Thank you for joining us. Daily Coronavirus Infections hit another record in the u. S. Friday. Almost 67,000 according to Johns Hopkins university. More people are diagnosed with covid19 every day. States shown in orange or red have spiking numbers. One medical expert is warning of dark days ahead. What were looking at is what i think is going to be one of the most unstable times in the history of our country, unless we figure out a way to do something and implement a federal plan. We can do this. But we need a white house engaged. New cases here in georgia also hit a new high on friday. 4,400. The state reopened in late april. Now, atlantas mayor has rolled back reopening, setting up a fight with the states governor. Florida, south carolina, arizona and texas, also reopened early. They have all seen their average daily bases go up since, by far, more than 800 . Positive test rate, and escalating death and hospitalizations have workers trying to stem the violence. We get the latest from martin savidge. Reporter long lines of testing in florida. The singleday death toll on thursday, including the death of an 11yearold child, Miamidade County reports that hospitalizations are up 74 in less than two weeks. And 88 of icu beds are currently in use. The governor pushed back. You got a lot of beds available. Reporter the county is seeing a Positivity Rate of 28 . Its a concern in south florida. Reporter the nations Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says the coronavirus surge can be linked to states opening too soon. Some of them jumped over checkpoints. Governor desantis response theres no reason why not to move forward. Reporter disney world reopens this weekend. President trump is in florida, discussing Drug Trafficking and attending a fundraiser. As he campaigns, the virus continues to spread, with hot spots spreading from coasttocoast. Today, West Virginia becoming the latest state dealing with a surge. The virus there spreading faster than anywhere else. This is the only bullet to do right now other than to shut our state back down. I think the numbers look worse as we go into next week. We need to make sure theres going to be hospital beds available in the houston area. Reporter and the contagion goes beyond those infected. With many still unemployed, the lines demonstrate a different misery. Meanwhile, an ominous warning from the world health organization. In our Current Situation, it is very unlikely we can eradicate or eliminate this virus. Reporter martin savage, cnn, atlanta. Lets bring in dr. Peter boebek. Thanks for coming in. Thanks for having me, natalie. These numbers, what can you say . In my may, in what were then the darkest days of the crisis, the u. S. Was reporting about 20,000 new cases. Now, its 60,000. Were seeing horrific rate of increase. Theres only four states going in the right direction currently. Do you see the u. S. Getting out of this hole anytime soon . Not if we stay on the current trajectory. The Current Situation is so much worse than it was back in march, april, may. Then, the surge was very much concentrated in new York New Jersey area. Now, we have multiple new yorks right now. If we start today and go two weeks out ahead and see where were going to be at the current trajectory, 100,000 new cases a day. Overwhelmed hospitals. Were talking about freezer stru trucks, backing up to hospitals to take care of bodies. Were looking at record death rates. I hate to say this. It should be a last resort and nobody wants it. Were at a point where things are out of control and need to think about going to a shelterinplace order. Understand. What is the recourse . The white house and President Trump, meantime, claim that the United States is the world leader in fighting this virus. Does that make any sense . Were the world leader in all of the ways unfortunately. We are the greatest in the world with scientific experts. Were in a class of our own, in the suffering that has continued to occur. Its a tragedy. If you look at how the pandemic has unfolded and whats dif wren differentiated what was the difference. Its leadership. And weve fallen way behind. The cases in florida are staggering. The president barely addressed that. Does it make sense that right now, theres no emergency on the part of the white house, no federal, coordinated plan, being addressed. Its mindboggling. I dont understand and you cant wish this away. The virus doesnt respond to bluster and stern talk. It responds to action. Were months into this pandemic and we know what works. Unfortunately, as weve seen, relying on states and localities to do this on their own isnt going to be enough. Ignoring the problem, as the white house continues to do, doesnt help anybody. Testing has slowed in the sun belt states. Hospitals are trying to keep up. Now, we see governors and mayors want different approaches and they contrast the situation with what youre seeing in europe. In europe, things started out in a similar fashion. And companies were caught with a surge in march and that came close to overwhelming the Health System with high numbers of deaths. We saw that stayathome orders in march, april and may, kept it under control. In may, most European Companies did two things differently. They were building theyre capacity to testing, tracing, isolation and containing the virus. Two, they were much more careful and slower and more