He calls the guidelines impractical, very tough and expensive. The president wants schools open starting next month so parents can go back to their jobs. A necessary step to fully reopen the economy. Vice president mike pence reinforcing that message but with a different tone. The president said today we just dont want the guidance to be too tough. Thats the reason why next week cdcs going to be issuing a new set of tools. More now from White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Reporter pushing for schools to reopen, President Trump is already turning to heavyhanded tactics threatening to cut funding to reluctant schools and dismissing some of his administrations own Public Health experts. Falsely accusing democrats of opposing School Reopenings across the board, the president tweeting, may cut off funding if not open. What you heard from the president is just his determination to provide the kind of leadership from the federal level that says were going to get our kids back to school because thats where they belong. Reporter democrats and republicans on capitol hill telling cnn the president doesnt have that unilateral authority. Vice president mike pence downplayed the threat. Well respect the unique communities that may have challenges, rising cases and rising positivity. Reporter suggesting they will push financial incentives for schools that open their doors. The president also slamming the cdcs reopening guidelines calling them very tough and expensive tweeting they are asking schools to do very impractical things. Cdc director Robert Redfield defending but also downplaying those guidelines. I want to make it very clear that it was not the intent of cdcs guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. Remember, its guidance. Its not requirements. Reporter and with the cdc preparing to release new guidelines next week, redfield decline to go say if pressure from the president is overriding the science. We will continue to develop and evolve our guidance to meet the needs of the schools and the states. Reporter also in the president s cross hairs the current state is really not good. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci. I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Reporter it was the latest sign of tensions between the president and the doctor Americans Trust most amid this pandemic. The fallout at the Coronavirus Task force briefing, dr. Fauci notably absent. And while dr. Fauci didnt attend the task force briefing, we are told he did attend the Task Force Meeting before hand. He didnt join from the department of education like other officials. Instead a source familiar is told dr. Fauci was told to attend from the situation room listening in remotely from the white house there by not being able to attend. Thats notable because we have seen the president and dr. Fa i fauci, theyre raising serious concerns while the president is trying to downplay and undermine the science as well as Public Health officials. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Thank you so much for that. As jeremy mentioned, with fauci nowhere to be seen at wednesdays briefing, kaylee mca nane any asked if he was about to be shown the door. Does he have confidence . The president has confidence in the conclusions of his medical experts but its up to him to determine what to do with that information and to take what we hear from awe dr. Fauci, dr. Birx and come to the ultimate consensus thats best for the country. President trump has been publicly accusing dr. Fauci on waffling. Often at times when fauci is providing a very frank assessment of whats happening in the country, the president insists he is better off ignoring experts and trusting his own instingtsz. Vice president mike pence says he is seeing improvements in the fight against coronavirus. We are actually seeing early indication of a percent of positive testing flattening in arizona, florida, texas. But the Positivity Rates of all three states have been steadily increasing since june and are currently well above 10 . Right now the number of coronavirus cases is increasing in 33 states, decreasing in just three. Record death tolls in california and texas. Heres erica hill. Reporter christine and laura, good morning. Vice president pence painting a rather rosie picture when it comes to the state of coronavirus in this country on wednesday, the same day of course the confirmed cases passed 3 million. Education is a focus. Betsy devos said its not a matter of if but how schools will reopen in the fall. Fall is a few weeks from now in august. Districts are figuring out what to do. We know that here in new York City Schools will open on a split schedule. Kids likely to be in school for two or three days a week. The chancellor in new york saying the 1. 1 Million Students cant be in school five days a week all together if they want to maintain social distancing. In florida which just hit 28 Positivity Rate in Miamidade County on wednesday, the superintendant said they cant reopen schools until they are out of phase one. Were also seeing other hot spots going up. When it comes to those hot spots, still a major concern in florida, texas, arizona, california. Hospital beds and icu beds watched very closely. Dr. Deborah birx pretty clear on wednesday saying the counties and states seeing the surge in cases, shes encouraging them to go back to the phase one guidance, continue to wear facial coverings and limit indoor gatherings to ten people or less. Christine and laura . Erica hill, thanks so much for that. Just over two weeks since President Trumps Campaign Rally in tulsa, and now the city is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases. The Health Department reports nearly 500 new cases in two days and climbing. Cases had declined 20 