president's message this hour. also, the heat is on in florida. whatever effort is being made to cool down covid-19 summer spread there does not seem to be working as the state hits another new record high in cases. live in atlanta, welcome to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

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we are now in thelp process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the e1ñianarchists, t agitators, theqe1 looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. >> while the president stokes a culture war over america's past, the here and nowq shows covid-1 is steam rolling the united states into deeper and deeper shades of red. many hospitals are already ifa95% or no, the fourth of july is a beloved holiday and americans were determined to enjoy it any way they could. while some popular beaches vjut qclosed, were open had plenty of visitors. as we qmentioned, the fourt is a time to celebrate how americans came together to gain independence, but that is not the tone that the president used it mark this holiday.

for more about it, here is cnn's jeremy diamond at the white july, most american presidents typically aim for unifying remarks, but president trump this evening for the second night in a row focusing his a1oiting cultural divisions among americans, pary$tñlarly at this time of deep division in america with two crises both the coronavirus pandemic and these protests over a national reckoning onq racism in america. presidente1 trump delivering the divisive remarks in which he even compared his current political fight against leftists n america, radical leftists% he called them to the fight against nazis in world warjf ii >> american heroes defeated the nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists, saved american values, upheld american principles and chased down the

terrorists to the very ends of the earth. we are now in the process of marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looteraq ande1 people who in many instances jdtq) u$ey a. >> reporter: now, presidentñkó trump on saturday also said that we will notñi allow anyoneq to divide our citizens by race or re coming from this president, one who startedw3 his campaign by decrying mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, a president who called for a total bane1 on muslims entering the united states, a president who said a judge who was of hispanic origin could not be impartial in a case involving m. this president claiming on saturday that he will not allow others to exploit people by racial divisions. now, president trump saw to

recast himself as a protector of americt history and heritage, that was a theme of his remarks on fáie at mount rushmore and the president for the lastw3 we hasn't focused on protecting statutes of founding fathers as he claimed in this speech. instead he's focused on protecting confederate namesakes and monuments. that's been thee1 heart of the president's focus over the last week. yet now he's trying to recast that battle, but certainly these remarks fromfá the president's the fourth of july where america is facing the crises, divisive and n=tp unifying for this country. jeremy diamond, cnn, thefá whit3 house. the coronavirus has scarcely been mentioned in president trump's recent speeches, though he did falsely claim that 99% of all cases are, quote, totally harmless. there is no medical evidence to support that. but as far as mr. trump is concerned, the pandemic is under control. >> we have made a lot of

progress, our strategy is moving along well. it goes out in one area and rearse1 back its ugly face in another area. but we learned a lot.e1ñi we learned how to put out theñr flame. >> you could say florida is not just ai] flame. it is an inferno. the state reported more than 11,000 new cases on saturday, and surpassed thejf worst day f newe1 cases in new york, from bk in april. that is not stopping people fro1 celebrating the fourth of july holiday the way they always do, heading to the beach. boris sanchez has more about it from clearwater. >> reporter: yet another record-setting day for the state of florida. more thani] 11,000 new coronavis casest( reported here in the la 24 hours. ñ means that in the first three days of july, the state has seen over 30,000 new covid cases. to give you some perspective, the state of florit6 saw about

100,000 new casesewin the month of june alone. local leade@s. the state's gove=ljájz desantis, leav)od it up to local officials to determine whatñi restrictions t. on the western part of the state beach, people were coming all day to enjoy the waves, play sports,?; enjoy the sand and s as well. there are signs out warning people to try to stay soçi)11e distant at six feet apart from people who do not share the same household, also asking groups to not congregate, groups of ten or more are not allowed here. though ñithroughout the day we d see groups of much larger than ten people enjoying the beach. i spoke to one woman named kathy who told me she moved from alabama to florida in the middle of thee1 pandemic, she saysw6th she's concerned about the risk of coronavirus, but she wanted to enjoy a holiday weekend on the beach. here's more what she shared with us. >> i just think we all should wear masks and protectxd oursels as best we can, you know, and

keep, you know, keep the social distancing going on and, you know, that's it. h @&hc if we're going to get it, we're going to5a get it. i'm happy to here. i know the numbers are goi. up. i hope itçóñr ñiokdrops, but wh enjoying life? >> reporter: the question is what the numbers willó[ dow3 t we%jps from now. ter the memorial day weekend where we saw soçó many large crowds inncrowd guidelines, two weeks is the incubationok period for the coronavirus, so all eyes will be on the numbers about 14 days from now.ok boris sancheué÷ cnn, clearwater beach,w?

