This saturday. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york. Memorial day weekend looking in many places today as close to normal as a deadly Global Pandemic will allow. Governors and safety officials in every state right now have eased stayathome restrictions to some degree, allowing people to hit the beach, to have an outdoor barbecue, or to visit public parks. Some new york beaches opened today or yesterday as well as beaches in new jersey, delaware, and connecticut. Strict safety guidelines are in place, though, in connecticut, for example, some park officials will cap parking at 25 to try to keep crowds from getting too big. And this is the gulf of mexico, South Padre Island in texas. Crowds started arriving yesterday for the Holiday Weekend. Our affiliate there reporting large groups of people, ten or more, and very few people Wearing Masks. Also today, clear signs that this pandemic may be far from over. The governor of arkansas announcing that his state is already experiencing a second peak of coronavirus infections, reporting more new cases today than the previous high one month ago. And in North Carolina, Health Officials reporting the single highest oneday total of new cases there yet, more than 1,100 people confirmed with the coronavirus in North Carolina just today. Theres also a concern about what happens tomorrow with the potential for large crowds of people attending Worship Services. Thats after President Trump declared churches and houses of worship essential, adding a sharp warning to state governors to not keep churches closed. We have reporters spread out coast to coast, cnns natasha chen on georgias tybee island, cnns paul in santa monica, california, and evan mcmorrissantoro live for us in new jersey. Lets start with natasha in georgia where there are more than 42,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. Natasha, large crowds are flocking to tybee island this weekend and we see how many people are there behind you and i understand you have the mayor there with you as well. Reporter thats right, and thats why ive got my mask on. We both do, actually. This is mayor shirley sessions of tybee island. Thank you for joining us, and you know, we are probably the only two people right now wearing any masks. What do you make of that . Well, i think its interesting. I like it when people listen to what the governor of georgia asks that they do, and i have seen a few people with masks, but primarily, not the majority by far, no. And i think its one of those things that its becoming a complacent situation and i think that people are just thinking that the sun is going to, you know, kill any germs that may be out there, and theyve just gotten a little bit kind of forgetting that its still very real and i do understand if youre coming to the beach, it is warm, and a mask can be uncomfortable, but i think if youre not going to be cognizant of being close to people that its important to wear the mask. Reporter one of the things that people are supposed to do is keep their parties six feet apart at least, fewer than ten people. Were looking behind us right there. There is a group kind of seated and standing, thats more than ten people. What would happen in that situation . Is anyone going to Say Something about it . The department the Governors Office has sent the department of national resources, dnr, they have rangers on the beach who are supposed to be dealing with that. I have seen we have a pretty big beach, as youve seen. Youve had a chance to observe. So, a threemile beach, i was on the north end earlier. I did see the rangers down there breaking up groups, and i think that theyre just were just oversaturated with people, and i dont know that its, you know, its just a difficult task. Reporter yes. To do that. Reporter absolutely. And i know you and i have talked about how the local businesses depend on tourism to survive and they get some muchneeded cash flow, so how do you feel about that paired with the news that were getting out of arkansas that theres a second peak now, North Carolina seeing the highest singleday increase. Are you afraid of seeing Something Like that here with this many people out, even while you need the cash. Absolutely. Safety is always the number one goal for government, and unfortunately, were not going to be able to really see the numbers because most of these people are not tybee. They dont live on tybee. Theyre going to go back home to wherever they came from. Were not going to know the numbers. Were not going to have any idea where those numbers could be spiking in other cities and other communities. Ive noticed that theres not a lot of local residents that i have seen out today, so i think our local residents are being aware of where theyre going, what theyre doing, and the numbers are very, very important, but again, its going to be really impossible for tybee or for chatham county, our Health Department to know what all of these where all of these people are coming from. You look at the tags in the parking lots and theyre from literally everywhere. So, its very concerning, and i hope that when people go home, that they will get tested if they feel that they can do that. Testing is very, very free, obviously, and very available, especially in georgia, so i hope that people will take advantage of that. Well, i like the smile on your mask, and hopefully people continue to enjoy themselves here on the beach while staying safe as the mayor said and paying attention to cdc guidelines. Ana, back to you. I like the smile on her mask too. I was thinking the exact same thing when you said that. I often smile with my mask on and then i realize, oh, maybe people dont know im smiling. Im smiling now, just so you know. Okay. We see it in your