presidential bomb shell. he is taking hydroxychloroquine and the drug has shown no benefits of fighting covid-19. and hope this morning that covid-19 vaccine is showing signs. >> and more and more opening

retoreopen to large crowds >> and many wondering if they'll be able to send their kids to summer camp in the next few weeks. "early today" starts right now >> thanks for being with us. i'm phillip mena >> there is hope on the horizon for a vaccine. there are more than 91,000 people that have lost their lives to this virus in the united states and over 1.5 million infections have been confirmed. >> orr gone statewide social distancing restrictions are in jeopardy of being thrown out the governor's executive orders are null and void. the justices review the ruling casinos are up and running with restrictions.

players are having their temperatures c tv. tennessee governo-- it could bee before fans are invited back to the stadiums and fans are invited to a pro bull rider's competition july 109. they'll provide masks and seat will be spaced at least four feet apart >> drug manufacture says the immune response. it's been tested on 45 people who tested eventually it will be tested on

thousands. now to a bomb shell drop by president trump revealing that h's taking hydroxychloroquine, it has limited evidence to support whether it could prevent coronavirus infections and dangerous side effects tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. >> yeah. side effects like serious heart effects in some. some found it to be ineffective. the potential benefit outweighed the risk >> i got a lot of tremendously positive news and you know the expression i've used what do si have to use? >> at some point i take a pell i

have day at some point i'll stop. i'll have the vaccine or the cure either way. >> democrats, chuck schumer says it's reckless for the president to take this drug. he also heard from nancy pelosi. >> as far as the president is concerned the -- our president around i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientist especially in his weight group and i think it's not a good idea >> now, the fda has approved the drug for malaria and it can be used off label for

other things but the fda has warned against using it against covid-19 except for the sick ers rest mashts in the hospital. >> president trump is facing new fallout over the inspector general being fired. mike pompeo had an aide return personal errands for him >> the president has fired an independent watchdog he fired the watchdog who helped launch impeachment he was investigating whether mike pompeo ordered dry cleaning and walk the dog

he was alsg congress to sell billions to saudi arabia >> thank you well, most schools are closed or doing online teaching due to coronavirus, some schools are plotting their students' return according to campus community letter the fall semester will begin on august 150th. it will forego a fall break and it will also conduct covid-19 testing and other safety measures throughout the semester >> americans are slowly venturing out to stores and restaurants but in some places there's alarm over the size of crowds we turn to sam brock in miami beach. >> good morning.

here in miami beach it's been a staged reopening a little bit by built bringing the economy safely as they try to do so in e prosecutor privileges coming online >> i think it's good for the mental health for everyone to go to the beach >> as every state partially reopened but gyms remain closed as protesters demand the state with the band >> while in texas, offices and gyms are back online in 20% capacity michigan reopening auto plants as california's governor plans for sports >> the sports in the first week or so of june without spectators can also begin to move forward as we hold these trend lines >> in florida, a full on

flouting of social distancing. this block party teaming with 3,000 people it's a saft launch on stores this week and restaurants next >> buzz access to the beaches are still jaufz limioff limits no reopen in sight >> across the country many restaurants and businesses remain shuttered this oregon woman opened her hair salon early facing a fine >> i'm trying to work. >> hundreds of churches also opening their doors. >> let's go to church today. >> but church has been the sight of recent outbreaks. one infected parishioner exposed 180 people >> i didn't feel like the decision we made was irresponsible and i can tell you

i still don't. >> as america try to get back on track. >> at this point every single state in the country has now reopened part of its economy with the lone exception of connecticut but that stay at home order expires on wednesday. back to you. >> thank you the bram game continued in the global war against coronavirus. the world shelt organization says it's launching an investigation into the pandemic. it comes as it does not single any country on the birthplace. we turn to chapman bell live in london for us. good morning, chapman. >> good morning. yeah, today will be day two of the world healthl gathering of the world health organization for their annual meeting and we're expecting tensions to

continue to rise on this day a letter aggressed to the w.h.o. director general, president trump criticizing the organization accusing it of an alarming lack of independence from china and giving the w.h.o. 30 days to commit to ovprents before he commits to what the united states will do and make the u.s. freeze on funding permanent. addressing the w.h.o. pledging an additional $2 billion to aid countries hit badly by the pandemic this of course as we have seen this draft resolution. so far backed by 122 countries, calling for an impartial independent and a comprehensive evaluation for the world's response to covid-19 so we will expect to see a lot of focus

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