been possible without healthcare workers on the front lines. for the 72nd anniversary of the british national health service1 nhs for short, the uk is pulling out all the stops. london landmarks have lit up in blue, and including ten downing street. also a nationwide clap is scheduled for sunday. cnn's anna stewart and selma abdelaziz are live to talk about these stories. good morning, ladies. good to see you. let's start with you, anna, and talking about the country reopening. >> yes, england finally emerged from a hibernation t(yesterday, lock down being lifted for many different businesses. pubs, restaurants, cinemas, bars, all were allowed to reopen if they had some covid-19 safetr measures in uplace. good news for many in england who wanted it get a haircut and go out for a 3wpint. lots of businesses didn't open, they were t(concerned, a, those safety measures would limit how

many customers they could have coming in,i] and that might of course make them financially unviable, other people have been concerned about the anxiety that is still in the uk, lots of people aren'ta5 ready to go ba out as 5anormal. take a?; listen. outside, which i've been doingz for weeks anyhow is fine and it been. not in a rush to go to a cinema. pub would be nice. >> i don't want to be around lots of drunk people probably batting into you.  back to a little bit of normality, but still do need to be safe andçó try it keep that distance from everyone as best as we can. >> there have been fears thatew there would be overcrowding and possibly overindulging in alcohol in england yesterday. generally speaking that wasn't the case. i would like to show you some video we have of central london

last night,e1 where we were seeg crowds that didn't look like there was ae1 lot of social distancing going on. generallylp speaking looking at younger demographic there. it would be concerning as london still has a very high rate in terms of the virus transmission. >> yeah. absolutely. and when bars openede1 in many parts of the united states, anna,fá young people did flock there and that iszv considered big reason why we are seeing the spikes. so fingers crossed for those pubgoers there in london. now to salma, on another story for us, celebr!unng the frontline healthcare workers that have done an unbeliev!hfq job during these very difficult days. >> that's right, natalie. it is hard to overemphasize just country. the declarations of love are everywhere. you see behind me here a mural to them.

it is not just graffiti as it is in this london neighborhood, it is billboards and crayon drawings in the windows of homes all saying we love thñl e1nhs, least political thing in thise1 country, the most beloved organization. if you hear a politician talking about the nhs, he's usually talking about funding it more,e not less. even boris johnson, when he became ill with coronavirus, he was hospitalized at st. thomas' hospital, an nhs hospital,e1 cad for by nhs workers, and whenfá released he said they saved my life, no question. so you can just see there is a great deal of gratitude in this country because, of course, the nhs, its doctors, nurses,é@ it medical staff have been on the front line of this pandemic now for months. dozens of their own ranks losing their lives to the virus. there has beene1 some controver over the government not providing adequate ppe to the nhs, not protecting particularly minority members of the healthcare community because they're disproportionately

impacted by coronavirus. but today, it is aboute1 honori the sacrifice and the tireless effortsfá that they have madee1 perhapsi] in its seven decades history, this is the most -n8chapter in t. and everyone will be applauding the nhs and its work atjf 5:00 p.m. local time today. natalie? >> all right, so well deserved, of course. thank you, ladies, for bringing salma abdelaziz, we'll see you soon. in e1october 2019, anlp international panel created a score card of sorts ranking countries by their ability to handle a major health crisis.e1 called the global health security index, itlp concluded that the united states was best

london. good morning to you. thank you for coming on. >> good morning. >> first up, regarding that score card, the u.s. was ranked first out of 150 -- excuse e1me 195 nations, the uk was ranked seconw;3 by june, they're two of the world's biggest failures in how dide1 that score card get i soe1 wrong? heñr score card, what i itxd looked forçó policies thate returned to implement ine1 the casee1 of an emdemocrpidemic, h emergency.cit looked at capacit

surveillance systems they had in place, what surge capacity they had in the health system and how they would be able to respond. didn't accounte1 for was politil decision-making and how governments are going to xdreacq and that's what we are looking atlp here is this difference between policy andmi actual implementation, what ist( goingo happen when ite1 hits and gavin noonan and i who wrote this $e engage this political decisionmaking. >> we know the uk has come out of a three-month lockdown in the united states. there is reallyfá no federal xd program. it has been left up to states and many of the governors have left it up to cities. as far as boris johnson goes, and his leadership there, and donald trump here in the united states, are there commonalities p]"é(andemic and the government response? >> absolutely. the governments around the world

