>> i'm laura jarrett. it's wednesday, july 22nd, 5:00 a.m. here iran new york and u.s. hit 1,000 deaths on tuesday but any white house plan to slow the pandemic was completely missing as the president resumed his coronavirus briefings. no doctors up either just trump claiming the virus will eventually suddenly disappear and stating the obvious. >> some areas of our country are doing very well. others are doing less well. it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is. it's what we have. >> it's now july and the president for the first time embraced wearing a mask for other people. he wasn't wearing one just like monday when he shared a photo of himself in a mask and then went to a republican event at his hotel without a mask. what comes next? >> we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be very, very powerful. we develop as we go along. >> so 142,000 americans are dead from a pandemic that's been raging for months and the plan is in process. no comprehensive national strategy to report on testing. but the president did have well wishes for ghislaine maxwell the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein. >> i just wish her well, frankly. i've met her numerous times over the years, especially since i lived in palm beach and i guess they lived in palm beach. but i wish her well whatever it is. >> as for the pandemic, the president said no governor needs anything right now. that is news to many governors in both parties who are clamoring for more testing including california. remember in april when trump said we would be at 5 million tests a day. in fact the u.s. is now averaging about 780,000 test as day. northeastward, not nearly enough. a new york city health official put it this way. >> we're working the system that's been weakened by decreased funding and support and we've had to rebuild as we respond. it's not a strategy. it's not a public health policy document. >> the cdc says the number of people infected could be anywhere between two to 24 times more than the official number of reported cases. that means you would need to stack two dozen tv screens for this graphic to show the real picture. >> the nation's top infectious doctors were absent from the president's briefing. dr. anthony fauci was expecting an invitation but says he did not get one. instead he defended himself on cnn against a claim by the president that fauci is an alarmist. >> i consider myself more a realist than an alarmist but, you know, people do have their opinions other than that. i have always thought of myself as a realist when it comes to this. >> the white house recently tried to discredit dr. fauci as he became increasingly vocal against re-opening parts of the country during a national surge in coronavirus cases. >> hospitalizations in florida have risen by more than a third in just 12 days since the state started releasing daily data. icu bed availability statewide stands at 16%, down from 18 on monday. the southern tip of texas, an official said the death toll is much worse than officially reported. he says the health department is overwhelmed. texas governor greg abbott acknowledging the record breaking situation in the rio grande valley but stopped short of saying he'll allow the county to enforce its shelter at home order. a mass mandate in iowa is the 40th state where there's a mask requirement. texas is delaying their football season until september 24th. indy race fans can get their fix. the indianapolis 500 will open at 25% capacity and require facemasks. >> despite critical shortages in coronavirus testing, supplies and labs and turn around the trump administration is still sitting on billions of dollars in unused funds all located by congress months ago for testing and contact transition. there's an estimated dolla e ed billion sitting around. >> that money is needed. it's sitting there unspent. more money in the hands of americans. senate republicans plan too include a second round of stimulus checks in the next relief package. specifics about how much and if you qualify is an open question. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said the next package will come in around a trillion and include $105 billion for school re-opening and ppp payment for hard-hit businesses. there's a rift between senate republicans and the white house. senate republicans are cool on the president's demand for a payroll tax cut. the white house is cool to more money for testing and tracing and white house is pushing to tie education money to the re-opening of skoopgs. senator ted cruz threw cold water on the looming proposal. >> my message to my colleagues is simple. stop spending money. as its written right now not only am ano it's hell no. >> he underscores republican leaders have in coming together. democrats already passed their own $3 trillion plan. >> breaking overnight, a fire at a chinese complex in houston, the chinese were served an eviction notice days ago to leave by friday. the fire caused by burning documents. this happened after united states accused chinese hackers ever trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research. this is the second time in a week a foreign power is accused of looking for vulnerabilities that could be exploited. it's not clear if it was successful. >> reporter: good morning. a significant prosecution announced by the justice department on tuesday, two chinese hackers accused of waging a decade long campaign o with support of the chinese government targeting businesses across the globe, including four companies in the u.s. doing research into the coronavirus. a 34-year-old man was targeting a massachusetts and maryland company that recently announced they were doing research into a coronavirus vaccine. as recently as may, he was going after another california company that was developing coronavirus testing kits. china is determined to use every means at its disposal including the test of intellectual property to degrade the united states economic, technological and military advantage. >> reporter: the u.s. government has accused the chinese and russians for months now of attempting to hack into our companies that were doing research into coronavirus but these are the first federal charges against hackers for doing any type of this work and the most serious accusation to date. guys, i wouldn't hold your breath for an extradition any time soon. the u.s. has levied similar charges against chinese nationals in recent years and none have seen a u.s. courtroom. >> these mask mandates led to some violent encounter at stores nationwide. actually threats to the workers of these stores. now one big retail chain says it won't force its employees to enforce the mask rules. