Friday. That, too, a new high and in new mexico, the governor ordering statewide closure for all activities. Oregon announcing restrictions for the next two weeks including limits on gatherings. Idahos governor is now mobilizing the National Guard to help in the pandemic response. All of this as the Biden Transition Team is calling the pandemic a National Security threat. Noting the recent spike in cases and hospitalizations, calling this a grim day for the country, yet despite that very real threat and the numbers that dont lie. The white house is refusing to cooperate. Refusing to concede the election. Refusing to allow the Biden Transition Team access to daily briefings and classified information, information that could be vital in helping stop the spread of this disease. At this hour, thousands of President Trump supporters are gathering in washington. They are blasting the election, falsely claiming it was stolen. Cnn has a team of reporters around the country monitoring the latest developments on both the coronavirus and the biden transition. We want to begin in delaware where bidens team is meeting. Jason carroll there for us. The president elect has some Big Decisions to make in the coming weeks. How much of that could be a topic of discussion at the meetings today . Well, it definitely will be and, in fact, early this morning, cameras caught up with the president elect and his wife as they were out doing some exercising and someone shouted out are you closer to making any cabinet decisions and biden shouted back, yes. He did not elaborate beyond that. There will be continued conversations about cabinet choices. Names for all the key positions including treasury, health, as well as defense. Were told that biden is taking a deliberate approach to how hes going at namings the votes and fighting people. Everyone is going to come under intense scrutiny. Yesterday during a briefing with the Biden Transition Team they were asked, how your managing with all these road blocks being thrown up by the trump administration. As you say, the president elect not getting those intelligence briefings. The General ServicesAdministration Still holding up on that paperwork, not signing off. Not getting access to our resources. Not getting access to funds and so a Senior Adviser was asked, how are you proceeding when youve got the standoff between yourself and the gsa . Were not interested in having a food fight with the gsa administrator or anyone really. We just want to get access to intelligence information, to threat assessments, to the ongoing work on covid so that we can prepare to govern. Clearly, erica, the road blocks are there but theres some things the biden team, theyre doing to get around some of those road blocks with their covid19 response. They are working directly with state governors, with local officials on the ground in terms of coordinating that response. And in another example is when it comes to the pentagon. Basically what they are doing is theyve been reaching out to former officials from the pentagon who worked under former secretary jim mattis just to try to get a better sense of the inner workings of that department. So again, the road blocks are clearly there but the biden team clearly doing what it can to work around those road blocks. Erica . Jason carroll with the latest from delaware, thank you. Its now been one week since the election was called for joe biden. President trump still not admitting he lost the election, though he broke his silence yesterday to discuss the pandemic and a possible vaccine, although did not acknowledge his defeat. For the very latest, lets bring in Sarah Westwood who joins us from the white house. The president is not conceding. Not surprising at this point. The fact his administration is not yet helping the biden team with the transition. Weve heard what the biden team has to say. But thats really a Significant Development or lack of a development on its own. Thats right, erica. Thats a process that ordinarily would be well under way in a normal election year. Theres office space here in washington, d. C. , thats been set aside for the Biden Transition Team thats just sitting empty at the moment. Federal agencies across the government are effectively twiddling their thumbs being put in an awkward position because they havent received the signoff from this white house to begin making contact with their counterparts on the Biden Transition Team. And there are simply no signs that this situation is changing any time soon. President trump today is at the golf course. Theres no concession speech any of kind on the horizon for him now. And multiple cabinet members in Trumps Administration have also suggested that there might not even be a biden transition. And that is as the campaign is still pursuing legal challenges in states that biden won that are not going to overturn the results of this election. But yesterday, appearing in the rose garden, the president made just for a fleeting moment an acknowledgment of the possibility that he might not be getting a second term. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the whatever happens in the future, who knows, which administration it will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. Now pressure is mounting on the president from republicans to concede in some fashion, erica. Thats likely to grow in the coming days. Weve also heard from former white house chief of staff john kelly. He criticized his former boss yesterday. What did he say specifically . Yeah, former white house chief of staff john kelly is one of those republicans who is starting to put pressure on the Trump White House to initiate this transition process and to concede defeat in this eelection. I want to read you these strong words from kelly last night. The delay in transitioning is an increasing National Security and health crisis. It costs the Current Administration nothing to start to brief mr. Biden, ms. Harris, the new chief of staff and all identified cabinet members and senior staff as they are identified over the days and weeks ahead. And then he goes on to say, that said, the down side to not doing so could be catastrophic to our people, regardless of who they voted for. Now some republicans are also starting to push the white house to take steps towards a transition. Senator james lankford, a republican, is pushing the white house to allow president elect biden this access to the same classified information that President Trump receives in his briefing every day, erica. Sarah westwood with the latest from the white house, thank you. Also joining us, dr. James phillips, the chief of disaster medicine at George Washington university hospital. Good to see you this morning. As we look at these records, they really are mind boggling. Another record set on friday. More than 184,000 covid cases. New covid cases reported yesterday. Thats a jump of more than 30,000 from thursdays numbers. As you look at what is coming down the pike, you say were likely to see more of these restrictions and even perhaps shutdowns in certain areas. Put that in perspective for us. What could that really mean . How long could we be looking at . Thanks for having me on. You know, unfortunately, i think were almost right back to where we were in the spring. Its different than what it was when we saw cases spike simply in specific areas like new york. We watched as new york suffered and nearly had their Health Care System overwhelmed. But now were not dealing with just a single infection. Its every single major urban area in the country and in the state. What are we going to do about it and what do we have the collective courage to do . You know, the restrictions that are coming, and they are coming, and everybody should be prepared for that, they started sort of in chicago with mayor lightfoot and enacting some restrictions. Some stayathome orders. Weve seen oregon and the governor of new mexico do similar things. Hoping that its only for two weeks. But its the first dominos to fall and i think that americans need to be prepared that this is whats coming over the next few weeks. When you talk about americans needing to be prepared, i agree with you in a lot of ways. A lot of this feels like april because were seeing these new restrictions being announced one after another. There were a flurry of them yesterday afternoon. That being said, you know, as a people, i think the American People are in a much different place than in april. So how do you prepare people for that when were talking a lot about this spread being triggered in some cases by an understandable covid fatigue . Yeah, the fatigue is real. Its real for all americans, for the half that have been abiding by the appropriate restrictions and Wearing Masks and socially distancing. And for the other half of the country who seem to have taken a more political viewpoint of the science. Its the same. And what were seeing is that fatigue is leading to people taking chances. I am just terrified about whats going to happen with thanksgiving and the holidays like christmas and hanukkah. People are going to travel. People that would normally travel because they dont believe in the science and then those that are just fatigued who are willing to take some chances. And were going to see an unprecedented surge of cases following thanksgiving this year and, if people dont learn from thanksgiving, well see it after christmas as well. Leading us to what i hope will be a spike near the end of january based on the delayed times with incubation periods and the ten days it takes for people to be sick and have to be hospitalized. From a preparation standpoint, people need to remember, we have to flatten the curve. Were not talking about that anymore. Were seeing a spike thats really deadly, and we need to remember the basic things that are going to help fix this problem. When we look at hospitalizations, the fact theyve jumped significantly daytoday in the past week as well, were hearing from folks at hospitals around the country. We know the midwest is especially concerning for experts who are looking at that area. But its not just about having the beds to take care of people who are sick enough they need to be hospitalized. Its also about having the staff. That is a major concern today. Absolutely. As a disaster medicine specialist, those of us who work in the Emergency Management area, we worrying about Surge Capacity and plan for it. We think of it