hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, every single day more and more americans are dying because of the coronavirus. as cases surge, president trump's false claims conflict with science and the real numbers that tell a very different story. the situation is dire in the u.s. state of florida. icu beds are full as another 12,000 people are diagnosed with the virus. and the bahamas taking precautions to keep residents safe by closing access to u.s. tourists.

good to have you with us. a tale of two pandemics in the united states. one vision presented by the president. the other by facts on the ground. this hour, the u.s. case count stands at more than 3.7 million. with more than 140,000 deaths. in california, los angeles reported the highest number of hospitalizations in a single day so far. and the mayor says he may issue new lockdown orders. florida's intensive cares are filling up. there's no more icu beds in at least 49 hospitals. but in an interview with fox news, president donald trump focused on one data point to the exclusion of all others and got

to wrong. . >> when you talk about mortality rates, i think it's the opposite. i think by have one of the lowest mortality rates. >> that's not true, sir. >> we're going to take a look. >> we had 900 deaths in a single day this week. >> ready? can you please get me the mortality rate? kayleigh's right here. i heard we had one of the lowest, maybe lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. >> the u.s. ranked seventh out of 20, according to john hopkins university. worse than brazil or russia. on saturday, both north carolina and georgia set new records for single-day case counts. the same day, arizona reported a record death toll, but in his interview, mr. trump threatened funding for schools that don't reopen. >> schools have to open. young people have to go to school. and there's problems when you don't go to school, too, and there's going to be a funniding.

we're not going to give them money if they're not going to school. >> and mr. trump dismissed questions about his previous statements that the virus would simply disappear. >> i'll be right eventually. i will be right eventually, you know, i said, it's going to disappear. i'll say it again. it's going to disappear, and i'll be right. >> does that discredit you? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. you know why it doesn't discredit? i've been right probably more than anybody else. >> cnn's jeremy diamond has more details of president trump's interview. >> reporter: while coronavirus cases have been surging once again in the united states over the last month, month and a half, and yet president trump seeps to still be denying the reality of the situation. the reality that cases are, indeed, surging, that new records are being broken in terms of new case numbers every week, sometimes multiple times a week. president trump in an interview on sunday instead focused much more on defending his administration, his handling of this pandemic, deflecting blame, and once again making false

claims, including the repeatedly debunked claim that the rise in coronavirus cases is related to increased testing in the united states. >> you still talk about it as, quote, burning embers, but i want to put up a chart that shows where we are with the illness over the last four months. as you can see, we hit a peak here in april. 36,000 cases. >> cases. >> a day. >> yeah. cases. >> then it went down. and now since june, it has gone up, more than doubled. one day this week, 75,000 new cases. more than double. >> chris, that's because we have great testing. because we have the best testing in the world. if we didn't test, you wouldn't be able to show that chart. if we tested half as much, those numbers would be down. >> this isn't burning embers, sir, this is a forest fire. >> no, no, but i don't say. flames, we'll put out the flames and put out in some cases burning embers. we have embers and we do have flames. >> reporter: now, the reality of the situation is that while

testing has been up about 37%, cases of coronavirus in the united states are up 194%. and the gap in those two rates of increase is even more startling when you look at some of the hot spots like florida and arizona and texas. and yet president trump, it seems, continues to make this false claim. it was just one of several from the president in this interview. he also tried to favorably compare the united states' mortality rate to other countries. he also tried to compare the situation in the united states more favorably to what's happening in the european union. which has not seen this most recent surge of coronavirus cases like the united states. president trump was also busy trying to downplay the advice of some of the government's foremost public health experts. the president once again undermining the credibility of dr. anthony fauci, even as he insisted that there is no campaign to undermine fauci. but, really, it's about something broader because the president was also disagreeing repeatedly with the cdc, disagreeing with the notion put forward by the cdc director dr.

