surging cases of coronavirus from coast to coast. the up tick in the u.s. comes as we learn more people may be asymptomatic than we originally thought. people around the world have been doing it for months. donald trump finally wears a mask in public. also, blindsided and in limbo. we look at the flight of international students here in the united states.

coming to you live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta. i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." and thank you for joining us. the numbers are a bit overwhelming, but consider this to get a sense of how many people in the u.s. right now are infected with the coronavirus. according to johns hopkins university, the total stands at more than 3.2 million. that is more than the individual populations of 21 states, washington, d.c., and puerto rico. the number of new cases and hospitalizations just keeps going up. only a handful of states are seeing decreases. the states there in green,

they're mostly in the northeast. more than half are seeing numbers climb. one of those states, florida where more than 7,000 people are in hospitals because of this virus. also, texas, wisconsin, north carolina all broke single day case records saturday. the centers for disease control and prevention said 40% of those infected do not show any symptoms. the concern there is that asymptomatic people may not take precautions but can still pass the virus to others. concern about the unchanged spread of the virus prompted the top infectious disease expert to issue a warning. we have more. >> people are infecting other people. >> reporter: the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, telling the world the u.s. is at a historic point in the covid pandemic. >> as you can see from this slide here, my own country, the

united states as i'm sure we'll be able to discuss a little bit more, is in the middle right now even as we speak. fauci issued this warning w. ongoing reopenings, florida continues to grapple with skyrocketing daily covid numbers and hospitalizations. hot zone miami-dade, it surpassed 33% this week. we have 1800 people, covid patients now. that's the highest. we have almost 400 people in intensive care and we're about to hit an all time high. >> reporter: plus testing in texas. some regions working with the military to keep up with the demand. another sign the pandemic is tightening its grip, some hospitals are turning to tents and other spaces to treat the overflow of covid patients.

>> conference room, cell spaces. we have covid patients on medical/surgical floors. we need closer monitoring, need equipment but those are things we simply do not have at this time. >> patients here are very sick. >> reporter: california also taking steps to relief the pressure from record covid numbers. the state's department of corrections plans to release 8,000 preselected prisoners from across the state to allow for more social distancing behind bars. as death tolls climb, troubling new report. centers for disease control and prevention. fresh cdc data showing those minority groups are dying from the virus at a younger age when compared to white patients. one likely factor, many of them filling essential and service jobs allowing for little room for social distancing and

staying home. >> what we need in the short term are an equitable allocation of resources to black and brown communities. targeting testing, ppe, ensuring those communities are resourced. staying some distance. paulo sandoval, cnn, new york. for months u.s. president trump has refused to wear a mask despite medical guidance that say they prevent spread of the virus, but on saturday mr. trump was seen in public with a mask for the first time. he wore it while meeting with wounded military members. mr. trump said he never opposed wearing a mask. >> i'll probably have a mask if

you must know. i'll probably have a mask. i think when you're in a hospital, especially in that particular setting where you're talking to a lot of soldiers, people who just got off of the operating room table, i believe i will wear a mask. >> masks have become a political flashpoint in the united states. opponents say the requirement or suggestion to wear them fringes on their civil liberties. let's talk about the latest developments. a virologist joining me from england. thank you for coming on. >> good morning, natalie. >> first up, it is hopefully a good sign the president has donned a mask as far as masks go. do you think part of this enormous surge we're seeing in the u.s. was due to people not wearing them and congregating in close quarters after states

reopened, many of them, earlier than guidelines suggested? >> yes. many in the epidemiology world, could almost see the virus dancing so to speak between the people in various footage that came from the united states. i distinctly recall seeing i believe it was the opening of casinos, showing people milling around. these people are in such close proximity in such an enclosed environment, if there is somebody who is infected among them, they will get the virus. here we are. >> here we are. here's an example of here we are from a health expert warning that if the u.s. continues on its current path it will reach, quote, one of the most unstable times in the history of our country, meaning hospitals can be overrun and there wouldn't be enough manpower to care for the

sick. how challenging will it be now for the u.s. to pull out of this? >> we know exactly what we need to do. it's a simple, straightforward thing people can do on their own. it's not difficult. it's not infringing on anyone's civil liberties. it's what you need to do. just wear a mask or facial covering. that is something that you have at least three layers in front of your face when you're in an enclosed environment. if you're exercising, it's a good idea you wear one as well. we've known this since 1919. since the first pandemic happened.

