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failures rebuking his top infectious disease and calling for opening of cools. later more states join the list for vote by mail. for some it's a sigh of relief. for the president it's a reason to wage war on the election process. good to have you with us. surging spikes, record daily cases and now a leading projection has the u.s. death toll from coronavirus topping 200,000 by november. around the world 11.8 million cases are confirmed, with more than half a million people dead from covid-19. as bleak as those numbers are, researchers say as many as

45,000 american lives could be saved by the winter. one expert tells cnn's anderson cooper all it takes is one simple thing. >> if people would wear masks, 95% of people wearing masks through mandates, that could reduce the death toll by november by 45,000 deaths. so if states start doing that then our forecast will definitely come down. >> america's top infectious disease expert is also a big advocate of wearing masks. dr. anthony fauci says they are especially important with the u.s. still knee deep in the first wave, despite all this prur president trump and others are ready for schools to re-open. >> they think it will be good for them politically they will keep the schools closed. no way. we'll put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the

schools to get them open. >> we don't want to be the reason any school doesn't re-open. to open up america we have to open up schools. we encourage all schools, all schools to do what they need to do to re-open. and to have plans that anticipate that the covid-19 cases will, in fact, occur. >> and with new covid-19 cases accelerating the u.s. has broken its own daily record. more than 60,000 cases were confirmed on tuesday. texas among the hardest hit with more than 10,000 new infections, its highest single day increase and the surge is so bad in florida that dozens of its intensive care units have hit capacity. erica hill has an update. >> reporter: cases surging in the sunshine state. more than 7300 reported on tuesday. 43 hospitals in florida report their icu bed are now capacity.

nearly three dozen more or close. the governor is pushing forward with plans to open cools next month, touting his state's efforts to prepare for the long haul. >> we're in a way better position today to be able to do that. >> reporter: restaurants in miami-dade county told to pull back as hospitalizations there surge. and that curve that the governor mentioned, looking more like a steep cliff. though it's not just florida. arizona now has the highest number of cases per capita in the country. >> arizona, the cases are rising so rapidly that we cannot even do contact tracing. the epidemic is out of control in the southern part of the united states. >> reporter: texas just reported more than 10,000 new cases its highest single day increase. houston's mayor urging the state's republican party to cancel it's upcoming convention in his city scheduled for july

16th. >> i believe cancelling the in person convention is the responsible action to take. >> reporter: the texas gop still planning to hold the event adding a mask requirement for attendees. texas state fair cancelled for the first time since world war ii. the governor now saying he allowed bars to re-open too soon. >> you have to wonder if they ever should have ever been opened because bars are not made in a way that promotes social distancing. >> reporter: california's state capital closed after five assembly members tested positive. a new study finds that is i lent spreaders may account for half of all cases. erica hill, cnn, new york. dr. rodriguez is an internal medicine and bio specialist. he joins me now.

thank you for being with us. the washington university model now projects more than 200,000 americans will die from covid-19 by november 1st, but adds that if 95% of the population wore masks, that number could be lowered to around 162,000 plus and america's top doctor anthony fauci says masks need to be mandated by states and local governments. sir, why isn't that being done right now with around 40,000 lives could potentially be saved between now and november? >> it's not being done because, unfortunately, politics has gotten into the way of health care and good medicine. there's no doubt that wearing masks decreases the infectivity of this virus and people need to come to grips with the fact this virus will not go away until it is completely eradicated.

until that's done we need to basically learn how to live with this beast and we need to sort of live in -- maybe the word is not harmony, but to keep it from destroying us. the way to do it is masks and social distancing and hygiene at this time. politics need to get out. >> still some reluctance, going about atlanta i see people not wearing masks. doctor, despite surge in cases, president trump is pushing for schools to open next month. cdc is supporting this. how can kids go back to school without jeopardizing their health? >> it's a risk. it's something that i honestly i fight with this every day and i ask my cousin who lives in miami what she does because what she thinks she would do. she has four kids. i was surprised. she said maybe they should go

