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zwroe joe doesn't know too much. unlike the biden approach, our approach is guided by ziens. >> donald trump hits back hard after the president attacks the pandemic response. the u.s. declines russia's vaccine help. is it a at this point ploe ma particular break through or historic betrayal. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber.

the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the united states took center stage in the 2020 election fight thursday after having a briefing with the health experts, joe biden called for a three-month nationwide mask mandate. >> every single american should be wearing a mask when they're outside for the next three months at minimum. every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing. >> but president donald trump says biden is politicizing the pandemic and ignoring scientific evidence. >> today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a pandemic to show his appalling lack of respect for the american people is what it is. at every turn biden has been

wrong about the virus ignoring the scientific evidence and putting left wing politics before facts and evidence. >> all right. let's look at the map. you can see there all that red on the map is where cases are surging. the u.s. is reporting well over 5.2 million cases and more than 167,000 deaths. u.s. health experts are warning of even bigger trouble ahead if americans don't do more to help get the virus under control. cnn's athena jones explains. >> bottom line is, i'm not pleased with how things are going. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci raising concerns. >> this is the thing that's disturbing to me, is that we're starting to see the inkling of the upticks in the percent of the tests that are positive which we know now from sad past experience that that's a predictor that you're going to

have more surges. >> reporter: this warning comes as the u.s. faces the deadliest day of the summer. dr. robert redfield makes this blunt admission. >> this is the greatest public health crisis of the century. we were under prepared. we need to owe it to our children and grandchildren that this nation is never under prepared again. >> reporter: redfield warning if 95% of americans don't follow basic public health recommendations like mask wearing, hand washing and distancing -- >> this could be the worst fall than we've ever had. i'm not asking some of america to do it, we've all got to do it. >> reporter: while new cases are falling in 47 states, death counts are rising. texas is leading the nation at 24% even as the number of tests

being conducted nationwide continues to decline. meanwhile, in martin county florida north of palm beach, an entire classroom and bus route were put under quarantine one day after a student began exhibiting symptoms. nationally 2,000 teachers and students are under quarantine due to covid concerns. >> there is no way with the way this is raging throughout the south that you can open up schools safely. >> reporter: still, it's game on in utah. two high schools facing off in the first football match of the season. >> i feel like the titanic. we have hit the iceberg and we're trying to make a decision what time we're having the banquet. not having fall sports should be the priority. >> reporter: we're getting more

insights. 41% of respondents are struggling with anxiety, depression, increased substance use or suicidal thoughts. athena jones, cnn, new york. president trump's new coronavirus expert is making statements that don't line up. despite medical evidence that children can experience difficulties, he said this on fox news -- >> it doesn't matter if chirp get the disease. they don't get sick from this and the data shows that dhoe not significantly transmit to adults. >> deeper into all of this, i'm going to bring in dr. ron daniels who joins us from birmingham, england. he's the founder and director of

the u.k. sepsis trust. i want to start with what we heard there. coronavirus doesn't affect children as seriously as adults. the president is downplaying the danger. what are the facts here? >> the facts are clearly that children can develop symptoms as a result of coronavirus. a tiny portion those can be complicated and what we do hear from parents who have had covid-19 is that their children are developing symptoms. they're sometimes developing slightly different symptoms. they don't lose their sense of taste and smell quite so badly, they can develop red spots and problems in their fing goers and toes. they can develop symptoms.

not usually as sick as children. >> importantly, they can transmit it to adults, right? >> yes. there are clear documented cases that that can happen. the good news is you're seemed 1/10 as likely to do so from adult to adult transmission. >> something we're seeing in the u.s. and europe, more and more young people getting sick. do we know why? is it quarantine fatigue? >> that's certainly likely to play a factor. it's important in all countries as you've said, that the public be responsible. there might be other factors for increased numbers of testing positive among the younger people. certainly in many european countries the manner in which testing is conducted tends to favor the young accessing those tests. they're expected. we can post test out, they're expected to drive to a testing center. the access details are only

