we cannot give up because it appears that we're losing the battle. >> jason carroll joins us now. jason, one of the more alarming stories. what are known as, quote, covid parties, unquote. tell us what they are because they sound insane. >> yeah. i mean, it's really disturbing. i mean, you look at what happened in rockland county, just an hour outside of new york city. where investigators are looking into a cluster of covid cases linked to a party. tu t tuscaloosa, alabama. what happens if you go there, you get a cash prize if you can prove you were the first person to contract the virus after going to the party. so, what's very clear throughout all of this is that, despite all the messaging that's out there showing just how deadly, just how dangerous this virus is. even with young people, it's just -- that message is just not getting across, like it needs to be. >> and we have stories on this broadcast and others about young people hospitalized, in dire condition. folks, if you're listening at home, don't go to those parties. jason carroll, thanks very much. back now with us, dr.

cnn's jason carroll has more. >> bottom line is the spread of this virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. >> california's governor gavin newsom announcing new restrictions this afternoon halting all indoor activities in businesses including restaurants, museums, zoos, movie theaters in 19 counties which represents 72% of the state's population. >> we are now requiring they close their indoor operations due to the spread of the virus. >> 37 states seeing a surge and now results of the new study say the actual u.s. death count might be higher than the official numbers show. research published in jama internal medicine says the number of u.s. deaths from march to may was 28% higher than what was attributed to covid-19. >> there are storm clouds on the horizon. >> reporter: the alarming number of cases nationwide prompting new york governor andrew cuomo to stop restaurants from opening indoor dining, if people don't comply, states could end up back where it was two months ago. >> we're back to the mountain. that is what is going to happen. >> reporter: troubling numbe

as cnn's jason carroll reports for us now, dr. fauci is fully stating the united states is losing the battle against coronavir coronavirus. >> while coronavirus cases across the country surge, some potentially promising development on the vaccine front. >> we are all optimistic the goal we have set to have a vaccine that works and is safe by the end of 2020 will be met by one of the vaccines. >> we have three vaccine candidates. we've had many more but three are really, really looking good. >> that news comes as the u.s. saw a single day record for new cases on wednesday. just today florida reporting more than 10,000 new cases, a new daily record high for the state. >> our capacity in the hospitals is becoming less and less available, and we're seeing a return of a disease that everyone dread freddie day one. >> doctors in texas overwhelmed by the number of covid patients. so many in some parts there are wait lists for ventilators. >> i got 10 calms, young people, excellent candidates. they are so sick if they don't get put on so

cnn's jason carroll has a look at how states are trying to cope. >> reporter: fireworks shows, parades and beach barbecues, cancelled from coast to coast, over concerns the holiday weekend could fuel a surge in new coronavirus cases. florida now leads the nation in the average number of new reported covid-19 cases per day. the state announced 9,488 new cases friday. >> the numbers are going up in the hospital, the icu beds are filling up, and it's requiring a lot of work and a lot of effort to move patients around to make a spot for the new patients whether they're covid or not covid. >> reporter: the state's youngest victim, an 11-year-old boy from miami-dade county who died from covid-19 complications. tonight, a 10:00 p.m. curfew goes into effect county wide to discourage holiday goers from heading out. >> there's nothing more american than making a sacrifice by staying home to keep a family member safe, a neighbor safe or a stranger safe. >> reporter: by early friday, crowds had already started gathering on florida's gulf coast on this beach in clear water. health officials seeing

i appreciate it, jason carroll. i want to bring in right now william hazeltine. she's a former professor at harvard medical school and author of the new book "a family guide to covid." thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. just minutes ago, president trump tweeted this photo of himself, seemingly encouraging mask wearing, calling it patriotic. what did you make of it? >> i'm very happy to see that. it's about time that happened. we're in a pretty desperate situation now with the virus raging across the country. more than one to two people a minute are dying today. and will be tomorrow as well. it's welcomed to see the president finally doing what health experts say. i hope he's beginning to follow, and our administration will continue to follow many of the other recommendations. we need leadership desperately. it's not just enough for states and local communities to do things. we need leadership. >> absolutely. and i want to talk wiabout somef the areas where leadership has been lacking. but i also want to talk about this encouraging news for the sea