were all faced with the same decision. it fundamentally came down on whether they were going tjç prioritize population health oró economy. what we see in the u.s. is a and what we see in the uk is somewhere mixed in between the two. but this led to certain policy pathways that made governments somehow particularly the u.s. and uk feel like éhvy were skepsskep exceptional, it wasn't going to be an issue for them.ñi we see distinction tensions between not selling up track and trace systems. we see a questionable relationship betweenok policymakers and political decisionmakerse1t( and science the role of whatq they consider to be, you know, legitimate science and we see these distinction tensions in both countries between who is being affected and in the u.s. it is highly -- high infection rate, black and latinx communities,

and so we see this distinction tension and needs to be taken into account and these are all politict decision and political p"as)itizations. >> even in the united states, we hear our president saying the u.s. made a lot of progress in controlling the pandemic, but cases continue to rise in 36 states, hospitalizations record numbers in texas and arizona.e1 houston, texas, had two counties hospitals were full. can t united states get this under control if the presidente continues to characterize the situation as, it's going well. he even said falsely claimed that 99% of all cases are totally harmless. >> i mean, there is -- you can make progress. you need decisive action. what this virus needs is people to be w3separated. if people aren separated, it can't spread between the e1two. they need to put lockdown policies back in place.

the problem is that political suicide to, you know, implement lockdown, having come out the other side of it. i think we really need to ask thee1 administration what is -- what is more important for them. the short-term lockdown is going to be better in thewmbujjtus for the economy population health is fundamental to a functioning economy, need to have peoplei] going out and buying and if people aren't well enough to do that, it is a false dichotomy. they need to take a rip on it now before it getsw3 more at ha. >> we appreciate your expertise1 thank you. >> bye. next here, thousands ofok people are on w3lockdown in severalçó melbourne, australia, public housing bloc;ñ we'll have the latest on what's happening there in a live report. whatever happens, no big deal. resolve.

association is calling for a pause@$s easing coronavirus restrictions there. melbourne is currently seeing spikes in new cases, there are 108 new ones friday, which led to new stay-at-home orderse1 an drastic ehlockdowni] measures i

talk more about it is journalist angus watson.+ hello to you. talk with us about what could be ñ reasons behind these spik and why are these new restrictions dedicated to public housing? >> so the frightening thing for authorities in melbourne and the rest of victoria is they don't know?; where these outbreaks a coming from. most of the cases that are bein3 counted each day are considered community transmission, soq they're searching for where thesew3 cases have come from. and they foundw3 23 in thesefá highly denselylpq populated pub housing units in the city. nine public housing units where been told they can't leave their there is police that are guarding them, and they're on what the government is calling a hardt( lockdown. the premier this morning said he was proud of people on the front

line of the fight against coronavirus, and so the support would be offered to them in the form of free rent, financial t( payments, and other support from mental e1health, drug and alcoh, family violence, potential issues that people might face, take a listen to what he said this morning.r punishment. this is about protection. we cannot have a cohort of people, many of whom, not all, but many of whom in poor health to start with, we can't have y! this virus spread, we have to do everything we can to contain the virus and that's why staying in your t(unit, staying in your fl, is absolutely essential.w3 >> now, they're notok the only people in victoria who are subject to lockdowns. 12 postcones in melbourne arefán lockdown, but a much softer version. that'se1 over 300,000 people wh are confined to their homes,fá there is a stay-at-home order, but they're allowed to leave for

things like buying food or exercise or giwjt care to somebody who neez3÷ it. much like the lockdowns that we have seen in australia so far andfáok elsewhere in the world. but it is really dramatic, natalie, to think there are 3,000xd people in these nine public housing çóunits, which t premier this morning described asok culturally and linguistic i diverse as well. dramatic how different their experiencefá of this is going to be and the authorities say that's absolutely necessary because of the dangers of covid-19, just ripping through yhmg buildings, natalie. >> absolutely drastic steps but trying to protect people and prevent wider spread. thank you, angus watson, we'll be watching that story from xd australia. mexico is setting new records daily in xdinfections. on saturday, more than 6900 cases were recorded, more than 520 died. that brings the nationwide

infection total to more than officials in mexico are trying tohcj new infections, so they are adding checkpoints to the border with arizona as that state here inñi the u.s. reels from a surge in new cases and stopping all lpnonessential travel. brazil remains latin america's worst hit country, it has more than 1.5 million cases. it has gone more than 50 daysjf now without an official health minister. the physician is temporarily filled by an army general with no previous medical experience. the last person to formally hold thew3 office left after less th a month amid criticism from president jair bolsonaro. this after bolsonaro fired the previous health minister in april. that minister backed wearing masks and social distancing. bolsonaro has not so muchñr supported that. and we see what's happening in

brazil. this year's fourth of july holiday came withçóe1 bursts of divisive rhetoric. just ahead, some of the fallout from president trump's politically charged independence day speeches. so you and your passengers can breathe happy.

