Skip to main content

tv   CNN Newsroom  CNN  July 10, 2020 11:00am-12:00pm PDT

11:00 am
today on home front we are bringing you the incredible story of the first female green beret. the army national soldier graduated yesterday in north carolina and in order to earn her special forces tab she had to complete the daunting and infamous 53-week q course, which two-thirds that attempt are unable to do. stars and stripes reporting she will go on to serve in a special forces unit. a female green beret that can serve in an operational capacity is a first. be sure and check out our columns at. the nation's top infectious
11:01 am
disease doctor is sounding the alarm louder than he has before. dr. fauci who is being restricted by the white house from going on television has not briefed the president in two months as the pandemic is getting worse. today he told a world aides conference that this is a true pandemic. >> seems like whatever we did in different parts of the world, there were responses and sometimes favorable as that country has got it under control, but as you can see, from this slide you can see, my own country, i am sure it's in the middle right now as we speak in a very serious problem. >> a short time ago a top world health organization said the situation is very unlikely that we can eradicate or eliminate this virus.
11:02 am
martin savidge has been following where the virus has been exploding, and florida is now the epicenter of the world. >> reporter: each day the numbers grow more and more and it's a hot spot in more days than one. deaths from the coronavirus still rising, and two states reporting their largest single day death toll since the pandemic began, florida, texas, and california with its largest since april. >> those that think now that people are getting it and nobody is dying, that's very misleading and it's fundamentally untrue. >> more deaths are almost certain to follow as the united states had 63,247 in a single day. the results are startling.
11:03 am
in texas new daily cases are up 849% compared to their may 1st reopen. in arizona, new cases are up 887% since may 1st, and in florida, since may 4th, new cases have gone up 1,237%. >> in some of the states, the governors or mayors essentially jumped over the guidelines and checkpoints and opened up a little too soon. certainly florida, i know jumped over a couple checkpoints. >> states that delay opening such as new york and massachusetts show a significant decline in new cases. florida is paying a painful price in th price. in addition to the death of a hrfp-year-old child, miami-dade reports hospitalizations up 76% in two weeks and ventilators use
11:04 am
soaring over 100%. and icu beds, 86% in use. president trump heads to florida today not planning to focus on the pandemic but discussing drug trafficking and attending a fund-raiser. before traveling the president once again threatening states to reopening schools or they could lose federal education funds. >> we are very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. >> the surging numbers of covid cases are alarming. parents and teachers who fear teachers again are moving too quickly and carelessly. florida's governor likening the school's reopening to reopening a store. >> if you can do home depot or walmart or these things, we absolutely can do the schools. >> meanwhile, the governor says
11:05 am
she's not vowing to do anything. >> i am not sending kids into schools unless it's safe. it's that simple. >> and now the debate about masks, it makes good medical sense and financial sense, according to the president of the federal bank reserve in dallas. he said if more people wore masks this outbreak could be more under control meaning the economy could get back on track. in florida, the president arrived in one of the nation's hotbeds for the pandemic. once again, he has not been wearing a mask. he's in miami-dade county, which has been the hardest hit area in the hardest hit state. there, one in three of those who are being tested are positive for covid-19.
11:06 am
joining me now is dr. nicholas, the chief of trauma and surge k surge kul surgical critical care. when you see the president traveling to your region and it's for an issue not related to coronavirus, how much could it help if he were there modeling the correct behavior and talking about the problem? >> well, that's absolutely critical that the president model what's necessary for the health of our people. so it's inconceivable to me that he could get off an airplane in miami without a mask on. i have no words. >> what risk is he putting himself and others at to talk in close proximity and go to an event indoors, not wearing a mask and talking.