respiratory viruses will escape through breath. do it for the good of the people, for our own good. >> absolutely. someone pointed out recently, a common sign at restaurants in the united states is no shirt, no shoes, no service. people don't have a problem following along with that one. suddenly masks becomes political. want to talk to you about florida specifically. in miami-dade county the use of ventilators is soaring by 123%. it's not just hospitals overwhelmed, testing is, are too. there are six states hit with a surge by 50%. what does this say to you about how out of control this is especially in this one area? >> to me it says that florida at least, texas as well, the hospitals were totally overwhelmed and people were

dying at home without any help. it means that conditions of covid-19 will be impossible to treat. people that need chemotherapy won't be able to get it. it means quite likely you will end up needing to go into lockdown in the middle of the summer. everybody was saying in the beginning of the year, oh, yeah, hopefully the sun will turn out and the virus will go away, here we are. >> absolutely. even in south carolina they're calling in the national guard to help support hospitals, that's how bad it is there. we've had this new development from the cdc which estimation 40% of people who are infected do not have symptoms. how does that complicate the situation? >> when they're not ill it means they think they are indefensible. in this particular instance it

reinforces what we need and to be thinking about others in society, not about ourselves. it shows if you're well, put a piece of cloth in front of your face so that you look after those that you think the civil liberties could be compromised. >> if it doesn't happen, we'll be months and months into this thing. researchers have said this is not just a respiratory disease. a substantial number are facing kidney, heart, brain damage. officials need to think of covid-19 as a multi-system disease? >> so for those people that end up in hospital, what appears to be happening is that the virus ends up circulating around the body. there's enough evidence to

suggest it's a blood vessel thing. because they're not working well, we see the covid toe and things like kidney failure, strokes. it's got nothing to do with the background. if you have further kidney disease, heart disease exasperated over the years, suddenly with this spike of damage, the system gives up. >> then they're in it for weeks if not longer. >> yes. >> very critical condition. >> there are many, many cases of patients that are in hospital two or three months in some instances. even those who come off early, they find themselves they have weekend significantly, significantly. not just because of the sedation of being on a ventilator but

because the viruses damage the body so much, they can't get about and do their normal daily activities. when they say somebody's made a full recovery, that doesn't mean they've gotten 100%. that's how damaging the virus can be. you are left recovering for months. those of us -- i'm not one of them. those of us in society that have suffered this virus, there's a large proportion and people four months after research into the symptoms are suffering because the damage is so diverse, it takes a long time to recover. >> certainly sobering news there. virologist joining us now from england. thank you so much. we really appreciate your

expertise and your time. >> you're very welcome. of course, the coronavirus also raging through latin america and the caribbean. brazil is the second worst affected country in the world after the united states. it reported more than 39,000 new cases saturday bringing the total past 1.8 million and the country's most high profile patient, president bolsonaro, is touting a controversial new drug. cnn's bill weir is in brazil. >> reporter: here in brazil that covid-19 curve continues to go completely in the wrong direction averaging over 1,000 deaths a day. now over 1.8 million confirmed cases but with a lack of testing all across this vast country, a lot of experts believe that number is off by a factor of five or ten. meanwhi meanwhile, president bolsonaro, the most famous patient in

brazil, continues to promote his prescription of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drugs he's so fond of. i'm in the center of brazil where i met a doctor who spent ten days in intensive care. now his boss is, he said they took those drugs and it did not work. he prescribes them because he had no other choice. they're cheap, available. what else do i give my patients? water? for a lot of patients the other choice to infection is poverty. it doesn't take much for them to get back.

the only way to protect themselves is mask wearing, social distancing, quarantines. we know the president is not fond of that and the president, even though he was ordered to wear a mask by a judge back in june defied that time and time again due to other states waiting into crowds, hugs, hand shakes. we have seen the mask although he took it off the day he announced he had it. it's interesting to see if he comes through this, whether it will change his mind about the other precautions. his wife and daughters tested negative for covid-19. the bolsonaros. right now it's just places are bracing for what will be another wave that never went down as more and more cases are becoming evident throughout the country. serbia pushed ahead with elections despite the pandemic and that move could have a major

fallout for its president. we'll have the latest on the violent protests there that are not abating. also, the head of the russia investigation makes a rare public statement about president trump commuting the sentence of his close friend, roger stone. former special counsel robert mueller speaks out next. unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically 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.