robert redfield that masks, if every american wore masks for the next four to eight weeks, coronavirus could be in much better shape in the united states. the president rejecting that advice out of hand and, again, just the latest instance of the president butting heads with the science. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. and florida is the new epicenter of the coronavirus in the u.s. the state reported more than 12,000 new cases on sunday. cnn's randi kaye has more now from west palm beach. >> reporter: more trouble in terms of numbers and coronavirus here in the state of florida. in the last 24 hours, another 12,478 new cases in the state. now 350,000 cases statewide. also, another 87 deaths. bringing the total to just under 5,000 deaths across the state. also, this is the fourth day this month that we've seen more than 12,000 cases in a single day reported of coronavirus here in the state of florida.

statewide, more than 9,000 people hospitalized. those numbers do seem to be holding steady. in and miami-dade, in southern florida, one of the hardest-hit counties, still trouble with those icu beds. now at 127% capacity, so they have no icu beds left to give. in fact, in miami-dade, more than 2,000 people are hospitalized with covid-19. 507 patients in the icu and 286 patients on ventilators. also, dozens of hospitals, close to 50 hospitals across the state are also without any icu beds. so this is certainly a problem here in the state of florida. on a bright note, the governor has secured about 30,000 vials of remdesivir, a proven treatment for covid-19. those should be arriving just hours from now. those supplies will go directly to the hospitals.

he went to the white house seeking that supply, apparently it will be coming here in just the next few hours or days ahead. all right. back to you. and joining me now from los angeles, the chief medical officer at the university of southern california's verdugo hills hospital. thank you, doctor, and for all that you do. >> thank you for having me, rosemary. >> now, president trump is still repeating his false claim that an increase in testing is what's causing the spike in cases across this country. in fact, testing is up 37%, but cases are up 194%. so the president is very wrong on that issue. what do you believe is behind this surge in cases? and can this trend be turned around before we hit the flu season? >> well, look, i have to always start by being positive because there is absolutely no point in being negative as a physician and as a chief medical officer in my position. we have to believe that we can turn the train around.

but it's very obvious why this is occurring. it's people are unmasked and they are socializing, not social distancing and spreading the virus. the number of tests you're taking does increase the number of positives, but that's not what we're talking about. please, it's very simple. it's the percent that are positive is going up. if i shoot a ball ten times and i make five shots, and if now i shoot 100 shots, the same percentage would be 50, but that's not the case. the percent is going up. we are now turning the 50 into 70, 80, 90, and this is truly a disaster. >> that is really sobering. and, doctor, president trump also falsely claims that other nations with fewer cases don't do enough testing. that's his reasoning there. and says the u.s. is the envy of the world due to its testing

levels, but right now, unfortunately, the u.s. only leads the world in its death toll and its cases, and all this as the president calls this countries amost trust country's most trusted dr., anthony fauci, a little bit of an alarmist as cases are spiking and hospitalizations are surging, should we be alarmed? are you alarmed? >> yes. plain and simple. i'm not panicking. i'm not acting irrationally, but i'm alarmed. if i see something that is going to happen that is going to provide a negative outcome, i have to react. i have to have an alarm that goes off. so if i see a train that's going to crash into a house, i would be alarmed. look, closing your eyes to this doesn't mean it goes away. this problem is only growing. i don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people have to die before we really wake up. the number of people are -- that are getting infected is increasing. and, yes, a small percentage

died. but what is one life? what is ten lives? what are 100 lives? usually for most they would be human to the fact that they would feel when somebody is saying that they're dying. but what if it's your family member? will that make the difference? come on. we really need to wake up here. we got to stop the charades. >> and, doctor, what are you seeing in your hospital? because you are treating covid-19 patients there. what is their main reason for -- for getting infected? and talk to us about what you deal with day to day. >> well, the reason people are getting infected is because they are now not staying at home and they're out. and in the process of getting out, we could have done it the right way, and, unfortunately, many people politicized it to the point where wearing a mask became a right. and it became something that was not breakfasted. we're telling you to wear a mask not because of the political

party you're in. we're asking you to wear a mask because it's the right thing to do to protect yourself and your loved ones. and what has happened is because of the many reasons people got out and socialized. they did not distance themselves physically from others. they did not mask. they did not sanitize. they got infected and continued to spread. remember, one person will infect 1,000 people in one month. here's just an alarming statistic. let's just step back. the first week of february was the first positive case, the first death in the u.s. february! we're only a few months away from that day and look at the state that we're in. where do we think this is headed? the vaccine is not going to be around any time soon. if we're not going to come together and do the right thing, we're headed for disaster. >> we have to look at the numbers. numbers don't lie. doctor, a south korean study has

