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milestone in the fight against coronavirus. there are now 500,000 deaths worldwide. a quarter of them right here in the united states. and as america opens up, some cities in china are locking down. we will take you live to beijing. and love in the time of the coronavirus. how couples are finding new ways to get married during the pandemic. good to have you with us. a somber new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as deaths around the globe now topped 500,000. according to john hopkins university. cases also continuing to climb with more than 10 million reported worldwide. and it is the u.s. which still leads other countries in both the number of deaths and

confirmed cases of covid-19. right now only two states are actually seeing a decline in cases compared to last week. over the weekend, several states saw dramatic spikes, including florida and arizona, and with the jump in cases come growing calls for increased mask usage and greater social distancing. the country's health secretary put it this way to cnn. >> this is a very, very serious situation and the window is closing for us to take action and get this under control. if we don't social distancing, if we don't use face coverings in settings where we can't social distancing, if we don't practice appropriate personal hygiene, we're going to see spread of disease. >> and our reporters across the nation are working their sources to bring you the very latest. alexandra field is traveling with the vice president in houston, texas, and randi kaye has new details from west palm

beach in florida. let's start with randi. >> 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, sunday 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 the beaches for the july fourth weekend on their own, and also the governor has still not mandated masks around the state, although many people have said they would like to see that because they think it's selfish

for people not wearing a mask in order to protect others they come into contact with. 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 fatalities you are predicting they will see if those people were wearing masks. randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. 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 tactics 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 a choir of about 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, hospitalization rates have been going up for some two weeks now and local officials warned hospitals could be overwhelmed in just a matter of weeks. all that said, there is not a statewide mandate that requires individuals in texas to wear a mask. i stead, 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. white house coronavirus coordinator dr. deborah birx was with pence in texas, and she pushed for the use of face masks, touting new research about their benefits. >> i'm really appealing to every texan to wear a mask. i think we know now there is scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others, but may also partially

protect you from getting infected. i think that's a new discovery and a new finding, and it's very encouraging to texans to know that you can protect one another. >> but her boss, president donald trump, rarely wears them. you can see in these images from sunday, no mask. well, now even some of his republican allies are asking mr. trump to mask up. >> if wearing a mask is important and all the health experts tell us that it is in containing the disease in 2020, it would help if from time to time the president would wear one to help us get rid of this political debate that says if you're for trump, you don't wear a mask, if you're against trump, you do. >> dr. ann ramoin is a professor of epidemiology and joins us live from los angeles. >> good to be here. >> white house task force coordinator dr. deborah birx

said sunday that scientific evidence shows wearing a mask protects both yourself and others, but many americans are not wearing masks. so with cases skyrocketing is it time to mandate this use? >> rosemary, everybody should be wearing a mask. there is no reason not to wear a mask. we've now seen with data to back up the fact that wearing a mask works, and not only is it important to wear a mask paw bee it protects other people from you, but it does provide some level of protection as well to the wearer. all of these masks do. you know, think that the thing is that when politics gets inside of these issues, all of a sudden science gets thrown out the door, and what we really need to be focus on is the science. we're ask people to wear masks because this is the way that we will be able to reopen the

country faster than anything else. we need to reduce the spread of virus to be able to open up. wearing a mask is going to be a key part of this. >> and doctor, we saw vice president mike pence attend a dallas church over the weekend where a very large choir was singing, and clearly not wearing masks. the vice president was wearing one and he is now encouraging others to do so, but the president still refuses to wear a mask. what is your reaction to all those mixed messages being sent out? >> well, there are a lot of mixed messages here, and the first thing i want to touch upon is if there was even a steady showing that someone was able to spread coronavirus in a choir setting, so this was a perfect example of we have data to suggest that not wearing a mask and singing is actually -- if somebody is asymptomatically infected or presymptomatic, you know, before they actually are showing symptoms, but contiguous, that this can be a

