good morning, abby. listen.'re talking about schools opening, almost like schools exist in a vacuum. schools are the fabric of our society. these are where students are going to learn and interact, and mingle with teachers, for long periods of time. but we can't even begin that dialogue, in my opinion, until we talk about these viral surges. if the positivity rate in your community is greater than 5 to 8%, you need to convince me, if i had a kid, that, listen, this is what we're doing to decrease the viral load in the community. and unfortunately, in a lot of these states where the cases are surging, victor, we're not even close to having a essential dialogue about what needs to be done. >> yeah. it does seem that there is still a need to kind of get back to the basics on some of this. one of the things some officials have pointed out is that, even while students might live in particular communities where their schools are. their teachers and administrators might live in neighboring communities. so is it possibl

. >> i am abby phillip. thanks for joining us. you're in the cnn "newsroom." >> coronavirus cases, numbers are headed in the wrong direction. the u.s. set another record on friday. more than 66,000 cases reported yesterday. >> florida is now at the center of it all. that state recorded more than 11,000 new cases and 93 deaths yesterday. despite that, walt disney world in orlando reopened doors this morning. >> at least 26 states paused, some rolled back plans to reopen. president trump is pushing to get kids back in school this fall. >> we've gotten a lot of feedback from you all online about the reopening debate and we'll get to your responses later this hour and we'll talk to u.s. education secretary, former u.s. education secretary arne duncan. our reporters are live over the map, covering the coronavirus crisis for us. we'll start the hour with polo sandoval in new york. polo, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, abby, the latest is you have multiple local officials across the country that are essentially not just pausing reo

here's the frustrating part, abby and victor. there are many municipalities where the state government may not allow them to enforce the stay-at-home orders. texas is a prime example. just heard from a mayor who said they lost more people in march, april and may -- rather, more people in july than those three months combined. >> polo sandoval in new york. thank you so much. >> let's bring in dr. abdul he will syed to talk about this. we heard from him in the report. he's the epidemiologist and public health expert. let's start where you stopped in that report, on schools. right now the cdc has put out those guidelines for schools. they're focused -- their focus seems on the psychological impact on children. i'm wondering about basic public health practices, testing, contact tracing. did you see a real plan within the guidelines to help schools figure out how they can manage to contain outbreaks if they occur within their schools once they reopen? >> there's some really good public health recommendations, both around mitigating tr

. >> and i'm abby phillip in for christi paul. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> let's take a look at the mural, the mural of a man who marched alongside to dr. king, who rose to congress, who spent even his last days fighting for the same rights he was beaten and jailed fighting for decades ago. this morning we are honoring indeed a hero, the late congressman john lewis. >> and at a time when america is at a reckoning point with its racist past, his life is a lesson for us all. he died last night after a brief battle with pancreatic cancers and even during that battle he remained a crusader for racial justice. we're hearing from president barack obama. "not many of us get to live such a life and thanks to him we all now have our marching orders." >> president donald trump has yet to make a statement. the flag has been lowered at the white house and the flag has also been lowered on capitol hill at the request of speaker of the house nancy pelosi. cnn's martin savidge has more on lewis's remarkable life. >> reporter: throughout his l

victor, abby. >> thanks, jacqueline.re's what the official government guidance is on opening schools. it's called the k through 12 readiness planning tool. and it's nine pages of check lists and documents. on the third page, the lowest risk, classes and events that are virtual, online only. small, in-person classes activities and events will pose low risk. at the highest level of risk it involves full-size in-person classes and activities and events with no social distancing. >> these are the cdc's considerations for schools. it's a list of ways to protect teachers and staff. they say wear masks, keep desks six feet apart. stay home when appropriate. stagger arrival and dismissal times. and cancel field trips and close communicatesal spaces and have backup plans. the state's department of education is requiring all schools to be open five days a week. and there's this from the governor. >> if you can do home depot, if you can do walmart, if you can do these things, we absolutely can do the schools. >> let's bring in now,

abby?> thank you, natasha. >>> president trump, he is talking about the progress on covid-19, but there's a top white house doctor who says that almost dozen cities across the country are seeing troubling numbers as it relates to infections. these are the cities that have been singled out by dr. deborah birx. baltimore is on the list. >> there are more than 10,000 cases confirmed there, but the health department says it was given no advance warning about being such a focus of concern. with us now is a baltimore city health commissioner dr. letitia zaraza. doctor, thank you for being with us today. you guys are on the list, according to dr. birx. what are you seeing on the ground? are you seeing a sign that you guys could be on the verge of an alarming rise in cases that could lead to an increase in the outbreak? >> good morning. thank you. yes, on the ground we have seen an increase in our number of cases. when we look at the week of july 12th and then about a week later on july 19th, we di