in three terms space, staff and stuff. Weve been working for ten months to increase our stuff. But when i go to work tomorrow im still going to be using one mask for the whole day. When it comes to space, were starting to run out. And thats nationwide. And that space is important, not simply because you may not have a place to be admitted if you get covid, but what about the people that have the normal routine illnesses and injuries. Heart attacks, strokes, trauma, infections. Were going to be losing out on beds for them. And those people are going to be are going to get sick and potentially die, and they will also be victims of covid despite having never contracted the disease. And at some point, if we get really overwhelmed, were going to be talking about crisis standards of care where we may have to be rationing materials and medicines for patients. And those are the decisions that no doctors want to make. Again, things were talking about now thatt we discussed in the spring. Appreciate your expertise. Thank you. Programming note for you. Dr. Anthony fauci will be on cnns state of the union tomorrow morning, 9 00 a. M. Jake tapper will be joined by senator bernie sanders, Governor Mike Dewine of ohio and reverend raphael warnock. Pro President Trump groups hitting the states in the Nations Capital. White supremacists among those calling for change. Plus, a new report says Rudy Giuliani is now in charge of President Trumps election lawsuit. So whats his strategy after a series of legal defeats . 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What are you seeing so far . There was a convergence of three different rallies. They had three different names. But everybody is sort of here together with a similar message. Theres a lot of folks here that believe the election was stolen. They believe that, obviously, incorrectly because even Donald Trumps appointed senior Election Security official has said that this is baseless. The fact that the election has been done and its been done properly. But i want to give you a look at the scene here. Were at freedom plaza. There are probably somewhere between 8,000 to 10,000 people that have now gathered. It started with a couple hundred this morning and has grown and grown and grown. We are expecting to march to the Supreme Court at some point. That was supposed to start a few minutes ago. But they are getting the crowd going here in washington, d. C. There are folks from all over the place, you know, from as far away as florida and texas and california. Weve seen a lot of different groups here including the far right proud boys, including mill ka itant groups like the 3 percenters. And some mainstream republicans who are expected to speak here, including members of congress. Well see if a couple of these folks will talk to me. Lets go through the crowd a bit here and give you a scene setter here. Theres folks all the way that way, this way and all the way down pennsylvania avenue. This young lady is on the phone. Can we ask you a couple of questions about your sign . Tell me what your sign says. Stop the steal. And what does that mean . It means that we want all of the votes audited and recounted and all of these swing states that stopped counting at midnight and mysteriously, miraculously came up with thousands of new votes, votes for biden the next day, and some of them are still counting and were saying we want an honest and Fair Election. Do you want the same places where donald trump won to also continue to count the vote . Sure. Sure. All of it . If theyre not done. The states have said they continued counting to when they were supposed to. Their laws are in place to stop counting at a certain point. But anybody that got their votes in before november 3rd or on november 3rd are counted, according to all of the different states. Do you think that all of the states that donald trump won were actually legitimate . Absolutely. And all the states that biden won, do you think those were legitimate . I dont think all of them were illegitimate. The ones that stopped counting mysteriously at midnight where trump had a significant lead and there was, what, water pipes burst in nobody stopped counting mysteriously at midnight. Yes, they did. Were watching the news. We follow it. We follow elections for years. Let me ask you something else. By the law, the media may say by the law. Thats not what our constitution says. Its what the state constitutions say. There are state legislatures are the ones that are going to step in now because the courts, as we know legislators have steps in and said this is a free and Fair Election, including one of the people donald trump put in place who is one of the federal security Election Officials who has come out and said that all of his claims are baseless and this was a free and Fair Election. What do you say to this . This is someone donald trump actually appointed to a position to be looking over for the security of the election . I think the people are not fooled. Weve been to the rallies. Weve watched the numbers. Weve watched the media who continues to lie to us and hide information. We dont get our information from you all anymore. We get our information directly from the people online from their