cautious about reopening. In the u. S. , we threw open our doors even though cases were rising in midmay. And from late may until now, the curves have diverged. In many european compauntries, were seeing a couple of hundred a day. Or in the single digits. In the u. S. , it doesnt have to be this way. Absolutely. Theres a way to have a solution. Theres debate about schools reop reopening. What needs to be considered in making these decisions . Schools reopening is one thing everyone can agree on as a goal that we want it to happen. Schools dont exist in a vacuum. They are a part of communities. One thing is difficult is to think you can open schools when you have a raging, outofcontrol pandemic. Its like opening schools in a hurricane. The first thing we do is to bring the pandemic under control. What would happen otherwise, we can open schools but within weeks there will be outbreaks and the schools will be shuttered again. It will cause more harm than good. We need to be thinking about planning and how we can support School Systems and resource School Systems to set up for social distancing. There needs to be more teachers aides, protective equipment. The reality is, they need the support and we wont be able to do it in many parts of the country unless we get the virus under control. We appreciate your expertise, as always. Dr. Peter drobac, university of oxford. Thank you so much. Thanks, natalie. brazilisgoing through one of the worst covid outbreaks with 1. 8 Million People testing positive, trailing only the u. S. In cases and deaths. Yet, the nations president keeps promoting unproven treatments as corruption allegations are being investigated. Heres more from the brazilian capital. Reporter im bill weir in brazil. The president is in his president ial palace down the road. He uses social media to support hydro hydroxychloroquine. He has his military distributing a stockpile in the countryside. And police are investigating pandemicrelated corruption charges in 11 of 26 states. Everything from profiteering to buying ventilators that simply do not work. The United Kingdoms Prime Minister says england may need stricter face mask rules. Boris johnson was wearing a Face Covering himself. He wants to see them warn in shops as they are in scotland. The United Kingdom has one of the highest death tolls in the world. It says it will not join the e. U. s vaccine program. London has concerns about key issues of setting prices. Meantime, its relaxing quarantine rules for travelers from some countries, including france and italy. The United States is not on the list. It doesnt hurt to know people in power. U. S. President trump commutes the sentence of his friend and political ally, roger stone. Well talk about that, coming next. Also, its the season of political ads in the u. S. The trump and the biden campaigns have very different approaches. Well tell you what theyre saying and who they are trying to reach just ahead, in a live interview. Five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. So youre ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. Robinwithout the commission fees. So, you can start investing today wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. President trumps longtime friend and adviser, roger stone, is a free man. Mr. Trump commuted stones 40month prison sentence just days before he was to begin serving his time. The selfproclaimed dirty trickster was convicted of felonies related to russia. Reporter President Trump commuted the sentence of roger stone, convicted of crimes including lying to congress, to support the president. Stone was pleading publicly for the president to intervene. Reporting to prison during the pandemic was akin to a death sentence because he is 67 years old. Ultimately, the president did intervene on friday. Heres stone describing his conversation with trump. He said, you understand, i have the option. I have the authority to grant a pardon or commute your sentence. You should understand that a pardon would be final, and in accepting a pardon, you are essentially accepting guilt. And i would rather see you fight this out. Thats why im commuting your sentence. Reporter President Trump and stone are insisting that stone did not get a fair shake at trial. But even District Attorney bill barr said they got a fair case. Cnn, sara murray, washington. Good morning, natasha. Good morning. This isnt the first time the president hasnt commuted or pardons an ally, to be sure. Where does the roger stone story fit in . Was it a surprise the president did this . Its not a surprise. Its a stunning show of president ial power to protect one of trumps friends. Its an attack after the u. S. Supreme court voted 72, that the president is not above the law. Hes been dangling pardons for roger flynn and paul manafort. He has been calling it a witchhunt. It wasnt a full pardon, as the report mentioned. But they started to convince trump that he needed to do this. Those in stones intercircle because this was an attack on trump himself. And trump is all about himself. But trump has really focused on pardoning individuals that wouldnt really be popular to pardon in the American Public. Its a whos who of white collar criminals, politicians, Law Enforcement, that have gone above the call of duty. We see Rod Blagojevich was pardoned. He was a corrupt democratic politician. Joe arpaio, the controversial