hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead. the difficult choice facing parents and educators alike. how do you safely go back to school while the coronavirus pandemic rages on? we will look at how it's being handled in parts of the u.s. and around the world. this as president trump's executive action on coronavirus relief they signed without congressional approval creates confusion. more details on that ahead. and anger swells in the streets of beirut. families agonize waiting for news of missing loved ones.

thanks for being with us. the u.s. has reached an alarming milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. over 5 million cases have now been reported across the country and the rate of the spread is stunning. it took 99 days for the united states to reach the first million cases. jumping from 4 million cases to 5 million took just 17 days. to put the number in perspective, the u.s. has more covid-19 cases than ireland has people. and, sadly, the death rate is stit climbing as well. more than 1,000 deaths have been recorded each day over the past five days. well, the rise in cases is a big concern both in the united states and globally as more schools get ready to reopen. in the u.s. nearly 100,000

children tested positive for covid-19 in the last two weeks of july according to the american academy of pediatrics and the world health organization says the pandemic is moving into younger populations. it reports the proportion of reported cases globally in very young children and babies has increased seven fold since february while the share of cases among teens and yuck adults has gone up six fold. all of this data has educators and parents wrestling with the data of whether to bring children back into the u.s. georgia is moving from classroom instruction to virtual lessons today and tomorrow after reporting nine cases of covid-19. cnn's natasha chen has more. >> reporter: the superintendent's letter announcing that students should stay home monday and tuesday come a day after the principal told families that at least six

students and three staff splems te members had tested positive for covid-19. now they're extending the virtual learning at home for monday and tuesday as the district disinfects the campus and consults with the local health department or how to proceed in the coming days. the superintendent told families that they would receive notification by tuesday on what happens after that. here's hannah waters, a student who got into some amount of trouble when she posted a photo of a crowded hallway last week that circulated the internet showing students close together, many of them not wearing masks. >> the fact that we already have nine cases just at the end of that week is very concerning because even then we don't know how many people those nine people came in contact with and how many people aren't taking

tests and they come back possibly this week too so it just is going to spread like wild fire in that school. >> they are not the only ones reporting cases in the metro atlantic area. in cherokee county 260 students and staff are quarantined. in guinette, 260 employees in that district are quarantining or testing positive for covid-19. >> and british prime minister boris johnson said it is morally indefensible to keep schools closed across the u.k. they have pledged $1.3 billion to help get classrooms up and running. nic robertson joins me up and running. we have seen other parts of the world open schools to close them because of increased infections.

how can the u.k. be sure they won't follow the same pattern? >> what government officials are saying is they've looked at new international studies that are not completed but they say pu l pupil-to-pupil infection is low, that pupil-to-teacher infection is rare. the pupil-to-pupil infection is low. junior, senior schools 12 years and over, the infection rate there between pupils will be perhaps as comparable with adults. but boris johnson has made this an absolute statement, socially indefensible, economically

unsustainable and he is setting this above everything else. i think it's the economically unstable there. he knows to get the economy back up and running, he has to get children back in the classroom to get parents back to work. we will be visiting a school in the east of london to push this message further forward. children are due to be back in classrooms at schools like this across the rest of england within a few weeks time. in scotland they begin to go back today. in northern ireland they begin to go back in a week or so's time. there's push back and they say there needs to be regular testing of teachers and pupils in schools. there is concerns the numbers being seen internationally will

show that the analysis doesn't show up to close scrutiny. the prime minister is willing to see other lockdown items on the agenda the fact that pubs and restaurants are open to keep the schools open. this is what he has indicated. we've heard that from the chief medical officer of england as well. >> kids in the u.k., in the u.s. right across the globe. part of an experiment. live. we appreciate it. many concerns and questions can be better addressed when we get an effective vaccine. president trump has suggested we could have one by election day. i ask michael kinsch from university whether that time line is realistic. >> not terribly realistic. we can be hopeful there will be

a home run as far as the results that come out of the ongoing studies, but i think we need to prepare ourselves that it's probably likely to be a longer haul. >> how long do you think? >> if i had to take a guess i would say even with all of the stops being pulled, probably the first half of next year you would get an approval and then it comes down to logistics until we can manufacture and distribute this to make a meaningful impact. >> so very few of us want to hear that, of course. with polls showing only about 50% of americans are willing to take the vaccine once it is available, there is a risk that we won't be able to eliminate this virus. how do you convince everyone to take it once a safe and effective vaccine has been involved how best do you explain the speed of which this is moving? >> well, i think those two questions are interrelated.

