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>> north america alone there are 46 different species of bats, most are small insect eating

varieties. but in the southeastern parts of the united states and in particular in texas there is an abundance of one species. the bat is believed to be home to the single largest colony of bats in the world. >> every year during the spring and the summer there is like 30 million bats in the cave. in the cave in the summer. so many bats the local weather stations use their doppler radar and see the cloud of bats coming out and spreading out to catch insects. it takes hours for them. there are so many of them that basically from where they are sleeping. >> they go the same way each time? >> yes. >> in an ecosystem what role do bats have? >> a critical key component.

for instance insect eating bats, because they consume so many insects, they fill a large role in killing insect population. >> a normally sized bat can eat up to 500 mosquitoes in an hour. >> if you are in an area where there are a lot of mosquitoes and see bats at night you should be thankful. >> absolutely. >> it translates into big money saved by agriculture. the mexican bat in texas each huge numbers of moths protecting the corn crops of the region. >> people estimated the financial impact of bats on the u.s. economy they are worth over $1 billion every year in terms of how many pesticides we don't need to use and how much food we get. >> pest control is not bat's only contribution to the ecosystem.

the droppings of fruit eating bats help to disperse seeds and regenerate trees and plants previously cut down. that is not the only benefit. >> bat droppings are really good for crops and there are all kinds of stories about the caves in the united states being harvested for fertilizer and explosive for the civil war. muzzles on these long nosed bats are designed to fit perfectly inside the cactus blossoms, blossoms that only open at night. >> agave, that is pollinated by bats? >> exactly. who does not love tequilla, right. that should be reason enough for people to love bats. >> despite the millions of bats, in north america over the last

decade and a half bat populations have been plummeting because of an outbreak they have been fighting of a disease called white nose syndrome. >> a fungus that grows on the bats when they hi ber nate in the winter time and unfortunately it affected on the order of a dozen different species and in some cases populations declined over 90%.an different species and in some cases populations declined over 90%. the fungus that causes the disease is identical to fungus that naturally occurs in europe. the thought is that it was brought over by people and accidentally introduced to bat caves. >> while we are fighting a virus that potentially came to us from bats, bats are fighting a disease that potentially came to them from us. in fact no north american bats are known to have covid-19. among bat researchers, there is a concern that humans will give

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wild, rabid dogs. >> medical experts developed a lot of odd ideas about how you would cure these. they used to believe that one way to stop rabies from killing you is to take a hair from the tail of the rabid dog and insert it into the bite wound and this is the origin of the phrase hair of the dog which we talk about in the context of hang over treatment. >> the vaccine worked. >> most of the cases in the united states do come from bats but the risk is low. so, unless you see a bat behaving strangely, moving around during the day in a runny way, more than likely the bat won't be a risk to an

individual. >> okay. i'm coming. i'm coming. >> joseph spends a lot of time answering questions about rabies because he spends every day around bats. >> there you go. it is more fascinating with you all. come on. you are going to take what you want. go ahead. they all have their favorites, of course. >> known as new jersey's batman he became fascinated with bats as a young boy. >> my father was a nightclub and a restaurant and bar owner and i was destined to be nocturnal and i would often accompany my father to work. often i would go outside before sundown and i would see the animals flying around the street lights. and my father pointed them out to me and said those are bats. >> he quickly became obsessed and passed many childhood days

in the bronx zoo oogling these feared creatures. >> felt like the animals that i was seeing in person was not matching the description that people were giving me. around the world bats are a sign of good luck. fertility and growth, everything you think of bats are the opposite of what they are considered here in america. >> the batman became the showman, the lead singer of an 80s glam metal band, roxx. >> we were pretty much active at night and sleeping during the day. >> in the early 90s after attending a lecture on bats he decided to change careers. >> i started to get more and more into the idea of doing something for something else other than myself. the rock star thing. but the bat thing, these guys need help.

