it's actually 2020 is not recommended. coronavirus infections spiking in 34 states across america over the fourth of july weekend. covid-19-related border closing in australia. the entire state of victoria cut off from the res of the country as cases rise. and the crackdown in hong kong has begun. thes first person charged under the new national security law in court this hour. good to have you with us. as dozens of u.s. states struggle to control rising coronavirus cases, there's new concern a post holiday spike could be on the horizon after americans headed out over the

fourth of july weekend. scenes like these are only heightening those fears as many beaches, pools and parks across the u.s. were open and packed with people. right now, this is what the trend looks like compared to one week ago. just three states are seeing a decline while 34 states are seeing cases go up. california the state set a new record for the most cases reported in a single day. with more than 11,000. that's according to johns hopkins university. only florida and new york have seen single day case totals above 10,000. and the news out of florida at this hour is not good. it now has more than 200,000 confirmed infections. one possible factor? a cnn investigation finds florida authorities often failed to do contact tracing seen as a

key tool to slowing the spread. the mayor of miami beach says president trump needs to set a better example. >> we're telling people to socially distance from people they love. to make sacrifices for others. then i saw the president where none of those measures are being followed. >> another state seeing a big increase in cases is texas. more than 8200 new cases were reported sunday mark iing the second highest daily increase just this month. the total case count nearly 195,000 and right now hospitals in at least two counties have hit their maximum capacities. among the hardest hit areas,

harris county, where houston is located, and in austin the mayor says he's please the governor has finally issue issued a mandate on face coverings. that stays more action may be needed as hospital beds quickly fill up. >> we're on a trajectory now that we could be inundating our intensive care units in the next week to ten days. we're watching the numbers on a daily basis. we may have to take more drastic action. we have laid that out and it's something we're discussing publicly in the community right now. >> in arizona a record number of icu beds are now in use as the state deals with a surge of cases. on sunday tlrn more than 3,500 new cases reported. the mayor of phoenix is criticizing the governor for initially not allowing local leaders to impose face mask requirements. arizona had no business reopening as quickly as it did.

>> we opened way too early. we were one of the last states to go to stay at home and one of the first to reemerge. we had crowd nightclubs handing out free champagne, no masks. >> she went on to say large family gatherings remain a problem and in places people continue to face long lines to get tested. and in the state of washington, news of a large and localized spike in positive covid-19 test results. 121 students, all of whom attend the university of washington, are are now infected with the coronavirus. that's according to the university and public health officials. almost all of these newly infected people live in the university's fraternity houses. a group of 239 scientists say the coronavirus can be spread through tiny droplets in the air. and that authorities should be

honest about it. the group is publishing an open letter calling on health agencies to talk more about airborne transmission. they say researchers have known for months that covid-19 can survive in the tiny drp leoplet emit while talking. these droplets float in the air and can be inhaled deeply into the lungs. >> joining me is dr. matthew, a public health specialist, a primary care physician and cnn medical analyst. always good to talk with you, doctor. >> same here. >> so a group of health experts plans to ask the w.h.o. and other health agencies in the coming hours to do a better job of telling people that the coronavirus can float in air droplets and is likely transmitted that way. certainly, my understanding that that has been out there for some time. it has been discussed publicly

before. what is the significance of this new push, do you think? >> i think the main reason for that, just like you mentioned, is to push the notion that wearing a cloth mask is really going to try to help us contain this pandemic. we already know it's transmitted in the air droplet when is you talk, when you breathe. there's been a lot of simulations that talk about how far the air droplets can spread depending on if you're whispering, talking, shouting or screaming. so it's just a push by the w.h.o. to make sure that we all understand the importance of wearing a mask. >> we can't labor that point enough. and doctor, president trump tried to down play the severity of covid-19 over the weekend by falsely claiming that 99% of cases are harmless, totally harm less, he said. the fda commissioner refused to defend or deny trump's claim. what's your medical response to the president's claim and the fda chief's refusal to dissput

