is that miami-dade county police? is that the broward sheriff's office? e know who else is providing mutual aid where you are? >> it's a great question, joshua. we do. it's the miami-dade special-response team. it looks, very much, like a s.w.a.t. unit might. we just saw, probably, about 50 of them coming here within the last 30 minutes or so. sweep through the street i'm standing at. this is miami police over my shoulder. although, these forces have been beefed up. a couple dozen or so, i'd say as many as 30. where i am standing right now, a tunnel essentially, joshua, of teargas being fired. it looked like things were coming down. then, protestors were standing right where i am right now, taunting these officers for whatever purpose or whatever message they were trying to get across, that did evoke a response because then, they came out with riot gear and shields. pushed them back. fired more teargas in this direction. which you are seeing over my left shoulder here. some of those folks were jumping on top of the police car. this car right here, which ha

and different in miami-dade county. that what we do impacts other cities. -- asappens is the mayor mayor of miami, i take the heat for all the cities. beach city decides, miami opens beaches and there are a flood of people at the beaches, it gets national news and i get the call. my good friend, the mayor there, was very sympathetic to meet and decided not to open the beaches. this is a sensible path. we have seen in beaches throughout the -- for whatever reason, people not respecting the rules. for police tot patrol. you do not have the manpower to patrol that amount of land mass where people are just not following rules. enforcement, what is it like to be miami's mayor and talk to your police chief? are you telling them to be tough on social distancing or hands-off? mayor suarez: the way we are balancing it is we have the rules -- last week. which is a reason why we postponed our opening. from monday to wednesday which is today. our restaurants are opening from today so they can digest what is 185 manual. we are doing

of the more than 39000 coded 1000 cases reported in the state the bulk are in miami dade county close 214000 with almost 500 deaths the good news is that the number of cases overall in florida appears to be decreasing according to the florida department of health in fort myers meanwhile some hotels are gearing up for a reopening like the sea gypsy in which is lost an estimated quarter $1000000.00 since closing in march we're starting to climb a bit depending on the panel the start of swing back so i don't think it's going to get any worse now i'm not 100 percent sure it might but at least we can see where we're headed and if that was the worst that we came we survived it and let's let's move forward moving forward after being 6 so far back for our t. john hardy. meantime hollywood has announced some major changes before stars and crew members alike can actually get back to work or to correspondent atocha sweet has more on the adjustments and the work to do this pandemic. the movie an entertainment capital of the world is taking the covert $1000.00 pandemic seriously but just like the

. >>> florida, where miami-dade county is reopening. the majority of cases have been in south florida, which includes miami-dade, while the county is reopening cities are working on a different timeline. miami and miami beach are waiting until wednesday to start their phased reopening. the different measures have a lot of business owners, a lot of customers confused, some frustrated about what they're supposed to do. i'm joined now by the mayor of miami. francis suares, you are waiting until wednesday to reopen. despite miami-dade county opening today. what do those two extra days bayo buy you? >> we're coordinating with cities which have 50% of the population, it's miami, miami beach, and miami gardens. the reason we did that is, first of all, we got the instructions or the rules very, very late last week so we wanted to give our residents an opportunity to digest them, we wanted to be able to educate them, get the business owners time to ramp up so everyone can feel comfortable with reopening. the second thing, obviously, is we want to

while this is part of miami-dade county and today everything can reopen in miami-dade county, each individual city has to make its own decision about reopen chicago ing which is why you see famed ocean drive here empty. what happened is the city of miami beach, which is where i am right now on south beach, decided that they would delay the decision on when they would open. this makes it very hard for residents in the area to understand what's going on because, really, you don't often pay close attention on whether you're in, for instance, miami or the city of south miami. you could literally standing with one leg in and one leg out and not realize on this side there is a rule. on this side, there are no rules. and you can move forward. bottom line is, miami-dade county is moving towards reopening, even though it's going to be delayed in certain cities. this is one requirement. people have to wear masks. and for people who are going back to work, not only wearing masks but if somebody in the workplace tests positive for coronavirus, then they need to let all the other employees know that someb