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take a look at this, this was the fourth of july celebration in texas for america's independence w+y there in houston. drone video here shows the fireworks sparkling and shimmering over houston on saturday night. that city, of course, having a tremendous spike in coronavirus they probablye1 welcomed that beautiful show. welcome back to our viewers here welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. a.q world, i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." the united statesw3 observed it

244the1 birthday saturday, the coronavirus pandemic forcing much of the country to cancelxo curtail the usual publice1 celebrations. but washington, d.c. went ahead with its traditional concert and fireworks show, hosted by the president ande1 first lady. beautiful, beautiful sight there. a little slice ofw3 normalcy as well inok the year thate1 has b anything but normal. cnn's alex marquardt has at the national mall in washington. here's his report. >> reporter: the smoke is still settling here after what was a spectacular fireworks show here in washington, d.c., not at aw3 muted celebration during this time of coronavirus and social unrest. people gathering all along the national mall to watch a show that was billed as one of the largest ever, 35 minutes.

it included some 10,000 fireworks, shot off from two main locations. first, the washington monument, the second a mile long stretcho between what is essentially jefferson memorial and the lincoln memorial. people out here did have plenty of room to social distance. there were far fewer people out here than normal, the crowds were indeed much thinner. the national park service, which helped coordinate the celebration, they were bracing for large crowds, asked people to spread out across what is federal land hwrg. they had prepared some 300,000 masks to hand out. washington, d.c. had canceled the city celebrations asking people to stay at home, toçó celebrate in or around their homes, but, of çócourse, this celebration went forward,x:jt came from far and wide, from as close as virginia. i also met familiesxd from florida, from georgia, chicago, and elsewhere as well as

brazil, argentina, south africa, all who wanted to come see this fourth of july will not because of divisive rhetoric from president donald trump. with me to discuss the president's stance over the holiday is leslie4gqaz e1benjam. thank you for coming e9jjr @&h >> good morning, w3natalie. >> first, up here, the president has used dark and diuxár+e language over this holiday, address the country. he@gwpsq" the hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrating over race issues as, quote, nefarious left wing mob that intends to end america. what do you make of his words and his message that we have hearñ in the past two days? >> i think we're seeing thatçói president who is grasping for straws, who is desperate to hold

on, who sees a country that hee is leading respond to açó pandemic, a health crisis, an economic crisis onw3 the scale that we haven't seen in decades respond very poorly because of his leadership and it is showing up in the polls. soñr president trump is doublin down on his racist narrative, he'sçó looking to probably a ha core of his base tow3 mobilize them, to energize them, but if you look at the data that is coming out on, for example, the number ofw3q americans whow3 ha engaged in the protests of -- surrounding the black lives movement after the brutalxd killing of george floyd, people are estimating between 15 and 26 million americans have participated in these protests, they have been peaceful. the callout from americans is very clear for unity, fore1 equality and reform. the president is pushing back

and he's targeting a very, very narrow segment of the population, e1unfortunately it tremendously divisive and if you sit where i sit, in london, in g ñamerica, it is just devastating, it is devastating and quite frankly shockinga5'c to watch. >> and on that, the shocking to watch part, i do want to elaborate a bit. ae1 former u.s. ambassador to russia called the president's mount rushmore speech as thelp most5a un-american speech ever given by a u.s. president on the fourth of july, the words he used raised concern. i want you to listen to how a notedeo%uju)qq'tial historian said earlier on cnn about that he's hearing from president trump this weekend. here hee1 is. >> donald trump is showing us how joe mccarthy would have acted if he had become president. mccarthy was obviously just a senator from t(wisconsin, but

