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thank you for joining us. daily coronavirus infections hit another record in the u.s. friday. almost 67,000 according to johns hopkins university. more people are diagnosed with covid-19 every day. states shown in orange or red have spiking numbers. one medical expert is warning of dark days ahead. >> what we're looking at is what i think is going to be one of the most unstable times in the history of our country, unless we figure out a way to do something and implement a federal plan. we can do this. but we need a white house engaged. new cases here in georgia also hit a new high on friday. 4,400. the state reopened in late april.

now, atlanta's mayor has rolled back reopening, setting up a fight with the state's governor. florida, south carolina, arizona and texas, also reopened early. they have all seen their average daily bases go up since, by far, more than 800%. positive test rate, and escalating death and hospitalizations have workers trying to stem the violence. we get the latest from martin savidge. >> reporter: long lines of testing in florida. the single-day death toll on thursday, including the death of an 11-year-old child, miami-dade county reports that hospitalizations are up 74% in less than two weeks. and 88% of icu beds are currently in use. the governor pushed back. >> you got a lot of beds

available. >> reporter: the county is seeing a positivity rate of 28%. >> it's a concern in south florida. >> reporter: the nation's infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, says the coronavirus surge can be linked to states opening too soon. >> some of them jumped over checkpoints. >> governor desantis' response -- >> there's no reason why not to move forward. >> reporter: disney world reopens this weekend. president trump is in florida, discussing drug trafficking and attending a fund-raiser. as he campaigns, the virus continues to spread, with hot spots spreading from coast-to-coast. today, west virginia becoming the latest state dealing with a surge. the virus there spreading faster than anywhere else. >> this is the only bullet to do

right now other than to shut our state back down. >> i think the numbers look worse as we go into next week. we need to make sure there's going to be hospital beds available in the houston area. >> reporter: and the contagion goes beyond those infected. with many still unemployed, the lines demonstrate a different misery. meanwhile, an ominous warning from the world health organization. >> in our current situation, it is very unlikely we can eradicate or eliminate this virus. >> reporter: martin savage, cnn, atlanta. >> let's bring in dr. peter boebek. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me, natalie. >> these numbers, what can you say? in my may, in what were then the darkest days of the crisis, the u.s. was reporting about 20,000

new cases. now, it's 60,000. we're seeing horrific rate of increase. there's only four states going in the right direction currently. do you see the u.s. getting out of this hole anytime soon? >> not if we stay on the current trajectory. the current situation is so much worse than it was back in march, april, may. then, the surge was very much concentrated in new york/new jersey area. now, we have multiple new yorks right now. if we start today and go two weeks out ahead and see where we're going to be at the current trajectory, 100,000 new cases a day. overwhelmed hospitals. we're talking about freezer stru trucks, backing up to hospitals to take care of bodies. we're looking at record death rates. i hate to say this. it should be a last resort and nobody wants it. we're at a point where things

are out of control and need to think about going to a shelter-in-place order. >> understand. what is the recourse? the white house and president trump, meantime, claim that the united states is the world leader in fighting this virus. does that make any sense? >> we're the world leader in all of the ways unfortunately. we are the greatest in the world with scientific experts. we're in a class of our own, in the suffering that has continued to occur. it's a tragedy. if you look at how the pandemic has unfolded and what's dif wren differentiated what was the difference. it's leadership. and we've fallen way behind.

>> the cases in florida are staggering. the president barely addressed that. does it make sense that right now, there's no emergency on the part of the white house, no federal, coordinated plan, being addressed. >> it's mind-boggling. i don't understand and you can't wish this away. the virus doesn't respond to bluster and stern talk. it responds to action. we're months into this pandemic and we know what works. unfortunately, as we've seen, relying on states and localities to do this on their own isn't going to be enough. ignoring the problem, as the white house continues to do, doesn't help anybody. >> testing has slowed in the sun

