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WHO: Too Many Countries Headed In Wrong Direction; U.K. Economy Sees Weaker Rebound Than Expected In May; Arraignment Soon For Ghislaine Maxwell; Russian Mining Giant Spills Another 45 Tons Of Oil In Arctic; Pep Guardiola Defends Manchester City After Overturned Ban. Aired 11a-12p ET
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've now required all counties to close their indoor activities, their indoor operations.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do think we're going to need a shutdown. I'm proposing two weeks.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: This is a really serious problem. It is truly historic; we
haven't even begun to see the end of it yet.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci. I don't know who is agreeing with him?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look, if you're trying to get the public believe a fantasy then you have to discredit the truth tellers and that's what the
President is doing.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He is deeply, deeply frustrated. He sees this as a ridiculous slideshow.
UNIDENITIIED MALE: Live from CNN Abu Dhabi. This is CONNECT THE WORLD with Becky Anderson.
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: I want to get you all the very latest from America's spiraling cases up next. First so the health story
that affects us all. I'm Becky Anderson. Hello and welcome to what is our expanded edition of "Connect the World".
COVID-19 is a global crisis. But it is one that's some U.S. states are bearing the brunt of this hour. Florida alone has more cases than all but 8
entire countries. Nearly 50 hospitals there have reached ICU capacity with a top doctor comparing Miami to Wuhan.
Meanwhile after an alarming spike most populous U.S. state California is deciding to again close down much of its economy. Now I could say here all
here and go through the figures but this one really bears repeating.
More than one in every 100 Americans has now tested positive for Coronavirus and of course that's just those who have been tested.
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DR. FAUCI: This is really serious problem. It is truly historic. We haven't even begun to see the end of it yet.
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ANDERSON: Well, that of course is Anthony Fauci bear in mind it is still unclear how long immunity might last if you have already been infected or
how re-infection even operates with this Coronavirus?
So let's zoom out to what is the global picture. This is a snapshot of how it is affecting different countries with the darkish shade representing
those hardest hit. According to World Health Organization, too many of them are on the wrong pass.
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DR. TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Let me be blunt. Too many countries are headed in the wrong
direction. The virus remains public enemy number one. But the actions of many governments and people do not reflect of this.
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ANDERSON: Let's get more from the W.H.O. and spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris who joins us now from Geneva. I've laid out the global picture. We
have zoomed in to see what is going on in the states, which is extremely alarming, as far as I can tell? Just how concerned are you personally about
the evidence of the spread in the United States?
DR. MARGARET HARRIS, SPOKESPERSON, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: We're concerned about the evidence of the spread in many countries. So just as
you described, there are a number of countries on different continents with very, very intense outbreaks.
They're affecting very large numbers of people, and we have lost far too many people. If you think about it, half a million people in just a few
months. If that was plane crashes, we would be absolutely appalled, and yet in some countries, there still are - there are still people who think that
it's nothing to worry about.
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ANDERSON: And there are many, many people who say I don't need to wear a mask. Do they?
DR. HARRIS: Certainly we are seeing growing evidence that enclosed spaces, that's where the ventilation is poor and where it's very, very difficult to
socially distance, to keep those one to two meters away from people, wearing a mask is good sense.
ANDERSON: Look, I want to pin you down on this because it's important. You say it's good sense. It seems to me, quite frankly, that it's not just good
sense. It's what we should be doing. And there seems to be a merry-go-round in the arguments as to whether we should be wearing masks or not?
Even your own organization, the W.H.O., has been all over the place on this, quite frankly. March 30th you said - you recommended people not wear
face masks unless they are sick with COVID-19 or caring for someone who is sick. Friday the 5th of June, you updated your recommendations.
You said the general public should wear fabric masks in areas where there continues to be intense spread. And you say what now? It's sensible. But
you're not saying it should be mandated, correct?
DR. HARRIS: So I think I'm glad that you made the distinction and you mentioned the fabric masks. What we were saying back in March is doesn't
take the masks that the health care workers need. If you remember, there were some very large outbreaks going on. Health care workers were
struggling to get the personal protective equipment.