found that older kids spread the coronavirus just as much as adults do. that goes against the federal government's push to open schools. in the midst of this spike in cases. their justification is that kids don't spread this virus as much as adults do. clearly, that's not the case. if we're to believe this new study. talk to us about your response to that because there is this push by the federal government, even a threat from president trump, that he will take funds away, cut funds to schools that don't open up classrooms and take -- and take kid in. >> rosemary, what you said was exactly true. look, everybody, every parent wants to open schools. that's a -- that's a no-brainer, but we can't open schools in the current situation. numbers are if we have a handle of this pandemic, then we can gradually open schools in a safe manner. but when we're in the heat of the battle, when the numbers are increasing, how can we open our schools? it makes no sense.

look, to start talking about whether young people transmit it more or less, those things are just noise. understand the fact that you can't open anything, whether it's a school or it's a business, if you're in the midst of numbers going up. so it's plain and simple. let's get a handle on this. let's control it. let's get back to where we were and then start anew the right way. masking, distancing, and sanitizing, and gradually focus -- if we just fight to open schools, it's not just gonna happen because you're fighting for it. you got to do the right thing. don't think you can have your dessert if you haven't eaten your meal. we got to put the work in to be able to reap the rewards of being able to open our schools again. do the right thing, people. use your reason. this is doable, but not by just forcing it or mandating it. you got to do the right thing. >> powerful message there. doctor, thank you so much. and for all that you do. we appreciate it.

>> thank you. and the u.s. is now on another travel ban list. the bahamas will be closing its borders to visitors from the united states and other coronavirus hot spots. after a surge of cases in the country. the european union has already banned u.s. travellers. cnn's patrick oppmann has more now from havana. >> reporter: the bahamian government on sunday said it will be closing borders with the united states and other coronavirus hot spots to stem the spread of the virus on those islands. bahamian prime minister made the announcement on a national televised address and acknowledged that while the closure will hurt the because mass, which depends on tourism from the united states, florida in particular, but he said that continuing to remain open will put bahamian lives at risk. the bahamas has only been open since july 1st. before then the islands had been closed down to international

tourism. it's since reopening. even the visitors were required to have coronavirus negative tests within ten days of traveling. all the same, though, the bahamas says they have seen a spike in cases. and starting on wednesday, will only accept visitors coming from canada, the united kingdom and the europe union who can show that they have been tested and tested negatively in the previous ten days. this closure will have a big impact on the economy. it will probably close -- cause many businesses, hotels and restaurants dependent on tourism to once again close. some of these have just opened in the last several days. but the prime minister said that if they had not closed, if they had not announced this closure, that the bahamas was facing, in his words, being overrun with the coronavirus. patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. and hong kong is tightening social distancing measures further.

after recording its highest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. more than 100 new infections were confirmed sunday. the surge is prompting city authorities to expand the mandatory use of face masks to include all enclosed public places. and all nonessential civil workers are being told to work from home for the coming week. cnn's will ripley is in hong kong. he joins us now live. good to see you, will. so, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam calls the situation critical. how are people there responding to her stricter social distancing measures and what's the scene on the streets there? >> reporter: well, i was just out on the streets within the last couple of hours, rosemary, and it's incredible how normal things feel, except for the fact that everybody is wearing a face mask. i was out for a couple of hours. didn't see one person not wearing a mask in central hong kong. which shows that the government messaging seems to be working.

