>> reporter: it is, wolf. let me try to cut through this crowd just to show you a little bit better. that is st. john's episcopal church right there, often referred to as the church of the presidents because it is so close to the white house, so many presidents have gone to worship there, gone to services there including president obama. president trump did go, has been before. he does not go regularly. and two nights ago, when we were out here, when protests about turn violent, when protesters did turn violent, they lit fires, they were throwing things at the police, there was a large fire that was set pretty much right where i am standing as well as in the basement room in st. john's church. and you can see the day after, they boarded up that church. what you're looking at right now is an auxiliary building, essentially, which is right behind the main church. but yes, this church that the president decided to visit, which he mentioned at the end of his remarks yesterday, he said he was going to visit a speci

"i saw a wolf track at my place today," or, "i actually saw a wolf. wolves are around." or compensate for that. >> whitaker: are wolf attacks on livestock a serious problem? >> smith: no, it's rare that it happens. but if it's happening to you, it's a serious problem. >> whitaker: it was that fear of wolf attacks that drove ranchers and settlers to eradicate them in the early 20th century. after the endangered species act was passed in 1973, wolves were among the first to be listed, and a campaign began to restore them to yellowstone park. after that happened in the '90s, wolves quickly spread out of yellowstone and into neighboring states-- so many, that there are now nearly 2,000 in montana, wyoming and idaho. after a long and bitter legal battle, those states finally won the authority to manage-- and sometimes kill-- wolves outside the national park. has this management of the wolves helped to lessen some of those passions, to calm some of those emotions? >> smith: i think so. >> whitaker: so to have wolves, you have to kill the wolves? >> smith: in some situations, y

there was a fair amount there, wolf. but again, it was not equivocal, it was pretty clear. >> sanjay, thank you so much. brian todd, if you can still hear me, i can see you're getting away from the tear gas. if you can still hear me, have you heard from any of the protesters, why they were jumping over that fence and why the local law enforcement authorities or the national guard for that matter were firing tear gas at them? >> reporter: wolf, i just asked a couple of them. they said basically they didn't really start firing tear gas until they were on the highway, they wanted them to get off the highway, apparently. we don't know if there was some kind of act that would have provoked them more specifically than that. but clearly the police, you could see them moving in behind me, excuse me, they're establishing some kind of a presence. that's the overpass where everybody has kind of come up to, which was right overlooking where they were. the only motivation i can tell you is that police were looking to clear people fro

wolf? >> reporter: wolf, here in paris, they've marched again.otest to fight racism, against the injustice of police brutality. too often, allegations of wrongdoing by police across the atlantic on this side as well. and so this is not the first demonstration we've seen. several thousand people turning up this afternoon in paris but other french cities. we saw earlier demonstrations in paris, very much focused on the similar case in france, a young man who nearly four years ago, wolf, also killed just after being taken into police custody. you'll see his names on that quite a lot but also, the very same words we see in the united states, black lives matter and no justice, no peace. you really sense this is a movement that's been given inspiration. >> thank you, melissa bell. more live coverage to come, but first, unconscious bias. what it is and how it affects us. join fredericka whitfield for a special conversation, unconscious bias, facing the realities of racism, that airs tomorrow night, 10:00 p.m. eastern. that does it for me, but i'll be ba

wolf, no question. i don't think anyone should look at the situation and say this was inevitable, this is the way it had to be. i mean, there were definitely things we could have done. we could have acted earlier, we could have implemented more testing. we could do the things that jim acosta is talking about in his piece. i mean, the idea that we're picking -- the president is picking style over substance in the middle of a pandemic with regard to masks, it's absolutely ridiculous and preposterous when you look at what's happening in the country. there's plenty of evidence, as dr. murray will say, how well masks can work. we've seen evidence of that around the world, places where they used masks regularly, even places that didn't go into lockdown, have had this pandemic significantly under better control. so this was not inevitable, wolf, to your question. >> it certainly wasn't. and dr. murray, your respected model now projects some 30,000 american lives could be spared by october if nearly all america

