and a very good sunday to you. thanks for stopping by and spending time with us. it's a very big sunday here at world headquarters in new york city for you. breaking news from the white house. the trump white house breaks from business amid the coronavirus pandemic and cancels some events. we'll tell you why. the president is at his virginia golf course today as records of coronavirus cases are reported across the nation. some of those outbreaks are in political battleground states. florida and nevada, for instance, reporting their highest one-day of coronavirus cases. but that is not stopping one airline from announcing a full return of flights soon.

now these new outbreaks will affect the nation's economy, but the question is how deep. former deputy labor secretary chris lu will tell us. and the outbreak not stopping protests inspired by the black lives matter movement. we'll show you one at a store selling items that glorify the confederacy. some mixed messages today out of the white house on the coronavirus. that's where we're going to start. president trump continues to downplay the threat but vice president pence is changing up his travel plans after the sharp rise in cases. josh letterman is at the white house with more. josh, let's start it off with that. what are the plans that have been changed and why? >> well, richard, mike pence had plans to visit florida and arizona this week to hold campaign events. in addition to official events related to responding to the coronavirus. we learned today that mike pence is postponing those campaign events. he will no longer hold those faith-oriented campaign events in either arizona or florida. he will still go to both states

and meet with the governors there to discuss with local officials the coronavirus response, but sources close to the campaign telling us they understood the optics are not right at the moment for the vice president to be bringing people together, particularly in enclosed spaces for campaign events as both arizona and florida are among the states hardest hit by this resurgence of coronavirus. >> you know, josh, on your reporting on that, what might that mean then for the campaign going forward if the spikes continue as we've been watching just within the last week? >> well, the campaign is certainly eager to get back to having the president and the vice president out there. you know, we're about two months away from the republican national conventions. we're going to have to see whether they're able to start doing that, depending on how the coronavirus plays out in some of those states. but there is some irony here, richard, because the trump administration had wanted to downplay the coronavirus in hopes that getting the economy back in gear sooner would enable

the president to have a better standing heading into the reelection. now they're facing the prospect that by downplaying the pandemic, encouraging reopening so soon, they may have created conditions that are now going to cause these states to have to go backwards. we're seeing these states put their reopening on hold. the president likely to face questions about whether his actions on coronavirus actually contributed to a prolonging of the economic suffering that we're seeing in our country. >> you know one of the headlines we're watching today coming here out of "the new york times" reporting russia and reportedly having bounty upon americans. what's the reporting that they're giving? and what do we know? >> yes, this is a very disturbing story from "the new york times," richard, saying that u.s. intelligence officials have learned that russian military intelligence unit had been offering bounties to taliban-linked militants to kill u.s. and allied troops fighting in afghanistan.

"the times" reporting that this came to the attention of officials earlier in the year, and there was actually a meeting at the white house in march to discuss how to respond to russia, but no action has actual by hy been taken. all day today, the white house was decollining to comment on this citing they don't usually talk about intelligence. but we just got a new statement from kayleigh mcenany saying the u.s. receives thousands of intelligence reports a day and are subject to strict scrutiny, but adding that the president was not briefed on these alleged russian bounty intelligence. they're not disputing whether or not this intelligence exists or whether it was true, but suggesting that the president himself was not briefed on it. that's actually raising more questions than answers at this time. if u.s. officials did have information suggest iing russia was paying militants to kill americans, that would be tantamount to an act of war. there would be questions why

they did not brief the president on that. we just saw a tweet from susan rice, the former national security adviser in the obama administration responding to the white house saying trump wasn't being briefed by saying i don't believe this for a minute. susan rice going on to say if it were true, it means trump is not even pretending to serve as commander in chief, and no one around him has the guts to ask him to. richard? >> what might be next on this, josh? you watch of course all sides of washington, d.c. and the beltway. what might happen out of congress based on this reporting coming out of "the new york times"? >> well, suffice it to say the usual democratic critics telephone president are very outraged about this. but we're also seeing concern from senior republican members of congress as well, including the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee, congressman mccall from texas. he says he is very concerned about these reports if they're true. he has reached out to the white house. he wants to talk to the trump administration about what they're going to do about this if true, calling on the

