cbs's david begnaud leads our coverage tonight from orlando. david?reporter: margaret, good evening, we are outside disney world because today they reopened to their annual pass holders as they are known, that's despite the fact that n, despite the fact thatere most here in orange county of disney world is located, new coronavirus infections have jumped 130% over the last 12 days. despite that, disney world is set to open up to the general public saturday.alasldert rst dibs inside disney world todaday. but the magic doesn't quite look the same. visitors and employees as they enter had their temperature checked, guests have to wear a mask, and social distance where they can. >> it's gorgeous. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you heard that disney world was reopening? >> i think it's like pouring gasoline on a fire. i don't think it's going to help us drive down our case rate, i think it's going to do the opposite. >> you should take precautions, but there is no need to be panicked, there is no need to be fearful. >> reporter: 41 states now repo

cbs' david begnaud leads off our coverage in miami beach. d. >> reporter: margaret, good evening. miami beach and most of the beaches here in south florida are shutting down for the july fourth holiday weekend because cases are surging, and the governor still refuses to require people statewide to wear a mask. a lot of people are not. we found out just today that an 11-year-old boy died of coronavirus complications here ouyoungen to diesoar in e that i epicenter of this pandemic. this line was almost a mile long at this stadium parking lot near miami, which is now one of the largest covid-19 testing sites in the state of florida. look at the numbers: today, a record-setting 10,000 new cases. compare that to a month ago when it was just 617 cases that day. this surge in cases comes after the state loosened restrictions. carlos giminez is the mayor of miami-dade county. >> the reason we opened up is we opened up with these rules, and our medical experts said if we follow those rules, the levelof connotation should ot have gone up. obviously, a

cbs's david begnaud is going to lead off our coverage from miami. evening, david. >> reporter: good evening, norah, from jackson memorial hospital, where the wait time to get an i.c.u. bed can be at times up to 24 hours. they are busy. but they also need more staff. they have been trying to recruit people, but it's tough. so today, florida's governor came here to miami to announce that 100 nurses who work and live elsewhere in the state are being redirected here to miami p ha hospitals across the state of florida are at capacity, including three in the baptist health system. >> we don't have the staffing, the nurses have been working relentlessly for over two weeks. and that leads to burnout. that leads to stress. >> reporter: as cases surge, one miami hospital is now going to be turned into a 150-bed dedicated covid-19 nursing home. despite the rising cases daily, florida is requiring that public schools reopen next month. today, dr. anthony fauci said schools will need to get creative. >> it's not going to be a one- size-fits-all. modified schedul

cbs's david begnaud will lead off our coverage from just outside of miami, good evening, david. >> reportergood evening, norah, with the governor of florida refusing to roll back any reopening, local mayors like the one here in miami dade county say we will do it ourselves, so today the mayor announced that starting wednesday there will be no outdoor or indoor dining allowed. you can still do takeout and delivery. i just spoke with a business owner who said "listen, i furloughed my employees, i took out a loan, i can't afford to close down again." but then you have others who are just as vocal in saying the mayor is doing the right thing. >> you guys are amazing out there! >> reporter: this is everything americans were urged not to do, from diamond lake in michigan to an overly crowded pool party in wisconsin, to the beaches of san diego, the latest holiday celebration could lead to the next new covid spike. in arizona where confirmed cases now top 100,000, lines just to get tested stretch for blocks. tonight there is late word out of georgia that the mayor of atlanta, keisha lance bottoms

cbs's david begnaud is going to lead off our coverage tonight in south florida. good evening, david. >> reporter: good evening, norah. we are in broward county, and we just heard that here in the county they are increasing the county they are increasing their fines and penalties against t ople who are not following rules and regulations and are contributing to the spread of coronavirus. we are at memorial regional hospital in hollywood. 30 yards away from where i am there is only what i can describe as a drive through covid receiving center. you pull up, a nurse greets you, brings you inside this tented area and immediately starts the triaging process. >> the numbers are going up significantly the past few weeks. >> reporter: dr. randy katz says the emergency department here at memorial hospital in hollywood is the busiest it's been since the covid outbreak began. >> there is no doubt that this virus is just as deadly now as it was three months ago and we are seeing more patients come into the hospital, more patients with infection, and more patient with complicat