eyes, natasha. Thank you both. Lets head to california where more than twothirds of counties in that state are moving ahead with the next phase of reopening, including beaches, but memorial day weekend arrives as that state has reported more than 2,000 new cases of coronavirus a day for each of the last 4 days. Cnns Paul Verkammen is joining us from santa monica and weve seen people riding by you on bikes but how much do visitors seem to be adhering to social distancing guidelines . Reporter you can see people walking by with masks on. Im not saying that everybodys Wearing Masks. Its a bit of a mix. Clearly somebody whos at a full run or on their bikes might find it difficult to breathe with their masks on. Were seeing masks around peoples necks. The game changer in santa monica today and throughout l. A. County is the opening up of this bikeway. What they dont want is people bunching up on the beach and look at all that white sand. Ordinarily, memorial day weekend, it would be shoulder to shoulder here, so many people out there and you can see over there, theres that pier thats shut down. Well talk about that more in just a moment. But what we saw is families were really paying attention to the mask rule. We ran into a family of folks on razor scooters and they drove Something Like an hour and a half just to be part of this and get out of the house. This is beautiful. I mean, i love the nature. I love to take the kids out for a ride. Because you know, ever since covid started, weve been cooped up in the house. It was very boring and stuff. We just did homework online. Reporter so, that sense of euphoria, being able to get out here on memorial day weekend, come down to santa monica, sit city of 90,000. Were not seeing people misbehaving. Were not saying that the crowds wont show up later on but they have made it difficult for the crowds. It is not easy to find parking anywhere around here because most of the Public Parking is shut down, ana, and that is not conducive to bringing your tent and your cooler and setting up some sort of barbecue pit or whatever the case may be. Its sort of compliance by inability to access in some ways as well. And were seeing people wearing their masks. Youll have a bike rider come behind me with a nice bright yellow mask on showing that the folks here do indeed peace sign. Thank you. Pay attention to the rules and as you know, all along, californians have sort of followed along a little more diligently with some of the social distancing rules. And yet i know people there have been hit just as hard financially and economically as anywhere else, paul. The city of santa monica has taken a huge financial hit. How long you talked to the mayor there earlier. How long did they expect to it to take to recover . Reporter years. And in fact, theyre forecasting a budget deficit of Something Like 240 million into the year 2022 and the problem is they just lost all of their hotel and sales tax revenue so its going to take a long time for them to come back to what they were before. They just had to lay off 150 people here in the city of 90,000. They also had buyouts of another 120 or so. Its been gutwrenching and these beach cities have been super hard hit and you may know the Unemployment Rate in california now, 15 agonizing percent. Back to you now, ana. Paul vercammen in santa monica, thanks. Lets go to cnns evan mcmorrissantoro on the boardwalk of new jerseys belmar beach. We know phil murphy is allowing outdoor crowds of up to 25 people to gather this weekend but its a rainy weekend here in the northeast, evan. Are people still going to the beach . Reporter well, the plan for this weekend was for towns in the jersey shore to debut these complex and expensive plans to reopen these economically crucial beaches while also maintaining social distance, kind of a twoprong strategy involving personal responsibility, requesting people to wear masks and stay distant from each other and also some light enforcement, taking away benches, things like that. We see it all over monitoring the number of people who are on the beach, things like that. But as you say, we havent really had a chance to put those plans to the test this weekend because its been raining. The beach here in belmar has been mostly empty but locals have said it seems like it might be thin numbers, even for a rainy weekend here on the jersey shore during beach season, and i spoke to one Business Owner who says that might be a bad sign for the rest of the summer. I think its going to be a little rough, for sure. You know, i think if the weathers a little bit more cooperative, you know, where people can actually go sit on the beach, i think it will be okay. But if its just kind of hohum weather and people cant really go to the beach and cant go to bars, cant go to a restaurant, i think its were definitely going to struggle for sure. Because our season is limited to begin with, and now, you know, were just making it smaller and smaller and smaller, you know, even though we are a yearround business. The bulk of our business is between memorial day and labor day. Reporter so look, no one really knows what the coming weeks are going to bring, but the reason why these beaches are open is because theyre so important to the economy here, and the goal of all these rules is to allow enough visitors to come to the jersey shore and allow the social distancing rules to allow them to spend enough money to make all the extra effort its required to make this happen worthwhile. And so, right now, were seeing if thats going to happen and this weekend just hasnt been the best test because as you can see behind me, and i can tell you, the rains about to come back. Ana . Evan mcmorrissantoro, thank you. We hope you stay dry. Get out of the