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trying to prepare for a safe return to school. it's all ahead this hour and we are live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers, here, in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is cnn "newsroom." thank you for joining us. it has been months since the coronavirus reached the united states. and instead of things calming down, several states are breaking records in numbers of cases and deaths. overall, the country has recorded more than 4 million cases and rising. and more than 146,000 people have died. florida is recording big, new numbers. it now has the second-most infections in the country. it just passed new york, which was an early epicenter.

hospitals are getting overwhelmed, now. and positive test rates are rising. but as all that is happening, florida officials are thinking about when to reopen bars, of all things. the mayor of miami beach explains why that is the wrong foc focus, right now. >> every day, in miami-dade county right now, about 200 people go into our hospitals because they're too sick. 20 to 30 of them will likely die. a good portion of them will end up two weeks on -- on -- on -- in icu. and another portion will be on ventilators and survive. that's -- i mean, we're normalizing something that should never be normalized. >> cnn's rosa flores is in miami with more details on the battle there. >> florida governor ron desantis maintains that the number of covid-19 cases in his state have stabilized. look. if you look at the numbers this

past week, for at least four days, the number of cases hovered at or around 10,000. but in the past two days, they've exceeded 12,000. i asked an infectious disease expert for her take. and she says it is too early to claim victory. she said, row ssa, you've got t look at the hospitalizations. you have got to look at the number of icus being used and we did. across the state of florida, the number of hospitalizations have increased by 79%, in the past three weeks. this is according to state data. now, i am in miami-dade county, the epicenter of this crisis in this state. it accounts for 25% of the now more than 400,000 cases in this state. and icus, right now, are operating at 137%. what that means is that there are more patients than there are icu beds. what the county is doing is they are converting beds into icus. now, we've got to look at ventilator use. the use of ventilators has increased by 62% in the past two weeks.

as for the positivity rate in this county, it's at 19.7%. the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. well, the 14-day average, right now, is 19.4%. now, this week, we also 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're asking the state of florida to deploy more than 2,400 nurses. now, 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 on how to reopen. we will 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. well, 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. and the other important data point is to look at the positivity rate because that indicates spread. in the past two weeks, the state of florida has had a positivity rate ranging from 13 to 18%. rosa flores, cnn, miami. on the other coast, california has the most official covid-19 cases, having past new york a few days ago. the coordinator of the white house coronavirus task force said friday, that rates were beginning to plateau in california. but the state is scrambling to get the situation under control. cnn's paul is in los angeles.

>> 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 batch shows that 3,628 new people have tested positive for covid-19. there have been 53 new deaths. now, 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 just hadn't counted all the cases, due to a glitch. and the 10% positivity rate is, also, better news. but there's still this sort of underlying thing that haunts people in the medical profession. and that's when some people talk about hoaxes or, perhaps, this is just the flu. well, let's talk to the dean of this university. >> we can stop this pandemic. we can definitely slow it down.

we could probably 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. and we just need everybody to do it. this is not a political issue. this is a health issue. and it's just something we all need to do. >> and the hospitalizations, steady, here, in l.a. county. they are just above 2,000. and mayor garcetti has threatened further shutdowns, if these numbers do not improve. reporting from los angeles, i'm paul vercammon, now, back to you. >> so, of course, as these cases rise, intensive care units across the united states are feeling the strain, as the numbers keep going up. many of these medical teams can't keep up, they are so

strained. gary tuchman spent time with healthcare workers on the front lines in a small city in georgia. >> i'll be with y'all in a second. >> reporter: she is not doing well. a female covid patient. being transferred from her room, to the intensive care unit, at the northeast georgia medical center in gainesville, georgia. a state where covid deaths have nearly doubled since earlier this month. >> it's exhausting. it's -- it has pushed me to my limits. it has shown me that i'm a lot stronger than i thought i was. >> christina heybin is an rn at this hospital, which is in a part of georgia that was in a hot zone, early on, in the covid crisis. but numbers started dropping. the state started reopening. leading, experts say, to what's happening now. >> just when you think that we might be getting ahead of this thing, it's going to come back and we're starting all over again. >> reporter: this used to be a corridor for regular hospital inpatients. it has now been transformed into an additional intensive care