very important way of spreading the virus. so, you know, that's first thing. second thing is it's good to see mike pence wearing a mask. i think the more we see leadership stepping up wearing a mask and modelling good behavior, the sooner we'll see this debate about should i wear a mask, should i not wear a mask end. really there is no reason not to wear a mask. >> right. and the u.s. hit an all-time single day record for coronavirus cases. the numbers are just astounding, and icus are filling up. this country is failing to control the pandemic. health and human services secretary alex azar says the window is closing to combat the virus. but that's not what the president's saying. so what needs to be done right now to turn this around or is it getting to the point where it's too late? rosemary, it's never going to be absolutely too late to do something. and so what i would say is we are reaching the point of no

return where it is going to go from an unmitigated disaster to an uncontrolled disaster. and so we are really at a key point here. we need people to be doing everything they can. every doing their part. wearing a mask. social distancing. hand hygiene. avoiding crowded places. you know, our ability to control this virus rests on all of us doing the right thing, and to do the right thing, as i said, wear a mask, social distancing, hand hygiene. it's the same three things we keep hitting upon over and over again. until we have a vaccine or a good therapeutics that make it less likely to have poor outcomes, you know, we're really completely dependent upon these blunt social -- these blunt public health measures that will reduce the spread of the virus. >> and doctor, you mention a vaccine. dr. anthony fauci says a

covid-19 vaccine may only be 75% effective. and because many americans say they won't get a vaccine, that could leave the u.s. without herd immunity. why does dr. fauci think a vaccine will only be 75% effective? just explain all of that to us. >> absolutely. it's very rare to have a vaccine that is so effective that you're going to be reducing the -- that you will be preventing 90% to 100% of disease. in fact, the only vaccine that we have that comes close to that is measles vaccine which is 98% effective at preventing the spread of the disease. so the deal is this. if only -- if this vaccine is only 70% to 75% effective and only have 2/3 of the population getting the virus, we won't

reach the threshold of herd community which is around 60%, 70%, maybe 80% of the population. so that is going to be an issue how we completely arrest the spread of this virus. it's my guess that this vaccine will probably be something that is more like a flu vaccine, which in the best-case scenario is usually somewhere between 40% and 60% effective at preventing disease. that would be a big win. anything we can do to stop spread of the virus would be important, but let me be clear, the vaccine will not be a magic bullet. it will be important in terms of reducing the spread of the virus, but it is not the only thing we're going to need to do. temperament going to be layered upon these same blunt public health measures like social distancing and wearing a mask and hand hygiene to really have a good, effective to stop spread of the disease. >> dr. anne rimoin, always

wonderful to have you on the show. thank you so much. >> it's my pleasure. well, the country where the virus originated is taking a zero-tolerance approach to the kind of spike in cases that the u.s. is seeing. this just into cnn, some 400,000 residents in china's hubei province near beijing are now under strict new lockdown measures amid a small increase in cases. so let's get to the capital, beijing, now with cnn's stephen jiang who joins us with the latest on this. >> reporter: well, rosemary, this is definitely deja vu for many residents here. we are talking about sealing off

communities and redenssidences. this is interesting and catching a lot of attention because, remember, the latest outbreak in beijing, the containment measures have been quite precise and officials have been emphasizing they're not locking down entire districts let alone the entire city. they're focussing on neighborhoods, we're talking a few city blocks. this is echoing what the chinese leadership has been emphasizing for weeks. they have to strike a balance between rigorous containment measures and economic recovery efforts. so it's not been fully explained why this county, as you mentioned, 90 miles from beijing has decided to impose this countywide lockdown, even though they have reported fewer than 20 cases since the latest outbreak began in beijing. now, this is probably the political reality, if you ask analysts. that is the beijing leadership could be emphasizing this balance needs to be struck, but for many local officials,

they're under such enormous pressure to have zero cases in their jurisdictions, they would rather err on the side of overcaution and overreaction or risk losing their jobs. rosemary? >> working in an abundance of caution there. steven jiang joining us live from beijing. many thanks. and coming up, europe is discussing which countries it will let in when it reopens its borders this week. and the u.s. is unlikely to make the cut. we'll have the details after this. r business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. there's moving...