good morning, victor and abby. and yeah, president trump, yesterday, visiting one of the nation's coronavirus hotspots. not really spending a lot of time there, talking about the spike in covid-19 cases that we're seeing in states across the country. although, he did address the virus a little bit further in an interview he did give yesterday to telemundo. but today could be another opportunity for the president to talk more about the surges in infection rates that we're seeing when he visits walter reed hospital and he visits with those service members. and it could be a turning point of sorts for the president. an opportunity for him to finally allow himself to be photographed wearing a mask. in that telemundo interview yesterday, the president said that, in a hospital setting, it would be appropriate, in his view, for him to personally put on a face covering. >> is it difficult for you to -- to put on a mask? >> no, it's not difficult, at all. in fact, i'll be going to walter reed, i believe, tomorrow. and i thi

good morning, abby and victor.rm for athletes to protest, wnba players were out in front fighting for social justice. they opted to sit out to focus on initiatives, including one of the biggest stars, maya moore who is doing so for a second straight season. this is, as you said, nothing new to the players. the wnba, holding a 26-second moment of silence. she was 26 years old. her name will be on every jersey as part of the say her name campaign. there you have the new york liberty and the seattle storm as the anthem played they walked off the -- this is not a political issue. it's a human issue. >> it's about honoring breonna taylor's life and about bringing awareness to the fact that her murderers have not been brought to justice. >> this is an evolution for many. for us, i feel our evolution has to do with the eyes and the ears on us and the figures that could help us be progressive and we express ourselves from powerful women on the court. >> for the games, here's the first pro bucket of number one overall pick

the heart of the abby and a completely empty space.itting into the abby 1000 people and our. this is com pletely people and our. this is completely inconceivable that we could be sitting here like this. the history of westminster abbey is sure and steadfast, but its future is less certain, and the association of english cathedrals is warning that without significant support, some ancient temples of worship risk losing their place in national life. our last remaining stars from the golden age of hollywood has died. let's get some of the day's other news. she was 104. during a career spanning several decades, she appeared in films including gone with the wind, the adventures of robin hood and the heiress, which led to one of her two oscars. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. despite its controversial depiction of race and slavery, gone with the wind is seen as a hollywood classic. as the virtuous melanie, opposite vivien leigh as the wayward scarlett, olivia de havilland won an oscar nomination. what a lovely dress, sc

abby and victor. >> that's right. a major question whether or not it is too little, too late. >> yeah. the president says there's a time and a place. the time is when you're breathing. the place is when you're out in public. sarah west wood at the white house. let's bring in family medicine physician and associate professor at rowan university. dr. jennifer cotto. i'm going to move on beyond the president. he should have done this months ago. he gets no pat on the back. we know the governor from louisiana, john bell edward ordered the wearing of masks in public. are we seeing a similar pattern to what happened with the stay-at-home orders. that it's reactive. after there's a spike, then these things go into effect and what would be the impact if we start on the front end by requiring people to wear masks and now asking people to stay at home. >> absolutely. this does seem to be reactive, right? we're seeing spikes in texas, arizona, florida and so many other states. states that didn't necessarily have the mandates bef

joining us now, cnn political correspondent, abby phillip. abby, good morning. joe biden is trying to set up there, right? as this is what your choices are and he's really making this about leadership. saying that the president has surrendered after wanting to be a wartime president. the big question, of course, is how effective is that moving forward? is there a sense that it's taking hold, abby? >> well, the contrast that biden is setting up is about how he would govern compared to how trump has governed. and one thing that you do hear from biden aide that is the big difference in 2020 compared to 2016, when donald trump ran the last time, is that now americans have actually experienced what he's like as president of the united states and the biden campaign thinks that this coronavirus pandemic is the case study for how the president's leadership style is, in this case, inadequate, and has not resulted in the government really getting a handle on this pandemic. and saving lives, but also saving the economy. in many ways, biden is just right to be the sort of s

