let's start with tulsa, oklahoma. the crowd will be huge. cases in that state are up 110% from last week. masks will be handed out. but they're not mandatory. is that enough to protect people in a crowded indoor venue? >> it's not. this is a high-risk undertaking. superspreader events have been important drivers. if that's a church or a pub or the mardi gras festival in the u.s. i'm extremely concerned, as most in public health are, about the risk posed by getting 17,000 people into an enclosed indoor space. >> it's not just oklahoma. as we heard, seeing a huge rise in cases. 23 states have seen spikes in cases, compared to just last week. what is going wrong in the u.s. why are we seeing this? >> it comes down to a total failure of leadership. at this stage of the pandemic, we knew enough about how the virus spreads, how it kills and how to stop it, that we've got a playbook that does work. unfortunately, that hasn't been followed in many parts of the country. what happened was, in many states, things reopened too quickly and we're now star

and oklahoma, one of the reasons that the trump campaign gave in saying that they were going to oklahoma to begin with, not a swing state at all. that's pretty clearly in the bag for the president, if history is any indication, is because they're already in phase three of the opening. and the governor there was very reluctant even early on to shut things down. the mayor of tulsa working hand in hand with the mayor of oklahoma citing those are the two biggest cities in that state. they were more restrictive than the statewide rules. so that just kind of gives you a sense of where the mindset is in oklahoma, and, frankly, we know from polling and just from anecdotal evidence that people who are trump supporters feel they are probably not going to be as worried as perhaps they should be. >> they should be worried according to the oklahoma health commissioner, according to the cdc. chief ramsey, let's talk about the efforts to engage in police reform, the president's executive order part of a series of relatively modest reforms based on what you know, you're a law enforcement authority on th

, for the healthcare systems of oklahoma, and for the hospitals of oklahoma, because you have exactly two to three weeks to massively scale up testing. you're going to need 19,000 of them plus everyone that those folks have contacted. you're going to need massive amounts of contact tracing. you're going to need emergency department personnel. you're going to need ventilators, and you're going to need staff to man those ventilators, respiratory therapists, and you have kind of three weeks to get it together. >> all right, dr. walensky, dr. reiner, good to have you here. >>> next, to atlanta. an arrest warrant has been issued for the woman suspected in the arson that burned down the wendy's where rayshard brooks was shot and killed by police. and we're learning she may have known brooks. a live report is ahead. at cancer treatment centers of america, treating cancer isn't just what we do, it's all we do. and now, we're able to treat more patients because we're in-network with even more major insurance plans. so, if you've been turned down before, call us now. wherever you may go, lexus

this despite the fact cases are on the rise here in oklahoma. as you mentioned, you are able to get a mask as you walk in. they hand a mask to anyone will to take one but they are not required. we do see some people wearing masks in the crowd. we did catch the campaign manager, brad parscale, he made a walk through the venue not too long ago. he is wearing a mask but most trump campaign staffers are not. eric trump made a run through media row and he was not wearing a mask. but there are warnings across the building about the threat of coronavirus. in fact when you walk into the venue, there is a sign that warns every single person about the risk they are taking in being inside this venue with the threat of coronavirus. still, regardless of all those warnings, the warning not only from national public health officials but public health officials that asked for this rally to be postponed, this rally is happening here tonight. we should point out, we're about three hours away from the president's appearance. there's still a lot of seats available

why is this right for oklahoma? >> look, victor, it doesn't really make any difference what the president is going to do. there's going to be some people in the media that will find something to criticize him about. the fact is we're all responsible for our health. there's a certain mitigated risk we do everyday living life. there's a certain amount of risk you live going to work. you get gas. you go grocery shopping. and we all are responsible for our own health. at the end of the day, if you're one of those individuals that's high at risk, this probably isn't a place that you should go to. but you know, we all have a separate level of mitigating that risk. and we're responsible for it. at the end of the day, the people that are there are there because they want to be there because we have the right to be there and they're going to exercise that right. we're excited about it. in tulsa, oklahoma, and oklahoma as a whole, we are super excited that the president of the united states is choosing to kick off his campaig

