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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. i'm michael holmes. coming up on "cnn newsroom," a grim milestone in the fight against coronavirus. there are now 500,000 deaths worldwide, a quarter of them right here in the u.s. as the u.s. struggles to control the pandemic, the european union weighs a ban on americans. plus, another blow to facebook's bottom line. two more major advertisers boycott the social media giant over its hate speech policy. 10 billion, that million, t

number of coronavirus cases around the world. john hopkins reporting a another horrible number, the number coronavirus has killed, 500,000. the virus is on the rise in 2/3 of the country. you have to look hard to see the two states where cases are actually dropping. they're in green there on the map. try to find them. it's especially surging in the south and the west. some of those states saw their most cases ever over the weekend. and now some are rolling back the measures they put in place to reopen. the u.s. health secretary says the rate of deaths and hospitalizations is down for the time being, but he warns time is running out to bring the virus under control. >> this is a very, very serious situation, and the window is closes for us to take action and get those under control. if we don't social distance, if

we don't use face coverings in settings where we can't social distance, if we don't practice appropriate hygiene, we're going to see spread of disease. >> well, in texas, were cases are soaring, the u.s. vice president is finally offering the same advice that health officials have been giving for months now. >> wash your hands. avoid touching your face. and wear a mask wherever it's indicated. or wherever you're not able to practice the kind of social distancing that would prevent the spread of the coronavirus. >> my penike pence was in texas sunday attending a crowded campaign event while the state continues to be overwhelmed by the virus. have a look at that graph there. by saturday, the state recording more than 4,700 new cases. alexandra field with more. >> reporter: vice president mike pence touched down in the hard-hit state of texas over the weekend. he got off the plane wearing a mask, and he was greeted by

texas governor greg abbott, also wearing a mask. he then went on to a campaign event that put some 2,200 people inside a church. masks were encouraged, but 100 people sang loudly throughout the rally without their masks on. still, vice president pence took time while in texas to reaffirm the importance of wearing masks, saying that they are effective in helping to stem the spread of this virus. a particularly prescient message here in texas where we have seen cases spike day after day, hospitalizations have been going up for some two weeks now, and local officials warned the hospitals could be overwhelmed in just a matter of weeks. all of that said, there is not a statewide mandate that requires individuals in tactics to wear a mask. instead, the governor has recently agreed that local governments can require businesses to require their customers to wear masks. that's as far as the mask mandate goes here. in houston, alexandra field, cnn.

florida, another state where virus cases are surging. let's take a look at the seven-day average in florida. and just check it out there. you can see how cases have shot up in the past couple of weeks. officials blaming this partly on people getting together to socialize. well, now they say the party's over. randi kaye has more. >> reporter: the state of florida breathing a sigh of relief as the case numbers have gone down for one day after a record high on saturday of 9,500 cases. saturday saw 8,500 cases. the governor once again attributing that to higher positivity levels and also more testing and a backlog of testing. those positivity levels, he says, are really because of the younger people, he says. they've been going to graduation parties and socializing. and it's mainly the 18 to 44-year-olds, he says, that are coming back with these positive results. still, he has closed the bars in the state of florida to make sure that you can't consume alcohol on the premises.

where younger people might congregate. he has not closed the beaches, although miami-dade and broward have decided to close for the july furthourth week on their o. the governor has not mandated masks, though many people said they would like to see that. meanwhile, ihme, which does the modelling for the fatality rate in this coronavirus pandemic says that if 95% of floridians wore masks, by october 1st you would see half the number of fatalities they are predicting we will see if those people aren't wearing masks. randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. california's governor has ordered bars closed in seven counties due to a recent spike in the virus there. it has been a steady rise in california since march, and now the state has more than 214,000