belt states. hospitals are trying to keep up. now, we see governors and mayors want different approaches and they contrast the situation with what you're seeing in europe. >> in europe, things started out in a similar fashion. and companies were caught with a surge in march and that came close to overwhelming the health system with high numbers of deaths. we saw that stay-at-home orders in march, april and may, kept it under control. in may, most european companies did two things differently. they were building they're capacity to testing, tracing, isolation and containing the virus. two, they were much more careful and slower and more cautious about reopening. in the u.s., we threw open our

doors even though cases were rising in mid-may. and from late may until now, the curves have diverged. in many european compauntries, we're seeing a couple of hundred a day. or in the single digits. in the u.s., it doesn't have to be this way. >> absolutely. there's a way to have a solution. there's debate about schools reop reopening. what needs to be considered in making these decisions? >> schools reopening is one thing everyone can agree on as a goal that we want it to happen. schools don't exist in a vacuum. they are a part of communities. one thing is difficult is to think you can open schools when you have a raging,

out-of-control pandemic. it's like opening schools in a hurricane. the first thing we do is to bring the pandemic under control. what would happen otherwise, we can open schools but within weeks there will be outbreaks and the schools will be shuttered again. it will cause more harm than good. we need to be thinking about planning and how we can support school systems and resource school systems to set up for social distancing. there needs to be more teachers' aides, protective equipment. the reality is, they need the support and we won't be able to do it in many parts of the country unless we get the virus under control. >> we appreciate your expertise, as always. dr. peter drobac, university of oxford. thank you so much. >> thanks, natalie. brazilisgoing through one of the worst covid outbreaks with 1.8 million people testing positive, trailing only the u.s. in cases and deaths. yet, the nation's president keeps promoting unproven

treatments as corruption allegations are being investigated. here's more from the brazilian capital. >> reporter: i'm bill weir in brazil. the president is in his presidential palace down the road. he uses social media to support hydro hydroxychloroquine. he has his military distributing a stockpile in the countryside. and police are investigating pandemic-related corruption charges in 11 of 26 states. everything from profiteering to buying ventilators that simply do not work. >> the united kingdom's prime minister says england may need stricter face mask rules.

boris johnson was wearing a face covering himself. he wants to see them warn in shops as they are in scotland. the united kingdom has one of the highest death tolls in the world. it says it will not join the e.u.'s vaccine program. london has concerns about key issues of setting prices. meantime, it's relaxing quarantine rules for travelers from some countries, including france and italy. the united states is not on the list. it doesn't hurt to know people in power. u.s. president trump commutes the sentence of his friend and political ally, roger stone. we'll talk about that, coming next. also, it's the season of political ads in the u.s. the trump and the biden campaigns have very different approaches. we'll tell you what they're saying and who they are trying to reach just ahead, in a live interview. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke,

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president trump's long-time friend and adviser, roger stone, is a free man. mr. trump commuted stone's 40-month prison sentence just

days before he was to begin serving his time. the self-proclaimed dirty trickster was convicted of felonies related to russia. >> reporter: president trump commuted the sentence of roger stone, convicted of crimes including lying to congress, to support the president. stone was pleading publicly for the president to intervene. reporting to prison during the pandemic was akin to a death sentence because he is 67 years old. ultimately, the president did intervene on friday. here's stone describing his conversation with trump. >> he said, you understand, i have the option. i have the authority to grant a pardon or commute your sentence. you should understand that a pardon would be final, and in accepting a pardon, you are

essentially accepting guilt. and i would rather see you fight this out. that's why i'm commuting your sentence. >> reporter: president trump and stone are insisting that stone did not get a fair shake at trial. but even district attorney bill barr said they got a fair case. cnn, sara murray, washington. good morning, natasha. >> good morning. >> this isn't the first time the president hasn't commuted or pardons an ally, to be sure. where does the roger stone story fit in? was it a surprise the president did this? >> it's not a surprise. it's a stunning show of presidential power to protect one of trump's friends. it's an attack after the u.s.

supreme court voted 7-2, that the president is not above the law. he's been dangling pardons for roger flynn and paul manafort. he has been calling it a witchhunt. it wasn't a full pardon, as the report mentioned. but they started to convince trump that he needed to do this. those in stone's intercircle because this was an attack on trump himself. and trump is all about himself. but trump has really focused on pardoning individuals that wouldn't really be popular to pardon in the american public. it's a who's who of white collar criminals, politicians, law enforcement, that have gone above the call of duty. we see rod blagojevich was pardoned. he was a corrupt democratic politician.

