but his denial of the problem and his making statements like that, 99.9% don't have to worry about it. okay. then there's no issue. he's saying there's no problem and don't wear a mask and don't socially distance and don't take any precautionary behavior and then the virus goes like this. he is, he is facilitating the virus. he is enabling the virus. by statements like that. and you're seeing the infection rate go up and the economy suffer. and he is part of that current debacle that we are in. look at new york. we know what to do. because we did it! we did it! we know there's a model that says you can contain the virus. we did it.

and by the way, in the worst-case scenario. we didn't have seven cases. we had the highest infection rate in the country. we had the highest infection rate per capita on the globe through no fault of our own. frankly because the federal government didn't know what it was talking about saying the virus was in china and then needed a map because the virus was in europe and it came here from europe. but we know what to do. but the first step is you have to admit the problem. you will never solve a problem in life that you refuse to admit. why he refuses to admit it i have no idea. you have a white house coronavirus task force. why have a task force if there's no problem? right? 99.9% is just made up. >> governor, if i could ask you about this report -- >> so, we are listening to new york governor andrew cuomo going hard and directly at president trump in his coronavirus update briefing that the president is

facilitating the virus, enabling the virus, coconspirator of the virus if he continues to deny the reality. pleading with the president of the united states to acknowledge the reality of the virus and put a mask on even labeling it in the slides the united states of denial. this as governor cuomo is touting the -- especially seeing the rest of the country, the relative success of new york state reporting nine deaths from coronavirus yesterday. every death is too many but compared to in april at the height of things when new york's reporting 1,000 deaths a day that is something to be discussing and that is a sign of progress. but andrew cuomo had a message for donald trump today. of course, we'll see how the president responds. hi, everybody. i'm kate bolduan. we have a lot to get to. we'll talk about a country that

we are looking at right now in free fall. s that the -- that is how a current expert is describing the country. the three most populous describe an increase in cases. this is what we are talking about and will continue to look at it so you have a point of reference day-to-day, week to week. 32 states are heading in the wrong direction. 14 states are holding steady in terms of new cases and just four states are reporting a decline in new cases. the numbers are especially dire in three of the country's largest states. california, texas and florida. the increase in cases putting a strain on hospitals as local leaders in the three states trying to get a handle on the crisis. what tools are left in the tool belt? what is the responsibility of the state government? and well, of course, getting the federal government here. in florida what you are looking at, total number of cases

surpassed 200,000 after the state hit multiple daily records over the holiday weekend. despite what is clear, real and an urgent crisis still under way and only getting worse, president trump continues like andrew cuomo is reading my script ahead of time, continues to appear in denial saying this weekend that 99% of all covid cases are, his words, quote/unquote, totally harmless. the white house not trying to claim he was tongue in cheek like before and explaining away the false claims. this is actually how the chief of staff put it. echoing president trump. >> when you start to look at the stats and the numbers we have, the amount of testing we have, the vast majority of people are safe from this. when you look at the deaths we have, if you are over 80 or three what they call comorbidities, diabetes, hypertension, heart issues then you need to be very careful. outside of that the risks are

extremely low and the president's right with that in the facts and the statistics back us up there. >> not when you talk to doctors that i talk to. we have reporters on the ground in all three states. start in florida. rosa flores standing by. there's new information of how miami-dade county is responding to the spikes. what do you have? >> reporter: you know, kate, local leaders warned about this, if the numbers continued to spike, continued grow, they would be forced to roll back the reopening plan and here we are, the breaking news out of miami-dade county the mayor just announced he'll roll back the reopening plan, going to shut down restaurants for dine in. he is only going to allow delivery and takeout. he is also going to shut down fitness centers and short-term rentals. that's important to note because local leaders complained about large parties, gatherings