between june 28th and july 4th. The Health Department spokeswoman says its epidemiologist and contact tracers have been inundated. The Trump Campaign said the medias concern about large gatherings begins and ends with trump rallies. Not a lot of time for lawmakers to reconcile their differences to pass a huge stimulus package. Senate republicans are starting to piece together their own package after House Democrats approved a 3 trillion package in may. Mitch mcconnell wants to keep it to around 1 trillion. The differences are pretty significant. Republicans want Liability Protection for businesses reopening in the pandemic. Democrats want roughly a trillion dollars for state and local governments. The gop says thats too high. They want another round of expanded unemployment benefits. They say that discourages businesses from rehiring. Republicans are eyeing billions to get students back to School Including retrofitting classrooms and increasing testing. Its going to be a long month, laura, of negotiating. Were facing a stimulus cliff. As they start to expire, including the 600 extra a week in unemployment benefits, that could be a hit to the economy if we dont get things moving along. Long month, thats for sure, christine. A developing story right now. A hollywood actress missing after a boat trip on a lake. Details next. Cancer wont wait. It wont wait for a convenient time or for hospitals to get back to normal again. 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Thats the lowest number since arizona began reporting that figure back in march. Im elizabeth cohen. The Pharmaceutical Company gilead is doing a new Clinical Trial of remdesivir. Its the only drug approved for covid19. Its currently only used in hospitalized patients. Gileads going to try it in an inhaled form to see if it works and then it could be used by patients at home. Im Jaclyn Howard in atlanta. The pandemic is hitting Nursing Homes particularly hard. Experts say better funding and more specialists on the ground are needed to slow the spread of covid. Not all Nursing Homes have the money or budget for gear for their staff. Testing helps track whos sick. In the u. S. About 1 4 of all covid deaths come from Nursing Homes. Glee actress naya rivera feared she drowned. Shes missing. Its searching for the 33yearold actress at lake pyru north of los angeles. She was boating with her 4yearold son who was later found napping alone in their boat on wednesday afternoon. Search and rescue efforts expected to continue at first light this morning. When george floyd said he couldnt breathe more than 20 times, Derrick Chauvin replied, quote, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. We have a detailed account of what happened you back in may. Omar jimenez has more. Reporter the defense attorney for fired Minneapolis Police officer thomas lane filed a motion to dismiss the case against his client in the death of george floyd. They released a transcript giving new insight on what happened leading up to George Floyds final moments. As part of this specifically at one point they are trying to put floyd into the police car. They were responding over a call for a fraudulent 20 bill used. George floyd, my wrist. My wrist man. Okay. Okay. I want to lay on the ground. I want to lay on the ground. I want to lay on the ground. Youre getting in the squad car. I want to lay on the ground. Im going down. Im going down, im going down. King says take a squat. George floyd, im going down. Later on floyd says, im through. Im through. Im claustrophobic. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. Please, please, i cant breathe, officer. Stop talking, stop yelling. Youre going to kill me, man. Chauvin. Stop talking, stop yelling. It takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. Floyd, come on, man. I cannot breathe. I cannot breathe. Theyll kill me. Theyll kill me. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. At one point lane asked if floyd could be moved to his side to which chauvin said, no, hes staying put. This is part of why lanes attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case in the first place. They say they argue, rather, that lane deferred to the senior officer on the scene and wasnt aware a crime was being committed. At this point the state has until august 10th to respond to this motion. Cnn has reached out to the attorneys for former officer derrick shaw viv. Im omar jimenez, cnn. The new York Police Department is seeing a surge in the number of officers filing for retirement from june 29th to july 6th, filings soird 110 . This comes from mounting calls to Defund Police departments and more protests against Police Brutality in the wake of George Floyds death. Soccer makes an emotional return. Weve got the Bleacher Report coming up next. When you have depression, it can plunge you into deep, dark lows. And, can leave you feeling extremely sad and disinterested. Overwhelmed by bipolar depression . Ask about vraylar. Not all types of depression should be treated the same. Vraylar effectively helps relieve all symptoms of bipolar depression. With just one pill, once a day. Elderly patients with dementiarelated psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. Call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. Antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. 