unit, just for covid patients. dr. steven morgan is treating many of them. >> i have to admit i thought we were probably in the clear. you know, i think a lot of us did. >> dr. morgan says the rising covid numbers make the job more difficult. more fatiguing. he checks on a middle-aged covid patient, and is gratified by his progress. >> real strong guy. got started out on some remdesivir, as soon as he came to -- to the hospital. >> reporter: but it's a very different feeling as registered nurse haybin walks into this room. this man is being treated in a special covid unit. this is not the icu but there is worry that he might end up going there. >> this person has been here for two days. there is a lot of concern, obviously, for anybody in the covid unit. but particularly, for this man, because he's very ill. >> he is being given sugar water to keep his blood sugar up, as well as insulin. >> one of the hardest things is

knowing that the last time that that patient's family saw them could possibly be the last time that they get to see them. >> reporter: this medical center is prepared for more and more patients being admitted. this unusual looking structure sits in a hospital parking lot. patients will, soon, start getting moved inside. this rapidly-constructed hospital addition consists of 44 shipping containers, pieced together. there are 20 rooms for covid patients. >> everything that you would get in a traditional hospital room, inside the hospital, we are capable of doing, here, in this unit. >> everyone we talk with here expresses pride at what they are doing. but as the numbers go up, so does the concern. and in some cases, fear. >> well, i guess you know what post-traumatic stress. that's -- that's how i feel. i mean, it's like i feel like something that we should be able to prevent from happening. it's like we have no control over it, in reality.

and the patients pass away. it's almost like we get so close to them, it's like losing a family member. >> these doctors and nurses, also, consider each other family members. people they work with, fight this virus with, for as long as it takes. gary tuchman, cnn, gainesville, georgia. it's just hard to put into words the remarkable efforts and work that these frontline healthcare workers are doing for all of us. texas is rapidly becoming a hot spot for coronavirus in the u.s., the state ranks fourth in overall case count. the virus has taken a terrible toll on houston. here is, yet another, view of what these healthcare workers are up against in the icu. nearly 400 people have died in there. the mayor spoke with cnn's wolf blitzer about the loss his city has suffered. >> we have reported 386 people who have died in the city. not the county but in the city of houston. 151 of those deaths came just in

the month of july. we have had more people to die in july than march, april, may, june, combined. each month, the number goes up and up and up. >> and now, they have this to deal with in texas. some of the hard-hit areas in the state now are dealing with a hurricane. hanna made landfall saturday with sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. this was the scene in port mansfield, texas. the governor has issued disaster declarations for 32 counties after more than a foot of rain fell, in some areas. storm shelters are being set up. and with coronavirus rampant in the state, authorities are taking every safety precaution. joining us now, to talk more about it, is derek van dam. derek, this hurricane. you warned us about it but here it is. and i can't imagine what health

authorities and people setting up shelters are dealing with, when you think of the virus as well, rampaging across the state. >> yeah. without a doubt, natalie. in fact, i was reading a "new york times" article and they identified the state of texas as having one of the highest hospitalization rates for coronavirus. and then, of course, you add in a hurricane. we, in this business, refer to that as a threat multiplier. think about the resources that are going to be stretched so thin. and not to mention just what people are dealing with there. i mean, speaking of the consequences of a hurricane impacting a state under a pandemic. well, here it is. you can see some of the footage coming out of port mansfield behind me. the winds clocking at 90 miles per hour in the city as landfall occurred. around 5:00 p.m. earlier today, you can see some of the trees swaying over. let's get to the details. this was the latest radar imagery when it made landfall,