. >> even within miami-dade county, some cities in your county are moving more slowly. last night i spoke to the mayor of miami beach. they are not reopening restaurants for another week. what are you telling leaders within your county who aren't necessarily happy with all of this reopening? >> we had a very thorough process. all of our decisions are based with medical experts here, judge jackson from the mercy health system. all of the measures we are taking, we are taking them so they are safe. we have social distancing, mask wearing, have to keep six feet apart -- >> i think we just lost our connection with mayor jimenez, the mayor of miami-dade county. we will try and fix that up. we apologize for that loss, but that's what happens. we will continue to monitor what is happening in miami-dade. just ahead. new details on secretary of state mike pompeo refusing to be interviewed by the inspector general who was just fired. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ "show me what you're made of." so we showed it our people, sourcing and distributing more fresh food than anyone... our drivers helping gro

here in miami dade county which is accounted for about a 3rd of all deaths people are living through this is 1200 deaths currently in the state of florida many of the cases across those 3 counties here miami dade county broward and palm beach so they are essentially still on a pretty restricted. category of what's going on here in the other states of freeing up so it is that patchwork but i think overall people are supporting what the governor is doing and it's important to remember the governor is not saying these places must open he's deferring to people like the mare of miami there of hollywood which is another city just up the road and local authorities in places like palm beach that is a very sensible approach although the governor here was criticized for being a little late on that lockdown but remember there's more than 30 states now that are planning to do this in the next few days and some of them are doing it in very different ways it's very aggressive in a state like georgia which is just north of florida places like new york and new jersey are forming a loose coalition th

conclude that the 14-day reduction in new covid-19 cases has occurred. >> these three major counties, yours, miami-dade, broward, and palm beach county, did you coordinate on this because there's a lot of interchange between your counties. one of the things you and i keep discussing is that sadly for miami, you don't have boundaries around where you are, and you have a major airport. so to you, it's like new york or l.a. you got people coming in and out of your counties all the time. >> yeah. a lot of people think that all of south florida is miami, but certainly the county mayors of the three counties have been talking and coordinating, and they've been coordinating with the governor. and i think the governor did the right thing in allowing the three counties to make their own decision. certainly nobody enjoyed watching the pictures at the beginning of this pandemic of, you know, spring breakers not observing social distancing. and we saw some rather, you know, some rather interesting statistics and graphics that showed where just one stretch of beach, which was very small for spring breakers that wer

these are the cases in miami-dade. 36% of the nearly 39 cases, 39,000 cases, excuse me, in the state of florida, are in miami-dade county. when it comes to deaths, 28% of the 1600 deaths are in miami-dade and, jim, here's one other important number, when you look at the deaths linked to nursing homes, 24% of the more than 600 deaths linked to nursing homes happened in miami-dade. jim? >> rosa flores, thanks so much. >>> still to come, the president just explaining how close he got to his valet or personal aide, the one who tested positive for coronavirus. we'll fill you in ahead. >>> the white house senior economic adviser kevin hassett will be with us to talk about the devastating job losses. >>> as we speak, officials from georgia bureau of investigation providing details on the arrest made in the shooting death, the shocking shooting death of ahmaud are ahmaud arbery. we'll have the latest just ahead. who has time for wrinkles? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®. we've got the retinol that gives you results in one week. not just any retinol. accelerated retinol sa. for not only smoother skin in one day, but younger-lo

it will exclude miami-dade, broward and palm beach counties. these counties have seen the lion share of state epidemic. -- the state epidemic but they are trending in the right direction. and parks beaches reopen, places like miami-dade county continue to take precautions. mornings.e governor's ofr 1000 people have died covid-19 in florida. over a third here in miami-dade. here in miami beach, the boardwalk is open but the beach and playgrounds remain off-limits. it is a similar picture in other hard-hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against to get in the economy going again. social distancing will remain in place. when restaurants are allowed to reopen, they will operate at reduced capacity. if people don't follow guidelines, partial restrictions will come back. >> if we start to see of aggression and people are not respecting the rules, obviously startl not hesitate to re-restricting. that is what we want to avoid. ,> it will also be a challenge logistically. miami is a hub for goods throughout the americas. restarting trade will

