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, unity, love, justice, hope and peace. if only art imitated life. as tributes pour in for justice ruth bader ginsburg. and a message outside the white house that's hard to ignore as the u.s. inches closer to a horrifying number. but halfway around the world, in australia, some good news for that country's coronavirus hot spot. we'll take a look.

and thanks for being with us. well, the u.s. is still mourning the passing of justice ruth bader ginsburg, an icon of the u.s. supreme court. and we begin with a somber sight, a black crepe on the seat ginsburg occupied for nearly three decades, but u.s. president donald trump is already scrambling to fill that seat with less than two months to go until the presidential election. his campaign is even telling t-shirts calling for just that. mr. trump says he plans to pick a woman for the job, possibly this week, if he's able to push through another lifetime appointee. it will cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the supreme court. and that will affect millions of lives for decades to come.

u.s. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is asking republicans to think before they vote. >> don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances president trump and senator mcconnell have created. don't go there. uphold your constitutional duty. your conscience. let the people speak. cool the flames that have been engulfing our country. we can't keep rewriting history. >> meanwhile, senate democrats are gearing up for a fight, signaling they are willing to consider all options should republicans begin the process of filling ginsburg's seat this week. here's what senator chuck schumer had to say. >> if the president's pick is approved and biden wins the election, should we add more

supreme court justices? >> well, it will be a decision that come to the senate. we first have to win the majority before that can happen, but once we win the majority, god willing, everything is on the table. >> and a new poll from reuters/ipsos finds 62% of americans think the winner of november's presidential election should appoint ginsburg's replacement. cnn's manu raju has more now on the looming fight. >> reporter: president donald trump is moving quickly to name his supreme court nominee to fill the seat of the late ruth bader ginsburg. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: according to sources familiar with the process, three female appeals court judges appear to be among the front-runners. amy coney barrett, barbara legoa and allison jones rushing. but he has little margin for err tore get his nomination confirmed to the bench before the november election. trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell can only afford to lose the support of three

republican senators in order to get 51 votes in order to get a nominee confirmed. already two republicans have said the nomination should wait until after the elections. the latest, lisa murkowski of alaska, the lone republican to vote against brett kavanaugh's nomination to the court in 2018. on sunday, murkowski said, i did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of justice scalia. we are now even closer to the 2020 election, less than two months out, and i believe the same standard must apply. but murkowski would not comment on sunday about whether she would oppose trump's nominee in a lame duck session of congress, which will occur after the november elections and conclude in january. similarly, senator susan collins of maine, fighting to keep her seat, has said the vote should wait until after the election, but her office has not responded to cnn's questions about whether she would vote against a trump nominee in a lame duck session if former vice president joe biden wins in november. the battle over the nomination comes amid a furious fight for control over the senate in november.

and it has put some republicans like cory gardner of colorado in a difficult spot as he campaigns to keep his seat. in 2016 when republicans refused to move on barack obama's nomination of merrick garland to the court, they argued it was too close to the election. gardner said at the time that the american people deserved a role in this process. but on saturday gardner refused to say if he would stick to that same position now that there's a republican president and just 44 days before the election. >> there is a time for debate. there is a time for politics. the time for now is to pray for the family. >> reporter: several veteran republican senators, including chuck grassley of iowa, have also declined a say whether they think the nomination should wait. and the party's 2012 nominee, senator mitt romney, so far has yet declined to comment. several republicans in difficult races are aligning with trump. >> i voted for several hundred conservative judges, including two on the supreme court and another one on the way. >> reporter: tillis sung a different tune four years ago. >> if we're going to let the american people speak. >> reporter: republicans say

times have changed because they now control both the white house and the senate, unlike 2016. >> it's a question of checks and balances. >> reporter: but four years ago, cruz said this -- >> this is for the people to decide. >> reporter: now, donald trump and mitch mcconnell have spoken multiple times through the course of the weekend. and i'm told one person has come up in those conversations, that's appeals court judge amy coney barrett. she's someone that democrats strenuously oppose. conservatives have been trying to get her on the high court for years. she's someone mitch mcconnell said republicans know well, they'd be comfortable with her nomination, and donald trump is seriously considering her, putting her forward. also, we expect this to move pretty quickly. once the nomination comes, as early as this week, republicans will try to see whether or not they have the votes to move ahead. if they don't, they're going to punt it until later, but expect this fight to just intensify on monday when senators get back into town and start to process the monumental developments. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill.