again, with winds at 90 miles per hour. a category 1 hurricane that formed within the gulf of mexico, really, within a 36-hour period. the good news. the silver lining is that the storm is going to just dissipate over extreme southern texas and into northeastern sections of mexico. but, at the time being, we still have a formidable storm that's still moving inland, with a defined eye. you can see it clearly here on our radar imagery. that's now just entering the border of texas and mexico. so right along the rio grande. you can see the rio grande river that continues to see the heaviest of rainfall and the center of the storm moving through. now, speaking of heavy rain, we have a rainfall accumulation map. and radar imagery, this day and age, is able to pick up just how much rain has fallen or an estimate at least. and we talking about over a foot of rain on south padre island, with more rain in store as this is still continuing to produce significant amounts of precipitation, as it moves to

the south and west. on top of the flash flood threat that we have tonight, we have the potential for some spin-up tornados, which is very common with a land falling hurricane of this nature. but look at the winds just dissipate over the next 12 to 24 hours. in fact, national hurricane center, as of 2:00 a.m., has just dropped the hurricane warnings for south texas. now, it's just tropical storm warnings. also, they have noted the weakening trend as well. but buckle your seatbelts because we have an active period ahead of us. check this out. 80% chance of development within the next five days. we have shaded that here with that hashing. and then, across the central pacific, we still have hurricane douglas that is veering towards the hawaiian islands as we speak we have tropical storm warnings for the majority of the state. with hurricane warnings in place for oahu, including honolulu. i think, natalie, you've been there before. >> yes, i have. >> going to be a different scene with a hurricane. >> very popular spot, you know. so all right. we know you'll be watching it. thank you. thinking about the people in

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a message saying he'd tested negative. in that tweet photograph, he was seen brandishing, as he has done over the past weeks, what seemed to be a packet of hydroxychloroquine. a medicine that doctors say, frankly, is useless in fighting coronavirus. may even be harmful. but he's still been advocating for it. possibly, in that post as well. afterwards, it seemed he went on his motorcycle to visit a repair shop. he was seen briefly not wearing a mask, although he was wearing a visor and motorcycle helmet. but the damage the lockdown does to stop the virus mustn't outweigh the damage the virus does, itself. and contradicting statements that he experienced a fever, he said he wouldn't even have known he had the virus, unless he had a positive test. startling comments, frankly, to hear from a man who, later, 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 have seen over 50,000 new cases. 51,000, in 24 hours, reported that ended saturday. and that's according to one study that was government funded. they cut the funding beijust th week. those numbers may only be a sixth of the full picture here because you get a test, you have to have pretty bad symptoms, here, in brazil. it's badina in the south. yet, through all these increasingly bad numbers, president jair bolsonaro has exacerbated the problem. and now, positive, negative diagnosis, coming through this with good health, it seems, may in fact encourage him to play down the damage as far as it's doing to brazil. nick peyton walsh, cnn sao

paulo. >> travelers from norway and britain are getting a nasty shock if they're coming back from spain. both countries are imposing a quarantine on all travelers returning from there. for brits, they will have to spend 14 days in isolation. and norwegians, a total of ten days. both, norway and britain have advised against nonessential travel to mainland spain. one country that hasn't reported any coronavirus may now have its first case. the patient is said to be a north korean defector, who came back. cnn's paula hancocks looks at how the government is responding. >> this is the closest that north korea has come, so far, to admitting that coronavirus is within the country. now, we know from state-run media that kim jong un the leader convened an emergency meeting and, within that, he and his elite agreed to enact a maximum-emergency system.

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coronavirus is in north korea. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. continuing to give you a look at cases around the world. now, the rate of infection in south africa is rapidly escalating. and it's forcing officials there to take drastic action. cnn's david mckenzie is there. >> reporter: freshly dug graves. the death toll in south africa has been low. but covid-19 is getting a second chance. >> the coronavirus storm has, indeed, arrived. as we said it would. >> reporter: coronavirus cases in south africa are surging with more than 400,000 confirmed infections. t a number that's been steadily rising since the country reopened parts of the economy, nearly two months ago, after a strict lockdown. and one that's accelerated by more than 20%, in just the past week. the spike is forcing the country to take measures to try and regain control of the virus.

by shutting down schools again, reimposing a nighttime curfew, and banning the sale of alcohol, for a second time this year. health officials worry it's not the only country on the continent that will have to reverse course because of the pandemic. >> i think what we're starting to see is a continued acceleration of transmission, in a number of countries in -- in -- in subsaharan africa. south africa may unfortunately be a precursor. a warning for what happens in the rest of africa. >> experts say the rate of increase is alarming. within the last week, the w.h.o. says madagascar's cases have increased by half. and botswana, by 66%. positive cases in kenya have doubled in just two weeks. workers at a covid-19 field hospital outside nairobi are saying they are taking no chances, and expanding the facility to care for a possible new wave of patients.