one of the concerns is if it's perceived by the public that we're moving too quickly, then the up take, the willingness to be injected with the vaccine will go down. we need to reassure the public this will be a safe, effective vaccine. realistically we need to consider that it's going to take longer. an october surprise might have political benefits but probably not public health benefits. >> we're going to have to tloern live with this virus and we know that the school in the state of georgia just closed due to infections. some could see that coming. some apparently not. we saw photos of students not wearing masks, crammed together. what would it take to flatten the curve and why isn't that happening six months into this? >> well, i think we know what it takes to flatten the curve because frankly europe and much

of the world has done this already. we are lagging i fear here in the united states in part because the preventive measures, for example, facemasks have been politicized. this is a medical and scientific point, not a political one. fundamentally if you distance yourself from others and you wear a facemask, that is the best way to stop the spread of this virus. >> and that was michael kinch from washington university in st. louis. it has been a week since beirut's massive explosion and families are still waiting for loved ones to be found. we will go to our reporter in beirut for the details. that is next. disinfecting wipes together can be used on over 100 surfaces. and kill up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria.

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hoping for answers. many of the bodies that have not been unidentified could be foreign workers. arwa damon has one family's story. >> reporter: michelle hasn't slept in three days. neither has her sister in law with whom she shares the same name. and the love for joe, husband and brother. she struggles to form words in english. joe is an electrician at the port. and this is the last video she got from him on tuesday night. minutes later the entire building he was filming exploded. jennifer, joe's child was in beirut. >> so she heard the explosion

and she start crying and shouting. >> she knew that's where her dad works. >> reporter: the entire family was frantic calling joe nonstop. >> joe opens for 31 seconds before we heard voices, deep voices. that's what he said and then nothing. another call seemed to go through for 43 seconds but there was silence. he must be alive. they have to get to him. joe is strong, clever. he would have figured out ways to save himself. they're looking for any clues to give them locations.

do you think one of those people is joe? >> of course. >> reporter: it's the building right in front of the grain silo, a building that is now buried, but they still have hope. there's an operations crew deep underground. they heard there are bunkers. three bodies were pulled out, but there was no joe. maybe he's deeper in, somehow alive. michelle was born in the u.s. the children also have american passports. joe was just about to get his visa. all of that seems like a different reality. >> he wanted to go to america because it's better for their future but not for him. >> the women are trying to shelter the children from their

grief. >> jennifer doesn't know daddy is missing. joy is thankful they're too young to fully understand. maybe they will never have to tell the girls their dad is dead. that night the fourth after the explosion crews were searching around the clock, searching the area where the family believed joe would be found clinging to the hope that he would somehow still be alive. at 4 a.m. they sent us a heart broken message. joe's body had been found. >> so tragic. we want to go to beirut now where cnn's senior national correspondent joins us now. arwa, so heartbreaking. angry protestors out on the streets demanding some answers. rightly so. what is the latest on that?

>> reporter: there were another series of protests that took place last night with angry demonstrators once again trying to break into parliament, though it must be said not as intense as they were the night before. and it did seem that up to a certain point the lebanese security forces did allow them just vent their anger before clearing them from all of these areas, but that's not really subduing the mood here. people are note backing down on those demands because, rosemary, i mean, look, over the decades with everything that lebanon is going through -- has gone through from the civil rar to targeted assassinations that shook beirut to running gun battles in the streets, the lebanese have perfected, you know, this art of soldering on and getting through it all. they can't do that anymore. this is different. this has shaken the city, the country, its people like nothing

before and they're no longer willing to kind of put on that tough face of we're lebanese, we can get through anything no matter what is thrown our way. no that. time was passed even before this blast took place. and so those demands for real and fundamental change, bearing in mind that it's not just going to happen overnight, they're not going to go away this time. >> arwa damon, many thanks. bringing us the latest there from beirut. appreciate it. my next guest says the blast in beirut was not an accident, it was a crime. joining me now is an associate professor of economics in beirut. thank you for talking with us. you say this was a crime, not an accident, not negligence in your view. what exactly do you mean by that? >> hello. thanks for hosting me. i think this was a crime and many people think this way because it's the results of