>> he decided to leave the rock world behind and start to work as an advocate for bats. >> he goes to the side and cleans underneath the wing. >> he became a person that studies bats and opened up the wildlife conservation and education center in new jersey. >> this is claudia. claudia is usually pretty tolerant of being handled. each bat has a different personality and a different look to them. >> one of his goals is to make people less afraid of bats and because of that he purposely chose to feature bats native to africa, asia and australia, known as the flying foxes. >> they are more attractive and appealing to people. they just really are much easier to use as educational subjects and to get peoples' fears

reversed. they are using their wings as a built-in blanket. >> he has been part of a larger movement taking place, teaching people why the creatures should be protected and not feared. >> we are all here for one purpose and target and direction. that is to help the animals and to help people understand why the animals need our assistance. they are so much like us. they are different looking and colors and sizes and shapes, different importances and jobs they do. i keep going back to that is what i think at the end of the day makes me love them so much. they are like people. when life gets back to normal, go outside and look up and go and find some bats. ♪

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every year, we, as a species, encroach deeper and deeper into bat habitat and those of other wild creatures. exposing ourselves to new and dangerous viruses. with the dramatic increase in travel, a rise in global trade, we're now capable of spreading those viruses, far and wide. scientists warn that what we've created is the perfect storm for

a new pandemic. >> we are, without a doubt, going to see more epidemics, like covid-19 or, perhaps, worse, unless we really change the way that we're interacting with our environment. >> the first major epidemic of the 21st century was sars, in 2003. other outbreaks, quickly, followed. 2009, it was h1n1 or swine flu. 2012, mers, middle east respiratory syndrome. then, the large ebola outbreak in 2014. zika virus in 2015. and now, covid-19. >> they're increasing in frequency. they're coming quicker. they're going to spread quicker. they're going to infect more people, and they're going to cause more economic damage because we rely on that globalized economy, more and more each year. >> in a lab nearly 6,500 miles from wuhan, researchers in

berkeley, california, are looking to bats to find clues on how to help humans fight coronaviruses like covid-19. >> i think, in a way, there's actually a lot we can learn from bats. this group of animals that's been around for millions of years. how can we look at their history with viruses, and take that knowledge and think about therapeutics and treatments for ourselves? >> what is it about bats that allows some of them to host these viruses, without showing any illness? >> that's the question that cara brook is trying to answer. brook began studying bats in madagascar in 2012. she and her colleagues are investigating how the bats' immunity keeps them safe from harm. >> i've always been fascinated by bats, as host sources of infectious diseases that transmit to humans. in the case of certain bat species, they appear to be

perpetually primed to fight viral infection. >> desiscientists believe that understanding can help develop a human battle plan for fighting these diseases, on a global scale. >> it's an opportunity. what is it about the bats', metabolis metabolism or physiology? >> that might actually hold an answer for treating virus. >> if bats can handle viruses at a much higher load than humans can, let's find out why and use that. >> brook and her team infected bats with two different viruses. then, they watched as the viruses spread and the bat cells mounted a strong defense. different than what would happen with humans. >> when a virus infects a cell, your immune response will recruit immune cells to the site to try and clear that infection. >> and the signal to all sorts of cells that have not become

infected, a virus is here, turn on your defense system. >> and typically, this manifests as inflammation. >> in humans, inflammation, oftentimes in the form of fever or swelling, helps fight infection. but too much or inflammation that goes on for too long can do more harm than good. it can even cause death. >> typically, more than half of the damage that results in disease tends to be the damage of the immune system attacking the host, itself. and we call that immu immunopathology. >> when your defense goes overboard, that's how starts. >> it seems that bats are able to mount robust immune responses, but not experience that inflammation. >> some bat species are actually missing the genes that we, and other mammals, have that trigger the inflammatory process.

