientific -- available to them, the cases in states and counties now which are increasingly -- counties that went something like 60% towards the republicans and in 2016, it is very, very deeply puzzling, but it suggests an underlying philosophy about how government should do as well. >> president trump has gone back on the campaign trail.

he definitely wants to be at his rallies again. we know the campaign reportedly removed stickers promoting social distance at that tulsa rally. how will it look if president trump continues to hold rallies at this time during a pandemic? >> well, it shows that the president basically has a particular view despite the fact that he is protected quite well in -- people around him are screened. that would be politically the worst thing absolutely possible. but he wants to basically suggest business as usual. there is no problem here. but he is going against the majority of the population including the majority of republicans as well who do not want america to be reopened and the risks to be increased. he's actually now going against his own electorate, but he seems to be very secure in the knowledge he's got a very loyal

voter base, that they will turn out and maybe what he thinks is that loyalty will remain and that will be the voter restriction measures being ramped up will reduce the turnout among others, that the mail-in ballot process may well be undermined by what he says is -- and maybe he will swing the election in november. >> yes, that's an angle many people are watching. the white house has not offered a unified plan for the country, the president talks about other issues more often than this pandemic. lee he's looking to overturn obamacare now. that was just announced. with his support lagging as you say since the protests also began over racist issues, how does he turn this around before november, if he ignores the realities of this pandemic? >> i think that's the exact thing.

tucker carlson on fox news said it, he said president trump effectively has been given two gifts this year. one is the pandemic, the other is rioting or looting, from the right wing perspective. both of those would suggest the leader pulls the nation together, develops a policy, a strategy of law and order and so on, and effectively rises above the fray to suggest that he is a unifying force, going to bring peace and stability. president trump has turned that ni into a penalty. the penalty is the majority of people do not support his pandemic policies and a majority of people don't support his latest law and order that the police should be very tough on people and so on. and his displays of militarism when he left the white house to go to a church, so i don't see how he squares it. the only thing i can think of is he believes that november is somehow already in the bag or he doesn't care because his world view is the government shouldn't

be doing very much in regard to ordinary people in any case, it should really only look at the stock market indexes and it should try it reopen the economy and reduce the unemployment figures. it doesn't make any real sense to me at this time, i have to say, he's doing the exact opposite of what one would expect. >> and i want to ask you, as a professor of political science, can you recall in the history of the u.s. when a president has kind of looked the other way during a national disaster that we're seeing? >> i don't think i can. national disasters are just that. and the president is the only figure who is affected on a national basis. what we have is the only kind of national representative of the american people who decided that in fact government need not take any responsibility, he personally doesn't need to take responsibility, only the states should be doing it, and that suggests a kind of world view which is deeply self-centered,

the kind of what stephen bannon called deconstruction of the state, the administrative state, the regulatory state, the state that lacks aft that looks after people doesn't matter. we need to pair that down as much as possible and empower and that will take care of the problem. the market will decide and determine outcomes. and in effect it is a zero sum gain being played. and it hasn't played out very well politically for him and that is the most puzzling thing. he stands as an outlier in the history of the united states. >> he sticks to his same playbook, but it seems to be slipping away from him at this juncture. we always appreciate your insights, professor inderje inderjeet parmar in london. thank you. lawmakers in the state of mississippi took a big step toward removing the divisive confederate battle flag from the state flag. a resolution to begin the

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want to take you tow to spain. they're seeing a step back in the fight against coronavirus as the country reports eight deaths friday. this is a jump from last week when it had a maximum of three a day. the spanish health ministry also reported almost 200 new cases in the last 24 hours. yet spain continues to take steps to reopen and with summer here, officials are using high

technology drones and patrols to keep an eye on people on the beaches. let's talk about it with our journalist atika shubert in valencia, spain, there on the beach. what are you seeing right now and tell us more about the steps that officials are taking. >> reporter: yeah, it is all part of the new normal, that, yes we can go outside and resume normal activities but with precautions. at the beaches, these are some of the precautions on the signs here. keep groups to under 20 people, try to keep two meters apart. there will be constant disinfections of the area. in fact what we saw a little while ago, i'll bring you over here and show you at the beach, there was a guy spraying in this area where people wash the sand off their feet, spraying the showers and beach loungers here. that's just some of the measures that they're doing. in addition to that, they're really trying to control access