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is it inevitable that u.s. travellers will be excluded this time from entering europe? >> the short answer to that, rosemary, is, yes, they will be excluded coming into the european union, at least for now. these 27 member states will be meeting today in brussels. they have been discusses this since last week. setting up a list of criteria. key among that criteria is the rate of infection. the u.s. has a rate 6 to 7 times higher than that of the european union's. the eu ambassadors went to their respective countries to discuss the ban list. some of them, such as france, made their list public. france's list, to give you an example, only had 14 countries that would be allowed in under these restrictions. so it's a pretty exclusive group that is going to be let into the european union, but this is for good reason. now, this has been a hard-won

battle for the european union to get control of coronavirus. tens of thousands of lives lost. months of lockdown where people couldn't live their normal lives. millions of dollars lost in business. so they're simply not willing to risk those sacrifices for any reason and eu diplomats have been emphasizing this is a health decision, not a political one, regardless of how it will be perceived in washington. rosemary? >> all right. salma abdel zaziz joining us li in london. for more, i'm joined by the chief political correspondent for politico in brussels. thanks for joining us. >> hello. >> so is the banning of travellers and a fate com--

>> in fact we believe that sflfr >> this has not been easy for the eu. you have countries that are very dependent on summer tourism, very anxious to get these travel restrictions lifted. they work late, late into the night back and forth. one thing that is clear. countries that haven't been able to get coronavirus under control are not going to be able to send their travellers just yet. >> so, what will european countries need to see happen in the united states for member nations to perhaps reassess this decision to exclude american travellers and perhaps allow those in who can prove they don't have the virus. >> what they've said is they're focused largely on the number of infections, new infections, cases per 100,000. once the average in another country matches the average in the eu, they feel more comfortable lifting that ban. now this is tricky because the

eu certainly doesn't want countries to achieve access because the eu's rate of infection rises. that's another way that you could bring them into sync. the u.s., brazil and russia, some of these countries that have really struggled to get the covid-19 situation under control, to bring those rates of new infections down. we know that some states in the u.s. are locking down again. trying to get that under control. once they do that, nonessential travel will again be allowed. they're going to reassess these lists at least every two weeks is the plan, so that as the conditions change, they will be able to rapidly adjust and allow more travellers to start moving again. >> and david, is this just about the numbers or is there an element of payback with this move? >> no, this is very much about the numbers. there is some historic bitterness here. the eu was really stung in march when donald trump announced unilaterally, unexpectedly a travel ban on the u.s. side.

it was nighttime here in europe. they woke up to chaos in the european airports. nobody was prepared for it. it was about a lack of consultation. here they're really insisting this is not the time for playing these kind of political games. they very much would like u.s. summer travellers in europe spending their dollars, staying in european hotels and enjoying european beach. countries finding it very hard to lift these travel restrictions. >> and david, is there any concern on the part of member nations in the eu that donald trump -- there may be some level of retribution for these actions. >> there is always that possibility with donald trump. we heard the secretary of state mike pompeo brush off this question, saying there already have been reciprocal travel bans in place. of course what could happen is you have a situation where the eu still has a ban and the u.s. does not. in that case, the president may want to weigh in. economically it is really so hard for any country to

perpetuate these restrictions longer than they feel they have to. whether people will travel or feel comfortable is a whole other question. >> when we will get a final answer on this and how exactly will they go about doing this? what's the process? >> well, again, in the bureaucrat eu way, it's a qualified majority of eu countries, which is a mix of both number of countries, the 27 and their population size. should be by the time business gets started today. we know in fact there has been no inobjection it's come into force, at least this initial list. >> all right, david, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. we'll take a short break here. still to come, the pandemic has sent florida's major economic indicators into freefall. just when the state should be raking in the cash from free-spending tourists. more on that when we come back. and outrage over the u.s. president's retweet of a white power message as the country

