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world with another day of soaring numbers. also -- anger on the streets of america. the situation in the flashpoint city of portland, oregon, for you. also, a hero o's final journey. america begins a long, sad good-bye to the late congressman, john lewis. welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm michael holmes. let's start with brazil. it recorded 50,000 new cases on saturday, for the fourth-straight day. the country already has the second-highest case count in the world, according to johns hopki hopkins. that's not stopping the president from taking off his mask in public.

mexico's president, meanwhile, says a mask isn't, quote, scientifically proven to help. so, he just won't wear one. health experts disagree, strongly. that country, mexico, reported 67 new cases and has the fourth-highest death toll in the world. and it seems the threat is not over in vietnam. for the first time in 100 days, it has a locally transmitted infectio infection, after fighting the virus extremely successfully. the u.s. reporting more than 64,000 new cases on saturday, months into this pandemic. states are still setting records for infections and for deaths. let's look at what is happening in some of the states, like california, which has the most cases in the u.s. first, let's go to florida, which is rethinking about opening bars, even as hospitals are overwhelmed.

>> reporter: florida governor ron desantis maintains that the number of coronavirus cases have stabilized. if you look at the numbers for the past week, four days, the number of cases hovered at or around 10,000. the past 2 days, they exceeded 12,000. i asked an expert for her take. she says it is too early to claim victory. you have to look at the hospitalizations and look at the icus being used. across the state of florida, the hospitalizations have increased by 79% in the past three weeks. this is according to state data. i'm in miami-dade county, the epicenter of this crisis in this state. it accounts for 25% of the 400,000 cases in this state. icus, right now, are operating at 137%. what that means, there are more patients than icu beds. what the county is doing, they

are converting beds into icus. now, we have to look at ventilator use. the use of ventilators has increased by 62% in the past two weeks. that's when the positivity rate in this county is at 19.7%. the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. the 14-day average right now is 19.4%. this week, we learned, that the state of florida has a shortage of nurses. we learned from the state that 51 hospitals from across the state have asked for help. they are asking the state of florida to deploy more than 2,100 nurses. despite all these facts and figures, we also learned today, in a tweet, that florida is thinking about reopening bars. take a look at this. this is from the florida secretary of business and regulation. he tweeted, quote, next week, starting friday, i'm going to set meetings throughout florida with breweries and bars to discuss ideas how to reopen. we'll come up with a safe, smart

and step-by-step plan, based on input, science and relative facts on how to reopen as soon as possible. i'm not sure what relative facts are. but here are the relevant facts involving the state of florida right now and the reopening. florida closed bars a month ago. that's when cases exceeded 9,000. that record has been broken. it was broken two weeks ago, when the state of florida, in one day, exceeded more than 15,000 cases. also you need to look at the positivity rate. the state of florida had a positivity rate ranging from 13% to 18%. rosa flores, cnn, miami. here in los angeles county, they are testing fast and furiously, including here at the charles r. drew university of medicine and science. they move people through in cars

and on foot. and the numbers in l.a. county rising. this new patch shows that 3,628 new people have tested positive for covid-19. there's been 53 new deaths. we need to clarify that l.a. county was warning all along that they expected a spike in cases, because there was a backlog in the system. they hadn't counted all of the cases due to a glitch. the positivity rate is a better news. there's a certain thing that haunts people in the medical professi profession. that's when people talk about hoaxes or perhaps this is the flu. let's talk to the dean of this university. >> we can stop this fan democratic. we can slow it down. we can stop it by doing a better job of personal responsibility and hygiene. washing your hands, using

sanitizer, wearing your mask, social distancing. those things work. they absolutely work. this is not a political issue. this is a health issue. it's something we all need to do. >> reporter: and the hospitalizations are steady here in l.a. county. they're just above 2,000. and mayor garcetti has threatened further shutdowns if these numbers do not improve. reporting from los angeles, i'm paul vercammen. now, back to you. let's turn to dr. jorge rodriguez in los angeles, an internal medicine and viral specialist. good to see you again, doctor. cases in the u.s. have doubled in six weeks. the southern u.s. has a quarter of the world's cases. florida, 50 hospitals at full icu capacity. what does that show to you, particularly when we talk about testing levels being too low and results too slow?

