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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to "Connect the World." I'm Kim Brunhuber in Atlanta. Another day, another record number of new
Coronavirus cases in the United States.
President Trump says it is being handled. We are live at the White House. It's not much better in Brazil. Cases there are close to 1.5 million and
they're facing another crisis, massive unemployment. It is different in the UK. They're opening pubs and restaurants this weekend and we're hearing
more about where Brits will be able to fly to the details coming up.
The U.S. enters its Independence Day weekend with an unwanted record. States reported more than 52,000 COVID-19 cases Thursday, the highest daily
total since the pandemic began. And for most of the U.S., this latest spike shows no sign of easing.
You can see on this map cases rising in about three-quarters of the states over the past week. Infections are going down in just two of them. These
surges in cases and hospitalizations caused one Governor to reverse course after weeks of resisting expert's advice. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott
issued an order requiring most residents to wear masks in public.
Texas is the second most populous U.S. state. The third most populous Florida, reported more than 10,000 new cases Thursday, and nearly 95,000
more today. It's Governor wont issue a mask order. Ron DeSantis says Florida is ready to handle the latest surge.
Fewer and fewer state and local officials are voicing that kind of optimism, but the U.S. President says the country is handling the crisis
well. Take a listen.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The crisis is being handled. We have some areas where we're putting out the flames or the fires and it's
working out well. Now we're opening it up and it's opening up far faster than anybody thought even possible and more successfully.
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BRUNHUBER: Later today President Trump heads to South Dakota for a pre-4th of July firework show at Mt. Rushmore. Thousands of people are expected to
attend. Masks are encouraged but not required, and neither is social distancing.
White House Correspondent, John Harwood joins me now. So the President said the virus is being handled. Well or not is an open question, I guess. So
with even the Governor of Texas doing an about-face on mandatory masks, is there any indication there that President Trump will pivot more forcefully
and acknowledge the severity of the crisis?
JOHN HARWOOD, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Only reluctantly. This President has shown from the beginning, Kim that he wishes to downplay the
pandemic, try to emphasize the strength of the U.S. economy, which, when the pandemic began in February, looked pretty strong. That was going to be
his ticket to reelection.
Then he was forced by the extent of the spread to address the pandemic for a while, but he grew very impatient, pulled back from strong leadership and
trying to suppress the virus, and now we're back where we are before.
Now he touted those good economic numbers. I was in the briefing room when he said that yesterday. And he said that the virus is being handled, and he
talked about 5 million new jobs being added by U.S. employers in June.
But those jobs were added before the surge in cases that we've seen in the last couple of weeks, and it threatens to reverse a lot of those gains.
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HARWOOD: I was going to ask him about that contradiction, but he turned out of the briefing room and walked away without taking any questions, which is
an example of how he simply hopes to avoid talking about this, keep his public health experts quiet and not do the things that we've seen other
conservative politicians, like Greg Abbott, as you mentioned, do, which is reverse course in the consideration of the crisis. The President is not
doing that.
BRUNHUBER: All right, well, thank you so much, John Harwood in Washington. And in California, officials are adding new restrictions out of fear of
what the holiday weekend may bring. So, joining me now is UCLA Professor Dr. Robert Kim Farley. He is also the Former Director of Communicable
Disease Control and Prevention in Los Angeles County.
So Doctor, last time we spoke, it was in the course of my reporting in April about how well California had coped with the virus? It had flattened
the curve, it was being held up as a marvel for other states. Fast-forward less than two months. What the heck happened?
DR. ROBERT KIM-FARLEY, PROFESSOR OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES, UCLA: Thank you, Kim. First, I want to say, welcome to your new
home. It's been a pleasure to talk with you and be back with you. I wanted to mention on California, I think, that we were successful in terms of
flattening the curve.
And I think actually we are still being successful in the sense of properly monitoring the situation, finding out, for example, that we are seeing some
spiking coming up, then we're dialing back down appropriately, too.
BRUNHUBER: But we surely didn't expect this huge influx that we've been seeing now.
DR. KIM-FARLEY: Well, it's hard to know exactly what you're going to get when you dial things forward a bit, and you have to be pragmatic a little
bit to see, well, what did we get for that, and do we need to tweak back, and that's what's being done at this stage.
BRUNHUBER: Well, you seem very sanguine about it, but a lot of people are concerned that, you know, we saw a reopening of those emergency areas that
hadn't been used during the first sort of surge. Now they're opening them up again because there is concern that we will reach capacity. Are you
worried about that?
DR. KIM-FARLEY: I think concern, Kim, is a good thing for people to have, because I think that will make people understand that they need to be
wearing masks that they need to be practicing the physical distancing. In fact, if you look at what happened in New York which, of course, had that
early peak on and then dropped off dramatically and stays low.