administration to take swift and divisive action against russia if it turns out that it's true that russia was trying to entice militants to kill americans. >> and finally, it was a busy week in congress, since we are talking about congress. this is how they're moving forward on ideas about reforming police procedures. and that is now up to the senate now, is it not? and what might happen next week? >> unfortunately, there is not a whole lot of optimism at the minute that the senate and the house are going to be able to bridge their significant differences on this issue. the house, controlled by democrats passed a very ambitious bill banning chokeholds, moving on qualified immunity and other issues. the senate bill does not do most of those things. now, of course, it's usual to have differences between the house and senate. usually there is a process. >> right. >> known as reconciliation to try to come up with a compromise. but given the level of acrimony on this and other issues, the lack of partisanship in washington right now, we're hearing from members of congress on both sides of the aisle that

are not optimistic that they're going to be able to get action on this before the election. >> finally, finally my friend, we're looking at some polls coming out this last week looking forward as you're watching, we get back to the white house in the campaign which is where we started our conversation. it's not looking good, at least when you look at michigan, wisconsin, florida, michigan, arizona, according to recent polls. what are they doing to react to this? are they reacting admitting there is challenge ahead? >> very concerning news for the president's campaign. approval ratings putting him in the same territory as folks like george h.w. bush and jimmy carter who did not win reelection. the flip side of this that the campaign will point out, if you look at the same polls from four years ago, it is the case that the polls showed hillary clinton also up against trump by somewhat similar margins to where biden is currently leading against the president. so the consistent message we're hearing publicly from the trump campaign is that they're

confident that just like last time, the polling is wrong. the president is doing much better than us and the media give him credit for. but privately we are hearing from trump campaign officials they know this is a problem. they're not happy with where they're at right now, and that's why they're so eager to move on from the coronavirus story and try to focus on more positive news as we get closer and closer to election day. >> at the white house for us on this saturday, josh letterman. thank you so much, josh. appreciate your reporting there. now for the latest on the coronavirus with the troubling surge in cases across western and u.s. states. places like california, florida, texas, arizona, have all seen record numbers in both daily cases as well as hospitalizations. we're talking about just today amid the rise, a struggle to keep up with the demand for testing. in arizona, hospital official there's say they are overwhelmed with the number of requests for tests, and they just, quote, don't have enough of it. nbc's vaughn hilliard is in scottsdale, arizona with the very latest.

jua you know, vaughn, the states setting records even on this saturday. we're not done with the day yet here. that of course is affecting a lot of the infrastructures across the country. how is it there in arizona? >> you know, i think the part that we all need to note as part of this is this conversation has been taking place in arizona, richard, since early may. it was back on may 4th when the governor here, doug ducey announced that retail and restaurants would begin to reopen and that he would intend to allow the state's stay-at-home order on may 15th to expire. at that point, we were already talking about record numbers of deaths and cases. and ever since there, we've seen that number steadily rise. over the last two weeks, you've seen the numbers spike. that's what leads us to today. the arizona department of health services announced a record more than 3500 new cases today. 44 arizonans have now pass. but there are records. record number of

hospitalizations, record number of ventilators in use, record number of icu beds being used. this has led us to this moment here in arizona where there are serious question marks about where do we go from here. across the state i see bed capacity, richard, is about 87%. but you are already seeing at hospitals that have met their icu capacity, and they've had to use what the state has set up and call the surge line, essentially moving patients to different hospital facilities where there is capacity that is where the serious questions are in place. what do these next two weeks logistic like. >> vaughn, as you look at the data that's coming out right now, the reporting is close to 50% of these cases that we're talking about are what is being called young people, in that age group, whatever that might be. and how would you fill that out? why and where are we seeing these concentrations of these young people that are being reported on terms of the spikes? >> richard, arizona is open for business.