>> no, i think they can, wolf. it's -- this is an issue that's bigger than colin kaepernick at this point. i think if you talk about colin kaepernick, it's important because the nfl was wrong four years ago. history wouldn't have judged them well, but in roger's defense, he's getting it right this time. that's what's most important. it took an unfortunate incident for george floyd to bring it to light. but colin kaepernick is important because he started this. but it's grown so much bigger than what colin kaepernick was kneeling for. i said this on my show earlier this week, wolf. i wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see other people, fans, police officers, et cetera, kneeling in solidarity with this movement that has exploded across the country. >> i suspect you're right. warrick, what do you think? >> well, i think roger is trying to do the right thing overall. i think you really can't focus on roger and what he didn't do four years ago. i think this is a new time, like tiki said. we need to look forward and see

masks make a huge difference, wolf.nd obviously we're not seeing that at the white house. >> sanjay gupta, thank you. dana bash, chief ramsey, thanks to all of you. we're going to continue to follow all these developments. also coming up, i'll talk about the president's police reform plans with the mayor of new york city bill de blasio. does he plan to go further with the nypd? plus, we will take a much closer look at the influential model forecasting more than 200,000 u.s. coronavirus deaths by october. and that protects our customers 24/7. sorry i'm late, everybody, and apologies for my appearance. you look fine. we were just talking about -- yeah, right. i look like a wanted poster. i didn't have time to get my beard routine in this morning, so... what beard routine? ah. well, the key is maple nectar. gives it that sheen. is there something wrong with my screen? -mnh-mnh. -jamie, what are talking about? you're right, alan. we should be talking about bundling home and auto with progressive, not this luscious mane of m

>> right, wolf. local jurisdictions, certain counties, where they've decided to create their own mandate lately. that includes the pensacola mayor that has mandated that employees and patrons inside businesses must wear masks. but pensacola's a different jurisdiction than where i'm standing now. this is pensacola beach, so here when we walk into restaurants, they are sometimes not wearing masks at all. certainly the people who are there to frequent the business are not. and we talked to some bar owners as well because one piece of action that the state has done as of yesterday is shut down the stand-alone bars. and those bars now are only able to sell to-go drinks. i asked one of the bar owners what he thought about the recent rapid spike in cases. are you surprised to see the numbers come back up like this? >> it's not 100% surprising. i mean, obviously there's a lot more testing going on. the place is flocked with tourists here, so seeing the numbers go up is not a shocker. i mean, some days it is

tom wolf: tomorrow is friday. not sure it will be the pass was not something that will be, we want to do it quickly. some of what i am talking about a think requires some legislation. the most of it i can do it here. and i will. guest: . inaudible. gov. tom wolf: again, i think what happened in minneapolis and what people are essentially protesting in pennsylvania, but since of to pennsylvania's and none of us, white or black can afford to live where we think it is okay for someone to be need died the adequate resources when it comes to education or healthcare. or housing. or the things we need to live fully in a good life. so i think what we saw the protest was that. that is when i saw this on us all yesterday harrisburg and in philadelphia. this is about what we need to do to rededicate ourselves pretty trying to live up to the noble ideals this nation was founded on. we will continue to do that. i want to continue to do that. i think it is really important. we are here to pass laws and address specific issues.

and here's the thing, wolf.not about the personality of a particular person or personality traits. the only reason that police are allowed to use force up and including lethal force is if that is the level of force that is used against them. you can only repel that which you are given. chokeholds across the nation, if that is one of the tools in the officer's arsenal, if it exists or not, it could only be used if they were in fact -- there was a man who was no longer if at all ever resisting at the time that he was essentially asphyxiated by a knee to his neck for 8:46. and so the president has to understand that the idea of what an officer can and cannot do, depends upon the case law and the use of force, not whether he deems somebody a bad person or not. >> gloria, some of the president's advisers are actually pushing him to change his tone to adopt to this historic moment. how is that being received? >> not well. you see the president, you see the interview he did with fox news. he can't decide where he is on

>> reporter: no, we haven't, frankly, wolf. it was one of the first things that came out of the president's mouth. he's been speaking for almost an hour now. he mentioned almost immediately the idea that there were protesters trying to prevent people from coming into the venue. that's something his campaign has put out. we've had reporters all around this building. we've had no reports like that. no reports from local police or secret service. we're not exactly sure what he's talking about. what we do know is he is trying to downplay the size of the crowd. it is far lower than the expectations than the white house and the president put out. they expected the arena to be full. you can see there are seats that are not filled especially in the upper deck and there is no presence outside. he expected 40,000 people to fill an overflow crowd. he ended up not even giving a speech outside. there are concerns about coronavirus. health officials warned people about. the president blamed the media for being part of the reason that the cro

wolf? >> they certainly did. huge overflow about the anticipated tens of thousands of people, they clearly didn't show, break down the stage right now tell us what you've seen over the last several hours. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago, some crews came out here and started breaking down the stage, taking down the ballistic glass that was put up in expectation that president trump would be speaking to this crowd here tonight. over the course of the last several hours, we watched as people walked in through the checkpoint that is just right here next to where we are standing and walked through this area. it never really got more than maybe a fifth full. it was very empty for most of the time. they had some pre-programming with trump surrogates given remarks and trying to rile up the crowd but as time went own, the crowd actually got smaller and smaller and eventually, it seemed campaign staffers were pushing people into the indoor part of this event because there were clearly not enough people coming out to th