david begnaud, thank you.in, the one-time presidential hopeful and former pizza company c.e.o. died today here in atlanta after battling coronavirus. cain, who was co-chair of black voices for trump, attended the president's rally last month in tulsa, though it's unclear if he was infected there. we have more from cbs' nancy cordes. >> it's called the 9-9-9 plan. >> reporter: businessman turned politician herman cain survived stage four colon cancer, only to succumb to coronavirus after a month-long bat an avitended the president's tua rally in june, and like most of the crowd, did not wear a mask. he tested positive for covid nine days later. cain was known for his catch phrases. >> shucky ducky kind of crowd. >> reporter: and for his exuberance. he was c.e.o. of godfather's pizza and chaired the federal reserve bank of kansas city. >> 9-9-9. >> reporter: when he entered politics he became the g.o.p. presidential front-runner in 2012 before sexual harassment allegations ended his campaign. >> obviously, a man

our lead national correspondent david begnaud joins us from miami beach. is all of this back and forth affecting businesses there? >> well, take cafecito, run by a cuban family the last 40 years. business is down 90% here and they're not sure how they'll stay open. here in miami-dade county and two nearby counties, almost 3,000 businesses have closed since early march. with jobs disappearing and some people set to lose their $600 check they've been getting from the government for the last several months, there's a lot of tension. and you can understand why. >> we're seeing a lot of just panic and people are very scared right now. >> reporter: adrian gonzalez doesn't know what his employees will do if his restaurant is forced to close. he's already reduced the staff of 17 to just 4. and on the west coast, a similar story for marty caballero who owns a portland barber shop. he and many people he knows, need the extra $600 they've been getting from the federal government. >> what happens when they shut us down again? there's no extra assistance. we're all get

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cbs' david begnaud reports from florida tonight where the death toll has broken records for three daysys t looks like a hurricane is moving in. ( ambulance siren ) >> reporter: the horrifying toll of coronavirus and the number of people who don't survive is soaring. for a third day in row, florida shattered its record for coronavirus deaths in a single day. this chart shows a stunning trend. deaths are skyrocketing. in the u.s. more than 1,400 new deaths were reported on wednesday. that's about one death every minute. texas is now the latest state to surpass new york in total covid cases. and they joined other hot spots, such as cali losiana hard. that state is now leading the country in per-capita cases. why is louisiana in that position? >> people are not listening to the scientists, listening to the public health experts and are not putting on masks. >> reporter: that's adding to the debate over when and how to reopen schools. there's word today that infected children may carry 100 times the virus. it's still unclear how much vrus they have and how infectious they are. >> we have no g

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our lead national correspondent david begnaud joins us from florida. vid, is the state able to keep up with the urgent need for tests there? >> not as much as they'd like to. that's why the feds have stepped in. the feds opened up five surge sites as they're known here in south florida. and the idea is this one, for example, where we are, you drive up. they give you the swab. you stick it in your nose and swab yourself. then they'll send it off to a private lab in kentucky. they are bypassing the lab corp and quest folks who are taking 7 to 10 days in some cases to get the results. the hope is you'll get it back faster. that's the hope. >> i'm never going to be happy until we have this under control. >> reporter: this is admiral brett giroir, the white house coronavirus task force member in charge of testing. he says the average wait time is between 4 and 7 days. and he acknowledges that is just too long. >> we have enough tests right now, if we use them in the right way, to achieve the goals we need to achieve. >> reporter: some testing sites around th