infections. the governor also recommending bars close in eight other counties. a statement from the california department of health identifies bars as one of the highest risk nonessential businesses and lead to less compliance with use of face masks and, of course, social distancing, and make contact tracing more challenging. joining me now is dr. o'carol, an emergency physician from honolulu in hawaii. good to see you again, doctor. there are some stunning increases in a lot of cases. i mean, really, just a couple of places where it's stabilizing or dropping. what are you seeing in the numbers and what should be the immediate priority in dealing with this? >> yeah, it is definitely concerning. and knowing that the incubation time that we really get to know what these numbers exactly are is lagging. that these numbers are really kind of the type of the iceberg. so large a percentage of people

are asymptomatic, you could estimate these numbers we're seeing are only 10% to 20% of the actual numbers that will come to light in the next couple of weeks. so it's really concerning here in hawaii, you know, our state is categorized as increasing numbers, but you can't get much lower than the 10% to 15% we've already had -- hawaii is managing thus far and, you know, we've implemented a -- before anybody gets on a plane to get to hawaii from the domestic continental united states, they need to get a negative pcr test within 72 hours. so we're going to continue to manage and watch this very carefully. >> yeah, i mean, the american fourth of july weekend is just days away. traditionally, you know, it's not that far away. it's coming up. do you -- fireworks, gatherings, a lot of those planned gatherings are still planned, including the official celebration in washington. are you concerned about that when you're talking about

garths? gathererings. >> yeah, absolutely. it's still going to happen. it's our nation's birthday and there's still going to be a large amount of gatherings, even though people are going to try to detract from it. hopefully the fact that most of these gatherings if they do happen are going to be outdoors will help quell the virus. hopefully the fact that most people will be wearing masks. i would actually argue that people do a byo everything, so bring your own everything. so don't share utensils, don't share any drinks, don't share any food, and maintain the physical distancing and, you know, social distancing is sometimes a bit of a misnomer, but the physical distancing and the hand hygiene that we need to continue to combat the spread of this virus. >> what do you make about the messaging at the moment? the vice president unusually sort of saying wear a mask, but at the same time, he was at a

church gathering on sunday and, you know, he was wearing a mask, but you had dozens of people in the choir singing their hearts out with no masks, and, of course, choirs have literally been linked to spreading events. what do you make of the messaging and the optics? >> yeah, it's concerning in that -- i'm really happy that vice president pence was wearing a mask. that's a change, i think, in a lot of things we've seen in the public, and we do need to lead from the top. all of our public health officials, you know, dr. fauci and the heads of the cdc, fda have been wearing masks in public. we know that they work. there is a study that cape out of the national academy of sciences that just wearing masks alone prevented 66,000 infections in new york of -- in the month of april to may. so we know they work. so we need to continue to harp on our elected officials to lead

from the top down, and i'm happy that michael pence was wearing it there, but with regards to the choir, here in honolulu, our mayor has only just allowed singing inside of -- public singing. and to do so you need to have a plexiglass in front of the artist. so you need to maintain the exact amount of distance. you know, the more distance that you have in between the artists, the better. but those choir members were all within six feet of each other and all belting out. and while it sounded beautiful, they're putting all of each other at risk. >> yeah. >> and their families at risk as well. >> it was interesting, when they sat down they all put on masks, which is like putting on your seat belt only when you're in the driveway. you had republican senator lamar alexander on sunday, saying he thinks it would help if president donald trump wore a mask because it would sort of, you know, lessen the sort of political stigma around wearing it that we've seen more and

more. for whatever reason, though, he does not do that. do you think the president's actions or inactions on this has an effect, a correlation with the wearing of masks and, you know, ergo, cases? >> i can't speak for all of his, you know, staunch supporters, but i think when every single one of our public health officials are recommending wearing masks and are, you know, the top leader in our country is not, i think it does trickle down to the people who are going to follow and not wear -- not wear masks just because he isn't. and so i'm concerned, and i really think that he should reconsider looking at the evidence and all the evidence is supporting that masks are going to prevent this virus from transferring to other people and even possibly prevent you from wearing the -- from contracting the virus. so it's -- it's something that he really needs to look at. >> and, yeah, dr. birx saying, you know, that there is now evidence that, you know, you -- wearing one helps you not spread