and cnn legal analyst areva martin is in los angeles. she joins me now. good to see you. thanks for talking with us. >> hi, rosemary. >> so as the country mourns the loss of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, politics is driving the scramble to replace her, ignoring and disrespecting rbg's dying wish to have the next president of this country decide who replaces her. so, instead, we see president trump forging ahead, but there is resistance coming from senators collins and murkowski. how likely is it that two other republican senators will stand with them and stop this vote until after the election? >> well, you're right, rosemary, the country is mourning the death of ruth bader ginsburg, and me too, as any lawyer would be because she paved the way for all of us to, you know, be in the legal profession today. and, unfortunately, the republicans are not honoring her legacy or her dying wish, which

it was to have her replacement appointed by the next president of the united states. i have absolutely no faith that the two republicans that have come forward or that there would be two others that would come forward -- we've seen this play out before. we saw it with brett kavanaugh. several senators then signalled that they would be voting against brett kavanaugh for the supreme court, but yet they changed their votes, you know, when the time actually came. so i don't think that democrats can depend upon the republicans doing the right thing. it's very clear that they're not gonna put the people over their own political agenda, and they pretty much made that very clear, given the statements that have been issued to date. >> so if they can't rely on the republicans, what are the options available to democrats going forward? >> well, i think chuck schumer put it best when he said all options are on the table. if the democrats are successful in winning back the senate come this november, i think you will

see them considering packing the court. which is the equivalent of extending the number of justices on the court. there is no constitutional mandate that the supreme court only have nine justices. and we've started to hear many senators and many others in the democratic party talk about expanding the court. not only to perhaps 11, but maybe even as many as 15 jurists. we've also heard talk about eliminating the filibuster and even giving statehood to washington, d.c. and potential puerto rico, which would give democrats an opportunity to pick up some additional democratic senators. so i don't think anything is off the table as the republicans have made it clear that they're going to move forward despite how they prevented president obama from even having a hearing on merrick garland back in 2016 when we were some 237 days away from an election. and now we're, like, 44 days away and we see the republicans

plowing full speed ahead. >> yeah, it's interesting, the different resumes there, right? rules there, right? so what would be the consequences of president trump stacking the supreme court with conservative justices? when it comes to health care issues and women's rights. >> yeah, rosemary, all of those issues are on the table. women's rights, abortion, voting rights, civil rights, equal pay, immigration rights, so many of the issues that impact all americans are on the table. and we know that three women that are under consideration, or at least that are being reported as being under consideration, are very conservative and we would likely see an overturning of key court decisions like roe versus wade. amy barrett, one of the women on top of trump's list, was actually vetted during the kavanaugh hearing. so we know her position. we know she is firmly against the roe v. wade decision and has

even said that her commitment wouldn't necessarily be to precedent, it would be to what she would consider aligning herself with the constitution. so jurists -- or potential jurists like amy barrett would be devastating to individuals who believe in choice and others who believe in the rule of law. >> and just very quickly. republican senator ted cruz argues there may be a contested election, and so he says that is why they need to move rapidly to fill ginsburg's seat. how does that argument hold, considering that is the opposite of what republicans said back in 2016? >> that is a completely bogus argument, rosemary. the court often makes decisions with just eight jurists deciding. if a judge has to recuse themselves, if someone is out sick, if someone is otherwise unavailable, what happens in our judicial system is that the lower court's decision is the prevailing decision. and that's happened in many instances. so the argument that there has

to be nine jurists, you know, seated on the court in case of a, you know, a contested election is a completely false narrative that's being put forth by ted cruz and is completely opposite to what he said and hisle if owe republicans said back in 2016. >> yeah. and what we saw in 2016 play out, of course. areva martin, thank you very much. always appreciate your legal analysis. >> thank you. well, former president bill clinton is calling out president trump and senate republicans for pushing to fill the supreme court vacancy right before a presidential election. just take a listen. >> of course it's superficially hypocritical, isn't it? i mean, mitch mcconnell wouldn't give president obama's nominee, merrick garland, a hearing ten months before the presidential election. and that meant that we went a long time with eight judges on

the court. this is what they do. i think, you know, both for the senator mcconnell and president trump, their first value is power and they're trying to channel the court with as many ideological judges as they can. >> and clinton nominated justice ginsburg to the court back in 1993. he says 40 candidates were considered. then narrowed down to five. but says a ten-minute conversation with ginsburg convinced him that she was the one he should appoint. well, meantime, ginsburg is being honored all around the country. including in washington where two artists have painted this mural in her honor. it took them just 24 hours to get this up. and it is one of several murals they have around the city. one of the artists told cnn the purpose of it was to uplift our community during these unpredictable times. well, the u.s. is fast

approaching a somber new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. nearly 200,000 lives lost to covid-19. and the cdc is supportiupdating guidelines. we will have those details for you on the other side of the break. do stay with us. save up to $1,000 on the new sleep number 360 smart bed and adjustable base. plus, 0% interest for 48 months. ends monday.