joe arpaio, the controversial law enforcement from arizona. you had mike milken, white house said scooter libby. these are people that wouldn't be popular to pardon. it demonstrates, if you are close to trump, if you are loyal to him and you're a powerful person, he will see to it that you are poardoned and absolved from your crimes. >> and roger stone, the self-proclaimed dirty trickster. his closest ally says he will see if the president is a second term, if he is an asset or detraction on that. lindsey graham said he thought the move was justified. do you expect his loyal congressional support will stay loyal on something like this? >> it probably will because republicans have tried to remain loyal to them. they know the ship is sinking, due to the way he's mishandled the coronavirus crisis and the

way he's handled race relations. this is just another thing that he's done to show that he can really destroy the road of democratic norms. and thus, the republican party hasn't gone too far in trying to attack him on these orders. that is not surprising. >> stay with us, natasha. i want to get your comments on this next story. with four months to go until election day in the u.s., president trump and joe biden are ramping up their advertising campaigns. and the tone of the commercials reflect s visions of america's future that could not be anymore different. here's cnn's tom foreman. >> never underestimate the power of family. or the sacrifices people will make for their children. >> reporter: the latest joe biden campaign commercial is a warm salute to families, caring, commitment.

but in the rapidly heating ad wars -- >> joe biden's failed old liberal ideas would crush our economy just as its recovering. >> reporter: team trump is lighting up the flame-throwing. >> if you're calling to report a rape, please press one. to report a murder, press two. >> reporter: attacking biden as soft on crime, unable to revive the economy. and biden is hitting every weak spot for the incumbent. >> for the last five years, he's brought america down with him. attacking health care for patients with pre-existing conditions. giving tax cuts to billionaires, not working families. praising white supremacist, stoking racial division. >> what a beautiful history we wrote together. >> trump said sizzle with attacks on his record. >> losing 300,000 jobs in a failed trade war. >> reporter: biden's

counterpunch, trump's record has cost jobs, security and lives. >> i don't cake responsibility. >> i will do my job and i will take responsibility. i won't blame others. >> reporter: trump says, at 77, just three years older than trump -- >> biden is diminished. >> all men and women are created by -- >> reporter: and biden's ads suggests that that's the kind of talk that hurts everyone, as the country is dealing with a pandemic and racial divisions. >> that's what the presidency is, the duty to care for all of us. >> reporter: the campaign media analysis group says more than 22,000 spots run by trump by july 1st, nearly all were negative. biden in the same period, has aired no negative ads, even though he contrasts his record with trumps. where are all of the ads airing?

trump's are showing up in a broad range of states, including red ones, where he can trying to bolster his base. biden's are in fewer places but playing in swing states that trump won in 2016. when you watch all of the cruci commercials in a row, the contrast is clear. the president telling voters he's done a great job. and if he's not re-elected, the sky will fall. biden says, vote for me and look up, you'll see a bright, new day coming. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> oh, yes. the campaign ad season. i want to get your thoughts on the approaches behind the ads. the president's negative track. and biden, not directly, fighting back. >> it's not surprising that trump has gone negative. that's the way he has tended to campaign. very negative and critical and dirty in some ways, and really

attacking his opponents in a personal way, often. and playing to the politics of fear. that worked in 2016. he was able to play on people's fears of what would happen if hillary clinton was the president. that would be disastrous for all number of areas. that's what his ads are trying to do. that's going to play well to the base. that's not going to increase his support base, which is something he needs to do. he doesn't really have enough to win it in 2020. now, biden, in contrast, is trying to look to the way the american public is feeling at the moment. that's completely hopeless. the economy is in shambles. we have record unemployment rates and coronavirus epidemic out of control that seems unmanageable. he's trying to send a message of hope. and the reason for doing that, is in order to get people behind his campaign, that he will be able to unite americans and try to come um with some solutions