>> well, wolf, one thing is clear.r himself, the attorney general, did not have the authority to fire him on his own. so, overnight, what the attorney general said in a letter is we got the president to do it. and under a 1979 opinion from the justice department's office of legal counsel which is sort of the in-house lawyer for the justice department, the justice department said the president himself does have the power to fire a court-appointed u.s. attorney. that's not a supreme court ruling. no one really knows how binding it is. but geoffrey berman decided to honor the firing by the president himself which is what barr said in his already. what makes this so bizarre and what makes the incompetence of the justice department so clear is that the president, as you pointed out, said, well, i had nothing to do with it. well, late in the day, the president's aide said, well, actually he did agree with it. but the idea that barr said it was the president who fired him and the president said i had nothing to do with it, i

it's exhausting, wolf. i don't want to say -- but it's the adrenaline, you know the cause of what you're trying to do and that drives you. i am chronically fatigued, i don't get a lot of sleep. as you can hear from my voice, i'm constantly breathing, talking, doing things, hopefully getting the right cause out. i'm living a very simple life like most people are. i do my job, i go out in the evening after all of this and try to get exercise every day. when i'm outside, i wear a mask. i don't go into restaurants because in washington, we're not at the phase of opening restaurants, it's outdoors. i like to support the restaurants i like around my neighborhood so i do take-out, i go out with my mask and get take-out and take it home. i get exercise, try as best as i can to get work done and move on. it's the life i've chosen and i have no regrets about it but it is exhausting. >> i do the same thing and we do take-out, we eat at home, but you're not yet ready to sit at a restaurant even if you're sitting outsid

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following the deepening coronavirus crisis here in the united states where new cases are now surging to the worst level in months. the country's most populated states, we're talking about texas, florida, and california are breaking new daily records and warning of rising hospitalization. cdc director is urging americans to practice social distancing, calling it -- and i'm quoting him now -- the most powerful tool we have to fight the virus and says the true rate of infection may be 10 times higher than the official case count. president trump is in denial over the scale of this pandemic and refusing to acknowledge the resurgence of the virus. it's clearly a disturbing abdication of leadership at a time when the nation needs it most. let's go to cnn nick watt, more on the surging coronavirus epidemic. nick, update our viewers on the very latest. >> well, wolf, you just mentioned the director of the cdc. he is stressing once again this pandemic is not over saying masks -- we shoul

>> actually it would not be a good idea, wolf. i wish i could. >> but it was significant from your perspective, you can say that, right? >> yes. i can say it was significant. it was important. and it bolstered our theory of what happened here. >> was there new video that came in that the public has not seen that bolstered this case? >> we're gathering information constantly. we're collecting all types of information including video information as well as other types. and so all of that factored into the mix. >> the other three charges are faci -- the other three officers are facing new charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and atie in aiding and abetting manslaughter. tell us about those charges. >> if you aided and abetted in a crime, you can be liable for the same crime even though the principal actor is driving the action or the crime. if you assisted, advised, helped, you can be held culpable for the crimes of another. >> the maximum sentence i take it for all four ex-police officers remains the same, 40 years, i

>> reporter: hi, wolf.n't know exactly the names of the players that have been infected with coronavirus or just how widespread it is within the members of that, on. but the houston texans and the dallas cowboys both releasing statements saying that they cannot talk about which players are infected because of privacy laws. but they say they are following the guidelines that have been put in place by the national football league. it was just a few weeks ago that the nfl announced that coaches and up to a hundred employees of each team could return to the team's training facilities if the city and state -- city laws and local laws allowed for that to happen. so, the nfl has been in the midst of all this as far as the cowboys are concerned, several of its players got into a little bit of trouble, if you will, back in early april for hosting some get-togethers and some practices. that has been a source of some mild controversy based on the lack of social distancing that some of these players were seen engaging

