♪ a tribute to your governor and government, the job they've done, you've done a really good job. you have a really big nursing home population. you've done fantastic. i think we've done really well in florida. the american president strikes a positive tone, despite the grim new number. this as america braces for the hurricane isaias. and president trump calling voting by mail a disaster.

why postal ballots may pose a challenge for this year's presidential election. live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. welcome to you our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. the world health organization says more cases of covid-19 were documented around the world in the past 24 hours than ever before. nearly 300,000 people were affected. while the disease has struck more than 17.6 million people worldwide since the pandemic began, while the crisis is especially bad here in the united states. according to johns hopkins university, the u.s. has suppressed 400 million cases and

153,000 deaths and it's not getting better. the virus is expected to kill another 20,000 americans in the next weeks. georgia joined at least 30 others in pausing or rolling back the reopening. florida has had a terrible week in dealing with the coronavirus. the state has now hit four straight days of record deaths with 157 fatalities on friday. and it's the direct result of the sharp spike in cases several weanings ago, but the u.s. president downplayed the crisis when he traveled to the state on friday. listen to this. >> well, i hate it anywhere. but if you look at other countries, other countries are doing terribly. i will say this, proportionately, relatively, when you look at your nursing home situation, it's a tribute to your governor and government, the job they've done. i think we're doing really well in florida. >> the spiraling numbers are already threatening to end the young baseball season. the major league commissioner reportedly warns he should shut

it down if cases could keep rising among players and coffees. the latest from across the country, here is cnn's erica hill. >> i think there was such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not have a unified bringing everything down. >> reporter: there was not one national plan to get the virus under control. and despite guidelines from the white house there wasn't a unified plan to reopen, either. >> we should have been able to anticipate that these surges of infections would occur. and i think so much of our response has been reacting to what's happened, rather than anticipating what's ahead. >> reporter: those decisions now playing out in realtime. while things are looking better over the past week, even in the recent hot pots of arizona, california and florida, texas seeing a slight decline in new cases, infections are growing in the midwest. and deaths which lagged by at least two to four weeks are rising. the cdc now predicting

fatalities could top 173,000 in the next three weeks. >> taking personal responsibility is the best way to keep this in check. and win the war against this invisible enemy. >> reporter: hospitalizations are hitting record highs in several states. earlier this month, the administration moved to buy pass the cdc, telling hospitals to send their data directly to hhs. >> dr. redfield, when did you first learn? when were you first told? when were you first notified? >> again, as i mentioned, i wasn't involved in the decision. i don't the exact date. >> am i to understand -- >> i don't remember the exact date. >> am i to understand that you were not told at all? >> well, i was told once the secretary's office made the decision that was the decision. and we worked together. >> reporter: in the early epicenter, just 1% of tests are now coming back positive, new york city's, the nation's

largest school district releasing new details about the plan for hybrid learning and how it will deal as an outbreak. >> if in the case of a classroom, the kids, students and teacher are going to quarantine for 14 days no matter what. >> reporter: schools in indiana already welcoming kids back. >> we need to start. >> reporter: infections could be controlled at colleges this fall if students are tested every two days. many universities have already decided to move learning online, instead. erica hill, cnn, new york. >> casting a european eye on these issues, is a regional director for europe at the world health organization. doctor, thank you very much for joining me. whether we're in the u.s., europe, to the uk, as regions reopen the numbers start spiking again. do you think it's due primarily

to human nature, as things reopened people relax their guard? or is it just the nature of this virus, is it just not possible to go back to any semblance of normalcy without incurring these spikes? >> right. the w.h.o. opinion indeed, we also see resurgence in many countries and the question often asked, is this the first wave, is this the second wave? that's secondary. the key issue is due to change in human behavior. as we what we see in europe, particularly the age cohort between 20 and 39 years people are infected the incidence is increasing, not necessarily the mortality rate. so, we have to take advantage of this huge potential of young people to get them on board and to, infect, not only themselves but also the -- >> you've placed a lot of emphasis on reaching the young