to the problems. trump should be trying to focus on how he's going to resolve the problems and try to send a message of unity and hopefulness. what he can do for small businesses. i think his campaign is missing the boat here. >> all right. we appreciate your insights. thanks so much for commenting on both of the stories for us, natasha. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll see you next time. as we mentioned, florida is seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. after a short break, a look at how things went so wrong in the sunshine state. and americans of color are paying a heavy toll in this p pandem pandemic. why the communities most at risk have the hardest time getting treatment.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen. another record for daily coronavirus infections in the u.s. on friday. almost 67,000, according to johns hopkins university. more people are being diagnosed with covid-19 every day. cases are spiking across the u.s. and at least 26 states have paused or rolled back reopening. florida, south carolina, arizona and texas, have all seen their average daily cases rise by 800% in the last couple of months. florida's miami-dade county has seen hospitalizations rise a staggering 74% over the past 13 days. on friday alone, the state recorded more than 11,000 new infections. cnn's randi kaye has more on the

crisis in florida. >> reporter: on april 1st, florida governor ron desantis issued a stay-at-home order. while visiting the white house, the governor took a victory lap for how he managed things back home. >> everyone was saying florida would be like new york or italy. that has not happened. we had a tailored and measured approach, that not only helped our numbers be below what anyone predicted and did less damage to our state going forward. >> that turned out not to be the case at all. trouble started in early may, when desantis rushed to reopen, before many other states. restaurants, gyms, barbershops and beaches were first to reopen in parts of the state. after memorial day, the virus was starting to rage. by july 1st, there were more than 9,000 new cases reported in one day statewide. and recently, new daily cases

topped 11,000. but if you listen to desantis, there's a disconnect. >> i think we stabilized at where we're at. >> reporter: that's just not true. and the data proves it. since reopening, florida's average number of daily cases has jumped more than 1,200%. and dozens of hospitals have run out of icu beds. in the last two weeks in hard-hit miami-dade county, the need for icu beds has increased 88%. and ventilator use jumped 123%. the state's positivity rate is hovering close to 30%. >> we're in the midst of a very, very vicious spike in miami d-de county. one thing you can't have is a zb governor or a president trying to downplay it as if it's not an urgent thing we need to pay attention to. >> reporter: while the governor continues to defend his move to reopen the state, the fact is, more than 4,100 floridians are

dead. and the message from the governor, still coming up short. >> there's no need to really be careful about it. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. the coronavirus pandemic is hitting communities of color in the u.s. especially hard. as cnn's abby phillip explains, a lack of access is taking a heavy toll. >> reporter: the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the u.s. has shifted from the north to the south and west. but one thing has remained the same -- in arizona, mississippi and in florida, black, hispanic and native americans are still being disproportionately infected, hospitalized and killed by the virus. and the problem is likely to get worse. the 23 states in the south and west with growing coronavirus outbreaks, is home to 71% of all hispanics and nearly two-thirds of all people of color in the united states, according to the

kaiser family foundation. most of these are red states. in some cases, the states that resisted stay-at-home orders and mask wearing, moving quickly to reopen with the support of the trump administration. >> it's time to stay open. we'll put out the fires as they come up. >> reporter: but black and brown communities are paying the price. >> my father, i believe, was robbed of life. my father was mexican-american for the majority of the stay-at-home ordinance. >> reporter: kristen lost her father in june. her family including this criticism. >> his death is due to the carelessness of the politicians that jeopardize black and brown bodies through lack of leadership. >> reporter: nonwhite groups represent a majority of coronavirus cases and half of deaths. add to that, how to pay for treatment. according to the cdc, hispanics

and native persons are three-times more likely to be uninsured than whites. as cases rise, in republican-led states that have not expanded medica medicaid, that problem can get worse. >> there's a number of individuals for whom health care, the affordable care act is unattainable. >> reporter: then, there's testing. racial disparities is a problem there, experts say. >> populations at risk, latino and african-american communities, not many testing opportunities for those folks. >> reporter: when and if a vaccine arrives, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, warning that a lack of trust in communities of color, could hamper efforts to protect those groups. fauci telling "the financial times" on friday, we have to do some serious reaching out. kristen said she shared her