>> the same adaptation, also, favor them to carry virus. >> it doesn't appear that they get sick or very sick when they're carrying viruses that can be deadly in other people and animals. >> so, could studying bat immunology help us, humans, create possible treatments to fight this current and future pandemic? what do you think is the greatest challenge, in terms of finding a treatment or cure? >> well, to my mind, the greatest challenge is the number of unknown viruses out there. we think there are about 1.7 million viruses of the type that can get into people. we got to find out what they are out there. get vaccines that affect not just the ones we know about but the ones we're discovering now. >> bats already contribute to research that can one day be helpful to humans. they've been studied to see how they combat aging because they tend to live longer than other

mammals their size. research on bats is also helping the fight against cancer. scientists are trying to understand why bats don't develop tumors, like other mammals. and now, the possibility that they could help us fight current and future coronaviruses. >> people are working on vaccines. they're working on drugs. that's what we're looking for. and i see it as an opportunity. >> many people are surprised by the physiological similarities between bats and humans. and the information that we may be able to extract from that. in addition to the antiaging and cancer research studies, scientists have also been looking into the saliva of vampire bats. it's got special blood-thinning agents, which helps them syphon off their victims' blood. in the meantime, researchers agree that it's our job to protect these extraordinary creatures and their habitats. because, as we learned from the

covid-19 pandemic, if we don't protect them, we're actually putting ourselves at risk. thanks for watching. good night. pandemic or not, the celebration goes ahead. chairs zip tied together and face masks are optional as donald trump stood in the shadow of some of the famous predecessors at mt. rushmore tonight. also, the girlfriend of donald trump jr. and a top fundraiser for the trump campaign tests positive for coronavirus. what the trump campaign has said to cnn. also. >> every time, they take a potshot at us, they're figuring us out. the big one comes, i'll have us dialed in. >> it was one of the worst

attacks of u.s. troops in the war in afghanistan. a movie telling the story of that fierce battle releases this weekend, and we'll tell you about cnn's connection to t"the outpost." hello and welcome to cnn "newsroom." i'm robyn curnow. president donald trump has just wrapped up an independence day celebration that flouted the very simple advice of his own medical advisers. as the u.s. sees more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases, for the third consecutive day. a fireworks show there.

an annual american independence day tradition on a holiday weekend no one could have foreseen a year ago. a gathering at the iconic mt. rushmore in south dakota saw nearly 8,000 people come together. and like the president's rally last month in tulsa, masks were not required, and social distancing was nonexistent. but, there was plenty of familiar trump rhetoric. he railed against the removal of monuments. take a listen. >> it is time to plant our flag, and to protect the greatest of this nation. for citizens of every race, in every city, and every part of this glorious land. for the sake of our honor, for the sake of our children, for the sake of our union, we must protect and preserve our history, our heritage, and our great heroes. here, tonight, before the eyes

of our forefathers, americans declare, again, as we did 244 years ago, that we will not be tyranized, we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people. it will not happen. >> and then, just a short time ago, we learned the virus has breached the president's inner circle, and it's gotten very close to the trump family. so kimberly guilfoyle has tested positive for coronavirus. she is a top trump campaign official and donald trump jr.'s girlfriend. the campaign says she is asymptomatic and is now isolated and doing well. jeremy diamond has the details. jeremy. >> top trump campaign official kimberly guilfoyle has tested positive for coronavirus.

she's, also, the president's son, donald trump jr.'s, girlfriend. a source familiar with the matter and a campaign source confirming to cnn on friday night that kimberly guilfoyle tested positive before she was slated to attend president trump's event at mt. rushmore on friday night. the source is saying that kimberly guilfoyle was not with the president, had not been with the president in recent days. and donald trump jr., so far, has tested negative for coronavirus. the news was first reported by "the new york times." but it's just the latest individual in proximity to the president, including additional staff who have also tested positive, campaign staff who have tested positive, in recent weeks. kimberly guilfoyle has played a prominent role in the president's campaign. and she was spotted at the president's campaign event in tulsa, oklahoma, just under two weeks ago. jeremy diamond, cnn, washington.