back because kids are not going to get sick. if i had children i would not actually risk them. so this is something that needs to be done on a local level and something where parents absolutely need to have their voices heard. this could be a couple of years, not the optimum for kids not to school, it wouldn't be the optimum but at least a third year to, you know, to go to school. >> it is a tough one. doctor, two major u.s. covid-19 testing companies labcorp and quest say the waiting time for results has doubled because of the surge. it's now up to four to six days before people getting results. what's the impact of that in terms of the spread of this virus and why the is the superpower unable to get testing done properly and contact tracing now impossible, apparently, because of the

surge? what is going on here? >> well, what's going on here we were late to the party and when we showed up we didn't really know what to do. so, this is something that hits home to me because we use both of those labs, and it has -- it's now taking five to six days and people want to know, for example, i had a case today. the gentleman wanted to visit his parents who he hasn't seen in months. and it'sineffectual because by the time we get the results back he may be infected. it's not just the problem we have so many people wanting tests and getting infected, we were slow in coming up with re-agents to run these tests. full-court press has to be done for these lab tests to be accessible tomb. >> yeah. they got to be faster. i mean other countries are able to provide fast testing.

so, doctor, florida's governor won't disclose how many people have been hospitalized and miami-dade has. still in florida it's ordering cools to re-open next month despite the surge in cases but the superintendent of miami-dade county schools in florida says he will not re-open his school system on august 24th if the situation doesn't improve. will counties need to break from their governors to keep their people safe? >> absolutely. and they should. and i think their main obligation is to the children and to the parents. actually to the whole community. and when you mention miami i mean. that is my hometown. so this hits very close the home. but it will happen in every single county and every single state in this country. so, we need to be very aware, and involved. and, yes, they do need to be rebels and go against the current and do what is safest

for those children. >> dr. rodriguez, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for hearing me out. donald trump has been very critical of the world health organization saying it did not do enough to warn the world about the danger of the coronavirus. and now his criticism has turned to action. the trump administration has now formally notified congress and the u.n. that it intends to withdraw from the 0 w.h.w.h.o.. the exit will take place next july. likely democratic presidential nominee joe biden says that if he's elected he will stop the withdrawal. the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court was briefly hospitalized in june after suffering a fall. a spokeswoman for the court said john roberts received surgeries

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. we're 130, we could be at, way over a million right now and could it have been two and a half or three million people. when you shah 6 people and the 15 within a couple of days will be down close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done. >> that was donald trump both now and back in february.

bragging about how well the u.s. is handling the coronavirus outbreak. despite those reassurances the u.s. is about to become the first nation to reach 3 million confirmed cases. it's against that backdrop that the president will travel later this week to florida where hospitals are filling up and the outbreak may be the worst. with more on that here's katelyn collins. >> reporter: as the coronavirus surges in south florida, president trump will fly to miami-dade county on friday but not because of the raging pandemic. instead trump's trip is for a briefing at u.s. southern command on drug trafficking in south america and a campaign fundraiser. >> the president has an important message to share. >> reporter: the white house defended trump traveling to an area where cases have soared and medical resources are limited. >> he has a fundraiser. >> we've had several fundraisers. we had important messages to

share. >> reporter: trump and his aides are tested regularly. questions remain whether he's putting his entourage or the area at risk. >> they are tested regularly. >> reporter: when any president travels secret service devotes a wealth of resources like sending agents in advance to cope out hospitals as they prepare for a worse case scenario. friday's visit could affect hospitals already overwhelmed and put agents at risk as well. some tested positive in oklahoma when trump went there for a rally and then, again, in arizona. the white house insists trump isn't down playing the virus. on twitter trump wrongly claimed that the u.s. has the lowest mortality rate in the world. while u.s. fatality rates have declined lately they aren't the lowest in the world and at least 13 other hard-hit countries have lower death rates. dr. anthony fauci warned about a false complacency over a lower death rate.