let's go to abby philip. i believe we have abby philip. abby, good morning. let's talk about the politics of this because i'd be remiss not to say this is an election year. this is months before an election, and this is about financial documents and knowing things about someone running to be re-elected to be commander in chief that he has worked so hard to keep private. >> reporter: yeah, and to kaitlyn's point, it is personal for the president. unlike other things he's sought to push back on in terms of oversight. his financial records -- >> abby, stand by. >> yeah. >> let me go to jess ask a can a schneider at the high court. jessica, what's the ruling? >> reporter: well, poppy, the supreme court sort of taking the middle ground here. this is the case involving the subpoenas out of new york city from the d.a. there. the supreme court saying that the president is not absolutely immune from these criminal subpoenas. however, the president does have some recourse to fight the subpoena. the chief justice in this case writing this opinion. this is a 7-2 opinion.

abby is right the president is alone in certain respects. the trump administration is an 18-wheeler going down the side of the mountain and there's no brakes anymore. the republicans are carping from the sidelines. they are not doing anything to stop him. what they are desperately hoping for is that the vaccine gives them one of the off ramps that allows the truck that doesn't have any brakes to stop but at the moment it looks like the ending is going to be pretty ugly for the republican party and for the president. >> john harwood and abby philip. thank you both. it's a sad day that politics has become so intertwined. it should just be about science and saving americans. >> no question. >>> now to california. cases going up there, of course, the state that responded very aggressively early on. this as officials say hospitalizations in lows answs county are now substantially higher than they were a few weeks ago. we'll take you there live. try wayfair. you got this! ♪ ♪ perfect. -you're welcome. i love it. how'd you do all this? told ya! way

i'm abby philip in for kristi paul. congressman lewis lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last night. today the world is remembering the titan he was. here is cnn's martin savidge. >> reporter: throughout his life, john lewis stood for people's rights. born on an alabama cotton farm into a segregated america. he lived to see an african-american elected president, he would be a major part of making it happen. >> tonight we dwath -- gather here in this magnificent stadium in denver because we still have a dream. we still have a dream. >> reporter: lewis, growing up, was angered by the unfairness of the jim crow south. eventually lewis would become one of the most prominent leaders. as a student he organized sit ins at lunch counters. ♪ >> reporter: in the early '60s, he was a freedom rider. challenging segregation and interstate bus terminals across the south. he embodied nonviolence. he frequently suffered beatings by angry mobs. lewis, 23 years old at the time, was the youngest at the 1963 march on washington. >> we

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joining us now is abby phillip. abby, help us understand the disconnect here.the president does not want this virus, this outbreak to hurt his election chances. it is as simple as that. it is a transparent as that. has it not penetrated among his senior advisers that as the outbreak gets worse his political fortune gets worse as well. >> reporter: i don't know how to explain the president's approach to this because as you point out it defies everything that we know about how the public is viewing his handling of this. and what that means for his reelection. i believe that folks in the white house are aware of that. they do know that. the question is can they get through to the president of united states who wants to treat this like a public relations problem, ignoring it and changing the subject to other things. just this morning a new abc news washington post poll showed 52% of americans strongly disapprove of president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. six in ten say they don't trust what he says about public health issues. and overwhelming majori

so, abby, those incidents are all totally different. but let's talk about remarks taken in aggregate here. you have the president's confederate flag tweet today. he said he will veto any bill to change the name of military bases named after confederate generals. he's attacked nfl players for kneeling during the national anthem. he called himself a nationalist and said when the looting starts, the shooting starts. he shared a tweet and then it was deleted where a person said "white power." when you look at that in an ghat, what does that tell you? >> you can just take the president's statements and actions over the last week and you would have an aggregate view on a president who's running for re-election as grievance. this is not an isolated incident, and it's also not about, you know, false claims of hate crimes that are not real, as the press secretary wanted it to be about. what this really is, is about how the president leads. does he unite the country or does he divide the country? does he stand up for anti-racism or does he defend

that's putting other people at risk, abby. >> it's completely irresponsible.f anti-science, pseudo-science nonsense that is so pervasive. and it's dangerous. it really puts people in danger, like those staff members, who are being forced to go into an unsafe workplace with a boss who doesn't believe in doing very basic, simple things to protect them. i mean, louie gohmert had to be repeatedly, over the last several weeks, reminded by his colleagues on capitol hill, fellow congressmen and congresswomen, to put on a mask, because these are folks who are in the age group, you know, in their 50s, 60s, 70s, who are at the most risk of this virus. and the idea that you can simply go about your life without even bothering to think about taking basic precautions, this is a cautionary tale that that is not the case. herman cain, another republican close to the president, who attended the tulsa rally did not wear a mask is at this moment still hospitalized due to the coronavirus. it's not a game, and it's not just happening to democrats, it's happening to republicans. i