cohort. but they seem immune to many of these messages, how do you actually go about doing that? >> right, i think the last thing we do is to finger point or to blame or the same for the vaccination in many countries. we have to get them on board and mobilize people who reach out to them, whether it's youth leaders, youth ambassadors, and take advantage what they try to do globally of behavorial and cultural insight, reach has worked in the past, speaking, for example ex of vaccination. >> unfortunately, politics abdomen the pandemic go hand in hand. earlier this month, the u.s. notifying the w.h.o. that it intends to leave. how has the trump administration's adversarial role relationship with the w.h.o. affected the fight against the coronavirus? >> well, what i can tell is that the united states of america has been for many, many years a very strong partner of the world

health organization. i sincerely hope it will continue. i have been working in some of the most challenging places on earth and what i saw is that with the help of the american people, so many vulnerable people, whether people with multiconditions or refugees have been safe and i would like to thank the american people for that. >> but without that support, what now? >> well, we hope that we will continue the partnership because it's not only about financing, it's about collaboration with the united central and many, many other partners. so, at this stage, we focus on saving lives. we're in the midst of pandemic, res wee see resurgence, so all hands on deck to save lives and prevent more damage to the people. >> and more and more evidence suggested that it will be a long battle. as you know, the director general of the w.h.o. just recently said the effects of the coronavirus will felt for

decades. what exactly did he mean, and do you agree with that? >> right. it's true. coming back to the point of resurgence, the virus is still there. as we see a big increase in cases in a number of countries it's not because the virus has appeared it's because of the effect of lockdowns and lockdown life. naturally, when you lift it, it will increase again. so, we have to learn to live through the virus for quite a while as our w.h.o. director general is saying. mental health is also a concern. and communicable diseases and breast cancer screening. we have to try to accelerate, a focus on the covid, but as much as needed, and it is needed, on all of the other pandemics, for example, the hiv/aids which is another big very big pandemic which we shouldn't forget about. >> if we do have to live with it for a long time, as we say, one

of the key issues is schools. many of the cities and schools in the u.s. are in the throes of the heat and what's your guidance as to the questions as to what conditions make it safe to reopen schools and how to best do it successfully? >> right. the science is activity. so it's evolving. i know sometimes, people would like to see that one size fits all. i very well aware of the recent reports in the last 48 hours in different parts of the world, that children, also of all ages, us susceptible to the coronavirus. they're part of a transmission cycle. so, in that sense, i'd like to refer to positive examples. that in several european countries schools have been reopened gradually and safely.

why? because the attention went to pushing back the community transmission. because schools are not a stand-alone entity int the society. conditions have to be put in place and we have to be aware of adverse effects of leaving younger and sick children out of school. especially those with special needs. sigh was chair of in italy of safely reopening schools again. in the united states, we have so many good experts and also all around the world learning from each other. >> hopefully, people will actually listen to the experts. we're out of time. thank you for joining us, dr. hans kluge of the world health organization. appreciate it. well, bat ha shg, bahamas a

florida are facing storms on two fronts even as a hurricane bears down on them. right now, category 1 storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. it's expected to dump a foot of rain on the bahamas. the journalist is waiting out the storm. i'm familiar with the area, with the bahamas. many people still rebuilding from devastating hurricane dorian last year. what's the latest? >> right, kim, as you mentioned, bahamians are slightly fearful of isaias, we're still recovering from the savage hurricane that ravaged the island last december. it did some damage. residents right now on the providence and other islands are fearful of the heavy amounts of

rain the system decided to bring, you know in some areas of the capital. it floods on an average day of rain. imagine the rain on the minds of residents who live in swampland areas and communities prone to flooding. >> and not only flooding, but there's also a huge spike in coronavirus there. how are people dealing with that? because, of course, people are wanting to take shelter and that would be just a huge petri dish. >> reporter: right, kim, you know, folks are dealing with the shelter and covid-19 the best way they could. health officials are just a advising everybody to to be practicing the best. and shelters will have to unfortunately have to accept those who are home in isolation.

thosecovid monitored. and as we know, shelters are not designed to accommodate individuals impacted by covid-19. >> yeah, so hard to fight so many battles at the same time. wish you best out there in the bahamas. matthew moxey in the bahamas. now, we're going to turn to cnn meteorologist tyler melvin. tyler how bad is it going to be? >> at the moment, we have the hurricane sitting over the bahamas. and it's moving to the northwest and it's going to get rougher in portions of the bahamas. they're seeing strong thunderstorms is right now. it's backing 85-mile-per-hour winds up to 105. it's looking a little discombobulated on satellite imagery, because the dry air is

going to overcome the system. and still maintain that category 1 intensity. you see the rainfall over the bahamas. in fact, it's actually sending outer bands into portions of south florida right now. this one band that went through broward and palm beach county was packing winds up to 45 miles an hour. mind you, isaias is all the way down here in the south central bahamas. you see the areas in red, that's the hurricane warning. and the areas in blue, that's a tropical storm warning. so you're going to feel those conditions over the next 24 hours. in fact, the conditions in the western bahamas and also eastern florida. the conditions are just going to get worse over the next 24 hours. you see the track here. the national hurricane center at the moment keeps the eye right offshore. but, listen, the hurricane force winds extends 35 miles from the center of isaias. so, even on this track, you're still going to feel hurricane-force conditions in palm beach county and going into

portions of the treasurer coast. and all the way up into portions of north florida, too. any deviation, a little to the west, the winds are 35 miles from the center. the hurricane force winds. it if it deviates 10 miles to the west, now, you're dealing with a completely different scenario. by the time we get to monday on to tuesday. we're looking at a tropical storm pushing up the carolina coast. new york, boston, you're dealing with a tropical storm once we get to midweek next week, too. we've had discrepancies in a couple main models starting to come into agreement with a strong hurricane offshore. the only difference is the timing. the european is just a little slower than the gfs. and this is the position at 8:00 p.m., kim, with that position at 8:00 in the morning, on sunday, that's when we have high tide. so that can lead to some later coastal flooding and some storm surge. >> obviously, a developing story. we'll stay on top of that throughout the day.

thank you so much cnn meteorologist tyler melvin. and pa and parts of the uk down. and some of the worst coronavirus in the world in mexico because officials are failing to deal with the crisis. be back. or where you happen to be. one dose of ubrelvy can quickly stop a migraine in its tracks within two hours. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. few people had side effects, most common were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine.

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to help keep your business connected. a 3-year-old child has died in belgium, the latest victim that died of the coronavirus. cases in belgium have increased 90% in recent days. the top health official says the child's death proves no one is immune from the disease. once optimistic officials in the uk say they're squeezing the brakes on plans to reopen the economy. prime minister boris johnson said he's going to stop easing lockdown restrictions and even reverse some plans for the next two weeks. >> our plan to reopen the society and the economy is conditional that it relies on continued progress against the

virus and we would not hesitate to put the brakes on if required. with those numbers keeping up, our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal, squeeze that brake pedal, in order to keep the virus under control. >> this happening has the coronavirus cases rise in the uk again. now cases jump to 4900 a day compared to 2,000 in june. for more from this is milena vessel lyinvestigate veselinovi. schools are set to open there, what's the government saying? >> reporter: yeah, well, kim, for the first time, both prime minister boris johnson and britain's chief officer said there are are going to have to

be tradeoffs. for example in september, the chief medical officer hinting there that it could be that other areas might need to be restricted in some way or form which he didn't define yet in order for people to be back in school ventures back in september. and it is a difficult situation. uk's top scientific advisory body now says that they're not confident that all important r-number is below 1 in england. and it could be growing again nationally. and we shouldn't be thinking of this as the second wave, but, rather, agency a consequence of beam people going out and mixing together and those social distancing rules being reduced. >> exactly. well, england's chief medical officer summed up very well. he said the idea that we can open everything up and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong. how are britons reacting to the threat of further shutdowns.

>> reporter: well, it's really disruptive there. it's really hard to roll back from something that you have already all allowed. we've seen that this week when tighter restrictions were imposed on millions of people in northern england because of the spike, worrying spike, of coronavirus infections there. they're now no longer allowed to visit other households in their homes and their gardens. and that has affected the community there. and the announcement came hours before they were celebrating eads. and how could they not gather in homes for celebrations but they can still go to pubs, they can still go to bars, they can still go to restaurants. they don't understand it and they have called on the government to clarify their criteria. but what's for sure is the uk government is going to have to try to perform a very difficult balancing act in order to, you know, protect public health. but also try to go ahead with

keeping the economy going. the uk is facing one of the worst restrictions of its history and there are going going to be difficult days ahead. >> absolutely. milena, thank you so much. live from london. well, mexico just passed the uk's coronavirus death toll. mexico now has the third highest death toll in the world with more than 46,000 lives lost. and there are several reasons why the virus is killing more people there. matt rivers explains. >> reporter: maria cruz hernandez was struggling to breathe back in may when her son first called the ambulance. we watched the 72-year-old diabetic being wheeled out and brought to the hospital. a week later she would become one of the more than 46,000 mexicans have have died from covid-19. it's a staggering toll only behind u.s. and brazil. compared to brazil, the mexican

mortality rate of those who contracted covid and die said nearly triple the daily average. health officials consistently point to one thing. chronic diseases are the fundamental reason why covid is more intense in mexico says the deputy health minister. the government says nearly three quarters of those who died from the virus in mexico have had a pre-existing condition. >> realities that we're seeing in mexico is because the mexican population has a lot of problems with obesity, with diabetes, with hyper tension. >> reporter: but covid's lethality here can't be shown. mexico's mortality rate is the highest by far. among countries with similar populations, mexico population soars above the rest. and clinically shifting away from another key factor, it's own inaction.

this doctor runs the covid response unit in a private hospital and saying the government simply wasn't ready for this pandemic. he argues a lack of quality care among mexico's sprawling health system has resulted in lack of supplies and improperly trained staff. >> this is a very complicated disease. we need very good intensive care doctors to take care of the patients. >> reporter: and that blame, he says, lies squarely at the feet of the government that in some cases still isn't take the right steps to mitigate this crisis, led by the president who recently said this why he doesn't wear a mask. and 120 million mexicans saying that masks don't work which is just fundamentally false.

the government saying there is adequate care in public hospitals like this one, whether you believe that or not, the numbers don't lie. mexico's death toll is among the highest in the world and it just keeps getting worse. matt rivers, cnn, tijuana, mexico. coming up, you've heard how important it is to wear a mask. but is it really enough protection? some american health officials are saying you might actually snead more. ed a mask-free president paid a visit to florida on friday. he stirred the pot with conspiracy theories. that's ahead. or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu. our first for thicker-looking brows. brow fiber extensions... in a stick. brows look thicker. instantly.

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welcome back. to you, our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm kim bruin honhubebru. nearly 300,000 cases of covid-19 were confirmed worldwide in the past 24 hours. the world health organization says it's the highest one-day total to date. and the u.s. remains the global epicenter, according to johns hopkins university, the u.s. has surpassed 4.5 million cases and has more than 153,000 deaths. another 20 americans are predicted by die by august 22nd. the why isn't the mystery. researches that study why the virus behaves saying not enough americans are wearing face masks to slow the risk of infection. some are worrying if masks are enough, especially for teachers. . >> reporter: dr. deborah birx is now recommending wearing a face

shield in addition to wearing a face mask. >> thing about the face shield, we think that would protect the individuals and decrease the ability to touch their eyes and spread the virus, swell the droplets coming towards them. so two different technologies for two different reasons her colleague dr. anthony fauci saying -- while they don't need to wear protective equipment -- >> the minimal thing you would want to do is wear just a mask, eye goggles and possibly gloves. >> reporter: fauci later clarified that in cnn's town hall. all of this is raising questions about masks have been enough to protect us from coronavirus all these months. >> masks will provide a very significant measure of protection. what it really is doing, it's protecting everybody else from you. the point here now is that wearing a face shield provides extra protection.

>> reporter: experts say face shields or goggles are especially important for teachers who would be more vulnerable if they deal with younger children in classrooms. >> we're likely to be in environments where children might pull down their mask and not be very compliant with them and might get a cough to the face. there is a concern that you could get respiratory droplets in the eyes. >> reporter: but what about the rest of us, for that trip to the grocery store, should we be wearing masks and face shields? >> the bottom line here is at minimum, you should be wearing a mask. if you want to add a face shield, mask, goggles, that's going to reduce the spread. >> reporter: and public health officials say getting a large segment of the u.s. population to wear masks has been a struggle. people have balked at the discomfort and inconvenience. >> a face mask [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: and there could be more resistance to the appeal to wear face shields. many play complain that they're

hard to find, balk at way the extra money. health experts may say those who may think that standard sunglasses or eyeglasses take the place of shields. think again, they say these type of glasses have too many gams above and behind and below. you need the tighter fit of a face shield. and on friday, president trump said he will ban the popular app tiktok from the u.s. cybercomputer experts say there's no evidence that tiktok's user data has been compromised. the president's plan to ban the app comes as microsoft is

reportedly in talks to buy ti tiktok. and mr. trump visited florida on friday. and cnn's correspondent pamela brown has more. >> this is going to be the greatest disaster in history. >> reporter: tonight, 95 days before the u.s. election, president trump is stoking fears of an election interference. >> nobody wants that date more than me. we wish we would move it up, okay? move it up. but you're not prepared for what they're doing. >> reporter: and laying the ground work for a contested election. >> they're not prepared for an onslaught of millions of ballots pouring in. you watch, they're not going to announce anything on november 3rd or the 4th or 5th or 6th, it will go on forever.

>> reporter: his advisers ramping up the assault with false information. >> nobody who mails in a ballot has their identity confirmed. nobody checked to see if they're even a u.s. citizen. >> reporter: fact-check, noncitizens aren't allowed to register in federal elections. and mail-in ballots are authenticated. cnn has learned during a closed-door hearing today, top intelligence officials dismissed the possibility that foreign powers would interfere on a mass scale by producing and sending fake ballots to voters and election authorities. despite this claim bit president. >> you guys like to talk about russia and china and other places, they'll be able to forge ballots, they'll forge them, they'll do whatever they have to do. >> reporter: instead, u.s. officials are concerned foreign adversaries will detroit the president's vocal distrust of mail-in voting as part of their online campaign to sow discords around the election. president trump also visiting the ground zero for coronavirus.

florida. which is shattering its own daily records for new cases. as trump continues to make false claims about testing for the virus which has already claimed the lives of over 152,000 americans. tweeting today, we do much more testing than any other country in the world. if we had no testing or bad testing, we would show very few cases. soon after the nation's leading infectious disease specialist dr. anthony fauci directly refuted that claim yet again. >> you see, if you do more testing you're going to see more cases. >> okay. >> but the increases that we're seeing are real increases in cases, as also reflected in by increasing in hospitalization and increasing in deaths. >> reporter: fauci and other key members of the coronavirus task force were on capitol hill today, trying to determine a national strategy going forward. all this, as enhanced unemployment benefits for millions of americans are set to

expire, with lawmakers and the white house in perpetual gridlock. there seems to be no agreement in sight, as each side blames the other. >> they're going in the wrong direction because of partisan politics. it is very disappointing. >> they don't even have a vote for it in the senate. let's get real about who says what. we passed a bill ten weeks ago. >> reporter: on saturday morning house speaker pelosi will be hosting a meeting with senator schumer, mark meadows, the chief of staff, and secretary munchen to try to hammer out a deal but both sides are very far apart. pamela brown, cnn, washington. it's been more than a month since new york state health its primary, and officials are only now preparing to certify the results in one troubled district. because of the coronavirus pandemic many new yorkers chose to vote by mail, but officials were overwhelmed by the flood of absentee ballots.

is it a warning for november? jason carroll shows us the problem. >> reporter: looking for what happens when a system fails in handling an influx of mail-in ballots, look no further than new york's 12th congressional district. the democratic primary between incumbent carolyn maloney and serge patel. there's still no winner. the problem, patel says, is the city board of elections and the u.s. postal service were grossly underprepared for the massive number of people voting by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic. according to the board of elections, more than 400,000 ballots compared to 30,000. drawing to the attention to president trump. >> everyone knows mail-in ballots are a disaster. take a look at new york city. >> reporter: adding to the that,

patel said is thousands of missing or late or missing postmarks or signatures. >> most have signatures saying signed june 16th, they're not going to get counted. >> reporter: what does the city or state board of election venezuela to say abohave to say about these problems? our repeats requests for interview denied. the state board saying local jurisdictions had to deal with more than a 12-fold increase in absentee ballots and had to follow protocol and social distancing and new york governor andrew cuomo who decided in april to send abosentee ballots to all registered acknowledged the system has to be improved and the clock is ticking. >> we did have -- not we, boards of elections and operational

issues some better, some worse. and they have to learn from them and want to get the lessons and make the system better. >> i think there's blame all around. >> reporter: >> reporter: the infrastructure needs an upgrade before november. one recent moll said 38% of americans would prefer to vote by mail this fall. >> our post offices were not prepared for this. they weren't prepared for the volume aboard the elections operating at minimized capacity and dealing with increased volume and time line, we're not prepared for this. >> reporter: the board of election is finally prepared to niame maloney the winner. patel says he wants to make sure every vote is counted. >> we want to make sure that we count every vote that we don't supply donald trump and any republicans with any sort of

argument with voting by mail. >> reporter: the city did have processing equipment in place that was supposed to speed things up. unfortunately, that extra equipment didn't make it in place in time for the primary. they say it should make it in place in time for november's election. jason carroll, cnn, new york. wanted in hong kong, but live ago broad. just ahead, how a city is using its controversial new security law to crack down on pro-democracy activists who don't even live there. and a warning from baseball's commissioner. teams are told to start handling the covid crisis better. or it could be game over for the season. enough, crohn's. for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the only approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. you, getting on that flight? back off, uc. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer.

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hong kong police have arrest warrants out for six pro-democracy act it visits who pled the city. the six are wanted for allegedly violating hong kong's controversial national security law is despite the fact that they're living abroad. and some of them are lashing out against the move on twitter.

cnn's kristie lu stout has more from congress hong. >> reporter: hong kong police are reportedly seeking the arrests of six activists who fled the city. they're wanted for namely inciting secession and colluding with known forces. and cnn has reached 0 tout hong kong police for comment. they refused to comment. one of the six is a high profile activist as well as lawmaker. when security law came in effect had he fed to the uk. he wrote, the advocacy work overseas is conducted in my own personal capacity without any help from others. also wants samuel chu from the united states who tweets today,

i woke up to media reports that i'm a wanted fugitive. and my alleged crime colluding with national security law except i'm an american citizen and have been for 25 years. it has been one month since the national security law has come into effect. it criminalizes secession and collusion. it a 'plies to everyone. and critics say it undermines hong kong's autonomy and freedoms. a number of governments around the world have suspended treaties around the world, including hong kong, germany and specifically for activists now wanted by police. kristie lu stout, cnn, hong kong. james murdoch has resigned

from his company's company news corp. murdoch has disagreed with his father's company and partly because of his dislike from right wing fox news. next, america's pastime threatens baseball, the commissioner warns the coronavirus is threatening the season. and other efforts to keep players safe. we'll explain, coming up.

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major league baseball players hit the diamond about a week ago, but now there are fears the covid shortened season could be cancelled altogether. espn is reporting this morning from commissioner rob manfred, the season could be cancelled completely unless the league handles it better. we look at how various sports are coping. >> reporter: sports leagues are using shortened seasons,

bubbles, and rapid testing to let the games begin. could the winners and losers teach us something. take baseball already a number of games are on hold as 20 players from the marlins have tested positive. the washington nationals were so concerned about going to florida they put it to a vote. >> we decided it was unsafe there are. >> reporter: friday the st. louis/bruins game postponed because two players tested positive. meanwhile, the nba and nhl have opted to keep their players together where they play the games, the bubble. so far the nhl have tested 800 players, two positive the first week, none the second. the teams are now facing off in

edmonton and toronto canada. >> one player was quoted as saying, from the bubble, this is the safest he's felt since the middle of march. >> reporter: at the nba bubble in orlando, they're also declaring success. the league says two players inside the bubble have tested positive and that was over two weeks ago. >> everyone is tested on a nightly basis and as a practical matter they don't leave their room until they have the results the next morning. >> reporter: still to come, football. the nfl said it takes safety seriously, redoing locker rooms, schedules, but like baseball it's allowing players and staff to go home, increasing the risk to get infected. in a letter the commissioner wrote, in a year that's been extraordinarily difficult for our country and the world we hope that the energy of this

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this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> early morning in atlanta, we are grateful to have you with us as always. thank you for making time for us on this saturday morning. we have striking new projections from the cdc to tell you about. they estimate at least 20,000 more americans will die from the coronavirus in the next three weeks. >> more than 153,000 people have died in the u.s. from the coronavirus. get this, for ten days in july, this happened ten times, more th