>> thanks, jeremy, for that. so again, the campaign says donald trump jr. has tested negative, so far. but he is self-isolating, and cancelling all of his upcoming public events as a precaution. now, a source says he and guilfoyle have been with a lot of campaign donors in recent days. we'll keep you posted on that story. meanwhile, as we mentioned before, the u.s. has reported more than 50,000 new cases, for the third-straight day. now, the country is closing in on 2.8 million cases, and nearly 130,000 deaths. and as we're learning more about infections in president trump's inner circle, one group of people is especially at risk. secret service agents. we know that eight agents caught the virus, while preparing for vice president mike pence's trip to phoenix, arizona. meanwhile, the fourth of july weekend isn't going to make things any better. nick watt shows us where the virus is hitting the hardest. nick. >> florida now leading the

nation in new cases every day, as the u.s. heads into a holiday weekend. >> the most important thing i would say to people is, if you do go out to a gathering or in public, please, wear a face covering. >> beaches will be open again in new york city for the 4th. but closing down, again, in parts of texas, across much of southern california, the bay area, and south florida. off limits in miami beach. and the mayor's message? >> the hardest thing to deal with are these mixed messages coming from the state and from the federal government and from the president. we're telling people that there's nothing more american by making a sackry by staying home. >> wednesday, 50,000 new cases across this country for the first time. yesterday, it happened again. >> we've implemented an aggressive strategy. >> the president says it's just more testing. it's not. so what is it? >> it's very difficult to say that this particular demonstration or that particular rally or that particular holiday at a beach did it.

but something happened to make the spike go way up, like that. >> and different states, different stories. in arizona, more people are now being killed by covid-19 than ever before. vermont hasn't had a covid-19 patient in the icu for nearly six weeks. while, in parts of texas, we're told there are now waiting lists for icu beds. >> if people gather on fourth of july, the same way they did in memorial day, it is going to lead to a massive increase in the number of people testing positive. and it could lead, once again, to an increase in the number of people who lose their lives. >> he's finally mandated masks for most texans. >> unfortunately, i think, you know, the cow is out of the barn. i think that we are a little too late. i mean, this is -- should have been instituted months ago. >> still, texas making that move might be a watershed moment. >> i hope every governor in

every state takes notice, and says in one of the most conservative, freedom-loving states, that would be the last place you'd expect can do it. then, it's really okay to say, let's put public health first. >> and, here, in california for the holiday weekend, a lot of the beaches are closed. you can no longer sing in church or any house of worship. and some cities round here say that they will now start fining people who don't wear masks when they're out and about. west hollywood, first offense, 300 bucks. a lot of people doing what ever they can to make sure that we do not see, in the united states, a spike after independence day, like we saw a spike after memorial day. nick watt, cnn, manhattan beach, california. >> thanks, nick, for that. a professor the of epidemiology and director of ucla center for global and immigrant health. she joins me now from l.a. good to see you. i just want to bring up these pictures that we've been seeing

in the last hour or so of this rally and the speech that the president is -- has been giving in front of mt. rushmore. i mean, clearly, flouting his own government's advice and also, crucially, only mentioning coronavirus once. >> well, i can't see the -- the -- the photos. but -- but i did see them on -- on tv tonight. >> yeah. >> and it's -- can you hear -- it's -- the -- the photos of what -- what we saw tonight are -- are, clearly, just a complete disregard for public health. you know, the most patriotic thing that anybody can do is to wear a mask. and i would have loved to have seen masks being worn at that event tonight. and for the president to be standing in front of people, wearing a mask. i mean, really and truly, this is a very irresponsible event. >> i think there were 7, 8,000 people there. as we know, as you can see from these images.