coronavirus cases on the rise in oklahoma. and tulsa the county has more infections than any other county in the state. i just spoke with a public health official warning they are concerned about the event. so let's discuss now. former white house communication director anthony scaramucci is here. and good to see you both. happy to talk to you both about this. anthony, let's start with you. the president is going ahead with this huge rally in tulsa. we get it. he's over coronavirus. he wants things to go back to normal. people are going to get sick. does he not care? >> well, he's pushing back. he's saying if the people can have the rallies in the streets why can't i have a rally inside. i see all of that. but i have to say it's not responsible as the leader of the free world and as the executive on top of the most important job in the political system. great leadership would require him to be selfless in a situation like this. this is a super-selfish act and he'll put people in harm's way that want to support him. it's a sad

and it's not just oklahoma seeing a spike in coronavirus infections. florida has set another one-day record for new cases, reporting almost 4,000 today alone. let's go straight to the white house where our chief correspondent jim acosta is joining us. very serious public health concerns around the president's rally in tulsa tomorrow night. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump is moving forward with his plans to hold a rally tomorrow in tulsa despite the very real risk that some of his supporters will catch the coronavirus. today the white house press secretary said she will be at the event and will forego wearing a mask even as public health experts like dr. anthony fauci say that's a very bad idea. the president is threatening protesters who demonstrate outside his rally in tulsa, saying they may be roughed up. with trump supporters lining up for his rally in tulsa this weekend, the president is issuing a warning to demonstrators who may show up at the event as well, tweeting any protesters, anarchists, please understand you will not be tr

so, cases have been heading up in oklahoma for some time. you can start to predict it's going to be different in different populations. but the hospitalizations will follow shortly after. if you're talking about a more vulnerable population like in oklahoma, if you look at the pre-existing diseases among this population, higher than in other parts of the country. hospitalizations are likely to tick up more quickly and higher ultimately than in other places, possibly the same problem in florida, jake. >> and when you compare the united states' seven-day moving average with that of the european union, it shows a wildly different picture. one infectious disease expert told "the washington post," quote, it really does feel like the u.s. has given up. and as you see on that map, the rate in the european union has plummeted. whereas in the u.s. it went down a little bit and it's kind of holding steady. what do you think of the assessment that it feels like the u.s. has just given up? >> it does. it's an inspiring image to look at because you see w

it comes as oklahoma sees a massive spike in new cases. and it's largest single day case of new cases since the pandemic began. cnn's ryan nobles reports from tulsa. >> reporter: president trump's rally here in tulsa is set to take place on saturday, this despite a lot of concerns from public health officials here and of course the overtones of the racial strife going on across the country. we're here in greenwood, the place where the 1921 massacre took place. a lot of folks here celebrating the juneteenth holiday. the tone could be different on saturday. there are protests expected. people coming to protest the president's appearance here. of course, we expect thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of supporters to show up at the bok center. more than 1 million people have rsvp'd for the event. only 20,000 can fit inside itself. there's expected to be a big crowd outside. the president expected to speak to that group. the concern is 90,000 people inside. yes, they're going to get hand sanitizer, a mask, all of their temperatures will be

cases in oklahoma are trending up. in tulsa county they have more infections than any other in the state. you can see the numbers starting to jump. that's why the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci said he wouldn't go to rally and reminded americans today of this. >> the best way to protect yourself and to prevent acquisition of and spread of infection is to avoid crowds. >> it's not just fauci. here's the executive director of the tulsa health department. >> you know, i recommend that it be postponed until it's safer, until the data tells us that it's not as large a concern to have people indoors and enclosed spaces with the threat of covid-19 transmission. >> the president acknowledging that people are going to get sick at his rally. he told "the wall street journal" it's tiny, it's a very small percentage. it comes as every person attending is required to sign a waiver saying they won't sue the campaign even as the campaign says masks are not required. his press secretary says she will not wear

this morning, but in tulsa, oklahoma. >> yeah. that's where the president will hold his first rally in months. thousands of people are expected inside the arena and outside. and health experts worry that this could be a superspreader event. for coronavirus infections. a tulsa county has the most confirmed covid-19 cases in oklahoma. and the state of oklahoma, is one of nearly a dozen where cases are up more than 50% this week over last. >> we're also talking about this story that's broken overnight. a standoff between attorney general william barr and a powerful u.s. attorney who has investigated a number of the president's associates. the justice department announced the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york was stepping down. but that man, geoffrey berman, says he did not resign. and he has no intention of doing so. during his tenure, by the way, berman's overseen the prosecution of michael cohen, president trump's former personal attorney. and jeffrey epstein's office currently examining rudy giuliani and his asso