happening inside private homes short-term rentals and that's how this virus spread so why is this happening? you can look at any metric you want and it is going up. look at positivity rate. here in miami-dade, according to county data released yesterday, 26% positivity. the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. they have for 14 days. hospitalizations are staggering. yesterday according to my miami-dade county, more than 1,500 individuals that tested positive for covid-19 inside hospitals. on january 23rd that number was just over 800, that's an 88% increase. if you look at icu beds, same thing. over the same time period, over 114% increase. you look at ventilators, 119% increase. that's why the local leaders have been so frustrated with the mixed messaging coming from the white house or from state

government because they have been pushing for masks, social distancing, large gatherings not to happen. kate, we checked in with the city of miami and also miami beach here where i am to see if these mayors were going to follow this new rule set by miami-dade county saying they plan to do that so the businesses that you see behind me effective wednesday will be closed for dine in. >> rolling back, reversing, shutting back down is what's happening in florida and what you are bringing to us right now. this is important news for everyone to hear because they warned to take action. we'll talk to the mayor of miami beach coming up for his reaction. first let's go to ed level dera in dallas. >> reporter: local officials are alarming the bell of hospitals across the state from austin, texas, where the mayor says that

hospital capacity could be reached within the next couple of weeks to county judges in the rio grande valley where those county judges are saying that hospitals are at capacity. and this comes just days after the governor in texas issued a statewide mask wearing mandate and that is -- has been a source of contention for weeks here in this state as many people have pushed back on these types of orders from state and local officials. many local officials really urging people to ignore the debate around it and to just simply follow this and it's a hospitalizations that you're concerned about. look at the trend lines and the number of hospitalizations, people hospitalized here in texas and in that graphic you can see some of the main dates where you have seen memorial day weekend and people coming back out as the economy opened up here in texas, the peak of the

george floyd protests around late may, early june. and then restaurants opening, more bars open and all scaled back here in the last few days as the governor in texas ordered stand alone bars to be closed and reduce the capacity and the cdc warning hospital saizations here in texas could reach 2,000 per day by mid-july. kate? >> thank you. let's get to los angeles with sara sidener standing by. what are you seeing? >> reporter: look. these are the beaches of santa monica. most folks adhering to the rules with the masks and the self distancing here. i am also wearing a mask because you are supposed to in public in california now but we have just gotten disturbing new numbers saying about 11,000 new cases over past 4 days. on friday it was the number one

highest spike in positive cases that the state has seen with more than 3,000. concerning again because similar to houston what you just heard there from ed lavandera, seeing hospitalizations rise. they have now said over the last three week it is hospitalizations of people positive for coronavirus has gone up 41%. and the warning from officials here, health officials and government officials here, the warning is that by the end of july they could have completely filled icu beds, no more beds available for people in the icu if the rate keeps continuing like this. and so, here in california you can expect that there may be some new rules that are put in place to try to get people to stay at home and put their masks on. kate? >> they warned that it would be coming if things didn't change and things have not. sara, thank you so much. back to florida now as we

were discussing, coronavirus positivity rate in miami-dade county hit 26% on sunday. the goal for the county was to keep the virus in check, to keep it in check was to keep that rate to not exceed 10%. very clearly more than double that. and that is what leads to this breaking news that rosa brought us about miami-dade county rolling back on the reopening right now. let's get to the mayor of miami beach joining us now. thank you for coming back in. this announcement to hear from the miami-dade mayor, what does it mean for you? >> well, i have spoken to him a few times this morning already because i think he is trying to get everybody's input. we are rolling the carpet back up. it is pretty clear we have this real problem, two weeks ago there were 60 covid patients on ventilators. today it is 160. two weeks ago 120 covid patients in icus in the county.

