hello, everyone. i'm kaete bolduan. thank you for joining us this hour. if there is any doubt the united states does not have the coronavirus pandemic under control, the latest numbers put that to rest. the country just saw the deadliest day of the summer so far. with nearly 15 00 deaths reported just yesterday. nearly 1500 americans killed by the virus. that's the highest number since may and more than double the rate that we were seeing in early june. deaths are rising in 19 states right now. five states seeing at least a

50% increase over the past week. and while the situation looks bleak, cdc director dr. robert redfield is now warning as we look to the fall it could get worse unless everyone gets serious and stays serious about the basic measures we all now know help prevent the spread of the virus. >> i'm asking you to do four simple things, wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands, and be smart about crowds. if we don't do that, as i said back last april, this could be the worst fall from a public health perspective we ever had. >> he's reinforcing a warning that he first offered months ago when some folks thought, and then some folks thought he was being something maybe a little bit alarmist. but you really cannot consider it alarmist now as we all -- as it all now -- as we see the

numbers across the country. joining me now is dr. sandy yasmin. the worst number of deaths this summer, the worst since may. why you to think that is? what has been going on? >> we just have seen these repeated failures, kate, of the most basic pandemic response steps to be honest. right now you talk about the 19 states and five states with really high rates of infection. we only have eight states across the country that are doing the bare minimum level of testing for covid-19, and that's such an important step in getting this virus under control. what we're worried about now is that earlier in the year in april, of course, we saw those states in the east and the northeast have their crisis point, then we saw the virus move south, and we saw hot spots in places like florida, arizona, here in california, as well, now we're seeing warning signs of

increasing rates of infection in midwestern states. so we're keeping really close eye on places like indiana, illinois, missouri, those places where infections are starting to rise and actually look higher in rural areas versus metro areas. so because of these repeated failures in those most basic public health pandemic response steps, instead of seeing this really good pandemic response across the country, we have seen a failed response and therefore these kind of circulating hot spots, the northeast, and the south and the west, and now the midwest. and we're continuing to see that, if we don't get this under control and, of course, we're now headed into fall and the beginning of flu season. >> right. and that then you get the cdc director's warning that this could be the worst fall from a public health perspective that we have ever had. redfield said before, he said before, but he's now warning about it and fall is right now around the corner, what does the

worst fall ever look like from a public health perspective if that happens? >> let they is thi's think abou flu season, even without covid-19, a bad flu season can start to overwhelm the american healthcare system. you see millions of people get sick with the flu each year, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands hospitalized and tens of thousands who died. you know some years with flu we see like 60 or 70,000 americans die from that infection. add to that mix covid-19, which is already stretching resources in many states. you get this double whammy effect. you can also get people who have covid-19 either get infected with the flu while they're already sick with covid-19 because the infection can leave you more vulnerable to other diseases, or they get covid-19 and get the flu shortly after. that's why the cdc is saying, you know, last year, just under half of all americans got the flu vaccine, this year we need at least 6 5% of americans over

the age of 6 months to make sure they get their flu shots. >> redfield is also getting pretty candid about kind of the overall american response to coronavirus. let me play something else that he said in this new interview. >> this is the greatest public health crisis that hit this nation in a century that we were under prepared. >> we were under prepared, he says. he seems to be i think generally -- it does feel like dr. redfield is speaking out more and more, almost, like dr. anthony fauci with a message that is maybe in line with reality and facts, but not in line with the messaging coming from the president and the white house. time cu i'm curious from your perch, what you do you make of that? >> it is too little too late. it is a generation defining crisis, as he says the worst

public health crisis in a century and folks like him have almost been playing that kind of political card more than their public health card. dr. fauci has overwhelmingly been that truth teller really been speaking out, we need more leadership including folks like dr. redfield to speak to us about the science to not worry about their careers and to not worry about the politics of this to try and take that out as much as possible, speak clearly to americans, give very clear messaging and not confusing, not mixed messaging, we absolutely were underprepared, scientists have been warning about that for years, actually, even specifically about coronaviruses. we are here now, we need people like him to step up and be truth tellers about how bad this is and how bad it will continue to be if we don't get this under control. >> yeah, no kidding, dr. yasmine, thank you. one state of particular concern today, which is texas,