it, but it also -- there is evidence now that it helps you not catch it. dr. o'carroll, thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. sorry, you can't come in. that is the message expected to be to american travellers from the european union. eu ambassadors are meeting in the coming hours as the continent prepares to reopen its doors to tourism this week. the u.s. isn't likely to make the list of safe countries thanks to those surging covid numbers we've been talking about. our nic robertson brings us this story from london. >> reporter: so, what's been happening over the weekend? the eu ambassadors at their meeting friday agreed the krit yeah for which nations should be allowed into the european union. and over the weekend the ambassadors have gone back to their countries and each country has drawn up a list of nations that they believe should be allowed into the european union. on monday, when the eu

ambassadors meet again, there'll be 27 different lists from the different countries, and that's when they have to get agreement. it is very important to the european union that they do get an agreement over one single list because once you're inside the zone in the european union, you can move around freely. so that's important. they're operating on the basis of protecting the health of what is half a billion eu citizens. that's their priority. by the end of monday they will have voted on one commonly agreed list, and that will come into effect on tuesday. now, at this stage it really doesn't appear that the united states is going to make that first list. the reason is the rate of infection from coronavirus in the united states way exceeds that of the european union. so the expectation the u.s. not on the list. now by the eu will be looking at the list again, revising it in the weeks ahead. nic robertson, cnn, london. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, intelligence

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intelligence knowledge from my colleague barbara starr at the pentagon in washington. that money seems to have been passed to the taliban at some point. the europe official i spoke to was unclear as to precisely when the supposed casualties occurred because of these payments happened. their nationality or nature as well. but the u.s. official we've spoken to does appear to believe money did change hands, although the precise verification of those payments is something that is a little unclear. it appears that these began emerging earlier on this year. now, for their part, the taliban have been clear they had nothing to do with this, as has the russian embassy in washington, using the hashtag, #blamerussia. have, in fact, suggested that "the new york times" was wrong to first report this.

president trump himself has cast doubt on the validity of the original "new york times" report, suggesting they should release their sources, but it's a very confusing picture with one simple, very clear allegation at the heart. that russians military intelligence, the gru, did try and possibly succeed in paying money to the taliban to kill u.s. soldiers or coalition allies as well. as i say, my europe intelligence official i've spoken to is clear that harm was caused most likely because of thee payments, but details are still unclear. and it is, frankly, another chilling moment for the u.s.' long war in afghanistan, and many are asking exactly why these russian intelligence officials would be motivated to do this. the europe intelligence official i spoke to said the russian motivation was, quote, bewildering but described their actions as bewildering and

shocking. much more detail needs to be learned, but confusion amongst analysts as to why exactly donald trump was not briefed about this, as the white house claims, given it's such a severe allegation. but another troubling departure from the u.s. objective at this point, to get out of afghanistan. the trump administration has been absolutely clear about that. they're involved in peace talks that seem even as we speak to be trying to keep their momentum alive. stalled momentarily over prisoner exchange. if moscow did order this, were they trying to expedite the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan or is this some smaller unit level operating on its own? the u.s. official i spoke to was the same unit accused of being behind the scruple father and daughter. a stark and chilling allegation about a russian bid to pay taliban to kill and target

americans and their allies in afghanistan. nick paton walsh, cnn, london. cnn national security analyst samantha vinograd joins me now. lots to talk about. always good to see you, sam. so europe sources saying it did result in harm to troops in afghanistan. "new york times" and "washington post" says the same, yet the president says he wasn't briefed. now, the thing is, whichever way you look at it, it's not a good look. either he was briefed and saying he wasn't or he wasn't briefed, which raises the question of why on something like this. >> well, exactly. the question of who knew what when is only one piece of the puzzle. you know, it is implausible to me as someone who served at the white house for four years that the president wouldn't be briefed that intelligence officials and policymakers wouldn't make reliable intelligence on threats to american forces accessible to the president. in my experience, this kind of reporting is kind of rush delivered to the oval office. so that the president is aware

of dangers to american citizens. concurrently, we also have reporting that there is a white house meeting on this intelligence and that various force protection measure were taken to defend our troops against this threat. so it looks like this threat reporting was credible, which means that most likely this reporting was included or provided to the president in some form. that could be the presidential daily briefing. that could be memos ahead of his calls with president putin and their allies. it could be nsc meetings and more. but the larger question is, even if it was provided to him, michael, based on his track record, does anyone have certainty that he digested the intelligence? he has a track record of not getting intelligence briefings and, frankly, trashing intelligence throughout his tenure. so saying he wasn't briefed on this intelligence doesn't answer the question about whether the intelligence was or was not available to him.

