Kloots. What does she know, as Ghislaine Maxwell sits in jail. Whether shell cooperate in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. How some of the greatest cultural sites are turning to new technology in the pandemic to let tourists return safely. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The growth is exponential at this point. You know, weve been breaking record after record after record all the last couple of weeks. The staggering 40 out of 50 states are seeing Coronavirus Infections on the rise. Florida surpassing more than 200,000 covid19 cases. More hospitalizations, more icus and respirators and more fatalities. 99 of which are totally harmless. President trump told a crowd on the National Mall those covid19 cases are, quote, totally harmless. We must take this seriously. Tony award nominated broadway star nick cordero has died from complications of the coronavirus. If i live my truth im living just for you remains found in texas are confirmed as missing ft. Hood s
To america. Mark, what we can expect from the big event. Good afternoon, the coronavirus is not stopping President Trump from celebrating the fourth of july. The festivities wont get started for a few hours. The president was at mt. Rushmore. He praised miss predecessors like George Washington and abraham lincoln. He criticized those trying to tear down monuments and statues from the past. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to deface our most sacred memorials. The American People are strong and proud and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history and culture, to be taken from them. That was last night. Lets talk about tonight. The president and first lady will be hosting friends, family and as well as First Responders, including doctors and nurses out to the south lawn this evening. Were told among the guests will be be the people trying to get through the coronavirus. And the flayovers on the National Mall and we should see an impressive col
Cases there are large gatherings happening. Or b, play it very safe, following Public Health advice to gather only with people they know and with a face mask close by. Take a look at washington, d. C. , right now. This is the National Mall. President trump will host a big public celebration there tonight with music, military demonstrations, and fireworks. No need for you to go anywhere. Well have live coverage right here for you on cnn to enjoy so you can stay safe. But the president barely mentioned the pandemic at his speech last night at mt. Rushmore, where, as you can see, several thousand people sat closely together. Only a few of them had masks on. This, despite the news breaking shortly before that speech that top Trump Campaign staffer Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for the coronavirus. Shes the girlfriend of the president s son, don trump junior, and was in south dakota preparing to attend that event. Elsewhere around the country right now, we have live looks. This is from
Im in for arthel neville. Happy 4th of july. The president is set to host a salute to america tribute this evening in the Nations Capital, following an event at moun Mount Rushmore last night. Both celebrations coming under scrutiny with masks not required and social distancing not enforced. Mark meredith is live at the white house with more on all of this. Reporter the white house is gearing up for a big celebration later on this afternoon for the 4th of july. The president and the first lady expected to welcome hundreds of family, friends, as well as white house staff. Theyre also extending the celebration to first responders, doctors and nurses, people that have been helping the country through the coronavirus with this salute to america event. Last year you may remember that we saw that epic flyover over the National Mall with the president ial 747 flying over the lincoln memorial. It was quite a sight a year ago. Its unclear how many aircraft well see fly over this year. One major
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