and one last note, jim, on that oklahoma state supreme court case. we are expecting some kind of ruling in that case today. alisyn? >> that will be very interesting, to see how the supreme court rules. abby, thank you very much. so the director of tulsa's health department is worried about tomorrow's rally, recommending that it be postponed until a safer date. >> let me be clear. anyone planning to attend a large scale gathering will face an increased risk of becoming infected with covid-19. i recommend that it be postponed until it's safer, until the data tells us that it's not as large a concern to have people indoors and in enclosed spaces with the threat of covid-19 transmission. so if we could push it back to when it's safer, that's my recommendation. that's what i would personally like to see happen. it's here, so let's focus on staying safe while it's here. >> joining us now is oklahoma state senator, kevin matthews. he is the chairman of the tulsa race massacre centennial commission. senator, thanks so much for being here. so let's just start

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surging numbers in oklahoma. the line waiting to get into the b.o.k. center tomorrow still growing this morning. last night tulsa police confirmed the convention center will not be used as an overflow site as the campaign had planned. they saw their largest single day increase since the start of the pandemic. that's not deterring the president when asked by "the wall street journal" what happens if your supporters get sick at one of these rallies, well, people have to know that, yes, you do. it's tiny. you know, it's a very small percentage. but a leading health expert says the president is endangering public health and is urging people not to go. >> what he's doing in tulsa is criminal endanger meant. he's intentionally exposing people to risk of acquiring a deadly virus just for a photo op. i'm begging the people in tulsa, don't go to that. watch on television. watch the president and be safe at home. do not go. >> reporter: we get the latest now from cnn's martin savidge in tulsa. >> reporter: christine and la

when he arrived in oklahoma the state surpassed 10,000 cases. that's not a good milestone there were there for and then on top of that just before getting here it was revealed at least six members of the advance team tested positive for coronavirus. so clearly not a good day if n that regard for the president. >> and then, martin, cnn learned that jared kushner, ivanka trump are upset with the trump campaign manager of the predictions of the crowd that turned out in tulsa. what more are we learning over the dispute of crowd size? >> reporter: it's nothing new with the administration but trying to figure out what was it that may have impacted the real reason. you talk to people planning to attend and some said they did heed the advice of experts hearing about coronavirus and when they thought about the prose suspect of cramming inside of a bok center there and then the city officials who didn't want to be named say it may have been the administration itself with its projections of huge numbers, a million people looking for tickets online, 100,000

oklahoma. my father went to booker t. washington and so forth struggling to make sure the best of oklahoma was preserved and now here comes trump bringing all of his hatred and greed and ignorance and manipulation. but he's a human being like everybody else so we got to keep track of humanity. we got to use it. >> for someone who claims to, you know, want to protect american heritage, for the vice president to not tear down confederate statutes, not put up during the war or immediately after, they were put up to rewrite the history of slavery in this country, to kind of champion the lost cause, i just find it ironic administration claiming to be protecting american heritage does not actually fully admit what american heritage actually is, and the fact is that, you know, america is able to look at its painful past and its painful presence and try to change. i mean, that is one of the things about this country whether, you know, whether it works or not and whether it successful or not, you know, we are having these discussi

president eager for an overwhelming display of support in tulsa, oklahoma, saturday. well, he didn't get it. whole sections of the arena were nearly empty despite the president's claims up to a million people were trying to attend. just a handful of people turned out to watch it from on overflow area. hardly any. they ended up having to cancel that part of it. a source having to tell cnn the president spent most of his day upset that the rally was overshadowed by the news several of his staffers doing work on the event tested positive for yes coronavirus. he'd been urged to postpone the rally as oklahoma is seeing a climb in coronavirus cases, a spike really. when it comes to the virus he made some stunning comments. >> you know, testing is a double-edged sword. we've tested now 25 million people. it's probably 20 million people more than anybody else. germany's done a lot. south korea's done a lot. they call me, they said the job you're doing -- here's the bad part. when you do testing to that extent you're going to find more people. you're going to find more cases.