11:07 am
>> anytime you are not wearing a mask you are increasing the transmission of the virus to himself and from others to him, and most importantly from others to others, because if he's not wearing a mask, you have seen so many people on your own network saying if it's good enough for the president it's good enough for me. you go without a mask and you expose each other and you see the alarming numbers in florida and miami-dade right now. >> tell us about what you are seeing on the ground in the miami area in your hospital? what is it like? >> florida's rate is 16% of those being tested are positive, and the patients that come into the hospital with covid not just for a respiratory disease that you can relate to covid, but any other disease, we have to move them through the hospital through specialized tracks to care for their main disease and
11:08 am
their covid, which is a real problem. especially for subspecialty areas like transplant, trauma, and neuro surgery. those patients need covid, but they can't go to the covid icu but they have to go to the specialty icus where we have to create covid beds. >> that's a logistical that is daunting l daunting logistically. i know the superintendent of the miami-dade school district is certainly very worried about this. what will it looks like if schools reopen in person? how will that change the situation on the ground for you from a medical perspective? >> what it will change is increase the number of infections. children are children, and they
11:09 am
are in a classroom that is a closed airspace, and they are going to be sharing the same air, and one kid brings it from home because his father got it at a job he had to go to and he gives it to his kid and his grandmother and gives it to ten more people, it's -- it's -- it's irresponsible. if it can be done it has to be done safely with the guidelines of the scientists at the cdc, and i don't mean the revised guides under pressure, but the original guidelines and even those we have to wonder, we really have to wonder. >> thank you so much. you were there in the thick of it at jackson memorial hospital. we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. the medical examiner in one county in texas says he no longer has room for anymore coronavirus victims. he'll be joining me live next. as health officials plead for young people to stop
11:10 am
spreading the virus, i will speak to a daughter that lost her dad to coronavirus. now she's calling out leaders for their pandemic response in his obituary. try wayfair. you got this!
11:11 am
♪ ♪ perfect. -you're welcome. i love it. how'd you do all this? told ya! wayfair. let's talk dining tables. yes! blow it up. ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪
11:12 am
i see all the amazing things you have been doing. you are transforming business models, and virtualizing workforces overnight. because so much of that relies on financing, we have committed two billion dollars to relieve the pressure on your business.
11:13 am
as you adapt and transform, we're here with the people, financing, and technology, ready to help. who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection.
11:14 am
if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. if your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. texas is one of at least three states reporting its largest single day death toll since the pandemic began. look at the chart and see how the number of fatalities shot up on the right. this is a grim milestone that brings with it a harsh reality. morgues are running out of space for bodies of victims.
11:15 am
the county medical examiner is with us. thank you so much. i understand your morgue has no more room. tell us about the overwhelming situation you are dealing with? >> basically i am serving in that county and the surrounding 17 counties, so that population of the counties is around 383,000, and double this amount in the surrounding counties through enter local agreements. covid-19 cases add more work to us. >> so you have run out of space at this point, which you are contending with, you are really at capacity but you are also in a situation where you are conducting autopsies on victims of covid-19, right? tell us about what you are
11:16 am
seeing. because at the beginning of all this we thought it was like -- i don't want to say like a cold or flu, but it had the respiratory issue people are familiar with when it comes to a cold or flu. now you are finding a lot of blood clots. tell us what you are seeing in the autopsies? >> at the beginning, as you mentioned, it was restricted through the lungs, and now we see the brain in the lungs, in every organ, even in the pancrease and kidneys, all over the body, yes. >> so why is that? >> because the coronavirus, it's disturbs between the coagulation and the bleeding. >> so destabilizes the systems for bleeding and clotting, which is incredibly alarming compared
11:17 am
to thinking it's just a respiratory issue. this brings me to another question for you because we just learned there were an infant who died in your county in oasis county. can you tell us anything about that? >> yes, i was informed around 1:00 a.m. that there was an infant under the age of six months that died yesterday. because of covid-19. >> we have long thought that babies and young people were less likely to have problems. it's the case they are less likely but you are seeing the reality there on the ground? >> unfortunately, it does not discriminate. it affects people with previous or pre-existing conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and now
11:18 am
nobody is secluded from the infection. >> doctor, thank you so much. you are very much in the middle of this and we appreciate you talking to us about your work there and what you are seeing. >> thank you, brian. the uc berkeley health director says the surge there is due to college students partying. she will join us to talk about that. and rap star eminem slams people not wearing a mask in songs. and then why is trump taking a cognitive test in the first place. ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪
11:19 am
all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know, you just figure it out. we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. ♪ car vending machines and buying a waa car 100% online.vented now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way--
11:20 am
at carvana. well the names have all changed since you hung around but those dreams have remained and they've turned around who'd have thought they'd lead ya back here where we need ya welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. hey it's me, lily from at&t. i'm back working from home and here to help. hey lily, i'm hearing a lot about 5g. should i be getting excited? depends. are you gonna want faster speeds? i will. more reliability? oh, also yes. better response times? definitely. are you gonna be making sourdough bread? oh, is that 5g related? no, just like why is everyone making sourdough now... but yes, you're gonna want 5g. at&t is building 5g on america's best network. visit att.com to learn more.