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."e're following an alarming surge of new coronavirus cases across the united states. some of the largest states including texas, california, arizona, and florida are all seeing very dramatic rises with florida passing the grim milestone of more than 100,000 confirmed cases. meanwhile, president trump is refusing to directly answer questions about whether he asked for coronavirus testing to be slowed down, as he said at a weekend rally. and the white house is defending the president's use of a racial slur to describe the virus and claiming that there is no second wave of infections on its way. the u.s. has now surpassed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths with almost 2.3 million confirmed cases. worldwide there are more than 9 million cases and almost 470,000 confirmed deaths. let's go straight to the white house right now where white house correspondent boris sanchez is joining us. terrible new coronavirus numbers and they're confronting the white house. >> reporter: yeah, that's right

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>> reporter: that's right, wolf.resident trump is moving forward with his plans to hold a rally tomorrow in tulsa despite the very real risk that some of his supporters will catch the coronavirus. today the white house press secretary said she will be at the event and will forego wearing a mask even as public health experts like dr. anthony fauci say that's a very bad idea. the president is threatening protesters who demonstrate outside his rally in tulsa, saying they may be roughed up. with trump supporters lining up for his rally in tulsa this weekend, the president is issuing a warning to demonstrators who may show up at the event as well, tweeting any protesters, anarchists, please understand you will not be treated like you have been in new york, seattle, or minneapolis. it will be a much different scene. an apparent threat the president is ready to unleash the same kinds of brutal tactics used to clear out lafayette square earlier this month. white house officials attempted to clarify. >> protesters, anarchists

wolf, a u.s.dent endorsing the forced imprisonment in concentration camps in the 21st century of people, again, truly remarkable. >> and there is revelation after revelation after revelation. very disturbing information in this book. we'll have more in our next hour. jim sciutto, thank you very much. >>> there is other breaking news we're following as well. we'll have the latest on the charges filed against two atlanta police officers in the death of rayshard brooks, including one now charged with murder. when you walk into an amazon fulfillment center, it's like walking into the chocolate factory and you won a golden ticket. all of these are face masks. this looks like a bottle of vodka. but when we first got these, we were like whoa! [laughing] my three-year-old, when we get a box delivered, screams "mommy's work!" mommy's work. with this pandemic, safety is even more important to make sure we go home safe every single day. >>> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around

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. >> absolutely, wolf. this is really a surprise to a lot of people in the community especially the fact that one of the officers is now going to turn state's witness. that really shocked the crowd on the inside there. after this was all said and done there was a small group of protesters who took over the intersection behind me. in fact, look at this video. the da himself had to step down and have a conversation with them trying to quell this crowd that wasn't letting any traffic pass. he had a long conversation with them. they wanted to know why the officers were not going to be arrested tonight. >> these are 11 charges against officer rolfe. the first charge is felony murder. this is a death as a result of an underlying felony and in this case the underlying felony is aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the possible sentence is for a felony murder conviction would be life, life without parole, or the death penalty. >> reporter: fulton county district attorney announced charges against the two pol

no question, wolf.hat that evidence has become clear i think over the last couple of months. keep in mind at the beginning of this before they recognized the impact of asymptomatic transmission, the idea that someone may not have any symptoms and still be able to spread the virus, the idea that wearing a mask to decrease spread was more of an open question mark. now that asymptomatic transmission is very clear, there's plenty of evidence of it. and we have evidence that early evidence that masks can reduce transmission even up to six fold. i think it's clear that they can save lives. south korea never went into a lockdown mode. what did they do? they tested early and they wore masks out in public and they've had fewer than 300 people who've died even though their first patient was confirmed on the same day the first patient was confirmed here in the united states. >> gloria, dr. fauci says wearing masks should not at all be a political issue. and yet the president of the united states won't be seen in p

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." tonight, the coronavirus death toll here in the united states is closing in on 125,000 as the nation is now average iing morew cases per day than at any time during this pandemic. the governors of hard hit florida and texas are ordering new restrictions including closing bars as their states report record spikes. 32 states are seeing increases in the rate of new infections. the vice president, mike pence, is putting an upbeat spin on the crisis, claiming what he calls remarkable progress against the virus. at the first task force briefing in two month, pence refused to directly answer a question about the importance of wearing face masks and he didn't wear one himself. we have late breaking news right now as well. president trump stays he has signed an executive order protecting u.s. monuments. we have details on that. stand by, but first, to nick watt in los angeles. california also seeing record spikes in new cases right now, so how's the governor responding? >> it's not just new ca