we're also keeping a close eye on the situation right now in tulsa, oklahoma. just ahead of president trump's big indoor rally there tomorrow night. the state supreme court just refused to stop the event, despite concerns it may produce a new coronavirus cluster. cnn's ryan nobles is in tulsa, for us, with our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. ryan, give us the -- given the president's warnings today that in his words any protesters, anarchists,a anarchists, agitators, losers or low lives will be handled much different in tulsa than in other cities, what is the atmosphere like there right now? >> reporter: right now, wolf, what we're seeing is really more of a party than a protest. we're in the greenwood district of tulsa, this is where the awful black wall street massacre took place in 1921. keep in mind, the city was originally not planning on any kind of organized celebration of the juneteenth holiday because of the coronavirus. but when president trump announced his plans to bring his rally here for this day, things changed and this kind of orga

oklahoma was doing relatively okay, but not anymore. if you look at the latest numbers, the graph that looks like an escalator rising all the way to the top, tulsa county, which encompasses tulsa here, had its biggest rise on monday, 89 new cases since they've been keeping track. they've gone from 155 cases to i believe 532 in the span of a week. so they've got a real spike going on here. just as you've got 60,000 plus people coming in for this rally. many who will be in close quarters. so the department of health for the state of oklahoma is saying, if you're coming to this rally, get tested before you come to make sure you don't bring the virus, two, get tests as soon as you get back home so you don't spread it unknowingly. and if you have any of those health concerns, don't come at all. if you're over 65, don't come at all. they're very concerned this could be a super spreader event as they refer to it in the medical community. even the mayor, who's a republican, says he will not be attending. >> and we should note, that venue has ca

last week so let's look more closely at oklahoma. again, this is not where you want to be going. you're heading up and heading up in a dramatic way. this is a seven-day new confirmed case, the red line is the moving average. recent days are shooting up like that. hospitalizations if you're the governor of oklahoma, you can say we are down. the question is are you starting to trickle back up at this moment of higher cases? are you starting to trickle up. we bring up oklahoma because the president is due in tulsa there, due there for the first big rally since coronavirus. 19,000 people or so to pack into an arena. the governor says you're welcome, mr. president. the tulsa health director says i'm a little nervous. >> oklahoma is ready for your visit. it's going to be safe and we're really, really excited. >> let me be clear, anyone planning to attend a large-scale gathering will face an increased risk of becoming infected with covid-19. >> i recommend that it be postponed until it's safer, until the data tells us that it's not as large

low infection numbers as we pointed out on that map, though, oklahoma is one of 18 states trending up. and the director of health said i'm concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large indoor event. he said he's worried about the ability to ensure the president stays safe as well. >> erica hill reporting for us. thank you. let's get some more of the coronavirus outbreak in texas which has now reportedly hit several members of two nfl teams. what are you learning, ed? >> reporter: hi, wolf. we don't know exactly the names of the players that have been infected with coronavirus or just how widespread it is within the members of that, on. but the houston texans and the dallas cowboys both releasing statements saying that they cannot talk about which players are infected because of privacy laws. but they say they are following the guidelines that have been put in place by the national football league. it was just a few weeks ago that the nfl announced that coaches and up to a hundred employees of each team could return to the team's training facilities if the city and

in oklahoma it's not because of increased testing. nevertheless, the situation is the worst-case scenario when it comes to potential spread or super spreading events of this virus. indoors, lots of people, no physical distancing, no required masks, a carnival, like atmosphere where people are shouting and potentially putting lots of virus into the environment. there could be a lot of people who are considered vulnerable either because of their age or pre-existing conditions. they then go back to their communities. you can then get many clusters as a result. so if you had to describe a scenario that you'd absolutely want to avoid in a city where the virus is starting to increase in circulation, this would be it. this would be sort of the worst scenario you could describe. >> and we know from studies that wearing a mask dramatically decreases the chance of transmission. and yet the president and top officials around him are still seen publicly often not wearing them. what do you make of the example he's setting? >> it's a terrible examp

we are on sacred ground here in tulsa, oklahoma. there is no way that donald trump speaks to or for a majority of black folks that are serious minded, that comport themselves with dignity and grace and know that our lives matter. certainly -- we're certainly more than slaves or less than human being as the confederates would have us think. so for donald trump to come into tulsa, oklahoma, not only was there a despicable statement but we know it's untrue. we know who we are and we know what's best for a majority of black folks. >> errol, given the backdrop of tulsa, oklahoma, this event having originally been scheduled for juneteenth the national unrest regarding the relationship between police and the african-american community did you hear enough from president trump tonight regarding race relations? he really didn't say much at all. >> no, no, he said nothing at all. and what little he said was laughable but not funny. i mean, simply untrue. there's this formulation. you see it on social media from trump supporters where he says i