decades of corruption that exploded in our face in beirut. when you have so much explosives amassed in one place, this is not about an employee in the port or anybody above them that knows about it, this goes as a matter of security. security in the country is handled by the president of the republic, the prime minister, many of the mp and the head of parliament and they knew about it because of the allegiances. everybody is appointed here politically in the post from the port director to everywhere else. there is a political responsibility to take ethical, criminal, moral responsibility for what happened and at least resign from where they are right now. >> how do you prove this was a crime and not negligence on the part of those in power not to

a act? how should they pay? >> this is the biggest explosion in lebanon's history. this is the second biggest nitrate explosion on record in the world. this was the intent of a nuclear bomb. this is not a joke. this is not a mistake. somebody knew about the shipment coming into the port. somebody sent the firefighters, to the explosion. somebody covered up to this. the biggest problem is they knew about it and nobody acted. there are reports that the president of the republic received a letter from one of the security agencies that there was nitrates there that need to be removed. he knew about it. the prime minister knew about

it. everyone knew about it. the same as they know about massive smuggling, money laundering, corruption and fading infrastructure. they are responsible for every sort of corruption in this country and the last one just blew in our face. >> so who in your opinion needs to pay for this crime? and will the people of lebanon ever see justice served? pry sum bring you're talking about the president and others. >> it's a matter of ethical and moral responsibility. here out of moral responsibility, those who knew about this should resign. we are calling for an end to this regime, this corrupt political class that has killed us for decades, either

indirectly or now directly through this explosion. so what is required right now? resignation of the government. this government has to go. formation of an independent government that oversees early elections which will end up with the president being changed and the head of parliament being changed dand renewal of this political class. ? of course, protestors calling for this entire government to step down. thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you for hosting. mass protests erupted across belarus late sun aftday after election results were shown.

the internet has been largely restricted in the form of soviet country. the central election commission said the 6th term election president has won by a landslide. western independent observers were barred from monitoring the election. still to come. a look at the president's newly signed covid relief measures. he wants a victory lap and others say this is unko unconstitutional and won't work. this isn't just a wifi upgrade.

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on sunday u.s. president donald trump celebrated the financial relief measures he signed the day before. executive actions, unemployment benefits, payroll taxes, student loans and evictions. there are questions about how they will work and help those in need? >> reporter: the president has been facing criticism since saturday. the republican senator ben sass calling this unkoconstitutional slop. house speaker nancy pelosi slamming this as absurdly unconstitutional. the president was taking quite a victory. >> i think it actually worked better to do it the way we're doing it. we've gotten much of what we wanted without having to give up anything and that's very good.

you can't beat that. you can't beat the deal we made. we've gotten much of what we wanted. they didn't get what they wanted. >> the president on sunday also answering questions about those enhanced unemployment benefits that he signed in an executive action on saturday. according to that executive action, $400 per week would go to unemployed americans, 300 of which would come from the federal government, but that is only contingent on states agreeing to administer the program and also agreeing to pony up that $100 per person to bring it to a total of $400 but the president suggesting there could be a situation where the federal government would pick up 100% of the costs. not clear if that would be on the 300 or the 400. the president suggest that go if certain governors make that request of him, that is, indeed, something he would consider approving. the devil is in the details. we have yet to see those details

from the white house. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. joining me to discuss all of the details, cnn's aleni. what good is this if they don't know how it works? >> you're right. it brings up so many issues when it comes to implementation of these executive orders. you have to remember that president trump intervened after talks completely collapsed on friday. four important executive orders targeting some of the most vital details. we know the democrats are not happy with what's on the table right now. we know a big point of contention is being that enhanced unemployment benefit which was $600 a week.

you are looking at millions of vulnerable americans that have come to rely on that extra money per week now of course not getting that in their pockets and uncertainty about what will happen next. importantly, that eviction ban. there was a moratorium on that and that expired. if you look at the executive order, $400 a week shows that if president trump wants to bypass congress, then you have to reallocate money. states are going to be looking at funding 25% of that new enhanced benefit. some states are cash strapped, under significant pressure coming out. extra $100 a week is going to be difficult and you have to look at the eviction ban. the language in the executive orders is very problematic, that it's open to interpretation and

also could create loopholes that you don't actually offer full blown protection for the most vulnerable. >> yeah, absolutely. i wanted to ask you that. because for some americans the loss of these extra payments means living on the street or perhaps in the car that they own. so how long might all of this take? >> reporter: i mean, look, we know that these new executive orders are looking at a deadline of the 1st of september. this delay has created very stark realities for so many people in the country. we'll have to find a way to deal with people that are going to be on the streets. the realities here and while discussions are ongoing in congress and executive orders need to be approved, you are looking at very difficult realities. the number that we're looking at here on the unemployment rates in the united states is about 10%. yes, it's looking slightly