it reported 324 covid-19 deaths yesterday. the positivity rate there which is one of the most useful indicators of the virus also a leading indicator, it is flagging the problems that problems are coming before they actually set in, you really see them in the general population, that state's positivity rate reached a record high of 24.5% yesterday. we are also seeing the testing in the state is declining and one health expert told cnn this morning that no matter how you look at it, the situation on the ground in texas is not good. >> the positivity rate is ala alarmingly high and the number of tests dropped off. one possibility is that it is because we're testing more folk -- we're focusing testing on symptomatic individuals, which may -- which may help promote, the bottom line, there is still a very aggressive covid

epidemic in texas and overall, the number of cases is plateaued, it plateaued at 100,000 miles an hour. >> joining me now is dallas county judge clay jenkins. great to have you back on. thank you so much for being here. let's start with the positivity rate, the rate of 24% state wide, you said you were seeing good trends in dallas county, but what is going on in texas at this moment? >> one of your -- one of your people is talking to someone else. >> oh, let's see if we can -- i think we're having a problem with the control room, with the control room, maybe cutting -- can you hear me? it is kate. >> i can hear you now, yes. >> okay, perfect. got to love this technology we're dealing with these days. let me ask you again about the positivity rate in the state. at 24%, that is not good. that's state wide. you have said you are seeing some good trends, though, in

dallas county. but in general, judge, what is going on in texas? >> we're still in a very precarious place, our positivity rate in dallas county is less than half of what it is in the state because we went to masking earlier and because we consistently messaged both from the government and from everyone else the importance of doing those things and keeping you safe here. but we're still way too high. and we still have to, you know, improve our testing. so last night i changed the testing criteria for dallas county, so that everyone without symptoms could go get tests here in dallas county, if they are at an essential business under the sisa list, school teachers, construction workers, everybody whose business was opening, whether they were working or not, during the shelter in place orders and we'll see how it goes for three or four days and then

open it up to everybody here in dallas county. if the capacity allows it. we have been asking for more capacity, bust we hat we have s demand go down, so that allowed us to open up the criterias. i'm hopeful that will help. >> what is your theory on why you're seeing testing decreasing? i think you noted 40% decrease in testing at city and county run sites, what is your theory on that? >> well, according to our medical modelers, a lot of that is the masking and some of the things we're doing here is working and we can see that because our r factor is below one. our hospitalization numbers are going down.

but as you pointed out, kate, early on, we're talking about going down to about four times where they were when the governors opened texas, you know, plans started. we're still at a place of high community spread and he cwe can let our guard down. >> with that in mind, with what you're seeing, with the positivity rate the way it is across the state, what about schools? what about sports? where are you on this, judge? do you think schools can safely reopen at this point in your county? >> so right now schools are not opening until september 8th. there is both the public health reporting and a doctor -- we pulled together of experts in pediatric infection, child psychology, et cetera, that are meeting to discuss that, we're working very collaboratively with our superintendents. here's what the parents need to know, you're going to have a lot more information in texas before august 25 th, which is when i'm

going to need you to decide should schools start, which is no guarantee, in early september, september 8th, whether you want to go virtual or whether you want to go back to school. you'll have a lot more information by then. we are all working very hard to keep your children safe and get them well educated. know that everyone is working very, very hard to do the very best they can do for you. >> with all of this happening, dallas cowboys owner jerry jones, he spoke and says he is very confident, not only that the cowboys will be playing this season, but also playing in front of fans. let me play a bit of what jerry jones said at the press conference. >> i'm confident that we have got a very educated situation and that our fans can come and have a safe experience at our stadium. it will be in pods, of possibly five, ten, 15 different people. our stadium is well suited to put together numbers of people