i will not be doing anything with oklahoma state until things change. hubbard posted this video with coach gundee. >> we had a great meeting and made me aware of some things that players feel like to make our organization even better than it is here at oklahoma state. i'm looking forward to making changes. >> i'm not someone that has to tweet something to make change. i should have went to him as a man and i'm all about action so that was bad on my part, but from now on we're going to focus on bringing change and that's the most important thing. >> all right. oann a previously obscure far right cable network has gained more attention lately by talking about scandals. >>> players are disgusted after commissioner rob manfred discussed new doubts about the 2020 baseball season. negotiations have been bogged down over money so far. after saying last week he was 100% sure about the season being played, in an espn interview monday he backtracked. >> it's just a disaster for our game. absolutely no question about it. it shouldn't be happening and it's importan

joining me now from oklahoma, republican senator james lankford. senator, thanks so much for joining us. president trump said the rally's date and location, quote, wasn't done for that reason to commemorate juneteenth. then he changed the date, quote, out of respect for the holiday. you talked with him and suggested that he change the date. tell us about that conversation. what did he say to you? what did you tell him? >> there were several folks that talked to the president about it just to be able to raise the issue, not only the sensitivities in tulsa that were 99 years after the largest race massacre in american history where a white mob ransacked through the greenwood district, what was called at that time the black wall street and killed up to 300 people and burned that part of the city to the ground. so there are special sensitivities there in tulsa. but juneteenth is a very significant day. so my encouragement to the president was to be able to pick a day around it, actually interestingly enough i called him on a different reason, he raised

but coronavirus cases, on the rise in oklahoma. and, in tulsa, you know, the county has more infections than any other county in the state. i just spoke with a public health official, warning that they are concerned about this event. so let's discuss now. former white house communications director, anthony scaramucci is here. and also, cnn political commentator, david swerdlick. good to see both of you. and happy to talk to you, both, about this. anthony, let's -- let's start with you, first. the president is going ahead with this huge rally in tulsa. and we get it. i mean, he is over coronavirus. he wants things to go back to normal. but people are going to get sick. does -- does he just not care? >> well, he's pushing back. he's saying, you know, if the people can have trally in streey can't i have the rally? it's just not responsible. as leader of the free world and executive in our leader system -- but this is a superselfish act. and he is going to put a lot of people in harm's way, that want to go out and support him. so it's

let's hope we do it. >> so that leads us to tomorrow in oklahoma. of course people can make their own decisions. there's personal freedom, personal responsibility in this country. if they want to two to president trump's rally and tens of thousands of people do they have been lining up. there's no mandate to wear masks but now they'll be handing out masks. the irony is that president trump himself and his campaign clearly are worried about the spread but not saying it publicly. president trump for a couple of weeks prophylactically took hydroxychloroquine. clearly the campaign is worried about the spread at this rally since they're making everyone sign a legal waiver relieving them of any kind of legal liability if people get sick. so it's a mixed message for what people are going to encounter there. >> and the public health members including tulsa's own health director have not been giving mixed messages. they're very worried about this. but what we decided to do last night in conjunction with aaron bromage, how do you quantify the risk here. we kn

oklahoma has killed, what? 48 folks since 2013. >> garland pruitt, thank you so much for joining -- >> oklahoma city. >> garland pruitt, i wish i could have you on. -- i wish i could have you on so much longer. i've enjoyed this discussion and getting your feedback on what we're going to be seeing in tulsa this weekend. thank you, sir. >> call me back. i'm ready. thank you. >> all right. i know you are. i know you are. thank you. >>> right now justice department lawyers are in court arguing to stop the release of john bolton's book. we will have some details on what's happening inside the courtroom next. i'm still discovering what's next. and still going for my best. even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib... ...not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm reaching for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's ne