available on the internet. that will tend to favor, not exclusively but tend to favor younger people and that might be a cause of this effect. >> all of this increase as schools are opening and the percentage of people testing positive in some states is really high. texas, for instance, one out of every four tests is coming back positive. even schools restarting sports. what worries you the most? >> we've heard about states with 9% of the population testing positive for the virus. that's a similar proportion to seeing countries like spain and so forth. you know, this is worrying. this virus does continue to spread through our populations, but what's really interesting is that people don't seem to be getting as sick. there are still some tragedies. there are still some deaths but they're very small in number. certainly what we're seeing in europe, countries like pain,

portugal, france have had significant up swings based on community based testing and we've seen this in the u.k. these up swings happen weeks ago. if they were making people sick, we would see hospitals begin to make admissions. frankly, that's not happening. we've heard about deaths. that's not the right thing to measure. there's a huge lag time between people being admitted to hospital and sadly dying. a couple of months. it's wrong to look at tests whampt we need to look at in terms of capacity is intensive care admissions and hospital admissions and they're very low. >> that's some good news. i'm going to drag this down with more doom and gloom. i got my flu shot and i was inspired by warnings like the one from the director of the cdc who said the pandemic could create, quote, the worst fall

we've ever had. is that hyperbole or a realistic fear here? >> we're talking worst case scenarios. we're talking a second wave. second wave when people are inside, it's lesseesy to socially distance, the virus might transmit more regularly and we might see more cases. if that starts to make people sick and coincides with a bad flu season, that will put a strain on health care systems. it's absolutely right if you are eligible for a flu vaccine, you should access it. other vaccines, really important, pneumococcus and hep vacc. a few days ago russia announced that it had developed a coronavirus vaccine, cue the

fanfare, but it seems not everyone was excited. moscow says it has been offering the united states assistance but the response, it's been frosty. let's head over to moscow to cnn's matthew chance. matthew, this vaccine reportedly confers two years of immune at this time -- immunity and no side effects. why is the u.s. turning down such a generous offer? >> reporter: well, i mean, look, the concerns that the u.s. has are, you know, will he get mate of course. the vaccine that has been approved here called sputnik v. they are determining the safety and effectiveness for public use. the clinical data they have accrued so far hasn't been made public. not subject to peer review.

these are the reasons why you question whether it is effective or safe. the russians say, look, this is a chance to save american lives. we're offering unprecedented cooperation with the united states to potentially manufacture this vaccine in the u.s. it could be a very effective vaccine if it is and the u.s. doesn't explore the russian vaccine any deeper, that could cause some problems, but the united states, the russians added, the u.s. has said this as well, are just not interested in russian technological advances such as they are at the moment. what the russians say there is a general sense of mistrust and that is preventing america and other western countries as well from looking with clarity at what russia is achieving. the russians have been much more explicit in their rejection.

one person saying there's no way in hell the u.s. tries this vaccine on monkeys, not to mention on people. that shows how deep that mistrust is. >> appreciate that. u.s. troops arriving in south korea face two weeks of quarantine as soon as they hit the ground and for good reason. paula hancocks gives us a look at how america is tackling the coronavirus effect. >> reporter: working out when you hold family in isolation with coronavirus is something else. sarah and lincoln and their infant and one of their 6-year-old twins tested positive shortly after arriving in south korea from the united states. they are one of thousands of military personnel switching. >> my wife has a little bit of chest con guession.

she's coughing a little bit. i have a weird sense of taste. everything i eat or drink tastes like burnt bread. >> reporter: they're staying in special rooms along with the family dog. >> that's my son's bed here. all the beds are twins. then there's my bed over here. >> reporter: how are the children coping? how do you keep them busy? >> we get one hour of outside time between 3 and 4. we play kickball, play tag, walk the dog. >> reporter: not unusual. u.s. forces korea say 152 positive cases have been since june. the u.s. military in japan are facing different problems. >> when they come here, we can't control where they go. >> reporter: they enter and remain in a bubble. >> deport right from the direct

bus, walk into the reception center, wash their hands. they sign in so we make a clear accountability of everyone we have here. >> reporter: after a short briefing they have their first coronavirus test. >> they sit down like this soldier is doing, fills this out and then we're preparing the laboratory sample which is behind you. >> reporter: from there straight into special quarantine quarters. >> nobody is exempt, a private to three star general. >> reporter: everyone is allowed 30 minutes outside. colonel peters says the second test is key. 1/5 of those who tested positive had no symptoms at all. they haven't had a single local transmission case in more than 3 months. this family, all they can do now is play games, watch television, work out and wait for recovery. paula hancocks, south korea.