that have elected to come and want to watch the dallas cowboys play. >> judge, what is your reaction to that? are you okay with that? >> well, that's actually outside of my county, that's over in tarrant county. you know, it's -- i don't know about his seating arrangements with the roof open, if you had people sitting well apart, maybe it is possible for people to sit in a stadium. i still can't run my head around how you can play football at six foot distance from one another, and not breathe on one another. so that's going to be a challenge. i think we're going to see more and more information coming out for medical studies, we got this new study out linking m myocarditis to covid. i want to really look at those studies as they come out. i don't want kids to be exposed

to something that is going to end their athletic career and cause them problems for the rest of their lives. >> i understand that, judge. judge, thank you for coming on. sorry for the technical glitches. great to see you again, thank you. >> great to see you. take care. >> thank you so much. all right, we got some breaking news coming in right now. president trump from the white house saying that israel and the united arab emirates agreed to open diplomatic ties in a deal halting the plan annexation of palestinian land. they're calling it a historic agreement. he says they will exchange embassies and ambassadors and, quote, begin cooperation across the board. he said he expects other countries to follow the uae's lead on this going forward. we're going to have some more on this breaking news coming out of the white house right after this. we'll be right back. we see you. looking out...for all of us. and though you may have lost sight of your own well-being, aetna never did.

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-- crown prince mohammad ben azeid where they degreed to finalize a historical agreement. everyone said this would be impossible. as you know, mohammad is one of the great leaders of the middle east. after 49 years israel and the united arab emirates will fully normalize their diplomatic relations, they will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation across the board and on a broad range of areas including tourism, education, healthcare, trade, and security. this is a truly historic moment, not since the israel/jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago has so much progress been made towards peace in the middle east. by uniting two of america's closest and most capable partners in the region, something which said could not be done, this deal is a

significant step towards building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous middle east. now that the ice has been broken, i expect more arab and muslim countries will follow the united arab emirates lead and i want to just thank them for being -- not surprising, knowing mohammad so well, it is not surprising they are in that lead position. and normalize relations with israel. we're already discussing this with other nations, very powerful, very good nations and people that want to see peace in the middle east. so you will probably see others of these, but this is the first one in more than 25 years, this deal will allow much greater access to muslims from throughout the world, to visit the many historic sites in israel which the muslims want to see very badly and have wanted to see for many, many decades. and to peacefully pray at the al

aqsa mosque, which is a very special place for them. my first trip as president was to saudi arabia in may of 2017, and my speech to the assembled leaders of 54 muslim countries, every single one was by their leader, their number one leader, it was an amazing, really incredible event, very important event. i made clear that the problems of the middle east can only be solved when people of all faiths come together, to fight islamic extremism and pursue economic opportunity for people of all faiths and when you look at what's happening, you're seeing a lot of progress is being made that nobody thought could possibly be made. and things are happening that i can't talk about, but they're extremely positive. i want to thank the leaders of

israel and the uae for their courage and for their leadership, to forge this tremendous agreement. it will be known as the abraham accord and i with like to ask our ambassador david friedman to please explain why we're doing and calling it the abraham accord. >> thank you, mr. president. congratulations to you on brokering this historic peace agreement. abraham as many of you know was the father of all three great faiths, referred to as abraham in the christian faith, ibrahim in the muslim faith and abraham in the jewish faith. and no person better symbolizes the potential for unity among all these three great faiths than abraham and that's why this accord has been given that name. >> a great thing. i wanted it to be called the

donald j. trump accord, but i didn't think the press would understand that. so i didn't do that. >> thank you, mr. president. it has been an honor of my life to work in your administration, i think this reaffirms your commitment to israel, to stability in the region. it is just an historic accomplishment and it is peace. peace say beautiful thing and somebody everybody in the country should celebrate, i hope. and i'm honored to be here and serve in your administration. >> you've done a great job. jared has done a fantastic job. people don't really understand the things he's able to do, he's done a fantastic job on this. and you and your team, nobody else could have done it. i don't think anybody else could have done it. jared, say a few words. >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to say that i want to thank the president for his leadership on this historic peace effort, the president,