rain, evan. As we watch people flock to these beach towns, recall what i mentioned at the top of the show, landlocked arkansas saying it is already seeing a second peak. And some of its new cases stem from a single pool party. Joining us now live, d dr. Walensky, chief of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a medical professor at harvard and also dr. Ranney, professor at brown university. Let me start with you because you testified been a Congressional Committee on covid19 just a couple of days ago and you told the members very directly that the country is not prepared for a second wave of coronavirus infections. In what areas are we not prepared . So, ana, unfortunately, we are still not prepared in so many areas. You know, the last ten weeks weve managed to flatten the curve across much of the United States, but the virus is still amongst us and that wave two is going to come in a rolling way in different states as we reopen at different times. Across the u. S. , we know from our data at get us ppe that there are so many healthcare workers who still dont have adequate protective equipment, basic masks, gowns, hand sanitizer, particularly in places like Nursing Homes or Skilled Nursing facilities, theyre desperately in need of that equipment. We dont have adequate, reliable testing in much of the United States. We dont have reliable data on whos sick in much of the United States. We dont have clear and consistent Public Health messaging. We dont have Adequate Funding of public Health Departments. Were seeing reports of departments of health having to cut workers who are out there on the front lines trying to stop this pandemic, even while the virus is still here because funding is inadequate. And of course we havent addressed the underlying issues that allowed this virus to spread in the first place. We have a chance now to prepare our Public Health system so that we can be aware of whats going on so we can distribute resources in a fair and equal way, but we have a very short period of time to take advantage of that chance, and i worry that were not doing it yet. And dr. Walensky, as we look at the pictures from tybee island and we hear the mayor of tybee island discuss people not wearing face masks and not social distancing the whole time, thinking that the sun is going to protect them, those uv rays or the idea that all these people who are there arent necessarily residents of that area, they are from all over the place, all coming together. How concerning is that . Good afternoon, ana. Very concerning. You know, what i would say is people are tired. We are exhausted. Its been a long winter and it has certainly been a long spring, and the weather is good and people want to be outside. But this is just not the way to do it. We have safe ways that we can do it. Youve seen people exercise some of those safe ways. If you want to go on a morning walk, early morning, and not wear your mask and no one is around, then i think that would be fine. But to see these crowds of people who clearly are not coquarantining together. Its not families. Its crowds of people coming together from different places. That is just really concerning when we think about how this virus is spread, to see them not Wearing Masks is even more concerning. Yeah, because it is different depending on where you go. Not all beaches are having those same issues, as we were seeing in those shots from santa monica, much different story tan tybee island. But dr. Ranney, one thing i thought that was really interesting as i was reading all my emails is that the u. S. Is now sending ventilators and other protective gear to other countries, the first 50 of 200 u. S. Made and donated ventilators arrived in russia on thursday and we have an Administration Official telling cnn this week that the u. S. Has committed over 15,000 ventilators to more than 50 countries, including some of our european allies and partners. And given our discussion about a second wave, should the u. S. Be giving these ventilators to other countries right now . So, International Cooperation is critical in our fight against this virus as we know well. The virus does not respect either state boundaries or international boundaries, and us working together is going to be part of the way that we can combat and ultimately vanquish the virus. However, its critical for us to make sure that we have adequate supplies at home. Right now, we have adequate numbers of ventilators and theres been talk about trying to increase the number in our Strategic National stockpile so that we can distribute them if and when the second wave hits across the country. But i would hope that those ventilators that are being sold overseas are being done so only after weve made sure that weve replenished our Strategic National stockpile and we have adequate manufacturing in place so we can scale up as we need more locally here at home. Dr. Walensky, President Trump announced yesterday that houses of worship are essential during this pandemic and he threatened to override governors who keep churches closed. Is it safe now to attend Worship Services in person, and what can people do to protect themselves if they do go . I think the big question here is how do people practice . I think everybody is interested in being able to have people join communities, houses of worship, certainly when you think about funerals that people have had to endure alone or with very small amounts of people in attendance, these houses of worship are really critical for community. That said, when i see footage of people gathering, not in masks, in enclosed spaces, it certainly gives me concern. So when you think about how people might come together as a community and houses of worship, there could be multiple small services. They could be outside. They could be distanced. And they need to be in masks. It would really concern me to see, especially elderly people who often use houses of worship as their communities, coming to these places and not seeing everyone else in masks. Okay. Some really good information. Thank you so much, dr. Walensky and dr. Ranney. I appreciate it as always. Ladies, i hope you have a nice rest of the weekend. Up next, the president spending his memorial day weekend away from home as well. He is back at one of his golf courses, his First Time Since march. Plus, for all of you longing for sports, basketball could soon return. What we are hearing about the nbas plans next. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hey mama, whats up . 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And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. While many railroare opting the beach this Holiday Weekend, the president hit the golf course. Lets get to jeremy diamond. Between the president s demand to governors to reopen churches immediately and his golf appearance, jeremy, what message is he trying to send this weekend . Reporter well, ana, it appears without a doubt that this is the latest attempt by the president to try and send the message that he wants the country to be back open. He wants things to return to normal, and he is certainly trying to will that return to normalcy into existence, even as we see those rising case counts still in several key parts of the country. The president now, he knew that he was being captured on camera. At one point, he waves to the photojournalists, but the president , even though secret Service Agents were Wearing Masks, the president was not wearing a mask and neither were his three other golfing partners, and we saw the president certainly not appearing to maintain any of that six feet of social distancing between him and his golf partners. Now, this comes as President Trump, he has previously criticized the last president , president obama, for golfing amid a crisis. President trump criticized president obama after there was just a second confirmed case of ebola back in 2014. Watch. And you know, when youre president , you sort of say, like, im going to sort of give it up for a couple of years and im going to really focus on the job. How about right after the beheading, he then walks over, news conference, and then walks right outside and tees it up. You know, there are times to play golf. We all love golf. There are times to play and there are times that you cant play and it sends the wrong signal, but he plays a lot of golf. Reporter now, President Trump has not golfed, as far as we know, for more than two months now. Thats his longest stretch without golfing during his presidency. But it comes, as we know, ana, there are more than 1. 6 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States currently. Nearly 100,000 dead and counting, but perhaps thats the point is President Trump is trying to send the signal that we are no longer in the midst of this coronavirus crisis, despite what the numbers say, despite what the facts say, President Trump is trying to send a message to the country that the United States is now past that and moving towards this reopening phase, not only of the economy but also resuming all of the other activities that comprise this sense of normalcy that President Trump so desperately wants to convey to the country, again, despite what we are seeing and despite the warnings from Public Health experts, including dr. Deborah birx who just pointed out this region is one of those regions where there is still a high plateau of confirmed cases and a high positive rate of coronavirus cases in terms of the number of tests being done. So, certainly some mixed messaging once again from the white house. Ana . Yeah, and dr. 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Say add hulu into your voice remote to keep up with the hulu shows everyones been talking about. Weve all felt like weve been on a roller coaster the past couple of months but how would you feel about riding a real one again . Theme parks have always been a staple of summer but there are a lot of questions when it comes to the crowds, the lines, and even those character meet and greets. Universal Orlando Resort says it will open its parks to the public starting june 5th with stri stringent health, hygiene and safety procedures in place. Disney took a step forward this week by reopening Disney Springs in florida. Everyone over the age of 3 must wear a mask and get a temperature screening to get in there and while disney hasnt reopened its u. S. Theme parks yet, we are getting a preview of what they could look like postshutdown. Last week, disneyland shanghai welcomed guests back with strict new rules in place. All visitors now need to register online and book for a specific arrival time to keep from congregating. You also have a green shanghai Qr Health Code that you have to show, the governments hightech way to track potential exposures. Once inside the park, reminders to keep your distance, yellow tape added to lines for attractions and every other table blocked off to space out diners. Heres cnns david culver getting a sneak peek. Reporter safe spacing even for the performances. This is one of the stages. Look here in the crowd. Pick a box. Thats where you and your family unit will stand, keeping that distance. And after stopping off each ride, youll find a row of hand sanitizing stations along with crews ready to wipe down surfaces. And for now, you can no longer hug mickey or minnie. A safe selfie distance will have to do. For more on what you can expect, lets turn to bill cohen, a former Disney Imagineer who is now the ceo of a company that has worked