put it? where does that leave trust in this issue? >> with due respect to our president, there's nothing that's 99% harmless about covid-19. here's some quick stats. 5 out of 100 people can potential ly be hospitalized. greater than 50% of patients with covid-19 will have severe symptoms requiring mechanicalen ventilation or oxygen therapy. get this. the mortality rate is 3 to 5%. compare that to influenza, the common flu, which is .1%. and i know of patients that are dying from blood clots to the brain and the lungs. there's nothing that's 99% harmless about covid-19. >> the facts are very sobering. and the u.s. just saw 45,000 new cases in one day as 34 states reported spikes, including 121

students a at the university of washington testing positive for covid-19. and we have seen large crowds of party goers across the country for july fourth holiday, lakes, water parks, beaches, bars, people not social distancing. not wearing masks. er clearly, this message is not getting through. what needs to be done now to contain this and what do hospitals need to be doing to respond to the increased hospitalizations? >> so i see that as if you will, two arms to that question. the first thing is we need to deal with the surges that are already occurring. there's an article in one of the houston magazines that is saying that 2,000 new covid-19 patients could potentially show up at the hospital every single day. we need to really be concerned about taking care of the health care workers, make sure they have the face masks and also the alcohol help they are going to need to deal with the surge. and secondly, we have to attack

the community. we have to make sure that the community is aggressive about making sure that they are staying at home, if it they can. work from home. and i have to go out on a limb say iing the governors need to issue a stay at home order in states where the surges are more than so many cases every single day for five days in a row. so the cases are going up every single day for five days or a week, those states need to really issue a stay at home order. otherwise, we're beginnigoing t playing in this vicious cycle where we can't get out of that circle. that's the only way, in my opinion at this point, to take care of these surges. >> sadly, there's a reluctance to do that tat at top. some citizens refuse to wear masks. how much of this resistance is due to the initial message from the surgeon general, the w.h.o.

and other medical experts at the start of this who said not to wear masks because medical workers needed them. but they didn't explain that proper plip should people have been told back then to make their own masks and wear them in public and what difference could that have made if they had done that? >> of course, hindsight is 2020. obviously, it's tough to look back and really in some way decide if we had really become aggressive with wearing masks way back in february or march, could we have prevented a lot of hospitalizations and maybe even fatalities. if you look at countries like south korea and singapore, these are mask-wearing cultures. you have to realize these countries have dealt with pandemics before. this is really our first experience in the u.s. after such a long time. but moving forward, i think we need to really make sure we clearly message the fact that wearing a mask can decrease the

transmission for as much as 50% of this virus. >> that mixed message from the start. so we're working hard on that one. just finally, we are now learning that a new mutation in the virus make it is more contagious, but less lethal. so how will that mutation likely impact the vaccines being developed? >> so there's some good news, believe it or not, with that mutation. this virus replicates so rapidly like a cancer cell. the big question is in the replication process, are we affecting those spike proteins through which the vaccine will be developed. so far, researchers are saying even though there are more spikes in the mutated form, it's not going to affect the development of a vaccine. as you mentioned, i want to make it clear to our viewers that even though it's mutated, yes, it's more transmisable and contagious, but it's not anymore

lethal or variant. >> that's a little bit of good news there. dr. matthew, always a pleasure. >> thank you. and amid an outbreak, lockdowns have been ordered for 270,000 people in spain. the lockdowns affect parking lots parts of the first confinement measure since a state of emergency order was lifted in june. let's get the details live from madrid. so what prompted these new lockdowns? >> reporter: the largest one is in the northeastern region where there are lots of seasonal farm workers. many of them migrants from africa living in close quarters to pick peaches and pears and other fruit on the farms there. this is about a two-hour drive from northeastern spain. so the authorities on saturday

lock ed down the perimeter of a entire county of 200,000 people including a provincial capital whose hospital are feeling pressure. that's a concern. i'm outside one of the main hospitals here in madrid that was hard hit by the coronavirus. many patients, there was a field hospital outside this facility. so they are in the area where the outbreak is the smaller, regional hospitals don't want to get into that kind of situation. the other situation had to do with bars, people going out into bars, according to authorities. that's in northwestern spain. a series of small towns along the atlantic coast. the authorities there, that's about 70,000 people. on sunday the authorities decided to seal that up. so movement is now restricted. they are asking people to stay home and wear masks and they are