like with all things, urged us to take an untraditional approach, you can't solve problems that have gone unsolved by doing it the same way that people before you have tried and failed. the president takes untraditional approaches, he does things in different ways, but he uses common sense and he tries to unite people by focusing on common interests as opposed to allowing them to focus on their common grievances and what happened was here is we were able to achieve results that others were not able to achieve, and this will advance the region and this will advance the whole world. i would like to say to the people of the region, muslims, jews, christians, this gives hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with conflict. there is hope and potential and this will benefit you and benefit people here in america because in america we used to have a big dependency on the middle east for gas and for oil, thanks to your leadership america is now energy independent, we no longer have that, but a lot of american

soldiers have fought for securing our allies in that region, and making more peace there, lessons are needed as a country to have as many soldiers in that region and lessens our need to have as many conflicts in that region. obviously radical extremism which we see as a cancer that has infected so many areas in the world, a lot of the extremists have used these conflicts to recruit people and to say that the mosque is under attack and that muslims don't have access to the mosques and muslims will be welcomed in israel and this will create better interfaith exchange, so this is a tremendous step forward for peace in the world, for america, for israel, for abu dhabi and awouldn't be possible without your leadership. >> we don't have to be there anymore. we don't need oil, we don't need

anything there except friendship, we have some great friends. these are two countries that have been great friends and we have been great friends to them. we no longer have to be there, it started off where we had to be there, but as of a few years ago, we don't have to be there, we don't have to be patrolling the straits. we're doing things that other countries wouldn't do. but we put ourself over the last few years at a position where we no longer have to be in areas that at one point were vital and that's a big statement, but we are there for our friends and we always will be there for our friends. robert, would you say a few words? >> mr. president, thank you. the point i want to make, you inherited a middle east that was a mess when you came to office. this is one more historic step in bringing peace to the middle east. there was a caliphate raging, isis caliphate. that was destroyed. you reassured our friends in israel who had suffered at the

end of the last administration with the u.n. resolution, you moved the capital to jerusalem, you recognized the golan heights, in the broader region, you had a very difficult situation in afghanistan where we were soldiers -- american soldiers were coming home, injured, wounded, sadly and in some cases dead, you brought -- you got a peace agreement now with the taliban and we'll have less than half the number of troops in afghanistan there when you started your term of office, and now you brought about the historic peace deal between the uae and israel, this is the first time in 25 years that israel and the arab country have normalized it, and entered into a peace deal and they're the two most capable countries in the middle east, very skilled, very innovative allies of the united states, so it is great for israel, great for the uae, great for the american, the american people. you came into office with a region that was really aflamed and brought peace to that region

and more to come. it is an honor to be part of this and under your leadership. >> you'll be seeing that taking place, but when we can get a leader like uae to get along with israel, that's a very big step. would you please say a few words? >> the trump administration made history today. it has been an honor to be part of this team that jared has led. peace between the arabs and the israelis is iran's worst nightmare. and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between arabs and israelis than iran. what we see today is a new middle east. the trend lines are very different today, the future is very much in the gulf and with israel. and in the past is with the iranian regime. it clings to power in the basis of brute force that lost -- is facing the crisis of legitimacy

and credibility with its own people, and the president's maximum pressure campaign has achieved historic results. >> thank you. great job you've done. would you like to say something? >> yes, sir. as a soldier who has been in the war since desert storm, it is an honor and privilege for your leadership to shake mohammad and prime minister netanyahu to get to peace. so your vision, and those leaders' vision on what we can do in the future is just incredible. so i would thank you as a soldier. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. would anybody like to say a few words? anybody here? you were saying plenty of words during that negotiation. got very quiet in front of the media. that happens on occasion. >> mr. president, it is a historic moment, thank you for being -- letting us all be part of it. it is extraordinary. nothing is more important than peace. this is an unbelievable moment and i would echo what brian hug