now is jason carroll reporting covid-19 cases jumped after memorial day weekend and that has experts warning people to stay safe and stay home during the 4th of july weekend. >>the university of southern california is dropping plans to have undergraduate students back in the classroom come august and instead is offering most classes online move comes in response to a surge in covid-19 cases in the los angeles region, the school is now recommending all undergraduates take their courses online and reconsider living on or near campus this upcoming semester only 10 to 20% of classes will be in person and will be mostly made up of course is that involved hands-on work. >>in national news new details emerging that u.s. officials have identified an afghan contractor, as the alleged middleman in the russian bounty scheme and that there were real world rewards of up to a $100,000 for every dead american service member. president trump dodged questions today about the alleged plot to reward the killing of american troops in afghanistan. meanwhile, top intelligence officials met on capitol hill

that was jason carroll, reporting while most states are seeing infection rates rise, including california, those numbers are holding steady in 14 states. >>just 4 states connecticut, massachusetts, kentucky and new hampshire are seeing declines in new case. >>president trump delivered a pair of speeches, this 4th of july weekend revealing a potential strategy that he and his campaign might use with less than 4 months to go until the general election using race as a theme speaking at a rally, he painted racial injustice protesters as fascists trying to end america as we know it we are now in the process of defeating the radical left. >>the marks is the anarchists the agitators the looters. and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue. what they are doing is spent more time. worried about honoring dead confederates then he did talking about the lives of our america 130,000 americans who lost their lives to covid-19. >>as the president condemned the destruction of monuments including many which honor confederate figures democrats were quick to call him out and this could be a sig

jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> and dr. joseph verone is the chief of staff at united memorial medical center in houston, texas. and he joins me now. and a big thank you to you. i know you have been working, day and night, for months. and so, we thank you for giving a glimpse into what's happening in your hospital. and -- and i have to tell you. i've heard you, for the last couple days, warn people that the worst is still, yet, to come in your hospital when you see these cases spiking right across the country. but obviously, specifically, in texas. dou do you believe it's time for another widespread lockdown? or are you comfortable with what's going on right now? more mask wearing, you know, the closures of some restaurants, some bars. what do you think? >> you see, the primary problem we have is that it seems that we don't have true public awareness. if you were just to go ahead and close down, we're going to have a lot of protestors saying, oh, you cannot close. you know, it's our rights. all that kind of stuff. and to be

>> jason carroll, thank you for bringing us the latest. and now let's talk to one of these doctors who's on the front lines. the director of global health in emergency medicine at new york presbyterian medical center. you are recovering from an overnight shift. you have been treating coronavirus patients since the start of this pandemic. you just finished that shift. the white house says that the u.s. is the leader of the world when it comes to handling coronavirus. is that wishful thinking? >> absolutely. let me be clear and start by saying that what we're seeing now is an abject failure in our pandemic response here in the united states. i want to also be clear that this is not a political statement. this is a public health proclamation. what we need to do right now to address this is to focus on the future. we need to do the same thing that i've been talking about for months and many other public health professionals have been saying since really the start of this outbreak. we need way more testing. we need to build a contact tracing co

the prime minister political analyst michel barrack and former advisor to the president's office jason carroll and share their thoughts on the tensions. but there was functioning and everything did seem under control until everything was back we celebrated too soon here and that's when you know for all the good work that he did in the 1st wave really wasn't there this 2nd time around a large group of protesters are protesting that the prime minister is corrupt he's in the midst of a fraud and he should resign protesters that really are problematic for those that are out of work those that are from industries which are not picking up the tourism industry the entertainment industry there are people that are just out of work and economically are suffering so he needs to answer those people he's going to have to come out with one of our real economic plan that is going to put israel back to a strong economy as we move through different stages both politically because we had a new government sworn in and in terms of the pandemic itself with new numbers emerge there's been a sort of imbalance betwee