The mask manufacturers were often in China where they also had a lot of lockdowns and they had not been producing. So at that time we were saying
keep those medical masks for the health care workers. We were also saying if you were sick or looking after somebody that you certainly should be
wearing a mask.
What we moved to in June was yes; wear a fabric mask particularly in closed spaces or where there is really intense community transmission. Because
what that does is source control. So people get confused. They think the mask is going to protect them.
What we're asking people to do, and this is really important, is to consider themselves infectious and to prevent any spread.
ANDERSON: My concern, and many people's concern, has been that since the W.H.O. has not been consistent in its message, it is pandered to or being
knocked around by the world of politics and politicking around the wearing of masks. Does that resonate with you? Is that true?
DR. HARRIS: No, that's not true. Politics don't come into how we look at the science? Now one of the problems with the science, of course, is you're
dealing with a new virus. So what we were looking at was what had been done with the previous cousins, the viruses that were very close to this one.
And right from the very beginning back in January, our first advice was, again, to the health care workers particularly, to take very serious
precautions, including wearing of a mask. And it's basically moved from there as the knowledge has accumulated.
ANDERSON: Do you wear a mask, out of interest?
DR. HARRIS: I do. I carry several in my bag. And when I go to the supermarket, I actually live in France where it has not been mandated, but
when I go to the supermarket a closed space where I'm not confident that I can social distance, I also wear - I notice the cashiers are constantly
exposed to people all the time.
I actually wear it not just as a sense of protection, but really, I wish to protect them because they have been there working throughout this pandemic.
They're amazing.
ANDERSON: Four Former Directors of the CDC in the U.S. speaking out in support of government guidelines and criticizing those seeking to undermine
the guidance. They write in a "Washington Post" op-ed.
And I quote here, "Unfortunately their sound science is being challenged with partisan potshots, sowing confusion and mistrust at a time when the
American people need leadership, expertise and clarity. Public servants have been harassed, threatened and forced to resign when we need them
most".
This is unconscionable and dangerous. This is specific to the United States, but one could only assume there are issues around the world. Are
you concerned that politics will, in the end, ensure that we do not get a grip on what is going on with this Coronavirus?
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DR. HARRIS: So certainly risk communication theory makes it very clear that people need a clear, consistent, trusted voice. And I go to the example of
New Zealand where people were told what was going on, what was going to be expected of them, why it was being done and told every day the same way in
the same voice, and it worked?
So I would certainly say for any country - I'm not going to talk about a specific country - where you have that clarity, where you have that
consistency and where you have that trust, the people do what needs to be done and you can overcome.
ANDERSON: With that we're going to leave it there. We thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. Let's break down what we've just heard with our
Health Reporter Jacqueline Howard who is in Atlanta. What stood out to you as a medical expert from what we've - from the discussion that I've just
had with the W.H.O.?
JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH REPORTER: Yes, well two things really stood out for me. Number one the concern that Dr. Harris said that she has for
countries across the globe I mean, it just shows that this pandemic is still of serious concern and we really haven't made the progress that we
would have wanted to make at this point. So that's number one.
Number two on the discussion of masks in early June the World Health Organization did encourage nations to encourage their public to wear masks.
So there is that guidance that has been put out by the World Health Organization those nations should be encouraging their public to wear
masks.
So it was really interesting to, you know, kind of hear how the mask topic is still something of much debate today?
AN DERSON: We saw new details earlier across the - on a really worrying headline that one in three young adults are at severe risk of - or at risk,
at least, of severe COVID illness. Can you just break these numbers down for us?
HOWARD: Yes, so this was new data that came out at the University of California, San Francisco here in the United States, and it found that when
you look at young people ages 18 to 25, one in three do have a risk factor that puts them at risk of a more severe COVID illness.
And the reasons why, most of these risk factors are related to smoking. So one in ten young people in that age group have reported smoking or have
reported using e-cigarettes, and that can put you at a higher risk of more severe illness.
