has received the all clear from his doctor in his bout with covid-19. it was just last weekend the president was in the hospital. he reappeared to address reporters on the white house lawn. soon after his doctor said he could resume his public activities, but the doctor's cheery note left unanswered questions such as the serious disease. details now from jeremy diamond. >> the president's physician is clearing him for a return to public activities. doctor conley writing in a memo writing the president is no longer considered a risk of transmission for this coronavirus to others. let me read you a part of the memo where he writes this evening i'm happy to report in addition to the president meeting cdc criteria for the safe discontinuation of. he's no longer considered a transmission risk to others. now at day ten, fever free for well over 24 hours and all symptoms improved, the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests obtained revealed there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus. and he will continue to monitor the president's health as he returns to a more active schedule. president trump didn't wait for this memo before hold an event on saturday. the president did stay at a distance from the several hundred people who adended this event on the south lawn of the white house. those folks while they were mostly wearing masks, they were also not observing social distancing. packed closely together two weeks after the event in the rose garden of the white house that is now considered a super spreader event and perhaps the origin point for many of the coronavirus positive tests we have since seen at the white house. the president trump needed this memo in order to get more public confidence in his return to an active schedule. and that is exactly what he's going to be doing this coming week. the president hitting three battle ground states, florida pennsylvania and iowa this coming week. cnn, the white house. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is driving out to independent voters and disaffected republicans. he returned on saturday to pennsylvania where he was born telling voters he'd work just as hard for those who don't support him as those who do. he linked america's current economic woes to the president's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. jessica dean has more. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden campaigning in the critical battle ground state of pennsylvania on saturday. he traveled here to erie, pennsylvania in a county that president trump won narrowly in 2016. it's taylor made for biden's economic message he's been delivering to white working class voters in towns like erie. biden touring a train facility at a union hall before giving remarks that could be described as his bread and butter economic message. >> the top 100 billionaires in the middle of this pandemic, they made 300 billion additional dollars. hear me now. 100 individuals made one $300 billion this year. the bottom half got to slide down because the fact is the president can only see the world from park avenue. i see it from scranton. i see it from claymont for real. you see it from erie. >> reporter: in the meantime vice president biden's campaign reported he underwent pcr testing, the gold standard co-vid test on saturday, and that test came back negative. the campaign has said that joe biden will continue to be tested regularly and always when he travels. jessica dean, cnn, pennsylvania. all right. for more on this, let's bring in thomas in oxford, the director for the u.s. politics in london. joe biden campaigning in pennsylvania courting some who voted for mr. trump in 2016. any evidence he's making headway? >> well, i think based on the polls biden does seem to be effectively courting disaffected trump voters. that's essential if he wants to flip states in 2020. case in point is pennsylvania. it's my home state. biden has been crisscrossing that state in recent days in places like erie and gettysburg. a new poll, for example, shows that biden holds a 13 percentage point lead which trump won in 2016. key to converting the trump voters in parts of the mid atlantic and the rust belt is appealing not only to the rim cities of major counties. i think given national unemployment numbers that are still reeling from covid-19, biden has a real opportunity to flip some of the disallusioned trump voters with a pragmatic economic message. >> and money helps as well. biden has been spending big and in particular pouring money into states that once basically looked out of reach here in georgia, ohio, texas, iowa, i read according to advertising analytics he'll double the president's spending. biden has a lot more money to spend. what are we to make of that fact and what effect could it have going into the last weeks of the campaign? >> well, in politics money tends to follow the leader, and that's what we've seen here with biden. he started last month with 466 million in cash reserves. that's roughly 141 million more than trump had. that's a really sharp reversal i think it should be said in the numbers compared to the beginning of the election season where it was trump's campaign team with a much bigger war chest. right now there's less than a month before the election. both candidates are going to be going on spending sprees. i think there's evidence more evidence that how money is spent is more crucial than how much money is spend. but clearly the fact that biden can outspend trump puts him at an advantage to reaching more voters and for sustained periods. the large donations that have funneled to his campaign especially after the nomination of amy coney barrett for the supreme court give biden a chance to solidify his ground game and pay for a barrage of ad buys. >> let's turn to the president. i'm interested in the crowd he had at his first public event