. >>> i'm jason carroll in new york. new jersey casinos set to open. into place including socialization, sanitation and facial coverings will not be not allowed inside. amusement parks are reopening, bowling alleys and water parks. >> great reporting there. thanks, everybody. >>> cnn has learned president trump's resistance to intelligence warnings about russia has led his team to brief him orally on russia-r50e89ed threats orally. cnn has confirmed that intel was included in his written daily briefing this spring. a former senior intelligence official said the president's briefers had one simple rule, never lead with russia. the real question is why? what's behind the president's persistent reluctance to stand up to russia? >> multiple sources say early in his term officials realized when it created unfavorable intel against russia, the president would blow up at them and question the intel itself. the question is why. yesterday top aides defended the way trump's intel is handled. >> when the threat is sufficiently serious, the scale of the threat is

. >>> i'm jason carroll in new york. west virginia is the latest state with a statewide policy on wearing some sort of a face covering. the executive order went into effect at midnight. going forward all people age 9 and older are required to wear a face covering at places indoors where social distancing is not possible. the order does not apply to anyone who has trouble breathing or wearing a facemask covering without assistance. that according to jim justice who announced the executive order on monday. penalties were not specified for those who do not follow the order. governor justice saying, quote, i know it's not the popular thing to do. he went on to say, it's the only thing we can do and it's the smart thing we can do. >> i'm beona goladriga in new york. harvard will welcome students back. they plan to bring 40% of undergraduates back to campus for the fall semester including all first-year students. seniors would return for the spring semester and first years would return home and learn remotely in the spring. cl

as cnn's jason carroll reports for us now, dr.tates is losing the battle against coronavir coronavirus. >> while coronavirus cases across the country surge, some potentially promising development on the vaccine front. >> we are all optimistic the goal we have set to have a vaccine that works and i

jason carroll, cnn new york. >> in the last hour i spoke to professor of epidemiology in ucla, askedbout the rally where the president was flouting the advice and wearing a mask once. >> photos that we saw tonight are clearly a complete disregard for public health. most patriotic thing anybody can do is wear a mask. i would have loved to have seen masks worn at that event tonight and for the president to be standing in front of people wearing a mask. really and truly this is a very irresponsible event. >> i think there were 7,000, 8,000 people there as we know. as we can see from the images, people sitting next to each other, not wearing masks. coronavirus was barely mentioned. what is the risk to those people? do you feel that they have put their lives in danger as they've come to listen to the president today? >> absolutely. here's the thing, we know that asymptomatic infection is responsible for a large part of the spread of coronavirus. and whether or not somebody is asymptomatic, where they never show symptoms, or presymptomatic, just before they show symptoms doesn't really mat

let's first go to our national correspondent jason carroll who is in new york. jason, we're seeing spikes in new hospitalizations, including unprecedented numbers out in los angeles. what's the latest? >> reporter: right, wolf. the numbers are troubling all across the country. in california, the number of hospitalizations continues to increase. in houston, the positivity rate above 25%. and in florida, the numbers today still trending in the wrong direction. tonight, hospitals in florida are reeling from the pandemic as the state continuously reports more than 10,000 new cases per day. >> this is scary. i mean now every day it's over 10,000. it's almost like the norm. >> reporter: nearly 9,400 people are hospitalized across the state, and in miami-dade county, intensive care units overtaxed at 130% capacity. >> we're building 100 new icu beds but unfortunately they're not going to be around until the end of the year. so every day it's a matter of a challenge. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis, who refuses to mandate masks, coming face to face with the fr

here's cnn's jason carroll. >> reporter: just today, florida hit a record high. 10,000 new positive casesthe state. tonight, this message from coronavirus task force member dr. deborah birx to all young floridians. >> so we're asking for everyone under 40, if you were in a gathering, please go and get tested. please wear a mask. >> wearing a mask -- >> reporter: in texas, the governor has issued an executive order, requiring texans in counties with 20 or more covid-19 cases to wear face coverings in public. doctor there is overwhelmed by the number of covid patients. so many in stop parts there are wait lists for ventilators. >> i got ten calls, all of whom young people who otherwise would be excellent candidates to be able to put on a ventlator. if they don't get that support, they're probably going to die. i had three beds. >> reporter: at least 23 states have changed or paused reopening plans due to spikes in covid cases. the nation's top disease expert dr. fauci told the bbc some states may have reopened too soon. >> in the united states, even in the most strict lockdown, only about 5

