W.H. claims world looking at U.S. as “leader” on COVID-19; Trump embraces confederate flag, lashes out at NASCAR for banning it; Houston official warns hospitals could be overrun in two weeks;

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🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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32 states increase in cases, 14 states steady, only 4 declining; At least ten states seeing record level of hospitalizations; Americans pack beaches, parties as infections surge in U.S.; Cuomo: New York shouldn’t get “cocky” & invite curve to go up; Austin mayor: 2 weeks away from hospital beds running out; Hospitalizations in Miami-Dade county up 88%; Record cases in Florida, Texas as some officials say the states reopened too early; FDA chief won’t defend Trump’s claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “harmless”; Trump targets the only black NASCAR driver in tweet outburst; WH press secy struggles to defend Trump confederate flag tweet; As election approaches, Trump amps up racial rhetoric; Coronavirus hospitalizations in Texas hit a new daily high; Medical experts blame early reopening for surge in Texas cases; Houston hospital: number of COVID patients quadrupled in one month; Houston hospital: 60% of COVID patients are under the age of 50; ICE: international students will have to leave U.S. if their university cancels in-person learning; COVID-19 cases in Brazil top 1.6 million, deaths near 65K, second highest in world behind U.S.; U.S. & Brazil lead world in COVID-19 cases as leaders in both nations politicize and downplay virus; Brazil’s president fired heath minister who wanted quarantines, vetoed part of mandatory mask law; Brazil’s largest cities reopen shops, salons and restaurants as COVID-19 cases skyrocket; At least 6 kids killed by gun violence in U.S. this weekend; 63 people shot in NYC over holiday weekend; GA Gov declares state of emergency after increase in violence To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper.
0:09.0	And we begin with our health lead, the coronavirus pandemic. This afternoon, the White House Press
0:14.8	Secretary shockingly claimed that the world is looking at the United States as a
0:20.2	quote leader in combating coronavirus.
0:23.7	Yet the nation is only leading in all the wrong ways.
0:27.3	The number of coronavirus cases now almost 3 million
0:31.4	and deaths now more than 130,000. Only four states are seeing the
0:37.5	number of coronavirus cases decrease and California and Florida well they're
0:42.2	leading the way in the number of new infections
0:44.7	and we are already in the midst of a surge. But health experts fear another across the nation
0:51.1	linked to crowded holiday gatherings. Plus, more than 200 the and air droplets lingering indoors even after an infectious person has left.
1:06.0	And as CNN's Jason Carroll reports, at least 10 states are experiencing record levels of
1:11.3	coronavirus hospitalizations.
1:16.4	What pandemic?
1:17.8	We get complacent.
1:19.5	We get cocky, we get a little arrogant.
1:21.9	That is a real threat.
1:23.0	Across the country, July 4th gatherings with no social distancing or mask wearing,
1:29.0	like this party in Diamond Lake Michigan, at a water park in Wisconsin this speedway outside
1:35.6	Denver and on Fire Island New York where crowds gathered on the beach during the day
1:40.4	and at a pool party at night. I don't know how to say it. Actions have
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