>> i think we haven't been testing enough. we haven't done a good job of educating people. we haven't done a good job of motivating people to try to prevent this from spreading. i vas late between getting mad and getting sad because sometimes it appears so overwhelming a task. obviously, we need to test more and know where things are going. more than that, we need to somehow flick that switch, to make people realize that this is a problem we all face. and it has been said, it's not political. not at all. >> there's even talk, in florida, of reopening bars. i mean, that's mind-boggling. what are your thoughts on sugge suggestions on a total reset regarding closures in some parts of the country, as some are suggesting? >> i think in the best of all

possible worlds, that would be ideal. but unfortunately, we don't live in the best of all possible worlds. in this country, we have four things lacking. one is inspirational and clear leadership, at the federal level, starting with the president. without that, we're not going to accomplish anything. we don't have a churchill or a roosevelt, to tell the people to do this because we will succeed. that's number one. number two, the scientific infrastructure has failed us. from the beginning when we don't have testing. even then, even now, it has not been corrected. thirdly, if you're going to close up, you need a financial plan so people do not lose their livelihood and can feed their families. and fourth and most sadly, i don't think part of the united states has the resolve to do this. in europe and asia, i think it's different because several countries have gone through

decemb decemb december nation through war. there's a part of the united states, that in order to sacrifice for them, that's way too inconvenient. you know? >> yeah. and infringes on their freedoms. it is. i see it in my own area. i want to touch on this before we go. the wide ranging debate on opening schools. the secretary of education says the default would be for schools to open as ordinary. a lot of polls out there, a lot of parents are reduck taun relu. 38 states seeing increases. is that the right time to send kids back to classrooms and teachers? >> absolutely not. we're seeing children that are starting to get this infection. and the reason we haven't seen them is they haven't been going to school. there's some place in the united

states where it might be safe to do it in an organized fashion. but not in florida or texas. why should we embark on the national experiment of using our children as guinea pigs? let's wait until we get this better under control. >> yeah. it does seem extraordinary. dr. jorge rodriguez. appreciate your time. thanks so much. one of brazil's top infectious experts says the president is setting a bad example for the rest of the country. why? he has tested positive for coronavirus no less than three times, has had several interactions with people without wearing a mask. here's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: so much of the focus on coronavirus in brazil here, over the past two weeks, on one man. many accuse of the president putting statements out that exacerbated brazil's pandemic.

early saturday morning, he put out a twitter post saying he had tested negative of coronavirus. three tests, that he did have the virus. in that tweet photograph, he was seen brandishing, as he's done in the past weeks, a packet of hydroxy chloroquine. it may be harmful, but he'sed advocating for it. afterwards, it seems he went on his motorcycle to visit the repair shop, where we talked to fellow motorcyclists, not wearing a mask, but he was wearing a visor and a motorcycle helmet at the same time, that made that difficult. he talked about how the damage the lockdown does to start the virus. wasn't outweight the virus does itself. and conflicting earlier statements that he experienced a fever. he said he wouldn't have known he had the virus unless he had a positive test.

startling comments to air, from a man that went on twitter to talk about a freedom of speech case in the country here. a distraction from the terrifying numbers being seen in the country every day. over the past three days, every day, we see over 50,000 new cases. 51,000 in 24 hours reported on saturday. that's according to one study that was government-funded. they cut the funding just this week. those numbers may only be one-sixth of the full picture here. to test, you have to have bod symptoms here in brazil. it's bad in the south. all of these increasingly bad numbers, the positivity of the president, exacerbating the problem. and many fear that his light symptoms and now positive negative diagnosis, coming through with good health, it seems, encourages him to play down the damage, as far as he's doing to brazil.