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Players have three things weighing simultaneously on them. Theres the raised concerns over coronavirus. Theres the emotions that continue to flood in with social justice and the mental and fiscfis physical task at hand. A florida rivalry between inner miami and a moment of solidarity formed by black players for change initiative which fights for racial equality and human rights in the league and beyond. Over 100 players taking to the field. There was no National Anthem played. Orlando city won the game thanks to some heroics from portuguese star nani. Before the game espn said the four additional nashville players were confirmed positive. Mls commissioner don barber said the decision about that teams future and the tournament is coming soon. The concept of all of this testing, of our players as you saw wearing masks, san any tieization of all of our facilities is something that was put in place so that we could understand whats happening when it does happen and be able to move forward in the tournament in a very safe and healthy way. Reporter as professional leagues try to get sports going again, the ivy league says that it will not play any sports this fall. The league is postponing everything. They made that decision first. This is a pattern that weve seen with the ivy league setting this precedent. No fall sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. That means no College Football or basketball until january. They are the First Division i conference to make such a bold move. Now the focus will turn to the other Major Conferences and whether they are going to follow suit here. Ivy league set a precedent in march by being the first to call off the basketball tournament. This as north carolinas program shuts down voluntary workouts because of a covid19 outbreak. 33 Staff Members and players testing positive. The campus is a cluster for the coronavirus. Football program will shutdown workouts for at least a week. Ohio state is hitting pause on practices after recent testing of student athletes on seven teams. The school did not share the results of the test but released a statement saying the health and safety of our student athletes is always a top priority. To this end, major League Soccer and commissioner don garber complained they are catching the virus and bringing it into the bubble. After the incubation period everybody will be okay and this will level off. I spoke with one mls player who said if there is another team besides dallas, essentially nashville who fall, then they may no longer feel safe playing here, even though the desire is for everybody to continue to play. 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Economy in an election year, but hes offered no concrete new strategy or new sources of funding to help schools. Administration officials including Vice President mike pence reinforcing the message just with a different tone. The president said today we just dont want the guidance to be too tough. Thats the reason why next week the cdcs going to be issuing a new set of tools. More now from White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Reporter pushing for schools to reopen, President Trump is already turning to heavy handed tactics threatening to cut funding to reluctant schools and dismissing some of his administrations own Public Health experts. Falsely accusing democrats of opposing School Reopenings across the board, the president tweeting, may cut off funding if not open. What you heard from the president is just his determination to provide the kind of leadership from the federal level that says were going to get our kids back to school because thats where they belong. Reporter democrats and republicans on capitol hill telling cnn the president doesnt have that type of unilateral authority. Vice president pence downplayed his threat. Were going to respect the communities that have challenges, rising cases, rising positivity. Reporter suggesting they will instead push financial incentives for schools that open their doors. The president also slamming the president s cdcs guidelines calling them very tough and expensive tweeting they are asking schools to do very impractical things. Cdc director Robert Redfield defending but also downplaying those guidelines. I want to make it very clear that was not the intent of cdcs guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. Remember, its guidance, its not requirements. Reporter with the cdc preparing to release new guidance next week, red field declining to say if pressure from the government is overriding science. We will continue to develop our guidance to meet the needs of the schools. In the cross hairs. The current state is really not good. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci. I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Reporter it was the latest sign of tensions between the president and the doctor Americans Trust most amid this pandemic. The fallout at the Coronavirus Task force briefing dr. Fauci notably absent. While dr. Fauci didnt attend that task force briefing, we are told he did attend the Task Force Meeting beforehand. He didnt join from the department of education like other officials. A source is telling cnn that dr. Fauci was told to attend from the situation room. Listening in remotely from the white house thereby not being able to attend the task force briefing. Thats notable because we have seen the president and dr. Fauci publicly contradicting each other recently mainly because dr. Fauci is sticking with the facts and raising concerns while the president is instead trying to downplay and undermine the science as well as Public Health officials. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the whites house. Here are the cdc guidelines to reopen schools that the president calls too tough and expensive. Wear masks, keep desks six feet apart, stay home when appropriate. Stagger arrival and dismissal times. Have backup staffing plans. Cancel field trips and large gatherings. And close down communal spaces. Again, those guidelines are being scrapped and new ones will be released next week. Houston mayor has canceled the Texas Republican Party convention one week before it was scheduled to start. Turner made the decision after someone asked him if he would allow his mother to work at the convention. He said the answer was no so he pulled out of the contract. Sponsors like the Texas Medical Association had already dropped out of the event and Governor Greg Abbott was only planning to appear by video because of the coronavirus outbreak in that city. Several attorneys in jacksonville, florida, have filed a lawsuit demanding the city block the Republican National convention from happening there at the end of august. The suit calls it a nuisance injurious to the health and welfare of the community. President trump is said to accept the nomination in the 15,000 area venue. Several others have declined to say if they will attend. Well, president bolsonaro is among the 1. 7 million brazilians who have contracted covid19. They a brazilian journalists are threatening to sue him for removing his mask when he announced he had the virus. It is another day of more open shops, restaurants, bars in cities like san paolo. Theyre up to averaging over 1,000 deaths a day now and among the infirmed and the confirmed infected now, of course the president of brazil who is using the opportunity to sort of double down on his policy of using antimalarial drugs and hard work to get brazil back up and running. Meanwhile, an association of brazilian journalists is threatening to sue the president for endangering their lives by removing his mask announcing he has coronavirus. This goes back to a battle of the Supreme Court over properly releasing covid19 daily numbers, infections and deaths. There are corruption allegations swirling around the president. Whispers of impeachment and the pandemic is just one challenge for the man running brazil these days. In the meantime, vaccine trials are ongoing now. Theres fresh concern about indigenous communities becoming infected in towards the amazon and other rural areas. There are even plans to send out a military operation to bring them the same medicines that president bolsonaro is using. At the end of the day this pandemic is just dominating the news. Bill weir, san paolo, cnn. To hong kong where theyre bracing for a third wave of coronavirus. Since sunday 69 patients have been diagnosed. There could be an exponential spike on the way. Will ripley live for us in hong kong with the latest developments. Hi, will. Reporter hi, christine. We know how this works, right . The numbers start out small but if they dont contain the numbers quickly the numbers get bigger quickly. That is a big concern here in hong kong. A densely populated city of 7 Million People that as of now has done really well and has been receiving global praise for its handling of the covid19 pandemic. They shut down the border with Mainland China early on. They blocked all travel. Set up an extensive testing at the airport. Theyre suspending flights to hong kong. Not comfortable with the air crew being required to take a coronavirus test just to enter hong kong. Thats what theyre doing to prevent it from coming from the outside. Whats disturbing is a lot of these cases seem to be coming from the inside. Theyre trying to find the loopholes in the city. This is a city that has a 14day mandatory home quarantine with the wearing of a wrist band. There are now places of community spread. Theyre wondering if flight crew, the covid test and they can go out in the city, does that pose a threat to the population . Could that Bring Community spread . Are they going to impose even stricter measures. This is life during the pandemic, christine. Hong kongers have been experiencing a very different way of life. Will ripley, thanks, will. Police in the serbian capital of belgrade firing tear gas who are angry at the president for imposing a weekend curfew to halt a surge in coronavirus cases there. Several hundred demonstrators gathered around serbias parliament, and when the fights broke out, riot police moved in. On tuesday serbia recorded its highest daily death toll from covid19 since the start of the pandemic. A dire warning from united airlines, nearly half, half of its Front Line Work force could be furloughed this fall. The worlds Third Largest group of people will receive playoff notices. The warning comes days after united said it would ramp up the schedule in august but then as we started to see slight signs of recovery, covid cases started to rise and bookings started to decline. United has warned it would cut jobs if travel didnt pick up by october. The Treasury Department said united and all other major carriers applied for a new round of loans under the c. A. R. E6789 s. Act. Theyve already received 25 billion. The next round could target it. United said it is hemorrhaging. 40 million a day. Tough time for the Airline Industry obviously. 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Welcome back. The government is looking for tens of thousands of volunteers to participate in Coronavirus Vaccine trials. Four large studies are expected to start this summer and fall. We have more. Reporter laura, christine, if you want to sign up to be a study subject in a Clinical Trial for covid19 vaccine, now is your chance. On wednesday this website went live. You can go in. Give your name, your contact information, some information about yourself. They will send it to the study site nearest you. There are more than 100 in the u. S. And around the world and you may be able to get into a trial. A few things to consider. At least four vaccines will be studied in these Clinical Trials. The first one to be studied is one by moderna and their study is expected to start at the end of this month. You dont know whether youll get the vaccine or a placebo, but theyll give you two doses of either one, then theyll study you for two years to see if you get infected and see if you get sick. Seven times over those two years youll have your blood drawn and have a swab done of your nose to see if you contracted covid. One of the first questions on anyones mind is are there any side effects of the vaccine . The answer is, we dont know. Moderna has studied it. They did a study of more than 100 study subjects to see if its safe but they have yet to publish the data. Lets get a check on cnn business. Taking a look at markets all around the world. Asian shares closing higher. Europe has risen. Thursday morning stocks closed higher wednesday as investors decided to focus on more stimulus instead of the rising coronavirus cases, at least for the day. The dow finished 1. 