jason carroll, cnn, new york. >>> in the united kingdom there is some good news in the search for a vaccine. the preliminary results of a trial developed by the university of oxford suggests that it's safe and induces an immune response. human trials from two other vaccine makers have produced similar outcomes. anna stewart-haas the details now. >> reporter: promising results, the vaccine being developed here by the university of oxford and astrazeneca. this is phase 1 and 2 of human trials. it shows a strong immune response in terms of antibodies and t cells. there were some side effects not uncommon and we've seen that in other phase 1 results. what is so promising is it is one of three that has entered phase 3 of human trials. as sttrazeneca says it could produce the first vaccine as early as september and it plans to make hundreds of millions of doses by the end of the year if successful. 2 billion doses by the end of next year. they've already reached an agreement with the eu, the u.k., u.s., india and developing nations to ensure this vaccine is distributed all around the world. anna

jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: fireworks shows, parades and beach barbecues, cancelled fromst to coast over concerns the holiday weekend could fuel a surge in new coronavirus cases. florida now leads the nation in the average number of new reported covid-19 cases per day. the state announced 9,488 new cases friday. >> the numbers are going up in the hospital, the icu beds are filling up and it's requiring a lot of work and a lot of effort to move patients around, to make a spot for the new patients, whether they're covid or not covid. >> >> reporter: the state's youngest victim, an 11-year-old boy from miami-dade county who died from covid-19 complications. tonight, a 10:00 p.m. curfew goes into effect county wide to discourage holiday goers from heading out. >> there's nothing more american than making a sacrifice by staying home to keep a family member safe, a neighbor safe or a stranger safe. >> reporter: by early friday, crowd are already started gathering on florida's gulf coast on this beach in clear water. health officials seeing record hospitalizations in california

cnn's jason carroll, thank you very much. let's get more now on the breaking news out of california. cnn's dan simon is working the story for us. dan, this near lockdown is a dramatic reversal for california. this must be stunning to residents in that state. how extensive are the closings? >> you're right, jim. this does mark a major reversal. we are talking about a shutdown of indoor operations across a whole bunch of sectors for 19 counties. no indoor operations for restaurants, bars, wineries, museums, zoos, movie theaters, and family entertainment. these 19 counties represent 72% of the population. this is going to have a significant, economic impact for people who work across those industries but the governor is saying this is absolutely the right call to stem this surging tide. in terms of what we expect over the weekend governor newsom also saying that state beaches, the parking lots for state beaches will be closed. obviously they are trying to prevent large gatherings from taking place. the beaches themselves will re

. >> i'm jason carroll in new york. new jersey casinos are set to reopen today. jersey's governor says that the casinos will self-monitor. also adding, there are, quote, enormous amounts of protocols being put into place, including social distancing, sanitization and hygienic barriers. face coverings required by people entering. anyone not wearing one will not be allowed inside. some of the other spots set to reopen include amusement parks, bowling alleys and water parks. >> i'm evan mcmorris santoro in scottsdale, arizona. we are inside the debate over the pandemic in arizona. this is one of 18 locations of the mountainpseuside fitness gy chain which is currently suing the state over new regulations calling for gyms to shut down as cases and deaths rise in arizona. people, as you can see, are still working out, and the gym is remaining open, despite an order from the governor that gyms, movie theaters, and other gathering places shut down as the state tries to deal with a resurgent pandemic. >> even the video of the people in that enclosed space without wearing

. >> reporter: i'm jason carroll in new york.is now the latest state with a statewide policy on wearing some sort of a face covering. the executive order went into effect at midnight. going forward, all people age 9 and older are required to wear a face covering in places indoors where social distancing is not possible. the order does not apply to anyone who has trouble breathing or cannot remove a face mask covering without assistance. that, according to governor jim justice, who announced the executive order on monday. penalties were not specified for those who do not follow the order. the governor saying, "i know it's not the popular thing to do." he went on to say, "it's the only thing we can do and it's the smart thing we can do." >> reporter: i'm bianna golodryga in new york. harvard and princeton will welcome students back to campus this fall, the universities announced monday. harvard plans to bring up to 40% of undergraduates back to campus for the fall semester, including all first-year students. seniors would then retu