I think people in New York knew loved ones, knew friends that died of this disease or head surge disease. That's what was making them realize this is
a very serious disease. We're not going to go out, just rush out and try to be life before COVID-19. So I think that's one thing that we have to
realize. Concern on the part of people is actually a good thing.
BRUNHUBER: And now lots of concern about July 4th. Could this be yet another inflection point like Memorial Day weekend was?
DR. KIM-FARLEY: Good point, Kim. You're right that we have to make sure that people understand that we did have spikes coming after Memorial Day.
We don't want a spike on a spike coming up after the 4th of July so people really need to be heeding public health messages about mask use staying
away from others in large groups.
BRUNHUBER: Now, you've worked locally with L.A. County, you've worked also at the national level with the CDC. So, when it comes to the public health
approach, what mistakes do you think have been made here as we see these cases, record-breaking cases, across the country?
DR. KIM-FARLEY: Well, I think there really actually is a partnership between public health, politicians and the public, if you will. And what we
really need to do from the public health side is make sure we have a very clear message. What is the goalpost that we are trying to seek, which
really, of course, at least has to be that we don't overload our hospital systems.
And then politicians working with public health have to be able to emulate the things that are being requested. Mask use, social distancing, things
like this.
BRUNHUBER: But obviously we're not seeing that now.
DR. KIM-FARLEY: In some cases.
BRUNHUBER: All right. Turning locally now, you know, people are trying to dissect what exactly happened in L.A. County which really has seen this
explosion of cases again. Was it the sort of county-by-county approach that was to blame here, or what specifically was, you know, causing this
problem?
DR. KIM-FARLEY: Kim, I think actually the county-by-county approach is actually a good one in the sense that one size does not fit all, that there
are certain counties that had much lower levels of community transmission that don't require the same degree of tightening down that others do.
So I think that it is appropriate to go county by county, but you may need to do it in a regional way, so you don't have people going from one county
to another just to get their hair cut, that sort of thing.
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BRUNHUBER: Yes, that's the problem, exactly. So, now we've seen the Governor sort of tightening restrictions now. At this rate, is another
shutdown inevitable?
DR. KIM-FARLEY: It's not inevitable, Kim. I think we'll see now what we can expect after two to three weeks with the now dialing back down of things,
no longer having in-restaurant dining, for example. And we'll see what we get for that.
And hopefully we'll, again, stay within that realm of not overloading our health care systems, in which case we can then even start considering to go
back up again what we can allow.
BRUNHUBER: All right. Well, hopefully, if I can speak to you in a couple of months, the tale will be far more positive. Thank you very much for your
time, Dr. Robert Kim-Farley in Los Angeles.
DR. KIM-FARLEY: Thank you, Kim. Look forward to it.
BRUNHUBER: All right. Well, unlike the U.S. much of the developing world is getting Coronavirus under control. So how does a global superpower have the
highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world? It's raised questions about President Donald Trump's leadership and his response to the
pandemic.
Our Nic Robinson reports on how Mr. Trump's policies have changed the world's perception of the United States.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: America's COVID-19 infection rate is putting it on an exponential path to pariah. This week
U.S. citizens bought entry from Europe as a recent poll shows Europeans' trust in Trump's America is tanking.
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TRUMP: We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries from his inauguration.
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ROBERTSON: Trump's America first has accelerated the U.S. along a road from international respect to unreliable ally.
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TRUMP: We've been talking about this for a long time.
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ROBERTSON: Within days shunning global trade deals, banning citizens of seven Muslim majority nations from travel to the U.S. EU leaders meeting in
Malta soon after sounded the alarm.
On his first overseas trip at NATO HQ a few months later, Trump bullied his peers, manhandling one leader, yanking the hand of another, capping it all,
refusing to endorse NATO's founding principle, article 5, an attack on one, an attack on all.
And now three years later, concerns at NATO run so deep that some senior officials fear that if President Trump is reelected, it could render the
trans-Atlantic alliance irrelevant. But Trump's decisions to pull 95,000 troops from Germany without telling Angelo Merkel is emblematic of a bigger
problem for the United States is an unreliable ally and not just about NATO. Whether on Syria, North Korea trade or NATO, he is unpredictable,
perhaps more so on China.
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TRUMP: I think our relationship has never been better. We're very much involved with them right now on the virus that's going around.
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ROBERTSON: In January he backed China. By April he wanted them castigated for failing to contain COVID-19 and withholding information. At W.H.O.'s
annual meeting in May, all Trumps' EU allies effectively sided with China. Sweden's Former PM an experienced global diplomat, Carl Bildt tweeted,
observing the post-American world a confident and assertive China with a clear strategic approach.
And EU trying to rescue what's left of global cooperation and a disruptive U.S. more keen on fighting China and fighting COVID-19 whereas Trump's own
words on COVID-19 whether on ingesting bleach.