well, democrats protested outside the white house sunday as the u.s. approached 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. they lit up a display that says, quote, "trump lied, 200,000 died." earlier in the day, the bells of the national cathedral rang out for those killed by the virus. [ bells tolling ] 200 chimes for the nearly 200,000 people in the u.s. lost to covid-19. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is updating its website, acknowledging covid-19 can commonly spread through particles in the air.

the agency's new online guidance says those aerosols are produced when a person talks, sings, coughs, sneezes or even just breathes. and it's believed the particles can hang in the air and be breathed in by others. now, this new update reinforces why masks are so crucial. a u.s. health official is standing by his prediction that a vaccine probably won't be widely available until 2021. but he's also defending president trump's assertion that some doses could be ready by the end of this year. >> from my perspective, even a few million doses early in november or december, if we have 5% or 10% of the population that we can vaccinate, we can get 80% or 90% of the benefit. for example, if we could vaccinate workers in nursing homes, we could protect the elderly and the vulnerable from

disease, that would make an enormous impact on mortality. >> meanwhile, in the uk, officials say they will impose fines starting at about $1,300 u.s. on anyone who does not self-isolate after testing positive or being in close contact with someone who has. cnn's scott mclean is in london for us. he joins us now. so, scott, talk to us about this. and we also learned that britain is at a covid tipping point. now considering another national lockdown. what's the latest on that? >> that's right, rosemary. so over the weekend, the uk had its highest number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases since may, and the health secretary says the country's at a tipping point. essentially things can get better as they have in belgium, where new rules have helped stem the tide of the coronavirus. or things can get worse, as they have in france and spain where a massive number of daily cases are starting to also translate

into rising deaths and hospitalizations. so the uk last week, a week ago today, actually, instituted new rules on social gatherings, the so-called rule of six, and in some parts of the country it effectively banned almost all in-person socializing with people outside of your own household. the health secretary says, look, the public needs to follow the rules, or else. listen. >> if everybody follows the rules, everybody follows the rules, and we'll be increasingly stringent on the people who are not following the rules. if everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdowns. but we, of course, have to be prepared to take action if that's what's necessary. >> so the health secretary there not ruling out the possibility of a second national lockdown, though that's obviously not his preference. he's also promising to get tougher on enforcement of the

rules, particularly quarantine. so quarantining will no longer be a suggestion but a legal requirement for some people. right now enforcement is pretty lax if there is enforcement at all for many people. in fact, one study from the summer showed that only 20% of the people who were legally required to quarantine were actually doing so, and perhaps not surprisingly, poorer people were quarantining at even lower rates. so the government is offering cash incentives for people to be able to quarantine financially. and it's also impose fines on people who can't. and those fine could also extend to people like employers who maybe are threatening to fire if there is good news here, though, rosemary, it's that things are still a far cry from where they were at the worst of the first way. for instance, hospitalizations have gone up 50% since their low point about ten days ago, but they are 18 times lower than they were at the peak back in april. >> take any good news there, right?

scott mclean, many thanks. appreciate it. all right. so let's bring in keith neil. he is professor amerituss of epidemiology of infectious diseases at the university of nottingham. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> so what is going on in britain when fines need to be imposed on people who test. they go to the trouble of testing positive for covid-19, but fail to self-isolate. and does this make a second lockdown more likely and more necessary? >> i think if people don't -- people who are known to be infectious don't isolate appropriately then we are really in a serious difficulty. the contacts of those people named as contacts is a little bit easier to explain, understand why they don't actually self-isolate because they probably don't think it's necessary. but certainly one of these spikes in the northwest, according to the local mayor, was due to someone who was meant to be isolating having returned from a foreign holiday and went on a pub crawl. >> that is very unfortunate.