>> wolf, donald trump sees every moment as a culture war.his was precisely the complaint that general mattis leveled against him last week that his instincts all run toward division rather than unity to an extreme extent that jim mattis said it was unamerican. we know that throughout his life in particular, racial division has been a consistent theme of his life, sued by the justice department for racial discrimination, central park 5, the birther racist conspiracy theory about president obama. and it's been shot through his entire campaign, what he's had to say about immigrants. the very theme "make america great again" is a backward looking theme that views social change through the prism of political correctness and wants to go back to the way things were. so even though the military has got a lot of interest in this moment, highly diverse u.s. military, successfully integrated, a racially integrated u.s. military, racing ahead with things like considering changes to those military bases named after confederate generals. the president say

wolf? >> we'll stay in touch with you. >>> let's head to washington, d.c., and you can see peaceful protestors marching down p street right now. it's less than a mile from the white house, i should point out. we're on the scene there. pete, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, wolf, this crowd has thinned a little bit at the u.s. capitol, but that does not make them any less determined. this group marched from the white house an hour ago, nearly two miles, about 1,000 strong, maybe even more. the group has been relatively large and we know that it is not the only one. i just want to show you, first, a bit of a scene over at the white house earlier today and what is the new black lives matter plaza. this has been a relatively large group. there, it was a bit more quiet, at least, for a moment. protestors laid down after marching from dupont circle with their arms behind their back and softly chanted, i can't breathe for eight minutes in honor of george floyd. we know that's not the only g

>> potentially wolf.lking about this potential for a second wave and history has taught us that with pandemics a second wave can be far deadlier than the first wave. what i'm concerned about right now is we're seeing the record breaking spikes among about 20 stat states within the first wave. we haven't even cleared this battle yet. we're not even approaching the second wave and we're already seeing about 20 states with spikes in cases since memorial day weekend, a spike in hospitalizations as dr. fauci said. this concerns me that, yes, we need to be overprepared for a second wave which could coincide with flu season, and that's worrying. right now we're still in crisis mode. the news has moved a little bit away from the pandemic but it's still very much a crisis here in the states and globally. >> the crisis continues. we're clearly concerns. nearly 1,000 -- nearly 1,000 -- americans are dying from coronavirus every single day. are the numbers we're seeing now, dr. jasmine, a reflection of gatherings, po

i'm wolftzer in "the situation room." two weeks after, two weeks after his death under the knee, under the knee of minneapolis police officer, a public viewing for george floyd is now under way this hour in houston where thousands have turned out to pay their respects. derek chauvin, the fired police officer charged with second-degree murder in floyd's death made his first court appearance today by videoconference. the judge set his bail at a maximum of $1.2 million. 1.25 million as the minneapolis city counsel announced their support for dismantling the city's police department and protests continue for the 14th day across the u.s. in reaction to floyd's killing with demonstrators calling now for police reform and an end to police brutality. let's go straight to houston right now. cnn's omar jimenez is on the scene. the viewing there has been under way now for four hours, it still has two hours to go. update our viewers. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. we've seen a steady stream of people co

>> reporter: absolutely, wolf. i continue to look down because throughout the hour i've been receiving text messages through my sources all around the city of atlanta, especially from police members who are very upset with the charges that have been applied to these two officers. the reason they say is because these officers were not given due process and how the officers are showing their disapproval with the system right now is they're just not showing up for work. that's a critical need for this city. you got to think about it, this city of atlanta has about 2,000 sworn police officers. so anytime you have major sections of this city that have to shut down because officers are not showing up, it does put a stress on the system. right now they're basically working 12 on, 12 off shifts and what we're told in two different sections of the city, very few officers showed up. in fact, this morning, they had to bring other units in to help staff those units. the major crimes units, homicide and other major crimes throu

>> thanks for having me, wolf.e an excellent statement and he drew a line in the sand saying that -- and he has the right to say this, and i think a lot of people feel this way as well, as you see kyrie irving, so many more, just explaining that, look, we feel like our energy and our efforts should be still with the social injustice, with the systemic racism and all those things, and, you know, i echo those we keep our energy and our focus on that. however the game and playing in orlando, the nba has already went full steam ahead with making that happen and the announcement came out. but you can understand his emotions and his feelings. and i feel the same way right now. >> i know you are involved also with lebron james in more than a vote campaign, caron. it is focused on energizing black voters. do you think the protest will lead to increased turn out in november? >> absolutely. i think the momentum has to continue, and i am so glad that you brought that up. more than a vote. it really is that. collectively i has