two-thirds, just shy of that, 67%, abby, say no.voters who have turned on him now listen now? >> reporter: yeah. even within that disapproval number, the number of people who strongly disapprove of the president's handling of coronavirus is over 50% in this moll. it really suggests that the president has a very deep problem here with trust, a deep problem here with voters' perception of him as a competent leader, and -- and i -- one -- the interesting thing about this whole suburban appeal to me is that it is so explicit in its aim to -- to scare a certain segment of white suburban voters about the prospect. in this case what he's referring to in these clips are regulations aimed at desegregating the suburb, making them more equitable, a fair housing regulation but one of the things about the suburban voters as ron knows is they are very sensitive to these racial appeals on president's part. they have been sisified satisfied with his handling not just of the coronavirus over the summer but also of the issue of race in this country a

>> good morning, abby.e that some people avoid work if you're paid more to not work than going to work but not everybody's sitting home playing video games. since march 20th, 52 million initial jobless claims and many areas there's a lack of jobs. springfield, massachusetts, revere, massachusetts, 25% unemployment right now and small businesses, i'm a small business owner, some are putting the hiring on pause right now and as it stands for large corporations they have an insatiable appetite for earnings and the employee is not number one but maximizing shareholder value. >> certainly. and on top of that, it would be one thing if the country were barrelling toward reopening. we have a lot of states pulling back, actually closing down. so in congress, in washington, they're considering a number of different options including a lower level of unemployment insurance, maybe $200, maybe $450. tell me a little bit about the proposals that are on the table right now. >> i think both parties agree that there needs t

good morning the. >> thanks for having me. >>> abby? social justice slogans when the league returns. but lebron james will not be one of them. we'll tell you why, next. alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. for the same medications as the vet, but up to 30 percent less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. >>> l.a. lakers star lebron james said he will not be wearing a slogan on his jersey plo promoting social justice when the season starts at the end of july. >> something that didn't really, you know, seriously resonate with my mission, with my goal. i would have loved to have a say so on what went on the back of my jersey. i had a couple of things in mind but i wasn't part of that process, which is okay. i'm absolutely okay with that. so what i will continue to do, you know, off the floor and when i'm talking to y

. >> and i'm abby phillip. at a time when this nation is at a moment of reckoning over race and justice in this country, congressman lewis' life is a lesson for us all. he was the last survivor of the big six civil rights activists led by martin luther king jr. he marched with king. he was a freedom rider. he was beaten and jailed fighting for the rights of black americans. he died last night from a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. even during that battle, he remained a lion, crying out for social justice. in the final months. here was just weeks ago in the wake of george floyd's death. >> how many more? how many more young, black men will be murdered? the madness must stop. for every movement, for every movement, you can see hundreds of thousands of people from all over america and around the wor world, takes to the streets to speak out. to speak out to get in what i call good trouble. >> we begin this hour with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox in washington, d.c. where lewis spent his years on capito

good morning, abby and victor.unt of his experience is a reminder of how dangerous this virus can be for absolutely anybody and it's a reminder of how fragile this return to sports is. you think about freddie freeman. this virus wreaked havoc on his syst system. he's in peak physical health, a professional athlete. after spiking a fever, he felt fine on friday, july 3rd. by 2:00 p.m., the symptoms really hit him and he said it was like a ton of bricks and got worse from there. >> friday night that was the scariest night for me. i spiked to 104.5 fever. i said a little prayer that night. i've never been that hot before. you -- my body was really, really hot. i said please don't take me. i wasn't ready. >> freeman said after losing his sense of taste and smell for four days, he's symptom-free. he returned to the field on friday. he's hoping to play in the season opener against the mets on friday. he's feel much, much better. but a scary few days. >> meantime, baseball is being played for the first time in four months

abby phillip is our correspondent in washington.y, there is a lot of talk about the so-called new tone from the president from this week. but, i mean, i held a white house event for children, they weren't wearing masks, he's still not walking the walk. jnk >> and his actions show that he still wants his world to be just the way that it was before this pandemic even though for the rest of the country they have to live in a world in which masks are increasingly becoming required in all public spaces. you see at the white house, because the president is being tested so regularly, and because people around him are being tested regularly, the president's aides and supporters say well he doesn't need to social distance or wear a mask in the same way that others do. but what that shows to the public is that do as i say not as i do. there is a part of the job of the presidency that is demonstrating the kinds of actions that he wants the american public to follow and clearly that is not what is happening at the white house in recent days. >>