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israel has agreed to extend annexing the west bank, suspend is the key word here as a ground breaking deal with the united arab emirates. palestinian leaders were angered. mack moud abbas has slammed it. it was brokered by the trump white house. israel and the uae have committed themselves to fully normalized relations. here's how president trump described it. >> 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 they say could not be done, this deal is a

significant step towards building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous middle east. >> besides israel temporarily holding off on the annexation plans, they will exchange ambassadors and work out bilateral agreements on the issues. israel gave all the credit to president trump. >> i want to thank president trump for his critical help in brokering this historic deal. i want to thank him for his assistance in peace. president trump's middle east plan served as the basis for today's historic announcement. >> if all goes as planned, president trump expects leaders of israel and the uae to sign an agreement in washington. let's go to tel aviv for the israeli perspective. israel went to the palestinians, didn't make a concession and got

a coveted normalization. a real win for benjamin netanyahu, right? >> reporter: very much so, kim. he's israel's longest serving prime minister. he's now joining the ranks of menacham begin and he's one of two israeli leaders to sign a peace agreement. he's been coming under pressure of late, both for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. israel has the worst outbreak on a perfect million population basis and due to the corruption trial which he's facing which is due to resume in the next few months. this is being seen as a big win for netanyahu. he received congratulations not just from the leader of the operation but also from members within his own governing coalition with whom he's been

butting heads quite strongly. there had been some push back for example from the joint coalition. it represents israeli arabs and they've come out and described this as a shameful agreement and said the only legitimate roadmap is one that liberates the palestinian people from the crime of occupation. with the exception of israel's arabs, there are very few people here in israel you would find that think this was not a great deal all around. >> absolutely. thank you so much. now we're going to cnn's sam kiley. the reaction feels so many palestinians feel sold out. they were cut out over negotiations and they will suspend annexation.

what's been the reaction in the arab world? >> well, palestinians have said it's an outright betrayal. the turks, president erdogan who does have diplomatic relationships albeit sour with israel has condemned it. elsewhere in the arab world it's been somewhat welcomed as a step forward by egypt. cautiously welcomed by jordan but in both cases insisting that it has to lead to meaningful negotiations leading to a two-state solution with territorial integrity. that really in this deal is what is at issue here. as you rightly point out, it's only a suspension to annex the west bank. the second program no doubt will continue. that is a program that has been chewing into palestinian territory or potentially future

palestinian territory for many, many years now. on top of that, it now opens the doors to a great deal more cooperation militarily in terms of intelligence with the gulf countries, particularly obviously the emirates in this first wave. there's hints coming from the white house and other gulf countries might join in. i think they probably want to see more response from israel in terms of speaking to the palestinians. this is all about really in strategic terms maintaining alliance from iran. particularly from lebanon particularly where hezbollah sits. hundreds of thousands of missiles all pointing towards the jewish state. anything that can undermine or restrict the influence of iran and tehran across the middle east is good news from the israeli point of view and good

news from the emerati point of view. they have been very anxious about destabilization from the middle east, yemen, iraq, syria of course and further afield. in that context this is a step forward. i think the other portion is this does give an opportunity for the arab world in a warm way to offer some friendly advice to the israelis. this may be an opportunity for the emeratis to have a part of the peace process and revive the terms with israel. that's the line they've been pushing at this moment. >> a huge deal with so many repercussions. sam kiley, thanks so much.

appreciate it. still ahead, campaigning on coronavirus. >> be a patriot. protect your fellow citizens. step up. >> biden and kamala harris hit the trail and hit president trump hard over his pandemic response. businesses are starting to bounce back.