better than people had anticipated but it's much higher. if they look at the overall number and big differences there, the people that are suffering the most are going to be dealing with the consequences. >> absolutely they are. good to talk to you as always. we are a week away from the start of the democratic convention. that means speculation is in full swing over who presumptive nominee joe biden will pick to be his are youing mate. the former vice president has said that he will in fact pick a woman. this is how the field of likely contenders are shaping up. kamala harris, gretchen whitmer and senator elizabeth warren among others are all on that short list. biden is expected to farm mali

announce his choice this week. the u.s. national security advisor says he has already seen evidence of foreign powers trying to medal in november's election. robert o'brien says they will face severe consequences if they do. >> we've got our cyber teams in place. they are working very hard to track down the actors. >> is it russia zbhen. >> well, look, we know it's china. we know it's russia. >> tampering with the election infrastructure? >> absolutely. trying to collect data on americans, engage and influence operations. >> well, the u.s. intelligence community said friday that china wants president trump to lose in november and russia is working to undermine joe biden. this is "cnn newsroom." coming up, one of the highest profile arrests so far in hong kong under the controversial

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joining us to talk about what exactly happened and what lessons were learned here. >> reporter: rosemary, the government did put a plan in place for when schools reopened in may. things relating to mask wearing, social distancing, hygiene, ventilation in classrooms, but the plan quickly unraveled. a couple of quick examples. mask wearing, there was a heat wave at the same time kids went

back. parents complained kids count breathe and they relented. there are 35 children or more in a class. it's very hard to keep desks six feet apart. so there was a plan for israel either didn't or couldn't follow it. from teacher's pet to the bottom of the class, some measures israel is now grappling with one of the worlds worst covid outbreaks. schools like this in jerusalem are a big reason why. eric coburn is head of the jerusalem parent/teacher organization. we have a kid who is a super spreader. we are 150 kids were infected and 25 teachers. it's a huge school. it's like 1200 students and

their brothers and sisters all around jerusalem, 25 schools were closed. >> soon after the school reopened it had to close again. students and staff went into quarantine. it was almost certainly too late. half of all israeli coronavirus cases in june could be traced to school outbreaks. >> i think israel got to optimistic when it saw the numbers declining. >> reporter: this is one of the world's leading disease experts. he said plans to open schools after the summer are premature. i think we are not ready for that. israel is experiencing 1700 to 2,000 cases per day, new infections per day. it is impossible to open the education system by the first of september if that doesn't come down. >> reporter: the government is having none of it. >> translator: we are determined to start the school year in 25

days time. i want to make it clear though, not everything will be perfect. with corona, it is not possible to commit to full study on grounds for everybody. >> reporter: the plan is for children up to great 2 to attend school as usual. grade 3 and above will see sizes capped to 18. from grade 5 it will be split. with most of the teaching split. reopen the schools after the summer and risk another covid surge or keep kids at home and risk harming their education and an already reeling economy. there's no easy solution. an extended summer recess could yet be on the cards. >> reporter: and a short while ago we heard from israel's education minister saying the school year will open on september 1st and whoever says

otherwise is sewing panic among the public. >> reporter: we learned the value of masks. appreciate it. the most senior american official to visit tai want has met with the president. they conveyed the trump administration's strong support for taiwan. they praised what he called taiwan's incredibly effective response to the coronavirus pandemic. police in hong kong have arrested media mogul jimmy lie under the controversial national security law. lie who owns the apple daily newspaper was taken into custody on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces, a crime punishable with up to life in prison. six others were also arrested.

and for more cnn's will ripley joins us live from hong kong. good to see you, will. this sent shock waves across the world. what exactly happened and what are the likely ramifications of this arrest. >> reporter: the number of arrests keeps climbing, rosemary. they're not ruling out more as they continue the massive operation. the images speak to the seismic shift in precome to of press in hong kong despite assurances the press could speak freely. you had dozens if not more than 100 and he says lhe has always been able to speak out but two

months ago a lot of the pro democracy figures left. he chose to stay. he has a u.k. passport. however, he says that he's going to stay in hong kong because what use would it be, he said, if he were to cause all of this trouble, meaning, you know, criticize the government in beijing, which is trouble now here in hong kong, and then if he were to just vanish. apparently he seems willing to go through this legal process. he certainly has the resources. far more resources than most of the other people arrested, rosemary, some of them as young as 23. >> will ripfully joining us live from hong kong. and this is "cnn newsroom." coming up, facemasks will now be mandatory in some of the busiest places in paris as cases there keep rising. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold?