4 higher. Nasdaq, record high. Stocks are rising and so are missed housing payments. Data from department lists show 32 of americans did not make a full ontime payment in july. Thats up from 30 in june. Missed payments continue to affect renters, young, low income and dense urban areas. Brooks brothers has filed for bankruptcy. 200yearold mens wear retailer has dressed dozens of u. S. President s. Its been struggling as business attire went more casual. Brooks brothers is in the process of closing 20 of the u. S. Stores. Bed, bath beyond is going to shut 200 stores. Closures are part of helping to rebuild and grow the business. Not clear what locations would close. Bed, bath beyond did not respond. Amazon is the latest retailer to remove merchandise from the Washington Football Team adding pressure on the nfl to change the teams name. Amazon said it told sellers its removing products with the name and logo after the team said friday it would review the name. Target, walmart, nike all said they would stop selling the teams merchandise online, laura. As facemasks become more and more of a partisan issue somehow in the u. S. , many people in asia have willingly adopted wearing them as part of their daily life. Cnns david culver takes a look at the stark culture gap between many people in asia and some american citizens who resist wearing them. Reporter a weekday morning rush hour. Walk with us through the streets of beijing. Look to my right, my left, behind be me, and even headed right towards me. You notice just about every commuter wearing a facemask. To see a smile around here these days, its a bit rare. Its even a little unnerving it because it obviously reveals somebody is not covering up their face. In china to those boarding planes or trains or riding scooters or the metro rail, masks are on. Concerns about the virus still very fresh. Folks of all ages are wearing them. Unlike in parts of the u. S. , it is not political here. I think people really take it as a social responsibility to wear a mask. Reporter does it seem like a controversial issue when you think about putting your mask on every day . For me really its just common sense. We want to protect each other so everyone is wearing a mask. Reporter she has a goto stash of surgical facemasks at home. You can see we do have plenty. I just grab one and put it on. Reporter she always packs extra. Just in case i forgot to wear a mask before i leave. Reporter some folks treat masks like a pair of cheap sunglasses. It is one of many layers of protection from covid19 that is in place. Mass testing is routine and in some cases mandatory. Call a ride share and you and the trifr must certify you have not been in high risk areas. Step into a high risk area, its a Temperature Check and another check of the health code. You order and pick up with your mask on. The one time you can take off your mask, when youre eating. That is if youre dining in. Even the chefs working behind the protective glass cover up. As soon as the diners are done, look, theyre immediately putting their masks back on as they walk out. You may be in a place like china and you say, naturally people are going to follow the rules, its an authoritarian government you dont have to look forward to see a Democratic Society doing the same thing. You have it in south carolitan japan. Theyre often seen wearing a mask in public. Stepping out of your home now, its really just part of the routine. I mean, you grab your cell phone, you grab your keys, your wallet and you make sure you have your facemask. Naturally there are times you forget, right . You walk out of your house, pale face, youre in a rush. If the strange looks dont remind you, then a Police Officer or Security Guard will sometimes gesture to you and shout and you realize they are telling you, put on a mask. No question culturally mask wearing is not that foreign here. Many wore them for the sars outbreak in 2003 and 2004 and of course here in beijing masks have been worn on heavily polluted days. You will find folks who have forgotten to wear a mask. If you encounter them in the elevator, they quickly realize it, become embarrassed, cover up their mouth and nose or cover up their face with their clothes or step off as a courtesy. Isnt it fascinating. This little thing has become a signal of a culture war. I think i agree with dr. Anthony fauci. If the guidance consistent. It got muddled because ppe was in shortage. Once it became clear we have the inventory and everyone should be wearing them, its about shared responsibility. Wear it. See you in the hallway later. Im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. New day is next. Ome helpful t. Tip 1 you can currently get the amazing iphone 11 for halfoff on at t, americas Fastest Network for iphones. Second tip you can put googly eyes on your stuff to keep yourself company. Uh for example, thats heraldo. Hes my best friend. Oh, sorry nancy, i forgot you were there. Get the amazing iphone 11 for halfoff on at t, americas Fastest Network for iphones. 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