Now, there are other risk factors, too, that play a role in here, asthma, having autoimmune disorders, so we have to keep that in mind as well, but
really smoking is what's driving that risk. So based on that data, one in three young adults aged 18 to 25, if they get the Coronavirus, they are at
risk of a severe infection.
ANDERSON: Fascinating and sobering. Thank you. People in England are going to need to wear a mask in shops and supermarkets the sobering statistics
about the death rates for people who work in those places.
Up next Richard Quest finally back on the air after his own bout with Coronavirus. His firsthand account of what it was like to fly for the first
time in months in the age of COVID-19?
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ANDERSON: Welcome back. England will soon join a host of other countries that have made masks like this mandatory. The UK government is set to
announce that face coverings must be worn in English shops and supermarkets beginning July 24th police will be enforcing the new mandate.
According to health officials, the death rate among UK retail workers and security guards is disproportionately higher than the general population.
Meanwhile Britain's economy has experienced a weaker rebound than expected following the worst contraction ever recorded.
A new report shows that UK GDP grew just 1.8 percent in May after April's largest monthly fall due to the Coronavirus lockdown, and the government
says it plans to invest up to $38 billion to support the country's economic recovery.
For more on this, let's bring in CNN's Anna Stewart. Anna, just get us the latest on what is coming out as far as the UK government is concerned.
ANNA STEWART, CNN REPORTER: Well, today we are expecting them to announce that wearing face coverings or masks will be mandatory inside shops as well
as on public transport. That's what they announced back in mid-June and it's taken quite a long time to extend that to include enclosed space
within shops as well.
It's being something of a political mixed messages Becky from number ten. On Friday the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said we need to make it more
strict. We think we will do his top minister on Sunday said they would make it mandatory, and now today we expect this so quite the turnaround.
Now this is expected to be enforced with a fine of up to $125 for people who flout the rules. A lot of people taking to Twitter today questioning
how this will be enforced, will they actually enforce fines? We haven't seen many fines when it comes to people flouting on public transport, for
instance.
We saw no fines for people that broke the quarantine that was introduced a few weeks ago for those coming into the UK and the question is will people
therefore actually take to wearing face coverings. You'll see here and - a short street, I can't actually see a single person wearing a face covering
or mask here yet.
It isn't mandatory of course, they won't kick in until the 24th and it will only be inside. But compared to other countries the take up here in England
is really quite low and perhaps that speaks to the fact that we have had such mixed messaging from the government.
Early on in the crisis one of the chief medical officers in a press conference said they actually thought that face coverings could help spread
the virus because people would touch their face more. So it's taken some catch-up I think for people here in England to get to grips with wearing a
face covering. We'll have to see whether they really will do it when it is enforced on July 24th, Becky?
ANDERSON: Those who use public transport, of course, will be used to wearing face coverings by now, if they are indeed using that transport to
get into work and not working from home, correct?
STEWART: Well, they should be, Becky, but from my own experience this weekend taking public transport for the first time in many, many weeks,
actually so many people aren't wearing face coverings and it is mandatory by law to do so on the tube and on the bus and today on Twitter plenty of
people would be messaging me with pictures of their travel into where from buses and chiefs and having a very similar story.
ANDERSON: All right, Anna, well, thank you. As I understand it, you did suffer from COVID, and I know that you're better now, and we're pleased
about that. Thank you. Richard Quest joining us who has also had the virus, I want to talk to him about how he is?
But before I do that, Richard, thank you for joining us, the economic picture in the UK, pretty shocking. You are there. You've just flown from
the U.S., and I know you want to talk about the trip itself, but what's the picture as far as you're concerned?
RICHARD QUEST, CNN EDITOR-AT-LARGE: The big picture that I can see, the difference, the singular big difference, and following on from what you
were just talking to Anna about, there is no masks. Here in Central London, nobody is wearing masks.
And, Becky, I come from New York where everybody is wearing masks, especially inside shops. So that was a culture. That was very much a
dramatic shock that I noticed when I got to the UK.