accounts. Were able to follow our representatives. Follow our senators, follow the people that tell the truth and report honestly. Some of the senators that are republican are saying sure. Some of them are part of the swamp. Thats why they need to be cleaned out. You dont believe anyone that says this is a free and Fair Election . Absolutely not. Was 2016 a free and Fair Election . There was probably fraud then, too. This swamp has do you think that donald trump won i think that legitimately . I think the swamp is so deep theres probably been fraud and cheating that have gone on for decades now. Why werent you out here in 2016 . Why werent you out here in 2016 if you thought there was fraud . Theres been some fraud in all of the elections. Im not just talking about federal elections. Im talking about state and local. We have this Dominion Software that we have found a whole lot about, it mysteriously has glitches and they all go for biden. Thats im sorry. Thats not true, but thank you so much. I appreciate it. So you hear what the sentiment of people purpose she doesnt believe the election was fair and free. There are a lot of people here that feel the same way. But, by all accounts, even trumps own appointed Election Security official has said that all of these claims are baseless. This was a free and Fair Election. And the biden team is preparing to take over the office in january. Erica . Sara sidner live in washington. Live with the realtime factcheck, my friend. Thank you. The new york times, meantime, now reporting President Trump has put his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in charge of his campaigns election lawsuits. The former new york city mayor now overseeing multiple lawsuits contesting the 2020 Election Results following a series of key legal defeats for the president. Joining us to discuss, a cnn election law analyst. As we look at this, the president had nine cases denied or dropped in key states on friday alone. So i mean, putting Rudy Giuliani in charge here if you are just switching up some of the players, does that change the president s fortunes at all . Absolutely not. It doesnt matter. The effort doesnt have any credibility. They are dismissing many of these claims. Hes made the same claims over and over that courts have found to be evidencefree. Alleging ballot irregularities, challenging ballot receipt deadlines in a number of states where hes behind. States that have been called, right . And it doesnt matter if Rudy Giuliani leads the effort. The cases speak for themselves. They certainly do. As we look at this, we have heard some key republican lawmakers actually echo some of the president s baseless claims of voter fraud. And former president obama actually weighed in. Take a listen. What is at stake here . Look, joe biden will be the next president of the United States. Kamala harris will be the next Vice President. Theres no legal basis. But hes getting support from members of the Republican Party who are not challenging him. And that has been disappointing. They, obviously, didnt think there was any fraud going on because they didnt say anything about it for the first two days. But theres damage to this. The damage. Thats something weve been talking a lot about. Its important that we keep that as part of the conversation. The overall damage, what do you see that being at this point . I agree completely. This has to be part of the conversation because theres a difference between making claims in the court of law and litigating in the court of public opinion. Judges have been proactive about reject anything fraud claims. In fact, Donald Trumps campaign has been very reluctant to back up some of these fraud claims in court. Its different when theyre made in the court of public opinion. Right . When you have a substantial portion of the electorate who believes that the election was stolen and that there is substantial fraud. So the damage is to the legitimacy of our system and this is something that president elect joe biden will have to deal with as he starts his new administration. Were going to be looking at this week so the Trump Campaign nrthds are set to appear in a federal courtroom in pennsylvania. This is an effort to block the state from certifying the election. Just put that in perspective for us here. What could what could that do . So the goal in trying to block certification is to call into question the legitimacy of the election. To some extent, i think the Trump Campaign hopes that republican state legislators will step in and appoint their own slate. And the way that federal law permits them to do that is by saying there was a failure to elect on election day. So delaying the certification deadline and calling into question the Election Results from november 3rd, could sort of bleed into this narrative of state legislators having the power to appoint their own slate. Let me point out, this is unlikely to happen, though. This is important. That is important to point out and also important to have you on to put things in perspective and also to give everybody a healthy and muchneeded dose of reality. In terms of where we stand and what matters this morning. Great to see you this morning. Thank you. Thank you. Still ahead President Trump attacking new york governor andrew cuomo. The shocking threat that launched in the middle of a pandemic. And bars and restaurants worried about their survival as new restrictions take place. Judge tom calichio is joining me to talk about what hes doing to help. Looking forward to that on the other side of this break. Students with relevant Life Experience and eligible transfer credits save on average 11k and 1 year off their undergrad degree. See how much you can save. Easier than ever. Apartmentsdotcom makes getting into a new home 11k and 1 year off their undergrad degree. brad apartmentsdotcom. 