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm 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lowe's will not ask employees to enforce a new mask mandate. lowe's is concerned workers will be put at risk by confronting these angry customers. lowe's has been requiring employees to wear masks since may. across the country retail workers have been attacked for asking customers to wear a facemask and some customers have been too. >> twitter launching a sweeping crackdown on the far-right conspiracy movement qanon. they are take action on accounts that could lead to harm. 7,000 accounts have been taken down so far. qanon is based on the idea that president trump is leading some secret battle against pedophile politicians and a-list celebrities. several gop candidate on the ballot this fall have expressed sympathy or support for the group. >> president trump pressured the uk ambassador to host the british open. see if the british government to spear the major tournament to his course. the ambassador advised him not to do it saying it would be an unethical use of the presidency. >> 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go online today. a new lockdown in the middle east threatening travel for a muslim holiday and one of the first global hot spots now out of the storm. cnn reporters are covering the pandemic around the world. >> reporter: i'm will ripley in hong kong where new drastic steps are being taken to try to stop what city officials call a third wave of covid-19 that is on the verge of becoming a major outbreak in this densely-populated city. people now have to wear masks not only while riding transportation but in all indoor public places. people flying into hong kong from nine high-risk countries including the u.s. are required to submit negative covid-19 tests before they can get on a flight. >> reporter: i'm in london where authorities are monitoring the evolution of this virus across the globe and evolution of second wave of infections. iran has re-imposed a lockdown across the entire nation. there had been lockdowns already in parts of the kingdom across different regions. for first time following a recent increase in infections now totaling about 70,000 with 400 deaths, oman is imposing an overnight curfew and banning all travel across the entire nation. >> reporter: i'm in tokyo. more cases of covid-19 at u.s. military bases is adding to fears that servicemen could be spreading the virus among local residents. u.s. military personnel are exempt from local laws, including the disclosure of covid-19 cases. but after a week of pressure from local authorities the u.s. has now said it will disclose all cases among u.s. military bases in japan not just in okinawa. last week it confirmed clusters at two separate base on tiled of okinawa and since then other bases across the country have also reported outbreaks. japan is asking the u.s. to test all incoming military personnel for covid-19 regardless of whether they are showing symptoms or not. >> reporter: i'm in rome, italy where the health minister declared italy is quote out of the storm when it comes to the global pandemic. now italy was the original epicenter for the pandemic outside of china logging more than 244,000 positive cases and 35,000 deaths for this country of just 60 million people. . the health minister said it was due to the sacrifices made by the italian people which included a very, strict lockdown and continued here with social distancing and requirement of face coverings inside all public places. >> thanks to our team for those d dispatches. are you ready for football? if so you have to wait until september. after initially saying they would start on time the nfl starting line keeps getting pushed back. according to multiple reports the union has agreed to the league's proposal to cancel all pre-season games. and training camp rosters will be cut from 90 players down to 80 to help social distancing concerns. 320 fewer guys will not get a chance to earn a spot. daily testing is a major priority. 59 players have already tested positive for coronavirus as of yesterday. that includes rams all pro lineman andrew whitworth. he and his entire family were exposed to the virus. it was spread by their nanny. her 66-year-old dad was hospitalized for five days. former nfl player myron told brooke baldwin it might be time to call the season off. listen. >> i don't think they should be playing, no. it's rather ambitious to do so. it's hard to social distance when you're in the trenches and battling an offensive line and lifting weights in the weight room. very difficult to do that in that kind of sport. nfl should pause and place the players at premium and delay the sport and cancel it for a year. >> reporter: regular season set to kick-off thursday september 10th with a super bowl champion hosting the texans. let's go to baseball. members of the snaeft reds including former national league mvp joey votto took a knee. this came one day after the giants knelt in their respective exhibition games. kapler said he doesn't say it as disrespectful. >> i see nothing more 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july and the president for the first time has decided to embrace wearing a mask. for other