raised havoc with his anti-communist crusade. and here you have a president of thee1 united states on july 4thn the middle of a ceremony on the national mall, tv cameras around the world, using the opportunity to divide our nation, to call his opponentsu radicals and go for nothingñit( anarchists and like, this is appalling. >> and as you said, leslie, it is shocking as well. is there anyu surprise, though that this president is taking this approach or is this his same playbook that appeals to his base. >>t( it is the same playbook, natalie, it is -- the words that we just &mp)d are exactly right. the same playbook but taking it da way. if yout( go back to the presidency, he was speaking out m1ñ foreigners, it was i have divisive and problematic. now he's turning that inwards and he's dividing americans

against each other by attacking certain segment of the american population, which frankly doesn't exist in the way he portrays it. so it is devastating. it is a bad move, e1right. this is a president who can e can ask for people to wear ma masks, he can double down on testing and contact tracing and drive the economy alongside the public health response in a positive direction as help lead up to november. he's doing exactly the opposite. >> leslie, we always appreciate your time and insights. thank you.e1 >> thank e1you. from coast to coast, the coronavirus has americç in its grip. florida has seen÷d yet another of new cases in a single day of any state since this pandemic began. in new york, people mostly heeded thee1 warnings to social distance. well. with hospital beds fillinglp upo

record capacity. cnn's polo sandoval has more on the independence day festivities in new york. first, to paul vercammen in california with a look at how the virus has changed one big holiday tradition. >> reporter: part otf the strategyfá to stop the spread o coronavirus shut down beaches in southern california.-xìc% this is huntington beach, normally on the fourth of july weekend, people would be laying down their towels and they would be rightfá next to each other. enjoying a day at the beach and later on a huge fireworks display. the fireworks display canceled. they have a big fourth of july parade here, canceled. they a smallere1 communitye1 pa where they weave through and by people's homes. the idea again is to have all these counties in lockstep with each other and not having the beaches open. santa barbara,xd ventura, los angeles, and orange county shut down their beaches, san diego did not. but as they -- the police spokeswoman said here, important

that fourt( of those five did st down. >> we're not the only one that is open. we're not the only onefá closed. so the message is there. we're closing down, but just for a few davdy let's try to flatten the curve again and make sure we can stay safe. >> reporter: so good vibrations up and down theñ1 california coast. >> big time.çó let's keep it chill. >> reporter: almost an eerie sight, and somee1 people in southeuç california getting creative, i came upon a group of three sunbathers in manhattan beach and what th[9÷ did was th1 lai"3 theirw3 towels down on a cement qwalkway, they said they just needed toñi get in their rays. california at times is a sourcw for unique innovation. reporting fromñi huntington bea, paul vercammen, back to yo]é&3 >> reporter: families were certainly present on the beach and thee1 coney island boardwal but not in the numbers we are used to see, especially for the fourth of july.

some families we did see, many taking precautions, keeping theire1 groups six feet apart a wearing masks.+- those people who did not have facial coverings, there werexd volunteers and workers handing out masks, which is really the main recommendation right now. nationally when you look at other parts of the country, certainly see that sharp increase that is being seen not just in arizona, but california, texas, of course, florida continues to see high numbers. on saturday, the number of daily covid cases hitting what is really a record number, 11,000 at least, 11,400 cases there, when you compare to the numbers that new york saw, for example, when itçó was seeing the larges numbers in april. it is almost in line. so it is certainly concerning for authorities in the sunshine state. so much so that some of the #+2uáu$ of july weekend, but hee in the new york tristate area, there is also one disturbing trend, the authorities in the neighboring state of new jersey have noticed, specifically in the city of hoboken, new jersey,

where they saw a significant increase in theok number of cov cases, and many of those are young individuals when had traveled back from states in thi southeast, and also out west. is one of the reasons why authorities in new york, connecticut, new jersey, are requiring anybody who is traveling from some of the affected regions to quarantine w for at least two weeks. even if their covid tests comee back negative.dt) rr"áu)áuáhrán la alarming rate in the middle east. how iraq is bracing for more.

is surging there. the country's health ministry reporting moreq than 2,000 new infections on saturday. that brings the total number of known cases to more than 58,000. fears are growing that the country's hospitals could soon reach full capacity. the international rescue committee says the country saw 1