also probably the fact that you can be fined if you're in certain areas like public transit, you know, and you're not wearing a mask and somebody catches you. you could have to pay several hundred dollars. you know, you look at the number of cases here in hong kong, within the next couple of days, if the daily numbers are consistent with the weekend, which is, you know, around 100 cases or more every day. by the way, the first time hong kong's hit 100 cases per day since the start of this pandemic. we should hit 2,000 mark in the terms of total cases since the pandemic began in a day or two. 2,000 cases total for this city and you're talk talking about a dozen deaths so far. four of them have been in the last week and a half or so. a lot of cities will be thrilled to have this kind of number. hong kong not at all. listen to the chief executive carrie lam. >> translator: the situation is really critical, and there is no sign the situation is being brought under control. that's why this morning i've called a high meeting level to consider our response, and we know that later on today with

these latest figures we've announced by the center for health protection there would be more than 100 confirmed cases. that is a single-day high since the start of the epidemic, and we believe the public will be very much concerned and worried. >> reporter: and people really are concerned. you know, talking over the weekend with friends, particularly locals who were here during the sars outbreak more than 15 years ago, and lived with the terror of hundreds of people in hong kong dying from sars. this city has been very proactive in the way it has handled covid-19. shutting down its borders early, taking these social distancing measures very seriously. shutting down businesses even with fewer cases than what we're seeing right now. and i think the reason, rosemary, hong kong continues to have such a low number is because they are taking things so seriously right off the bat. they don't want to see 100 cases per day turn into 200 or 500. because as it is right now, more -- about 75% of the covid-19 wards in the city are full.

so, you only have 25%, 35% capacity remaining. if you start getting a lot more cases and a lot more people who need to be hospitalized, you could run out of hospital beds e to have more in place by the end of the week. >> they are responding quickly. 2,000 cases there. nearly 4 million in the united states. the difference in response is just astounding. cnn's will ripley joining us live from hong kong. many thanks. and still ahead, a cnn exclusive. we take you inside russia's coronavirus vaccine lab. moscow claims it's near a breakthrough. why the speed of the country's progress is raising concerns and questions. back with that in just a moment. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now.

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production, approved as early as next month, possibly before anybody else can develop and produce an effective treatment. well, those claims of vaccine success are emerging from one lab here in the center of moscow. for the first time we can take you inside and give you an exclusive look at the kind of work that's under way there. for russia, the search for a coronavirus vaccine is a global race. it's at this research lab in moscow where it hopes to win. access to the gamalaya institute is tightly controlled. no cnn cameras were allowed through these doors, but they did give us exclusive footage of the sensitive scientific work taking place inside. a unique glimpse of russia's rapid push for a coronavirus vaccine. they even sent recorded comments from their director who controversially injected himself before human trials officially began. >> translator: it has become a

task of unprecedented complexity. in a very short time, we have to create a vaccine against this disease. >> reporter: but that need for speed in russia means corners may have been cut. russian soldiers, all volunteers, according to the defense ministry, were used in the first phase of human trials. the now allegations denied by the kremlin that russian spies have been hacking u.s., british and canadian labs to steal their coronavirus secrets. allegations also rejected by the head of the organization funding much of russia's coronavirus research. >> russia desperately needs to develop and wants to develop a vaccine. isn't that one reason why the kremlin would try and get ahead by stealing other nations' vaccine secrets? >> well, first of all, matthew, we are very surprised by the timing of this, because basically it happened the next day after we announced approval of our vaccine in august. >> sure. but how do you explain that extraordinary speed?

i mean, other countries are working flat-out. why would russia be so far ahead? there are allegations, there are concerns that this country's been cutting corners when it comes to research. >> our vaccine is based on a proven vaccine platform. it was a vaccine against ebola. it was a vaccine against mers. and our scientists just substituted ebola and mers codes with a the coronavirus. >> reporter: adjusting an old vaccine to work with the new coronavirus instead. details remain sketchy, but it's that clinical strategy, not hacking, officials say, giving this russian lab the edge. rosemary, as a country with one of the highest numbers of coronavirus infections in the world, russia is, of course, highly motivated to get there first and find a vaccine for the disease. latest figures just come through to us. more than 6,000 new infections reported in the past 24-hour period, bringing to just over 770,000 people who have

confirmed with coronavirus in russia alone. rosemary? >> all right. matthew chance bringing us up to date on the situation there from moscow. many thanks. well, confusion in georgia at a time when clarity is needed. how atlanta businesses find themselves in the middle of a political fight over which virus guidelines to follow. we'll have those details on the other side of the break. stay with us. hey, kids!