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Roomba and the irobot home app. Only from irobot. President trump has said little publicly since losing the election. When he did appear yesterday to announce white house efforts to get a vaccine to the public he took a swipe at new yorks democratic governor saying the entire country will get the vaccine, except new york. Take a listen. We wont be delivering it to new york until we have authorization to do so, and that pains me to say that. This is a very successful, amazing vaccine at 90 and more, but so the governor, Governor Cuomo will have to let us know when hes ready for it. Otherwise we cant be delivering it to a state that wont be giving it to its people immediately. New york officials are taking President Trumps proclamation as a threat warning the state is ready to sue the president if a vaccine is not delivered to new york on time. Cnns Polo Sandoval is following this for us right here in new york. What is actually going on here . Erica, the president just a few moments ago tweeted his love for new york but its certainly no big secret theres not really the best relationship or the best terms between the president and the governor of this state, of course, talking about andrew cuomo here. The president yesterday during that those remarks in the white house rose garden making it very clear that hed potentially leave new york state out of the distribution of a potential covid19 vaccine saying that his problem here is that the governor, according to him, would delay the distribution of a safe and effective covid19 vaccine. You have to look back at september to really understand whats at play here. Governor cuomo announced hed be creating an independent Task Force Made up of health and medical experts that would review any kind of covid19, any kind of covid19 vaccine that is approved by the food and drug administration. It isnt until he goes through that process that it would finally be distributed. So because of that, the president certainly using that as an opportunity to continue that sort of that bickering between himself and the governor of the state of new york. Of course, this does now have some potential applications for new yorkers. Also from the president of the United States here. As for the governor and as for the states top cop, the attorney general here. Also really firing back at the president. The governor saying this is simply being used, this vaccine simply being used as a retaliatory tool as this continues. But heres the big question here, erica. When and if a covid19 vaccine is finally approved, will the president still be the president of the United States . Theres a good chance, of course, we could be on to a new administration at that point. It could come after the inauguration. Polo, looking specifically at new york and some of the restrictions that we saw going into effect yesterday there, were also hearing now the mayor talking about the need to possibly close schools. He said it could happen as soon as monday. Where does that stand . Its all about the actual infection rate that weve been seeing. The sevenday running average. The big concern here is it could exceed 3 . Earlier this year when schools here in new york will reopen, youll remember that the city of new york said if that number makes it above 3 , then that would trigger the reclosure. At least a temporary reclosure of schools here in new york city. That number below that but the concern is through the weekend it could potentially reach that number. Thats why not only our state and city officials but also parents and teachers closely watching it this weekend because even though there was a significant improvement, thats about 2. 8 today, that the concern is that it would go up again. So obviously if that happens, would be a significant setback if schools cloerse, but the may saying if they have to go there, it would only be temporary in order to bring that number back down. Interesting, too, we heard the mayor say the schools themselves are extraordinarily safe in his words. And yet, we could be nearing that point. Polo, appreciate it as always, thank you. We have some live pictures from capitol hill. Democrats and republicans have, of course, failed to reach a deal on a covid stimulus package. President trump this morning, though, tweeting congress should pass a covid relief bill saying it should be, in his words, big and focused. Get it done. Few businesses have been hit as hard and are in as much need of a stimulus deal as restaurants around the country. According to the National Restaurant association, at least 