>> it's false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death. there's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. don't get yourself into false complacency. >> reporter: it's unlikely trump will wear a mask when he travels to miami since he's refused to do so publicly for months. his own aide see it as a foregone conclusion despite the message it could send to his supporters. >> what's the point? everyone who gets near him has been tested. and nobody gets within six feet of him. what's the point here? >> the white house effort to emphasize the importance of mask wearing. >> you can keep asking it and i'm not going to go there. >> reporter: during a round table on opening schools safely the white house called it, the president said he'll pressure governors and local officials to physically re-open their cools come this fall. he envisions students being back in classrooms along with their

teachers and administrators and said they are going to lean on officials to do so despite those concerns we heard of whether or not it's safe to do so. katelyn collins, cnn, the white house. the niece of u.s. president donald trump has laid out a damning portrait of her uncle in a new book. mary trump who is a licensed clinical psychologist seeks to explain mr. trump's character through her personal knowledge of their family drama and relationships. the white house has rejected the book and members of the trump family tried to block its release. we have a report on some of the key takeaways. >> reporter: in a scathing new critique of president trump coming from his own niece. cnn obtained an early copy of mary trump and in it he talks about the toxic nature that donald trump's father created.

she describes him as a liar and a cheater. she writes the lies may come true in his mind but they are still lies. mary trump includes a number of embarrassing anecdotes from the president. it's clear there's bad blood in this family. it goes back decades. one is when donald trump was younger he wanted to get into the university of pennsylvania. he paid another candidate to take the s.a.t.s for him. the white house said that's absurd and they are questioning why this book is coming out now. mary trump said donald trump destroyed her father who struggled with alcoholism. she says she's not going stand by while donald trump destroys the country. joining me now is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia.

always good to have you with us. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> now, in a scathing tell all book written by president trump's niece mary trump called too much and never enough she describes her uncle as a threat to the nation, a liar and a cheat who only ran for president to boost his own brand and she says this. by the time this book is published hundreds of thousands of american lives will have been sacrificed on the altar of donald's hubris and willful ignorance if he's afford a second term it would be the end of american. democracy. she also says he cheated on his s.a.t. by paying for another student to sit for entry on an exam for university of pennsylvania. what impact could a scathing tell all book from a family member have on mr. trump's efforts to win a second term? >> i think it would have some

impact, because it's an individual within the family who has not spoken out before at least to my knowledge. probably privately providing information to the "new york times". that's different than speaking out publicly. i think it would have some impact. there are bomb shells in that book. there's no question about it. the s.a.t. example is just one. i'm a college professor and any student who was found doing that would be expelled within hours. i do think that trump's schools, they got to take a look at this, because if they can prove this is true then his diploma must be revoked. must be. this is a standard. >> she does name the student who apparently sat for the exam. someone is chasing him down to get some comment. larry, mary trump also says this. the lies may become true in his mind as soon as he utters them

but they are still lies. it's just another way for him to see what he can get away with and so far he's gotten away with everything. larry it is worth noting that mary trump is a clinical psychologist and has assessed her uncle as a sociopath, a liar and a cheat. does the fact that she's a psychologist add weight to these revelations despite the suggestion from the white house she's motivated by money and spite. >> maybe she is motivated by money and spite but that doesn't mean she's not telling the truth. i think given her background she has every wright to say these things. as we all know because we've seen it a thousand times, trump's base will confirm all of this, there's a handful of voters that are persuadable that voted for trump because they didn't like hillary clinton but don't like how he's performed.

this kind of information could have an impact. again, there's so much in there. so many bomb shells. even if you read parts of this book which i have to this point, it's hard to conclude otherwise that donald trump is a wretched human being. >> larry, president trump is pushing for the economy and schools to re-open and he insists there will be no more closures going forward. how does that play politically for the president because when we look at the national poll numbers and we'll bring those up he's rivalled joe biden is well ahead of him but what's the story behind those numbers. in critical swing states and the role the electoral college may play again in the outcome. >> it's very important to focus on his overall approval rating. despite everything that's come out, despite the disaster of the

pandemic, which he's partly responsible for in this country, despite the terrible economy and racial protests and all the rest, he still at an average of 42%. we need to remember that under the college system which now favors, he only needs 45%. he could win with 45%. that means he's only three points down from what he needs. a lot will happen between now and november. so we can't count him out and what trump sees is the opportunity to attract people who may be wavering and he's trying to show that he's a strong president who is going command that the schools open which, by the way, he doesn't have the power to do. that's at state and local level. and also the pandemic, he's decided there's no pandemic or that we got over it and now let's talk about other things. now it's hard to say that after