restaurants and retail are all still open. the water park is open. everything is essentially open. and so that is where -- what people are hearing from the governor's office is that livelihoods are at stake, go out, be smart and be safe. at the same time, ever since may 15th when the state's stay-at-home order expired, you have seen the streets busy. the freeways are busy. retail, restaurants are busy. some of these restaurants can try to socially distant. at the same time, they're also trying to bring in customer, and there is frankly, a demand. that is why you're seeing 50% of the numbers are 20-year-olds to 44-year-olds. they're continuing to be out and about. i have been here in arizona throughout the course of this covid pandemic hitting the state. and essentially, this feels like any normal june day around here. the governor tried, plead with the people of arizona on thursday to be safe, wear masks, to stay at home. but i think we're past that point. look at tuesday.

earlier this week. the governor was at a rally with more than 3,000 people. hardly anybody wearing masks there was no social distancing. and that is why you see a crisis here in the state, particularly when it comes to testing. you can't just pull up into a parking lot and get tested here in the state, richard, if you want. this is arizona state fairgrounds. they do about a thousand a day. but that's it. we're in the dead heart of the afternoon. i want to introduce, if i could to darryl brant. he is one individual i met this morning who was making an effort, but struggling from cvs to walgreens to wherever he could to get a test. tick a listen to darryl. >> have i asthma, and i have diabetes. so they're looking at the things that cause the potential to be a really bad scenario versus oh, it's similar to a cold and you're going to be okay. i'm scared to death that this could be the end of it. >> darryl was not able to get a test today. like so many others in this very parking lot earlier today, ma

martic martica, i met her in the parking lot. she said it's like a treasure hunt. trying to get a grasp of how far and widespread it is in the state, it's very hard. there is hardly contact tracing. even with the record number of case, there are still hundreds, thousands more that want tests that are struggling to gain tests in a timely manner to them. >> vaughn, you're talking putting procedures in place that would hopefully reduce the number of new cases. california seemed to be a fast-moving state right next to arizona, something that's been brought up throughout this week. why didn't it work in california? >> i think those are the conversations that are going forward. i can tell you here from arizona, the state is opened up, and those number only grew exponentially. so i think that that is what california is trying to figure out here. here in the state of arizona, there is already evidence that the numbers were going up. and when the state did reopen that. >> began to skyrocket. >> awesome. vaughn hilliard in scottsdale, arizona, covering a lot of

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following weeks of mounting pressure, mississippi lawmakers have taken the first step towards changing the mississippi state flag, the last still in the country to include the confederate battle flag. just a short time ago the chamber voted 85-35 to suspend the rules. the house can now take a separate vote on a flag bill with only a simple majority needed to pass it and send to it the governor. republican governor tate reeve saying earlier this morning he would sign a bill to change the flag if the legislature passes one. it was not immediately clear when the state senate would act

on that. now for the third straight weekend, black lives matter protesters and counterprotesters have gathered outside a store in branson, missouri. they sylvester se they sell confederate flag and other items. they promise on a website customers are sure to find your southern spirit when you walk inside our store. the owners of the business have ties to the ku klux klan. nbc's ellison barber is in branson, missouri. i have been watching your reporting all day. it has not been a quiet location here, certainly, ellison. what is the latest? >> no, it really has not. this protest really started to get under way about five hours ago. you can see behind me people are still here. it is smaller than it was earlier this afternoon. but right now it seems like neither side really has plans to break up and go home at this point. again, they have been out here for at least five hours now. at one point, the protesters met on the same side of the street. both sides were angry.

black lives matter protesters saying that the confederate flag, this store, dixie outfitters is a symbol of racism, especially because this store is owned by a man who is at least in the past a member of the kkk. he was listed as a den master in a lawsuit in 1992. we tried to ask him about his ties to the kkk yesterday, but he told us he had no comment on that. no comment on any of this. on the other side of the street, protesters say that this is about free speech heritage. when the black lives matter protesters asked the group that is defending the store and defending the confederate flag to denounce racism and shake their hand, only two of the counterprotesters did that. the same protester who asked and shook hands with one of the counterprotesters told us he was later called a monkey and spit on. we heard countless racial slurs today. one man defending this store had a swastika tattooed on the back of his neck. here is some of what a blm