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TRUMP: By injection inside is almost a cleaning.
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ROBERTSON: Or use of the ineffective virus drug, Hydroxychloroquine has rendered his opinions almost worthless. If COVID-19 were Trump's only
crisis, he was allies could be more forgiving.
But he has jangled so many nerves, threatening war with North Korea, almost starting one with Iran, while apparently being in the thrall of dictators
helping create an unstable global environment that they have seized upon.
On his watch, Russia's Putin has effectively become President for life, as has China's Xi who was also flouted international norms, snatching control
of Hong Kong. This Independence Day, the United States will be more alone than in decades as COVID-19 spikes from state to state.
Old allies will be watching helpless and transfixed, knowing their fate is still tied to Trump. Until the world's biggest economy recovers, everyone
is at the mercy of the pandemic. Nic Robertson, CNN, London.
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BRUNHUBER: Coming up next, Brazil has nearly 1.5 million cases of COVID-19, and that's not the only crisis the country is facing. We'll take you to
Brazil's second largest city as it starts to reopen. Also this is a summer travel season unlike any other, and that's prompted the UK to issue a
warning unlike any other. Why the U.S. isn't included in the plan for air bridges?
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BRUNHUBER: Brazil has nearly 1.5 million COVID-19 cases. That's the second highest number of cases in the world, and more than 60,000 Brazilians have
died from the virus. But COVID-19 isn't the only crisis facing Brazil. Millions of jobs have been lost and the legal fires rage through the
Imazon. CNN's Shasta Darlington takes us to Rio de Janeiro as it reopens.
SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Dining in front of Rio's famed shores, patrons' attempts are return to normalcy, as Brazil's
second largest city reopens for business.
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ALINE DA SILVA, BAR MANAGER: We just opened after almost four months of being closed. Now we're coming back.
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DARLINGTON: On Thursday, Rio de Janeiro entered its latest stage of reopening, allowing restaurants, bars and cafes to accept a limited number
of customers with social distancing rules in place.
Residents can also return to the gym. Rio is joining other cities around Brazil in the phase reopening. As the world's second worst hit country sees
Coronavirus cases nearing 1.5 million, with a steady increase in new daily infections.
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ROBERTO MEDRONHO, RESEARCH DIR. CLEMENTINO FRAGA FILHO UNIV. HOSPITAL: We have the problem of people who are going to work because the economy is
being reopened. If they become infected, they will take this infection to their relatives, many of them elderly, many of them with complex health
issues.
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DARLINGTON: Despite warnings from experts, many regional leaders are desperate as finances plummet and unemployment soars. Now millions of
Brazil's informal workers face a stark choice, go to work and risk infection or go hungry.
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MATIAS SANTOS, FOOD DELIVERY WORKER: We're totally exposed to the Coronavirus every day without any protection. And because companies do not
deliver masks, we have to make our own masks or buy them and buy hand sanitizer.
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DARLINGTON: As Coronavirus wreaks havoc on Brazil's already fragile economy, it aggravates some of the country's chronic problems. In the
Imazon rain forest deforestation is surging. Environmental activists, who are in a legal loggers and ranchers, are capitalizing unless oversight,
burning more land as the pandemic stretches official resources.
That may be responsible for a jump in fires, the most in June since 2007. Now fears are rising of a coming dry season with more smoke posing
respiratory dangers.
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CARLOS SOZA JR. MEMBER. IMAZON: Slash and burn clearing of land already represents a serious health problem. If we have land clearing and COVID-19
together, this could mean catastrophic consequences for the region.
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DARLINGTON: A burning Imazon also adds to threats facing indigenous populations where COVID-19 is sweeping through communities. Brazil's
government has sent medical workers and military to help protect some isolated tribes, but the virus has already infected thousands of tribe
members and killed dozens. That's according to the government's special indigenous health service.
The indigenous population now part of a grim milestone. On Wednesday, Brazil reached more than 60,000 Coronavirus deaths. A tribute to those
victims lit on "Christ the Redeemer". Rio's famed statue acknowledging the morbid toll of COVID-19 as the city reopens amid crisis. Shasta Darlington,
CNN, Sao Paulo.
BRUNHUBER: COVID-19 cases are also going up in Melbourne, Australia, and thousands of people there are going into lockdown again. Officials in the
State of Victoria have now launched an inquiry into a hotel quarantine program there where workers are accused of not following safety rules.
CNN's Michael Holmes reports the allegations involve a lockdown sex scandal.
MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Police in Melbourne are stopping cars, checking IDs and enforcing new lockdown measures after
Coronavirus cases jumped in the State of Victoria.
More than 300,000 residents in ten post codes will be under tight restrictions for a month as authorities try to get a handle on the spike in
cases hitting Australia's second most popular state. The new orders mean residents can only leave their homes for necessities or essential services
the setback causing a mixed reaction among citizens.