130,000 people have died in some models now projecting over 200,000 by november. >> yep. the numbers are horrifying. larry, many thanks to you for joining us. >> thank you. thanks a lot. and coming up, after a resurgence of coronavirus cases in melbourne, australia is taking drastic measures that are now being felt by millions. the details of the new lockdown when we come back. reinventing. it's what small businesses do.

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worldwide. and the united states is leading the way with nearly 3 million cases. more than 58,000 of them have come in the last 24 hours. the states that are currently being hit hardest are sun belt states. in florida at least 56 icu units reached capacity on tuesday. texas reported more than 10,000 daily cases, the highest since the pandemic began. of those two states they have governors who are on paper similar. both republican, both in charge of southern states, but right now they are handling the crisis very differently. brian todd has that report. >> reporter: coming off a devastating rash of covid deaths in his state over the past few of days texas governor greg abbott is blunt in his assessment of what's hide. my concern is we may see greater fatalities going forward as we go into the middle part of july. >> reporter: compare that to

florida's governor whose state has had a horrible surge of coronavirus case and deaths. >> we obviously want to see, you know, get over this wave as soon as possible, but we have the tools in place to be able to deal with it in ways not only florida did but no state in the country had it when we're talking about the beginning or middle of march. just something that wasn't there. now it's there. we're much better off to be able to handle it. >> reporter: there is a tale of two governors playing out, both republican, both presiding over states that are reeling from the virus. florida and texas both surging past 200,000 cases. but abbott seems to be acknowledging the reality admitting he made mistakes with his state as re-opening. >> if i could go back maybe slow down the re-opening of bars. >> reporter: diane advertise unrepentant moves full steam ahead. governor abbott ordered facemasks to be worn, an order

which covers the majority of texas counties. desantis while encouraging mask wearing has issued no statewide mandate on masks in florida. leaving that up to counties and cities to decide on their own. >> ultimately we got to trust people to make good decisions. >> reporter: while abbott is going along with the u.s. military sending do dozens of medical support personnel, florida's governor ordered all cools to re-open and retweeted president trump's tweet saying schools must open in the fall. >> i just can't imagine schools opening when you have this level of virus circulating in the community. i do think there are ways to re-open schools safely once you suppressed transmission but we're not anywhere close to that in florida right now. >> reporter: why are these two republican governors hand technology crisis in their states differently? political analysts say could it be because of abbott's longer experience as a state leader and

because desantis is more beholding to the president. >> desantis is seen more as a trump-like figure in republican party politics. abbott certainly has aligned himself with trump on a number of issues but, again, sort of made his political bones well before trump came into the political picture. >> reporter: there's another factor at play here as well. he said we should remember the republican national convention this summer has just been notified jacksonville, florida. and politically it might appear incongruous if governor desantis order all floridians to wear facemasks in public at a time when president trump rejects mask wearing. latin america and the caribbean have reported more than 3 million cases of covid-19 as of tuesday. that's according to johns hopkins university. brazil, peru, chile and mexico

are the top four latin america countries with the most infections. also a part of the top ten countries around the world with the most cases. colombia's president is extending his country's lockdown through at least august 1st after seeing a new spike in cases. and brazilian president jair bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus and using controversial medicine to treat it. on tuesday bolsonaro post ad video of himself taking what he claims to be a third dose of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine even though studies of the drug have been disputed. bolsonaro continues to tell the public that nothing bad will come of it. >> translator: younger people take care. if you're affected by the virus, rest assured that for you the possibility of something more serious is close to zero.