11:21 am
♪ ♪all strength ♪we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ ♪won't wait♪ ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ ♪we can do it ♪all strength, no sweat and its mission is to make sleep...feel...cool. so, no more night sweats. no more nocturnal baking, or polar ice cap air-conditioner mode. because the tempur-pedic breeze° delivers superior cooling from cover to core. helping you sleep cool, all night long. during the tempur-pedic summer of sleep, save $500 on all tempur-breeze mattresses... and experience your coolest sleep this summer, on our best breeze savings of the year.
11:22 am
11:23 am
california went from being a coronavirus success story in the spring to a summer hot spot with more than 300,000 confirmed cases right now. one troubling trend is more young adults are testing positive for the virus and that includes at the university of california, berkeley. the number of students testing positive on campus more than doubled in just one week and the doctor who is the medical director of the berkeley university health services is joining us now. dr. hart, tell us, you are contributing this spike in sorority parties causing a surge. what is happening there? >> there were a number of events gathering and larger parties attended by members of the greek
11:24 am
system and other students as well about a week and a half ago where people were definitely not wearing masks, physical distancing, et cetera, and they were serving beverages and food and there were more than the 12 recommended people, and cases started popping up and we heard about the events and over the next few days it became rapidly apparent some of the cases had gone to their households and other gatherings and spread there, too. it was a seeding affect that happened in our community that really all or almost all of them trace back to some pretty happy gatherings that happened a little while ago. >> this might jeopardize reopening. tell us about that? >> in a couple ways. first of all, the most important one is, you know, right now, fortunately we have not had anybody get seriously ill. our students are mostly young
11:25 am
and healthy and been getting away with it and sooner or later a tragedy will hit and that will affect a lot of things, including peoples' families and willingness to come to campus, and as the numbers go up our health officer becomes concerned and berkeley has been very cautious and slow on reopening, and unlike many places, we have kept things under control but if the numbers keep going we will have to backtrack, and when we backtrack, companies, schools and businesses will not be allowed to open and that will be sad because we have done well this far. >> i am a cal grad myself, and we are familiar with berkeley. it's in an urban setting. as we have been talking about reopening universities, i was thinking about the dorm i lived in, which is really a model for many dorms at cal, and that is a
11:26 am
high-rise -- i think it had eight floors and about 250 students and one of the things i would tell people about having gone to school at berkeley is we had one floor with a bunch of rooms and there were a large communal bathroom and it was - co-ed, and housing is at a premium in berkeley. how do you reopen when you have so many of your freshmen and sophomores that are supposed to be living in that kind of environment? >> it's challenging. first of all, one thing we learned is whether we hold in-person classes or not, a lot of people want to come back to berkeley and see their friends. so we have been doing a lot of thinking and reallocating rooms
11:27 am
while traditionally a lot of rooms are triples or quads or doubles. unfortunately, it has a ripple affect where students that want to come to the housing outside of the campus, and then in a community where housing prices are high, they tend to congregate in larger households. i am more concerned about the housing situation than what can happen out in the community. that's why we have to work so closely with our health officers to strategize around that and that's why we take it so seriously, even though none of the students have spent time on campus. >> very interesting. i know it's a logistical feat you all are going through. dr. hart, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. president trump is revealing that he supposedly aced a cognitive test he took at altwar
11:28 am
reed. plus, i will speak to a woman that blames leaders for her father's death and i will ask her about the pandemic. i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪
11:29 am
11:30 am
it turns out i have tardive dyskinesia, a condition that may be related to important medications i take for my bipolar disorder. tardive dyskinesia can affect different parts of the body. it may also affect people who take medication for depression and schizophrenia. - [narrator] in today's trying times, we're here to help you manage td. visit talkabouttd.com for a doctor discussion guide to prep for your next appointment in person, over the phone, or online. - it's a relief to know there are treatments for td.