>> well, this is not the first time, wolf.princess," he said similar things about testing of those folks of people coming off the ship. this has been an ongoing pattern of not wanting to acknowledge the problem, not wanting to see the problem. if i had a patient who came into the hospital coughing up blood, it would be like me saying i'm not going to do a chest x-ray on you because that might drive up our lung cancer statistics for the hospital. it doesn't make my sense. you need to have your finger on the pulse of what's happening in order to address the problem. >> and even if he was joking, this is no joking matter with 120,000 americans dead from the coronavirus and many more going to die in the process as well. there are new warnings that more young people in southern states, young people in their 20s and 30s and 40s are testing positive for the virus. these are the states that were some of the first to reopen. what, if anything, can we learn from these new statistics? >> i think it's reflective of a couple of things, wol

wolf, you are right.left what was a memorial prayer service at brooke len's cabinet plaza a long time ago. it's taken a who ill to cross this bridge. considering there are thousands of people who came out for that protest. many of them joined the march across the bridge. a peaceful protest. frequently, we heard them chanting peaceful protests along with no justice, no peace, black lives matter. this protest has been escorted by police in cruisers, blocking off the inbound lane of the brooklyn bridge. so they can cross this is one of the messages we order tat at that prepared memorial service earlier. a lot of talk about the knead to your honor the this eulogy we are seeing into action. political action. into organizing action. we heard a congresswoman that represents the part of brooke len this memorial service was held in. she says it's not enough to order. it's not enough to march. it's not enough to protest. it's not enough to protest. it's not enough to org phase, so we are seeing these larger people

>> reporter: wolf, they are. they are.mmissioner is concerned, everyone is concerned and i dare say that if they knew a few weeks ago about what they know now about florida, they might not have picked orlando and disney world as this bubble location. it couldn't be worse timing, and for example, the women's soccer league that just kicked off, they're in a bubble in utah, but the orlando team is not there because they had six players and four staffers test positive while training in orlando. so these athletes, you can try to protect them, but i think the bottom line here, wolf, is we have no idea what this is going to look like or even if they're going to be able to pull it off. >> yeah, 22 of the 30 teams in the nba, the top 22 will restart the season. if it goes forward at the end of july. is there any chance based on what you're hearing, christine, that the nba will have second thoughts and actually get a pushback and alter further their plans and not necessarily let the players show up in early july for some training an

wolf? >> let's get some more on this european union considering a possible ban on americans entering europe at this time. our national security correspondent kylie atwood is here. how seriously is all this being considered by the e.u.? >> well, this is extremely serious. we are being told that the e.u. is considering recommending that member countries in the e.u. exclude american travelers, american citizens from entering the e.u. when they start opening their international borders to other countries. now, american citizens have been prevented from traveling to the e.u. since mid-march. this would obviously be an extension of that exclusion. and it would come as the e.u. opens its borders to other countries that have done a better job with containing the virus. because the criteria that the e.u. is considering, i'm being told, they are looking at countries and the prevalence of the coronavirus in those countries. where the cases are going up. obviously, the u.s. is a worldwide epicenter of

>> that's exactly right, wolf. we may be home, and again, i may be doing it right from my living room, watching the game just

i'm wolf police e blitzer in th situation room. the fired atlanta police officer just turned himself in. officer rolfe turned himself in. a second police officer charged with aggravated assault in the case turned himself in earlier and was released. president trump in turmoil continuing to deny coronavirus cases in the united states are on the rise as he faces scathing rebukes from former national security adviser john bolton and suffers a second major loss this week over at the u.s. supreme court where justices rule 5-4 to block him from ending daca or dreamers program. there's breaking news also in the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. death toll has now topped 118,000 people as cases rise in 23 states and surge in 10 states including florida showing signs it could potentially be the next epicenter. in atlanta, victor blackwell on the scene for us. victor, both officers charged in the death of rayshard brooks have now turned themselves in. >> yes. wolf, one of those officers will have the opportunity to sleep in his own bed tonight.