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QUEST: People were almost looking at me oddly for wearing it. Now I am in quarantine, so just to be clear, that was a shopping trip that I did once I
got here to get the groceries necessary so I could go into the 14-day quarantine required because I've come from the United States, Becky.
ANDERSON: Yes. Well done. Good for you for following the rules, as you should. Just, by the way, I was in the UK last week, came back to Abu Dhabi
where I am based, of course, now and have been for six years.
The testing numbers here have been really impressive, and everybody is wearing a mask, bar none. When you leave your flat, obviously those who are
working, this small team here in this office, we don't wear a mask while we physically work, but everybody you see here in Abu Dhabi is wearing a mask.
You contracted the virus two months ago. You since recovered, I'm happy to say but you say you still discovering new areas of damage in a recent op-ed
on CNN. You were saying I'm going to quote you here, Richard. It will roar through the body, kill some on the way - injure all in its path. And then
when you think, well, thank God that's gone, look around the damage is screwed everywhere and will be with you long after the crisis has past. How
are you, mate?
QUEST: I'm okay. This week is a really good week. That's the odd part exactly of what this thing is. People keep looking at me as if I'm about to
keel over, but the reality is we're not talking about having the virus again, we're talking about the way the symptoms live on, come and go.
This week is fine. There's been a little clumsiness, little confusion, little by way of coughing. That was last week. What's unknown is what's
going to happen next week and beyond? What's interesting is the number of people who now say, you know something, you hit the nail on the head,
because I'm not infectious, but I do have these remaining symptoms.
ANDERSON: Fascinating. Clearly a lot of research being done about what the long-term effects of the virus may be, and that research, of course,
ongoing at this point. Richard, we are both residents of the skies, so to speak.
We'll travel usually accounts for a huge part of our jobs. I of course recently flew for the first time in four months to get back here. How was
your most recent trip?
QUEST: It was extraordinary. It sounds silly unless you're a business traveler like you and me, but watch the report and remember it was
emotional.
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QUEST: So my first flight in nearly four months, which is the longest separation from aviation that I've had in, I don't know, 35, 40 years. The
airport is quiet but not unduly quiet. There is definitely a heightened sort of expectation, tension, apprehension, whatever you want to call it,
of exactly what to expect at each different piece of the puzzle.
The airport is pretty sparse. All restaurants seem to be closed, or at least it's not immediately obvious where you can get something to eat.
Everything is getting ready, perhaps will be, but it's not there yet.
I have done this flight so many times, and yet it does feel different knowing the circumstances, knowing the appalling state of the airline
industry, being aware of the number of flight attendants and crew that are doing their job something that is so normal for me, so special now very
different.
If you look at a flight as being the plane took off, the engines kept going and the pilot knew the way, then it was pretty much like any other flight.
But it was far from that. I got quite emotional. For somebody who travels so much like me, it really was quite an experience.
The first flight after four months, and everything is totally different. The vast slip stream sculpture at the greens terminal. I arrived at
Heathrow for the start of what I'm pretty sure will be many flights in the weeks and months ahead. It is all very different. I can't exactly say it's
a particularly pleasant experience.
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QUEST: But we will get used to it, and we will start traveling again, and soon we'll wonder, well, this is just the way it is.
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ANDERSON: Well, emotional. Very poetic, that report.
QUEST: Becky, most of us sort of we're going to bash the airlines in one way or another, but maybe that you found the same thing. It's the way the
airlines have had to adapt so quickly. So the meal tray, for example, came with everything wrapped and sealed, the foil still on.
Drinks that were served, they had to go back to basics. And then finally those flight attendants were cheerful, charming, delightful, helpful, and
many of them are about to lose their jobs. How the heck they manage to keep that smile when they know what's coming down the road, I think they deserve
a round of applause?