for more now, we're joined by cnn political correspondent, abby phillip. abby, good morning. look, not surprising that the president is moving forward with both the fireworks at mt. rushmore and the event, of course, in d.c. over the weekend, because we know this has been important to the president for some time. it's just, though, another example of reality and then the reality that the president seems to see, which is not really. >> yeah, erica. it's denial. the president is in denial about what's going on. in fact, when you really look at what's been going on over the last couple of days and weeks in this country, these are not embers that are popping up. this is a full-blown forest fire. you have most of the country going in the wrong direction when it comes to coronavirus cases. and the president is more focused on creating this environment, this image that everything is all right, everything is great. and he's being supported by, in this case, a republican governor who's allowing this fourth of july celebration at mt. rushmore to go forward without social distancing. no

abby, i want to start with you.u spend a lot of time in the white house briefing room and let's listen to the president of the united states for weeks and weeks, pulled the convention from north carolina because they wouldn't let him have a crowd and said he was going to jacksonville and insisting on having a crowd and yesterday the president said i can't do that. listen. >> reporter: to have a big convention, it's not the right time. it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people. that's what i've always done and that's what i always will do. that's what we're all about. they said, sir, we have to make this work. we have incredible enthusiasm. even the polls say about the most enthusiasm they have seen. >> there's been a lot of talk about the president's different tone in the last few days. that is truly an eat your peas moment. >> yeah, no question about it, although it's -- it really kind of reminds me of something that our fact-checker danieldale says. whenever the president starts a sor

he loved this country so much, abby. he loved it enough to change it. right? and that was -- that is such a great contribution that he has made both as an activist and as a legislator and up looking right inside of the capitol rotunda. john lewis' casket currently is on the right side of your screen just outside of the capitol on the east plaza there. but he is going to be honored by his colleagues in the house of represent evs, invited members from the house and the senate and family members who you can see in this very unique situation which is not what it would normally be. but there they are socially distanced wearing mask as they await their colleague who they are about to honor and as we are waiting for this to proceed, i want to bring in dana bash who is up there on capitol hill. actually reporting live from the office building where john lewis had his office. dana, especially as we look at the unrest or really the state of america right now if we could just talk a little bit about john lewis as yes an activist, but also, as a legislator making that piv

if you live in texas and florida, you might feel very differently, abby. and yet, as david just pointed out, the president, you know, wants it across the board and has threatened to deprive states of dollars, of federal dollars. so, where are we with that? >> well, they've realized that they actually can't do that. they can't use federal dollars as some sort of, you know, sort of forcing point for states. what they could do is they could give federal dollars to districts that need to open schools and need funds to do it. that would actually be a much smarter way to go about this, because opening schools is going to be extremely expensive for a lot of these states who have to figure out how to get all this ppe, how to separate students, how to provide both options, learning opportunities in school and at home. so, they i think have come to a much better place on this, but the rhetoric is still in a bad place. that poll, it seems, reflects what i hear all the time -- parents are actually genuinely afraid for their children. most parents are extraordinarily p

this is also presented by abbie yant, executive director. >> commissioner scott: excuse me. this is commissioner scott. we did have a motion on the floor. we didn't take the vote. i'm sorry. i meant to get in before. >> president breslin: oh, that's right. all those in favor of cancelling the july meeting say aye. are there any opposed to cancelling the july meeting? okay. so the ayes have it. sorry about that. now we're at item number 8. do you need to call the agenda again or should i just jump in? >> president breslin: i think just go ahead. >> okay. so the rates and benefits calendar is moving along. assuming we are able to pass all the recommendations today, that will conclude the health service board's duty of approving rates and benefits that will be carried to the board of supervisors for their budget and appropriations committee, i believe it's now called, on july 15, and then, a first reading on july 21 and a second reading by the full board on july 28. any questions? >> commissioner scott: this is commissioner scott. i'm just -- we're all going to rely on supervis