. >> wolf, thank you very much. we are very concerned. our heart breaks, breaks for the floyd family. our community is hurting, our police officers are hurting. it is a strange, unusual, historic time of policing in america. this is a pivotal moment. all of the police leaders throughout the country and leaders throughout the country in general need to open our eyes, ears and most importantly, our hearts to what is going on throughout the country. >> what is your reaction to this report from the hennepin county medical examiner. it says the death was a homicide resulting from being restrained. >> well, it doesn't surprise me. i haven't spoke to one police officer on the st. paul police department that can really believe what they saw on that video. it's disgusting and shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that mr. floyd lost his life at the hands of police. >> you are the police chief in st. paul. that's the twin city. what should occur to the other three officers who were on the scene simply watching and doing nothing to prevent george floyd

take a look, wolf.y cameraman is going to zoom in here and you can see all the police here guarding the hotel. that wasn't the case yesterday. actually i marched with a lot of these protesters yesterday, and we were able to get closer to that hotel. today the police have closed this off even more, so, again, we're seeing some adjustment in their tactics here as they prepare for the evening. but important, of course, you know, wolf as you said earlier is how peaceful this demonstration, this march has been. and also when you look around just how diverse the crowd is. and you have older people, you have younger people. and the other thing that's been so nice to see is as we walk down the different avenues people were outside of their windows clapping, neighbors, people in the street cheering them on and really just new york city getting together and nothing out for what is really an important moment in the nation, for the nation. so we're going to -- right now we're stopped here, wolf, and i think their p

i'm wolf blitzer.llowing break pg news as protests are under way for an 11th straight night. the city council has agreed to ban chokeholds and have agreed to require officers to intervene when force is used that shouldn't be. buffalo is taking to the streets. we are learning about backlash within the police officer after two officers were suspended because of this incident. we are told that 57 members have resigned from the emergency response team in protest but haven't resigned from the police department yet. let's get the latest on all of these. you are there on the ground in new york city. we see protesters peacefully protesting once again. when are you seeing and hearing, jason? >> reporter: it was the voices of thousands of people echoing nhroughout the streets of

wolf? >> jim acosta at the white house, thank you very much. >>> joining us now, the houston police chief, art acevedo. also the president of the major cities chiefs association. chief, thank you so much for joining us. the shooting of rayshard brooks comes after weeks of protests over the killings of george floyd, ahmaud ash breitbarbery, others. how important is it for atlanta to get the response to this shooting right. >> it's really important. they've been having a lot of challenges in atlanta and across the country but i also think it's important to talk about the issues in its totality from we can't just say it's a man that was asleep in a car. it was someone under the influence. we can talk about how it led up to that and we can talk about the moment in time when the shooting actually took place, whether or not it was justified and they've got to get those answers out quickly. >> the mayor of atlanta says she doesn't believe the shooting was -- of rayshard brooks was justified use of

that is the issue, wolf. sometimes advisers float these ideas to see how much blowback it gets and how the president himself will react. the president has not wanted to give a speech. that doesn't mean he definitely won't but he has not wanted to. he also has not wanted to do listening sessions with black leaders outside of his own supporters or people coming to the white house. that could change depending on how much the protests keep up but right now i don't think he is going to do a speech. the speech advisers are concerned about him giving right now is the one he is expected to give at the west point graduation on saturday. he has a tendency to be off script. they are concerned he will do that there and it could be problematic. >> the trump campaign is demanding cnn retract and apologize for our recent poll that shows the president is trailing the presumptive democratic presidential nominee the former vice president joe biden. cnn of course stands by the poll. but have you ever seen a campaign send a form

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation roofl. tonight president trump is in arizona preparing to hold another indoor campaign event in defiance of coronavirus concerns, seeing record spikes and deaths. the response to the pandemic remains alarming and confusing. he did suggest to ask for a slowdown in testing here in the united states. the white house spin is that he's only kidding. task force members have been painting a dire picture of the spread of the virus during hours of calm testimony today. the cdc chief is warning that the covid-19 has brought this nation to its knees. the only african-american star drive r at nascar was not the subject of a crime. it was . as the president prepares for tonight's rally he's clearly not on the same page as health experts or his own top aides. >> that's right. president trump is on his way to a campaign event in phoenix after visiting his border wall earlier. he's in damage control mode trying to clean up a comment where he said slow down on coronavirus testing. the aides said he was only