>> and during this whole time, i mean, he then announces a drawdown on u.s. troops in germany, which helps vladimir putin. suggests putin comes back into the g7, which helps putin, all while this was known to the u.s. as you said, you dealt in national security in the white house. we all saw the republican reaction to benghazi. i mean, never-ending investigations. when iranian officials killed one contractor, donald trump took out soleimani, the leads of the quds force. in any other administration, this would be a major event, warranting action, would it not? >> oh, most certainly. and under any other administration there would be immediate congressional inquiries in, one, why congress wasn't briefed on this intelligence if, for example, our european intelligence partners were. so why congress wasn't kept in the loop. and, two, more importantly, why wasn't something done about it? if we had reliable intelligence, intelligence with the relative degree of confidence for weeks, months, in fact, why hasn't the

administration taken steps to protect american citizens. and, frankly, the only answer that i can come up with is that the administration wanted to contain this information by providing intelligence to congress, an administration does two things. one, it meets its statutory obligation to keep congress fully currently informed. two, it allows congress to make moves on its own. so keeping this intel kind of close hold within a close circle really signals to me that there was an effort to drag the -- drag u.s. feet when it comes to protecting americans, and that really opens up american troops to current threats right now. if we haven't imposed costs, why would putin slow down? he has no reason to take his foot off the gas when it comes to targeting americans, and that means that there may be a live threat to u.s. troops in afghanistan, and, frankly, anywhere else that putin can pay

proxies to target us. >> what would be russia's motivation? i mean, especially with donald trump openly running to the afghan exit door? you know, what does it say about putin's long-term goal when it comes to the u.s.? >> well, putin has reportedly been providing arms and other support to the taliban for a longer period of time than this intelligence reporting may cover. the intelligence reporting is an escalation in terms of putin's support for the taliban, but most likely has motivation is to inflict harm on the united states. he's doing that in cyber space and via information warfare attacks. now we have conventional attacks to add to that putin to-do list. so it's to inflict harm on the united states and to push the americans out of afghanistan. the unfortunate thing is that the administration is continuing to draw down in afghanistan. despite the fact that the taliban has not lived up to their commitments. the taliban, which i just mentioned, putin has been

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more now on our top story, the coronavirus smashing two records that nobody wants to hold. as of sunday, the virus has killed more than 500,000 people worldwide, 10 million infected, according to john hopkins. latin america is one of the latest hot spots. the panamerican health organization says cases have tripled there in the last month. brazil second in total cases after the u.s., and now peru is sixth. it has reported nearly 280,000 cases, more than either spain or italy. in colombia, the death toll from the virus climbed past 3,000 on sunday, after officials counted another 167 deaths. overall, the country has confirmed at least 91,000 cases, more than even china. the original epicenter of the pandemic. from the capital of bogota, we

explain how the country got to this point. >> reporter: colombia has now registered more coronavirus cases than the whole of china, and this comes at the end of a week where colombia has registered new daily increased records for three days. it's perhaps a sign of how much worse coronavirus is getting, not only in colombia, but all across the region. this puts intense pressure on the colombian government who since the beginning of june had somehow partially allowed a reopening of the economy, increasing the numbers of businesses allowed to be open, up to 43 categories. it's now under pressure to have to return to a strict lockdown to prevent further increase in the coronavirus cases. the situation is particularly critical here in bogota, the