. >> where did you get his brain from, it was a woman, abby something. >> abby?by normal from young frankenstein. >> you had covid also. you don't want people to go through what we went through. let me get a take on this from both of you guys before we go. >> the president is talking up this crazy dr. now. why doesn't he talk about it all the time, and commission a study to vet it so he can put it out there. why doesn't he operationalize his interest. why doesn't he own a plan and a strategy here the way you would and you would, if it were in your wheelhouse. >> well, i mean, i can't explain it other than this. we have now breached 150,000 deaths. had we from the beginning not called it a hoax -- had we said we're going to wear masks, we're going to socially distance. we're going to wash our hands and we're all going to do it. where would we be today if we had been that aggressive. that's the tragedy, how many people have been affected. what happens later to the organs, were they damaged. there's so many missed opportunities here to get it right, it's why the vot

i'm abby phillip in for christi paul. >> of course, we're going to talk this morning about reopening schools and which cities are moving in which direction. some are deciding to delay or just go full virtual. but we know the numbers around the country, some records being set. it's not making it easy to make that decision. >> not at all. and the world health organization is saying that a record number of new cases were reported in a 24-hour period yesterday. 284,000 cases. and for the fourth straight day, the u.s. reported more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths. the cdc says reopening schools for in-person learning in most of the country is safe. but the agency also says schools in the areas where more than 5% of covid-19 tests are coming back positive should consider staying closed. >> and we've got this from the food and drug administration it it's giving emergency use authorization for the first coronavirus test for cases without symptoms. the fda calls it a possible game-changer in helping to reopen schools and businesses. and to keep them open. >> let's bring in cnn's polo sand

abby phillip, thanks so much for being with us. >>> time now for the good stuff.a coast guard veteran bob boots has spent years restoring old glories and desperately needed a craftsman's touch. >> some of them are just absolutely shattered and they might be no color left in them or something like that. >> boots estimates he has handled more than 11,000 flags since he first began repairing them in 2004. he just turned 88 and he takes great pride in breathing new life into the old stars and stripes. >> i don't think i'll ever get done on them. but who's going to take it over after i get done? >> i love the sign there, flag man. >> i know, i noticed that too. we thank him for his efforts. >>> police are moving in at this moment to clear the protest zone and cnn's breaking news coverage continues next. a lot of healthy foods are very acidic and they're actually pulling out the minerals from the enamel. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back into the enamel, to keep the enamel strong. i know it works. and i hear nothing b

think you know coming back to this issue of why i have had a was well i mean i think what brought abby to power was also a moment where there was a lot of hope i mean a lot of young almost 1st and foremost obviously the protest movement was joined by many other groups over the years but initially it was a lot of young students a lot of the number of them schoolchildren who were going and putting themselves on the front line and and basically it was a moment of hope and abby came to power and i think i mean had tried to actually we used to interview a lot of young people who were arrested only because they had some of his music on their telephone and yet they were still willing to put that music on their phone because of what he was talking for the hope he was giving them so i think really highlighting how you know after a moment of hope to see that abuses are continuing that reforms which yes take time but are sometimes actually backsliding is is very very worrying for many people but sort of david you know you theo very well how large of the current anger do you see directed at the pr

>>that was abby phillip reporting for us tonight and the pressure on facebook appears to be getting the attention of ceo mark zuckerberg has agreed to meet this week with civil rights or going to the organizers behind the boycott. an extra 5.30 a new study revealing which types of face coverings we should and should not be wearing to best prevent the spread of covid-19. though many americans are hoping for things get back to normal this 4th of july holiday health experts are warning that behavior can only lead to more outbreaks. >>and fire officials in contra costa county say they're concerned about the upcoming holiday. how they're planning

abby taking their two children, ivy and callum, 160 miles away to live with relatives in rhode islandly, it was terrifying. i didn't know if i was going to see them again. the family trying to stay connected, including having family zoom dinners. but pat was starting to miss major milestones. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: like his daughter ivy's 8th date of birth day. the separation especially tough on callum. >> usually towards the end of the day, when he got tired, he would have a -- "i miss daddy. i miss daddy." i felt the exact same way. >> reporter: so with pat's birthday coming up and his children wanting to celebrate. their parents knew the time was right to reunite the family. >> and we put a plan in place, and pat, you had been dreaming about that moment. >> reporter: and here's that moment. >> oh, many i god, daddy! >> i look at my side, and they're there. >> just a really pure and beautiful moment. >> reporter: 8-year-old ivy making the fast dash to get to her father first. >> daddy! >> reporter: 103 days later, the family finally reunited. >> i just wanted them. i wanted