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ANALDO KAKOS, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA RESIDENT: I don't like it because I get to miss out on my holidays. I get to stay trapped at home.
GEOFF HAXTON, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA RESIDENT: I'm sure the people making the decisions know what they're doing, so I'm not going to second-guess what
they're doing. And I guess the next couple of weeks will tell whether it has an effect.
NOMAN RIANZ, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA RESIDENT: We're feeling insecure and fear.
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HOLMES: Australia saw the number of cases per day rise in June. The country currently has more than 8,000, but Victoria has seen double digit increases
over the past two weeks. International travel is arriving in Australia are required to stay quarantined for 14 days at a government-managed facility
or hotel.
Authorities have launched an investigation and relegations that employees at one such hotel ignored social distancing measures, including reportedly
having sex with people in quarantine.
New testing sites have been set up in the ten post codes under lockdown. Some international flights will also be diverted to other states.
Meanwhile, Victoria's Chief Health Officer advises that practicing safety measures is the best mitigation against the spread of the virus.
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BRETT SUTTON, VICTORIA'S CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER: You know, I'm really emphasizing that even though these restrictions are in place in those
restricted post codes, there is an obligation on all of us to consider how we minimize our interactions with other people?
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HOLMES: Melbourne not alone in going through a localized lockdown, it happened in Leicester in the UK and around a meat processing plant in
Germany, for example, as countries that are generally doing well see new local outbreaks. Michael Holmes, CNN.
BURNHUBER: Within the next hour, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is expected to speak about his country's so-called red list. That's the list
of countries where the rate of Coronavirus infection is still high and travel may be risky.
There is also a list of more than 50 travel destinations considered safe for British citizens. Anna Stewart joins us from London with the details.
Anna indication of who's on the list, and any notable omissions?
ANNA STEWART, CNN REPORTER: Well, so far we can obviously see who is on the list which is around 60 countries and territories, people returning to or
visiting England from those nations will not have to go into a two-week quarantine. That is the good news. The bad news is there are some countries
that are obviously not on that list.
The so-called red list, which we don't have but we can see some obvious omissions here, Portugal isn't currently on the list. They do have an
outbreak in Lisbon. The United States also not on that list. And this is only going to apply to England from next Friday.
So, not the whole of the UK, there has been some dispute with Wales and Scotland and developed nations who have not liked Westminster's handling of
these measures. And they have to say, we've been expecting this list to be published all week. I was waiting for it on Monday, so it has been somewhat
delayed.
We're expecting to hear much on it from Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, in the next hour. Kim?
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BRUNHUBER: We'll bring that to our viewers when it happens. But this is good news for UK tourism, but has it come too late given now that it's
July. Is the damage already done for the travel sector?
STEWART: It comes very late in the summer months, which, of course, are crucial for travel and tourism in the UK and there has been a lot of
frustration there. Those international tourists who may have want to travel to England or the wider UK may have already booked holidays, of course.
They may have missed the boat in terms of that. It has been a really difficult time for the industry.
The world travel and tourism council early in June as quarantine was announced, these measures are only three and a half week. So, that's when
quarantine was implemented in the UK. They said 3 million jobs in that sector were at risk. They wanted the quarantine to be cancelled or lifted
immediately and it's taken nearly a month. So, it's been very damaging for the industry.
You can see the job cuts in some of the bigger airlines. UK Airlines have already cut 22.5 thousand jobs here in the UK. Well, you don't see it's
harder to quantify this is where there are 3 million jobs at risk is those smaller businesses, what about the B&Bs? What about the tour operators?
What about the rental bike company around the UK?
The big Fay is they will miss out on that summer revenue that they might have got had this quarantine either not been introduced three and a half
weeks ago or was lifted sooner. Kim?
BRUNHUBER: Interesting, All right, thanks so much Anna Stewart in London. And as we said, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson will address the
travel restrictions in about half an hour, so we'll bring that to you live.
France has a new Prime Minister Edouard Philippe stepped down after his ruling party had a dismal showing in Sunday's local elections. President
Macron has appointed Jean Castex as new PM. As - describes him as a senior but low-profile bureaucrat. He is a member of the right wing opposition to
Mr. Macron's centrists. Mr. Castex has been praised for his handling of the Coronavirus crisis.
Coming up, the Governor of Texas has had a change of heart. He's now making masks mandatory in public as cases soar in the state. We're live in
Houston. Plus loads of people are should have been out for a point this weekend as England's pubs and restaurants reopen. But Britain's Prime
Minister is warning the public, mind your P's and Q's.
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BRUNHUBER: Medical experts are sounding the alarm on the Coronavirus in the United States. As one medical expert put it, daily infection counts are
approaching apocalyptic levels. Thursday alone 52,000 new cases were reported in the country, and all of this is happening as Americans prepare
to celebrate Independence Day over the weekend, making the situation, "Perfect storm for the pandemic".