as our lead national correspondent david begnaud reports from miami, some people are taking their ownion to help slow this spread. >> reporter: the spread of covid-19 is reaching critical, new levels. the cdc now predicts there will be up to 30,000 new deaths in the united states over the next three weeks. >> we have a perfect storm. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus believes that delays in testing and the lack of a national mask mandate will keep driving numbers up. >> we're going back to where we were. the sad truth is that if we all wear a mask for three to four weeks, the numbers would plummet. >> reporter: that is why sean canoney is taking matters into his own hand. >> you don't want someone who is an at-risk person to be fighting the virus on the streets. >> reporter: driving through broward county, florida, in a converted ambulance, his covid-19 outreach includes temperature checks and handing out masks and sanitizers to people who are homeless and may be contributing to the spread of the virus in the community. >> not only is it the moral thing to do an

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami for us. good morning. 10,000 cases a day.s new york-like numbers from back in april. the peak of this outbreak. what's the situation there now? >> well, miami-dade county is racing to roll back their reopening. they've reimposed a curfew. they're rolling back the opening of entertainment venues, hospitalizations have more than doubled and 1 out of every 4 tests being performed right now is coming back positive. listen to what a leading expert told us. >> right now, we are heading a million miles per hour in the wrong direction. >> reporter: that is dr. eileen marty, an infectious disease expert who helped miami-dade county write its reopening rules. but she says not enough people are following them. so now beaches have closed. the county is under a 10:00 p.m. curfew and the virus is spreading at an alarming rate. >> it's the saddest thing, the most unnecessary situation that we're finding ourselves in, and it's behaviorally driven. >> reporter: florida smashed through its single day record for new cases thursday. in the last

david begnaud, thank you very much. >>> let us say it again. wearing a mask can save a life during this pandemic, but some americans refuse to wear them. this video shows one man's rage after an elderly woman asked him to wear a mask. similar scenes have played out across the country. a growing number of sheriff's departme departments are refusing to enforce mandatory mask orders. janet shamlian reports. >> you're adults, you make your own choices. >> reporter: now the pastor is full of regret after allowing members to embrace when his church calvary chapel in universal city, texas, reopened in may. more than 50 people who were there have coronavirus, including his wife and the pastor himself. >> i wish i could go back and make a different decision, but unfortunately i can't do that. >> reporter: he says only about half his congregates were wearing masks, it was well before governor abbott's mandate to wear them. that order now allows authorities to fine repeat offenders as much as $250 for not wearing a face covering in public spaces indoors o

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami. david, what are we seeing there now?> well, miami-dade public schools said they're not even going to talk about going back to in-person classes until october. so for the start of the school year, they will do online only. florida remains a red-hot hot spot when it comes to coronavirus. and just yesterday, the state of florida set another record for the number of deaths reported in 24 hours. california, texas and florida recorded single day highs for new coronavirus deaths. and so did north carolina. vice president mike pence visited that state wednesday with education secretary betsy devos. they were there to talk about reopening the nation's schools. >> you know, there's not a national superintendent, nor should there be. therefore, there's not a national plan for reopening. >> reporter: so with no national plan, local leaders in viral epicenters like miami, phoenix, los angeles and houston, are planning to delay in-person learning until later this year. other large school districts in philadelphia, kansas city and indi

so a doctor there wanted to spread a very important message, so he sent this tape to david begnaud andn his twitter. i didn't see it, but my assistant alexis saw it and said, did you see david's twitter? no, i didn't. you should take a look at the doctor. i took a look at the doctor. i said, yep, we want to help you, dr. felix, spread your message. so here you go. >> i hate wearing a mask. it hurts. it's difficult to breathe. not to mention the humidity stuck to your face for a whole day. i wear a mask because it is my duty. i wear a mask because i care. i wear a mask because i don't want my family to get sick. i don't want my neighbor to get sick. i wear a mask because it is my right to be compassionate, to be responsible. i wear a mask for you. >> now, what more, guys, can we say after that? dr. will felix is a sports medicine emergency room doctor in orlando. i just really felt, tony, that you could feel the heaviness in his heart. i love the fact that he's wearing a little band aid on his nose. that's a tip for us because it does start to irritate there. but i think you can feel --