protester told us why they felt it was so important to be out here today, even though they said at times they did feel afraid to stand out here with their faces shown in front of this group, in front of the store that has ties to the kkk. listen here. >> because it's hurtful for us. >> we know all life matter, but we're just asking you guys to take out there time to realize and visualize the police brutality against black lives and other minority lives. >> this store is owned by a couple. the man is the son of thomas rob who is the leader of the knights of the ku klux klan. he took over that role from david duke. richard? >> all right, thank you so much. the very latest there ellison bashn barber, in branson. a steady wave of racially charged incidents across the country unfortunately come to light. police in madison, wisconsin have launched a hate crime investigation after an

18-year-old biracial woman was set on fire. althea bernstein says she was driving and stopped at a red light when she heard someone yell out a racial epithet. she then noticed four white men, one of whom sprayed liquid in her face, threw a flaming lighter at her thereafter. she suffered second and third-degree burns. luckily you see there she is recovering. in colorado, the three officers involved in the confrontation that left elijah mcclain dead last year have been put on desk duty after mass outrage and protests across the country, mcclain's death is now being reexamined. mcclain was stopped by three white officers on his way home from a convenience store after a 911 caller described him as suspicious. he was wearing a ski mask, which his family says he often did when he felt cold. the body cam video you hear officers telling mcclain to stop tensing up and asking him to cooperate before a medic arrives and then injects him with

ketamine to sedate him. >> my name is elijah mcclain. i was going home. i don't even kill flies. i don't eat meat. i wasn't trying to do that. i can't breathe directly. >> this week, mourners gathered in tucson, arizona for the vigil of carlos lopez. 27-year-old latino killed in police custody back in april. body cam in that case, that footage there of the incident shows lopez handcuff and face-down in a garage for 12 minutes. also being restrained, he pleads for water more than a dozen times and says he can't breathe. after eventually falling silent, lopez was later pronounced dead at the scene. the tucson police chief has now offered to step down, and a criminal investigation into the officers involved, all of whom have resigned, has officially been launched. i want to bring in reverend al

sharpton, host of "politicsnation" here on msnbc. rev, so over the recent week, you and i sit here in the studio. we unfortunately have to look at these stories and talk and tell them. what's next? what will happen? we are 30 days in. i remember when i asked you, how long will this be? you said, richard, it might be four or five weeks. we're now about four weeks in, right, rev? >> it's probably going to be a lot longer, because i think until there is some real response from government and enforcement, people are going to keep moving, and they should. we are going to keep protesting, and we're going to put the pressure on the national government. we have seen incidents now since the george floyd murder. we've seen some reveal that happen before the murder but did not come to light until now. and yet we've not seen any national response from the

senate and the congress and the president's only statement around race of substance is he is defending the statues of confederates who were fighting to overthrow this government to keep slavery. that is the only response we've heard from the president of substance. he's given some sympathy, but when it comes to a declaration, with substantive language from the head of state, it's been around i'll defend the statues, and we'll put people in jail if they bother the stat use. >> we're watching live pictures here out of aurora, colorado a month in. we're seeing the protests continue still peacefully at this moment here in aurora, colorado. we just have from the last week, and you heard the reporting earlier, there from josh letterman. we have a police reform bill, out of congress. what do you think is going to happen between the senate and the house, if anything? >> well, it looks like it may not be much of anything.

i think when you hear senator gillibra gillibrand, who was on "politicsnation" with me a little while ago said she doesn't think mitch mcconnell is going to move anything forward. the president has said he's not signing a bill that is similar to the house bill. i think they're going to try and run the clock, which is why the protests will continue, which is why there is a national protest in august. i think that clearly, if you study civil rights movements and ander eras before any of us, including the '60s when we were just kids, these kind of incidents show a systemic problem that pressures the federal government to put federal law to oversight over these states that you cannot do these things according to federal law. the federal government has not moved because the senate and the congress has not put their arms around a bipartisan bill that will penalize policing when