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BRUNHUBER: The Governor of Texas has ordered 95 percent of the state's residents to wear masks in public. Lucy Kafanov is live in Houston as
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, quite a jaw-dropping about- face by the Texas Governor on masks. How is that being welcomed or not, perhaps, by Texans?
LUCY KAFANOV, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's being welcomed by health officials who continue to point out the data, the science that says doing
simple things like wearing one of these masks helps stem the spread of this disease.
Of course, in Texas you have a little bit more of a - how shall I phrase this - a libertarian streak, perhaps, where people say this infringes on my
freedom. But this is now the law here in the state. If you live in a county that has 20 or more cases, you have to wear a mask in public.
The Governor also, in that Executive Order, empowering local officials to restrict gatherings to just ten people, but already we've seen some county
judges saying they're going to let larger gatherings take place. They're not going to let this get in the way of the upcoming July 4th weekend.
All of this as numbers continues to rise. There are now more than 175,000 Coronavirus cases in just the State of Texas alone. We see record-breaking
numbers every day. On Wednesday the caseload surpassed 8,000. Yesterday was a little less than that, just around 8,000.
We're still waiting to get the new numbers today, and of course hospitals very much impacted. We've seen more than 7,300 people across Texas
hospitals. Some facilities in Houston so overwhelmed they've started transferring COVID patients out, and doctors are very worried that people
might ignore the rules over the weekend, that we might still see a spike.
Even if they're paying attention to the rules, for example, you can't really stop people from gathering at home behind closed doors, so they're
bracing for the situation to potentially get worse before did gets better. Kim?
BRUNHUBER: I'm wondering, Lucy, if this decision by the Texas Governor, will that give cover, do you think, to other Republican Governors who have
resisted statewide orders, like Florida perhaps?
KAFANOV: Well, it remains to be seen. You saw the numbers in Florida reaching records, and there's still no statewide mask mandated. It's
difficult in the United States because so many issues here now are politicized. And even when you have the nation's top infectious disease
expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying things like wearing masks do help you, you simply don't see that kind of leadership. Kim?
BRUNHUBER: I guess we'll wait and see. Thank you so much, Lucy Kafanov, live in Houston. Now Arizona is another Republican run state that has
heeded the President's call to reopen early. Now the state is seeing a big spike in infections recording more than 8,000 cases in just two days.
CNN's Evan McMorris-Santoro joins us live in Prescott, Arizona, a very peaceful, you know, background where you are right now, but the projections
we're hearing from experts in Arizona are frightening, running out of beds, running out of tests. What are you hearing?
EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kim, that's right. Just in to CNN, we got new numbers on the story here in Arizona. 4400 cases
reported yesterday. All ICU bids are now at 91 percent capacity. There are just 166 left of them in the state to deal with this growing pandemic here.
Now, where I am in Prescott, this is a very important weekend for this town. This is a small town in Arizona that has a big 4th of July
celebration, obviously, the Independence Day celebrations here in the United States.
And I'm at a craft fair, you can see behind me what vendors are here lined up selling food and everything. Its 8:00 in the morning here so there
aren't a lot of crowds here yet, but there is an expectation that crowds will show up.
The Governor of Arizona said that individual places can decide about how large of gatherings to allow? He personally said he wanted gatherings of no
larger than 50 and even smaller, perhaps, through the 4th of July weekend, but he let individual places decide.
So here in Prescott, that's what this looks like. The staff and vendors at this crafts fair, they're being required to wear masks. But people who
attend, and we're expecting them to start showing up in the next couple hours, I'm going to show you what the guidelines are for them?
There are these big signs here all over this craft fair, and you can see when it comes to masks, it just says, feel free to cover your nose and
mouth at your discretion so no real rules about wearing a mask here. They're trying to enforce social distancing. They're asking people to
social distance, but no real requirements to do it, Kim.
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BRUNHUBER: Interesting. We'll see whether people abide by any of those suggestions, shall we say. Evan McMorris-Santoro, thank you very much for
that update. The British socialite accused of sex crimes with Jeffrey Epstein has made her first court appearance.
Ghislaine Maxwell's charges are connected to the billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her initial appearance was done via teleconference from
New Hampshire where she was arrested. She'll now be taken to New York where the 17-page indictment was filed against her.
Prosecutors say Maxwell gained the trust of her teenage girls then delivered them to Epstein to be exploited. As Max Foster reports, the case
has connections to the rich, powerful and royal.
MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They are associated with the Epstein scandal. At Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago party in 2000 on the front row at
Chelsea Clinton's Wedding. And here right behind Prince Andrew, then 17- year-old Virginia Robert Dufray who claims in documents that Epstein kept her as a teenage sex slave and that he was assisted in his efforts by a
British woman, Ghislaine Maxwell.