family's heartbreaking story, in part, because she wanted to urge policymakers to institute a national policy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including a mask mandate. her father lived in the state of arizona, where that state's governor has resisted a statewide mask mandate. but he has, as cases have risen overtime, allowed localities and cities to institute their own mandate. abby phillip, cnn, washington. what do americans think about the pandemic? an abc news ipsos poll shows a disapproval rate on the handling of it. 67%. that's two in three americans surveyed, disapproved of the president's management of the crisis. that's nine points higher than a month ago. many americans think the u.s. reopened its economy too soon. 59% of those surveyed said it's happening too quickly and 15%

said too slowly. one in four think it's occurring at the right pace. this news just into cnn. the passing of a giant in the world of england football. jack charlton has died. charlton was part of the team that won the 1966 world cup. as a player, he spent his entire career at leeds and went on to manage other teams after that. leeds posted the news on its b website a short time ago. he left the club legend and was part of the most successful era to date. he is the ninth all-time top scorer of the club with 96 goals. jack charlton was 85. next here, a covert mission to stop russian interference in the 2016 midterm elections. ahead what u.s. president donald trump has to say about it, just months before americans head to the polls. chances are you have some questions right now

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president trump has told "the washington post" that the u.s. staged a cyber attack on a russian troll farm in 2016. the covert operation against the internet agency, was aimed at stopping russian interference in the midterm elections. it's the same organization accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election. let's turn to cnn's fred. >> reporter: all this was happening in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections. one of the things going on in the u.s. is people from the security apparatus were seeing evidence there was russian meddling going on again before the midterm elections.

a lot of the influenced by the research agency that had been so active in 2016. as you recall, in the run-up to the midterms, we heard the director of then-national intelligence, dan coates say tht he believed the united states was under attack. at that point, democrats were calling for stronger action by the trump administration. now, president trump confirming that, yes, they did take action. and he authorized this cyber attack. an offensive cyber attack against the research agency. we heard before, we know that the intelligence services believe the attack was successful and succeeded at getting the research agency offline and stopping some of the influence operations that were going on at that point in time. of course, a lot of this happening via social media. a lot of this there to show that the u.s. intelligence agencies, so dischord and tried to

undermine belief in american institutions, as well. >> try to get it offline. is the internet research agency active? >> reporter: it's very active still. one thing about the i.r.a., the internet research agency. it's changed names and structure over the past years, as well. there's been organizations that have been going after it. the mueller report, indicted some of the folks from the internet research agency. they've changed the way they operate a little bit. but the goals are pretty much the same. you see that some of the things they're doing have become more sophisticated. some of the posts in 2016, were crude with grammar and spelling mistakes. a lot of it is cleaned up, as well. some of it was outsourced to african nations. but it's very much going on. the internet research agency is operating. and what many folks in the intelligence community believe, natalie, is that the goals are still very much the same.

they are trying to sow discord in the united states, with the run-up to key votes. one thing we have to keep in mind, is that it's part of a large empire, by a businessman that is known to be very close to vladimir putin. so, certainly, all of the operations will still continue to be fairly well-funded, even as, for instance, u.s. intelligence services seem to be going after the internet research agency have done so many the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections. >> thanks so much, fred for us in warsaw, poland. turkey's president has issued a presidential decree that will convert hagia sofe so into a mosque.

arwa damon has more about it from istanbul. >> hagia sophia is a mix of a mosque and christianity. it was the first christian cathedral built by the roman empire in the byzantine empire. when the ottomans converted it to a mosque. come to modern-day turkey, the founder of turkey as we know it today, issued a presidential decree to have it converted into a museum. what's happened now is that the turkish courts have annulled that decree. and presidethe president has mo from the ministry of culture to the presidency of religious affairs. now, internationally, this is

viewed by and large as being a controversial move. prior to all of this, you had u.s. secretary of state pompeo, the greeks and russians, unesco urging turkey not to go in this direction. why now? many are saying, when it comes to the vast majority of the turkish population, this is a fairly popular move. and some are saying that the president is playing politics, given that the economy here has been on the decline and his popularity has been called into question. now, the turkish presidential spok spokesperson is saying that despite this move, the christians icons, the christian art, will continue to be preserved. the fact that it is going to be open for prayer should not impact its status, as a world heritage site. but this is a highly controversial move, especially