they're wrong as outlined by the house bill. i think we're in a for a lot more of this until we can get some justice. we're not going to stop while people are being methodically wiped out by those bad elements, and there is no response from government to protect innocent people. >> rev, you saw on the way in, longest, largest number of days in protests in modern times. we're lucky to have you here because you can actually bridge some time. last time we had such duration and such size was the civil rights movement, and there was actually grand legislation that came out of that time. how would you put those two together? and how does this time today, a month in now, how is it different? >> well, from what i studied, you know, in '55, when i was just 1 years old, they start with the montgomery boy scott. but then in the early '60s, five years later when the sit-ins from snik and some of the students, it took four or five years to get the '64 civil

rights act. so it takes prolonged struggle, sustained indignation. how i would compare it now, we're looking at 30 days. the montgomery boycott alone took a year. i don't think it will take a year. i think the fact that this hatsz happened with this election upon us in november, i think that change can happen, because a lot of these senators are going to have to choose between their reelection or standing with a president that refuses to budge. so i think we're in for a few months. but i think the election is the thing that's going make some senators say we need to come with something concrete. otherwise, we will lose our jobs over this. >> one thing that is concrete, in august, you'll be holding an event, as you mentioned in your show, and that will be an important event, just as we had barack obama, george w. bush during 9/11. they had to come forward with coming together in moments with big speeches. when you're standing in washington mall in this important time here, rev, what

do you plan on saying? >> i think martin luther king iii and i will call the march and all the civil rights organizations that are now coconvening with us. we're going to say we need concrete police reform, and we need concrete defense and protection of people's right to vote. voting rights as well as police reform will be the uniting messages there. and of course we'll deal with census and other matters. but the federal government must have the pressure on them to pass those bills, just like two generations or a generation and a half ago they came for jobs and freedom. we're coming for police reform and for voter protection. >> again in august. 5:00, "politicsnation" every saturday and sunday right here on msnbc. reverend al sharpton, thanks, rev. >> thank you. all righty. tonight join us for our global goal, unite for our future, the concert. it's a two-hour entertainment special supporting the fight for access to covid-19 testing treatments and vaccines across

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and welcome back. american airlines announcing friday it will resume fall flights on july 1st, despite mounting fears in the u.s. over the coronavirus pandemic. now preempting concerns from passengers over covid-19, american airlines saying that it will continue to notify passengers when their planes are full. it will also allow them to switch to less crowded flights at no extra cost through september 30th. now since that announcement, vice president mike pence encouraged major airlines, including american, delta, united and southwest to move forward in an industry-led effort to contact trace

passengers amid the pandemic. president trump has been banking on a solid economy meanwhile. the cornerstone to boost his reelection campaign. but the ongoing covid outbreak is still slowing the economy and in battleground states where cases are on the rise, polls show the president's support might be taking a little bit of a hit there. the latest poll from fox news shows trump behind by 2 percentage points in georgia and north carolina. he is behind by one point in texas and a full 9 points in florida. this comes as the number of laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits in the u.s. dipped only slightly last week. the bureau of labor statistics says nearly 1.5 million americans applied for unemployment, although the numbers are significantly lower than late march and april, they still provide evidence of the ongoing economic damage being caused by the coronavirus pandemic. let's bring in chris lu. he served as deputy secretary of labor during the obama administration. now a senior fellow at the

university of virginia miller center. chris, good to see you. one of the situations that may result of what we're seeing right now, these record highs day after day after day, even today in the afternoon at 4:45 according to "washington post," four states setting another single day record. this means that as we look into the school year, kids may be home. this may mean parents are home. that means they're not working. this seems like we are now seeing another ripple to covid-19. >> yeah, richard, when we think about the economy, it's important to understand, we're still in the middle of a public health crisis right now. and until we get our arms fully around this, we're going to continue to have these spikes of cases go up and down. and in this climate, it's incredibly difficult for companies to make decisions about how they're going to reopen. you also raise an important point. if schools aren't reopened or if they're not reopened fully, and there is not enough affordable and safe child care, what are parents going to do? we also see right now that we're

facing headwinds in some of these states like arizona, texas, and florida, which are now starting to pull become on some of their reopenings. two of the hardest hit industries are restaurants and retail. that's going create a lot of drag on where this economy is right now, leaving aside the big hole that we've already been in for some 20 million jobs lost over the first couple of months. we are not out of the woods right now, and i think it speaks to the importance of continuing to provide economic relief not only to companies, but more importantly to workers as well. >> speaking of workers, those who are working for a multinational corporation, just about every single business now is affected as you know by the global economy. we are hearing that the eu, the 20-plus countries associated with the eu may be reopening july 1st, but without the united states or folks from the united states allowed to go to the eu.