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in orlando. d, good morning. >> reporter: anthony, good morning. florida saw its largest increase in hospitalizations yesterday, more than any other state. 300 people went into the hospital yesterday with coronavirus. this morning, you'll hear from the man who is leading the state's effort. we're in the middle of hurricane season. he's used to dealing with hurricane stuff right now, but he says over the last 90 days, coronavirus' response has consumed more time and resources than a category 5 hurricane, but what's interesting, he says, during a hurricane, everybody, for the most part, is on the same page. get out or stay safe and hunker down. he says in this case, it's based on what your political persuaasion is and/or who you're getting your information from, and almost no one is on the same page. >> hurricanes are a sprint. this is a marathon. >> reporter: his agency is at the center of coronavirus response, delivering critical supplies and allocating personnel across florida. he says this is th

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in orlando. his is as bad as we've seen it. >> yeah, anthony, look. within the last 24 hours, there were 7500 people hospitalized with coronavirus statewide. that's about 550 more people than we saw hospitalized on friday night. down in miami, the icus are near capacity. not quite there. here in orange county, where disney world is based, the test positivity rate is nearly 13%. remember, the experts say it should be near 5% before businesses and governments reopen. but disney world is opening anyway. they did this weekend. this is what it looked like. >> for the health and safety of everyone, please wear a face covering. >> reporter: that's the sound of a new normal at walt disney world. mandatory masks and social distancing. which is even being enforced on the rides. two of the resort's four main parks fully opened to guests on saturday. as the state's coronavirus cases continue to accelerate. >> cases are also climbing again in louisiana. where today a statewide order from governor john bell edw

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami. vid, florida just topped 300,000 total cases. are the hospitals there able to keep up? >> well, anthony, take miami-dade county, for example. the hottest of hot spots in south florida. the most populated county. they've reached their traditional icu capacity. what are they doing now? seth up overflow beds, getting them ready. the good news is they had less people with covid being admitted to the icu. look for the good news here. but the concern is, even the extra beds they are setting up are not going to be enough moving forward. >> which beds can we turn into covid beds? which beds can we create safe isolation for? >> that's dr. nicholas namias from jackson health system in miami. he says it may be too late to avoid bed shortages. >> we have gridlock. and we won't be able to take patients in. they'll just be stacked in the e.r.s. >> i got tested yesterday for covid-19, and the results came back positive. >> reporter: oklahoma's governor kevin stitt became the first governor to test po

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami. good morning. good to see you.hat are the new rules? >> good morning. they're not just telling you to wear masks here, suggesting it, saying it's a good idea. they're done with that. they're now requiring it. the mayor here in miami-dade county, the most populated county in the state of florida said you are now required to wear it outdoors, even if you can socially distance. even if the next person is 20 you areuir it and if you don't, we may fine you. andrew chung is a code compliance officer in miami beach. he spent more time yesterday educating people on why they should be wearing a mask and telling them it is a requirement here. >> what are you hearing from the noncompliant people? >> some walk away from me while i'm trying to talk to them. i try not to instigate it more. >> has the city written anyone a fine to date? >> not to my knowledge, no. >> reporter: my body, my choice is what dozens of maskless protesters chanted as they marched through the streets of florida outside of orlando yesterday. >> there have

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami. vid, can the state handle another crisis right now? >> look, vlad. they'll tell you they can but i'm reminded what the head of the emergency management agency said to me four weeks ago. we are spending as many resources on this pandemic as we would normally spend on a category 5 hurricane. now you just heard lonnie, the projection as of now looks good. but florida is preparing for a potential landfall just in case that storm starts to move. >> we do expect to see impacts to the state of florida. >> reporter: the state of florida's coronavirus response now includes managing a potential hurricane. at the gladiolus food pantry, the executive director is worried about the strain the virus is already putting on resources. >> people are not prepared for the pandemic. i don't know how we'll prepare if we have a hurricane coming. >> capacity also is a concern at miami-dade's hard-hit hospitals. dr. david de la zerda runs an icu at jackson memorial hospital. >> if there's a big storm and you ha