i'm abby phillip in for christie paul this morning.mid the debate of reopening schools in the united states new coronavirus records are here and around the world remind us it won't be easy to do that. >> a record number of new cases reported in a 24-hour period yesterday. 284,196. that's one day. for the fourth straight day the u.s. reported more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths. and the cdc says that reopening schools for in-person in classroom learning for most of the country is safe but that schools in areas where more than 5% or the transmission is above 5% that they should consider staying closed or at least delaying for a while. >> and the food and drug administration said it's giving emergency use authorization to the first coronavirus test for people without symptoms. the fda calls it a possible game changer to help to reopen schools and businesses and keeping them open. to get us started let's go to polo sandoval in new york city for a look at where we stand nationwide. polo, experts are saying that they're seeing a plateau

. >> thanks so much to abby and thanks to you for joining us.n starts now. >>> good evening. more than 150,000 american haves now died in this country's reckoning with covid-19 and though it a milestone, a terrible one to be sure it's neither just a number or statistic. it is one parent, one grandparent, a lost child and absent friend. one less measure of love in the world and many more tears, that times 150,000. i wish i could tell you the president of those 150,000 dead and their families and all of us said something about those deaths today, about the grief that so many families are feeling, but he did not. today crossing that miserable milestone of 150,000 deaths, the president ignored it. nothing about the 197

abby, tell us about the significance of that moment. she made that passionate speech and the fact that she explicitly said the words, f'ing "b," on the floor of the house. >> i mean, it is so powerful. and i think that, you know, aoc is a political figure who really, for republicans, is such a lightning rod. and in some cases, it's not really related to much of what is going on. she represents a lot for them. but i think what she did on the floor in that moment was, she said, this is not about partisanship. this is about decency. and i think that a lot of women watching that moment recognize themselves in her, recognize their daughters in her. you know, recognize their friends, their mothers, their sisters, and they understand how humiliating it is to be a woman, a professional woman and to be disrespected like that in really disgusting language and terms, in the house of representatives in the united states. i think that speech is, it is a non-partisan statement of values and decency. and i do think that it ought to compel congressman

joining us now, cnn political correspondent abby phillip., health officials in tulsa won't tell us whether or not the cases are coming from people who are at the rally. privacy concerns, and i get that, prevent them from telling us what the contact tracing has told them. but, they all say, the rally was two weeks ago, now we're seeing record cases. >> yeah, they're basically saying, connect the dots. that it's clear that the rally -- and we should be fair, there were a lot of people in tulsa for the rally. there were a lot of people in tulsa for the counterrally that actually only came into existence because the rally was being held there. so all of these different groups of people coming into that city at that particular time, yeah, it's going to end up leading to some kind of transmission. and the only group that seems to be completely uninterested in talking about it or dealing with the consequences of it are the president and his campaign. they continue to schedule events. they continue to talk about their convention that's supposed to b

[applause] the next wonderful farmer is abby joanne erickson. abby jo and her family run a dairy in wisconsin and they milk 150 cows. her and her family hosted the breakfastrm dairy despite all of the troubles, they wanted to have a drive-through dairy breakfast, and they did it. [applause] the next thing i would like to do is to thank president trump and you, sir. part of the cares act provided $16 billion for farmers through the coronavirus from assistance program. the state fsa office, the state has received 412 million dollars to our farmers. you said something earlier. that has helped our farmers, to stay in business through this crisis. thank you for that. the market facilitation program as well. between those programs, wisconsin has received $1 billion for our farmers. i want to thank you and secretary perdue for your leadership to make sure wisconsin farmers are taken care of. vp pence: thank you so much. rep. kurtz: i talk too much. vp pence: how about a round of applause for your representative? [applause] congress is going to be expre