100,000 restaurants have closed in the past six months because of the coronavirus. Tom colicchio is the Founding Member of the independent restaurant coalition. Hes a chef and restaurateur. You likely recognize him from his time on top chef. I talk to different people, restaurants, local restaurants in my town. My brotherinlaw owns a restaurant in indianapolis. To say this is tough is an understallment. Wh understatement. What are you hearing from owners and employees . Thanks for having me on. Right now were hearing that most restaurants are hanging on by a thread. Every day im on a zoom call talking to restaurateurs across the country and its getting tougher and tougher out there. You know, we did the hard work. We actually got a bill that actually was written in both houses of both chambers of congress. 203 cosigners in the house bill. 48 cosigners in a senate bill, including john cornyn and elizabeth warren. We have bipartisan support for our bill. We just need it passed. Our bill will provide 120 billion for independent restaurants and thats the lifeline that we need. Anything sort of that, we are looking at an extinction event for independent restaurants across this country. You say you just need a pass. What are the chances of that happening . Its time for politics to be put aside. These are peoples lives and livelihood that were talking about. Were talking about hundreds of thousands of people already, i think 1. 2 Million People lost their jobs. If we dont pass this act, these restaurants will not reopen. Theyll close, and it will be years before these jobs start coming back. Its time to put politics aside. Its time to, you know, put aside who is going to get credit for passing this act, passing this bill, this stimulus act and just get it done. The American People need this done. And so many people are just waiting for this. Weve been waiting for it for months. And we need something. Especially we need unemployment passed as well. So many people are hurting right now, and i think Congress Just needs to put politics aside, put bickering aside and get this done for the American People. I believe, you know, part of that bipartisan support that you noted in the senate, senator Kamala Harris, now Vice President elect Kamala Harris among those showing support for this. Have you reached out to the Transition Team . Have there been any conversations with the biden harris Transition Team to raise support, to raise this issue for them and remind them how important it is that there are millions of americans who are, at this point, not just restaurants but those people employed by them, who are hanging on by a thread . Yeah, erica, harris was an early cosigner of the bill. I did an ig live with her before she was the nominee. And so, yes, we have reached out to the biden team and im pretty sure they know the dire straits that restaurants are in right now. What do you think the biggest road block is at this point . Is it simply, and im reading between the not so subtle lines here. Were stuck in this place because politicians refuse to listen to their constituents and are more focused on their own standing at this point . And if thats where were at, how does how does that end . Thats exactly right. I think it happens when people, you know, start demanding and rising up and demanding it. The elections are over. And with the exception of the georgia race, and so, you know, we heard in the middle of the election that there was some concern that democrats would get credit for it because it was part of the h. E. R. O. E. S. Act. We need to put that aside. People need to realize that constituents everywhere across this country, in every single state, restaurants are hurting. Restaurant workers are hurting. And again, i agree. We just need to put this aside. If that means putting the stimulus package aside for a second, the h. E. R. O. E. S. Act and vote on the restaurants act. It has bipartisan support. If you put the restaurant act on the floor right now, as it is it will pass easily. So, again, putting politics aside, we just need to get this done. I agree. This is this logjam somehow weve got to get through it. Yeah, we do. Chef tom colicchio, appreciate your time. Appreciate all of your efforts and your very important voice as you push for this. Thank you. Thank you. Just ahead coronavirus cases increasing on one of the first cruises since the pandemic. Weve got an update, next. children laughing music swells dog barking music fades exhales experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Its our sharpest ever, and while some other companies would charge more for something new, we dont. Because why be like everyone else . Harrys. Not the same. S uh um. Its shiori. Shori. Thank you, thats great. Shiori. I really love it. For decades, the masters has been called a tradition like none other. Perhaps its fitting the world famous spring Golf Tournament is now being played in the middle of november because, 2020. Andy scholes joining us live from augusta. Still, though, even in november, not a bad assignment, my friend. Not a bad assignment at all. I tell you what. Its a Beautiful Day here in augusta. It feels like its april right now. Just an awesome day. Were in for some drama