In the court filings Dufray alleges she was forced to have sex with the royal under Epstein's instructions, including in Maxwell's London apartment
and that she acted as a Madame. All of these allegations against Andrew are being denied. Any suggestion of impropriety with Andrew's minus was
dismissed by Buckingham Palace as categorically untrue.
Known as his right and left hands Epstein described Maxwell in 2003 as his best friend in this profile to "Vanity Fair," not a colleague or an
employee. The - daughter of immediate Robert Maxwell she grew up in the vast country estate in the Idyllic countryside.
After her father's mysterious death at Sea in 1991 falling from his luxury named - Maxwell reportedly moved to New York to start a new life. So how
did she go from highly educated and connected figure in British high society to an accused figure in the background of an investigation into
underage sex trafficking?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'll do my best.
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FOSTER: Footage of her is as elusive as she is. Here she is speaking on Ocean's sustainability of the United Nations in 2014 under her role as
Founder of the - a nonprofit.
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GHISLAINE MAXWELL: There is a pledge, there's no taxes by the way it's all free, and what you're signing is that you love the ocean, that you'll
spread your love of the ocean because we're a digital platform.
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FOSTER: Out to public view though Epstein's accusers claim Maxwell was sourcing teenage girls for him and directing them to have sex with Epstein
and his friends. Unsealed court documents from a 2015 defamation case refer to her as one of the main women, primary co-conspirator, acting as a Madame
for Epstein, assisting in trafficking Dufray and numerous other young girls for sexual purposes.
Dufray says Maxwell recruited her when she was 15-years-old. In her court deposition, she said Maxwell said Dufray's claims are untrue. I know that
Virginia is a liar, and I know what she testified is a lie, so I can only testify to what I know to be a falsehood. I can categorically deny
everything that she has said. I have no knowledge of anything else.
The case was settled in 2017. Maxwell hadn't been seen in public since August last year when she was spotted in Los Angeles. She hasn't responded
to numerous requests for comment over the past year. Now that she's been charged with enticement of minors, though, prosecutors and alleged victims
alike hope to finally hear a fuller version of events from the person most closely associated with Epstein and his alleged crimes. Max Foster, CNN,
Berkshire, England.
BRUNHUBER: And Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney has responded to CNN's request for a comment, however Prince Andrew's team is responding to this comment
from U.S. prosecutors.
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AUDREY STRAUSS, ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK: I'm not going to comment on anyone's status in this investigation, but I will
say that we would welcome Prince Andrew coming in to talk with us. We would like to have the benefit of his statement.
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BRUNHUBER: A source says the Prince's team is be bewildered because they have communicated with U.S. Justice Department twice in the last month and
claim they never received a response. Again, the Duke of York has strongly denied allegations against him.
Coming up, as England's pubs and restaurants reopen, Britain's Prime Minister is warning the public, don't overdo it.
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BRUNHUBER: All right, let's go to the UK where the Prime Minister is issuing a stark warning before England lift some major lockdown measures
this weekend, don't blow it. The country is taking its most significant step yet in easing restrictions since they were imposed three months ago.
Beginning tomorrow residents will once again be able to enjoy a beer at the pub, restaurants, movie theaters and hair salons will also be reopening.
But Boris Johnson is asking the public not to overdo it and arrays the progress that's already been made. He told the British radio station LBC
that the government is now better prepared should a second wave come.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: God forbid there would be a second spike, a second wave?
BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: Indeed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What would you do differently or are you going to tell me hand on your beating heart you would do the exact same thing again?
JOHNSON: I'm certainly not going to say that, but what I can say is that we're learning lessons the whole time about how to handle this disease?
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BRUNHUBER: Well, pubs will be the place to be in England this weekend, so for more on that, let's bring in the head of the British Beer and Pub
Association, Emma McClarkin live from Salisbury, England. So I understand pubs can open at 6:00 am. Are you expecting a flood of Britain's toasting
each other before the sun rises?
EMMA MCCLARKIN, CEO, BRITISH BEER & PUB ASSOCIATION: Only with cups of tea. That's our licensing start time in the UK. Many will have a license that
starts at 6:00 am so they can do a great British prayer and a cup of tea or coffee in the morning. Most people will start serving beer around 11:00 am
but we're just delighted to have the opportunity to finally get our pub sector reopened.
BRUNHUBER: Now some are predicting a New Year's Eve style weekend. As I understand it, there is no limit to the number of patrons inside, so surely
that must be a worry.
MCCLARKIN: Well, everybody has been missing the great British pub, and their enthusiasm is very much welcome because we desperately need them to
help support our trade. But we are supporting the Prime Minister in his cause for people to come back to the British Pub responsibly and to make
sure that they're aware of the safety that we put in place, that they keep their social distancing, and we have respect inside the pub for the people
that are serving us and between the other customers as well.