. >> where did you get his brain from, it was a woman, abby something. abby something? abby normal.ou remember that from "young frankenstein?" you had covid also, charlie. you don't want people to go through what we went through. let me get a take on this from both of you guys before we go. the president is talking up this crazy doctor now, because he believes in hydroxychloroquine. but john, if he believed in the drug, why doesn't he talk about it all the time and commission a study to vet it so that he can put it out there? why doesn't he operationalize his interest? and why doesn't he own a plan and a strategy here the way you would and charlie, you would, if it were in your wheelhouse? >> well, i mean, i can't explain it other than this, chris -- we have now breached 150,000 deaths. so, the question is, had we, from the beginning, not called it a hoax, had we, from the beginning, said, we're going to wear masks, we're going to socially distance, we're going to wash our hands and we're all going to do it, where would we be today if we had been that aggressive? and that's the trag

i want to bring in cnn's kaitlan collins, abby phillip and dana bash. that message that joe biden was trying to convey there is really what the biden campaign is all about, restoring a sense of normalcy. but the truth of the matter is any election involving an incumbent president is truly about the incumbent president. >> it is. and what the incumbent president has tried to do, as soon as they could, is to define in a negative way, obviously, the person who wants the job. in this case, it is joe biden. and what the trump campaign has not been able to do is just that in a way that is politically beneficial enough for one main reason, which is the coronavirus. because it is totally a referendum on president trump for lots of reasons. the main reason is the way he has handled or mishandled the leadership during this unprecedented crisis. and so what joe biden said there is very true. we all heard him when he announced that he wants to run to restore dignity and leadership and all the things he mentioned to the presidency. he was aided in a big way by the p

abby phillip, cnn, washington. >>> the economic fallout isn't just an american problem.t pushed that country into recession. earlier we learned france's gdp contracted by 13.8% due to the covid lockdown. for more let's go to cnn's reporter in johannesburg. first go back to the u.s. the massive drop from the last quarter. paradoxically it is not surprising and where do you stand? >> reporter: kim, i was looking at some of the forecasts and analysts were saying, 40% contraction. others were saying closer to 30. there was a bit of a range. the point is, this is a number bigger than we've ever seen. if you go as far back as what we saw in the great depression, this tops the catastrophic has. this has been the second quarter. that has brought with it new coronavirus cases. the capacity is going to be derailed. you look at initial claims numbers. for two weeks now we've seen a rise. this is a big, important barometer. we've had a drop for 15 weeks in a row on initial claims. there's no resolution on the additional benefits. the recovery in the u.s. relies on stimulus, federal

are our chief political correspondent dana bash, political commentator van jones and correspondent abby philip. van are, i want to start with john lewis' last march where he left an indelible march on history and such an organizer an marcher and he made plans to hear him one more time in this wonderful essay in the "new york times" today where john lewis urges people to pick up the bat op, to continue marching and follow the calling of their heart to do it in a peaceful nonviolent more excellent way. it was quite touching to read those words. >> hold your answer one s.e.c. we're going to listen to the bells ring here at st. john's church here in washington. [ bells tolling ] [ bells tolling ] that is st. john's episcopal church and other churches around the nation ringing their bell to pay tribute to john lewis as his funeral services are about to begin there in atlanta. van jones, i'm sorry to interrupt you, just making the point that this is -- this is the final march. >> yeah. >> you know, it's -- it's such a powerful moment. this summer you have the death of a legend and the rebirth

praise recently is he talked about reforms and much of those have been credited to prime minister abby asked me to himself recently why i nobel peace prize how does that all fit into this and what's going on in the country right now . you know you're right in 2000 after they promised reform. there for a least political prisoners and invited all sought. political parties and media houses and also activists who are much voice here in the us put up and not only does. it help users and inviting them back but also all of their prime minister through hand. prior presidents or india working for the 1st flying after her no peace no one situation so all these praised. and the prime minister. she being demanding to. bring peace to the country but however. since 2019. protesters especially the kirron kher. and also. his his support base we are. realizing their demands which was also like senate rule and also in the human. rights violation. and. much underused why showcase and also i think. things are. more unstable now and. right that's a u.n.'s bullet thank you for that. germany today takes over

pastime this year because of the economic hardship brought by the coronavirus crisis our correspondent abbie increased reports. this swarm of thousands of sardines a paradise for sharks and fishermen they pulled the catch ashore with the huge difference. to our troops during the cold 19 years made things even was the unemployment rate as it is in mess little league so fishing is a way of mending an extra income we get tons of suddens being emitted by seeing the does. it forwards them the opportunity of taking big catches and bring all men to put food on the table. every year between june and or goes to sardines migrate along south africa as they used to coast for the ring the cold current that's heading into the you know should. dodger read this all of them and they in turn are in the sights of thousands of fishermen. fishing brings the country closer together young and old regardless of their skin color what part of society. saudi iran is almost over but they're still a lot of fish in the water that's why in the wrong job and you still see a lot of people out with their fishing rods hoping