on theme parks around the world. The thing about these parks is they offer a fantasy, an escape from the outside world. Is some of that magic lost if you cant even hug mickey mouse . Yeah, of course. I think, ana, nice to speak with you. These are these kind of things that are going to have to be important to the guests and to the operators initially and with the hope that this will come back to more normal experiences over time, but in the shortterm, this is whats going to be the typical protocol and thats distancing and probably not those closeup selfies that you were talking about. Im curious about the rides because on some of them, when you are sitting next to total strangers or you have people directly in front of you or behind you. How do you fix that and make sure you keep the virus from spreading . Well, you know, thats the challenge because none of these attractions were designed that way. We developed projects like theme parks and really highend attractions for capacity, for throughput, and thats what makes the business work and now theyve got to look at different ways of doing that, so theyre going to distance. Theyll probably separate the riders by cars. Theyll separate them by seats if theyre not with a family unit. And then of course in the preshow and queue line, theyll separate them by distance. So, some of those practical operating protocols are going to be important, at least in the beginning. The wait times, i imagine, will grow. Already, they can be long. But if people have to wait even longer since they can disinfect the chairs or the seat belts, what do you think disney will do to make that more of an enjoyable experience . Thats the challenge is that one of the many challenges theyve got, which is how do they keep up that capacity we were just talking about and how do they make sure that the guests are moving through these spaces while keeping distance, so at least initially, theyre going to do that by capacity of the overall park. Theyre just not going to fill these parks up, and the attractions, therefore, wont have as great a demand. But theyll go to some technology. Theyll use some, you know, reservations and ways that they can make sure that the guests arent sitting in a queue for an hour waiting for the attractions. So, theres plenty of ways they can do this both operationally and using some technology. Theyll be able to manage it, and then when the crowds return in full, hopefully theyve got some, again, some practices that will allow the people to be a little bit closer but still feel safe on the rides. Universal studios in orlando plans to reopen. The public will be able to visit come june 5th with masked mandatory. If a guest doesnt have one, theyll be given a disposable one. Disney is also expected to require masks, something that the ceo of disney admitted may be an issue for some people. He said, quote, in asia, as you know, its fairly common place, even before covid19, for folks to walk around in public with masks on. That is not the case in the u. S. So that will be something that will be a little trying for some of our guests, particularly in hot, humid summers that we tend to have. So, if its 90 degrees out in orlando, do you foresee masks being mandated . If yes, who enforces that . If no, its a big health and safety gamble, isnt it . Well, i think so, but i also think that initially, you know, people have been thinking about this for the last six weeks, two months, three months, so the masks are now becoming a little more ubiquitous in our everyday life so will that be a surprise to go to a theme park and be asked to wear a mask . I dont think so. I think the disney universal guys are very focused on how to ensure the guest has a great experience, so at least walking in the door, theyre going to require the mask. Everybody will understand that. But its a good point that over time, if youre in a 95degree typical florida july day here in Central Florida at one of the parks, its going to be a little bit of a struggle to keep those masks on, but i also think universal and disney will find entertaining ways of reminding the guests to stay safe and maybe reapply the mask and wash their hands and do those kinds of things. So i think initially, it wont be a shock, but youre right, if youre in a park for six or eight hours, its going to be a struggle to have it on fulltime. I notice disneys websites already selling characterinspired face masks. You can get one with baby yodas face or winnie the poohs nose. If masks are required, is that Just Brilliant marketing . Could these become the new mickey ears . I think its not only brilliant marketing but its bottom line business, right . The theme parks are do well when they have big crowds but they do even better when those big crowds buy merchandise and food, so if a mask is a retail opportunity like an umbrella or a raincoat in the summertime here in florida, those are great sales opportunities, and theyre also takeaways. Theres nothing more important to a big, Major EntertainmentCompany Theme park company than for somebody to take away from their experience in the park something that they can remember it by, and if its a mask, thats great. But i think its a commercial opportunity for sure. But another way to encourage health and safety. Bill coan, i appreciate the conversation. Thank you for your insights. My pleasure, ana, nice to speak with you. Back at you. From the happiest place on earth to a very grim reality right now, a new report alleging thousands of recovering coronavirus patients in new york were transferred to Nursing Homes under a state directive. How did that happen . The criticism facing new yorks governor next. This is to all who are putting their energy into helping others. To anyone helping and caring