capital, where the icu occupancy rate is getting to almost 70%, and authorities are very careful and afraid that in a few days there won't be enough hospital beds to treat all these coronavirus patients. so increased pressure on the colombian government to return to a strict lockdown, the way it was in april and may, and, of course, increased pressure in this thin game between the health crisis and the economic crisis. the imf is projecting the coronavirus will create an economic coronavirus unseen in south america in a very long time. there is pressure and a situation that is evolving by the minute. for cnn, bogota. officials in mexico have counted another 4,000 cases of the virus with at least 267 new

deaths. overall, country's death toll is the seventh highest in the world and it could continue to grow as parts of the capital prepare to reopen. for some businesses, this will provide much-needed leaf. for others, the move is too little, too late, as cnn's matt rivers now reports. >> reporter: lines out the door usually means a business is thriving, except this one, a bookstore in mexico city is dying. the owner says, the truth is, we're really sad. her mom first opened the shop back in '95 and for 25 years it survived earthquakes and recessions and amazon kindles, but the pandemic proved too much when the government shut down the economy. it's a bookstore, she says. we don't make a lot of money normally. then we had to close so we couldn't pay rent, so the owner asked us to leave. her story is as tragic as anything you'd find on her shelves, but amongst small business in this city, it is a

familiar narrative. one local chamber of commerce estimates of the 400,000 businesses here, some 40% won't survive, forcing more than 1 million people out of a job. a short walk from the bookstore keeping people employed and the neighborhood well-fed has turned into a mantra for this business. they've managed to stay open during the crisis, just. chef anna gonzalez says i see so many places closed and i feel fortunate i still have work right now. sales are way down and they've all taken big pay cuts, and even as the economy is starting to reopen, they're not sure what that looks like. day by day, people have less money, says co-owner jesus, even if they open everything, if there is no demand, it won't matter. this year is rough. but they know it's rough for everyone and good food helps. so they're determined to try and see it through. a good book can also help, which is why she slashed prices and

invited people in one last time. she says the closing doesn't feel real. i am happy to see so many people coming to say good-bye, she says. it's a nice tribute because my mom loved for books to be cheap and accessible to everyone. her mom's chosen name for of the shop means "through the looking glass" a literary reference to imagined world. it's an apt name these days with the real world so different than it was before. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. when we come back, a retweet then a delete, but the u.s. president wasn't fast enough to cause -- to avoid an uproar over a white power message. that's next. you're watching cnn. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪

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supporter shouting "white power", and the president did eventually delete. well, jeremy diamond has details now on that and the white house response. >> reporter: president trump on sunday amplifying a video in which one of his supporters can be heard saying "white power, white power". >> white power. white power. >> reporter: the president posting a retweet of that video and also adding this comment, saying to the great people of the villages. that is a location in florida where this video was reportedly shot. now, the president did delete that tweet after it was online for more than three hours. and the white house says that the president simply did not hear that message before he posted that tweet. the white house's deputy press secretary jud deer saying in a statement, president trump is a big fan of the villages. he did not hear the one statement made on the video. what he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many

supporters. now this, of course, not an isolated incident. it is in a string of examples we've seen president trump amplifying hateful or racist messages. we saw the president, of course, after the white supremacist rally in charlottesville saying there were many fine people at that rally. >> very fine people, on both side. >> reporter: we've also seen the president retweet anti-muslim videos and many other examples exist as well. and particularly this is striking because president trump has really struggled to address issues of systemic racism and racism broadly in america amid these protests since the death of george floyd. he has not in a comprehensive manner addressed that. instead, what we have seen is him fanning the flames, and this was really just the latest example. now, while the president did delete that tweet ultimately after more than three hours, what he didn't do was apologize for posting it in the first place, nor did he condemn the trump supporter who said "white power." jeremy dimon, cnn, the white house.