antigovernment protests you're looking at right here have swept across serbia for a fifth straight night. this was the scene friday as violence erupted again in the capitol belgrade. protesters are furious over the handling of the pandemic and the curfew he has rescinded. 19 people were ininjurjured. a photo journalist suffered a fractured skull. hundreds gathered again in belgrade on saturday for a fifth night. cnn is tracking the latest

developments for us. she's live in london. good morning to you, melana. what do we know about how the demonstrations went saturday after the violence on friday? >> reporter: good morning, natalie. saturday's gathering was a largely peaceful in contrast to the violence seen on friday. this started on tuesday when the president announced plans for a curfew in order to car of a tragic serve. that immediately surrounded parliament in central bell 2k3wr5 grade. a number of protestors were allowed to continue and now they've morphed into a general disease. what many protestors allege is the reason why the virus is currently surging in the country

is because the president lifted the lockdown restrictions too early, early may, allowing for large gatherings to happen, allowing spectators at football matches and because he wanted to call a national election in june. now president alexander denied all of the accusations. he has played political opponents and one agency staging the protests. the rallies have turned very violent. they are not led by a specific group. they are attending protesters the past few days. members of the far right, parties and movement have infiltrated them to cause violence in order to discredit the movement.

>> all right. the story we will continue to follow closely. thank you, meleana. australia's second largest city is back under lockdown. the return to strict restrictions in melbourne comes amid a surge of new cases there and in the rest of victoria. 216 new cases reported across the state saturday and health care workers are among the infected. michael holmes has the latest. >> reporter: weekend number one of a stay at home lockdown that the city of melbourne is being required to keep. a rash of cases have been reported across the state. the army manned checkpoints to make sure the only people on the street were out for essential reasons and the rest staying home. >> it's the simple stuff. common sense. doing the right thing. that's how we will get to the

other side of this. this is not an ordinary weekend. it is anything but that. >> reporter: earlier than the weekend, he closed the border between victoria and new south wales. he's hoping to fend off a second wave of the outbreak. even if people follow the guidan guidance, it was in the level of testing they're doing. you're finding cases that can be identified but it is an indication of the transmission that was occurring a week ago. >> reporter: health officials in other states are taking extra precautions. in sidney they've set up a pop-up testing center in places where people have been infected. some complain it's not an easy process. >> yeah. >> reporter: meanwhile, in melbourne it is just the

beginning of round two to fight a virus that just won't quit. in another story that we are following, former u.s. special counsel robert mueller is defending the prosecution of roger stone. the president commuted stone's case days before he was supposed to go to prison. mr. trump is doubling down on his action. >> roger stone was treated horribly. roger stone was treated very unfairly. roger stone was brought into this whole political witch hunt and a scam, it's a scam because it's been proven false, and he was treated unfairly. what i did -- what i did, i will tell you this, people are extremely happy because in this country they want justice and roger stone was not treated

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welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." our top story this hour, u.s. president donald trump wore a facemask as he visited troops. this comes after he has refused for months to wear a mask in public. he made wearing one a political issue as the u.s. became the worst hit country in the world for coronavirus. and america remains a case study of how not to handle a pandemic. there have been more than 3.2 million infections here, which is more people than the population of chicago and states like south carolina, texas, georgia are reporting their highest number of daily cases yet. this comes as there is a new

estimate of how many people may have coronavirus while showing no symptoms at all. the cdc says it could be as much as 40%. around the world many countries have successfully managed the virus or avoided it altogether. cnn's max foster looks at how they got it right. >> they need help because this horrible virus has hit 188 countries. >> reporter: president trump is fondly reminding us that plenty of others have struggled with covid-19, but here's the reality. every 100,000 americans, at least 40 are dead and the number of new cases is soaring. meanwhile, many parts of the world have either recovered or avoided the brunt of the pandemic altogether. no two strategies were the same, but public health experts tell us around the world there was some commonality to the places that got it right.