said, your maximum pressure campaign under your leadership, we had the strongest sanctions on iran, in your commitment to make sure that iran will never have a nuclear weapon is part of the most important legacy for peace in the middle east. >> so which is easier, dealing with the democrats or dealing with the middle east? >> a lot of people never thought he would get this type of deal, so i'll be hopeful we can deal with the democrats. >> the middle east is more reasonable. >> i would like you two to say a couple of words. >> it is a privilege to serve in your administration. this is a remarkable achievement that will stand the test of time and we look forward to the prosperity and the peace this brings to the middle east and the ways we'll be able to leverage that for the united states' national interests. >> thank you. >> i would echo what rob said, it is -- thank you for the opportunity to be part and especially i want to thank abvi the opportunity to serve in his negotiating team to do something so historic, thank you for this opportunity, mr. president, this

really changes the world. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, all, very much. [ applause ] >> do you have any questions? >> mr. president -- >> could you just describe the tenor of the conversation you had with the two other leaders, was there any hesitation on their part? >> no. no, it was like in love. it was tremendous relationship, has been built up over the last i would say year, before that it was very tense as everything in the middle east is, very tense. it is a very tense place. but it is becoming less tense and i have great relationships with all of the leaders.

and some are enemies against each other and i get along with both. that's the big thing people don't understand that about me. i actually -- i've gotten along, i remember when i was elected, they said the war will start with somebody within days and i kept us out of war. you look at north korea, everybody said president obama, that's the biggest problem, everybody said you would be at war. well, we're not at war. you would have been at war if i wasn't elected and it was somebody else. we're doing very well in the middle east and i'll tell you what, it has been an incredible thing. but, no, the relationship has become a very good one with between uae and israel and with other countries. many other countries. i think you'll be seeing some very exciting things, including ultimately with the palestinians. i think that's going to be happening at some point. because it makes a lot of sense for them to let it happen. >> do you -- by israel at this

point? >> we're talking to israel about that right now. you really know your stuff, don't you? we're not going to talk to you about that. we're going to work something out and we'll talk after it is completed. it will be a very satisfactory -- >> why now come to an agreement? >> we've been working on this for a long time. it has been a labor of love for a lot of the people in this room. and a lot of them love israel. and a lot of them love the middle east. and they love the countries that we're talking about. like uae as an example, standing right here. and it has been a labor of love. they know it has to happen. and i don't want to be speaking too much about it, but if you look what happened since i broke up that ridiculous iran nuclear deal, money isn't going to some horrible, horrible groups. you haven't seen the kind of terrorism that you saw before. now, i don't like saying it. because all of a sudden they'll say we got to do something, but,

you know what they're not getting money because iran isn't giving money. and i appreciate that. but iran is going through a very difficult time, and i appreciate that. and i'll say this, and i can say it very publicly, if i win the election, i will have a deal made with iran within 30 days. they'll mack a veke a very fast. they would much rather negotiate with sleepy joe biden than with us. but we'll be having a deal made very, very quickly. but, you know, rightfully they're waiting until after the election because they would -- there is nothing china, iran, russia, all of them would like to see more than have trump be defeated where they can deal with joe biden. that would be like a dream. and this was something that was very exciting. we thought this would be the first country. great leader, mohammad is a great leader and we're very happy he was the first country i would say. you will see many other things happening in the middle east over a fairly short period of time. but this is the first time in more than 25 years and uae is

big stuff. uae is very powerful, very strong, has one of the strongest militaries. it is big stuff. >> do you know when the delegations are going to meet specifically? >> very soon. i guess they'll be setting up the meetings. do you have any time? >> i think several weeks, mr. president. we expect there will be a meeting here at the white house with the leaders. >> an official signing at the white house over the next few weeks. okay. and other than that, we'll meet you at 5:30 or so and talk and actually take one of your questions, okay? >> all right, guys. [ applause ] >> all right, listening there to