what might that mean for business given the way the economy is global? >> you're right. we focused on initially on a lot of these frontline restaurants and stores that haven't been open. but the longer this drags on, the more it starts to affect large companies. it affects white collar industries, because they're seeing a drag across the entire economy. this announcement you just mentioned from american airlines is interesting because the travel industry has been one of the hardest hit. it will be interesting to see if consumers have a choice of flying other airlines whether they decide to get on a packed american airlines flight, even leaving aside we know that the tourism industry, whether it's in the united states or overseas is going to be down significantly. people don't want to get on planes. they don't want to go to other places. so i think these are the kinds of things that i think are going to potentially cause a continued problem for this economy. and one other thing that we

really need to mention is we are facing another wave of layoffs with state and local workers. you know, we've heard from governor hogan of maryland just in the past day saying he might have to lay off 25% of his workers in maryland. mayor de blasio has said he might be laying off 22,000 city workers in new york. that's all going to happen unless washington provides more assistance to state and local governments. >> one of the headlines coming out of the week is california. they had instituted procedures earlier, stricter. yet they're seeing a pop in cases as you know here, chris. one of the groups when we're looking at workers are the construction industry specifically in some localities representing a third of the cases. talk about that for a moment? some states have allowed construction to continue. some have shut that down. >> this has been one of the i think things that we're going to have to spend more time looking at. you would imagine construction,

particularly if you're outside. it's the kind of place where it's harder to transmit this virus. and some states have made the decision, as you say, not to have construction reopen. but we're now starting to see these outbreaks. it's important to understand where they're happening and whether safe procedures are happening. we know there have been outbreaks in nursing homes. we know there have been outbreaks in meat packing plants as well. but construction is one that i think is surprising, and it's going to also raise questions because u.s. manufacturers and factories start reopening, what is the implication there. are companies taking the right precautions to protect their workers. >> speaking of nursing homes and the increasing number of deaths that we are watching, we're going to be talking about that later this hour with the ceo of aarp on that very situation in care facilities. chris lu, thank you so much for helping us understand what's happening in the economy today. >> thank you. >> still ahead, how to protect our more vulnerable populations, as i was just mentioning, from covid-19.

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nursing homes, according to "the times." joining me now aarp ceo joy jenkins. thank you for taking the time to be with us on this day that number, and you're very aware of it, confirms what you have thought and what you have been saying for quite some time. but it's still hard to see that number, joanne. >> it's unbelievable that 42% of all oop deaths in nursing homes would be in long-term care facilities. and we continue to push elected officials, whether it's mayors or governors or the congress and the administration to make sure that they can make available information around whether or not nursing home patients and their workers have tested positive. it's an alarming rate. >> my father's in one. i know that these facilities have really struggled during this period, and those front line heroes and jo ann

still showed up every day. what do you tell care facilities that are concerned about their loved ones that are in one of these facilities? >> i think the important thing that is so important and what we've been trying to work with governors around the country is to say that we need to make sure that there is some kind of virtual connection, whether it's through the use of technology so they can connect with their loved ones. in many cases, people haven't been able to speak directly or see their loved ones in over four months. we know that adds an extra strain on the patients in these facilities. and so not only are we worried about them, but we're also worried about the workers who are there as well. so it's important that work with families, that they have information that these facilities are transparent and providing information and a way for them to communicate with their loved ones. >> part of those folks that are taking care of others are those

