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Melbourne. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen, and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. It has been a fourth of july unlike any other in recent American History. Yes, there were plenty of fireworks, official and other size. This was the view near the white house. But at a time when americans traditionally renew their national bonds, the u. S. President is stoking a culture war in the middle of a pandemic. For the past two days, his speeches has portrayed americans as deeply divided and locked in battle over controversial monuments. Like this one, a statue of Christopher Columbus in baltimore toppled by protesters and dumped in the harbor. Mr. Trump is portraying it as a battle between those who want to preserve the countrys heritage and those in his words who wish to destroy it. We will never allow an angry mop to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or tram
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Good to have you with us. As dozens of u. S. States struggle to control rising coronavirus cases, theres growing fear we could see a postholiday spike after americans headed out over the fourth of july weekend. Scenes like these are only heightening those concerns as many beaches, pools and parks across the u. S. Were open and packed with people. Right now, this is what the trend looks like compared to one week ago. Just three states are seeing a decline while a total of 34 states are seeing their cases go up. And that includes california. The state just set a new record for the most cases reported in a single day. With more than 11,000 new cases and thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Amidall of this, President Trump made an unfounded claim that 99 of coronavirus cases are, quote, totally harmless. The commissioner of the food and Drug Administration declined to defend that comment. Im not going to get into who is right and whos wrong. We have seen a surge in cases. We must d
Great to have you along. Thanks for joining me. So were learning more about how coronavirus is spread and the dangers of doing something as simple as talking or sneezing. A group of Health Experts warns that even tiny droplets from your mouth or nose can linger in the air and penetrate more deeply into your lungs. They say this underscores why its just so important to wear a mask. And the u. S. Far and away as you can see here has the most cases in the world. New cases are still in the rise across much of the country. We are several months into this pandemic and only three states are seeing fewer cases day to day. A member of the president s Corona Task Force talked with dana bash about how to get the numbers down. So we know cases are surging in the country. Weve all seen the graphs associated with that. And its too early and im not going to speculate on what the causation is there. What i can tell you is the way out of this, dana, the way out of this for all americans is to follow th