since his diagnosis. the crowd was mostly black and latino people invited by an organization that wants to draw black and minority voters away from the democratic party. the black vote always largely assumed to break almost exclusively for democrats but it might support people to hear the president's support of african americans has grown since 2016. any idea why it is and if it might have any effect on the race? >> i think it's an uphill battle for trump in courting black voters. trump says black voters are rejecting what he calls a radical social agenda of the left. that's basically his words. so he's trying to make the case also that preco-vid, unemployment rates among black americans were trending toward record lows. he's saying he's in the best position to speak to the real kitchen table issues that many black americans are glapling with. i think the problem for trump is any end roads he might be able to make with black voters are largely overwhelmed with his history of race baiting and his inability in the last debate and a general tendency to aggravate rather than to heal racial divisions in the united states. i feel like a place where trump has been making more progress than -- among the black vote is among latino voters. where you're seeing some enthusiasm for the president that perhaps you didn't see in 2016. >> yeah. and especially florida, a key battle ground state. now, many republican stat gists, they're still scratching their heads at the president's decision not to do the virtual debate which meant it was cancelled. conventional wisdom is if you're down in the polls, you want top lay a few blows on your opponent with millions watching on tv. it's the front runner's advantage to skip out to avoid making mistakes. what's the thinking? is it because the format, the town hall didn't go that well for the president when he did one last month. >> well, i think your assessment is right on. i think trump sees a clear tension in deciding whether to debate. on the one hand a typical candidate trailing nationally in the polls especially by the margins trump is would jump at getting on stage with roughly three weeks left until the election any chance you have to get in front of the american people and make your case isn't an opportunity you want to squander. on the other hand the general consensus is trump's performance in the first debate didn't do him any favors. and the polls have -- that have come out since september seem to bear that out. the last thing trump wants to do i think is repeat his performance from the first go-around and ultimately the trump team campaign has done the cost benefit analysis and they feel the political pros outweigh the cons of sitting out. i'm sure it was dissension. which could mean to morning quarterbacking. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you coming on. >> thank you, kim. a model that's often been looked at during this pandemic is giving the u.s. a serious wakeup call. it's based on current conditions. as you can see most states are seeing an increase in cases compared to a week ago. and at this hour johns hopkins has the number of lives lost in the u.s. it's likely more than 214,000. another projects a total of almost 400,000 covid-19 deaths by february 1st. and the model says if social distancing mandates are relaxed, that number could easily go to over half a million, but that same model predicts many almost everyone in the u.s. wore masks, tens of thousands of lives would be saved. europe's worst day for covid-19 may be yet to come. live reports from paris and london for a look at some disturbing new trends when we come back. and later on, the pandemic has devastated the airline industry and tens of thousands of the employees. we're going to show you one flight attendant's tearful good-bye. stay with us. for months there have been warnings about a second wave of covid-19 striking europe, but instead of just shadowing the first wave, this round may be even worse. france set in the daily record reporting almost 27,000 new infections in the past 24 hours. netherlands reached the highest daily number and poland has been breaking the record for four days straight. italy has yet to surpass the daily tally set in march, but it came close saturday reporting almost 58,0000. in england a top medical expert says it's in a tipping point. first melissa bell in paris. we were talking about france breaking a record and today a new record. >> reporter: more than 26,000 cases announced thursday night. it's the first record in a month. that's something that's being repeated across the european continent. the netherlands and portugal setting fresh records saturday and a number of countries introducing fresh measures. madrid on lockdown. cities in france joined paris in having to close their bars and cafes yesterday. so a number of countries trying to take measures. still, with the record rises the fear will be over the course of the next couple weeks how that will translate into the number of people who are seriously ill and need to end up in icu. the figures in paris remain extremely worrying. already an emergency plan triggered for the greater paris region because when you have day after day those record rises, what you see after a couple weeks are record rises in numbers of the number of people entering icus and the number of icu beds kept for co-vid patients are limited. some emergency care is going to have to be put aside in order to deal with what authorities fear could be a flood of covid-19 patients entering icu over the next few weeks. >> let's go to london. selma, possibly more restrictions there in the uk? >> reporter: that's right, we are expect ang announcement from prime minister boris johnson on monday. we saw a statement from the deputy chief medical officer saying the country is reaching a tipping point. that more deaths will follow in the coming