in round number three. Just moments ago, we had nine players tied at 9 under par at the top of that leaderboard. Just incredible. Then world number one Dustin Johnson eagled hole number 2 to take the outright lead. D. J. Looking to win his first green jacket after finishing tied for second place last year. No world number one has won the masters since tiger did it back in 2002. And tiger, meanwhile, hes in the hunt. Tiger playing a ninehole or eight holes already this morning, finishing up his second round. He ended that second round four shots back and, you know, tiger has made that kind of comeback before. Hes been down four or more after 36 holes twice at the masters. Came back to win those tournaments in 2002 and 2005. Well wait and see if he can do it again. Right now hes at six shots off the lead. Hes out on the course right now in his third round. The favorite heading into this tournament was reigning u. S. Open champion bryson dechambeau. Barely made the cut, but bryson revealing after he finished that second round, hasnt been feeling well. And as i kept going through the round, i started getting a little dizzy. I dont know what was going on. Something weird. So i got checked for covid last night and i was fine. Nothing. But i had to do the right thing and make sure there was nothing more serious than that. But i dont know what it is or what happened, but, you know, these past couple of days ive felt really, really odd and not 100 . Well wait and see if bryson can feel better and make a move up that leaderboard. I tell you what. Its just a Beautiful Day here in augusta. We should be in for one exciting finish here at the masters with so many big names and players tied or within a shot of that lead right now. Andy scholes, live for us at augusta national. Thank you, my friend. Well be right back. The cruise was the first to return to the caribbean after the pandemic shut down operations. Cruise operations in march. And it was hoping, of course, this would demonstrate increased safety protocols could allow for safe voyages. Patrick oppmann explains how those measures made one passenger feel overconfident. Reporter months after the pandemic halted the operations of cruise lines around the globe, the sailing of the sea dream 1 was meant to show that cruises were again open for business in the caribbean. Passengers were promised luxury. They were greeted with champagne, cold towels, hors doeuvres and big smiles. Reporter and safety. They were supposed to selfisolate and have two negative covid tests before setting sail. We had to have two tests before we left. One 72 hours before, and then in the port again, we had oxygen level test, temperature checks a few times, as well as another pcr rapid test by their ships doctor. So we were feeming this was going to be a really safe cruise. Reporter passengers were not initially required to wear masks as they were told by the crew that the ship was a covidfree bubble. A few days into the sailing, guests were told to wear masks but not what prompted that change. Several of the guests were cruise industry journalists and bloggers there to cover this new, reimagined way of cruising during the pandemic. With only 53 passengers and 66 crew, passengers said they felt safe. Here we have the lounge and there is so much seating so people can stay far apart and keep social distanced. Reporter but that illusion of safety burst on wednesday when the ships captain announced there was one positive case of covid aboard the ship and that all passengers had to isolate in their cabins. I was probably overconfident. I did not expect this to happen. I looked at what we had planned, i looked at the testing and the social distancing and everything. This nobody is going to get sick on the ship. Reporter soon the number of cases had grown to seven people who tested positive. Passengers were still enjoying the fine dining, but said the food now had to be served under the room doors. On friday, passengers said the captain told them everyone who had had two recent negative tests would be able to disembark the ship in barbados and fly home. Its so disappointing that this has happened because everybody had their hopes up high and we cant say anything more about what they could have done. Its such a horrible virus. It just gets everywhere, even with the constant testing. Reporter not only was this maiden cruise cut short but the future of the industry is in doubt. Patrick oppmann, cnn. Our thanks to Patrick Oppmann for that report. This years cnn heroes, an allstar tribute, will be a special celebration of the heroic efforts of the many women, men and children from around the globe who, when faced with the two simultaneous crises of covid19 and Racial Injustice stood up to do more to help others. Here is one of this years most inspiring moments. Before, we never noticed the shift change. We didnt see the nurses, the doctors and hospital workers head home. We didnt notice the First Responders leaving their stations after a long day. Now we do. At 7 00 p. M. In new york, 8 00 p. M. In los angeles, in france, in italy and all around the world, the deafening applause, the humble salutes, we stop to say thank you. 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