>> and the brazilian president is only one of more than 45,000 new cases reported in the country on tuesday. mass graves like these in sao paulo are being used to bury the dead. 1,200 people in brazil reportedly died from the virus on tuesday, doubling the amount that passed away on monday. brazil has more than 1.6 million cases of the virus, second in the world after the united states. and in australia millions of melbourne residents are preparing to enter a stage three lockdown as cases in the state of victoria climbed to nearly 3,000. starting midnight local time residents could only leave their homes for essential trips like getting food, going to work, and caregiving. and this comes a day after the government shut down roads between victoria and new south

wales. anna coren joins me live from melbourne. >> reporter: that lockdown is going to go into effect as of midnight tonight, australian time. melbournians and there's 5 million of them have been out, stocking up on supplies before that lockdown comes into effect. this is the second lockdown in many months. the first one was obviously back in march when the rest of australia went into lockdown for two months. melbournians doing get and the australian prime minister addressed this issue saying you did it once, you can do it again. that we're all with you and that as a country we will prevail. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we're all melbournians now when it comes to the challenges we face. we're all victorians now because we're all australians. we will prevail and we will get on top of it and we will protect

the rest of the country. >> reporter: 134 new cases in melbourne today. active cases in the state of victoria just over 860. the numbers obviously relatively low, i should say compared to the rest of the world as we know, as we've been discussion. australia has been extremely aggressive in the way it's tackled this pandemic. and the state border between new south wales and victoria that was closed as of midnight last night. the idea is melbourne itself will self-isolate from the rest of the country. so they are stopping anyone from victoria heading north in an attempt to stop the spread of this pandemic. >> certainly a very different response compared to what we see in the united states. thanks. china is trying to prevent another outbreak this one bubonic playing.

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they discussed how the company can better combat hate speech. activists are disappointed and believe facebook are not taking calls to action seriously. hundreds of advertisers are boycotting the social media giant until it changes its policies. and for more cnn -- this meeting between these civil rights groups and mark zuckerberg ended in disappointment. what do these groups want to see happen and how is facebook responding? >> reporter: these are the key points to cover here, rosemary. it's a high stakes game with $70 billion of annual revenue on the table. that's why we see mark zuckerberg as the ceo and the chief operating officer participate in the zoom call which lasted only an hour. often overlooked from all the advertisers, 750 that stepped away, what are the key points that these organizers are looking for?

there are ten we talked about that we wanted to pick out four of them, kind of the key points. let's bring that up. the organizers are calling on facebook to pledge to do regular independent audits of hate and former. be more active on what's being posted online. remove public and private groups focused on height or conspiracies. facebook argued they have banned 250 white supremacist groups but admitted they could do more in that effort and give all content moderators training in the next 90 days. it's hard to digest. these are those on the front line who have to make a decision whether to allow content to get posted and then to ban political ads. that would be expensive for facebook and blatant lies. mark zuckerberg has been accused being too soft on president trump. now facebook did not lay out a very clear timeline of action but it did put out this statement hoping to kind of

quell some concerns that are out there. this is what the company had to say. we know we'll be judged by our actions and not by our words and are grateful to these groups and many others for their continued engagement, basically saying this is a good thing to do, rattling the cage within facebook. this is also, though, i think very important to suggest, rosemary, to shine line on the silicone valley. are they too big to take outside counsel or influence to have independent auditors. not only facebook, google, amazon, some say april p.m. they are so wealthy, market cap so big that can they be challenged, can this campaign be sustained past july. as we say in twice, to be continued as this story is not near its end yet. that's for sure. >> we'll certainly continue to watch it. many thanks from abu dhabi. and we are following an announcement from another popular social media app, tik

tok says it's pulling out of hong kong in the wake of the controversial new national security law. >> reporter: this decision by tik tok to pull out of hong kong should be seen as a broader messaging effort by tik tok to distance itself from china though it's owned by a beijing company. hong kong is not a big market at all for tik tok. nowhere near, for example, india which recently banned tik tok from the country. but what tik tok is trying to do here is send a message to its critics it's not in the pocket of the chinese government. this despite calls from people like u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo who called tik tok a curt threat because of laws in china which require chinese companies to work with the chinese government when asked. that's part of the reason why mike pompeo say they are considering banning tik tok in the united states. >> we're taking this very seriously. we're looking at it.