president trump talking about a deal between israel and the united arab emirates. let me bring in kaitlan collins at the white house, she was in the room. tell me more about being in the room, what you heard? >> you saw how many people were there in the room. it is not normally that packed in the oval office for any kind of event like this. the president brought everybody in for this announcement, what he's calling this historic deal between the uae and israel, coming to this agreement to normalize relations which the president said means trading ambassadors, having embassies in each other's country and you saw at the end what the national security adviser robert o'brien said, which was also significant, he said there is going to be an official signing ceremony here at the white house between israel and the uae in the coming weeks. though they didn't say exactly when those two delegations are expected to meet. you saw the president reading from a piece of paper there. it appear to be the statement he put out on twitter this was in the top of the statement, but incredibly significant as well, but in that statement, the

president said that israel is as part of this agreement is going to suspend its efforts to annex parts of the west bank. now, that is what the president says, we also saw the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu comment on this as well. seeming to confirm the details of what the president laid out in this agreement. and then one other notable aspect of this, you heard, they were going around the room, brian hook is a state department official, on his way out, but he was talking about what this means for iran and they said this is iran's worst nightmare. clearly you see how the administration is viewing this as well through that lens. and, of course, we should note they're announcing this agreement with the president's election coming up, certainly something he's going to try to tout on the campaign trail in the next few weeks as he's making his case to voters. >> yeah, israel, it said in that joint statement, that the president posted, israel is hitting the pause button on its annexation plans in the west bank. kaitlan, cannot go unnoticed as you're noting how many people were coming in the room, took notice some of the language you

heard from the president, right? we don't need the oil, i kept us out of war, we don't have to be there, he joked that he actually wanted the deal to be named after him, it is very clear that he thinks this is a winning re-election message. that that can't go unnoticed. >> reporter: yeah, he's seen the middle east as part of that. that's what he ran on in 2016, talking about withdrawing troops, troops are still in afghanistan. we should note. when the president was talking about this, he was saying i wanted to call it the donald j. trump accord, he said that and there was laughter in the room, he was talking about the negotiations, something that is ongoing for a long time, for them to take this step, that's what the president was praising there, talking about uae, well, we'll wait to hear from them, see how they are touting it as well to see what that means going forward. it is -- it does seem to be clear that it is going to be something the president wants to use as part of his re-election, because he's talking about what he said in 2016, and he was talking about the middle east

now and he was trying to say that this is a foreshadowing of what is to come. now, of course, it is hard to predict with the middle east, but the president was seeming to say that they want to make more of these agreements, and that's why i asked, you know, why now? why is this the time that the uae and israel are coming to this agreement? and the president was talking about the negotiations that have gone on, he said he didn't want to shed a light on some other details, it is not really clear what that was that the president was talking about, but we will wait to see, when do these two countries come to the white house for this signing ceremony? they said over the next several weeks, but it wasn't really specific, but, you know, that could be an opportunity to learn more about this, given, of course that it is so significant, based on how the president is portraying it. >> in fact, having the signing ceremony at the white house. kaitlan, thank you very much. coming up for us, just days after some schools reopen, thousands of students and staff across the country are now quarantined because of the coronavirus. how are districts dealing with these outbreaks and what needs to be done to fix this at this point?

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over 2,000 students, teachers and school staff are currently in quarantine across the country. this is after at least 230 positive covid cases were reported in districts across the united states that have reopened for in person learning so far. in florida, one day after opening their doors, an elementary school classroom is under quarantine because of a positive case, maybing the maki off-handed comment by the president on the very same day even more out of touch. >> thank you, great job you're doing, florida. thank you very much. >> and he was talking there to the florida education commissioner. at best, it seems far too soon to be taking a victory lap there. and florida is just one of many states with schools in crisis. let's get to georgia, where one school district alone has more than 1,000 students and teachers under quarantine. cnn's nick valencia is there. what is the latest you're hearing? >> reporter: yes, school