approach because of the cluster of cases that have happened in this part of the state, and i'm in miami-dade county. miami-dade, broward and palm beach counties account for about 30% of the population in the state, but they account for about 60% of the more than 35,000 cases and 56% of the more than 1300 deaths in the state. that's why it's no surprise that the mayors of this area got together and they decided to reopen -- now they're excluded from phase one, but they did reopen parks, waterways and other public spaces in this area with restrictions. they are requiring face coverings and social distancing. now, not everyone is following the rules, we checked in with miami beach, the police there tell us that they have issued about 1500 warnings to park g r goers who are not wearing face coverings or are not social distancing. covid-19 has created another huge issue in these three counties. feeding south florida reports an increase of 600% in the demand of people needing food assistance. because there's been a stay at home order, there's been a decrease in volunteers, so hear this, the florida natio

. >> reporter: in south florida, miami-dade county and the city of miami beach voting to open beaches and hotels on june 1st. florida's governor lifting all restrictions on summer camps and children's sports. >> i think our kids have been out of organized activities for a couple months now, and i think that we need to have a pathway to get it back. >> reporter: in illinois, one of the country's hot spots, the federal government went to the courts to challenge the extension of the governor's restrictions. california beaches will be open, with some new additions, including access to the bike paths access. these giant circles painted in several parks in san francisco, designed to promote social distancing. many national parks also easing restrictions. the south rim of the grand canyon opening with limited access today. the nation's leading infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, looking forward to getting outside. >> i plan to go out for nice walks and hikes over memorial day, and i'm going to do it with care with a mask on. >> gio joins us from rockaway beach in new york city, whe

while florida is opening some aspects, the popular center of miami-dade county is staying shut. it is a difficult state versus city dichotomy that is playing out across this nation, and that is so difficult because 30 million americans -- and that's most likely an undercount -- are out of work, desperate for their next paycheck. tonight we're going to examine the push to open up, to get back to work, versus the concerns of triggering a second wave of coronavirus if we open up before the science, before the data tells us it is safe to do so. so let's begin with the numbers. the united states now has 1.1 million reported cases of coronavirus. the united states has 64,950 reported deaths from the coronavirus. the fda has issued an emergency use authorization for gilead science's antiviral drug remdesivir for patients hospitalized with a severe case of covid-19. the fda's nod came after dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert showed that the trial data showed that the drug had a clear cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. we shoul

you have to understand that i was patient number two, literally, in all of miami-dade county. i was the second person at least that we knew of that tested positive. i was an asymptomatic person and i was tested because i happened to be in the same room with one of the early, you know, people who had said publicly that they tested positive for covid-19 from a delegation from brazil. so we are absolutely concerned that there could be a second wave, and we realize how quickly you can go from patient number two, which was me, to patient number 12,257 which is where we're at right now. so, you know, we're trying to be careful and do everything that we can to avoid that second wave from happening. >> 12,257 and more than 350 deaths. mayor, thanks very much for joining us and for your leadership on this right from the beginning. francis suarez. >>> still to coal come, you've the news of a vaccine being hailed as a breakthrough but should we believe the hype? >>> the squeeze on workers that just can't work from home. president trump orders meat packing plants open and some republican

here in miami dade county which is accounted for about a 3rd of all deaths people are living through this there's 1200 deaths currently in the state of florida many of the cases across those 3 counties here miami dade county broward and palm beach so they are essentially still on a pretty restricted. category of what's going on here in the other states of freeing up so it is that patchwork but i think overall people are supporting what the governor is doing and it's important to remember the governor is not saying these places must open he's deferring to people like the mare of miami there are of hollywood which is another city just up the road and local authorities in places like palm beach that is a very sensible approach although the governor here was criticized for being a little late on that lockdown but remember there's more than 30 states now that are planning to do this in the next few days and some of them are doing it in very different ways it's very aggressive in a state like georgia which is just north of florida places like new york and new jersey are forming a loose coa