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a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and, of course, all around the world. i'm rosemary church and you are watch "cnn newsroom." . from the united states to brazil to india, we are seeing huge daily jumps in the number of new crisis cases. and now the global count tracked by john hopkins university has passed 10 million. with the u.s. still leading the world in the number of infections and deaths. and despite the rise in cases, we continue to see images like

this with people not social distancing or wearing masks. america's top infectious disease expert has this warning. >> they don't realize that by their getting infected, they likely will infect somebody else who likely will infect a vulnerable person, and then you have hospitalizations and deaths. so like it or not, by getting infected yourself, you're not in a vacuum. you're part of the propagation of the dynamics of a pandemic. so you have your own individual responsibility to protect yourself, but you really do have a societal responsibility to be not part of the problem, but to be part of the solution. >> and florida is among states seeing an alarming surge in new cases. more than 9,500 infections were

reported on saturday, the highest ever daily increase there. and with florida looking more like the next u.s. epicenter, many fear how that might impact the state's economy. >> reporter: it's a cruise ship parking lot at the port of miami. ships idling, waiting to take the seas, which leaves anna castillo waiting for customers. >> it's very, very weird to see how empty it is. >> reporter: covid-19 has wreaked havoc on florida's biggest money maker, tourism. it's crushed businesses like castillos. she shut down safe cruise parking in march and plans to reopen in march when cruises start again, but a surge in coronavirus cases in the state has her worried. >> i do think that people are going to look at florida as the new epicenter and probably be more scared to travel here, so, yes, it is concerning.

>> reporter: it's a concern for agriculture here, too. the state's second largest industry. in just two months, farmers lost nearly $900 million in revenue during peak harvest season. and as they're planning for the next season's crop, another shutdown would be devastating. >> so if we see a spike that starts closing this down in october and november, it's going to be bad. >> reporter: florida's construction industry, which took a hit, is also on edge. >> the spike is here. how bad that spike's going to be, we don't know. the best we can try to do is try to keep our members working. >> reporter: construction jobs were hardest hit in fort lauderdale, dropping 10% in april from the year before. >> they definitely want to get back to work. unemployment in florida, it's relatively low compared to the rest of the country, even with the federal stimulus of $600 a

week, it still doesn't make up the delta to make up for the need to provide for their families. >> reporter: 2.5 million floridians applied for unemployment in march, many waiting for checks, including castillo's employees. she had to lay off all 15. >> i can't give these people jobs. you know, these people have been unemployed since march and i don't know how much longer it will be. latin america is also seeing a huge spike in cases with mexico reporting more than 4,000 new infections on sunday alone. it's a worry as businesses in the mexican capital prepare to reopen on monday. but for many, the virus has already taken a toll that is too great to overcome. matt rivers reports. >> reporter: lines out the door usually mean a business is thriving. except this 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 and 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, which means 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 small businesses here, some 40% won't survive, forcing more than 1 million people out of a job. a short walk from the bookstore keeping the neighborhood employed and well-fed at this restaurant, they've managed to stay open during the crisis, just. chef anna gonzalez says i see so

many places closed and feel fortu fortunate i have work right now. sales are way down 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 the co-owner, even if they open everything, if there is no demand, it won't matter. this year's 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 the shop means "through the looking glass," a literary reference to an imagined world. it's an apt name with the real world much different than it was

before. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. california's governor has ordered bars to close in seven counties due to a recent spike in the coronavirus. the state has now reported more than 215,000 infections. in just one california family, dozens of people have tested positive. paul vercammen has their story. >> reporter: a heart wrenching story out of south los angeles. 27-year-old richard says that 28 of his family members contracted covid-19. that includes his best friend and father, 60-year-old vidal who had some pre-existing conditions, but died the day before father's day. he said the family was cautious, they socially distanced, washed their hands, used sanitizer, wore their masks. they don't know how dmaanyone i the family got it but wants everyone to pay attention to their ordeal because there is a