today over 330. this is not some kind of result of too much testing as the president might say. it is the result of people being so sick they need that kind of extreme life support so we have to do something because people have not really been following these guidelines the way they need to. >> what is the reaction going to be to this kind of a rolling back at this point? the governor of new york made a good point. it is easier i think probably psychologically with a lot of folks to have a slower phased reopening than open it back up and have to roll it back but that is what you all are facing right now. how's this going to be received? >> i worry about all the wonderful service workers and restaurantaurs impacted terribly. that's for many of us on their best days they have thin margins and profit margins and this is devastating but i think the

problem is i don't know that we have any other choice. our residents, many of them in our city, following rules of masks. we had a mask order for months in our city but too many other things are going on, too much socializing, too many young people frankly really not seeming to care at all or people coming the city which is a hospitality city and not follow all these rules. it is a huge problem and we have a curfew at 10:00 p.m. and have had it for a week and still doesn't seem to be stopping the surge we are feeling. >> is -- do you think this is in part coming from what you saw over the weekend or the holiday weekend or this just simply you know the numbers, seeing the numbers and reflect infections that happened a couple weeks ago. right? that's how this works. which is it? >> the problem is i think from a few weeks ago. i think unfortunately we are

going to get what we saw this weekend show up in hospitals and icus and vent usages in a few weeks. you have to act two weeks early. which is why it's so important for everybody to be on the same page and message this. because -- >> that's something you have been talking about that i think is extremely important to hit on. you have been talking about the real life impact that confusing messaging is having on people. people getting an urgent message from you. you have been on, made yourself available in order to speak to the public so many times about the urgent need to take care and socially distant and wear face coverings but then the president of the united states saying the opposite. just this weekend downplaying how serious the virus actually is, essentially speaking to those young people that you are so concerned about saying 99% of the cases are totally harmless.

if he is the problem, what is your message to him? >> listen. people when we ask them to make a sacrifice we expect them and hope they will and what they typically do. we ask people to sacrifice in hurricanes and they fall into line beautifully and harmoniously. i would ask the president, please use that pulpit of yours to tell the people out there who listen to you and will follow you that this is important, that it is not a show of weakness but a show of strength. it is american in nature to help your neighbor and a stranger. so tell people that. tell them that you want them to wear the mask because it is a show of strength and it is a sacrifice like anyone else makes a sacrifice. that would help so much because right now people are looking for a message that is the path of least resistance and when the president of the united states gives them a path of least resistance they're taking it and

it's killing people right now. >> i think that's a very important way of putting it. given the option they'll choose the path of least resistance meaning something different when literally lives are at stake and it is a life and death decision. mayor, thank you. we'll talk to you very soon. >> thanks, kate. coming up, the president attacking nascar's bubba wallace and doubling down on what appears to be an only re-election strategy of stirring racial tension in the country. plus, an antibody treatment in the next phase of trials and how it is being tested and what it means for people exposed to the virus. at university of phoenix, we know you're always there for them. that's why our advisors are always here for you.

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if there is any doubt left that the president believes enflaming racial tension in the country is the path to re-election he confirmed that all this morning attacking nascar's only black full-time driver bubba wallace over a quote hoax and criticizing

nascar for banning the confederate flag at rass. this caps off a weekend full of the president's pushing division, anger and racial tension in two high profile speeches while essentially ignoring the pandemic or down playing how serious it is. >> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. we are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators. in our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate board rooms there is a new far left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. >> joining me now is cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins and a white house court

reporter for "the washington post." i feel like we need 150 minutes to actually go over everything i want to talk with you about. kaitlan, on what we have just heard from the president, what is the white house thinking here? >> reporter: coming to this message that you're seeing from the president at these speeches, ones he made on friday night and then again on saturday night, you are really seeing how the president thinks this is the message that's going to work for him and it is notable because he is given this advice from those inside and outside the white house to be aggressive confronting the protesters that turned in to riots after the death of george floyd and seen the president take it to another level and it's a level that you haven't seen republicans back up but the president has continued to dig into that language but then you see when he is defending certain monuments not being torn down, republicans agree with that but then the president comes out today and goes after someone like bubba wallace and people like lindsey graham said he has nothing to