weeks and decisive action needed to be taken if history were not to repeat itself. referencing the pandemic in the spring. the prime minister's statement is coming after a very confusing and worrying week across the uk where we've seen the number of cases nearly double now almost a quarter million cases across the country. we've heard from the country's health secretary saying the country's in a perilous moment. we've seen a rise in hospitalizations with cities dealing with a resurgence in the virus. and among all this we've heard little from downing street. people are asking questions. what are the next steps? what will be taking place? am i under stricter measures and when does that start in these are the answers that prime minister boris johnson has to give south house of commons monday. while we don't know the content of the announcement, there have been reports that the country is considering a three tiered system similar to what's happening in france where you carve out the country geographically. each area is put in one area. those at the highest level will have to face tougher restrictions including cutting down pubs and there's potentially a financial package to help those shutting doors. what we're hearing is the prime minister needs to come out and provide clear and simple instruction to the public if we are to stem this second wave. >> yeah. crucial in every country. thank you so london. well, for more on all of this i'm joined by dr. peter joback, a global health expert at the university of oxford. we heard about the worrying situation across much of western europe. how worried should we be that as the cold weather approaches we see a return of some of the scenes from earlier in the year when the surge was at its worst or generally speaking, have we increased capacity treatment testing that means as bad as things might get, the worst generally speaking is behind you in europe? >> i wish it were, but this is really an alarming time, actually. and thank you for having me. we all knew there was a real risk as we move into winter and everyone's forced back indoors that there was going to be a risk of a second surge. what's been surprising i think is the rate with which things are really getting bad. and we've seen alarming increases in new case rates across much of europe. certainly here in the uk and as we heard, also increasing numbers of hospitalizations and also icu admissions. so really showing this is real. it's hard to compare case numbers to where we were in march. testing capacity is so much greater now. but it's clear that at least in some countries we're starting to see hospital and icu admission rates maybe ten days behind where we were then things really got bad back in the spring. so we i think have every right to be concerned about the situation. and we're on one of those exponential growth pathways again which means there's no time the waste and unfortunately having to implement stronger restrictions. >> well, then with those as we are seeing in europe but also here in the u.s., places like new york, with more restrictions we also see more resistance to those restrictions, and with protests, we've seen court cases and so on. pandemic fatigue is almost as prevalent as the pandemic itself. is there a cure for that? obviously if people get sick enough of the restrictions and the measures, they won't follow them which exacerbates the crisis and so on. >> i think it's natural to be fatigued by what we've all been through. i think most of your viewers around the world have experienced lockdown or something like it in recent months. we're desperate to get back to normal. that's why the coming weeks and months are going to be so difficult. we need to take action that's quite strong, but there's a lot more resistance to doing so. i don't know if there's a cure to it, but we need clear, consistent and science-based communication from our leaders. one of the things lacking certainly here in the uk and in some other settings has been a comprehensive kind of long-term strategy. so we seem to lurch from severe restrictions to almost being encouraged to get back to normal and get pack out there and go on holiday and get into restaurants and we're swinging back and forth. we need to realize we're still in the early phases of this pandemic, and even if and when a vaccine comes, it won't be a magic bull let. we need a strategy that's going to allow us to save lives, save the economy, get something back to normal. but really look on the order of months or even the next couple years as opposed to a couple weeks in advance. >> that's what a lot of leaders don't want to hear, of course, and as we're seeing here, perhaps to distract from the fairly dire co-vid situation in the u.s. here, president trump and in his most recent address pointed to the worsening situation in other parts of the world. he said big fairups in europe and canada which is right. some republicans that i speak to like pointing out that all the countries like canada and germany that were high and mighty talk about making everyone wearing masks and so on are seeing huge spikes so they say it's proof the measures don't work, that the virus is going to do its thing and we might as well just open up everything back. so is there any merit to that argument or how do you fight back against that argument? >> i agree with you, kim, that this is probably most an attempt to distract from the failures of the u.s. response, but look, this is not a competition. we should be cooperating to find the best ways to get through this and to suppress the virus. the question we should be asking is what's happening in new zealand, taiwan, thailand, that's allowing them to suppress or even eliminate the transmission of the virus to levels they're able to get pretty well back to normal? they're having sporting events with full stadiums. people are in bars and