they took the virus seriously and they acted quickly. >> when we shut down as a nation, in reality only about 50% of the nation shut down with regard to other things that were allowed. in many of the european countries, 90, 95% of all activities were shut down. >> reporter: one strategy, quick and total lockdown. there's a lot we don't know about when covid-19 first surfaced. the chinese government suppressed the earliest reports of the virus silencing dr. lee win. when the scale became clear, china led the way with the lockdown. they ordered wuhan's 11 million residents to stay home. then more and more. 62 million by early february. there was a high toll at the

epicenter. the curve of new coronavirus cases way down. new zealand was one of the first democracies to shut down. just weeks after it started, they announced mandatory quarantine for anyone entering the country. that was followed by a ban of almost all nonresidents or citizens entering the country. the government said just over 20 people total have died. less than 1 in 100,000. its curve down. italy was the first european country to be hit hard by the coronavirus and proof that covid-19 wouldn't stay in east asia. infections and deaths spiralled. cemeteries filled. the hospitals were overwhelmed and over run. more than 100 doctors died in the initial two months.

the government new when to change tact eventually. i believe it was high. 58 to 100,000 higher than the u.s. not climbing very much anymore. the covid curve is down. denmark adopted the early lockdown. before it had a single confirmed death. its strategy stood in stark contrast to sweden which refused to lock down to pursue herd immunity. mass testing is only just taking off. extreme social distancing allowed danes to become one of the first european countries to reopen. it's reported ten deaths per 100,000. their curve way down. >> when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people. you're going to find more cases. so i said to my people, slow the testing down please. >> another common technique,

mass testing for the virus and tracing its spread. vietnam had the potential to be a covid-19 hot spot but they knew a lot about fighting disease. they also had an aggressive and innovative communication strategy. the government says not a single person has died from covid-19 there. their curve down. south korea also made its own tests just weeks after chinese scientists published the virus's rna sequence. they haven't had a single confirmed case at the time, just the genetic code. they set up testing, setting up drive through testing before it would be common sense. their curve is down. iceland i saw firsthand last month. it's home to one of the leading genetics labs in the world. they used that scientific know how to trace the contacts of anyone who had covid-19.

i met this woman who was told to quarantine after being in contact with a waiter who had covid-19. days later guaranteed at home she also got sick. the government reports three of 100,000 have died. iceland's curve -- >> i don't -- whilst the west debated face coverings, east asia jumped on years of practice. masks already popular became universal. official death rate, one. the covid curve is now down. the canadian government was able to keep its response free of political figuring. masks aren't controversial in

canada. >> just respectable. >> reporter: canada has a reported 24 deaths per 100,000. turkey may not have had the mask culture of east asia, but face coverings became mandatory in public places way back in early april. just 6 people in 100,000 have died there and their curve is down. american doctors know this as well as abroad, covid-19 is new and it requires innovation. here at the university of oxford, for example, scientists have discovered the power of the steroid dexamethasone. germany helped avoid part of the problem by increasing the icu capacity. like the u.s., germany is a

federal system. chancellor angela merkel avoided the pitfalls of in fighting. 11 of 100,000 have died there. their curve way down. >> reporter: here in the u.k. the response to the virus is critical. the attention now is focused on places like the university of oxford which is leading in vaccine development. the most successful countries empowered the health experts from the beginning. the icelandic prime minister told me why she stepped out of the way. >> we listened very closely to the experts. that was a conscious decision. now we are going to follow their guidelines and not put up our own. >> i think we're going to be very good with the coronavirus. i think that at some point that's going to sort of disappear. >> you think so? >> sure, i do, at some point.

>> they're hoping for the best but scientists will tell you there's no end in sight to this pandemic. max foster, cnn, oxford, england. international students in the united states are in a bind. how a new u.s. government policy could force them to leave. we'll have that story right after this. when we started our business

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a new u.s. immigration policy will force international students to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online only classes. that could impact thousands of people as many schools go virtual due to the covid pandemic, but some schools seem to have found a loophole to keep the students. the university of southern california is adding an in person class the students can take for free.