apologize for and the way that nascar responded is something that should be praised. >> yeah. talu, graham said when in response to the president knocking nascar for banning confederate flags said the confederate flag is not a good way to grow your business but i wonder if people walking around the white house know that. >> people around the president clearly don't know that. it's clear that the president has been saying that confederate generals and confederate generals are where he wants to focus the campaign message going into 2020. he wants to really focus on the things that are a relic of the past, not supported by other republicans. there aren't even republicans in the senate or in congress that are pushing this message but the president is pushing it in part thinking that's the way to grow the base, the way to appeal to

his most fervent supporters ahead of november and clear that he is more and more isolated on this even if people within the white house are not backing him up. >> on the other aspect of his messaging, kaitlan, on his really just denial -- lack of focus and denial of the reality of the coronavirus, two of the leagues at "the post" had this line in some of the reporting that i have got to read because it stopped me in my tracks. white house officials are also hope americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day according to three people familiar with the white house thinking -- requested anonymity. americans will live with the virus being a threat in the words of one of those people, a senior administration official. is that what you are hearing as

a political strategy to hope that americans just give up? >> reporter: i think their hope is that americans start to want to move forward, go back to work, to open schools and whatnot and to the fact that that is the argument of the white house, look at polls that show americans do want that but they also have prioritized containing the pandemic over that so that a es the question and what is so important here when the president makes comments exaggerated, misleading or just flat-out wrong is that people listen to the president and if he is dismissing it and downplaying it, people listen to that and so notable as you see people back up that 99.9% claim that the president made about cases being harmless is if that's the true the fda commission would have backed him up on it yesterday saying, actually, we have this data showing this and he did not do that when he was pressed twice

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a new antibody treatment that could prevent coronavirus infections has now entered phase three trials. it could potentially treat patients already infected and elizabeth cohen is following this. elizabeth, tell us more about this potential treatment. >> when one of us, someone gets infected with coronavirus you produce antibodies and not all of them are created equal and what companies are trying to do is identify the most powerful, clone those and turn these into a drug and so regeneron is starting phase three trials with three different approaches. the first approach is as a treatment for patients who are so sick they're in the hospital, a treatment for patients not so sick at home and also a prevention for people who are

living at home with someone who has coronavirus so therefore they're at high risk and taking the drug help stave off the infection altogether? now, when you look at the three different groups that's 4,900 study subjects, high hopes that this antibody approach whether by regeneron or someone else will yield results and hopefully a bridge to a vaccine because the clinical trials should be quicker than the trials for a vaccine. >> that is interesting. there's also a new aspect of how the world talks about the virus. that i find really interesting. 200 scientists from all over the world are speaking out and telling the world health organization and essentially everyone really that we're not taking the airborne threat of the virus seriously enough. what are they saying? >> what they're saying is that they want the world health organization and i assume probably the cdc as well to be open that airborne transmission is a real thing.

studies show it's real. let me explain the difference of transmissions. it is known and see it on the cdc and w.h.o. website it's spread by drop lets, you can see them when someone coughs or sneezes and that's been thought to be the main driver of covid infection. you are near someone who coughs or sneezes but the droplets are heavy, falling to the ground. the w.h.o. scientists are talking about much smaller particles to come out by breathing and kind of float around in the air and can linger and someone who walks by sometime later can run boo the particles, that's airborne transmission, a scary word that i think health authorities don't love to use it. you don't see them, w.h.o. or the cdc using it. they're saying it's real. use the word. the national academy of scientists told the white house

more than three months ago airborne transmission was a real thing and the white house doesn't really emphasize that. kate? >> that's absolutely correct. and should or would completely change the conversation of masks. thank you so much. coming up, at least five children are dead after a wave of gun violence across several states over the holiday weekend. save hundreds on your wireless bill