11:31 am
11:32 am
in what may be classified as one of the more bizarre talking points president trump claims he took a cognitive test lately and the results surprised his doctor. >> i actually took one resecent when the radical left was saying is he all there? is he all there? i aced it, and he should take the same test, i took it at walter reed medical center in front of doctors and they were very surprised. they said it was an unbelievable thing, rarely does anybody do what you just did. >> the white house never gave a full explanation as to why the
11:33 am
president made an unplanned visit to walter reed back in november, and we still don't know about that. i want to bring in art kaplan who leads the division of ethics at the school of medicine. i have many questions. i guess the first one is, though, why was he taking a cognitive test? >> well, you know, the standard, if you want to do anything like a comprehensive physical at his age you do a cognitive test, to see if there could have been any type of a stroke or any early on-set alzheimer's, so that's routine as far as a physical. >> when he says that his doctors were surprised and they said, rarely does anybody do that. what is -- what does that mean? you know this test, so tell us how that fits into this? >> it's kind of interesting.
11:34 am
the test he took is not a difficult cognitive test, it's basically a screening test, and i was not there but i doubt astonishment was the reaction of the doctors. look, there's been a problem for a long time that older presidential candidates, they do need cognitive testing but they need more than the 10, 12, 15, tell me if you know where you are kind of test, and i don't think it's where we need to be. >> okay, so essentially if his doctors were surprised, it wouldn't be a good thing, right? if they were surprised he aced what is an easy test, as you put it? >> right. >> i want to turn to sports and ask you a pressing question which is the ethical dilemma of athletes getting rapid tests, which is essential if you are going to be monitoring them as
11:35 am
they play sports, and that would be part of the process. what is the dilemma here with athletes getting the rapid test and then you have the rest of us waiting days and weeks to get results for their tests? >> it's a big issue of justice. i understand the athletes want to be safe and they are trying to create situations particularly in orlando where they could be isolated, but test somethin' somethin' that we all need. i am talking every day to health care workers, people high reus -- high risk exposure, and then they get it back and it's void because it's too long of a time and they already got infected. it's one of the great disasters of this administration where we are still trying to catch up and do more testing. the president is saying to do less, and that's crazy.
11:36 am
we have to do more, and i think we need to use the tests on first responders or in sports, and i lean towards let's do hospital workers first. >> yeah, i can tell you lean that way, and i think most doctors would agree with you. thank you. dr. fauci is issuing a warning that the u.s. is in the middle of a serious problem right now. plus the daughter of a man that died from the coronavirus used his obituary to call out the leaders of the coronavirus or their lack there of, and she joins me and tells me what she's planning to do next. n you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. no matter where you are or what you're doing.
11:37 am
ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. you can do it without fingersticks. learn more at freestylelibre.us.
11:38 am
11:39 am
11:40 am
11:41 am
as of right now more than 133,000 americans have been killed by the coronavirus and we keep those numbers up on the right side of your screen because it's so important to remember. they are not just numbers, right? these are the number of human lives lost. they represent people. people with family and friends who love them and are now left mourning because of this pandemic. my next guest lost her father to the virus and she is with us. kristin, thank you so much. i am so sorry you are here. i am so sorry about your father. thank you for coming on. the reason we wanted you to come on is because you honored your dad with a passionate tribute and as part of this you call out politicians for how they handled the coronavirus. i was hoping you could share
11:42 am
that and read for our viewers what you wrote. >> absolutely. thank you for inviting me here. marc anthony passed away on june 30th after more than three weeks battling covid-19. mark was a 400 meter cross-country champion, and he was known for his energy and strong will and stubbornness. they welcomed their child in 1981. mark, who is often called blackjack by his friends and family was a lover of nature, the night sky, politics and was the life of the party. along with brenda and kristin, he is loved and missed by his symptoms, and siblings in laws.
