4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and 9:00 a.m. here in london where a new leader is set to takeover today. liz truss ready to take over as prime minister. just a short while ago, outgoing prime minister boris johnson urged the entire country to get behind truss. he delivered some final remarks as prime minister outside 10 downing street. on the subject of bouncing around in future careers, let me say that i am now like one of those booster rockets that is fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and i will be splashing down in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan. and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. truss will be facing a number of major challenges she needs the support she can get, promising a plan to cut taxes, build growth and tackle the energy crisis. we ll get more details when she s appointed prime minister, heads back to london and gives her outline of
Directed to alter covid testing. I as a member of the task force and my colleagues on the task force to my knowledge i know for sure but to my knowledge none of us have been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing. Has President Trump directed you to slow down covid19 testing in the United States . Dr. Redfield . No. No, sir. No, congressman. With me now live from the hill is cnn senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. You watched this hearing. Reporter the message coming from the Top Public Health officials much different than the message hearing from the president and from the Vice President. What anthony fauci, the top expert in the country made clear is that he sees a disturbing surge in infections. He says that its a mixed bag where the country is right now and hes concerned about Community Spread of this disease. Much different than what the president is saying about a phenomenal i dont know that is happening in the United S
All right. Its the very first hours of july 4th here in the United States. The holiday where the country celebrates its independence. The day is meant to underscore the bonds that tie the country together, but this year finds it divided about what is to be done with those who want to be americans but somehow, for some reason, went about it the wrong way. We begin with Miguel Marquez and the deadline President Trump faces to reunite families separated as they crossed the border. Reporter the clock is ticking under order by a federal judge, the Trump Administration has until next tuesday to reunite children under 5 with their families, and all kids must be ereunited by july 26th. I just got off the phone with one of the mothers we represent. She has spoken to her son or her daughter once since they were separated in may. And she has no news about imminent reunification or anything of that sort. Thats what you kind of hear thats what were hearing. None of our clients have reported they we
welcome back to cnn newsroom, i m christina macfarland if you re just joining us let me bring you up to date. a federal judge has granted donald trump s request for a special master to handle the documents found at the former u.s. president s mar-a-lago home in florida. the justice department and donald trump s legal team have until friday to nominate candidates. a record setting heat wave is stretching california s power grid to breaking point and fuelling deadly fires across the state. two people have been killed in california s fairview fire. more on those stories on early start in about 20 minutes time. for now back to max foster on the uk prime minister as we await liz truss trip north to meet the queen. reporter: the plane is on the
trip. he said he doesn t know how to switch and jumped into the freezer after noticing it didn t sink. he survived a potential shark attack and at one point had to scoop out water by hand to keep the freezer from sinking. goodness, me. and now for the first time since stepping back from her royal role, the duchess of sussex delivered a speech in britain saying it was good to be back in the uk. meghan gave a keynote address at the one young world summit where she was accompanied by her husband, harry. according to british newspapers there are no plans for prince harry to see his brother during the trip as the relationship between the two remains strained. shame about that. that does it for this edition of cnn newsroom. i m christina macfarland in