to the beach. what they have here, they have volunteers from the red cross, for example, they also have police patrols and what they're trying to say is, listen, we need to keep people moving in one direction here and coming out here, about trying to keep the crowds organized and keep them into a sort of a way that they can at least space themselves out. as you can see, this beach is pretty big. it has a capacity to fit thousands. it has not been a problem so far. but if necessary, the local communities here say they will bring out drones, for example, and start surveying the area to make sure that they have sufficient crowd control and make sure that people are a safe distance apart, natalie. >> yeah, you know, managing people on a beach, that's certainly a new thing. isn't it? so you talk about the drones, so how do they communicate to people, i think you said earlier that they're also using apps? >> they are. they're using a lot of different technology and some beaches, not at this one, but there are other beaches where in order because

it is a much narrower beach, if you want a space on the beach, you have to book a space and that will get you a three by three square meter space for you and your group to ensure you have enough space between other groups. there are apps that make sure, if you want to go to the beach but not sure about the crowds, you can check it out and there will be a red sort of map that will show you it is a little too crowded now, don't want to go, or green says there is plenty of space to lay your blanket out. in addition to those apps, they will have drone patrols if it gets too crowded. if the drones see that there are too many people in one area, they'll send out an alert, an audio alert to the people saying you need to disperse, you need to calmly move aside and get some space between you, so that it is a safer distance from everyone. so it is, again, a little unusual this the best way people can get out and enjoy the beach and be safe. >> a lot of other countries with beaches around the country, world, may be watching this to see how it works.

atika shubert for us in valencia, spain. thank you so much. in the united kingdom, as many as 15,000 homeless people have been sleeping in hotels during the lockdown. but with restrictions winding down there, we look at the future for those with no place to call home.

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but up to 30 percent less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. england's lockdown is supposed to be relaxed starting july 4th. some charities are seeing an opportunity to help thousands of homeless over the long-term. these last few months hotels in the uk opened their doors to thousands of people living on the streets. cnn's phil black shows us the impact it has made. >> reporter: this is existing at society's edge, being invisible to most. having no reason to hope. it is life on britain's streets, without a home, without work or support, because of trauma, addiction, mental illness, and just bad luck. it was bob sheppard's life until a few months ago. how are you doing now? >> a lot better.

physically it is coming back together quite well. >> reporter: bob's turn around is an unlikely positive consequence of covid-19, as the country locked down, he and the vast majority of britain's homeless, more than 15,000, were quickly taken off the streets and given their own hotel rooms. the result, no significant spread among some of the country's most vulnerable people and many are now engaging with health and drug abuse services. >> i think that's an amazing tale during what is a really, really dreadful period in our nation's history. >> reporter: she and others began pushing the government for something far more ambitious. >> we all now think, okay, let's not go back. >> reporter: so the goal now is to get those 15,000 plus people into safe, longer term accommodation. the long lines regularly waiting for a hot meal in london's trafalgar square represent only a small part of the need.

an expected pandemic recession is going to make that need even greater. >> thank you. >> i want to get the 15,000 sorted now, so we're ready to face whatever will happen this autumn when i think we will see it is inevitable you get high levels of hunger and homelessness. >> reporter: one of britain's leading voices on homelessness, the founder of the magazine says the government will have ways of helping hundreds of thousands vulnerable people. >> skill them up, new forms of work, job creation programs around health, around local authorities, support, around education, around the environment, we can do it. we really need a revolution now and government thinking. >> reporter: bob sheppard is proof, a change in thinking can change lives. he now has a guaranteed home for at least the next six months.

is that comforting? >> it is. it is comforting. i got a stable place now. it is stable. as long as i don't -- as long as i don't do something stupid, i'm fine now. i've got a bed, i can eat food. i can fill my life back up again. >> reporter: for years, homelessness has been a highly visible growing problem in britain with no easy fix. but the recent extraordinary progress points to what has been missing until now. political will. phil black, cnn, london. >> i'm natalie allen. another hour of "cnn newsroom" is just ahead. our top stories right after this. businesses are starting to bounce back.

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the world hurdles towards another grim coronavirus milestone, 10 million cases, a quarter of them here in the united states and they are still rising fast. also this hour -- >> we're the same human beings all over the place, and they should have been prepared based on what we went through. it was like we suffered so much in vain, people didn't pay attention to that. >> a warning from somebody who has been through it all, what other states can learn from the experience in new york. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom."