hello. and thank you so much for joining us. you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm boris sanchez in the nation's capital. as the number of coronavirus cases in the united states nears 5 million and 160,000 people have lost their lives to the virus, the president today signing several executive actions aimed at helping those who are hurting economically right now. talks between republican and

democrats stalled late last night after over two weeks of negotiatin negotiations. the president circumventing congress, reducing unemployment benefits from $600 to $400. individual states are going to have to pick up 25% of that tab. one state official already telling cnn they simply do not have the money to cover it. the president also signing two other documents that direct the government to help homeowners and renters avoid eviction and defers student loan payments. there's no sign yet of how soon americans can see these benefits. we saw naerly 1,300 americans lose their lives just yesterday alone. cnn's kristen holmes was inside that press conference with the president's signing. he also held a much shorter question and answer session than usually. a payroll tax break for many

americans, help with student loan. but this modified unemployment benefit is more complicated. help us understand. >> well, boris, it certainly is. president trump comes out and he says he's signing this executive action that is going to extend these unemployment benefits that so many americans need at $400. keep in mind for the last several months, people have been getting -- and this is millions of americans -- $600 a week. now it's going to down to $400. but it's really $300 because president trump wants states to pick up 25%. that would mean $100 for states to give unemployed people. here's where you get into complication. can any of the states pay? possibly some of them can. but we've seen over and over again that many of these states are in a real financial crisis, that this is a lot of money for them and they are tapped out because of coronavirus and

because of the fact they had to shut down their own economy. in many cases people will just be getting $300 which is a pretty sharp decline here from $600. it's halving it. that is money people rely on for groceries and rent. i want you to point out one thing. there is questions about payroll tax holiday. that applies to people who make $100,000 or less. here's where it gets a little bit tricky. it is possible that people will have to pay that money back eventually. so, right now, payroll tax holiday. but at the end of december, they would have to pay back that money. president trump said if he's elected again, he plans on dissolving that so people don't have to pay it back and he will eventually cut payroll tax overall. but this is going to lead to a lot of questions here as people are wondering should they do this? do they need to be saving this

money because they're going to have to eventually face this enormous amount of back tax? so, a lot of questions here over how exactly this is going to work. >> the president leaving millions of americans on the hook for that money. the president didn't stick around for long afterward. in fact, he walked away if the had middle of a reporter's question. what exactly happened? >> reporter: well, this is all about the veteran's choice act. this is something president trump has said our daniel dale our fact checker says more than a hundred times during his presidency he says is simply not true. he says he's the one that signed into law the veteran's choice act. it was signed into law in 2014 by president obama. it was introduced in 2013. and that makes perfect sense given what was going on at the va at that time. it allows more options for veterans. it gives them more expansion on what they can do in terms of

getting care. president obama did expand that even further just two years ago, but he did not actually pass that into law, the veteran's choice act. so, the reporter was acting him about that, asking why he always takes claim for that. and he clearly got miffed and stormed out, shutting down that press conference. >> it's a falsehood that according to our fact checker, daniel dale, the president has reported more than 140 times and he keep repeats over and over. thanks so much. i want to turn to south dakota right now. one of the largest motorcycle events in the world is underway. the 10-day event is expected to draw more than a quarter million people to the city of sturgis which has a population of just about 7,000. masks at this event are not required. ryan young joins us now from sturgis, south dakota. ryan, what you seeing there? >> reporter: definitely masks

are not required. you see most of the people walking around having a good time, riding their motorcycles, telling us they plan to be free without the masks. we did spot this couple walking by who had a mask on. we definitely wanted to talk to them. thank you for stopping. why did you feel the need to wear the mask? >> i'm 73 years old and i brought a lot of things home from vietnam including a brain aneurysm and a heart condition. i'm concerned about the virus so we try to stay protected. >> reporter: you see people walking around without it, but you still made a decision to wear it. what do you feel when you see people not wearing a mask? >> it's their choice. i want to wear mine to stay safe and not make him hill. >> reporter: you say you guys came from a long way to be here. how much do you enjoy this event each year? >> we look forward to it.

i'll be making reservations next week for next year. we look forward to it every year since we retired. >> reporter: my last question, i see you guys support the president. you guys think he's doing a good job handling this pandemic? >> he's doing the best he can. with everybody on the team working with him. i'm a retired fire chief and paramedic and i know how hard it is to maintain that kind of control. they're doing the best they can. >> reporter: thank you guys so much for stopping. thank you for your service. thank you so much. enjoy your time. you meet people who came from all over, they came from florida. as you look down, there are thousands of people who arrive here. we're told on sunday more people are expected to come because of the concerts and all the sort of rallies they will have together. most folks have been super polite in terms of making sure they have some sort of distance with each other, but the groups that come together, they tell me they are not worried about masks, they are not worried about the pandemic.

just to give you an idea, 106 new cases in south dakota, positive covid cases. but there was that celebration for the president, the fourth of july celebration at mt. rushmore. people thought that was going to be a super spreader event. it didn't turn out that way. this is the largest event they've had so far since the pandemic here in the city. >> and we know that according to polling a large portion of the population, the residents there in sturgis actually didn't want to hold this event, but the economic draw such a big deal. thanks so much for your reporting. i want to get medical perspective now. i'm joined from former president of the american medical association. dr. faus, first to you. the u.s. is approaching 5 million cases of coronavirus. what goes through your mind when you see these images from sturgis, so few people wearing masks.

there could be serious consequences. >> good afternoon or good evening, thanks for having me. what goes through my mind is this is a decision to have this event comes from higher up, comes from officials. it's terrible policy to do this right now. people are going to show up because when the event happens they get the idea it's safe and modifications are been made. the word mask does not appear in the the modification. that certains me greatly. people show up because they take umbrage in the fact that it's happening. if you want to do an event like this, you have to do much more modification. otherwise this can turn into a really bad situation in a region of the country that has felt somewhat distant from the worst effects of this virus. >> dr. harris, one participant was quoted as saying, ride free, take risks, that's our motto. the crowds in sturgis right now don't seem like the kind of folk that are going to social distance or as ryan noted wear

masks. there's drinking and parties wharmt your concerns given the sheer number of people? >> boris thank you for having me on. certainly we can all aproeshiate the need to get outside and certainly outdoor activities are less risky than indoor activities. but large clouds in close contact -- and we know this event is going to occur over the course of ten days -- and not wearing masks, that is a perfect environment for transmission of the virus. right there while they're in south dakota. but also when they return home to their local jurisdiction. so, this is quite concerning. and events like these are quite risky and really worry me as we all should be working hard to decrease the spread of this virus, not increase the spread. >> now, dr. faus, we heard ryan young the reporter there,

talking about the rationalizations to justify holding the event, talking about president trump's rally at mount mu rushmore and not being a super spreader. the people he spoke to were from florida. how soon do you think we'll know if this is a super spreader event. does it have a potential to become one? >> it's a great question. it's not one event. it's 250,000 people a day for ten days. the question to your event is in two directions, for the people of south dakota, they don't is are the support. they think this is the best way to get their economy back going. but i would be very angry if i lived in south dakota. can you imagine if in february 250,000 people from wuhan, china showed up. people are coming in from other parts of the united states, which makes look wuhan look like

a blip on the radar. we know people going home are going to have some degree of spread. the thing we're all worried about is schools and how long schools stay open is going to be a function of how much virus is in our communities. so, people need to think about their actions having a butterfly effect and i think we'll see this is not a volcano where we know the radius. the radius is all over the country and it'll take us a while to figure out. >> we were talking just now about the residents there, dr. faus said he would be angry if he were a resident of sturgis. the residents didn't want to hold the event. the city council voting to any. what do you make of that public health decision in the mildal of a pandemic? >> we should always be guided by what's best for public health. and you clearly see from the survey that the citizens of

sturgis are quite worried and they should be because long after everyone leaves they will still be there. i imagine a lot of them work there. they are at increased risk of becoming infected. sturgis is a small town. if members of a small town are infected do, they have the infrastructure, do they have the testing infrastructure, do they have the icu bed and other hospital capacity? so, i can understand why the citizens of sturgis are quite worried. and i just can't imagine the concern that they feel right now. and they will feel long after this event is gone. >> yeah, the ramifications, we won't know for sure for at least ten days to two weeks or so. dr. patrice harris, dr. jeremy faus, we appreciate your

perspective. thank you so much. it's hard to believe with so much abundance in the wealthiest country in the world right now, millions of people are struggling with americans going hungry. food banks are seeing a surge in demand. we'll take you to a california church lending a hand to those in need. you're live in the cnn newsroom. stay with us. and, can leave you feeling extremely sad and disinterested. overwhelmed by bipolar depression? ask about vraylar. not all types of depression should be treated the same. vraylar effectively helps relieve all symptoms of bipolar depression... with just one pill, once a day. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles or confusion,