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but president donald trump downplayed the virus in an interview sunday and defended his response. this as new cases spike, including here in georgia. the state set a new record for single-day case counts on saturday. and as the pandemic surges, brian kemp, the governor of georgia, has started a legal battle against keisha lance bottoms, atlanta's mayor. it's because lance bottoms issued a mask mandate in the city and governor kemp doesn't want her to do that. natasha chen talks about how the battle is affecting businesses for the worst. >> reporter: the politics of how to fight covid-19 have played out on all levels of government. from the white house to statehouses to county commissions and city halls. but now in georgia, a high-stakes battle between the statehouse and atlanta's city hall has turned into something of a food fight. at least for some atlanta restaurants. >> mayor bottoms' mask mandate cannot be enforced. but her decision to shutter businesses and undermine

economic growth is devastating. >> reporter: georgia governor brian kemp has sued atlanta's mayor and city council over its rollback to phase one, which he says is unenforceable. while the mayor, keisha lance bottoms, has instituted a mask mandate and is calling on the city's restaurants to return to curbside pickup and delivery only as cases of covid-19 soar. >> it is a complete waste of time and money to file suit against the capital city of the state in which he is supposed to lead. >> reporter: kemp says no local mandate can be more or less restrictive than statewide executive orders. he said he filed the suit on behalf of struggling atlanta businesses, but if his lawsuit is a dish best served cold, some atlanta restaurant owners say it's just feeding the fire. >> grow up. be adults. >> reporter: kevin clark and his partner lisa spooner own homegrown, an atlanta restaurant that was cited in kemp's lawsuit as an example of a business suffering from the mayor's actions.

>> we would benefit more if they came together and made a universal decision together on their own as adults working together to help this community, not a lawsuit that, to me, just makes it further apart as opposed to closer together. >> reporter: they decided to close homegrown again, since they said they would operate at a loss doing only takeout. but without concrete guidance from local and state leaders, others have stayed open. >> it's just the wild west. it's like the wild west. you do what you want. like, a patio, you close, you're open. >> reporter: chef stephenson of the atlanta restaurant red bird said just the act of shutting down and reopening again cost thousands of dollars. >> we feel like a child in between two parents who are going through a divorce right now. and i say "we" as -- as normal people and business people. one of them is saying this and one of them is saying that, and we're not sure that either one of them is sending the message because they think it's what's best for us. we kind of feel like they're

sending the message because they feel it's what's best for their political career. >> reporter: stephenson has kept red bird open for now with strict protocols to protect people's health because he said his customers have demanded the experience of sitting down inside. he also had some customers calling to cancel reservations after the mayor's rollback, but either way, there's no winning. >> it feels very unsafe to make statements right now. because the population is so divided about the best way that anybody should be doing anything. >> reporter: natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. joining me now from rome, georgia, state senator. thank you so much, for being with us. >> it's great to be with you. with your hours here in georgia, it's hard for me to watch your show very often, but it's great to be on it. >> wonderful. and i do want to mention, too, that you're not only a state senator, you are also an

anesthesiologist at the hospital there in rome, georgia. i want to ask you where you stand with the face coverings. do you support the science that wearing a mask will protect those around us and partially protect ourselves from the coronavirus? >> well -- we've got several in medicine in the senate, but i'm the only one who works in critical care. so sometimes i have a different perspective, but i certainly believe people should be wearing masks. doctor policy, the cdc, our own kathleen toomey at the department of public health in georgia, all public officials say it helps. it's very similar to a seat belt. it doesn't guarantee you're not going to die in a car crash, but it greatly improves your odds. wear a seat belt, keep your distance, don't speed and your odds greatly improve. same here. i've been wearing a mask and washing my hands. with this, the social distancing, the odds greatly improve. i believe if people were doing

all those, we would not even have to shut things down. that we would flatten the curve enough, like we did in march and april. we could do it again. >> so we could live a fairly normal life if we all wore masks. so i did want to ask you because the state of georgia broke its own single-day record of covid-19 cases at more than 4,600, yet we see the georgia governing overturning the mayor of atlanta's mask mandate and her safety precautions and efforts to slow up the opening of the city. governor kemp is even suing atlanta's mayor and now the onus falls on businesses to enforce mask wearing to ensure businesses are safe. the rights of individual seems more important than the health of individuals, with some still questioning that science behind wearing masks. where do you stand on that battleground politically? behind the republican governor of the same party as your own or the democratic mayor? >> well you know, they both want