11:43 am
his nieces and nephews, the broader community of tolleson, arizona, and countless friends. he is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, george. mark, like so many others should not have died from covid-19. his death was due to the carelessness of the politicians that continue to jeopardize the health of brown bodies through clear lack of leadership and refuse of acknowledge the severity of the crisis. mark's daughter and daughter-in-law are channeling our sadness and range into building an awareness campaign so fewer families are forced to ensure this. we honor mark's life by continuing this fight for others, even in these darkest moments. kristin and danielle will start
11:44 am
outside the capital building at 4:30. for more information follow m k markoncovid. the thing about an obituary, it's permanent, and it's one of the most important ways you can honor your loved one, and you decided you could honor him and going to your activist roots to carry this message. tell us why you decided to do that. >> my father, i believe, was robbed of life. i have endured a living nightmare over the course of the last three weeks that he was sick and passed. i knew that if i did not speak
11:45 am
up, who would? the best thing that i could do to continue to fight for my father was to fight for other families out there and to make it known that these deaths are preventible as long as we are focused on a coordinated response that minimizes risk and puts people first. >> so what do you want from -- what do you want from officials as you're driving home this message that look, black and brown americans, in your case you are talking about brown bodies as you see in this obituary are disproportionately bearing the brunt? >> yeah, my father was working until he was furloughed. t the thing that i think is important is that should be enough to make us act nationally, but it's not enough.
11:46 am
this virus is about to impact all of us and pretty soon we are all going to be knowing somebody who is suffering from this if we don't already, so i think it's imperative the trump administration realize that he can't build a wall around coronavirus, it's time for leadership and it's time for mandating mask wearing and it's time to pause on our opening strategy and listen to the epidemiologist, dr. fauci and others who have a sensible way in which we can prioritize people in this who are caught in the middle of the pandemic. >> tell us about what you are putting together, this is essentially -- it's a tradition, right, and i have one in my house and find it to be very healinging and healing, and i think it's nice if you would share it with
11:47 am
people talking about people that have died. >> yes, it's in my culture, and it's like the aids quilt, and by building this, which is a basic alter where you have candles and pictures of loved ones passed, it's a way to help make sure that people in charge know that these are real human beings whose lives are being impacted and being lost due to poor leadership and terrible policy. so i would be encouraged to call out to others suffering to do a similar action. >> we have the number up on our screen and it's so much more than a number, and we want to thank you for coming on to talk about it and reminding us of that. >> i appreciate you taking the time to ask me about my
11:48 am
wonderful dad. >> yeah, he sounds lovely, and we're really grateful to share his memory with you. thank you so much and we're thinking of you and your family during this really tough time. thanks again. despite the surge in infections there's no doubt that more americans are traveling. we are going to break down the dangers that could be lurking on the summer road trip. plus, we're learning dr. fauci and the president are not speaking while the pandemic gets worse. an alarming revelation from dr. fauci that nearly 50% of people who are infected are asymptomatic. ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪ all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know, you just figure it out. we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. ♪
11:49 am
now every bath fitter bathbath fis installed quickly, we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're here to help you get started.
11:50 am
book your free virtual or in-home design consultation today.
11:51 am
11:52 am
11:53 am
new data shows summer road trips could be driving much of the surge of new coronavirus cases in the u.s. after months of staying home, a growing number of americans are now deciding to hit the road. and it is a trend that has experts sounding the alarm. so for more on all of this, let's bring in pete muntean. what are you learning about the dangers of summer travel? >> reporter: well, brianna, the new findings led to fears that road trips could be super-spreaders. new data said people are traveling at levels not seen since before the pandemic. >> people are feeling bottled up -- >> reporter: dr. david thought his county was out of the woods.
11:54 am
he leads public health for bucks county, in a recent four-day period they recorded 100 new cases. many were people who traveled to myrtle beach in south carolina, now considered a hot spot. >> half of the new cases are people that are infected while traveling. >> reporter: it is a story backed up by new findings from the university of maryland. rf darcy and a team of researchers are using smartphone data to see where people are going. over the july 4th holiday the rate at which people traveled hit a new nationwide high. >> we expect to see more travel during the holidays. but getting back to where we were before the pandemic, it was a big surprise for us. >> so people feel safe to make a road trip. >> exactly. >> reporter: that could spread new cases from new exposure said the university's louisa fran.