the only black senator in the republican conference is among those denouncing that tweet or retweet. before it was deleted, tim scott told cnn it was offensive. >> i think it's indefensible. we should take it down. that's what i think. >> the likely democratic presidential nominee also comparing the tweet to when president trump said there were fine people at a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia. joe biden tweeting, quote, we're in a battle for the soul of the nation and the president has picked a side. but make no mistake, it is a battle we will win. well, while the president is under fire for retweeting racist language, facebook is facing an advertising boycott for failing to control hate speech on its platform. a growing list of major companies announcing they're putting a pause on their ads on the site. cnn's brian fung with details. >> reporter: it's a massive decision for a massive brand.

starbucks said sunday it is pulling its advertising from all social media platforms amid a wider backlash against facebook. the global coffee giant said it will use the pause to talk with media partners and civil rights groups about how to stem hate speech. the decision could mean a major blow to the revenues of social media companies. starbucks was the sixth largest advertiser on facebook in 2019. spending an estimated $95 million on ads, according to a market intelligence firm. facebook now confronts a seemingly unstoppable advertiser boycott. in the past two weeks brands line unilever, verizon, patagonia, honda and herbies have all said they're pausing their facebook advertising. advertisers have criticized facebook's handling of hate speech and misinformation. facebook says it investing billions every year to keep its

community safe and its artificial intelligence help it is remove hate speech faster than others. on sunday a top facebook executive acknowledged to cnn we constantly need to improve our policies. a damaging minority of content on the platform to make people feel safe. if brands like starbucks abandon social media, some analysts say it could lead to a longer term reckoning for silicon valley in the midst of a high-stakes pandemic and election year. brian fung, cnn, washington. the last state flag in the u.s. with a flag featuring the confederate battle emblem is one step closer to removing it. mississippi's house of representatives and senate both passed a bill on sunday that would get rid of the controversial emblem, and the governor says he will sign it. activists fighting against racial injustice have a message for england's schools. it's time to make black history mandatory in the classroom.

cnn's nina dos santos with a closer look. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> reporter: taking to the streets week after week, black lives mater protesters say racism continues to be a pervasive problem in the uk. but activists say to be lasting, change must also come in the classroom. by making the black community's history a kucompulsory part of england's national curriculum. >> the history they're being taught in school is partial. the omissions are their stories and they're angry about it. it's everyone that needs to learn this history. it's not just for black people and about black people. it explains why our society looks the way it does today. >> reporter: although many schools observe black history month every year, there is no actual obligation to teach the topic, leaving some britains feeling underrepresented and others underinformed. >> the current curriculum doesn't center black history at all and that disempowers all

students from learning about britain's history in its more rounded view and i think it's key we're able to offer narratives that are positive and also more truthful. the black curriculum is a project that goes into schools. >> reporter: she created her start-up, the black curriculum, in 2019 to provide training for teachers on the subject. now she's lobbying the government to make black history mantory for all 8 to 16-year-olds. do you think there is now a broader recognition that black history is british history and that part of british history is black? >> absolutely. i think the two are synonymous. it's very symbolic for our nation, i think. ultimately, we are a multicultural society and to acknowledge that through the national policy and curriculum sends a strong message. >> reporter: despite messages to make black history teaching mandatory -- offers pupils access to different black history topics.

they also told cnn racism in all its forms is abhorrent and has no place in our society. and schools play a crucial role in helping young people understand the world around them. however, successive government reports over the past 20 years have consistently highlighted attaching greater importance to black history. as a vital tool for rooting out racism. a recent cnn poll revealed the extent of britain's steep racial divide. black britains are at least twice as likely as white britains to say there is discrimination in british policing and media. they're three times as likely to think the country has done far too little to address significant racial injustice and significantly more likely to find statues of slave traders or colonizers offensive. >> if you can teach the industrial revolution and miss out the bit where the cotton is produced by 1.8 million

african-american slaves, you are omitting history. sometimes we tell half histories and half truths. a generation who learned black history taught it themselves are not standing for the things that my generation stood for. so this is history in action. this is not a challenge to history. >> reporter: history which one day may well be taught across all schools in england. nina dos santos, cnn, london. when we come back, playing tennis amid a pandemic. a reigning grand slam champ speaks to cnn about how she's preparing for this year's u.s. open. we'll be right back. this is my body of proof. proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

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