this is the mentality we are dealing with in oklahoma two. out of touch multi-millionaires coming to our state, put you are our lives at risk for a photo op in a desperate attempt to get reelected in november. >> jim imhoff will actually be there for a photo op. you challenged to him shake hands with the crowd. right? you challenged him to do that? >> reporter: he thinks it's safe enough to hold a rally with 20,000 people. i'd like to know if he signed a waiver, f sure i think he should prove how safe it is by trying to shake hands this weekend. >> reporter: do you think that given the racial tensions that we're seeing in america right now and of course tulsa's history of some of the worst racial violence, right? do you think that we're going to see unrest this weekend? >> reporter: you know, i hope we don't see unrest this weekend. but i think the president and jim imhoff are coming here to create chaos. because that is what they do. i believe in the people of oklahoma. this is where i true up. this is where i spent ten years as a journalist

and as you know, oklahoma is a state the president needs to win over. it's solidly behind him. >> well, i think that he's seriously concerned about making sure he rallies his people. as you can see, there are people that are coming in, they don't care that there's a potential outbreak. they -- they just want to see the president and he wants to be able to get his base and rally his base before elections. so this is something that i think is purely for the campaign. he wants to get his people together and rally them and he's leaving it up to them and saying, i want you to come, but i just don't really think it's a good idea right now. i think he could wait a little bit, but i'm not on the campaign. so. >> okay. angela, you look at the images and people have been lining up for days ahead of this rally. some people have been in line since sunday or monday. there's clearly excitement there. should that level of excitement worry democrats? >> no. i think what should worry american people overall is the way in which this president traffics in racism. the ways

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center in tulsa, oklahoma. not just inside that arena but also outside. they planned for about 40,000 people in the overflow section. they planned to have an entire agenda for them, including for president trump and the vice president to prepare remarks at a stage they had set up, but as the evening wore on, there were so few people here that eventually they canceled those plans. there were just a few dozen people standing outside. most of them being urged to go inside by campaign advisers. now inside that arena it was mostly full and a large rally by any standard, but the 19,000 seat arena was not completely full as president trump had hoped for. instead, it seemed like many people decided to stay home or perhaps even stay outside. now the campaign said that they blamed protestors saying protesters scared away some of their rally attendees. they also blamed the media saying the media has been talking so much about the risks of attending an indoor campaign rally during the coronavirus pandemic that some people, including families, chose not to come to thi

so is the city of tulsa, oklahoma. but president trump is pushing ahead with plans to hold an indoor rally there this weekend, even as health experts are warning that people attending could be putting lives at risk. let's start our coverage in atlanta right now. victor blackwell is on the scene. two police officers now facing charges in the death of rayshard brooks. >> reporter: yeah, wolf. the announcement of that charge, the charges against those officers did not quell the calls for justice. and let me show you what happened after those announcements came from the district attorney here in fulton county. the protesters here outside the wendy's where rayshard brooks was shot and killed on friday night, they shut down the street here with chants of "who's streets? our streets" sporadically letting through just a few vehicles. but it appeared that there was a toll that drivers had to throw up a fist of solidarity to get through, now it appears they are not letting anyone through. back to that announcement of charges tho

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that could lead to more of a shutdown in oklahoma. we'll see and that could lead to higher unemployment. is the white house thinking about that? >> i think that what we do every day, poppy, as you know, we have talked about this is that we get a complete readout of all of the data for every state in the u.s. you know, and d.c. and if you look at the bigger picture you see there are about 18 states right now where the positivity rates are going up which means that if the cases are going up, it's not just because you're doing more testing. so it's actually correct there are places that are of concern. there are some mitigating factors though that suggest we learned a lot about the virus and the increase in cases is way sharper than the increase in hospitalizations and deaths and the other thing we're seeing in the data that we get every day is let me say two things. one is that the average age of positive cases is declining so what's going on is that younger folks who feel safer because they think the symptoms won't be so bad if they ge