restaurants and their economic hit was less than countries that have struggled. they don't have something that we don't have. thoi they're don't have greater resources than in europe and the united states. we should be asking what can we learn from them? >> i want to tap into your expertise here on the virus itself and how it affects people. we know that people who are obese have higher risk of hospitalization. i think it's double the risk. but there's a new warning from the cdc that even moderately excess weight may increase the odds of severe disease. obviously that could put a lot of us much more at risk. so how much weight are we talking about here, and what might be increased risk be? >> there are dozens of studies that demonstrate an association between overweight and obesity and an increased risk for more severe disease, hospitalization and disease. it's about 113% increase risk of hospitalization and almost a 50% increase risk of death. what's interesting is there's almost a linear increase in risk as body mass index increases above normal. even those who are mildly overweight with a bmi in the 25 to 30 range which is not a range that a lot of people would consider very much overweight, there is some increased risk. that continues to go up as bmi increases, and of course, with the rates of overweight and obesity in the united states, that means quite a number of people are at risk. >> a good warning for all of us. doctor, we appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you. well, with the u.s. election just about three weeks away, president trump has been actively sewing distrust about mail-in ballots. it has many voters worried. that story ahead. plus destruction and devastation. we'll look at the aftermath of hurricane delta after it made land fall along the gulf coast. stay with us. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. 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. listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ welcome back to our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world. you're watching cnn news room. president trump will be back campaigning this week after being stricken with covid-19. his doctor issued a memo late saturday saying the president no longer appeared to be contagious and is safe to leave isolation. now, it's still not known if he has tested negative for the virus. even before the doctor's announcement, hundreds of supporters crowded the white house lawn as the president made his first public appearance after leaving the hospital last monday. despite all evidence to the contrary he hold them the coronavirus was disappearing. democratic challenger joe biden who announced his latest co-vid test was negative. campaigned saturday in pennsylvania. his message to voters? the trump administration's economic policies have been huge wind fall for the very wealthy but not for working class families. millions of americans have already cast their votes and with fears and confusion over the security of mail-in ballots nationwide, many people are take nothing chances to be sure their vote gets delivered on time. we get more on that from cnn's abbie phillip. i'm not comfortable within my wallbaballot through the mai. i'd rather drop it off. >> reporter: as millions of people cast their votes, the court announcing a significant drop in first class on time delivery. the usps saying it's making changes to change the problem. in michigan voting is ramping up and so is the worries from voters. >> i wanted to make sure it personally got handed in. with the talk of problems with the mail and that sort of thing, i wanted to be sure. >> reporter: in texas the governor is facing at least two separate federal lawsuits after he issued an executive order restricting ballot dropoffs to one per county because he feels they're more secure. people say this is no less than voter suppression. >> to make it so our elderly voters have to drive over an hour, more than 50 miles in some cases to drop off their mail ballot is unfair and dangerous. >> reporter: millions of voters have hours left to register to vote for the 2020 election including states like arizona, florida, dwa georgia and texas. voting rights groups in florida are helping exfelons get registered to vote before today's deadline by paying off court fees and fines before they can register. 2.6 million ballots have been cast according to cnn. in six of the states where party data is available, registered democrats make up more than half of the ballots returned. in pennsylvania ongoing disputes over the changing ballot rules poll watcherings, new voting machine and the spread of misinformation is adding to the challenges in that state ahead of november. some from the president himself. >> they had trump written on it. they were thrown in the garbage can. >> reporter: today we're learning about a cyber security threat. cnn obtained an email from the democratic national committee warning campaigns about fraudulent team blue take action emails sent by a hacking group with malicious attachments. >> that was cnn's abbie phillip. on saturday a federal appeals court allowed the texas governor's directive to remain in place. one ballot drop box location per county in texas. democrats in the house and senate, republicans are both what'sing trump's latest stimulus proposal. pelosi calls the $1.8 trillion offer insufficient and one step forward, two steps back. all senate republicans are indicating they think the amount is too high. a stalemate almost ensures congress won't pass another stimulus package before election day. and the squabble in washington is affecting millions of people, especially airline workers who are facing furloughs by the tens of thousands. pete has more on how they're suffering. >> as all of you know the airline industry has been impacted by this global pandemic. >> reporter: when