people to wear mask. one wants to use a carrot, the other a stick. i don't think it does any good to get into the middle of that, but i think people should wear mavs. i have seen the 15 states and the district of columbia that mandated them have had a slower growth rate. so, however we get it done, i know he's even said, you know, there won't be university of georgia football. trying to appeal to some people. i've got season tickets there, so it appeals to me. we need to get compliance, and 80% compliance would flatten the curve. 95% would just about eradicate it, i think. and whichever method works, we need to do to get compliance in this state. >> well, senator, you seem to be the voice of reason here. so, why do you think we're seeing politics drive this health crisis instead of science? because the reality is with the seat belt issue, the analogy used there, we made it that you have to -- it was against the law not to wear a seat belt.

otherwise people wouldn't wear seat belts. and that's what we're seeing with masks. if they're told they don't have to then they won't. for the most part. >> yeah, and it was -- it was difficult, i think pickup trucks in georgia was just last year we finally got the seat belts in the back seat. that's been a tough battle, too. but it makes a huge difference. and it's really disappointing to me, you know, to see the people out there that are trying to run some story that says masks don't work or they'll say that masks are bad for your health. i mean, a lot of us in medicine have been wearing masks for decades. and they do make a difference. and i think we're still healthy in spite of it. i know one guy was running a 10k to prove a point. and why people are choosing this to, you know, draw a constitutional issue, i don't understand. i mean,, to m to me, it's reall

adolescent behavior to not do this. with freedom comes responsibility. and people are forgetting about the responsibility part. they're reading too many fake stories. it's -- it's really clear that they make a difference to those of us in medicine. >> yeah, i'm scratching my head along with you. let me tell you. and president trump says case numbers are up because of testing. but we know that's not true. tests are up 37% while cases are up 194%. so he not telling people the truth on that. and we know, too, that test results are taking around four to six days, sometimes longer, in fact, to come back to people. what is going on with the testing? not only in the state of georgia but across the country. >> well, because of the behavior and the big increases that we've seen, you know, the record number, like you said, in my own hospital we had gotten the instant testing, and everyone that came in i knew within an hour -- they had been tested before i got them in surgery.

it's a game-changer. feeling comfortable, as of monday that won't be the case anymore because the numbers have overwhelmed the tests again, and i've got to treat everybody, you know, as if they were positive and be geared back up. i shaved my beard yesterday. everybody's got to sacrifice a little bit. i got to make sure the n95 fits. had to shave it back in march and thought that was over. the thing is, i think the last four people that we tested that were positive, and a lot of the -- say the highest viral load is before the symptoms even show up. but all of them were asymptomatic. they had no idea. they were surprised as anybody else. and so that's going away just because of the volume of the cases. and i'm disappointed we didn't have a better, you know, strategy on testing as a whole. in this country. because we've got to test or we've got to shelter in one. and i'd rather it be the testing and people taking safe procedure

than -- than hurting the economy. i mean, that's the thing. if people would wear their masks and wash their hands, the economy is going to improve. because it's -- >> it is a critical message. senator, thank you for joining us. and as a doctor, thank you for all you do in your hospital. appreciate it. >> all right. thank you. and still ahead, trading blame over fresh unrest. president donald trump faces off with oregon officials over scenes like this. we'll have the details for you just ahead. this year, the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's is everywhere. on every sidewalk, track, and trail across this country. all of us are raising funds for one goal: a world without alzheimer's and all other dementia. because this disease isn't waiting, neither are you. take the first step on your walk right now.