so talk to us about why parts of northeastern england are being hit so hard with a second wave of cases. and how likely is it that this will spread beyond that area? >> this will -- the northeast has sort of gone into its localized restrictions slightly after the northwest, and there are probably different reasons in different parts of the country. and it is not really one big outbreak but a series of lots of little ones. we're beginning to see that in some places it's families meeting up inside, which is probably driving large numbers of the cases. where it's impossible to socially distance within a household. unless your house is incredibly large and there's very few people. so if one households meets up with other households, they go back to spread it. if you've got two or three households, that just makes it far worse. others have been related to people going out and socializing inappropriately. particularly those who may be incubating the disease or known to have the disease and going on

what we call pub crawls, where you go to visit lots of places. one thing i would do, though i'm not in charge, would be to restrict people to go to only one pub or restaurant a day, rather than four, five or six. because if you go to five -- five, then you're five times more likely to catch it or spread it. >> yeah, it's just not a good idea at all, is it, though? so how much more extensive does covid testing and self-isolating need to be in britain? and are there sufficient numbers of people wearing masks? which, of course, appears that that action appears to be the only significant weapon we all have until a vaccine is approved. >> i think we have another weapon. that's stay away from people and space -- and staying away from somebody. so when i walk out in my village, i don't need to wear a mask outside because i've just walked to the paper shop before coming and appearing on your program and i passed only one person very fleetingly. it's very different from a

crowded pavement in a city. if there are such things still. i think mask-wearing is beginning to show that it possibly protects the user as well, possibly by using your risk of getting febted. infected. and some people have actually suggested it will actually cause a milder -- result in a milder infection, which is, in fact, good news, because then you get immunized. >> so, yeah, it is like getting immunized, isn't it? because it actually gives your body that exposure to it, but not at the level that could actually otherwise put you in your bed. we've seen considerable pushback on masks here in the united states. but you're also seeing anger about that in britain. what is the main beef with masks in uk? >> i really don't understand it because it's not a difficult thing to do, particularly if you're inside shops. to actually simply wear a mask for the time that you're in there. i think people seem to sometimes adopt masks as a social exercise rather than just particularly

for food shopping, in and out as quickly as possible. i really don't understand why given the lack of the problems and the other control measures we might have to put in place simply wearing a mask shouldn't interfere with your life that much. >> yeah, you and me both agree on that point. we can't figure it out. keith neil, thank you so much for joining us. do appreciate it. >> thank you. and coming up, many in in madrid furious over new virus restrictions. why protesters say the measures discriminate against the poor. we'll take a look at that. back in a moment. tter? unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory... focus... accuracy... learning and concentration. try it today with our money-back guarantee! well, democrats have raised the prospect of expanding the supreme court if a trump nominee is approved. listen to what the senate's top

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the battle over replacing the late u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will get under way in the coming hours when senators return to capitol hill. president trump has said he will name his nominee this week. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is calling for republicans to hold off on considering a replacement until after the election. meanwhile, there is much speculation over who the u.s. president might nominate. as he said, it will be a woman. cnn white house correspondent john harwood tells about the possible picks. >> some conservative advisers thought it would be to president trump's political advantage to delay a supreme court nomination, to keep conservative voters hungry for the fall election, to dampen enthusiasm among democrats by not having a specific name out there. but that kind of restraint is not in president trump's repertoire. so he's indicated over the weekend he's going to provide the nominee very rapidly, as

soon as this week, and that it will be a woman. some of the leading possibilities include appeals court judge amy coney barrett. she was a runner-up to brett kavanaugh for the last supreme court choice. she's a conservative catholic. that's an important constituency for republicans. longtime professor at the university of notre dame law school. also barbara legoa. she's an appeals court judge from florida. cuban american. cuban americans are a very important constituency for president trump, specifically in the state of florida. joan larson of michigan. she is also an appeals court judge. michigan, of course, is one of the battleground states in the election. and finally, allison jones rushing. she is from north carolina. she's a district court judge operating out of richmond. and she's somebody who is a member of the federalist society with a stamp of approval from conservative jurists in the country. also very young, under 40 years old. she could serve for decades on the court. the question, of course, is going to be, who can mitch mcconnell get through the

republican senate and when? that's not something the president controls directly. he does control the timing of the nomination. we expect to get that very soon. john harwood, cnn, the white house. well, president trump repeatedly boasted to journalist bob woodward about the number of judges he's appointed. the interviews for the book "rage" provides insight into mr. trump's thinking as he prepares to push through a potential third supreme court nominee. cnn's cnn has obtained new audio from these interviews. >> i just signed my 187th federal judge. it's a record. 187 judges in less than three years, bob. and two supreme court judges. never been done before. the only one that has a better percentage is george washington because he appointed 100%, but my percentage is, you know, like, ridiculous. our numbers -- when i get out, i'll probably have more than 50%