hoping they can try to bring this down. if they don't, they will have to keep the measures in place awhile longer. >> those masks critical. what else is the government doing about this resurgence? >> reporter: well, the spanish prime minister on sunday speaking about these two outbreaks and the confinement by the regional authorities. now it's the regions, the 17 regions of spain that have control. he says the quick contact tracing and the preparedness of the hospital and health care systems is much better now than it was in marge when the pandemic came over. but they are trying to beef up that contact tracing. this is an army of contact tracers who are jumping on these kinds of events to be able to contact trace in the case of the seasonal farm workers or the case of the bars to keep them down. but the time is to lock down

those regions. >> most nations getting better at dealing with this. we learn more about it. many thanks for joining us live from madrid. appreciate it. the holiday weekend in the u.s. turned deadly with shootings in seven cities around the country. some of the victims just children. we will take a look at america's gun violence crisis, that's next. and you're looking at picture of an iranian nuclear site badly damaged by an unexplained fire. what and even who could have caused that. we'll take a look. ok. it was an accident. he was tickling me and... [laughing] stop it! yeah. whoops! but julie has resolve pet expert. its latest formula attacks odors at the source. no odor. no stain. no nothin'. whatever happens, no big deal. resolve. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for

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this hour iran claims it knows what caused a mysterious fire at a key facility in the nuclear program but won't yet reveal it. take a look at the damage caused here. you can see the roof is badly damaged. the door is broken and many windows appear blown out. this image is from iranian state media. authorities say no one was killed in the incident, but the blaze did cause significant financial losses. so let's get to international

security editor nick paton walsh to get a sense of what's going on here. good to see you. what more are you learning about this? >> it's been an incident that's for a number of days. in a town this occurred was struck in 2010 by cyber attack. it was affected by many computers around the world. at this point, there's no overt public statements by iranian officials that they believe sabotage is behind this. there have been some anonymous statements suggesting that may not be the case. if you look at the precise building here where it is and what's been involved in the enrichment in the past, it's possible this may not necessarily have just been a random accident. now moving on, it's important to point out that the atomic energy or possession of iran spokesperson said that while there were no casualties, significant damage occurred there. he suggested in the future, it

was likely to be created by centrifuges and the commitment to the nuclear deal slowed that down. saying that it was referred to as a shed at this point where advanced measuring machines. it you look at those statements, it's possible that from the outside, opponents may have designed this to be a target. we don't know what caused this. what's important is that iran say it is does know what caused this and it will reveal that at an appropriate time. now we have seen that them kind of pause a bit before pointing the finger in previous occasions. it's clear that the united states briefly pointed towards iran saying they hadn't been transparent in their nuclear program here. but it's clear that iran since the united states withdrew from the nuclear deal has said it won't abide by its commitments

to stick. possibly even higher as well. opponents in the region and the u.s. too adamant it will never get a nuclear weapon. so there's history here of israel in the past having been behind attacks on parts of the nuclear program. i should repeat we don't really know what happened here, but this incident was one of a number of suspicious accidents or fire ace cross the country over the past weeks or so. it's a hot target here. there are possible reasons why this may have occurred. the many of them are wondering white it's gained so much prominence because where it happened and that leads many to conclude that maybe something more than this that an accident has been forced to publicly talk about this, although not provide its own con lugss. >> nick paton walsh, international security editor, thank you. now to a wave of gun

violence across america. four cities are mourning victims today 7 here in atlanta the holiday weekend turned deadly. the atlanta journal constitution reports multiple shootings killed four people and wounded at least 20 others. two of the shootings happened in the same area where rayshard brooks was shot and killed by police three weeks ago, can which sparked mass protests. one of the victims was this 8-year-old girl. she was riding in vehicle with her mother and another person when someone opened fire on their vehicle. atlanta's mayor is pleading for people to have the same passion towards ending community gun violence that they have for police reform. >> we talked about what we are demanding from our officers? our dmunts. we protested. we demonstrated.