people he wasn't wearing one yesterday at the podium just like monday when he shared a photo of himself in a manufacturing and then went to a republican event at his honey tell without one. what comes next? >> we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be very, very powerful. we've developed as we go along. >> so almost 142,000 americans dead from a pandemic that's been raging for months and the plan is in process the president says. no comprehensive national strategy on testing to report but the president did have well wishes for ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of accused child sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. >> i just wish her well, frankly. i met her numerous times over the years especially since i lived in palm beach and i guess they lived in palm beach. i wish her well whatever it is. >> as for the pandemic, the president said no governor needs anything right now. that is news tom governors in both parties who are clamoring for more, better testing including california which has now overtaken new york as the state with the most cases. remember in april when trump said we would soon be at 5 million test as day and a group at harvard called 30 million tests per day. in fact, the u.s. is averaging about 780,000 tests a day, in other words, not enough. a new york city health official put it this way. >> we are working the system that's been weakened by decreased funding and support and had to rebuild as we respond. it's not a strategy. >> the cdc now says the number of people infected could be anywhere between 2 to 24 times more than the official number reported number of confirmed cases. >> despite a critical shortage in coronavirus testing supplies and real lags in turn around times the trump administration is still sitting on billions of dollars in unused funds allocated by congress months ago for testing and contact tracing. there's an estimated $7 to $8 billion available right now and it's not clear yet if there's a reason for the hold up or if there were just delays pushing the billions of dollars where it's needed the most, but it's so bizarre. it may be tied up at the omb level. these are funds sitting in the department of health and human services to be used and so the white house is pushing back on additional funds for testing because they point to these billions of dollars. >> when you look at the delays in getting tests it's counter productive. eight day delays, ten day delays. think about the number of people you're coming in contact with. they need to get this fixed and they are wasting time. it's too far into the crisis to have money sitting untouched for testing and tracing. more trouble with young people flouting pandemic restrictions in the south and new orleans is the latest city to announce its school year will begin online. cnn has reporters across the country. >> reporter: i'm in west palm beach, florida where we got word of a block party of more than 600 people. it took place in palm beach county. law enforcement said that people there were not wearing face coverings, not social distancing. that's the rule here in the county and can't have gatherings of ten more. the county mr. straight oris considering putting in a curfew in that area of the county not the county as a whole. >> reporter: i'm in phoenix, arizona. the state here in a real crossroads. some numbers on covid-19 looking pretty good. the high number of cases starting to come down. the retransmission rate if i get it how many people do i give it to is coming down. that positivity rate still very high. arizona leading the country at about 23% of those who get tested test positive for the virus. that's over a seven day period. all of this as the state is wrestling whether or not to open up schools in august as much as parents want their kids back in school many arguing that if do you that all the gains they made these fragile gains they made in the last couple of weeks will disappear if you shove tens of thousands of students and teach nears to close quarters in classrooms. >> reporter: i'm ed lavandera. a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the state of louisiana is putting plans on re-opening the economy there on hold. the governor says that the state will remain in the phase two of re-opening for at least the next two weeks because he's seen a surge of coronavirus cases across the state. the governor last week issued a mask mandate order and health officials there in louisiana are saying that once again that state is head in the wrong direction. >> reporter: i'm athena jones in new york. state of vermont must be doing something right. the governor says the state now has the lowest coronavirus case count in the country. there have been no deaths from covid for 30 days and very few hospitalizations. just three people admitted to hospitals on monday. no plans for a maverick mandate any time soon the governor said because the numbers aren't alarming enough to require one and vermonters are wearing masks on their own. colleges and universities are planning to have students back on campus in the fall. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates. angry shoppers are mad at being asked to wear a mask in public are harassing front line workers in stores and restaurants and because of those confrontations home improvement giant lowe's will not ask employees to enforce a new mask mandate. lowe's is concerned workers will be put at risk by confronting their customers. lowe's has been requiring flows wear masks since may. >> joe biden revealed the third leg of his build back better economic platform. focus here on the care giving economy. the former vice president said the country is trapped in a caregiving crisis with an economic crisis within a health care crisis. >> this is about easing the squeeze on working families who are raising their kids and caring for aged loved ones at the same time, sometimes suffering many times together. it's about creating jobs with better pay and career pathways for caregivers and showing them that dignity and respect that they deserve. >> he wants tax credits for people who take care of children, seniors and disabled people and he wants thousands of new child care facilities. he's rolled out manufacturing and clean energy plans. the promise all together to stimulate the economy, restore jobs lost during the pandemic and create millions of new jobs. biden's focus on caregivers shows the recession is hurting women more than men and international monetary fund said it could undo years of progress for women. >> the chinese say they were served an eviction notice from a consulate in houston. documents burned overnight. a dramatic escalation as the u.s. and china battle over hong kong, huawei and so much more as cnn ivan watson is live for us in hong kong. ivan, what more do we know about what happened here? >> reporter: this does come as quite a surprise. the first indications that soefgs up were when houston fire department and police were summoned to the chinese consulate in that city, responding to reports of smoke and documents appeared to being burned inside, in the courtyard of that building. hours later chinese foreign ministry announced and condemned what it says was an order from the u.s. government to immediately close that consulate. take a listen to what the foreign ministry spokesperson had to say. >> translator: it violates international law. basic norms. the agreement between china and the u.s.. china strongly condemns such an outrageous and unjustified move which will sabotage u.s. and china relations. >> reporter: in fact, the u.s. has quote directed the closure of the consulate general in houston, quote in order to protect american intellectual property and americans private information. so it does appear that this has happened. it is clearly another sign of the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the world's two largest economies, and frankly reporters here in hong kong we're having a hard time keeping up with the new sanctions and measures and criticism being lobbed from washington at beijing on pretty much a daily basis. we do not know if this decision has been linked to the unsealing of department of justice indictments against two chinese hackers on tuesday who were accused of breaking into american companies and trying to steal intellectual property with the accusation that this has been a state backed operation done out of the chinese city of quandong. beijing threatened to retaliate. >> at that lot of questions here. ivan, thank you so much for your reporting as usual. we'll be right back. find pants that aren't sweats. find your friends. find your sense of wander. find the world is new, again. at chevy we'd like to take you there. now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. that's over 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it was the announcement he was hoping for. >> this isn't it. >> reporter: but the head of south africa's arm of the oxford study is far from comforted. >> it's what keeps me awake at night. we're doing it in the mid-of a pandemic. >> reporter: the team is testing the same experimental vaccine in the middle of a covid-19 storm. they're not finding enough negative volunteers to make up their 2,000 participant study is a challenge. >> we may fail not because the vaccine doesn't work because exposure is so tremendous. this is going to test the mettle of this vaccine. >> reporter: south africa's numbers are the highest in the world. what happens over the next few weeks the w.h.o. warns is a troubling marker of what the rest of the continent could face. >> we could experience multiple rates of an outbreak for the next two to three years. the thing that will break the back of this pandemic today not just in south africa but globally is a vaccine. >> reporter: in just the last few of weeks this nurse has seen colleagues fall ill. family too. >> so by doing this, means a lot, because we're not only praying for the community but for our families. >> reporter: here at the trial, lines are long. same for the team inside the lab, working seven days a week, 16 hours a day. no one is doubting this sense of purpose as cases surge. all the potential payoff when the south african results are expected to be released in november. >> this vaccine works and these circumstances in south africa then the vaccine would work anywhere. >> high-risk, high reward. >> exactly. >> reporter: what's extraordinary here, inside that arm of the vaccine trial and really to see the level of effort being placed here by scientists in south africa and across the world. but they are accelerating this search by such a degree, what should take five 20rks years they are trying to do it in a matter of months and say it's really like running a marathon at the pace of a sprint. >> all these public health 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energy corporation in return for a bail out. a spoebsman said the company is cooperating. a lot of work went into this smuggling scam. police in italy discovered cocaine hidden inside of hundreds of individually hollowed out coffee beans. it was stopped at a airport in milan. >> take a look at markets around the world this wednesday morning. asian shares are closed for the day and a mixed performance. europe opening lower here. on wall street futures at this hour are down just a little bit. stocks closed mixed tuesday. dow finished up. nasdaq fell slightly. a new survey shows counties across america paying a big price for the pandemic. 71% cut or delayed capital investment and 68% cut services such as public safety and health services. judy shelton is president trump's controversial pick for the federal reserve board and she cleared the senate banking committee. she's in favor of returning to the gold standard and spoke about abolish fegd. some republicans expressed concerns during her 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