1000 antibodies test recently at this urgent care center in miami beach turned out negative miami dade county has had the highest number of covert 1000 cases statewide so there's been a downward trajectory of overall cases so on monday phase one of miami dade the new normal reopening plan went into effect but restaurants barbershops salons and parks reopening with restrictions the city of miami started its phase one reopening stand up miami and wednesday with some parks and businesses allowed to reopen but mayor francisco swore a says restaurants hotels and beaches in the city would be part of the next reopening phase in another week and that will be can. hinges upon people practicing the social distancing guidelines and wearing masks let me be clear this is not the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning there are 2 paths a responsible path that will take us to face to the responsible path which will bring us back to where we started the pandemic has hit miami a city reliant on tourism hard with laws like this one and all the big hotels shut down i shot this exclusive video r

even as beaches and parks reopen in some parts of the state places like miami dade county continue to take precautions despite the governor's optimism reopening isn't a one size fits all policy over a 1000 people have died of covert 9000 in florida a 3rd of them here in miami dade like many other states what this one's facing then is a patchwork of reopening and a continuation of restrictions here in miami beach the boardwalks open but the beach and playgrounds remain off limits it's a similar picture in other hard hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against getting the economy going again social distancing rules remain in place when restaurants are allowed to reopen they will operate at reduced capacity miami's messes if people don't follow guidelines washer restrictions will come back if we start to see every aggression if we're not respecting the rules. then obviously not hesitate. to start restricting and that's one of the things that we want to avoid it any version of a new normal will also be a challenge logistically miami is a hub for the distribution of goods throu

over the weekend, miami-dade county reported more than 700 new coronavirus cases, but the governor said that was largely due to a reporting backlog. the lines outside casinos that reopened in several states are a clear sign that people are willing to take their chances. even in hard-hit areas like south florida where some restaurants reopened under new rules. tables six feet apart and masks at tap 42 which let customers inside for the first time in two months. >> staying at home is not fun 24/7. i'm eager to get back to work. >> reporter: universities also don't know what to expect. more than 12 have announced they'll send students home before thanksgiving, hoping to beat the flu season. in the hardest hit city, new york university late today announced it plans to resume classes on campus, taking what it calls rigorous measures to ensure safety. the bottom line, say infectious disease experts, people must follow the guidelines. >> the minute that people start violating them, we are likely to see problems. >> how are you? >> reporter: where social distancing is much harder, cbs news got

of total capacity we saw 5 million passengers coming through their almost double the size of miami-dade county so we implement stay-at-home orders and curfews with a disciplined approach internally and that we could see an uptick from people coming from other covid-19 hotspots throughout the world. >> would you like to see a travel ban expanded? how is that handled in the months ahead? >> what we proposed they stop all travel from other hotspots. so that was our proposal to the white house that the president has been in discussions and continuing fights from the sale one - - brazil and we made a request to american airlines voluntarily to shut down those hotspots if that message is resonating which is the biggest threat to the city if they are not discontinued and temperature monitoring and things of that nature. and with that enforcement. >> we have a question from the "washington post" reader what steps is the city taken to protect the elderly population? do you fear for their safety? >> of course we are making sure and then to have assistance and then the communicate the government so under

potentially at a county level, you know, even within weeks, because there are some counties like miami-dade countyt re already doing this on a weekly basis; and in e, where they ar already updating their numbers because they are doing this on a weekly basis. so, i think, you know, you may not have a perfect picture already, but you are already starting to have a picture that is becoming more and more in focus week by week as you this. and i think that's very hopeful because we can get more and more formation as we go, even if and learning the proportion of people who are infected in the population is so important for us to better undersnd the coronavirus and also to get a disease spreading. this but thes are all important pieces of information, th for scientists to understand the virus and for politicians to get a sense of what's happening in their city as they make decisions on things like sn?uld we reo how fast should we reopen? are the social distancing and also, they'll start to do these studies in select populations, like what portion of health are workers or frontline workers like grocery st