i know you saw them earlier but we're playing them now, as we're speaking to you. people are sitting next to each other. they're not wearing masks. coronavirus was barely mentioned. what is the risk to those people? i mean, do you feel that they have put their lives in danger, as they've come to listen to the president today? >> well, absolutely. here's the thing. we know that asymptomatic infection is responsible for a large part of the spread of coronavirus. and, whether or not somebody is asymptomatic where they never show symptoms, or whether they are presymptomatic, so this is just before they show symptoms. you know, it doesn't really matter. the fact of the matter is people don't know they're infected, they're around other people, and then, they spread the virus. and that is why wearing a mask so critical. we know that masks have a dramatic impact on reducing spread of the virus. and if everybody was wearing a mask, doing what -- doing their part, we would all be -- be benefitting from this. you know, the president would

love to see the economy open up. we would all love to see the economy opening up. the way that we see the economy opening up here is if we can decrease the spread of the virus. and wearing a mask is the way we're going to be able to do that right now, in the absence of vaccines and therapeutics. >> we know the president's inner circle, again, has been touched by this virus. his son's girlfriend has tested positive. apparently, she is unsymptomatic. we are hearing from the campaign that she hasn't been that close to the president. but indication that, frankly, no one is immune here. >> absolutely. nobody is immune to this virus. the virus doesn't care what political party you belong to. what your sociodemographics are. it doesn't care where, in the united states, you're from, or anywhere in the world. everyone is susceptible. and when people are susceptible to this virus and they come together, there's opportunity for the virus to spread. it's pretty simple.

we are very far from all being immune to this virus. and so, when we have large groups of people coming together, we create opportunities for the virus to spread. >> give me some sense of -- just from your -- from your expertise as a professor of epidemiology. you have studied how viruses go from animals into humans. we understand that there's been a slight mutation, from some reports, in this virus. that this makes it, perhaps, more contagious. what do you know about that? >> well, this is some preliminary data that's suggesting that it may be more contagious. it may have mutated to become more contagious. but, you know, right now, that is preliminary data. there is still a lot of research being done. and the fact of the matter is viruses mutate all the time. so it wouldn't be earth-shattering news. it wouldn't be totally surprising to see that the virus has mutated and changes characteristics, in one way or the other. but -- but -- but the fact of the matter is, is that it

doesn't really impact what we're doing in terms of public health. what we need to be focusing on, at this particular moment, is how we reduce the spread of this virus. and whether or not the virus has mutated, somewhat, to become more contagious is really, you know, in many ways, beside the fact. what we need to -- to think about right now is we have cases spiking throughout the united states. i mean, texas is in crisis. california is -- is not doing well. florida, the numbers are through the roof. so what -- what we all need to be focusing on is what can we do to reduce spread of the virus? and i know i keep repeating myself here. but it really is the truth. all we can do, right now, is to do our best at social distancing, wearing masks, hand hygiene. all these blunt public-health measures. i mean, that is it. that is what we've got in our arsenal right now. >> but folks are going to say to you, it's -- it's independence weekend. this is a tradition. i need to get out. they need to see family. you know, things -- you know,

they can take certain precautions. what is the one thing you say to people who say they do need to get out? they want to go see their family. what do you advise them? >> i completely understand this issue. i completely understand that everybody is tired of staying at home. and, you know, things that you can do are to make sure that whatever you do is outside. you wear a mask. you stay socially distanced from people. and, for example, i use this example all the time. you know, i really, for my birthday, i really wanted to spend time with my mom. so what i did was i made sure to quarantine for two weeks before i saw her, to make sure that i wasn't going to spread the virus to her. now, you know, i had the luxury of being able to do that. inate everybo not everybody does. but that just gives you an example of, you know, you need to be making choices. everything has a cost. you need to really be thinking about what -- what is my risk? have i done something where i might have been exposed to other people? and do i want to potentially expose others? >> thank you very much for

joining us. appreciate it. >> it's my pleasure. >> so, coming up, here, on cnn "newsroom" as the coronavirus surges in the u.s., president donald trump spoke to thousands of supporters as we've been speaking ahead of the fourth of july weekend. what did he say and what didn't he say about the pandemic? that's next, as well. can my side be firm?