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i've been in oklahoma all week. tulsa county, the highest number of covid cases since this all bega began. it's your right to get sick if you want to, but not your right to get other people sick, whether your parents or grandparents. it's a story we told, it could have affected people, no question about that. >> gary, be careful over there. get back to you and all of our reporters. we'll be checking all the late breaking developments. we're also continuing to monitor the president's first rally. expected to speak to a smaller crowd than expected. still plenty of people there, but you can see the upper deck not very full. there's the president right there. we'll follow all these developments, much more of our coverage when we come back. (birds singing) (bouncy keyboard music) - [announcer] food delivery just got more rewarding. (package crashing into ground) now that gruhhub gives you rewards when you order. (dog barking) did you order tacos again? (device beeping) boom, rewarded with a perk like $5.00 off. ordering

we have just a tremendous group of people in oklahoma. our incredible success in rebuilding america stands in stark contrast to the extremism and destruction and violence of the radical left. we just saw it outside. you just saw it outside. you saw these thugs that came along. these people call them protesters. >> i'm not sure what the president saw, but cnn saw no evidence of these bad people outside as the president said. gary tuchman was one of the reporters outside the arena where that overflow rally that was meant to attract 40,000 people, it didn't. gary tells us what he saw in this report. >> reporter: this is the overflow area outside of the b.o.k. arena where president trump spoke for 1:45. people now streaming out of the arena. it's far more crowded here now than it was during the speech. the idea was for it to be very crowded during the speech. you can hear people chanting as they leave towards us. the idea was for president trump to speak on that stage before he went into the arena. but because the stadium wasn't full, this en

president trump promised a packed rally and thousands in an overflow area in tulsa, oklahoma. he didn't get either. on stage, the president made a controversial claim saying he asked for less coronavirus testing, the white house is playing it down. the democrats seizing on it. >>> also this hour, a top federal attorney is out after a power struggle with the white house. >>> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

. >>> coronavirus cases are spiking also in oklahoma. this is key also because tomorrow, as many as 20,000 people will pack together inside an arena for the president's rally. our martin savidge joins us in tulsa. the health department's director there is really concerned about this. >> reporter: he has been spreading the word actually for over a week now that this city has become a spike, and a as a result he tried to get the whole event, the trump rally delayed, but apparently that fell on deaf ears. take a look behind me. these are the supporters that began lining up last week, actually saturday, so they really want to get inside that arena. when you talk to them and say are you concerned about the health concerns of coronavirus and all of you being in there, 20,000 strong? no. they believe that the risks are no greater than just being out on the street in their daily lives, so they aren't planning to wear face masks or take any kind of health precautions. security measures meanwhile have been set up in this city. also a curfew that g

the event in oklahoma is unbelievable. the crowds are unbelievable. they haven't seen anything like it, and we will go there now to give a hopefully good speech. we're going to see a lot of great people, lot of great friends, and pretty much that's it, okay? >> why did you fire jeffery berman, mr. president? >> that's all up to the attorney general. attorney general barr is working on that. that's his department, not my department. but we have a very capable attorney general, so that's really up to him. i'm not involved. india? the u.s. economy is doing amazingly well. that's right. thank you. i would say that the numbers that we're doing are record-setting numbers. we have record-setting job numbers. we have record-setting, as you know, retail sales numbers that just came out. the u.s. economy is doing very, very well. >> india and china? >> it's a very tough situation. we're talking to india. we're talking to china. they've got a big problem there. they've come to blows. we'll see what happens. we'll try and help them out. >> mr. president -- >> sta

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sanjay, tulsa was already a hot spot in oklahoma. how troubling, when you see even though there are a lot of empty seats in the upper deck, down below there are plenty of people. there are thousands of people down below and they're not engaging in social distancing. and dare i say that most of them are not wearing face masks. >> yeah, i wish they would spread out a bit, wolf. looks like they have space to do so. as i think anybody knows who's followed just even the basics about this virus over the last several months, this is the worse case scenario. you're inside, lite a lot of pe obviously not physically distancing. you don't know who the people are around you. you don't know if they've been diligent quarantining themselves. people could be putting virus into the air without showing any symptoms themselves. the airborne time for those viral particles is going to be longer because you're indoors like this and there's a lot of people putting that virus into the air. and as you point out, i'm just looking at the same images, i don't s

we don't know the number of hospitalizations in florida or oklahoma because their reporting is not shared in the same way. but local officials are concerned about what they're seeing. >> folks, listen to the numbers. the facts.a senior cdc official that the vice president is, quote, cherry-picking data to fit his and the president's narrative. the american people need facts. the last white house coronavirus task force briefing was more than seven weeks ago. dr. anthony fauci admits in a new interview that he has not talked to the president in two weeks. something that happened a couple of weeks ago, as well. also developing this morning, we are hours away from senate republicans unveiling their police reform bill, as protests continue across the country calling for real and lasting change. let's begin our coverage with cnn's rosa flores. she is live in miami. so walk us through the numbers, rosa. because the facts are cases are going pup sharply in florida. is that changing the state government's response? >> you know, jim, it's not. governor ron desantis digging in his heels, saying that