the flight attendant addressed passengers, he didn't expect to leave them with a tearful good-bye. >> this means we'll be furloughed on october 1st and unfortunately this is my last flight before that day comes. >> reporter: airlines say they will recall ross and the roughly 50,000 workers they cut last week but only if they get $25 billion in a new stimulus bill. new tweets from president trump have thrown a deal into disarray. it's the latest breakdown in talks with house democrats that airlines call disheartening. >> people see numbers on tv, but we are real people that are really struggling right now. >> reporter: ross says she's living on savings from her last few months on the job. just furloughed workers say new federal help is their best hope. 8,000 flight attendants at american airlines alone are looking for jobs. >> we've been high. we've been low. we've been on this verge of making this happen for so long, and then for it to all just fall apart -- >> reporter: in a letter airline unions are urging congress to pass a stand alone stimulus for airlines. president trump tweeted his support but house leaders stressed the bill failed in the senate. airline unions say lawmakers must end the stimulus standoff with workers caught in the middle. >> these are people who have been on the frontlines since the beginning of this virus. hiding is cruel and has got to be reverse the. >> reporter: there could be more furloughs if congress does not act. delta says it will furlough 1700 pilots starting november 1st. southwest says its employees could face pay cuts without federal help. reagan national airport, cnn. >> you're seeing devastation and destruction. images from the u.s. state of louisiana after hurricane delta made land fall friday night. at the worst the storm knocked out power to a quarter of the state's residents. it downed power lines and trees and severely danielmaged homes. heavy rain and flooding were a big problem. delta dropped more than a foot of rain on louisiana. the storm also has affected other southern u.s. states putting millions under flash flood watches. and thousands of national guard troops are in louisiana helping emergency crews as residents reel from back to back storms. cnn's martin savidge has more from lake charles. >> reporter: it turns out hurricane delta was not the destructive killer feared but still the governor of louisiana says it had a greater impact on the western part of louisiana than they expected. primarily on the issue of knocking out power. more people lost power during hurricane delta than they did during the more powerful hurricane laura six weeks ago. in fact, the governor says at the height of the outages during delta, 25% of all electricity customers in the state lost power. the good news is it's not expected to take weeks to restore. the other good news, so far no deaths have been attributed to the storm. although i'll underline so far. the irony in lake charles is this community was so devastated by hurricane laura at the end of august, it's hard to tell where the damage of one hurricane ends and the destruction of the next storm begins. but we do know there is additional damage here. you know that by the blue tarps. that's an indication of the families and homeowners starting to make the basic repairs. now blue tarps are ripped all over lake charles which means homes have been damaged again and the homeowners and the people who live in them will have to start all over again which there are signs they're already doing, relying on the help of their friends and neighbors in their community, again. martin savidge, cnn, lake charles. >> if you're looking for ways to help those impacted by the hurricane, the world team can show you how. go to cnn.com/impact and we'll continue updating the impact world page as more information becomes available. it was a rare admission by north korea's leader. he says his economic plans have failed. just ahead how that didn't stop the country from unveiling what could be the world's largest ballistic missile. stay with us. ♪ ♪ for skin as alive as you are... don't settle for silver ♪ gold bond champion your skin you're looking at what could be one of the world's largest ballistic missiles. it was unveiled celebrating the 75th anniversary of the working party. south korea's military said it would maintain full readiness to respond to any world threats. will ripley has more. >> reporter: it was back on new year's day, january 1st of this year when kim jong-un promised to unveil a new strategic weapon. that was just before the covid-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt and left their kingdom more isolated than ever. now we're getting our first look at what many analysts believe is that weapon. one of the world's largest ballistic missiles. look at this thing. you tiny the people are next to it. it's carried by an 11 axle truck at the climax of almost a two hour parade. i've covered the parades many time in the last several years. they always seem to bring out the missiles at the end for the drama. it is dramatic and the ground is shaking beneath your feet as they pass by. experts are telling us this missile right here could potentially carry multiple warheads. only increasing the threat to the mainland united states despite dozens of love letters exchanged by president trump and kim jong-un. that's trump's words, by the way, not mine. this is the kind of thing that north korea typically would love to showcase with the media. including cnn. this year things are different. the borders are closed due to covid-19. essentially shutting down trade in an already struggling economy. an economy battered by international sanctions over the nuclear program. a widespread covid-19 pandemic inside north korea. they have very limited outdated medical resources. that would be catastrophic. this year we barely saw kim jong-un in