11:55 am
>> when people travel they bring the virus with them. >> reporter: she's urging states to consider more travel advisories. new jersey just expanded its list telling travelers from more states to quarantine for 14 days. >> in some states, they need to be told because the virus is out of control. >> reporter: aaa forecasted that road trips would drop only 3% this summer but the bureau of transportation statistics find it increased compared to last year. maryland governor stresses now is the time for vigilance, not vacations. >> this virus has a mind of its own and it doesn't recognize borders so people travel from one state to another, we're very much watching it. >> reporter: researchers are watching this, too. they say that travel ticked up for the first time back in may. a period they refer to as quarantine fatigue. they fear a repeat of that again
11:56 am
across the country as coronavirus cases surge. brianna. >> and how, pete, were they able to pull this data? >> reporter: well, brianna, they essentially used the data from your smartphone that is used to build things like traffic maps on google maps and the like. they're able to see how people move and how far they're going which is interesting and this is they're able to see the distance that people travel, the miles per person is the highest its ever been and when you put it up next to the number of cases it becomes alarming. >> that is very smart. very interesting. pete muntean, thanks for bringing that to us. europe is open for travellers in search of a summer vacation but that does the not include americans and dr. fauci said the e.u. decision is understandable. >> right now, they have their infection rate very low. much lower than we do.
11:57 am
so they're looking at us and they're saying the same thing that we said to them. i wish that that were not the case. i wouldn't be recommending that. i think we need to get back to some sort of normality. >> for more on the coronavirus pandemic, let's check in now with my colleagues around the world. >> reporter: i'm bill weir in brazil where confirmed covid-19 cases have surpassed 1.7 million. that number is likely off by as much of a factor of ten. with 8,000 people in critical condition, it is sadly likely that the number of mortalities will pass 70,000 today. also president jair bolsonaro is in semi-isolation, not here in his office but at the presidential palace down the road where he used social media to promote hydroxychloroquine even though it has been proven
11:58 am
that it does not work on this disease but he's so convinced he has mis military distributing a stockpile out in the countryside. and at the same time federal police are investigating pandemic-related corruption charges in 11 of brazil 26 states, three governors, seven health ministers all under investigation for everything from profiteering to buying ventilators that simply do not work. >> reporter: i'm rafael romo. world health authorities are keeping an eye on mexico, a country on thursday saw the third record day of new coronavirus cases in the past week. the mexican health ministry recorded nearly 7300 cases on thursday bringing the total confirmed cases to well over 282,000. and listen to this. from june 2nd to july 2nd the total jumped about 65%. and it was also on july 2nd that
11:59 am
the mexican capital open air markets reopened. places that some fear may become hot spots for the spread of the virus. mexico together with other latin american countries is at or close to its peak infection rate according to a cnn analysis. i'm in japan. baseball fans are back in the sfaid for the first time in four months but it is a whole new ball game for social distancing, only 5,000 are allowed in. masks are required. temperature checks. no jumping up and down in excitement. people are nervous because the number of new coronavirus cases in tokyo hit a record yesterday. but japan said it can and will reopen if people stick to the rules. >> thank you so much to all of my colleagues for that. and before we go, a quick reminder that an all new of united shades of america premiered this month. w. kamau bell is taking on justice and inequality from the
12:00 pm
farms of oklahoma to the beaches of miami. this will start on sunday july 19th at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. our special coverage continues now with brooke baldwin. brianna, thank you. i'm brooke baldwin and thank you for being we many on this friday afternoon. you're watching cnn. let's dive right in. dr. fauci said he hasn't been briefed -- hasn't briefed president trump on the covid-19 pandemic in nearly two months. and the top infectious disease expert said the last time he saw the president was june 2nd. and since then, look at what has happened. the number of new cases per day breaking records day after day. in records have been set in two of the last three days ending with more than 63,000 cases on thursday. we are also seeing several states setting new records every day for hospitalizations and