through a statement through the oklahoma city police department said according to d.a. david operator there was nothing inappropriate on the part of the officers, therefore he cleared all individual officers of any criminal wrong doing. the reason it comes out now, black lives matter protested and demanded that this video be made public, erin. >> martin, thank you very much. as martin says the reason this is out is because the founder of black lives matters in oklahoma fought for it tirelessly. and that founder of black lives matter oklahoma city chapter reverend dickerson is with me now. i appreciate your time. you worked on getting this video released for more than a year. tell me about why and what is your reaction now that -- when you first saw it? >> actually i had been privy to some of the footage prior to it being released to the public and especially prior being released to the family. and that was my primary goal was to be in service of the scott family because i knew they had a right to be able to understand and be aware of what happened to mr. scott. >> so, y

we should remind folks we are here in tulsa, oklahoma. one of the reasons this was so controversial is because president trump is coming to a place that is of great significance in terms of this 1921 massacre that occurred here 20 years ago. the president went on an extended rift. that kind of rhetoric is the reason they did not want president trump in the city a day after the anniversary after juneteenth. >> important point, indeed. gary tuchman is in tulsa. gary, you told us last hour that the trump campaign wanted you to move your campaign. what's happening where you are now? >> reporter: wolf, i've been standing here in the overflow area all day. for the trump campaign the overflow area has been under km wheming. the hope is there would be thousands of people standing here clogging the street next to the b.o.k. center. it's a virtual center. that's where president trump was supposed to speak before he began the speech that's taking place inside. security put up there. a police officer told me for conventional security reasons and for

here is oklahoma's average since the beginning of the pandemic. as you can see, the virus is not dying out there. it's thriving. also, in florida, where new cases hit another record high today. california, also seeing record numbers of new cases, not fadeling awfading away there. or arizona. the president has been lying about it all week and the vice president's been telling governors to lie by echoing the administration's bogus claims that increased testing is the reason for increase in cases. and the vice president, who is supposedly the head of the coronavirus task force, which is no longer seen in public together, is, himself, modeling risky behavior. not wearing a mask. not social distancing. not doing what members of his own team have been telling everyone to do. >> as the country begins to reopen, don't forget to wear a cloth face covering when in public. >> we have the scientific evidence of how important mask wearing is. >> go out. wear a mask. stay six feet away from anyone. >> a mask does prevent droplets from reaching others. >> as lon

. >> reporter: oklahoma one of eight states in the country seeing their highest seven day average of new cases averaging 247 new cases per day in the last week. tulsa county the location of trump's rally leading that increase and outpacing more populace parts of the state. the trump campaign plans to handout masks to 19,000 people packed into the arena for his rally on saturday but won't force rally goers to wear them. white house officials at odds about whether they would wear masks. >> it's a personal choice. i won be wearing a mask. >> if i were at the rally i would wear a mask. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci more clear. telling simply avoid crowds and wear a masks. officials in charge of the center still on edge about safety now asking trump campaign to provide a written plan to enforce social distancing. the president is more concerned about what will be happening outside tweeting any protesters, anarchists, agitator, looters, low lives going to oklahoma you won't be treated like you have been in new york, seattle or minneapolis. >> i don't know what he means by that. some peace

that rally was in oklahoma of course where covid-19 cases have been going up. health experts are calling for more testing. president trump says he wants the officer -- also when we come back another political controversy in the trump white house, the firing of a top federal prosecutor who had been investigating trump and his associates. critics say, well, that is not a coincidence. we'll break it down. (vo) switch to sprint and get four lines of unlimited for just $100 a month. plus, we're throwing in four samsung galaxy phones, on us. and now, sprint customers enjoy access to expanded coverage on the t-mobile network. for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com. you try to stay ahead of the mess. but scrubbing still takes time. now there's new powerwash dish spray. it's the faster way to clean as you go. just spray, wipe and rinse. it cleans grease five times faster. new dawn powerwash. spray, wipe, rinse. >>> by the way, it is a disease without question. has more names than any disease in history. i can name kung flu. i can name 19 different versions