of the federal judges in the country appointed under trump. >> and lindsey graham has said that there were a couple of those judges that he, himself, didn't care for and rejected them. are you aware of that? >> yeah. and other senators, too. when they don't like them, i don't put them in. you know, i don't want them. >> does he have kind of -- because, you know, that's his committee and they -- >> yeah, no, lindsey and other people don't like them, i don't put them in. you know why? why do we want a broken system? sometimes they art conservative or they don't believe, they came out with a couple of bad decisions on something. >> it's interesting. lindsey graham is worried that the judiciary is going to become too partisan. do you agree with that? do you worry -- >> well, it depends. yeah, it's very partisan right now. basically. it's always a party vote, you know? i mean, look, the whole country right now is a partisan vote. >> woodward told cnn's anderson

cooper that president trump's main objective is winning. and the battle over the supreme court seat helps his chances come november. >> what -- what's interesting in these conversations with him about judges and the supreme court, he clearly is engaged. he realizes or believes it may be a winning issue for him. and instead of talking about the virus, now we're talking about the supreme court nominee. >> and tributes keep pouring in for ruth bader ginsburg, whose life clearly had a profound impact on so many. journalist dan rather says he first met her back in the '90s and says she will be remembered as a legal legend, but has become much, much more than that. >> this petite powerhouse was a pioneer in evolution's small and

physical stature, she was an absolute giant, not only in her profession, but in citizenship in general. she was a hero, which is an overwo overve overused the vernacular hoppe. >> we are seeing touching scenes outside the supreme court, including this couple who left a photograph of justice ginsburg officiating their wedding in 2013. two years before the supreme court cleared the way for gay marriages across the u.s. and her legacy has had an impact on people of every age. these young girls were captured writing messages of gratitude in chalk. well, protesters in masks face off against police in masks.

this was the scene sunday ahead of a new partial lockdown in some of the poorest neighborhoods in madrid, spain. some 850,000 people are under new quarantine restrictions. no one is allowed in or out of parts of the city. unless it's for work, school or a doctor's visit. residents say the restrictions unfairly target them instead of wealthier areas. >> translator: the measures taken by madrid's regional leader are unfair. it doesn't make sense that you can go to work in a rich neighborhood but you can't go shopping. if you are infected, you can infect at work or get infected at work. it is utterly unfair and discriminatory. >> the government says it had to take action because infection rates there are around five times the national average. so let's talk more about spain and the rest of europe's covid spike. joining me now from paris is

cnn's melinssa bell. good to see you, melissa. so talk to us about this very troubling situation in spain and what is driving the spike in cases across france and other parts of europe? >> well, look, back in august and early september, clearly the rises of numbers of new cases in spain, france, italy were clearly the result of people heading off on holiday, enjoying their new freedoms as these countries emerged from lockdown and heading across what were by then open european borders. we're seeing people getting back to work and back to school are the big urban cities across europe being affected, austria, vienna affected. here in france as well. the greater paris region. over the course of the last three weeks, rosemary, we've seen an 89% rise in the number of admissions to icus. it is that combined effect of a concentration of cases in a big urban center as people get back to work and school where there is a great deal of affluence in

these cities. combined with a strain on these localized health services that is leading to countries like spain announcing thee sorts of lockdowns. what is new here it is a partial lockdown announced to a city rather than an entire country. we've seen israel over the course of the last couple of weeks announce a second louksd. the united kingdom has refused to rule one out. by and large european countries are looking for an alternative simply because the weight was too great. in france powers hanned down de local authorities. and in the spanish city, locked down because of localized cases but fresh problems getting one part of the city to another. governments really trying to do all they can to avoid second general lounges but a whole host of problems presenting themselves, rosemary. >> of course everyone trying to figure out how to deal with this.