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masks are the most powerful weapon we have to fight a virus. how are parisians responding to this mask mandate? >> reporter: rosemary, from what i can see by and large, parisians are okay with this. we are on the 102 streets in paris that have been designated a compulsory facemask. not everybody knows. not everybody knows that they're supposed to wear a facemask here. in fairness to them, there was supposed to be signage in front of the roads where facemasks are compulsory. i haven't seen anything warning people they need to wear a facemask here. we did see police earlier today walking up and down the street. they weren't fining people, there is a fine, about $160 if you don't wear a mask. they weren't fining anyone, they were gently reminding them. i think at this stage it's about building habits, not punishment.

france is doing this, paris is doing this and other cities in frons are doing this pause they have been trending in the wrong direction for several weeks with a spike. in fact, about ten days ago in a number of new daily cases. so they identified places where it is hard to socially distance. this being one of them. i know it seems quiet at the moment, but this is a busy commercial street. in the evening it gets packed. people come to restaurants, cafes, come to buy their groceries and you can't always stay three feet apart when you are here. that's why there is a facemask restriction. not easy because we are in a heat wave. >> it is extraordinaextraordina. it looks beautiful. i love paris. it takes a while. it's quite the cultural shift to start wearing a mask but it is all we have right now.

cyril vanier, thank you. victoria reports the highest number of deaths. they recorded 19 deaths. victoria has 15,000 cases and the death toll has increased to 229. recently there are new infections in age care homes and health care workers. australia's neighbor, new zealand, has made it to over 100 days without a single locally transmitted case of the virus largely thanks to strict lockdown measures and other preventive steps. now the country is one of the safest places in the world, really an oasis from the pandem pandemic. michael holmes has the story. >> reporter: a photo op at the

grocery store, playing with a baby. it is the picture of success for the prime minister who kicked off her re-election campaign saturday and a day later marked 100 days without recording a single locally transmitted case of coronavirus. a rare accomplishments in a world struggling to contain infection rates but one she says she won't take for granted. >> 100 days doesn't change anything for new zealand. it doesn't make it less likely. we have to manage our borders very, very carefully. >> reporter: which is something new zealand has done from the start. they had their first confirmed case on february 28th and moved quickly to stop the spread. >> we must go hard and we must go early. we must do everything we can to protect the health of new zealand ders. >> reporter: within weeks new zealand closed its borders, imposed a nation wide lockdown and began a rigorous system of

testing an contact tracing. that kept the number of confirmed cases to just over 1500 and death toll of 22. the virus was easier to contain here since it is a remote island nation and has a population of just 5 million. the problem from new zealand is to prevent a flairup which countries like vietnam is facing. melbourne is on lockdown after a second wave of the virus and reported 17 deaths on sunday. officia officials. >> i think i can do something that no one else is allowed to do. you've got to follow these rules. >> reporter: rules which have worked where now almost all restrictions have been lifted. michael holmes, cnn. they strove for elimination

and they won. professional sports are coming back in fits and starts in the united states, and this weekend we saw another step forward with golf's first major of the year. cnn's patrick snell has our report. >> reporter: this was the stuff that dreams are made of. when it mattered most, the young californian produced a moment of brilliance. a stroke of genius that saddled the pga championship. he's only been a professional for just over a year produced a sensational drive. 294 yard par 4 hole. the 23-year-old american of japanese heritage will be at one n front of no fans and this is the force of the month's long

shutdown due to the pandemic. he rolled in the eagle putt en route to a famous two-shot victory. his only four par coming with the famed trophy which was a little too hot to handle. his accompanying facial expression, absolutely priceless. this is morikawa's third pga victory. he wins this at the first time of asking, a truly life changing moment. it's left him california dreaming this morning in san francisco. patrick snell, cnn, atlanta. >> on a high note. thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. have a nice day. awesome internet.

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more than a million coronavirus cases have been reported in just 17 days. new this morning, the entire college football season now in jeopardy. president trump's executive power move was meant to support laid off workers and stimulate the economy, but the orders could leave millions of jobless workers waiting in vein for help from washington. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> welcome back. i'm christine romans. it is 5 a.m. and it is august