600% rise in new casesw3 during the month of june, with noe1 sis of slowing down. cnn's arwa damon is following developments for us fromñi istanbul and you reported repeatedly onw3 how people in iq have already been suffering so much ande1e1 now this. >> that's right, natalie. the increasing cases led to a shortage of oxygen. they managed toó01 send in to iraq's ministry of health some 300 oxygen concentrators. the country ise1 converting som schools and university dormitories into isolation units. experts warn iraq will have to redouble the efforts if they want to bring it under control.k they wait to verify the names of the dead,e1 their sorrow is silen

silent,. he lost his parents and sister to covid-19, one after the other. he did not understand how to protect themselves from the spread. we are terrified now. we are 100% convinced, he said. the burials happen at night in iraq's largest cemetery when the country's brutal summer heat hits.ñi we are getting around 70 to 80o bodies a day, he says. and expect to get much worse across this country. with medical infrastructure was already decimated by a decade of sanctions and corruption. medical workers report a prevalence of the virus among hospital staff.okñ due to a lack of proper measures and ppe.w3 >> i wasçó with myñ/s family.

they contacted meçó toe1 inform. >> reporter: he promised them he would be back, notñi knowing ift would be a promise he would >> it is a painful moment that you say good-bye to your children and your family and yoi dook not knowçó whether you wil come back or not.çóok >> reporter: luckilyñi heñi did is now recovering. we are were so worried about mommy andxd daddy because ofñ corona, one of his daughter says upon his ureturn. the others chiming in. but the doctor fears for the worst for his country.

>> with coronavirusi] cases now jumped due toñi government çódet in providing protection measure the people and opening the markets and malls. >> reporter: this video shows people scuffling over oxygen tanks outside a hospital in the south of the country, trying toc secure a supply for their sick lovedok ones. in the same city, health workers beg their ministry for xd?[:okh. iraq knows loss on a large scale all too well.e1 a member of iraq's security forces apologizes for his inability to keep his emotions in check.e1 it is his mother who died. and, natalie, on top of all ofi that, there is the economic impact, ae1 survey conducted by the international rescue committee showed some pretty

stark results. they found that 87% of iraqis have lost theire1 jobs, and are struggling to find money, even if it is just to buy bread and that t(73% of people they surve said they had to reducee1 the amount of food they are eating.1 >> juslá a terrible situation l around, arwa, thank you for your reporting. we appreciate it. next here, the0l calls for kd8consider racist nicknames ge louder and louder. we look at sponsors who say they're backing out if one team doesn't change its name. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ this, is why we no longer have to worry flushing too much toilet paper, will back up our system. but dad, rid-x contains billions of enzymes proven to break down even paper to keep your whole septic system healthy. for paper, grease or waste breakdown. use rid-x. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair

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dozense1 of major league baseball players have now tested positive for coronavirus as the league resumes training wednesday. carolyn mano has more on that,ew plus the growing call for someç teams to change name amid social justice reforms. here she is.lp >> reporter: aslp major league baseball continues its push for a resumption of their season at the end of july, we're learning about positive coronavirus cases after an initial round of testinge1 performed by both the league and its players association. four atlanta braves players are the latest additions to more

than 30 confirmedxd player case and seven staff members confirmed by the league to have the virus out of a pool of just over 3,000 tests. this happening as the braves and other teamsi] are facing mounti pressures to address team nicknames viewed in the past as racially divisiven÷ in a released statement, the braves did not give any indication they're willing to continue to support and honor thew3 native american community. the team's counterpart in cleveland, the indians, went a step further than that, saying theytcj will reconsider the lon aebated nickname they have and have had for over 100 years. this follows steps taken by both skins and the nfl on friday who both issued it was revealed that thee1 team is facing mountg financial pressure to change!us name as well. it is something team owner dan snyderñr said he would never consider doing in the past,5a after a report shows investment

firms totalling $600 billion have legitimate concerns about brands not aligning with topics like inclusion and diversity, they are changing their tune. on friday, snyder and the team said they're having inter&úñ juáuhreview of whether or not the name is inclusive. roger goodell adding his support of the decision as well saying he has had ongoing discussions with the team and that he is behind this importante1 next st. washington redskins coach ron rivera says he's working with th for a new name, rivera is the son of a u.s. army officer and told "the washington post", the new name should be ae1 tribute thee1 united states military an reflect the tradition of native american service in the armed $vv"éutrll keep you posted on w happens the2fr rapper kanye weste1e1 celebrating independence dayi] doing this, talking about a 2020 presidential bid. he said a tweet saturday with

said i am running for president of the united states with of. independent candidate filing date, but he can stillt( make t ballot in some areas. we will see. that. i'll be back with another hour of "cnn newsroom" right after this. thanks so much for watching. ♪ ♪ 49... 50!

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