caring for people at home. are those home care workers. that's another group. how are they doing? >> well, again, it's very stressful. and we know that the majority of people say that they want to be in their own homes. so as those people who are recovering from covid-19 in their own homes, those who are caring for them are really open to this virus as well. and we need to make sure that we have health facilities available to them and that they can have the right kind of testing, whether it's for covid-19 or antibodies to be able to know where they stand. we know that caregivers all across this country provide 450 million hours of free care service for a loved one. and so we know that this is an important time for us to be looking out not just for the residents or the patients, but also for the caregivers. >> yeah, the number that came

out in one of your reports recently, jo ann, the 53 million family caregivers. that's just a huge number. finally, i want to finish with this. we have been watching the numbers for minorities and how they have disproportionately been represented and those who have been hospitalized and those who have lost their lives. how are you addressing those communities? i know that you do have a multicultural approach. >> well, absolutely. it's not just now that aarp has been doing this, but this covid-19 has really brought to the forefront the disparities in health, disparities in financial. and so one of the thing that aarp is doing is not only working at the national level, but in communities all across this country, trying to bring to bear how we can address these disparity, particularly for those of color. >> thank you so much. jo ann jenkins, ceo of aarp on

care giving and care facilities during covid-19. thank you so much. >> thank you, richard. making a difference one friendship bracelet at a time. what inspired a 9-year-old to take a stand for social justice, after the break. we're going to meet cameron johnson and her team of bracelet makers. do these moves look familiar? then you might have a condition called dry mouth. biotène is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath.

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likes to make friendship bracelets. but after protests over george floyd's death, she decided do something, sell her bracelets. the result? a whopping over $120,000 and counting, raised for those who need it most. cameron johnson joins us with her family and her fellow bra bracelet crew behind her. hello all. >> hi! >> cameron, tell me, how many bracelets have you sold and which ones are more popular? >> i don't really know how many we have sold because we haven't really kept track. and my favorite bracelet or my favorite color in bracelets blue. >> blue.

now what's the reaction here, cameron? when you approach them and say i'm selling bracelets, that's for a good cause, there are businesses that need our help right now, what do they say? >> they say good job. >> yeah, it is a good job. when you're selling these bracelets for justice, cameron and said i approach you, here's a bracelet, richard, what do you tell me why i should buy the bracelet for you? >> because it gives to the money for people in minneapolis and families in need. >> that's correct. perfect. now what is inspiring cameron to do this? >> well, i think the first thing that inspired her was just the idea of doing something fun with

her friends. our child is very social and she just really values her friendships. so that was her first motivation. and then when the idea came up about donating the money, she became even more excited about doing it. it kind of combined two of her greatest gifts, i think, just the fact that she's super kind and loving and then the fact that she just loves being with her friends and having fun. >> wow, that's great. look at that. i'm seeing some pictures from the tents. it looks like a full business here. cameron, what type of people are buying these bracelets? >> just whoever. >> kids, adults. >> everybody. >> tall, short, right? everything in between, big feet, small feet. what do you want to be when you grow up, cameron? >> i want to be a nurse. >> a nurse?

see, you are a true front line hero. cameron, thank you so much. shawnee and ron, i didn't get to talk to you too much. thank you very much, ron johnson, i know him from another career. and the bracelet crew on the back for supporting cameron and her little venture there. thank you so much. that's it for me. i'm richard lui. the news continues after the break with ali velshi. th ali ve. and with new deals every day you can explore endless options at every price point. get your outdoor oasis delivered fast so you can get the good times going. ♪ wayfair. you've got just what i need. ♪

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good evening on this saturday night, i'm ali velshi. coronavirus cases are continuing to spike, especially in the south and southwest after yesterday saw the single biggest day increase of the pandemic thus far, with the 45,000 new cases reported nationwide. over 2.5 million americans have now been infected. more than 125,000 people have died in america. florida was one of at least four states to post a record increase in cases today, along with south carolina, nevada and georgia. beaches around miami dade county will now be closed ahead of the july 4th holiday, but florida isn't the only state shutting things down. texas governor greg abbott, who back in april moved to reopen the state at the height of pandemic says he'd go back and fix just one thing. >> if i could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to low down the opening of bars. >> and amid this