ANDERSON: Yes, absolutely. I felt exactly the same way. I had first class service as ever from Emirates. I flew from Emirates back to Dubai this
time. It was odd I mean they were extremely Curtis as ever but you know it was sort of hello and goodbye, here's the food and they walked away. It was
decked out fully in PPE and rightly so.
Just a small point, I know everything was closed at Heathrow when I came through. The lounges weren't, though, so I needed a couple of - I had a
couple of hours to waste. One of the few retailers that were open I ended up spending far too much money in because there was nothing else to do.
So I won't well I will name them Portsmouth, great shop, a great designer. He got an awful lot of what was left in my wallet as I left the UK because
I had nothing else to do, anyway. That's the way of the world. They do catch you at those airports.
QUEST: Coming out of New York, most was closed. All I came home with was large numbers of Toblerone, the airport's favorite that I managed to get
from a duty free shop. Quarantine and Toblerone says it all.
ANDERSON: I'm sure your team will be delighted when you get back into that working space. Richard, it was a pleasure. Thank you so much.
QUEST: Thank you.
ANDERSON: Well, everyone is waiting, wishing and hoping on a vaccine and rightly so. But there is already a very cheap widely available weapon that
we can all use against what is this merciless scourge on our lives. And it, of course, is this. It's a mask from the UK.
Let me show you how a lot of the media are making hay on their front pages with the messages that you'll have to wear one or risk a fine. And a lot is
made sometimes of the fact that politicians have been inconsistent on all of this.
We've been talking about that, haven't we, just this hour? And that leads into a debate about freedoms and what we can and should not be, "Forced to
do". But look, the message is simple. The facts are simple. Wear a mask! Take a look at these numbers.
Cough without one, it could hurtle across the room as far as 8 feet. That is nearly two and a half meters. With one, it will go just 2 inches, 5
centimeters. And that translates into really big numbers. Wearing one of these can save hundreds of thousands of lives, possibly more. They are
essential.
And if you don't care about yourself, think of others your friends, your family, everyone around you. And if you hear anyone says oh, yes, but what
about my freedoms being infringed? Well, in some cases history does repeat itself.
There were anti-maskers during the Spanish flu, too, where as many as 100 million people died. There are always people who will deny the facts. Don't
be one of them. And it's new to many of us. I get it, I don't like this particularly, but so is everything once. People get used to this.
They're going to get used to it. You used to oppose wearing seat belts in cars. In a letter to the "New York Times" on February 26th, 1986, a reader
argued this about being forced to wear a seat belt, calling it, "An ugly reality", that a mandatory seat belt law violates the right to boldly
bodily privacy and control. That is ridiculous.
One of CNN's Medical Experts put it even more starkly, keeping that very relatable car analogy. Listen to this.
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DR. JONATHAN REINER, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Think about it this way. Going out in public without a mask is like driving
drunk. Even if you don't get hurt, you might kill somebody else.
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ANDERSON: Don't do that. Look after yourself, look after others. Forget the politicians. Listen to the facts, listen to the experts, and wear a mask.
Coming up on "Connect the World," environmental and - calling it the worst ecological catastrophe in the Polar Arctic. Now the Russian whistle blower
expose the extent of the damage says it's a lot worse than originally thought.
Plus Xi is a socialite who knew everyone, including Jeffery Epstein. Now Ghislaine Maxwell is waiting to be arraigned. We'll bring you a live update
from New York.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back. You're watching CONNECT THE WORLD with me, Becky Anderson, out of Abu Dhabi. Back to the top story for you the surge of
Coronavirus infections tightening its grip across the United States with the epicenter now shifted to Miami in Florida.
Extra medical workers are being called in to help there, and across the state at least 48 hospital intensive care units have reached capacity.
Meanwhile, California rolling back reopening places like bars and museums now has to close their doors once again.
The two biggest school districts in the state will start the New Year online only. Students in Texas also scheduled to return to school soon. The
Mayor of Houston proposing another lockdown to get the outbreak back under control ahead of that.