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angeles. all these folks hoping to get a box of food here. this is the first time they did this on a saturday. this was borne out of the need, especially for families with school children to get themselves extra food during the pandemic. half a million students here are either on reduced meal plan or free meal plan. so, we're hearing a lot of grateful parents today. and father louise, this is your parish. 5,000 parishers pre-pandemic. what are they telling you as this pandemic has just gone on and on for them. >> they're having a really difficult time. it's hard for them, especially the ones that lost their jobs. some of them didn't make rent. they have a lot of difficulties with some of the bills that they have to pay. so, it's been really hard on families in the community. some are doing okay, but a big number of them are, you know, in

need of assistance. >> for many of them, this box of food really is a god-send. >> yeah, you know, i think it goes a long way and they are grateful for anything they can receive. >> thank you so much for putting on this event father luis. as you can see, the cars not stopping at all. they expect to give hundreds and hundreds and hundreds away, just another stop gap in los angeles where there are so many families struggling as we've had such a long run of covid-19 economic woahs. back to you know, boris. >> it's so frustrating to see that line behind paul and know that lawmaker heres in washington, d.c. cannot come to a compromise to help so many struggling americans. thank you for that. a quick programming note. in this week's brand-new episode of "united shades of america" w. kamau bell takes a look at the

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for much of the summer, florida has one of the hardest hit states with coronavirus, suffering an alarming number of daily deaths. but floridians like my parents and my sister and their families, they do have a sign of hope this week. compared to one week ago, there are now 1,000 fewer people hospitalized with covid in the state. miami beach mayor joins me now. miami area has the most hospitalizations in the state. there was a dip in the number for six straight days, a lot of

people attributing that to hurricane isaias. what's your priority, your biggest concern right now? >> our problem is that we're doing better, but we're still not doing well in the sense that we still have between 100 and 200 people every day in just my county going into the hospital, obviously a great number of deaths across the state, 180 or more today in just dade county, 29 deaths. so, we're still in a pretty bad place. so, my concern is we don't think we're declaring victory because we moved down somewhat. we can't do that right now because frankly we're nowhere near where we need to be. and the surest way to bring this virus back in an upswing is to declare victory early. it seems to not like when people do that. >> it's important you mentioned that. i just got a text message from my brother-in-law who was on miami beach today.

he told me he saw a lot of people not following social distancing guidelines, not wearing masks. with the change in the numbers w the somewhat positive news, what's your message to those folks? >> my message is the only way we're going to open up our economy is if you wear the mask and you exercise social distance. we are giving fines out. we're giving free masks out. we're doing everything we can, but at the end of the day, people here, mixed messages. they see this bike rally and they hear the president saying things that are inconsistent and then they hear our own governor refuse to implement a mask requirement in our state. so, you know, a lot of people still feel like it's just somebody else's problem, of course until it hits them or a loved one. >> the last time we spoke was july 4th weekend. i took a covid test that day. i didn't get results back for nine days. a lot of people are in a similar

position. cnn obtained data showing it took a week for more than 20% of tests to be delivered in dade county. you know the importance of rapid testing. what is the issue here? >> our country did not take care of this appropriately, and it makes it very hard to contact trace when you don't get your test results in a week or instantaneously. obviously people don't necessarily quarantine if they don't think they're positive. it's terrible. i would love to say i know the answer, but, you know, this is something that has to be handled on the national live because we don't is are the bandwidth and ability to deliver the resources to get better testing and faster testing. that would solve a lot of our problems. instantaneous, easy, efficient and reliable tests would change the dynamic drastically. >> i'm glad you mentioned the federal government. president trump spoke about testing today.

as you know he just extended federal unemployment benefits as well at $400 a week. but there's a stipulation in that order that states have to pay 25% of that sum. look, the state of florida's unemployment system has been problematic to say the least. what's your reaction to this news? >> the congress has to get together on this. this is not an answer. i think my state is like $250 a week for unemployment if you can get it. the system is horrible and makes -- it's almost impossible to access it in a timely way. and that's also the other problem. and we can't do -- as we implement a lot of these measures to keep people out of the economy because of fear of the health concerns, there's no safety net for them and an economic point of view for their own family. in my city, we had 900 people in our food truck this morning. it's everywhere right now.

you can't begin to balance lives and livelihood. you can't navigate the two because of the tension. if you don't have a safety net of money going to people who would otherwise being working but don't is are the funds to pay for rent or food. >> we appreciate your time. we also appreciate that dan marino jersey. i'll see what i can do about cnn letting me put one of those back here. >> got to go. hometown kid. >> thanks so much. don't laugh at my dreams. a charter flight and secret meetings, former vice president joe biden appears to be very close to naming his running mate. who is at the front of the pack. we're going to break down his choices next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. ♪