when you look at it from the international perspective. arwa damon, cnn, istanbul. a tropical storm made landfall in the u.s. northeast. karen maginnis will have the latest on fay coming right up. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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a solemn moment in bosnia. in july 1995, more than 7,000 bosnian men and boys were executed in a genocide by bosnian serb forces. the recently recovered remains of nine victims are being buried at saturday's ceremony. the massacre is regarded as europe's worst atrocity since world war ii. dozens have been sent tomourner hoping to attend the ceremony but has been scaled back because of the pandemic. a weather system called fay is moving through parts of the u.s. northeast after it was downgraded from tropical storm status just a few hours ago. it did bring drenching rains and some local floods after making

landfall near atlantic city, new jersey. let's bring in our meteorologist, karen maginnis, watching this one for us. karen, hello. >> this is a post-tropical storm fay. post-tropical means it doesn't have tropical characteristics. it made landfall in the vicinity of little egg harbor. and you see someone trying to close their umbrella. this was in the vicinity of rockaway beach. the winds were gusting 45 to 50-mile-per-hour. you see the heavy surf behind them. now, it continues to trek across interior sections of the northeast and new england. as it does, it continues to weaken very rapidly. it looks like through the catskills and in the green mountains, we might see heavy rainfall. generally speaking between 1 and 2 inches possible. now, in ocean city, maryland, we saw heavy rainfall there. traffic was snarled, roads were

closed. the roads weren't really closed because of the ocean flooding. but due to the very heavy rainfall across this region, as well. it continues to trek towards the north, slightly towards the northeast. supporting winds associated with it at just about 35 miles per hour. this is the last advisory that the national hurricane center has issued on what used to be tropical storm fay. fay never looked very good. it was always kind of poorly organized, natalie. now, bye-bye to fay, as it reeked havoc from the carolinas to the mid-atlantic, new england and into southern canada. back to you, natalie. >> and caused a rally to be canceled by the trump campaign. thank you so much, karen. the national hockey league is set to return to the ice august 1st. its season was postponed in march due to the pan ddemic. now, it will begin in earnest

with 24 teams in toronto and edmonton, where players and staff will be inside a containment bubble. the players will be tested daily, as the commissioner says health and safety are the top priorities. anyone testing positive will be isolated from the team and put in a secured zone. the boys of summer are back on the field in japan to the extreme delight of some of baseball's most ardent fans. as the stadiums open up and home runs return, strict coronavirus rules are governing how many fans can watch and how they can celebrate. >> reporter: it's a whole new ball game in japan, as baseball fans stream into the stadium for the first time in four months. this man has been making this trip for 20 years. but this year is special. covid-19 canceled the plans to watch the opener in march. when the season opened in june, fans like him weren't allowed

in. my heart is racing, he says, because tonight will be a night of firsts. masks, required. indefinitely, no alcohol allowed. no one gets in without temperature checks. for me, i'm 36.7 degrees cels s celsius. i put my details, including my name and address. i have to write down my temperature from morning, all for contact tracing in case there's an outbreak. tokyo logged the largest number of cases for a single day on friday. but the country is trying to reopen the economy further. the rules are posted everywhere, even in the city. no jumping up and down. no cheering in a loud voice. this will be tough, because in japanese baseball, fans are part of the entertainment. with carefully choreographed

cheering squads, japanese fans are as riveting as the game itself. but now, social distancing is the name of the game, as fans come up with new ways to pour their hearts out. the test comes early, when the lions hit a home run straight into right field. no one moves in the stands to race for the ball, just as they're told. polite clapping sounds almost like a classical concert. video fans watching at home are streamed in to compensate. baseball's returning as an olympic sport next year. the league's commissioner tells me getting it right tonight will be a test case to see if japan can really host the games in a year's time. >> it is good to hear the crack of a bat there. i'm natalie allen. follow me on instagram. and i will be back with another hour of "cnn newsroom."

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