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SYLVESTER TURNER (D), HOUSTON, TEXAS MAYOR: I do think we need to reset, especially in light of the fact that next month, you know, kids we're
talking about returning to school. So it is so important for us to try to get some control over this virus in the month of July, and bear in mind,
you really don't know the effect of what you're doing for another two three weeks after you do it.
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ANDERSON: While one global tragedy rages on, the Coronavirus pandemic of course, climate change has in many ways become the world's forgotten
crisis. You may remember in May, Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel spilled more than 45 tons of oil in the Arctic causing a disaster.
Environmentalist called the worst ecological catastrophe in the Polar Arctic.
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ANDERSON: Well, now Norilsk Nickel has announced another 45 tons of oil may have spilled into the Arctic this weekend, leaking from a pipeline of
aviation fuel in the Tukhard Settlement. I want to get you Fred Pleitgen who is reporting on this from Berlin. What have you got, Fred?
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Becky. Well, the big problem that the Russians have is that a disaster like you
the one that you're was just talking about or the one that happened before with those 20,000 tons of diesel fuel that was leaked into rivers and then
possibly into a pristine lake.
Things like that could happen any time again up there in the north of Russia, because the big problem the Russians have right now is that they
are increasing their economic activity out there, but at the same time, global warming is causing the Permafrost there to melt and that means the
ground is literally giving way under some of these industrial places.
That means spills like that could become more likely in the future. Now with that big spill that happened up there in the Nornickel region,
originally the company had said that that spill was under control.
However, our Moscow Producer - was able to travel up to Nornickel and speak to a whistleblower that showed that the things are much worse than the
company claimed. Here's what she found.
It was one of the worst chemical accidents in the history of the Arctic. At the end of May a fuel tank near the city of Norilsk burst, releasing over
20,000 tons of diesel into nearby rivers. Now there are clear signs the Russian company responsible mining giant Norilsk Nickel is dragging its
feet in dealing with the aftermath.
The company quickly claimed the damage had been contained, saving a nearby lake. But whistleblower Vasily Ryabinin says that's not true.
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VASILY RYABININ, WHISTLEBLOWER: It was such an obvious childish lie; I couldn't wrap my head around it. Obviously I thought we must at least
investigate the lake, but my management had a different view.
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PLEITGEN: Ryabinin was working for Russia's State Environmental Regulator - in Nornickel at the time and was one of the first at the site the day of
the disaster. He took CNN to the spot where even more than a month later, puddles of diesel and gasoline streaks are still clearly visible and the
water can literally be set on fire.
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RAYBININ: You can see that the fuel is still burning and puddles like these probably stretch all the way down the river and will be polluting it for a
very long time.
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PLEITGEN: Activists say Nornickel tried to prevent them from independently investigating the water after the spill. But Environmentalist Georgiy
Kavanosyan managed to sneak past the guards. What he found was shocking.
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GEORGIY KAVANOSYAN, ENVIRONMENTALIST: You can see at the contamination levels are two to three times of what is allowed.
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PLEITGEN: Nornickel told CNN it is guided on the official data from local authorities as well as satellite imagery that shows the border of the fuel
spread and continues the cleanup. Ross - did not respond to CNN for comment.
The disaster also highlights a wider problem as Russia looks to industrialize the Arctic and exploit the vast natural resources here.
Melting Permafrost is accelerating corrosion of the often poorly maintained infrastructure, making similar accidents more likely.
Some hope to the Norilsk's disaster could turn out to be a watershed moment for environmental protection in Russia, Nornickel CEO agreeing to pay all
expenses for the cleanup as President Vladimir Putin publicly ripped into him.
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VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT: I'm saying that if you had just changed that one tank on time, there would not have been any damage to nature and
the company wouldn't have to cover such expenses.
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PLEITGEN: But now the company already says it disagrees with the $2 billion cleanup bill the Environmental Regulator is demanding, Nornickel still
downplaying the disaster and its devastating effect on this fragile ecosystem.
As you can see, Becky, there is some public pressure there in Russia for Vladimir Putin to take a stronger stance against companies like Nornickel
when something like this happens. But as you can also see, there is already a legal battle seemingly shaping up as to whether or not that company is
going to pay that fine, Becky?