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welcome back. the rate of coronavirus infection in south africa is rapidly escalating. it is forcing officials to take drastic action. world health experts are afraid it might be a sign of things to come for other countries in the region. cnn's david mckenzie explains. >> freshly dug graves in soweto. the death toll in south africa has been low. but covid-19 is getting a second chance. >> the coronavirus storm has arrived as we said it would. >> reporter: coronavirus cases in south africa are surging. 400,000 infections, a number that's been steadily rising

since the compauntry reopened ar a strict lockdown. and one that's accelerated 20% in one week. spike the forcing measures to control the virus, by shutting down schools again, reimposing a nighttime ke nighttime curfew and banning alcohol for a second time this year. officials worry it's not the only country on the continent that will have to reverse course because of the pandemic. >> i think we're starting to see an acceleration. south africa may be a recursor. it may be a worner for what will happen. >> the rate of increase is alarming. within the last week, the w.h.o. says madagascar's cases have increased by half.

botswana by 66%. positive cases in kenya have doubled in two weeks. workers at a covid-19 field hospital outside of nairobi say they are taking no chances and expanding the facility to care for a possible new wave of patients. >> i think it's the best position. it's an open-air space and a big space where you can accommodate around 400 people. >> reporter: the democratic republic of congo is just beginning to reopen. but that didn't stop the celebratory mood at this bar. one employee says he is ready to welcome back customers. i'm putting the beer in the fridge, he says. it's been nearly four months. because of the state of emergency, our business was stuck. and today, i'm very happy to start working again. a grand reopening with an uncertain future.

south africa's example is any indication of what can be next for african countries. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. with so many countries dealing with surging covid-19 cases, the need for a vaccine is urgent. and the race to come up with one is highly competitive. nations already buying potential doses, knowing they are taking a gamble. melissa bell visits a lab in the competition. >> we have taken virus from patients. >> the race for a vaccine has never been fierce. across the world, 166 potential vaccines are being worked on. like here in western france. the european pharmaceutical company has sold 60 million dose of its potential future vaccine to the united kingdom. >> to provide by end of 2021, 60

million doses and to increase the capacity. >> reporter: he is hoping to be ready for clinical trials by tend of this year. 24 companies developing vaccines are in that phase. and for now, many governments are hedging their bets. all are absolutely aware that the order they are pressing today, is fully at riggsing. they place ultimately five to priority on different programs. at the end, most likely, only three will be successful. >> reporter: in july, the united kingdom opted out of a new vaccine alliance. it was created by four european countries to make up for the lack of coordination. >> i think he was saying,

europe, the phone number and the same here. in the u.s., there's one place to learn from the crisis. if we could have one centralized e.u. barter, let's say, it would make it next time very more efficient in terms of dealing with this kind of disease. >> reporter: the country's strong european alliance has reached one deal for 400,000 vaccines with ast ka zen razena. the first vaccines will not going to european countries but to the u.k. melissa bell, cnn, paris. the race is on for a vaccine in america, as well. it doesn't exist yet. and the best scenario is still that it's months away. and now, a new fear that many

americans will have access to a vaccine but just won't get it. cnn's brian todd with that. >> it's what millions of us are hanging our hopes on to get past this crushing pandemic, to return to work, to school, to go back to restaurants and bars, to workout at the gym. a deployable vaccine for coronavirus, which experts say could arrive late this year or early next. experts are worried that when it comes, many americans will reject the vaccine. >> surveys are showing us that half of people are not inclined to take a covid-19 vaccine, even if it's available today. that's a shocking number and is concerning. >> in may, one poll from the associated press and the center for research, says half of americans said they would get the vaccine. other polls from cnn and "the washington post" and abc news,

showed about two-thirds of americans said they would get the vaccine. still, experts are worried about significant numbers of people rejecting the vaccine. >> experts say there are several reasons that people don't trust a potential coronavirus vaccine. >> a lot of people are going to resist the idea of getting it because they've been told for months, years now, not to trust experts. >> reporter: until recently, president trump went against theedthe advice of his own task force experts and rejected mask wearing. and during the pandemic, he's questioned the dwiguidance of t scientists about reopening. >> dr. fauci made some mistakes. >> reporter: experts say the name of the project to push the vaccine through fuels skepticism. >> when people hear warp speed, they assume steps are being skipped and corners being cut.