administrators here in georgia patting themselves on the back after they called last week a great first week, this even after at the end of five full days of school, 478 people were in quarantine, after eight full days of classes, kate, that number has swelled to more than 1100. and it is leading to fallout among career educators, including one who i spoke to last night, allison webb has been in education for more than 20 years, she's a long time spanish and french teacher at a high school in cherokee county, she brought to the attention of the superintendent she didn't feel safe, she was told that there was a long line of people waiting to take over her job, she says the superintendent and his staff are ignoring the stark realities and the dangers of this virus. >> we are now forcing schools back on a timeline that is untenable. and we have two high schools in cherokee county as of today who have shut down. and it is unfortunate, but very

predictable. it was a complete betrayal of their responsibilities to their employees. and it says something more about the situation in georgia, it says that teachers are truly considered dispensable. >> reporter: you know, webb resigned and she now says she has to reinvent herself at 44 years old. her colleagues telling her you can sometimes count the amount of students in class that are wearing masks. some making fun of the teachers for wearing facial coverings. she says some teachers in the district, they're scared to speak out out of reprisal, fear of losing their jobs, people in this economy now need a paycheck, putting their lives at risk according to allison webb to educate children who are also at risk. kate? >> honestly, making fun of anyone for wearing a mask that is completely backwards. what a mess.

nick, thank you. masks, to that point, masks will not be worn. that is the order from one florida sheriff. marion county sheriff billy woods going against not only all public health expert recommendations but also going against a mandate by the county seat, the city where the sheriff's office is located, a no -- and ordering no masks in a county and state. saying -- talking about having no masks at the time when the county and the state is seeing a record level of deaths from coronavirus. cnn's rosa flores is in florida with much more. she's joining me now. rosa, what is going on here? >> reporter: you know, kate, i just talked to the public information officer from marion county to get a few more details. he said that deputies learned about the no mask rule over email and this mandate while they're working. there are some exceptions to the rule. and this is when deputies are

working at courthouses or jails or schools or hospitals and they're allowed to wear a mask. but the moment according to an email obtained by cnn, the moment there is some sort of law enforcement action which requires the law enforcement officer to give a command to an individual, then that's according to the email where the officer must take their mask off. now, this is an internal policy that also applies to any visitors that are visiting the lobby of the sheriff's office. now, think about this, who would visit the lobby of a sheriff's office? perhaps you are going to report a crime, so i asked the public information officer this very basic question. so what if someone wants to report a crime, but doesn't feel safe taking their mask off to walk into the building? well, according to the sheriff's office, they want you to take off your mask so they can be on surveillance camera, kate, but if you don't feel comfortable, there is a phone outside of the building, kate, that you can

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joe biden and kamala harris holding their second official campaign event as running mates today. about to meet with public health experts in wilmington, delaware. clearly sending a message that the president's response to the pandemic will be a central part of their campaign. here's how they framed it just yesterday. >> we're going to get to work fixing the mess that president trump and vice president pence have created. >> when other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. >> no real leadership or plan from the president of the united states how to get this pandemic under control. >> there's a reason it has hit

america worse than any other advanced nation. it's because of trump's failure. >> joining me now, cnn's jeff zeleny. jeff, quite a stark difference of how the biden campaign and the trump campaign are responding to the country's health crisis. that's clear. >> it is clear, kate, and this is something that will be a central theme to see over the next two and a half months or so. joe biden and kamala harris in the next hour will be meeting with a team of health experts. back in march the biden campaign put together a series of experts and briefing him every morning at least during the weekdays since then talking about covid, the response. so this is something that the biden campaign wants to continue. you could tell as we just heard from the sound there, this is a central argument that the team are trying to prosecute against president trump. we could have never imagined a year ago when they started to

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hello, everybody. i'm john king in washington. last hour, the big peace announcement announced in the oval office. israel and the united arab emirates now normalizing relations. >> after 49 years, israel and the united arab emirates will normalize their relations. i expect more arab and muslim countries will follow the