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convention starting in just nine days. he's met with a woman who hadn't mentioned recently as a serious contender. biden met with michigan governor gretchen whitmer last weekend. while neither side will confirm the meeting, there are flight records that back this up. what do we know about this meeting, and more importantly where does it tell us about where biden is in his search for potential veep? >> it is decision weekend for joe biden as he's in that final stretch of deliberations over who he will choose to be his running mate. and he's going to be huddling and talking with his close advisers and his wife jill biden who's always been a close counselor to her husband as he's making this final decision. we've learned biden did have a one on one meeting with at least one of the women, and that is michigan governor gretchen

whitmer. whitmer travelled to michigan to meet with biden. there's a charter flight from lancing to delaware last sunday. whitmer is one of the national co-chairs of biden's campaign and she's risen to prominence with her handling of the coronavirus pandemic in her home state of michigan. while we know biden has met with whitmer, that's not the only whom he's had a meeting with as he's narrowing down this running mate search w. e don't know who else he's met with. but democrats have told us he has had other meetings. some of the women also under consideration are california senator kamala harris. there's also former national security adviser susan rice who worked alongside biden while they served in the obama administration. some other names considered to be in the mix are congresswoman

carrie bass, and illinois senator tammy duckworth. ju that is just a look at the people believed to be under consideration at this moment. biden has blown through a few of his deadlines he's put out there for himself for when he will make the decision, but we know the decision will be coming next week. the campaign has been teasing, telling supporters to sign up for text messages to be among the first to know. they're also planning to hold a virtual grass roots fund reasonable causer for biden and his running mate that will be conducted the very day that she has announced that could be the first time that we see biden, the future running mate as the official democratic ticket. >> he teased his pick today as he was bicycling by some reporters, right? thanks so much for that. let's discuss further with former senior adviser to barack

obama, david axelrod. you know pretty well what this process is like. you wrote an op-ed for cnn and in it you explained that joe biden should pick someone that's just like him. i'm curious as to why. and out of the women that he's considering, who do you think that is? >> first of all, i mean, not just like him in every way, but just like him in terms of the kind of relationship he would have with the president. joe biden was a great vice president. he was loyal, unfailingly loyal in public, he was unremittedly candid and private in offering counsel to the president. he took on some very good tasks for the president like managing the recovery act and several others. and he was plausibly someone who could become president, who was ready to step in if need be. but that first relationship that is so important -- and that's the one i think he'll be

focusing on -- who can he count on to be loyal in public? who can he count on to be honest and valuable with their counsel in private? and that's where these conversations, boris, come in. i don't know what happened during those hours that governor whitmer spent with him, but those are important hours because biden's going to be sizing up these candidates and asking is this not just someone who can help me win in november but someone who will be a good partner for me in the coming four years? >> it's really fascinating to me that you mention loyalty specifically as a priority. i've spoken to several people who say the smart money is on senator kamala harris. given what we saw during the debate, do you think some of the tension between the two of them might give joe biden doubt as to whether kamala harris might be loyal? >> yeah, i'm not sure that that alone is something that would disqualify her. you know, i'm old enough to remember 1980 when ronald reagan

named george h.w. bush, one of his primary opponents as his running mate. gorge bush had called it voodoo economics. these are professional politicians. they understand this is a tough business. i think he can get past that. i think one of the questions of all these candidates is this is an unusual situation because you have a candidate who's going to be 78 years old when he takes office. the likelihood is he won't be running in 2024. the candidate you're picking may well be candidate for president four years from now, but you want someone focused on the task at hand, not focused on the election four years away. and i think he's going to run all the candidates through the prism and ask who has the character to focus on the job of vice president rather than run for president. i'm not suggesting senator harris couldn't, but i think that's a test he's going to want his vice president to pass. >> well, i'm curious because senator biden, at the time, had

some gaffes when speaking about eventual president barack obama, called him articulate and clean, things he apologized for. did that factor into conversations about picking joe biden as vice president? >> no because gaffes were part of his political profile throughout his career. that's the flip side of a guy who is genuine, authentic and speaks his mind. and we felt like that part of him was far more valuable than whatever heart burn and occasional gaffe would cause. that wasn't a worry with biden. honestly he fit our needs very well back then because he was a guy who was familiar with the national scene and senator for 36 years, could relate to congress. we thought he would be a great liaison to congress which he turned out to be.