we have been angry. we have cried. we have demanded action. now we are demanding action for all of the people who were shot in atlanta last night and over the past few weeks because reality is this. these aren't police officers shooting people on the streets of atlanta. these are members of the community shooting each other. in this case, it's the worst possible outcome. there were two other people who were actually shot and killed last night. enough is enough. >> in washington, d.c., gun violence has also claimed the life of this child, 11-year-old devin mckneel was killed saturday night just moments after he and his mother stopped

in a neighborhood. his grandfather says the boy wanted to get a phone charger from his aunt's house when a group of young men began shooting. he was shot in the headed and later pronounced dead at the hospital. officials say they don't yet have any suspects or know the reason for the shooting and they are offering a $25,000 reward for information. in chicago a 7-year-old girl visiting her grandmother was shot while playing with a group of children. she's among 67 people who were shot this weekend in the city. that's according to cnn affiliate. 13 people died including a 14-year-old. chicago mayor tweeted this about the 7-year-old saying she joined a list of teenagers and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun. police in alabama have

arrested a suspect in the shooting death of an 8-year-old over the weekend. the suspect a 22-year-old man being held on four charges, including murder. police say he got into an argument with a group of men at a mall on friday. and they exchanged gunfire. authorities believe the victim and three others were inocent bystanders caught in the cross fire. police are seeking anyone else who may have been solved. coming up, a 23-year-old protester is facing plenty of pressure and a court appearance. he's the first person to be charged under a controversial new law in hong kong. we will take you there, live. dangerous messaging from the u.s. president. he minimized the outbreak at a holiday event saturday despite surging cases across the country. more on that, straight ahead. from diy beach days... to kiddo curls...

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn news room. in hong kong, the first person charged under a new and controversial national security law has just arrived for his first court appearance. police say the 23-year-old violated the new law at a protest on wednesday. he's accused of injuring officers and carrying a flag that said liberate hong kong. they cracked down on terrorism.

we are live outside the court. so this man arrived at the courthouse. what more are you learning about him and his likely future? >> reporter: the 23-year-old appeared here about half an hour ago. he's still in the courtroom as his defense lawyer and the prosecution argue the finer points. the prosecution, as you say, cited him with terrorist activities. on the 1st of july, when thousands of people took to the streets to protest the new controversial sweeping national security law, he drove his motorcycle from one street through several police blockades. he had a flag. liberate hong kong, revolution for our time. that flag is now illegal. as he was driving, the crowds

were cheering. it was because they were cheering they charged him with incitement to secession. shortly after, he crashed into police. the video we have seen looks like it was an accident. he didn't mean to crash into police, but he did injury three police officers. prosecutors say they were seriously injured. now he is facing years in prison. obviously, the maximum sentence of the new national security law is life in prison. the prosecution says there should be rejected because of the seriousness of this crime. obvious obviously, we have to wait for the judge. the courtroom itself is pretty sparse. not many people are inside. he was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair because he has just been discharged from hospital. he was injuried in that accident as well. but he was flanked by five police officers, major ity of te

media are outside the courtroom watching this all play out on two tv screens. but obviously, this is a new law that created so much fear here in hong kong. people not sure what they can say, what they can sing, whenever waving certain flags with slogans, whether that's now in breach of the national security law. it's incredibly ambiguous. but on a separate note, joshua wong, whose books have also been taken out of hong kong public libraries as of the weekend, he also appeared in court in a separate court in relation to protests last year. he was facing three charges including inciting and organizing, unlawful assembly. he pleaded not guilty, but he was wearing a black t-shirt that said they cannot kill us all. so a lot happening here in hong kong today. >> unnerving times for people

living in hong kong. thank y many thanks. u.s. president trump will an in-person campaign rally next saturday. it will be in new hampshire, one of the few states where the virus is under control. but trump down played the pandemic at an independence day celebration at the white house saturday. despite surging cases across the country. take a listen. >> now we have tested almost 40 million people. by so doing, we showcases 99% of which are totally harmless. >> that is not true. according to johns hopkins university, there are nearly 2.9 million coronavirus cases in the u.s. with nearly 130,000 deaths. jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: president trump this it weekend claiming that