this may be a vaccine because they made it so quickly, it's less than optimal. it may have poor qualities. >> reporter: doctors acknowledge that the vaccine likely won't be a magic bullet for coronavirus. it could be several months before we know how effective it is. there's a stark message. >> to take the real and serious risk of being infected by the virus and to be hospitalized or die from this virus. >> reporter: dr. paul says a crucial part of this vaccine program, is for the president, the task force, any leaders involved, to be as transparent to be honest with americans before it rolls out. being honest about what leaders know and don't know every step of the way. brian todd, cnn, washington. a quick break now. when we come back, protesters

and police facing off in seattle and in portland. what is the situation at the moment? we'll be live in portland for you after the break.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom," everyone. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. in seattle on saturday, there was violence and confusion, as protesters and police clashed. police tweeting that at least 16 people were arrested and 3 of the officers were injured. and police and protesters continue to face-off in portland, this after federal agents used flash-bangs and teargas to try to break up the

crowd outside of the federal courthouse late on friday night, as has happened on several other nights, as well. a cnn news team said, before that, a large crowd of peaceful protesters were chanting black lives matter. lu lucy kafanov has been following these events in portland. we checked in with you last hour. what's happening since? >> the crowd is growing bigger, michael. people are taking to the streets. organized marches from different sides of town. all of the people congregating in front of the federal courthouse building, the new fla flashpoint of the racial justice protesters, entering the 60th day. there was a powerful moment when a group of veterans marched on to the street to techeers and claps from the crowd. they lined up in formation in front of that federal courthouse, saying they are here to protect the demonstrators, to

speak out against injustice, to use their bodies to protect the black lives mater protesters. we had a chance to speak to one of them. listen to what he had to say. >> we were all born here. this is our streets. that's our fence. it's on our property. it's been ruled illegal. leave our town. our police were doing a fine job. and they are still doing a fine job. >> there's no central organization for this. the people that you see on the streets are ordinary citizens, united and inspired by what they've seen on the ground, perhaps more outraged. now, what they describe as the use of force. in portland, one of the biggest

concerns has been the behavior of the federal agents. they've been deployed to the street to protect that building. the behavior that we've seen, folks walking around military fatigues, seizing demonstrators or people on the street, detaining them. this outraged demonstrators and city and state leaders. the protesters suffering two setbacks yesterday. one, the federal judge denied the state's attempt to get an injunction to stop this police action, to get agencies to identify themselves. that was blocked by a federal judge. and a u.s. attorney here, announcing criminal charges against 18 people. those crimes including assaulting federal officers. you can see behind me, these are peaceful demonstrators. the message is demand racial equality.

we heard chants, say his name. george floyd, breonna taylor. so many black americans that are killed at the hands of police. that's the focal point of this protest movement. now, the federal fence, inflaming the actions, michael. >> the tension is growing since the federal agents arrived. good to have you there. joining me now is the reverend a.d. mundane. i read your op-ed in "the washington post." what we're seeing in places like seattle and portland, all started following the death of george floyd in minneapolis, of course. a global confrontation. in your op-ed, you wrote this, quote, as the demonstrations continue every night, in portland, many people with their

own agendas are co-opting and distractions attention from what should be our central concern, the black lives matter movement. you call these protests a spectacle. explain what you mean. >> the protests here in portland are a welcome development from those of us that spent our entire adulthoods in the fight for racial justice. but the protests was sparked by a video, george floyd at the hands of police. through the first few weeks, we were chanting his name at the rallies and holding up the mantra of black lives matter. now, while the naacp has denounced the involvement of federal law enforcement here in portland, it's seems that the feds are inciting violence.