public. he disappeared for weeks on end several times leading to speculation about his health. kim appeared to be back in full form at this military trade staged in the middle of the night with slick special effects including a drone fly by. it was the most dramatic military parade i've seen. the most drama was from kim. he appeared to be crying, tears rolling down his cheeks as he thanked the people. north korea has been battered this year. essentially it faced a triple threat. crippling sanctions over the nuclear missile programs, the economic catastrophe of closing boarders for nearly all the year because of the pandemic and natural disasters like a typhoon and flooding. things have gotten so bad in north korea, kim did something his father never did. he admitted his economic plans were a failure and his people, millions of them are already suffering. the suffering was echoed by the audience as many people could be heard crying with him. north korea may struggle to produce food and electricity, but they showed the world their missile program is only getting stronger. cnn. a shaky cease fire appears to be holding in the province where armenia has been battling for two weeks. as cnn's nick paton walsh tells us is can it hold for the two sides to establish a more permanent piece? >> for the most part it appears there's some good news from the escalating conflict between the forces in the disputed area. a cease fire was declared to start at noon local time saturday. for some parts that appears to have been adhered to in name. now, both sides agreed to this under the auspices of the russian foreign minister both foreign ministered summoned to moscow and late on friday night, it was announceed this cease fire would go into place. it is supposed to enable the exchange of prisoners for the dead to be collected from the battle field after two weeks, frankly, in which hundreds have died, many civilians during intense shelling by both sides. but today this day, saturday, has not been a clear picture of peace. both sides accusing the other of violating the cease fire. one saying they tried to fire a skud missile. at the same time, ar mean yan backed forces saying the capital also sustained shell fire. both the accused sides deny they had something to do with this, and it is often common sometimes in cease fires to see occasional violations. the question here really is whether or not this cease fire sustained in spirit. if we see the tit for tat exchanges escalate. the next phase is supposed to be trying to formulate a border political settlement here. further negotiations using a settlement process that hasn't really functioned well over the past years. it will be put back into the fray to try to get a sign of conclusion or calming of violence. russia finally stepping in with diplomatic pressure to get both sides to agree to stopping. turkey has been -- this proven pretty high-tech and well resourced and appears to have taken ground from armenia. the escalating casualties and the increased risk that russia or ankara could be drawn into the conflict -- there are clearly violations on both sides. both sides seem to which deny, but it remains to be seen if they'll withdraw and if the next negotiations can go forward. cnn, london. we'll take you to cuba where co-vid related border closures and a lack of tourists are crippling the economy. stay with us. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without 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. is cuba has relatively low infection numbers for covid-19. the pandemic is having a dire effect on the tourist country. patrick is in havana with the details. >> reporter: i am going for a spin in a '54 chevy convertible. it was painted bright pink to grab the attention of potential customers. he earns $30 an hour. more than some make in a month driving tourists around. the only problem is these days in havana, there aren't any tourists. >> translator: there is nobody, he says. zero tourism, syria earninzero . >> reporter: in early april after the first cases of coronavirus were brought in by touris tourists, cuba closed international borders. tourism a pillar of the cuban economy, came to a screeching halt. once packed with visitors, 400-year-old plazas in old havana are empty. brand new hotels are cordoned off. drone video shot over havana shows endless empty streets. by taking extreme measures like closing international borders, cuba has managed to keep the number of confirmed coronavirus cases relatively low compared to much of the rest of the region. but we have seen that when the government begins to lift the restrictions, the numbers go shooting back up. as of right now, there is no word on when cuba will reopen to the rest of the world. in july cuba opened a handful of government-owned hotels and isolated keys where international visitors only have contact with hotel staff. the island also reeling from the u.s. embargo, increased trump administration sanctions. cubans who own the restaurants and rent their homes have gone six months with little to no earnings. >> people really are struggling, but somehow people continue to get by with the rental homes and restaurants. it seems like people for the most part are just grasping and trying to hold on until there's an opening again. >> reporter: he says classic cars like his have become an endangered species on the road here as most drivers cannot afford gas or to maintain their cars. he's pins his hopes on a vaccine cuba is developing. >> translator: i'm hopeful our doctors vaccine nate everyone and things will go back to normal. >> until then cuba and cubans will have to wait to join the rest of the world. that wraps up this hour of cnn news room. i'll be back in a moment with more news. stay with us. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of 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