99% of coronavirus cases are totally harmless. that claim not only evidence free, but defying reality. it also goes against what every public health expert in the united states is trying to do right now, which is to get the american public to take this virus and the surge in cases we are seeing across the country much more seriously. now while the world health organization has estimated that globally the mortality rate is less than 1%, they estimate that 20% of people diagnosed with the virus require oxygen or hospitalization. so certainly, not harmless cases. we know that this virus is extremely contagious. now dr. hahn, a top member of the coronavirus task force, he was frpressed about president trump's claim by dana bash. listen to how he responded. >> i'm not going to get into who's right and who's wrong. i'm going to say it's a serious problem that we have. we have seen the surge in cases.

we must do something to stem the tide. and we have this in our power to do that by following the guidance by the white house task force. >> you can see dr. hahn in the hospital wanting to directly contradict president trump, but making clear that this is a very serious situation. that is the message that we have been hearing from public heflt experts over the last week who have been encouraging americans to take the social distancing, the mask wearing, all these steps to flatten this newly rising curve. president trump also falsely claims once again there that testing is responsible for the rise in cases across the country. that's just not true and completely contradicted by the facts. several of the states that are seeing the biggest surges are seeing either testing steady or declining while the percentage of people testing positive in those tests is going up. which shows this is not simply about an increase in testing. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. joining me now is an

historian and professor at princeton university and a cnn political analyst. he's also the author of the new book "burning down the house." good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so in his fourth of july speech, not only did the president falsely claim that 99% of covid-19 cases are totally harmless and that the increase in daily cases was due to increased testing, but he also stoked racial divisions. how comfortable are his fellow republicans with a leader who does this and makes dangerous claims? >> they may not be comfortable privately, but at least from the records since 2017, they are not going to react very vigorously. they are comfortable and familiar enough with the president doing this and they

think their best bet is to standby the president, allow him to make these kinds of remarks and to play on the politics of backlash. even if mthey might find it distasteful or dangerous. >> president trump also claimed that his administration has learned how to put out the flames of the coronavirus and the u.s. response was moving along well. clearly, with more than 45,000 cases a day and a death toll of nearly 130,000 people, the u.s. is not putting out the flame. duh howe does trump get away with lying like this so blatantly and has there ever been a u.s. president who has done this? >> not to this extent. other presidents during times of war have tried to down play how bad the situation was. we saw that in the '60s when johnson would claim we were almost at a point of victory, but we never were. but this is a whole different

matter. this is a president who not only is making optimistic claims, but he's not tell iing the truth abt the facts on the ground, about what's happening in states like texas and florida. and he's a president totally at odds with his own public health experts. to find what they are saying and telling americans to do. this is a very fraught situation for the country. >> and on the issue of stoking racial divisions, trump compared protesters who took down confederate statues to nazis and terrorists as he paid tribute to the hill tear and police. what impact does that have on a nation that is in the midst of a health crisis that's pretty much ut of hand. >> social division to a pandemic, it's a pretty explosive mix. what you hope is that the president can find us points of commonality and try to bridge divisions so we can deal with

the pandemic. but we have seen the opposite. we have seen president trump being president trump and furthering the divisions over these kinds of issues, which is what he's doing with the monuments and attacks on the radical left. so it makes it that much harder for fault lines are even greater as we're in the middle of a pandemic. it's that much harder to reach consensus over the steps we need to take to cure ourselves. >> his democratic presidential rival joe biden is about 10 points ahead of donald trump in most polls, but we have seen this before. any of those poll numbers at this junction? >> they are reliable, but they are not necessarily stable. i do think we have a pretty good read of where the electorate is right now.