Law Enforcement from arizona. You had mike milken, white house said scooter libby. These are people that wouldnt be popular to pardon. It demonstrates, if you are close to trump, if you are loyal to him and youre a powerful person, he will see to it that you are poardoned and absolved from your crimes. And roger stone, the selfproclaimed dirty trickster. His closest ally says he will see if the president is a second term, if he is an asset or detraction on that. Lindsey graham said he thought the move was justified. Do you expect his loyal congressional support will stay loyal on Something Like this . It probably will because republicans have tried to remain loyal to them. They know the ship is sinking, due to the way hes mishandled the Coronavirus Crisis and the way hes handled race relations. This is just another thing that hes done to show that he can really destroy the road of democratic norms. And thus, the Republican Party hasnt gone too far in trying to attack him on these orders. That is not surprising. Stay with us, natasha. I want to get your comments on this next story. With four months to go until election day in the u. S. , President Trump and joe biden are ramping up their advertising campaigns. And the tone of the commercials reflect s visions of americas future that could not be anymore different. Heres cnns tom foreman. Never underestimate the power of family. Or the sacrifices people will make for their children. Reporter the latest Joe Biden Campaign commercial is a warm salute to families, caring, commitment. But in the rapidly heating ad wars joe bidens failed old liberal ideas would crush our economy just as its recovering. Reporter team trump is lighting up the flamethrowing. If youre calling to report a rape, please press one. To report a murder, press two. Reporter attacking biden as soft on crime, unable to revive the economy. And biden is hitting every weak spot for the incumbent. For the last five years, hes brought america down with him. Attacking health care for patients with preexisting conditions. Giving tax cuts to billionaires, not working families. Praising white supremacist, stoking racial division. What a beautiful history we wrote together. Trump said sizzle with attacks on his record. Losing 300,000 jobs in a failed trade war. Reporter bidens counterpunch, trumps record has cost jobs, security and lives. I dont cake responsibility. I will do my job and i will take responsibility. I wont blame others. Reporter trump says, at 77, just three years older than trump biden is diminished. All men and women are created by reporter and bidens ads suggests that thats the kind of talk that hurts everyone, as the country is dealing with a pandemic and racial divisions. Thats what the presidency is, the duty to care for all of us. Reporter the Campaign MediaAnalysis Group says more than 22,000 spots run by trump by july 1st, nearly all were negative. Biden in the same period, has aired no negative ads, even though he contrasts his record with trumps. Where are all of the ads airing . Trumps are showing up in a broad range of states, including red ones, where he can trying to bolster his base. Bidens are in fewer places but playing in swing states that trump won in 2016. When you watch all of the cruci commercials in a row, the contrast is clear. The president telling voters hes done a great job. And if hes not reelected, the sky will fall. Biden says, vote for me and look up, youll see a bright, new day coming. Tom foreman, cnn, washington. Oh, yes. The campaign ad season. I want to get your thoughts on the approaches behind the ads. The president s negative track. And biden, not directly, fighting back. Its not surprising that trump has gone negative. Thats the way he has tended to campaign. Very negative and critical and dirty in some ways, and really attacking his opponents in a personal way, often. And playing to the politics of fear. That worked in 2016. He was able to play on peoples fears of what would happen if Hillary Clinton was the president. That would be disastrous for all number of areas. Thats what his ads are trying to do. Thats going to play well to the base. Thats not going to increase his support base, which is something he needs to do. He doesnt really have enough to win it in 2020. Now, biden, in contrast, is trying to look to the way the American Public is feeling at the moment. Thats completely hopeless. The economy is in shambles. We have record unemployment rates and coronavirus epidemic out of control that seems unmanageable. Hes trying to send a message of hope. And the reason for doing that, is in order to get people behind his campaign, that he will be able to unite americans and try to come um with some solutions to the problems. Trump should be trying to focus on how hes going to resolve the problems and try to send a message of unity and hopefulness. What he can do for small businesses. I think his campaign is missing the boat here. All right. We appreciate your insights. Thanks so much for commenting on both of the stories for us, natasha. Thanks for having me. Well see you next time. As we mentioned, florida is seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. After a short break, a look at how things went so wrong in the sunshine state. And americans of color are paying a heavy toll in this p pandem pandemic. 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