lesson to be learned. >> if we want to get out of this, we need to do everything within our power, within your power to follow the guidelines and help stop the spread of the coronavirus. and that's our message. that's what my father would have wanted. that's the type of person that my father was. and i just want people to understand that, and i just want people to grieve with us because we know that we are not the only ones. >> reporter: there is a lot to unpack here. for a time they thought that richard's wife did not have covid-19. now they suspect she does. she's quarantined within the family home. richard only talking to her via cell phone. he's now watching out for their 2-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter who have recovered. just a harrowing ordeal for this family in south los angeles. i'm paul vercammen, reporting from los angeles, now back to you. >> thanks for that. and some of the largest companies in the world are boycotting facebook right now as they call on it to stop hate for

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at least five people have been killed after gunmen attacked the pakistan stock exchange in karachi. police and security officials are among the dead. the director of the exchange tells cnn at least four attackers wearing what looked like police uniforms stormed the compound using guns and dre needs. grenades. he said they were all killed and the attack is under control. the attack reportedly happened in a highly secured area where a number of banks are also headquartered. well, "the washington post" is reporting u.s. troops are believed to have been killed because alleged russian bounties, but it's not clear how many died. "the new york times" was the first to report on the alleged russian program that offered

money to taliban militants for coalition deaths. president trump says he was never briefed on the intel, but democrat nancy pelosi says his response is part of a pattern. >> you've raised that several times now. you said you don't know what the russians have on president trump, but do you believe they have something on him? >> well, how else would you explain his refusal to even -- to ignore again and again the intelligence that puts right at the russian doorstep the involvement into our elections, for example. >> russia's embassy in washington has called "the times" story, quote, baseless allegations. well, the former minneapolis police officers charged in george floyd's killing are expected in court monday. derek chauvin, the officer who knelt on floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, will appear via video link.

he's charged with second-degree murder. the other three officers accused of aiding and abetting in mr. floyd's death will appear in person. the hearing comes more than a month after george floyd was killed while in police custody. the incident, which was caught on video, sparks weakness of protests against racial injustice in the u.s. and around the world. but over in the white house, the u.s. president is again accused of fueling racial tensions. this time for retweeting this video. >> white power. white power. >> yeah, there you go, white power. >> and you can hear the man in the video shouting "white power". mr. trump eventually deleted that tweet. the president has in the past denied his language is racist or inflammatory and dismisses criticism of such rhetoric.

jeremy diamond has details 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 "thank you to the great people of the villages". that is a location in florida where this video was allegedly 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 judd deere saying in a statement, "president trump is a big fan of the villages. he did not hear the one statement on the video. what he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters." now, this, of course, is not an isolated incident. it's the latest in a string of

examples we've seen president trump amplifying hateful or racist messages. we saw the president, of course, after that white supremacist rally in charlottesville say that there were many fine people among those at that rally. >> very fine people, on both sides. >> 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 them fanning the flames nips is 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 support who are said white power. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. starbucks has become one of

the latest in a who's who of some of the world's biggest and best-known companies to pull the plug on spending their cash on facebook. protesting what they say -- see as the site's failure to stop the spread of hate speech. john defterios joins us live from abu dhabi to break down the numbers. good to see you, john. so the list of big companies boycotting facebook is increase. who else is on that list and what impact is it having on the way that mark zuckerberg and his company deals with hate speech. >> it's moving fast, rosemary, and as it does, we're move into a whole new league of household names, that's for sure. so it's fair to say this is mainstream and also major advertisers on a global basis. we have to remember, this started mainly with outdoor apparel companies and ben & jerrys, the ice cream makers, they are progressive companyies willing to put themselves up

first. joins what coca-cola, hershey's honda, levi strauss, unilever, the household products maker. this is extraordinary in terms of the speed in which it's moving. i think facebook is finding out that perceived complacency is not working when it comes to black lives mater and this silver action that's been taken. it's only a week old, rosemary. let's listen to their response. >> i'm not going to pretend that we're going to get rid of everything that people, you know, react negativity to. not least as you very well know politically. folk on the right think that we take down too much content. folk on the left think we don't take down enough. we will continue to do what we think is the only sensible way forward, to have clear rules, to bear down very aggressively on hate speech in particular, remove it from our platform where we identify, which we now do with greater speed, greater velocity and a greater quantity than any other social media company.