president trump is not doing well. a lot of the public does prefer joe biden for different reasons. but we're in early july. we have seen in many campaigns, not just president trump that these poll numbers can change dramatically. i think many democratic operatives know that and the canal pain hasn't really started. now you're going to watch president trump unleash on joe biden in the months ahead. so democrats have a lot of work if they want to keep these numbers stable going into the fall campaign. >> and just finally, the president plans to host another rally in new hampshire next saturday. this even after a number of staff members got infected with covid-19 in tulsa and in phoenix. what are the optics of a president who disregards the medical advice ask continues to put others at risk, those people that gather at rallies, what does that tell everyone? >> it's the worst message

possible. not only does he use the rallies to challenge what public health experts are telling people to do, he often mocks the use of masks and questions social distancing. but the rallies themselves are done in such a way they defy all those requirements. and the stories from tulsa are people becoming ill. and here he goes again. so president presidents lead by example. these really rallies are the wrong example. that's why many people on the front lines fighting the disease are urging him to take a different path forward. >> many thanks to you for joining us and for your analysis. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. this is cnn newsroom. coming up, australia has been desperately fighting a new spike in coronavirus cases in one of its biggest cities. now it's taking a big new step.

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welcome back, everyone. australia is taking some pretty serious measures to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from spreading beginning later on tuesday the state of victoria will close its border with new south wales. it comes as the state struggles to contain outbreaks in the city of melbourne. mass test iing identified 127 n cases across the state sunday. so let's get more on this live from sydney. good to see you. it has to be said. usa traustralia has shown it tae virus very seriously, but what's been the reaction to the lockdown of nine public housing towers and this plan to shut off the state of victoria from the rest of the nation on tuesday? what's the latest on all of it? >> well, the decision to

lockdown,000 people across 9 public housing towers was a drastic one made on saturday night by the government there in victoria. these people aren't allowed to leave their homes for any reason on these public housing estates. they are just finishing up their second day of complete lockdown under police guard with the victorian government putting together a massive logistics operation. >> looks like we have lost ann gus watson. we'll have an opportunity to talk to him next hour so we'll leave it there for now. but you are watching cnn newsroom. still to come, rapidly rising virus cases in the u.s. have financial analysts worried. how the recent surge has fwold man sax rethinking its growth forecast. wherever you live, certain truths are universal

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he gently left this earth. god has another angel in heaven now. goldman sachs is luring its growth forecast citing a dramatic resurgence of coronavirus cases. the bank originally estimated gdp growth to rebound by 33% by the end of september. now it thinks the economy will only grow by 25%. cnn's john depp tearhouse joins me live to talk more about this. good to see you. so the third quarter is an important one for resetting the u.s. economy. so does this cut in goldman sachs growth forecast put that in doubt in any way? >> there's doubts about the third quarter buzz of the return of the ko vis virus. i have to say these are extraordinary numbers we're seeing now. we're used to a half to 1%

swings in a quarter. we're looking at 33% down to 25%. but the second quarter was awful. and there was a sharp downturn at the tail end of the first quarter. so this kind of, in a sense, is the new normal. this will affect the overall output number. it's now extraordinary in itself, but from a level of 4.2%. goldman sachs is more optimistic. the unemployment rate will come down to 9%. we peaked out at 14.7% and there's some that think we will stay in the double-digit range buzz of the return of the virus and whether americans choose to be more cautious with the masks and social distancing. and then the jobless rate will

come down. >> and we're also witnessing an alarming surge in covid-19 cases in india. and that's a court try with high poverty rates. how is this undermining their efforts? >> this is an alarming number we saw over the weekend with the cases spiking above 25,000. then we learned as a result india has moved into the number three position, which i'm sure it never wanted to have after the united states and brazil, for the number of cases. so this is an alarming number and does filter into the forecast for india. just a few weeks ago, the resistance was a good one for the growth numbers at 2%. that was a projection for the international monetary fund. they are now suggesting that short window of time, we're looking at a contraction of 4 % 4.5%. one of the other alarming signals is trade in the major ports is down 20%.

people are so alarmed about going back to work, the outlook is going to drop. the rating agency was suggesting unless you flatten the curve in india with this level of population and poverty rates, people will not go back to work. they are going to have to kick into a higher gear. now we're looking at a recession for the first time since 1979. >> john, thank you. thank you for joining us. i'll have another hour of news in just a moment. do stay with us. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum.

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