i think without a doubt, wolf. and we've pretty much known that i think for some time, that we're wildly undercounting the number of people who have been infected. this particular study which was a model, it's proposing the scenario based on people who were showing up at doctor's offices and hospitals, and as you mentioned, they say within the month of march, 8.7 million people may have been infected with this. when you go back and look at how many people were diagnosed in the month of march, it was closer to 100,000 people. and now look at the right side of the screen, 2 .3 million. still a small fraction of the number of people who may have become infected in march alone. so this is the issue. there's a lot of people out there who probably have been exposed to the virus infected that we were not counting. a lot of them may not have symptoms or had minimal symptoms as well. so they could still be spreaders. we don't know who they are or where they are. >> it's so significant potentially. the news comes after presi

i'm wolf blitzer in situation room. we're following the latest developments including the tribute to george floyd. you're looking at live pictures from houston right now. >>> we're also watching america's reckoning with racism now. thousands of mourners have been streaming past floyd's casket in his hometown of houston where he will be buried tomorrow. >>> in minneapolis, the fired police officer charged with murder in floyd's death had his first court appearance today. his bail is set at 1.25 million dollars. this comes after the minneapolis city council is planning drastic action aimed at reforming police. nine council members pledging to defund and dismants l the police department. after more than a dozen days across the united states, we're monitoring new information about floyd's death in major cities. we're looking at live pictures from new york city. >>> let's go first to houston right now. our national correspondent is joining us. another very emotional day for the floyd family and for the nation as the debate o

marcus wolf also had his bunker and he turned it into a beer house. he had these beer coasters specially made. they have this little cartoonish figure on here of lynx, which was his nickname. stasi officers obviously had to undergo a lot of training. we have a wonderful artifact here which all stasi officers would have received as part of that training. let's go take a look. what we have on display here is called a stasi criminalist kit. now, espionage was of course a crime, so how do you catch criminals with a criminalist kit? anybody who was training to be a spy capturer in east berlin would have taken a course at humboldt university in east berlin and at the end of the course they would have received this complete kit which was everything you would need to catch a spy. you can see in it a lot of pretty mundane articles, a hammer, a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, rubber gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints, for example, some little test tubes and other glass bottles where you might be able to store hair and fiber samples, some pouches to be able to

tom wolf hold a news conference on the protestant civil unrest across the state. he also announced steps to address misconduct and encourage transparency. this is half an hour. governor wolf: good afternoon. if we could start with just a moment of silence for george floyd. his funeral service has ended in minneapolis. thank you. americans, it is our duty to continuously strive to build a better democracy, and right now, our resolve is being tested. wasays ago, george floyd murdered, brutally pinned down by police officers causing them to suffocate. george is not the first american who is black to be killed by a police officer. far from it. aresylvanians and americans joining together to demand long-overdue change. protesting is an essential part of democracy. protests that have been occurring throughout the nation over the last couple of days have done their intended job. they have called our attention to systematic injustice -- it to the systematic injustice that is blocked our nation from living out our destiny as a land of freedom and equality for all. earlier

>> we should, wolf. whether we do is another matter.rity players, he said there would be no nfl were it not for black players. mlb, baseball doesn't have that. where we saw the kneeling and the silent protests from kaepernick and others a few years ago in the nfl, we didn't see that in major league baseball. the nba, i would expect to see more there as well. i expect that if there's football this fall, if there are sports coming up the next couple of months, we hope they come back from the pandemic and coronavirus, i would expect to see massive amounts of protesting and kneeling throughout pro sports and college and maybe even high school sports this fall if they get back up and running. yes. the nfl is our national past time. as the nfl goes, so goes much of other sports. i think that's what we're seeing with roger goodell. >> do you think the kneeling will take place during the playing of the national anthem? >> i do. i do. after what we're seeing, i'm in d.c., what we're seeing in washington and around the country, absolutely. basica

joining us now, active secretary of homeland security, chad wolf. mr.retary, how would you characterize the situation on america's streets after last night? is the violence finally over? has peace been restored? >> secretary wolf: well, we have seen over the last several days, chris, that the violence, the violent protests and writing that we have seen is diminishing, is subsiding, and so that's certainly an area that we want to see continue. i think what we've seen over the past week is we've seen a number of violent protesters infiltrating and hijacking the peaceful protesters out there, exercising their first amendment rights and that's what we've been focused on, making sure that folks can protest and they can do that lawfully and peacefully but when we see churches being burned, monuments defaced, businesses being looted, we've got to crack down on. we've got to address that and the president has been very clear on that front. >> chris: i want to pick up on this idea of far left extremist hijacking peaceful protests. here's what attorney general ba