and that's turned this into the spectacle that we see. >> your organization has criticized, mostly white anarchists for inciting the protests. any attention drawn to inequities is a step in the right direction. how do you bring the narrative back to what you see is the core issue? >> well, you know, we know the onus for racism and the annihilation is on those that have the privilege and the power. the social justice movement cannot succeed without white allies. we welcome white allies, as long as the focus stays on the black lives movement. as long as we stay on-point, why we're there in the first place.

>> do you believe that some in the protests are playing into the president's hands, and his narrative on chaos in cities and so on? >> no. whatever else we might disagree on, criticism of the trump administration is not one of those things. i can't speak to what i don't know. i do know this. we're in times of a revolution. and revolution, just like sun tu has reminded us that we are at war. and all war fafare is deceptive. we know the powers that be are distracting from racial equal if i and justice. >> i didn't realize until i was reading up on this. black people comprise, i think it's only 6% of the population

in portland. i'm wondering, why one of america's whitest cities in one of the whitest states is having the longest running black lives matter protest. >> portland has always been unique. in our current era, we have a well-intentioned group of progressives that want to do what's right and need to be refocused from time-to-time on the black struggle in america. i think portland is the perfect storm. the right number of african-americans and whites, proportionate to the african-american presence in the united states. with the progressive nature of our people, and with the kind of folks we have living here, i think this is the perfect place for racism to rear its ugly head. and we do the damage of

annihilating it once and for all. and making a model for the rest of the world to see how we can get the job done. >> that's well-put. i'm curious the levels of the disparity. why isn't portland more diverse? what's the reason for that? i know there's historical reasons, you go back to the early 1,800 and black people weren't allowed into oregon. >> yeah. this is the only state in our union that was inseptembered in racism. we weren't allowed to become stake holders. and we see homeownership, in terms of african-americans, are sinking lower and lower. access is something that's necessary for thriving communities all over the world.

the same disparities are the same. and portland's whiteness is a result of the exclusionary history that you talked about. we're glad that the soul of many portlanders, are open to the idea of inclusion from that long a ago hiccup or many is guide, just giving of not being inclusive with african-americans. >> really appreciate the discussion. an important one to have. thank you, reverend. thanks so much. >> thank you. the u.s. presidential election is 100 days away. donald trump seems to be scrambling. we'll look at the state of the campaign when we come back.

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protesters in eastern russia are showing rare public defiance against president putin, marching in support of a regional governor who was charged with murder. cnn's matthew chance on why the protests are unprecedented. >> reporter: this is the third weekend in a row, that the crowds in the russian far east have gathered in the thousands to protest against the central government in moscow. demonstrations parked earlier this month through the regional governor, who has been charged with the killings of two businessmen in the early 2000s. locally, he is seen as a local champion against corruption and against the creeping power of the kremlin, thousands of miles away in moiss moscow. he beat a candidate in 2016.

some believe the murder charges are against him for political reasons as putin tries to tighten his grip. there's two unusual things. that they're happening at all in large numbers. 6,500 people took to the streets on saturday. opposition police say it was higher. unprecedented numbers in this remote and flaccid part of russia. secondly, the fact that they allowed the protests to continue. they haven't fried to intervene. that is unusual, when the dissent is tamped out quickly. if either of those things were to change, if the protests were to move to other tents across the country, the police would

move to crack down and you are looking at a difficult situation. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. hurricane hanna made landfall on saturday, with sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. want to show you the scene in port mansfield, where winds knocked down trees and tore roov roofs from businesses, as well. joining us now is derek van dam. what are you seeing, my friend? >> what we're seeing is the impacts from a category 1 hurricane, equivalent what you would expect to see, with a landfalling storm of this magnitude. and the wind whipped up some of the rain. even some localized damage across the region. the concern going forward is going to be the potential for flash flooding, as the storm system continues to dissipate