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fda approved for 10 years. concluded another large event. this time, at mt. rushmore in south dakota. as coronavirus cases in the nation surge, mr. trump's own public-health officials have urged people to maintain social distancing and wear masks. while at mt. rushmore, masks were optional and there was no social distancing, the campaign also confirmed a top official, kimberly guilfoyle, has tested positive for the virus. she's, also, the girlfriend of donald trump jr. so the campaign says the president's son has tested negative. meantime, in his speech, the president railed against the removal of monuments that some call symbols of racial oppression. mr. trump has said a left-wing cultural revolution is

happening. cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein joins me now with more on all of this. ron, great to speak to you. all about symbolism a lot of the time. the symbolism for mr. trump standing in front of mt. rushmore, powerful, in itself. what did you make of the speech? >> it was an extraordinary moment. i mean, july 4th is the holiday that most notes national unity and national heritage. if presidents speak, they speak about what binds americans together. and donald trump used this occasion to make one of his most kind of unadulterated kind of calls to arms for red america, against blue america. i mean, it was -- it was an extraordinary speech. it was -- it was a vision of division. so profound, that you do wonder if, even republicans who need to win voters beyond the trump

base, are willing to go down as dark a road as the president laid out tonight. >> yeah. this wasn't just a subtle dog whistle, in many ways. this seemed like treaties. and it certainly, as you said, was a call to arms. how dangerous was it? and more importantly, i suppose, who was listening? who was this aimed at? >> right. i mean, there is, look, as we have talked about before, i believe the core of the trump coalition are the voters and parts of america that are most uneasy about the way the country is changing. both, demographically, above all. culturally, but also -- and also, economically. and for that audience, this is exactly what they want to hear. his problem is that audience is somewhere right around 40% or maybe a little less of the electorate. and he was elected, in large part in 2016, because there was another piece of his coalition. voters who are not as motivated by cultural grievance as he put out but were willing to take

their chance on a business guy, who they thought could shake up the system. and if you look at the president, very consistently now, he has lost that piece of his electorate. there have been several polls out in the last two weeks with him trailing among college-educated, white voters, trailing by 30 points. we have never seen anything remotely like that for a republican president. if you look at the message tonight, that's not who he is talking to. i think there were very few people in the biden campaign who heard this tonight and said, yes, he has figured out how to pick the lock. particularly, as you noted, we are at 50,000 cases a day. and once again, the president has sent the symbolism, no social distancing, no mask wearing. essentially, this is not happening. >> well, he only mentioned coronavirus once. and that was right at the top, where he thanked first responders. but certainly, no sense that this was a pandemic. that america is losing, in terms -- in terms of numbers, in terms of infections. and clearly, also, sending a

message that, you know, coronavirus be damned. politics, perhaps, is more important. >> well, you know, said to me last week, you know, you can't simply ignore what is on the mind of the country and not expect to suffer. i mean, the president doesn't want to talk about the -- you know, the -- the resurgence of the -- we're not even up to a second wave. we're still in the first wave. he wants to act as though it is not -- it is not happening. but there is a price to that. and, you know, if you -- if you -- if you look, particularly at the way this is now, literally, burning through the sunbelt. in florida, georgia, texas, and arizona, you have four republican governors who followed his cues, opened early, opened widely. expressly prohibited democratic officials from contravening their openings in any way. and all four of those states are now, literally, burning with the virus. and again, if you think of the