BRUNHUBER: How realistic is that for people to respect social distancing once they've had a couple of pints?
MCCLARKIN: Well, the safest place for people to be drinking is in a safe and licensed, managed environment. We're hospitality specialists. We are
hosts. That's what we do, and managing people is part of our industry. That's exactly what we're hoping to do this weekend.
But we are pleading to people to be sensible, to be responsible for their behavior. We have been given an opportunity to reopen a sector when we're
still in the phase of this pandemic. We need to respect that and know that in order to keep the Great British Pub open, we have to stay responsible
inside it.
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BRUNHUBER: It's not just up to the patrons, so take us through some of the guidelines of spacing and service and other things.
MCCLARKIN: Yes, the British Pub will be quite altered for some time, like every other part of our lives. You'll be greeted at the door and asked for
your name and your contact telephone number. This is so we can trace you if there is any positive case that is found with anyone that's attended the
pub.
You'll be taken to your table and served there rather than at the bar, and it will be more continental style that we'll have inside our venues from
the time we open for the foreseeable future making sure that we're also respecting social distancing even in the bathroom facilities, for example.
BRUNHUBER: You mentioned recording people's names and so on. We heard some pushback from pub owners saying it's not practical. How realistic is it to
recruit the hospitality industry in a public health effort?
MCCLARKIN: Well, for restaurants and hotels, they're gathering that information as per the course. It will be easier for them to do. But in the
Great British Pub, you know that you can normally walk in, and you still can in the UK, but they are advising people to book ahead.
We are going to have to collect that data. That guidance was actually only released yesterday, so you can imagine that some of our pubs are slightly
nervous about this new mandatory, but it isn't mandatory, it's only being strongly encouraged in the UK, so we're really dependent on the British
people in coming out and supporting our fight against Coronavirus. But also our Great British Pub in order to keep it alive.
BRUNHUBER: Well, you speak of keeping it alive. How important is this reopening to the industry, and if the worst were to happen and there is
another lockdown, what would happen?
MCCLARKIN: Well, the pandemic has been devastating for the beer and pub sector. Their doors have been closed and the taps have turned off for three
months since March now. We are one of the last to open, and we really are hopeful this will begin to be the recovery.
Many of our pubs are at the edge of this revive ability as businesses. They desperately need some cash flow and some business to come in. And so this
is really the beginning of what will be a very long road to recovery.
We're a million people in the beer and pub industry, and we are desperate to making sure that we can keep the Great British Pub alive but also those
jobs that go with it. Of course, we're really relying up on our brewers to keep providing us with that fantastic British beer that we also miss.
BRUNHUBER: Quickly, you know, are you looking at what's happening here in the U.S., and particularly the huge number of people who have been
spreading and contracting the disease in bars? Are you worried the same might happen here?
MCCLARKIN: Well, we have been watching what's been happening with other reopenings globally and internationally, looking at the best practice that
we can get from watching that. And I think that we have a good guidance put in place in the UK.
We've been working with the government to create that safer workplace environment not only for our customers but first and foremost for our staff
to come back in. And so we're hopeful that if we maintain the mitigation factors, the health and safety and ultimately the hygiene and infection
controls within that guidance that we will hopefully be able to stay open and create a safe socializing environment and have the balance that we can
come out, yes, enjoy it but enjoy it safely.
BRUNHUBER: I imagine you'll be at your local tomorrow. Emma McClarkin, thank you so much for joining us.
MCCLARKIN: Cheers.
BRUNHUBER: Manchester City made a guard of honor for Liverpool's footballer. So we'll tell you why? As it turned out, it was a night to
forget for the new champions of England's top flight Premier League. I'll break it all down for you.
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BRUNHUBER: Life for the newly minted English Premier Champions has begun with a heavy defeat. On Thursday Liverpool was thrashed 4-nil by the club.
They have deposed as champions Manchester City. Now two very high profiled managers have had their say. So let's bring in CNN's World Sports Patrick
Snell. Patrick, I watched the match Liverpool you know sleepwalking through it. I guess you can't really blame them, right?
PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Hi, Kim. Yes, first top flight title for Liverpool in 30 years, three decades. But we are going to try to be
shedding some light on just what happened? Liverpool you know they had a truly outstanding season, the dominant force in English footie right now.
They're still a reigning European champions, remember, and the club world cup champions as well.
So we have to say it was a drubbing for them. They were given a lesson you might say Pep Guardiola's team. The reds actually also given a guard of
honor by the City, but that's where the hospitality ended I tell you, players also taking a knee this is support of the Black Lives Matter
movement in a week.
So the Premier League continues its commitment to fighting racism but adding it doesn't endorse any political organization. Belgian super star
Kevin putting the host ahead from the penalty shot and their second just coming off a lovely free-flowing move look at this the passing here. He's
still finishing off with his first lead goal against his former club there.