we understand this is a very fraught, intense time in the nation and will continue to demonstrate our sincerity in dealing with this problem with the responsibility that we clearly do bear. >> is it enough, is the real question here. and it seems that, rosemary, time is compressed because one month ago it was mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, who had a conversation with donald trump. we didn't find out what they talked about. and then on june 2nd he held a town hall meeting with his staff and they had a virtual walkout. they said you're not being forthright with your intentions and how to handle this. this is seen counter to the position jack dorsey, the ceo of twitter, has taken, challenging, tagging, labelling everything donald trump puts out and also much more forthright when it came to the came here by the civil rights groups who are stepping up and saying this is no longer acceptable. >> yeah, very different approaches there. and, john, what does this boycott mean in duller terms.

how big are the losses for facebook so far? >> well, it's too early because you know why? the advertising is now saying i'm pulling "x" amount for the month of july. some are suggesting, this is where i think it gets interesting, this may carry on longer than a month. it may include all of their social media spending. we know facebook and instagram, which is bought back in 2012, are in the eye of the storm. to give you a taste of the amount of money we're talking about, starbucks spent $95 million on facebook in 2019. so it's big money. then it raises some other questions that will start to percolate, i'm sure. the monopoly, perhaps, that facebook has here because 94% of the chief marketing officers use facebook or instagram in one form or another. so it has a phenomenal reach. 2.6 billion monthly users. 2/3 of them are adults. so it's kind of prime time for these brands. but i think the climate has

changed quite rapidly and they need to see facebook move more aggressively. >> yeah, meet that moment. john defterios joining us live from abu dhabi. many thanks. well, some couples can't wait to get married, even during a pandemic. creative ways to say "i do" while staying safe. we'll take a look when we come back. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

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honeymoon got cancelled. it kept progressing as one item, like dominos falling. >> reporter: they're not alone. spring kicks off the wedding season each year in a big way. but not this time, according to a leading matrimonyial website, theknot.com. >> we look at data. there were supposed to be a little over 500,000 weddings over the course of the last three months. so, tons of couples are rescheduling their weddings, getting married, you know, maybe virtually and postponing their reception for later. >> reporter: the knot estimates the average couple employs more than a dozen vendors, dressmakers, florists, photographers, caterers, many who rely on the wedding trade, so the industry is clawing its way back. tongue in cheek thing like delay the date notices. and support small private services while awaiting the return of big celebrations. >> we are seeing what we're

calling the mini mony. florists are sending mini bouquets or centerpieces that the couple can enjoy. >> as for alex and kelsi, as he company started making masks and she dove into her work in public health -- >> we talked to our families about it. we talked to our friends. >> they loaded up a few close friends, some strict disinfecting rules and their puppy, drove to a lake shore and got married anyway while their families watched online. the virus made their big reception wait, but not their love. and -- >> our wedding was perfect in spite of the circumstances. >> our wedding was absolutely perfect even though it wasn't planned. >> tom foreman, cnn, bethesda, maryland. >> they did it. and thanks so much for being with us. i'm rosemary church. i'll have another hour of news in just a moment. your local xfinity store is reopening.

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ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, a top trump administration official says the window is closing for the u.s. to get a handle on the spread of the coronavirus. a few states are recording their highest ever case numbers. the u.s. president denies being briefed about russian bounties on u.s. troops amid reports the attacks may have led to the deaths of service members. and more big name companies are pulling their ads from facebook to push the social network company to