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multiple states. in new york city there's at least 60 people shot this weekend but new york is not alone. chicago, atlanta, washington all saw spikes in shootings and homicides this weekend, as well. at least five children were shot and killed. the children between the ages of 6 and 11 years old. you can see them right there. cnn's shimon prokupecz here in new york with more on what really is happening here. what are you hearing? >> reporter: for new york city, it was a very violent and bloody weekend, kate. police officials i have been talking to said they have not seen a weekend like this since 1995. decades ago and the reason the police commissioner gives is that it's because so many of the people who should be in jail whether awaiting trial or for whatever reason they should be in jail they're not. saying that half the population at the jail at rikers island is

empty and there are people on the street here who are committing these crimes. governor cuomo just moments ago addressing the violence specifically in terms of in the communities, the communities of which we are seeing the violence and here's what he said. >> the communities that in many ways need the most pay the highest price. many of these shootings, brooklyn, bronx, communities that are suffering, suffering through covid, suffering inequality all across the board, so it is an in and of itself it's frightening and it's tragic. and it's unnecessary. >> reporter: and that is exactly

also what nypd officials are seeing in the communities in which a lot of these shootings have occurred. 63 victim just in new york city over the weekend. 44 shooting incidents and 12 victims. the nypd acknowledging they need more resources saying they need to do more and they also need the community's help here, kate. >> what are you hearing from rank and file about all of this right now? >> yeah. so i actually spent sometime last night speaking to police officers that are on the street every day last night and really for them they are afraid to do their jobs. there are laws now here in new york state and new york city which make it much more difficult. they say to do their jobs. they feel if they do something wrong they will be arrested and the police commissioner addressed this today saying that a lot of the cops are feeling that perhaps more afraid that they're going to get arrested than the people that they're trying to arrest. they are frustrated.

no doubt. they feel beat up. they feel that politicians here locally have been beating them up for weeks now and as a result of what we are seeing here they acknowledge they need help, more resources and look at the laws again to see whether or not they're appropriate and whether or not by changing some of the laws maybe perhaps they can stop some of this violence. >> shimon, thank you. coming up, new worries and whiplash in the restaurant industry as reopening plans are delayed and rolled back. and more one of a kind finds. it all ships free. and with new deals every day you can explore endless options at every price point. get your outdoor oasis delivered fast so you can get the good times going. ♪ wayfair. you've got just what i need. ♪

new york city restaurants were slated to be able to open the doors to indoor dining once again today but with the resurgence of coronavirus in many places those plans are put on hold. nationwide the numbers tell the story why. they were showing recovery right around father's day but still obviously reservations were down about 40% but now you can see it is getting worse once again. in states seeing surges in covid cases they're seeing huge declines in dining. here's the change of mid-june to this past weekend. florida 50% decline. texas down 66%. what does this mean so many months in and how do restaurants continue to try to survive?

joining me is mike murphy, host of podcast food 360. it is good to see you, mark. i wish upon wish we were talking about something other than what everyone is facing in the restaurant industry right now but important nonetheless. what does it mean for an independent restaurant just say in new york city to be told that indoor dining is now postponed indefinitely? >> it is good to see you, kate. this is an industry hit very, very hard and who knows when we come out of it but all of a sudden the start and stop, if you're in the restaurant business you understand if you start up a business there's economics involved. you have to purchase that food, train all that staff. you have to get the word out to open up and it costs a lot of money. that food goes to waste if you don't open up and you have dollars wasted by saying we are opening, not opening.