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to portland, oregon now, where president trump donald trump and state officials are facing off over whose to blame for fresh unrest. mr. trump says he is trying to help by sending in federal law enforcement to take control of protests. but local and state officials say that's making scenes like this even worse.

they say federal officers are using police state tactics like grabbing people off the street and taking them away in unmarked vehicles. oregon's attorney general has filed a lawsuit, calling for an investigation. >> every american needs to be concerned about what's happening here in portland. you know, these federal agencies are operating with no transparency and against the will of just about every leader in our state, and i assume it will be the same in other states where they show up. but portland is currently the poster child for this strag. administration. they are using us, sort of throwing mud on the wall to see if this is an issue that might stick for the president. >> portland has seen weeks of protests over racial inequality and police violence. cnn's josh campbell has the latest. >> reporter: another weekend of protests here in the city of portland, both downtown outside of the federal building that served as the epicenter for well

over 50 days of protest, but over the weekend, we also saw an indent take place behind me. where at a police union building, north portland where protesters were outside demonstrating peacefully, rioters came and set this building on fire. now, police tried to push back a number of demonstrators to get them out of this area as this blaze was burning here behind me. downtown outside the courthouse, another protest was going on. authorities had erected a metal fence outside that bidding, trying to keep protesters back. the protesters were able to disassemble that fencing in a matter of minutes. that causing the police to come out in full force, launching crowd disbursements. using batons and tear gas. our team was teargassed along with several of our local media colleagues reporting on the ground since this all began. one thing we're hearing is there has been a noticeable shift in the tone of some of these protests which occurred after the trump administration had ordered an influx of federal resources into the city of portland.

now, the president and his administration says that they're doing so to protect federal property. the protesters say that that is agitating them. that is fuelling a lot of their frustration. a lot of their anger. now, the protesters aren't alone in calling for the feds to leave. some local city officials here in portland are also doing the same. our colleague jake tapper spoke over the weekend on cnn's "state of the union" with the mayor of portland who had some very critical words for president donald trump. >> what's happening here is we have dozens if not hundreds of federal troops descending upon our city. and what they're doing is they are sharply escalating the situation. their presence here is actually leading to more violence and more vandalism. and it's not helping the situation at all. they're not wanted here. and what we're seeing is a blatant abuse of police tactics by the federal government, by a trump administration that's falling in the polls. and this is a direct threat to our democracy. >> reporter: now, the standoff continues between federal officials and local officials as

well as the protesters with no end in sight. as that takes place, we're also learning that three very powerful members of the u.s. house of representatives, three democrats who chair very powerful committees are calling on the top watchdogs at the department of homeland security and the justice department to launch independent investigations into the actions of federal officers both here in portland as well as in other places where we've seen protests, and we've seen police using what they claim are very aggressive tactics. still yet to be seen whether these independent watchdogs will be complying, and looking into their actions as that continues, again, we continue to see here in portland this standoff between federal officials and protesters. protesters tell us that as long as the feds are here, they're not going anywhere. josh campbell, cnn, portland, oregon. >> we're back in just a moment. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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released by the health department here, there have been almost 83,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. with about 7,000 people that have died from it. but the most concerning numbers, perhaps, are the fact that what they've seen is in the last two weeks there has been a more than doubling of the coronavirus cases in this region. and according to at least one epidemiologist who has seen the data, 70% of those cases, they cannot trace exactly where they got the virus from. so that mean what we're looking at is community transmission. and that's what's prompted the barcelona government and the local government to make these recommendations for people to stay home, to try and get some control over the outbreak. now, what's caused all this? it's really hard to pinpoint. obviously with the easing up of restrictions, there is this increased risk of transmission. here in catalonia there has been

a particularly severe outbreak of seasonal agricultural workers. it seems several weeks ago we've seen a rise of cases in the barcelona metropolitan area. this is what's prompted them to say, listen, if you can work from home, stay at home. try not to go out. but these are simply recommendations. it is not a strict lockdown here in barcelona. so you see people out on the beaches today. in fact, yesterday, there were so many beachgoers that police were called in to control the crowds here and they had to turn people away. and tourists are still arriving. so there is a lot of concern and confusion as to exactly what the restrictions are, you know, and whether or not it's going to be enough to stop the outbreaks. >> yeah, it is a very familiar story. atika shubert joining us there. many thanks. and thank you for being with us. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with another hour of news in just a moment. do stay with us. reinventing. it's what small businesses do.

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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. just ahead, after 140,000 americans have died from coronavirus, the u.s. president insists the virus will eventually disappear. the reality is covid-19 is still spreading at an alarming rate and many facilities in the u.s. are struggling to cope. and the fbi is investigating