>> it's temporary and it's the best -- i think it's the best position because it's an open-air space, and it's a big space, where you can accommodate up to around 400 people. >> reporter: despite the increase in cases, the democratic republic of congo is just beginning to reopen. but that didn't stop the celebratory mood at this bar. with one employee saying he is ready to welcome back his customers. i am 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 am very happy to start working again. a grand reopening, with an uncertain future. if south africa's example is any indication of what could be next for other african countries. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. earlier this year, washington state, you'll recall, was the scene of the very first coronavirus case.

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be. >> governor insidelee is now reinstating guidelines. >> you can only go through this so many times before people throw up their hands like what's the use? >> says he's lost up to $400,000 in revenue this year. >> there is a lack of morale. there is a lack of like motivation and i think we have to find ways to be proactive, in safely opening businesses. so we can have time to prepare. so we can do it safely. >> the mother you saw there in the piece, bertha, she has a message for anyone willing to listen. and that is to wear a mask. washington, again, is one of these states, they thought they had things under control. now, health officials there worry that it could become the next california or the next florida. that's why governor jay inslee instituted these new restrictions and why he updated the mask policy. bottom line. if you leave your home, you have to wear a mask. the question, now, is one of compliance. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. globally, the number of

people infected with the coronavirus has just crossed the 16-million mark. more than 640,000 people have died. earlier, my colleague, michael holmes, talked with a viral specialist about the situation, here, in the united states. >> i think we haven't been testing enough. we haven't done a good job in educating people. we haven't done a good job in motivating people to try to prevent this from spreading. so, you know, i vacillate between getting mad and getting sad, just because, sometimes, it appears so overwhelming a task. so obviously, we need to test more. we need to know where things are going. but more than that, we need to, somehow, flick that switch to make people realize that this is a problem that we all face. and it has been said. it's not political. not at all. >> there -- there's even talk, i

mean, in florida of reopening bars. i mean, which just is mind boggling. what are your thoughts on suggestions of a total reset, regarding closures, in some parts of the country, as some are suggesting? >> listen. 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. and without that, we're not going to accomplish anything. we don't have the churchill, we don't have a roosevelt in order 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, where we don't have enough testing. and even then -- even now, i mean, it has not been corrected. thirdly, if you are going to close up, you need a financial plan so that people do not lose their livelihood, can feed their families. and, fourth, and most sadly, i

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in seattle, washington, saturday, more violence and chaos as protestors and police clashed. police say they have arrested at least 45 people. they say more than 20 officers have been hurt. most of them have returned to

duty. police and protestors continue to face off in portland, oregon. this, after federal agents used flash bangs and tear gas to try and break up a crowd outside the federal courthouse late friday night. cnn correspondent lucy cavanaugh is in portland. she's there, live, for us. right in the thick of things. what are you seeing right now, lucy? >> well, natalie, it's somewhat of a repeat of yesterday evening. this -- this night began with a very large, over a thousand, crowd of peaceful demonstrators. people coming out to chant black lives matter. to chants, say his name, george floyd. breonna taylor. and the names of so many black americans who have been killed at the hands of police. we then saw a repeat of some of the clashes that we saw yesterday evening. my crew and i had to move away from the federal building, which is sort of back there and around the corner because it wasn't clear what actually sparked the confrontation.