he was chairman of the foreign relations committee, so the president sent him to iraq six times to help put a government together there. he did things for us that were really, really useful. and politically, he was a white working class guy from scranton, pennsylvania, who had a real appeal in states we knew would be battleground statesment that's what's interesting about governor whitmer. she's from the center of the country, from michigan, a battleground state. there's an awful lot of pressure on biden to pick an african-american candidate because of this heightened awareness of racial inequity in our country and because of the african-american community was hugely valuable to him in the primaries. so, he's going to have to weigh all of that before he makes this pick. >> now, david, ten seconds. why do you think he keeps missing his own self-imposed deadlines? >> i don't know why he established one. the only deadline is if you have to do this before the convention. most campaigns do it a few days

before the convention. he said it at august 1st originally. unnecessary. take all the time you need. and by the way, he's doing fine with president trump out there under the spotlight right now. he doesn't need to create another story unnecessarily. so, just wait. and so i think the timetable is the right one. maybe he shouldn't have set the original deadline in the first place. >> democratic national convention just nine days away. david axelrod, thank you so much for sharing your saturday with us. the president today signing several executive actions aimed at helping struggling americans. but there's no sign that will help bring down the price of groceries that have been soaring during the pandemic. we'll tell you how that's affecting millions of americans next. or baby wipes, or powders. try the cooling, soothing relief of preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. try new soothing relief.

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welcome back. just hours ago, president trump signed four executive actions including one extending enhanced unemployment benefits, but at a reduced amount, $400 a week. it's also unclear if americans will even get the full $400, considering that cash strapped states will have to put up a quarter of that money. it's also down from the $600 that jobless americans were receiving in the past few months of the pandemic. the initial round of benefits expired late last month leaving many struggling to feed their families. cnn's brian todd shares some of their >> reporter: putting food on the table is more of a daily challenge than ever. she lost her job as a massage therapist in california's bay area and lost a second job with a tech company to the pandemic.

her $600 a week unemployment stimulus benefit expired a few days ago. just buying food, she says, is stressful. >> a lot harder to afford fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and milk. >> reporter: can't go back to her job at the spa because of the california establishments, and then bringing back, turning to her mother for help. >> mom is limited on resources with her own rent and bills, so she's using a credit card to help me once a week to be able to purchase milk, fruits and vegetables, and meats for my family. >> reporter: tens of millions of other americans are feeling the same pinch. food insecurity bringing long lines at food banks and pantries.

rising faster than in decades. according to the bureau, beef and veal prices have gone up more than 20% since february, poultry, 8.6%, pork, 8.5. >> about 30 million adults are saying they can't put enough food on their table in the last week. that's roughly one in eight adults in america. >> reporter: joseph says coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants forced many of them to shut down. choking off supplies and then panic buying during the first weeks of the pandemic. many americans overbuying and hording food. said food insecurity is cutting americans to cut corners nutritionally, eating fewer and smaller meals which could have a frightening long-term effect.

>> kids aren't eating well now, you know, they don't grow up to be as healthy. they don't do as well in school and that is the impacts further down the line, don't make as much as adults. >> people are not asking to make them rich. can you give a little money to keep roof over my head and food on the table. >> reporter: worried that it might disincentivize people from the job. the cost of living in california, food and rent for insurance, and then the stimulus checks for a way to survive. brian todd, cnn, washington.

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crowded high school hallway made its way across the country. a sign of how social distancing means nothing in buildings meant to hold as many kids as possible. here's cnn's gary tuchman. >> reporter: students who are not changing classes. >> i took it out of mostly concern and nervousness after seeing the first days of school. >> reporter: the high school northwest of atlanta had its first day of school this week. while many schools in the country have or will have mandates for mask wearing, this one does not. >> i was concerned for the safety of everyone in that building and everyone in the county. >> reporter: after hannah posted this picture, she was told she had been suspended for violating several parts of the school's code of conduct. only one of which she acknowledges breaking. violating student's privacy by taking a picture of them and posting it on social media. but she channels the late

georgia congressman john lewis. >> i like to say this is some good and necessary trouble, so i don't regret posting this because it's needed. >> reporter: school officials have not responded to cnn but the superintendent does admit, there is no question that the photo does not look good. but he also says he believes the photo is being shown out of context to criticize the school's reopening efforts. and defends the lack of a mask mandate by making this debatable statement. wearing a mask is a personal choice and no practical way to enforce the mandate to wear them. the principal made another statement. the personal one, calling hannah's mother and telling her the suspension now overturned. the suspension will not appear on her daughter's record.

gary tuchman, in atlanta. thank you so much for joining us. live in the cnn newsroom. i'm boris sanchez in the nation's capital. took pen in hand this afternoon and brought to life four executive actions aimed at helping financially struggling americans. a student loan deferment, helping homeowners and renters to avoid eviction, payroll tax holiday and stickiest thing that republican and democratic deal makers simply could not agree on. extra unemployment benefit and the dollar amount out of work americans have gotten used to seeing every week. we'll get some clarity on that in just a moment but keep in mind, this is the weekend when the united states will very likely hit the 5 million mark in