melissa bell joining us live from paris. many thanks. well, some good news for australia in the fight against the coronavirus. the state of victoria is reporting its lowest number of new infections in over three months. on sunday the region only recorded 11 new cases. that is the lowest daily increase in victoria since june 14th. in the coming days, victoria's largest city, melbourne, will begin easing restrictions by dropping the nighttime curfew if cases remain below a two-week average of 50 per day. for more on these latest developments, let's bring in angus watson joining us live from sydney, australia. good to see you, angus. very good news for australia and done with a lot of hard work. what is their key to success in fighting this virus? >> rosemary, it's about willingness to go into lockdown and willingness to abide by the lockdown restrictions once people are in them. daniel andrews' government was very quick to go ahead and place

melbourne, metro melbourne in particular, on these very strict lockdown measures to get ahead of the virus before it really ballooned and got worse and worse. so it was just a month ago when victoria had a day with over 700 cases. now just 11 today, as you mentioned. so it's good to be here giving some good news about victoria, but they've certainly done it tough. it's been tough for the people in victoria and it's been tough for the government. this has cost billions to the economy. and as we know, australia's gdp has dipped 7% in q2, forcing the country into recession for the first time in 29 years, rosemary. so it's not without its cost, but it has worked, and the tough border restrictions between victoria and the rest of australia have really kept the virus locked in -- in victoria state. not allowing it into the rest of the country, rosemary. so where i am in sydney, we had just four new cases today, and some states like the northern territory in south australia,

for example, have zero active cases at the moment, rosemary. >> yeah. a lot of that, of course, the isolation of the northern territory, but it has been the wise approach in australia, hasn't it? and what about the fact that australia and so many other countries have learned you can't let your guard down. so have people been told wear your masks when you go out in public to make sure they can sort of keep a handle on this? >> absolutely. so it's not compulsory to wear masks where i am here in sydney, rosemary, but it is compulsory to wear them when people are allowed to go out of their houses for some very few reasons in victoria. so people have been very good about that. on the streets of melbourne, you see people wearing their masks very diligently. and people -- so people have been willing to stick by it, rosemary, and i think that's really what it comes down to. so where other countries in the world you have this virus spiraling out of control, we see in victoria that the lockdown has worked, rosemary.

>> absolutely. lockdown works. the mask-wearing works. hopefully everyone will learn from australia and new zealand's lead. because both countries have done an incredible job with this. angus watson, thank you so much. joining us live from sydney, australia. appreciate it. well, the u.s. says it's reimposing sanctions on iran. coming up on "cnn newsroom," we will find out how iran is responding to those threats in a live report just ahead. gillette proglide and proglide gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face.

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a record low against the u.s. dollar on sunday. for more on this, let's turn to cnn's markets analyst john defterios. good to see you, john. most u.n. security council members oppose the push for wider iran sanctions. >> i tell you, the language is getting more bellicose by the day with all the responses we've seen. these are called the snapback provisions here, but the replay from many in the security council have been exist, and even more strict when it comes to the signatories to the deal. let's start there with britain, france and germany, who are part of the p5 plus-1. 13 of the 15 u.n. security council members have gone against the motions here by the u.s. secretary of state. this gave confidence to the president hassan rouhani of iran to say that the u.s. is isolated and even saying it's perhaps

politically motivated just 40 days before the u.s. election. now, the u.s. position is because iran is enriching uranium after the iaea inspections at a higher level, they can as an original signatory to the deal call for these sanctions to go back in place. i think it's also worth noting joe biden has said he would rejoin that agreement of 2015 with much stricter compliance by iran. doesn't want to be seen as weak. but you can see the narrative here and the tensions because of the election cycle that we're in right now, rosemary. >> yeah, absolutely. so, john, in essence then, is this a hollow threat by the u.s. or does it have other means to punish other u.n. members? >> well, iran's saying it's a hollow threat. i'm glad you flagged that. but the u.s. is not shy in using unilateral sanctions. ask huawei and the other chinese companies like wechat, for example. they did so on russia with the pipeline going into germany hitting third parties. so secretary of state mike

pompeo is asking the europeans to toe the line while his counterpart, mohammad zarif saying he hasn't read the agreement. on sunday the u.s. put out a statement saying that it will use u.s. domestic authorities, that's a tilt towards u.s. treasury department, u.s. commerce department, to hit perhaps european companies that have been supporting iran with the sanctions relief. this u.s. sanctions that have been in place for the last three years, rosemary, 16% unemployment, gdp dropping nearly 20%. you talked about -- oil output is down nearly half. extremely painful on the iranian people and now the u.s. is making an effort to widen it. >> all right. we'll keep an eye on this. cnn emerging markets editor john defterios, always many thanks. well, a former trump administration official says the

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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 fight over the u.s. supreme court. president trump says he will unveil his nominee this week and another republican is breaking ranks. the u.s. approaches a covid-19 milestone as we hear new guidance on how easy the