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welcome back to you, our slewers in the united states and around the world. the u.s. democratic convention are just a couple of days away. they're making the coronavirus

pandemic a central theme. >> be a patriot. protect your fellow citizens. step up. do the right thing. >> reporter: tonight joe biden calling on governors to implement an immediate mask mandate. >> every single american should be wearing a mask when they're outside for the next three months at a minimum. every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing. the estimates are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next few months. >> reporter: biden has said if elected he would consider using his authority to mandate face coverings. joined by kamala harris, she pushed back on those who oppose such mandates. >> it's not about your rights, it's about your responsibilities

as an american. >> reporter: a day after their public debut on the democratic ticket, biden and harris were briefed on the coronavirus pandemic and the economy by a host of experts, including former federal bank chair janet yellen. >> i've been doing these briefings with two of the four docs up there. >> reporter: today's events aimed that it might go to the president. >> there may be some grand gestures offered by the current president about a vaccine but it really doesn't matter until you can answer the question when am i going to get vaccinated. >> it brought in big money raising $34 million on tuesday

and wednesday. biden and harris did not take questions on thursday. they would campaign together in the fall if science allows. they really want science to lead their decisions. president trump is fueling yet another birther conspiracy. he's praising a controversial lawyer who says she isn't eligible to be vice president. she is an american. the lawyer wrongly argued that harris isn't eligible because her parents weren't naturalized u.s. citizens when she was born in california. >> social media that kamala harris is not eligible to run for vice president because she

was a birther baby. do you or can you definitively say whether or not kamala harris is eligible, meets the legal requirements to run for vice president. >> i just heard that. i heard that today that she doesn't meet the requirements. by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. i have no idea that was right. i would have assumed the democrats checked that out before she gets chosen. >> they call the lawyer's argument racist nonsense. cnn's nic robertson takes a look at her background. >> reporter: kamala harris speaks passionately of her herita heritage. >> my mother and father came from opposite sides of the world, one from india, one from

jamaica. >> a daughter shaped by the world. >> my grandparents are phenomenal. >> reporter: her grandfather, an accomplished diplomat. a young kamala harris would walk the beaches with them. >> they would talk about the importance of fighting for democracy and fighting for civil rights and that people would be treated equally regardless where they were born or the circumstances of their birth. >> reporter: values her mother enbraced and her brother indulged. >> in 1959 and a 19-year-old girl who had done home education and a b.a. >> reporter: she met kamala's father, donald harris, an economic student together

becoming civil rights activists and marrying. they had two girls, kamala and maya divorcing when kamala was 7. those early years spending time with jamaican grandparents too. her father well regarded in jamaica. >> professor harris is a very thoughtful, calm person. >> reporter: although ambassador banal never met his friend's daughters. et cetera he sure they face great qualities. they the get some of that from jamaica. >> reporter: but it was her mother who would raise her and influence her the most. >> she was a brown woman. she was a woman with a heavy accent. she was a woman who many times

people would overlook her or not take her seriously. or because of her accent assume things about her intelligence. every time she proved them wrong. >> reporter: like mother, like daughter a trail blazer. may be all the way to the white house. nic robertson, cnn, london. for weeks president trump has been railing against voting by mail. now they have requested mail-in ballots for the florida primary. records from the palm beach county office says they were mailed on monday.

>> reporter: president trump admitting he's opposed to funding the postal service. >> they want $3.5 million for something that will be fraudulent, election money. >> reporter: fueling outrage to medal in the election. >> he doesn't want a fair election. >> reporter: with more than millions planning to vote by mail, president trump is spreading fraud. >> this will be a disaster like never before. >> reporter: meanwhile raising concerns over changes to the agency.

>> now is not the time to be cutting back services. >> reporter: all of this as postal workers are sounding alarms over the removal of hundreds of mail processing machines from postal facilities. documents outline removing 700 machines. while a spokes certain describes this as a cost saving measure, they warn that something like this before the election could cause delays. in a statement the postal service saying, quote, it routinely moves equipment around. >> i don't understand why they were taken out. i heard someone report that they might have been taken out to use for spare parts makes little sense to me. >> reporter: new revelations that people use first class mail

to make sure they're prioritized. the influx causing some states financially unstable to balance being after the cost. now democrats are asking for a new usps inspector general investigation. this time to look at louis dujoy's investments. he didn't divest his companies. he holds stock in amazon. he has followed all of the ethics requirements. just to recap here, we have a president who is now openly undermining the system. you have not only democratic and republican lawmakers raising concern, but also postal workers. state officials all sounding the

alarm. we are three months out. we have to be clear, this is the integrity of the election. right now it remains unclear whether or not this is going to change ahead of november. kristin holmes, cnn, washington. the coronavirus pandemic has already hit european tourism hard. now with new cases surging across europe, there are new restrictions on movement and travel so we'll have more on that coming up after the break. stay with us. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office