but we did see federal agents emerge from the building. behind the barrier, that they had erected. they started lobbing tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. some of the demonstrators threw fireworks over the fence, at the federal agents. and so, this confrontation ensued. as this was happening, we still saw this so-called wall of moms, the women in yellow t-shirts who have been coming out, nightly, linking arms. to try to put their physical bodies between themselves and the federal agents to protect protestors -- pardon my language. we, also, saw other demonstrators with leaf blowers trying to blow the tear gas back towards the federal agents, away from the crowd. as happens with these confrontations, protestors then began to move away from the federal building to get away from the tear gas. we caught a big whiff of it, ourselves, and i have to say it's a very uncomfortable, unpleasant experience. it burns your eyes. it burns your nose, your throat. everything starts to water. we saw some people actually

nursing injuries. perhaps, they were hit by some sort of shrapnel. wasn't really clear what it was. but at least one person i saw had some blood on his forehead. a demonstrator. but another thing we saw this evening. a powerful image. another human wall. this time, military veterans, joining the movement to protect black lives matter. they lined up in front of the federal building, when things were still calm, to try to put themselves between the federal officers and the demonstrators. we had a chance to speak to one, don thompson. he is a retired u.s. navy veteran. take a 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. take it down. it's already been ruled illegal. take it down, and leave our town. our police were doing a fine job, and they're still doing a fine job. >> and again, natalie, the focus here is racial equality. racial justice. but you see just how

inflammatory the federal presence has been. it has now shifted, in some ways, the focus to the federal presence on the ground. and that has inflamed tensions here. natalie. >> absolutely. we can appreciate the people's resolve in this situation. lucy, we really appreciate you being out there for us. lucy cavanaugh in portland. thank you. it was a day of laughter, tears, and plenty of stories about the man who became such a towering figure in the civil rights movement. our martin savidge has more on the emotional outpouring, as loved ones gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of john lewis. >> reporter: today was the first of what will be many days of good-byes for former civil rights icon and congressman, john lewis. it began in his hometown, and it started with his home family. troy, alabama, is a rural community. not that far away from montgomery, alabama, the capital. and it's where john lewis grew up. in a very segregated jim crow

south, at the time. but a lot has changed, in his life, since then. and has changed in alabama. so, in that community, they gathered today, as family and those who knew him, to remember the boy from troy. that's actually a nickname that the reverend martin luther king jr. gave to john lewis when they first met in 1958. it was a nickname that john lewis was always very proud of. this memorial was special, not just because it was the first and not because it would be his last time going home, it was also special because it was very personal. five of his family members, his brothers and his sister, all spoke. not about the icon that we no from history. not about the powerful congressman. but about the boy named robert, that's what they called him, john lewis's middle name. and about those personal stories only they could tell. here was his brother, grant lewis, telling one of them. >> when john was first sworn into congress, i think i got my year right, in 1996, i was

there. and during the ceremony, right before this ceremony, he looked up. he knew where i was sitting. and he looked up and he gave me the thumbs up. and i gave him the thumbs up back. so after the event was over, we was together. and i asked him. i said, john, what were you thinking when you gave me the thumbs up? >> he said i was thinking this was a long ways from the cotton fields of alabama. >> after the service, there was a public viewing. and then, john lewis was transported to selma, alabama. this is another historic milestone in his life and the life of civil rights in america. inside the brown chapel, the same church where he and dr. king had worked together to organize the famous marches, from selma, alabama, to montgomery. including the first, march 7th, 1965, that led to bloody sunday, that almost led to the death of

john lewis after several protestors were beaten by the alabama state police that descended on them. for john lewis, this is a trip going back over his life. and in every one of those places where he stops, people come to pay their respects and remember the man who changed, not only their lives but, a nation. martin savidge, cnn, selma, alabama. regis philbin was a part of american television for decades as a talk show host and host of "who wants to be a millionaire." he died friday night, at the age of 88. longtime co-host kathy lee gifford posted this on instagram. 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. cnn "newsroom" will be right back.

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coronavirus cases surge worldwide. california now with more confirmed cases than any other u.s. state. but florida is close behind. we look at how each state is handling the crisis. protests in portland continue to escalate as veterans join a wall of moms who refuse to back town. we' we'll tell you what the veterans have to say. and the latest on hanna and its track from derek van dam. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right