over southern sections of texas. this is the information, the storm made landfall around 5:00 p.m. local time. you look closely on the latest satellite imagery, there's a well-defined eye, as the storm creeps inland. the ocean, the gulf of mexico, is where it gets its strength. over land, we expect systems to dissipate. not before wringing itself dry, basically. it will take that moisture it picked up in the ocean, and dump it in heavy rainfall across the land mass that is southern texas and northeast mexico. look at some of the rainfall totals that occurred right on padre island. over a foot of rain in a 24-hour period. we have the potential for hurricane gusts tonight. hurricane warnings in police station. an additional 3 to 5 up to 8

inches of rain. flash flooding is a threat. tornadoes is a possibility, as well. there's the storm system, dissipating. this is the forecast wind gusts. it will be a distant memory in the next 24 hours. you have to buckle up. we have an extremely active weather pattern taking shape across the hurricane basis. a storm that's off of the west coast of africa. a high likelihood of development over the next five days. hurricane douglas -- look at that line towards the hawaiian islands. tropical storm warnings for the island state. and hurricane warnings for oahu, including the city of honolulu, as the storm system is expected to bring category 1-equivalent winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall to the region.

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election is 100 days away, now. we're in the final stretch, heading into november the 3rd. now, the presumptive democratic nominee, joe biden, has the advantage right now. and, in some ways, it looks like president trump is changing his tone. resetting, if you like. but is that what's really happening? or is he simply losing the political plot somewhat? i want to bring in michael from los angeles to talk about that. political analyst. author of "how trump governs" and also president of the global policy institute at loyola marimount university. president trump's position on the virus have evolved. masks. on reversing course on the florida convention and so on.

but some people wonder whether it's because of the virus or it's because of some plummeting poll numbers. do you think he is retreating because biden is surging? >> well, clearly, joe biden is movi moving ahead by doing virtually nothing. so the question is what can donald trump do to move ahead, to make a dent? the situation with the virus is very fluid. so it's understandable that you h had se see some -- but the real problem here is donald trump needs to change the conversation. and what he is doing is putting lot of pressure on cities, especially with democratic mayors. and that's to change the terms of the debate. he cannot argue that he is doing well on the economy or the coronavirus. so he is going to have to disrupt things, and change the conversation. so, he wants to make it to fear and crime in the streets and anarchism. >> you know, one thing that's been interesting is seeing a sort of level of defiance, if i

can use that word, you know, given the unfailing loyalty and enablement that he's had to date. and you've had sports stars, entire baseball teams, taking a knee. you've had the concerns over the federal law enforcement on the streets. you had defense secretary esper and nascar breaking on the confederate flag debate. the general splitting on military base names. i mean, what does that tell you? is the president losing his whole public narrative a little? >> well, we're starting to see pushback, where people were afraid of pushback before. especially, within the republican party. the great fear was that donald trump would tweet against you. and now, we see a lot of republicans thinking, you know, maybe my political head's on the line as well. and if i go all in for donald trump, will that backfire on me? and so, donald trump is no longer kind of the darling of the republican party. now, some question whether or not being on his side -- >> all right.

michael genovese, really appreciate it. sorry it was brief tonight. good to see you, though. we will get you back real soon. all right. now, regis philbin was a part of american television for decades, as a talk show host and host of "who wants to be a millionaire" the icon died friday night at the age of 88. his longtime co-host, kathy lee gifford, posting this poignant message on instagram saying quote,there are no words to fully express the love i have for my precious friend regis. i simply adored him and every day with him was a gift. we spent 15 years together, bantering and bickering and laughing ourselves silly. he will be missed. i'm michael holmes. thanks for spending part of your day with me. your day's about to get better. natalie allen's here with more of cnn "newsroom," after the break. i'll see you tomorrow.

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