we need clear direction and a lot of clear direction on how this will work and i think a lot of -- this is new to everybody from the people in charge telling us what to do and not 100% sure and just a lot of start and stop is not a good thing. >> it seem that is the start and stop has to be worse, right, than being told it's slow and it is going to take much longer. it is almost like a horrific roller coaster for restaurant owners. how do folks weather that? how do you ride that roller coaster? >> i mean, i honestly don't know. it is difficult. restaurants take a big, big hit here and yes we have the outdoor dining which is taking a little bit of air out of the tires for them and helping somewhat and it is going to be a long road to recovery. i think there's a lot of -- you have to look at everything they can do. i look at the landlords and everybody saying they should cut

the rent but they have bills to pay and trickles down to everybody sort of suffering. >> one like data point that has stuck with me is i spoke with a ceo of open table, feels like a million years ago but it was in may and he said that 1 in 4 restaurants in the country would not reopen by his estimation which then sounded terrifying. now i'm wondering if the outlook is potentially even worse because there is no end in sight right now to a lot of this. >> no. there is no end. if there's not a federal bailout for small restaurants and small businesses like this i think they're going to suffer. i have heard some people talking about a payroll tax cut to put more money once the engine starts going again put money in the employer's and employee's pocket and maybe they can start to recover a little bit but it is devastating.

i think the industry is going to suffer very much and at the end of this 50% of the restaurants is from open table what they're saying i think likely that people close up shop. >> another aspect is consumer confidence. the industry isn't going to be truly back until they can fill the tables again, until people feel comfortable to go back inside a restaurant and sit down once again. have you thought about that? like what is it going to take to get people there? >> i think truly to get people to be comfortable to get together like that and feel comfortable is a vaccine. before that it's very difficult to see that or a very good cure. how do you try to -- whole point of going out and gathering is to relax. you have this burden over your head thinking i'm relaxing and if the guy is not wearing a mask and this guy is, there's so much

tension involved. i don't know how you get past that. it is difficult psychologically i think just to go out and relax and feel like you can't relax. >> you put it so well. it is great to see you, marc. i'm sorry it is under these circumstances. i would love to see you for a drink sometime soon in another world and not too many moons from now. >> absolutely. cheers. take care. nice to see you. >> thank you. coming up, bars, beauty salons in sao paulo open for business even as the coronavirus cases are climbing very fast in brazil. it was 1961 when nellie young lost her devoted husband. without him, things were tough.

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when it comes to the coronavirus brazil is one of the countries hardest hit in the world second only to united states. that isn't stopping businesses from reopening including in the country's largest city sao paulo. bill weir is live on the ground there for us. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: a lot of people in the center of the old town, a place that's been host to trades of goods and services for hundreds of years and you can see it's ripping. not exactly universal mask wearage going on here. certainly not six-foot social

distancing going on here and a lot of the stores are tight and hawkers with laminated cards in your face to try to lure you in this some of these stores here. restaurants and open six hours today saying no more than 40% occupancy and no real enforcement, kate, and attitude of the president down has been really that this is nothing more than a minor flu and a lot of hype and you can see it borne out in the statistics. brazil is in a morbid with the united states for infections and mortality. >> you hit on it, bill, but brazil's president played a big role in the country's response. publicly down playing the threat. what do you think his impact is on what you are seeing and talking to? >> reporter: it's really fascinating, a lot like the

united states. 27 different states in brazil. 20 of the governors are opposed to the president's policies saying it shouldn't be open this fast this soon and so you have a sort of regionalism and individualism clashing. in the united states when people bang pots and pans to celebrate heroes on the front line here it is a protest against president bolsonaro as a sign of disgust after he fired essentially the dr. fauci of brazil. the replacement quit after a month. now the man in charge of the pandemic here in this country of 212 million is an army general loyal to the president but has zero health or policy experience and this is a country with a fairly sophisticated health care system. because they have been through zika and hiv crisis and the people here can do the right things if they pull together in the same way but it is i'm sure

doctors would not argue, the two countries that politicized the pandemic more than any other, u.s. and brazil, number one and two in infections. >> thank you for being there. we will have much on bill's reporting throughout the day but thank you all so much for joining us today. our coverage continues right now with brianna keilar. hi there. i'm brianna keilar and welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. 112 days since the white house issued guidance on social distancing. america is far from recovering from coronavirus. instead it is relapsing in many areas. cases skyrocket and in the three most populous, florida, texas and california. overall see all of that orange and red? 32