international students are big contributors to the u.s. economy. international students pumped nearly $41 billion into the u.s. economy in the 2018-'19 academic year. that means for every seven international students, three u.s. jobs are created. a fukushima daiichi film student in los angeles who's originally from peru is one of those students. robyn curnow introduces us to him and looks at the plight he and thousands of others now face. >> reporter: it's already been an uncertain year and now they are blindsided. the message, if colleges and universities decided to only give courses online this upcoming semester, then

international students would have to go home. salvador is one of those whose life is suddenly leave, being deported shlgtsz do you feel like this is unfair, that you are being unfairly targeted? >> it is. it's forcing us to take in person classes while corona cases are surging, especially here in the u.s. or forcing students to travel back to their home country. >> reporter: salvador is studying audio production and hopes to be a sound engineer. he's supposed to be going into his second year at the los angeles film school in california. instead he's worrying about his options because going home is complicated. >> my parents actually live in china but we've crossed out the

chance of me going back to china. it would most likely be me going back to purview. >> reporter: more than a thousand universities are affected. >> if they're not going to be a student or 100% online, then they don't have a basis to be here. >> reporter: the trump administration says they're looking at providing as much flexibility as possible because over 1/4 of school's budgets come from international students. >> harvard and mit have filed a lawsuit against the trump administration. in this lawsuit they allege that the effects and perhaps the overall goal is to cause as much chaos for international students and universities as possible. higher education in the u.s. is a huge filler. they contributed more than $44 billion to the u.s. economy.

>> we deserve to be here. we're international students are also supporting the economy in a way. we're paying tuition, paying for apartments, housing. >> reporter: for now salvador will have to wait for a course decision and how will they teach classes? >> i'm excited to be in l.a. to be surrounded by the professionals. it has been a dream of mine to learn from them, something i wouldn't be able to learn if i was back in my country or china. >> after so much hard work, so many are caught up in politics. robyn curnow, cnn, atlanta. voters in poland are casting ballots right now in a very tight presidential race. why observers say this could be the country's most cons sequential election in decades. we'll have a live report from

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what is happening is europe's worst atrocity. it was during the bosnian war in july of 1995 that bosnian serb forces murdered more than 7,000 muslim men and boys. nine newly identified victims were buried at the site on saturday. some 1,000 others remain missing. many world leaders and others spoke up during a virtual commemoration saturday including u.n. special envoy angelina jolie. >> you might wonder what it had to do to you, but the kind of hatred that led to that lives on as you well know. it lives on wherever people find excuses to single out others and

deny them their rights as equal human beings. srebrenica is a crime that didn't happen overnight. it could have been prevented even down to the last few hours. it started with prejudice and discrimination, with hate speech that demonized a whole people and treated them less than human. it was spread by leaders who used lies to manufacture fear, to condition people to accept violence. these tendencies still exist in our world and are as dangerous as they've ever been. >> and now we turn to what's happening in poland. voters there casting ballots right now in a runoff race for president in what could be the

country's most cons sequential election in daek kads. the populus president faces a challenge from the more liberal mayor of warsaw. cnn's frederick pleitgen is at a polling place. hello, fred. >> it's one of the most difficult elections from the folks who are organizing it. we're wearing masks. a vote during the coronavirus pandemic is something that needs could be conducted very carefully. you can see when folks come in, they have to seeingsly distance. they have to wear mask as well. the staff is wearing advisors. if you work in one of these polling stations, it is difficult to breathe with one of these masks on. you can see safety is something that's taken extremely seriously.

people register here. they come over here and make their x. all you do is put it back there into that box over there and as you mentioned, that could make this one of the most conseque e consequential elections. very simple choice, two choices. obviously so far the races have been extremely close in this election. certainly over the past couple of days we could feel from the people they understand how important it is for their standing inside of europe and poland's role, natalie. >> how important is this election for europe, fred? >> reporter: i think it's a really important election. i think it's key for europe as well. you can feel european leaders feel that as well. they want to see where poland

stands within the european union and the world. poland is an extremely important country in central europe, very important inside the european union. the economy is doing well and growing. poland has been becoming an ever more important player within the union. very much so within nato as well. one of the things we've seen in the past couple of years, ten years, poland has become more important in nato and especially as a part of the united states. the first foreign head of state came to the white house. >> much at stake. we'll be watching it. fred pleitgen in warsaw. thank you, fred. thank you for watching this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. please stay with me, i have another two hours to go. our top stories right after this. you doing okay?

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catching covid, but feeling fine. a new study suggests it is common. why that seemingly good news actually complicates things. president trump dons a mask finally after months of avoiding advice from top medical experts. also, mr. trump sets his friend roger stone free. now the former special counsel makes a rare public statement about that. these stories ahead this hour. live from world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the