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami beach. >> 8:00 curfew. >> reporter: here inhe entertainment district of miami beach, there's an 8:00 p.m. curfew. an earlier one, because officials are concerned that people are continuing to gather, even as new infections top 10,000 in the state of florida for the fifth day in a row. >> we're hoping that by closing earlier, it tones down the party and it will allow these folks to go home and possibly keep everyone else around them, everyone else in our city safe. >> it's going to disappear. and i'll be right. >> reporter: in an interview with fox news sunday, president trump once again downplayed the rising number of cases. >> many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day. they have the sniffles and we put it down as a test. >> reporter: the president also pointed more criticism at dr. anthony fauci's dire warnings. >> he's a little bit of an alarmist. >> reporter: in california, skyrocketing numbers could lead to more shutdowns. hospitalizations in los angeles county reached a record high at more than 2200. he

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is at the port of miami where cruise ships are staying the dock for now. david, for how much longer? >> through september 30th, anthony. the cdc is the one that issued a no-sail order. you mentioned the masks. from being here for the last two or three weeks, there's a lot of people walking around here that are not wearing masks. and in talking to business owners and political leaders, a lot of them are asking each other the same question. are we going to go through another shutdown? listen to the mayor of miami. >> i also want to stress to themth severity and cis suarez, i meeting with business leaders today to talk about the possibility of shutting down again. >> we're not sure exactly if there are any tools left in the toolkit, frankly. >> reporter: his neighbor to the east, miami beach mayor dan gilber says it depends on the actions of all miami-dade county residents. >> if people don't wear masks, the decision will be made for all of us because the trajectory we've been going on for the last couple of weeks is unsustainable. >> report

and our lead national correspondent david begnaud is following all of this from tampa.ood morning. what, if anything, are florida hospitals doing to treat more patients? >> so, look, the governor said it's not an issue of having enough hospital beds. it's a matter of having enough people to treat the patients. so we just found out the governor secured 3,000 nurses from elsewhere, other states to come here to florida. about 100, we're told, are coming to tampa. we came to tampa because this is the largest hospital in this area. we wanted to check on how things were going. we spoke to one of the leaders who said, we have seven icu beds available. it doesn't sound good but we're doing everything we can to ride that wave right now and not get overwhelmed by the patients who keep coming in, day after day. >> you have wave after wave after wave, how long can you sustain that? >> reporter: that's dr. jason wilson. the associate director of emergency management at tampa general hospital. he says the volume of covid patients coming to the hospital is five times higher than it wa

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami beach. quite the face-off here.s really going on? >> so, tony, look. the governor is standing his ground saying the schools have to reopen for in-person classes. he's almost being as strong about that as he has about mask mandates, not issuing a statewide mask mandate order. in fact, florida is the only state along the gulf coast that doesn't have some kind of order statewide telling people to wear masks. that kind of conviction from the governor is leading to public outbursts of criticism. watch this. >> you had been infected, then you -- >> reporter: yet again, florida's governor was heckled at a public event. this time pleading for convalescent plasma donations. >> donate your plasma. it's very, very important. you can make a difference in people's health and in their lives. >> reporter: the need is critical. jeff gierson is on a ventilator fighting for his life. six days ago they told his wife he could benefit from a plasma transfusion. but that donor blood wasn't readily available. >> when you are told that the