restaurants and stores need to limit occupancy to 25%, but you know as part of the governor's plan miami-dade countyre miami is and broward and palm beach county will still remain under tighter restrictions. one county that won't be is duval, home of jacksonville florida and jacksonville's marry -- mayor joins us from there, mayor, what will happen when businesses reopen? >> certain businesses will begin thank work. we are following president trump's blueprint and working with governor desantis. through the federal dollars we got from the trump administration we allocated significant amount of dollars to expand testing rapidly, so we are going to begin moving towards getting people back to work in a safe, smart way. eric: is testing and the fact that you're doing your own testing, is that really a key to reopening on who has the virus or contact tracing, where it spread? >> testing has been the key through all of this. we were one of the first cities to get testing and we reached out to president trump and governor desantis and got testing up early. we continued to expand it and we have large dollar

with 1000 antibodies test recently at this her care center in miami beach turned out negative miami dade county has had the highest number of covert 1000 cases statewide so there's been a downward trajectory of overall cases so on monday phase one of miami dade the new normal reopening plan went into effect but restaurants barbershops the lines of parks reopening with restrictions the city of miami started its phase one reopening stand up miami on wednesday with some parks some businesses allowed to reopen but mayor francisco swara says restaurants hotels and beaches in the city would be part of the next reopening phase in another week and that will be contingent upon people practicing the social distancing guidelines and wearing masks let me be clear this is not the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning there are 2 paths a responsible path that will take us to face to the responsible path which will bring us back to where we started the pandemic has hit miami a city relying on tourism part with laws like this one and all the big hotels shut down i shot this exclusive video re

issues here in the state of florida perhaps the biggest protest being here in miami and of course miami dade county where i am now has been hard hit by the coronavirus the majority almost a 3rd of all the deaths in this state happened in this county that clearly is stopping people going out to make their voices heard but things do seem to be escalating here in florida and we've heard any official response from from from from the governor from mayors. not us yet i haven't seen anything yet of course the florida governor on the scientists is a very very close ally of president donald trump this is a man that ran on a campaign where he was building a wall with his small daughter on the floor of his house he was regularly seen alongside the president regularly toes that trumpet ministration line he seems to agree with everything president donald trump has to say and not so sure what he will do with this issue is these protests seem to be spreading throughout the state would even hearing reports that in jacksonville which is almost in the state of georgia there are protests going on there as well so the

miami beach, iconic ocean drive, they're still all closed. i'll get to that in just a moment. first about these two counties, miami-dade and broward, because they are the most populated counties and also account for about 50% of the nearly 46,000 cases in the state and what this means, as they re-enter phase one is that now restaurants and retail will be allowed to reopen at 50% capacity, but there will be restrictions, and that is of course face masks and social distancing. bars, pubs and hotels will remain closed. now back to miami beach, and the city of miami. the mayors of these cities have said that they want to take it slow. they don't want to rush into anything, because they know that their cities are magnets for people around florida. people are going to want to go to ocean drive and to south beach, and so that's why they're taking it slow. er this not reopening today. they plan to reopen retail starting on wednesday, and then a week from wednesday they plan to reopen restaurants. now, jim and poppy, i want to leave you with this. i'm live in doral because this is one of the cities that is actually reopening in

reopening two of the biggest and hardest-hit counties in florida had to way because of a high number of cases and deaths. that's about to change monday at miami-dade and broward counties will start rolling out partial reopening's pt mayor suarez is with us and taking a much more cautious approach to reopening. paint the picture. how will it be monday or perhaps mid-week? >> our city is taking a cautious approach because we have most cases in the state of florida and probablily the densest part of the state. we are actually open on wednesday. retail up to a capacity of 25%. and we're not opening our restaurants until a week from this wednesday. so we're taking a very cautious approach. obviously, we've seen statistics about states throughout the united states starting to see some level of resurgence that have reopened. that's a big concern for us. we're pitting strict kurules to maintain social distancing and hopefully safely be able to slightly reopen and open slowly, but all depends on our residents' ability to do it responsibly. >> and miami-dade is pretty densely populated. how will you enforce these restrictions? >> it's going to be a challeng