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french authorities have just announced paris marseilles as active zones. many european countries are scam perg to head off a second wave. >> reporter: as the summer heats

up in spain, so has the coronavirus pandemic. daily new infections the highest they've been in months. some of the worst in madrid where they're building a brand-new field hospital to deal with the surge from patients. >> the situation is under control. outbreaks are the new normal. the important thing is to manage them in a responsible manner to prevent them from becoming a crisis. >> reporter: spain has had the most confirmed cases in europe that once had the strictest lockdowns. as restrictions eased, the cases spiked. >> because we do not take care, take precautions. >> reporter: it's a similar trend where overall cases are rising. >> call it a second wave, call it a second spike, call it a flairup, call it anything you like. take the pressure off the virus, the virus will bounce back.

>> reporter: italy once the e epicenter is saying they need to be tested for the virus. greece just registered the highest daily increase ever. france is seeing the sharpest rise since its lockdown ended and even requiring masks outdoors. >> translator: patients diagnosed with covid-19 now are younger, 20 to 40 and less fragile. because older people continue to protect themselves. >> reporter: so far the number of deaths in europe is holding steady. experts warn more deaths will fall in new measures aren't taken soon. scott mcclain, cnn, london. new zealand is struggling. there are 12 new cases. they are expanding restrictions

in aukland. celina, a dozen new days not a lot but new zee land is using their version of shock and awe to contain this. >> reporter: shock and awe is one way of putting it, kim. they're saying going hard and going early. she's been praised for that approach. back in march new zealand put in place one of the harshest lockdowns and it did work. up until this week they were back to normal. they had a 102 day streak of no new infections. in aukland 1.7 million residents have to stay at home except for essential trips.

the rest has increased social distancing measures. a total of 30 cases have been recorded since tuesday. two of the cases are a preschooler and school official. they say they are investigating a variety of theories, one of which include a low possibility that it could have come from imported frozen food packaging. we know it can survive in refrigerated environments. china has projected it on frozen seafood packaging. they made it clear very are pursuing an all out strategy. she said lifting restrictions now would be the worst thing for aukland and the new zealand economy because it could lead to a potential resurgence and

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the u.s. market is showing signs it's recovering but it has a long, long way to go. it fell to 1 million in march. a total of 963,000 claims were filed a drop of a quarter of a million from the week before. ongoing claims there are 15 million of those. let's discuss this with cnn's alaini jokos. more than 960,000 new claims. that's good news, sort of? >> this is a numbers heavy answer. yes, first time we've seen a dip below 1 million. initial claims came through at

around 600,000. again, 963,000 level for one week is still staggering. it shows the pain that is experienced in households in the united states. importantly imagine losing your job and the people impacted by the fact that you have enhanced benefits that have expired and other benefits expired at the end of july. it's a downward trajectory. you have 15.5 million people and there are 28 million people applying for some kind of benefit. the backdrop you have stimulus talks that have completely collapsed. these are very big issues for vulnerable americans and why you see the improvement in the overall number. it isn't close enough to a true recovery. it's pointing to some kind of

reli relief. you have covid-19 cases pulling back. economic activity is not where it should be. on a week-by-week basis we take a very close look at these figures. if we can see a continuous decline in the numbers and picking up here, that would be an encouraging sign. the overall unemployment rate is at 10%. we've got the complete listing from what we're seeing happen on wall street. markets are sitting very close to record highs. there's so much uncertainty here. >> those numbers, it shows the scale of the problem that those numbers we're seeing are encouraging. thank you so much. appreciate it. and thank you for spending your time with me here on "cnn newsroom."

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bottom line is, i'm not pleased with how things are going. >> dr. anthony fauci worried about more coronavirus surges and warning about reopening too soon. the president and the first lady are requesting mail-in ballots even as trump continues his attacks on mail-in voting. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> good morning. so great to see you. it is friday, august 14th. 5 a.m. in new york.