we worked on this very issue for a longtime, whether it was the problems of having huawei technology in your infrastructure, we've gone all over the world and we made real progress getting that out. we have done all these things with respect to chinese apps on people's cell phones. the united states will get this one right too. >> tik tok has maintained it has never has or ever will hand over user data to the china government. it comes at the same time as some of the biggest social platforms in the world have said they are going to stop processing user data requests from hong kong authorities as a result of this national security law because this new national security law gives hong kong police authority to demand these platforms hand over user data or that they remove content from their platforms that the authorities deem to be breaking this national security law which keep in mind can be something like calling for hong kong

independence. facebook, for example, for its part said it wants to consult with human right experts before they decide on their next steps forward. and coming up -- we can safely go to the polls and vote during covid-19. >> president trump doesn't think the pandemic is a valid reason to expand mail in voting. many u.s. states think otherwise. we'll have the details for you on the other side of the break. stay with us.

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president trump on the on the other hand continues to claim it's ripe for fouled. >> we can safely go the polls and vote during covid-19. >> reporter: president trump waging war against mail in voting, but during the coronavirus pandemic for voters like this 36-year-old cancer patient maria it's not about politics, it's life or death. >> it's truly the fear for you health and when you're a young mother like i am, you just have to look at your children and really say this isn't a risk that i'm willing to take. >> reporter: homeland security secretary tom ridge pushed for absentee ballots anticipate fix the number of problems growing in american voting. >> we had four months to deal with some of these challenges and the one thing we do know is

that the president of the united states could take the lead to provide safe and secure options for all of his fellow citizens. >> reporter: this as president trump who has voted by mail himself focuses on undermining the credibility of the election. >> this will be in my opinion the most corrupt election in the history of our country. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden claiming trump's attacks on voting are part of a sinister plan. >> my greatest concern, my single greatest concern, this president will try to steal this election. >> reporter: in all 50 states a patch work of election rules and a sea of looming problems. officials looking to recruit younger poll workers as older workers who are at risk choose to stay at that time home. in georgia, wisconsin and kentucky primaries few workers and need for socially distance polling locations mean fewer polling likes and in some cases long lines. every where the crush of absentee ballot requests have

meant delays for voters like maria receiving their ballot or worse. >> i'm still looking for the ballot right now. it never came. >> reporter: wisconsin organizer was forced to take a chance. >> it was a major risk. then when i actually went and stood in the line there was no physical way to be six feet apart. i'm standing in a pandemic zone at this point. and not by choice. basically by force. >> reporter: they are plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking changes to wisconsin's voting rules. one of dozens that have been filed across the country that could determine how voters can cast ballots and vote in person in november. meantime despite trump's claims, no evidence of widespread fraud has emerged. >> sometimes i wonder if the president is more concerned about the outcome than he is about fraud. >> reporter: all of this signalling election night uncertainty could stretch on for days or even weeks.

>> shouldn't be so focused on knowing that night. we might. certainly a possibility. but let's start talking about election week. >> reporter: election experts and political operatives that i've spoken to say it has been about 20 years since america has experienced what we might experience in november which is a long wait to find out the final results of the election but that's why tom ridge is urging both trump and biden not to say or do anything that could further undermine public confidence in our electoral system. he says even if people have to wait a little bit longer than they are used to they should have confidence that the elections are being conducted freely and fairly. abby philip, cnn, washington. thanks so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a great day.

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i think we're in a good place. i disagree with him. >> president trump contradicts his top doctor again as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a new milestone in america. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start". i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's wednesday, july 8th, 2020. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. this morning the u.s. set agnew record, the highest single day count of new coronavirus cases so far. more than 60,000 reported tuesday. bringing the grand total to nearly 3 million. at least 56 intensive care units in florida