. >> reporter: two florida counties that have been at the e epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the state could be re-opening soon. i'm talking about miami-dade and palm beach counties. the two counties were not included in florida's phase one of the re-opening plan, which kicked off this past monday. but governor ron desantis announced friday that palm beach county can move into phase one starting monday, which means restaurants and retail stores can start re-opening there at 25% capacity and restaurants can offer outdoor dining so long as seating is set at least six feet apart. the palm beach county commissioners also voted friday to re-open beaches starting monday, may 18th with some restrictions, although commissioners did say they could rescind, modify or amend the approval to re-open beaches and despite videos that have surfaced showing people not wearing face masks or not social distancing, miami-dade county mayor giminez says they're ready to re-open seth a target date of monday, may 18th to begin re-opening some businesses. the mayor says governor desantis is in agreement and governor desantis announcing barber shops, nail salons and

sit outside but it also means you have to be six feet apart and for three major communities, miami-dade countycounty excluded from the plans talking about jobs right now, somewhere in the nabld of 1.2 million plus jobs tried to hospitality in the state of florida, that was the case before coronavirus here in pinellas county you have somewhere in the effect of 150,000 jobs of pinellas and hillsborough, so many jobs tethered to tourism. thousands have been lost furloughed, of course, as well pervasive in the industry. what we are seeing today right now though is the beginning of beaches opening and restaurants opening. doing it very carefully. there's signs of six feet social distancing, generally not seeing large crowds beyond ten but you can see there are some groups gathering. police on top of that but they know it's a vital cog to getting things going again here in florida with very trepidatious, slow steps to get things back online and after what we saw on this very beach clearwater beach six weeks ago for spring break you remember the images. so many people concerned that that level of con

well about an hour ago i got a notice on my phone an emergency alert saying that miami dade county is now under curfew like many other cities across this nation over the past 2 hours we saw 2 what 'd started as peaceful demonstrations become something else entirely in downtown miami protesters surrounded the main police station there was a car was set on fire the i 95 the main highway that runs up the east coast of florida was partially closed for some time because the protesters moved up onto the highway walking in between the cars but as you said there is a very real history here in the state of florida particularly with that case of trayvon martin who was gunned down by george zimmerman a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain that happened 8 years ago is a case i covered from the very start and it was a case in which george zimmerman was found not guilty by a jury that still resonates with the african-american community here the pain is still very real remember just last month the case of. a. name in georgia who was basically corralled armada arbor a sorry who was corralled by

got together as a city in terms of this phase i opening and made it a little different than miami-dade countys that we know it that we do impacts other cities. i take thef miami, heat for all the cities. if there is a flood of people at the beaches, it gets national news and i'm the one that gets called. mayor gilbert it was very nice and decided not to open the beaches and follows what i think is a sensible path. we have seen in beaches throughout the u.s. people just not respecting the rules, and it is very difficult to police and patrol. you do not have the manpower to patrol that amount of land mass where people are not following the rules. enforcement, what is it like to be miami's mayor and talk to your police chief? are you telling them to be tough on social distancing, hands-off? how do you balance that? mayor suarez: we got the rules very late. that is part of the reason we postponed our opening to wednesday. our restaurants are a week from today, so that they can digest what is a 185 page manual. we are doing that with about a dozen or so adopters. we went to educate the public. we

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hopes to bring the same freedoms to miami-dade, broward, palm beach county soon.three counties not included in phase one. palm beach county commissioners voted unanimously to join phase one independently, they simply want to get back to business, back to normal. at least start getting there right now. mayor of miami-dade county is concerned about this sunday, mower's -- mother's day. afraid large gatterrings will materialize and virus will spread, melissa. connell: see that can be issue, phil keating in miami beach. melissa, over to you for now. >> all good. we're the same. it is good. here to discuss florida's reopening, is jay henry, owner of jay henry's barbershop, member of the recovery task force in orange county. thanks for joining us. do you have a plan in place to reopen? i received so many emails from businesses i'm used to going to wanting to make sure i understand that they know they will have people spaced out, they know exactly how they are going to do it? what are your thoughts? oh, we lost our guest. that is a bummer. i hope we get him back. in the