Now if you think that was good, how about the next one intricate slide ruling passing, utterly mesmerizing the offenders? And it is 20-year-old -
with a slick finish there. Really one sided game in terms of the result that ended 4-nil, a chastening experience to Liverpool who last week just
to remind all of you sealed the first top flight title in 30 years must reflect on that German head coach Jurgen Klopp.
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JURGEN KLOPP, LIVERPOOL MANAGER: Results might matter a lot, but I look not only for results. I look at how always we want to be in football? That's
the only reason to be on the training ground, the only way to go to away games? But I cannot change things after the game.
And somebody saw tonight when my team they want to say for them the result mattered. I can't help that person as well because I saw them. We were in
the game, we were fighting, we were running.
We did everything we could tonight. It wasn't perfect for us, no, but that happens from time to time. The only problem is if you're not perfect and
play against Man City, then you lose. And then the result can be really - yes, not so nice.
PEP GUARDIOLA, MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER: I'm happy to live for - we won a team, the champion in Europe and England. I saw their faces, the way they
shouted, the way they communicated and they won it. They didn't come here to celebrate. I think they are going to celebrate, but they came to
celebrate it. I think they drank enough beers in the early days in the week, but they come here to compete against us without a doubt.
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SNELL: All right, let's bring in CNN Sports Contributor Darren Lewis. Darren, City were very impressive, no question, but was it an attitude for
Liverpool though you reference the euphoria of the first top flight title since 1990? What happened out there to them?
DARREN LEWIS, CNN WORLD SPORT CONTRIBUTOR: Guardiola alluded to it as well, they had a few beers last week, and I think the celebrations might have
meant a few sore heads among that Liverpool team. The same players that raced to a record 23-point lead at the top the Premier League, Manchester
City choking in their dust.
To put the scale of last night's victory into context, this is only the third time in 11 seasons that Guardiola has finished without a domestic
trophy in all the clubs he's been at. So he was determined to be able to have the last laugh against Liverpool.
Bear in mind, too, that last season Manchester City beat a very, very good Liverpool side to the title by a single point. This time he's been left
trailing. So, yes, he did want to have the last laugh and he did have it.
SNELL: Yes, in some style as well a huge statement from Manchester City. You might argue that the race for next season's title in his stance has
already started Darren. I do want to bring you in though on another VAR controversy in the Premier League because this in the Safford United
Tottenham game.
Let's look at the incident in question. It's Harry Kane who thought he leveled for spurs in this one but the goal does not stand with the - touch
the arm back of the wrist or hand whatever you want to look as more as the Brazilian playing the buildup. Moore was actually - look at this, he was in
the process of falling under a challenge.
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SNELL: First of all as VAR decisions go, how do you assess that one and how does this now heat the pressure on Spurs head coach Jose Marinio his team
loosing that one 3-1?
LEWIS: They were mainly on big pressure. The Spurs fans not happy with the manner of defeat against the team that were promoted from the division
below at the start of this season but that said, Patrick, the decision that you've just shown there, an absolutely appalling one, and one of the worst
we've seen since the restart, maybe even the entire season.
Remember, right at the start - that was on the very first game, the goal keeper Austin would have carried the ball behind the post and the goal was
not given. Well, this one on a par with that one because Morris got no idea where the ball is as he falls?
I don't really see how you could give hand ball for that? The problem for the Spurs is it's left them in a very, very difficult position as far as
qualifying for the champions league is concerned. I can understand why Spurs are unhappy?
And just to give you an idea of the frustration about that. I've been talking to the Chelsea Manager Frank today. He's called for a sit down at
the end of this season where everyone, who in his words, loves football. So that we can all get to some kind of resolution, we don't see many more of
those decisions again.
SNELL: The question is what is going to happen next? And just very quickly, Darren, Former Head Coach there - now he's gone. Morino is there. We have
got a few seconds. Compare and contrast the two.
LEWIS: Well, put it a bit one of the top defenses in the Premier League when he was at the club. In his final year, he called for more investments
so that they could have a better defense. They sacked him instead rather than get new players and Marino is suffering with those players. The
recalls for him to go but I think now they realize they have got to spend some money and get some replacement players here.
SNELL: Yes, it's going to be very interesting to see what happens? Thank you very much, Darren for your time, much appreciated as always. Kim, I'm
going to send it back to you.
BRUNHUBER: All right, thanks so much. And thank you for watching "Connect the World." I'm Kim Brunhuber in Atlanta. Stay with CNN we're going live to
the press conference with the Prime Minister Boris Johnson on travel restrictions after a very short break. Stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: We are going to take you live to 10 Downing Street, and that's where the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to speak about
lifting lockdown restrictions. Mr. Johnson warns British citizens not to overdo at pubs, hair salons and movie theaters when this opens up.
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