voters who have moved away, white collar voters but seniors now largely because of the coronavirus. i don't see how repeatedly downplaying it, ignoring it, and sending the signal i'm not taking it seriously helps him with the problems most severe at this point. >> i know we'd spoken about suburban women, college-educated women, and who he is losing at the moment. and you are suggesting that the combination of the coronavirus and, also, the deep sense of hate that we've seen coming out across the country. he seemed to -- to -- to sort of triple down on that today. thinking this -- and many people seem to have found this so distasteful. the reality of this has been so uncomfortable, even if they voted for him the first time around, have found this particularly uncomfortable. why has he doubled down on that? >> like i said to you before, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. and the president's vision of

how he wins is by stoking cultural and racial grievance among his core audience. and increasing turnout among those voters. i mean, there are lots of blue collar and non-urban and evangelical whites who didn't vote in 2016. and he is hoping to increase turnout for them. the problem is that everybody else hears these same messages. and what is happening is he is, not only driving his numbers down among younger voters, who are now extending not only 18 to 29 but all the way up to 45. he's not only facing big backlash among nonwhite voters. but again, these white-collar, suburban voters, not only the women, who moved significantly in 2018. the men did not move nearly as much, and right now, he is facing a significant revolt or a coil, at least, for the men. the president's speech tonight was kind of as if he was running for the president in 1968 when draft cards are being burned. and there is civil unrest in the streets.

you know, at that point, it was plausible for richard nixon to say to suburban, white voters, i will restore law and order. i will make you safere. the key difference now is many of those voters believe trump's belligerence is making them less safe, not more safe. there was one poll by 2-1 recently, last couple weeks, college-educated white said they feel less safe, rather than more safe, because he's president. and that, in a single poll result, encapsulates the difference between now and the 1968 that he's so clearly longing for in a speech like tonight. >> fascinating. also, the news that's broken in the last hour or so that the president's son's girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle, has tested positive for coronavirus. you know, they've said she wasn't near him. that donald jr. is -- is tested negative. but, again, this is an indication of the inner circle being touched by this, despite the messaging. >> well, again, he is looking -- he is looking at a situation where 60% of americans, poll

after poll, different media organizations, say he -- they -- they say he has failed in his response to the coronavirus. and i think, you know, the idea that you can kind of say we're just moving on. you know, one line tonight, not op even mentioning it. when you do mention it, it's kung flu, appealing to openly racist sentiments. you can't ignore something in which 50,000 cases are happening a day. in which the hospital systems, in major american counties, like harris county, which is houston. and miami-dade in florida. and maricopa in arizona are being overwhelmed. let me just stop on arizona for a second. maricopa county which is centered around phoenix, was the largest county trump won. he has very little chance of being president again if he doesn't win it in 2020. and yet, they are heading towards 50,000 cases in that one county, probably by some time this week. the hospital system is kind of straining at the gills.

and he is ignoring, you know, downplaying the problem. it kind of boggles the mind. just forget the morality and the leadership issues. just, as pure political strategy, he is basically telling places that are burning with coronavirus, that he is not interested in their problem at this point. and i don't see how that helps him recover the voters that have moved away from him, not only since 2016 but, even since 2018. >> okay. always good to get your perspective. ron brownstein there in l.a. thanks, ron. >> thank you. thanks for having me. well, a protest has been underway for hours now in aurora, colorado, where thousands of demonstrators marched on the police precinct. they chanted, down with police, up with the people, and wrote good cops don't exist on the sidewalk. well, three police officers were

fired on friday after this photo, mocking last year's death of elijah mcclain, an unarmed black man. as you can see, it shows officers smiling, and actually recreating a chokehold. while mcclain lost consciousness and later died after police put him in a chokehold. and paramedics injected him with a sedative. several investigations have been opened into mcclain's death. and his family said they will file a civil rights lawsuit. meanwhile, mexico is set to confirm more covid-19 deaths than france, which now ranks fifth worldwide. we'll see what step mexico is taking as much of latin america struggles to contain the virus. plus, we'll find out why some bars and restaurants and rio are in trouble just days after opening there. you're watching cnn. people used to care. heck, they'd come

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