miami-dade county made plans to reopen ee nonessential businesses on monday, may 18th. t includes retail stores, nail salons and barber shops. miami-dade would like to up that to 50%. if miami-dade opens monday, city of miami beach officials would like to open retail stores, barber shops, hair salons with restrictions starting wednesday. >>> i'm in atlanta. the city of new orleans will have a phased reopening on saturday, 6 a.m. it will focus on contact tracing as an important tool against the coronavirus requiring all restaurants with table service to collect the names and phone numbers of every customer entering their establishment and the data will have to be kept on file for 21 days. now mayor latoya cantrell made this announcement live on a radio town hall. they have been seeing that. all retail stores, churches, hair salons and gyms. >>> i'm nick watt in manhattan beach, california, the beaches are open across l.a. county, but exercise only and masks are mandatory. also in l.a. county, all retail is now open but it's curbside pickup and it doesn't apply if you're i

lauderdale and miami-dade county will stay closed. some southern states could see a spike in covid-19 cases another round just in time for the weekend. south carolina bars are open again. and distancing discouraged. >> we have to do precautions we didn't have to do before. increased sanitation, hand sanitizing stations. our staff has to wear masks. >> reporter: it's okay to venture from home. >> understand, you can be out, you can go outside. you can play golf. you can play tennis with marked balls. you can go to the beaches if you stay six feet apart. but remember, that is your space. and that's a space that you need to protect and ensure that you're social distanced for others. >> reporter: the white house is expressing concern over the resident high number of covid cases in places like chicago, los angeles and washington, despite stay-at-home orders. as for new york city beaches, those are closed to swimmers. and also no gatherings on those, according to the mayor here. that has fueled the concern that you might have people headed

except for miami-dade and broward, the two most impacted counties. and, john, i want you to take a look behind me. here in palm beach, the beaches are open. take a look. even though a lot of people might have plans to come to the beach, it looks like mother nature has a different plan. >> its own idea there. rosa, stay dry if you can. thanks for being with us. >>> opening just in time for the holiday weekend, virginia beach. joining me now is virginia beach deputy city manager ron williams. thank you very much for being with us this morning. let's put up on the screen here what your plans are for the, what, 26 miles of beaches in virginia beach. you're going to have six feet apart unless they're family, no groups of 10 plus people, no speakers, in large coolers, no alcohol, no tents or groups of umbrellas, no group sports. what is your goal here as you reopen this weekend? >> good morning, john. we have the widest beaches on the east coast. and so the goal is that people can come and recreate on the beach by sitting. we have been in exercise and fish

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miami-dade, broward counties can reopen restaurants on monday, is that right? >> reporter: that's absolutely right, restaurants opening on monday in miami-dade and broward counties. not so much hair salons, but reopening restaurants, they've only been allowed to reopen at 25% capacity. miami-dade and broward asked for 50% capacity and the governor approved that. as these counties reopen, they are listening to experts. one of the key things about reopening an area is contact tracing. according to the florida joint information center on covid-19, the state has about 1,100 contact tracers around the state. miami-dade upping the ante, they are hiring between 800 and 1,000 contact tracers, and that's really by no surprise. because when you look at the numbers here in the state, miami-dade is the epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic here in the state. it accounts for about 35% of the states 43,000 cases. so jim and poppy, as this county reenters phase 1 of the reopening plan, again, they are hiring between 800 and 1,000 contact tracers to make sure they can keep abreast

. >> so you've been working closely with the counties that are adjacent to miami, miami-dade county, broward county, and palm beach county. and with your governor. these are the counties for people who don't know, they're the counties of southeast physic florida. what happens if you start to see an upnitick in cases? do you have a plan? >> yes, obviously our entire phased approach, which is like, you know, the state and federal government phase one, phase two, phase three is predicated on criteria, and that criteria needs to be met before you can advance to a second phase, and obviously, if we start to see a counter trend, then unfortunately we have to reverse, and that's something that i've said, you know, very clearly from my first message in announcing what we call stand up miami, the reopening plan. there are two paths. there's the path of responsibility and the path of irresponsibility. if we take the path of responsibility, we'll hopefully be able to continue the downward trajectories that will allow us to go into aez tphase two. if we take the path of irresponsibility, unfortu