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami beach.the governor responding now? >> best we can tell, he's not responding. it's been a holiday weekend but he hasn't made any public statements. the governor in the past has been combative suggesting the media gets some kind of joy. those were his words. when the numbers spike. but that is not the case, as you obviously know from the media. this morning as we stand in front of this line, some have been here since 4:30 this morning. we were on miami beach over the weekend. it was very quiet. the local officials decided to close down the beaches. the governor wasn't closing anything down so the locals said we will do it. here's how things look around the rest of the country. >> you guys are amazing out there? >> reporter: july 4th celebrations looked pretty normal in certain parts of the country. despite the increased spread of the coronavirus and calls for social distancing. people partied on the minnetonka lake in minnesota and packed on to beaches across san diego. >> humans aren't suppos

our lead national correspondent david begnaud joins us now from miami beach. good morning.there handle this new surge? >> well, look, you have at least 44 icus that are reportedly at capacity statewide. and that's affecting decisions happening at the local level. here in miami-dade county, the most populated county in florida, the mayor changed his mind last night. he said, i'm going to prevent outdoor and indoor dining but then said, i heard from medical experts in the restaurant community and i will now allow outdoor dining but you can only have four people in each table and you need to keep the music low enough to where people don't have to yell and spread droplets of the virus. music is usually booming here on miami beach so that will affect them. let's start this morning with the mayor of miami. >> in terms of the data that we're looking at, the news is not particularly good. >> that's the mayor of miami francis suarez. hospitalizations here have more than doubled in the last two weeks. now gyms, party venues, banquet halls and short-term vacation venues are closed. re

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami for us.eems to be a lot at stake here. >> reporter: arguably this is the hottest hot spot, averaging more deaths per day than any other state in the country right now, 115 a day. despite that, the governor is striking a hopeful tone, saying he thinks things are going in the right direction, even though hospitals seem to be right on the brink. as of yet, the governor has not responded from that lawsuit from teachers who are suing him to stop them from forcing them to open up schools. do you know where the governor is finding support on reopening schools? from the president and vice president. the vice president, mike pence, is encouraging parents to do what he says he would do. >> if our kids were elementary school age, high school or college, we wouldn't hesitate to send them back to school. >> reporter: pence says children with no serious underlying conditions are at low risk for getting covid-19 and dr. anthony fauci agrees that is true for most kids. >> but some children do get seriously i

we want to begin in miami with our lead national correspondent david begnaud. good morning.ases are spiking there. the question on everyone's mind, is florida going to shut down again. >> not that we know of. listen, all the rollbacks have been somewhat spontaneous and they've happened at the local county level. not at the state level because, remember, the governor ron desantis said we're not rolling back anything. we are moving forward. and to that point, today in orlando, disney world is reopening, but only for pass holders so they can get a preview of what the new park will be like in the middle of a pandemic. and then on saturday, under very strict public safety rules we're told, the park will reopen to everyone, even as the state of florida continues to be a red-hot epicenter of this pandemic. >> we're seeing patient comes in on the hour. >> reporter: that's dr. randy katz, an e.r. physician in hollywood, florida. on an average day, they would see 250 patients. yesterday he told us they received 250 suspected covid patients by 12:00 noon. >> this is the busiest it's be

david begnaud is looking into how young people's attitudes about the virus may be fueling its spread. miami beach, which is a coronavirus hot spot, of course. david, good morning. some young people just do not seem to be taking this seriously. what did you learn? >> reporter: well, some are, and you'll hear from them in a moment. look, i was flying from california to florida yesterday when the governor mentioned young people and how he thought them interacting was contributing to the spread of the virus. just last night, the mayor of miami-dade county signed an order closing all restaurants of eight or more people because he said they were turning into bars after midnight. the story is not to preach at young people. but we went and got the facts for you, we talked to a doctor, and we also listened to young people. watch. >> i'm not too scared of getting sick. >> reporter: from the west coast in san francisco -- >> it's not going to really stop me from like going out. >> reporter: to the east coast in baltimore -- >> i just personally don't care. >> yeah -- >> why is that? >> i haven't