in their own way. Thank you. Like you, were always on. Were proud to put our Energy Behind you. Southern company me too. Me too. And if youre a small business, were with you. Standing by you every step of the way. Bye bye. Nursing home patients have been among the most vulnerable during this pandemic. Early during the crisis in new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order saying that Nursing Homes could not deny patients based solely on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of coronavirus. Some are now saying that may have done more harm than good. Cnns Jason Carroll has this report. Jason . Reporter new york Governor Andrew Cuomo says if his critics are looking for someone to blame about the number of coronavirus deaths at the states Nursing Homes, look to the federal government. New york followed the president s agencys guidance, so that depoliticizes it. What new york did was follow what the Republican Administration said to do. Thats not my attempt to politicize it. Its my attempt to depoliticize it. So, dont criticize the state for following the president s policy. Reporter the policy cuomo was referring to was his march 25th executive order which asked Nursing Homes to take in recovering Covid Patients even if those patients had not first been tested to see if they were clear of the virus. That executive order was based on federal guidelines released on march 13th which advised that state Nursing Homes should accept covid19 positive patients if they could care for them. I just want to reiterate once again that the policy that the department of health put out was in line directly with the march 13th directive put out by cdc and cms that read, and i quote, Nursing Homes should admit any individuals from hospitals where covid is present. Not could, should. That is President Trumps cms and cdc. Its been a national and International Tragedy and its something were trying to learn from every day. Reporter just how many ended up in Nursing Homes across the state, the Associated Press reports more than 4,500 recovering Covid Patients were returned to Nursing Homes in the state following the governors executive order. The governor today had this to say about that number. We had 68,000 hospitalizations so the 4,000 number would be a subset of that. And i dont know what information we have that we havent released at this point. Reporter the state department of health says theyre still trying to verify those numbers. Cnn has not been able to independently confirm the number of patients discharged from hospitals to Nursing Homes. Stewart is the ceo of the jewish nursing home in long island. Might have been more of a rush to find a solution during a crisis. Reporter he says under the governments directive, his facility had to take in 58 recovering Covid Patients from hospitals. Then the mandate came, and it just took things to another level. It was almost a cascading effect of events. Reporter almer says 53 residents from his nursing home died from covid19, but he says its unclear if any of those deaths were a direct result from accepting recovering patients. Others in the longterm Care Industry not surprised so many recovering Covid Patients ended up in Nursing Homes. The focus was really 100 on the hospitals, and the Nursing Homes i always feel that were sort of an afterthought. Reporter as for the governors executive order, under intense criticism and almost two months after the governor initiated it, he reversed it on may 10th and required testing of nursing home residents once a week and staff twice a week. So, were just not going to send a person who is positive to a nursing home after a hospital visit. Period. Reporter according to the state department of health, over the past two months, there have been more than 3,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths among residents at state care facilities. On friday, the administration showed troubling numbers of covid cases at care facilities nationwide and again asked states to do more testing, something new york is already doing. To encourage governors to test 100 of the nursing home residents and staff because many of our outbreaks that we have seen over the last two months have started in Nursing Homes. Reporter but some Health Experts say looking forward what is needed are more than cdc guidelines but a National Policy addressing covid19 at Nursing Homes. What concerns me most is that the country hasnt learned enough from the mistake, and we dont really have a National Testing strategy for Nursing Homes. Reporter nursing home advocates say that if new york state officials had a problem with the federal guidelines, then they should have spoken out about it. And they say because that didnt happen, that gives even more reason to why they say they should have more of a seat at the table, at least nursing home advocates should have more of a seat at the table, they say, when these policies are being made. Ana . Jason carroll, great reporting. Thank you. Up next, for all of you longing for sports, basketball could soon return. What were hearing about the nbas plans. Thats next. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Tracfone wireless gives you more control. Just swap your sim card you can also keep your phone, keep your network, keep your number, 20 a month, no contract. Dont keep that case though. Available 24 7 at tracfone. Com tracfone wireless. Dont keep that case though. Available 24 7 if you have a garden you know, weeds are low down little scoundrels. Draw the line with roundup. The sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to target weeds precisely and kill them right down to the root. Roundup brand. Trusted for over 40 years. 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