ANDERSON: Fascinating. Fred, before you go, because this is such an important topic, how is this summer shaping up in the Arctic?
PLEITGEN: Well, I'll tell you what, I think that this is a topic that we're going to see again and again, because this summer once again in that part
of the Arctic in Siberia is already shaping up to be a record summer, to be extremely warm.
There has already been some places in Siberia in the Russian Arctic that reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, so that's about more than 38 degrees
Celsius, and that's obviously causing a lot of problems already.
We already had that strain on the industrial things that are up there with the permafrost melting. You also of course have more wildfires than before,
a lot of CO2 being released into the atmosphere.
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PLEITGEN: One of the things that we've seen in the past couple years is also a lot of flooding big flash flooding happening in large parts of
Russia that of course also causes a lot of problems. You can see Russia really in many ways, Becky, is really the battleground or the front line in
the battle against climate change, and it's certainly one that is very, very urgent in that part of the world, Becky.
ANDERSON: Yes, and you make a very good point. Fred Pleitgen, thank you, sir. Well, for all its negative impacts, there are some lessons that this
pandemic that we're living through has taught us with stay-at-home orders. Many people well quite frankly taken a step back from rampant consumerism,
and with fewer people traveling, there has been a drastic reduction in air pollution in many areas. CNN's Bill Weir takes a closer look.
BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT: If we could go back in time just a few months, wouldn't we take science a lot more seriously? Wouldn't
we know that the countries that wait for their people to start dying before acting suffer the worst? And the countries with the most transparency,
decisive leadership and mutual trust fare the best?
Would we know the importance of flattening the curve? You've probably seen this by now, right? This represents time. This is the number of patients on
the dotted line. This is our hospital capacity. A sudden pandemic spike crashed the system.
But with enough smart leadership and mass cooperation, we can flatten the curve. Guess what? This works with climate, too. Miami is trying to flatten
the curve of sea level rise by spending millions on higher streets and bigger pumps.
California is trying to flatten their curve with new wildfire regulations and insurance laws. But so much of humanity still thinks about the climate
crisis the way a spring breaker thinks about Coronavirus.
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WEIR: Since the global fossil fuel economy slowed down, you can see the cleaner air from space. And in just a few weeks, China conserved about half
as much heat trapping pollution as Australia or the United Kingdom burns in a year.
Mother earth can bounce back if we let her, and it shouldn't take a global pandemic and recession first, more smart science, more smart leadership and
a sense that we're all in this together. Something to think about the next time you wash your hands for 20 seconds to save people you'll never meet
and life as we know it. Bill Weir, CNN, New York.
ANDERSON: Well, just into CNN, from this will give $9 billion in pay raises to health care workers in recognition of their efforts during the
Coronavirus pandemic. That is happening during Bastille Day where those front line workers are being honored.
The agreements were signed in Paris on Monday by the French Prime Minister. Now, the treatment of health care workers has been the subject of great
debate as the country exited its lockdown with protests for better working conditions for those workers.
Up next, skilled and hiding and a flight risk prosecutors say that is why they want Ghislaine Maxwell kept in jail. Accused of trafficking under aged
girls for Jeffrey Epstein, she will be arraigned in the next couple hours. Our preview on that is up next.
And a - minus war a few days bad weather delays, a monumental space mission. More details on that are just ahead.
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ANDERSON: Skilled at living in hiding. That is how the U.S. government is describing Ghislaine Maxwell the former confidant who have convicted sex
offender Jeffrey Epstein is set to be arraigned in a Manhattan Federal Court in just a few hours' time.
Maxwell wants to be granted home confinement. Prosecutors want to keep the former socialite in jail, calling her an extreme flight risk. They say
Maxwell tried to hide when FBI agents arrested her earlier this month in New Hampshire. She is accused of recruiting underage girls for Epstein, who
took his own life in jail last year. CNN's Kara Scannell is standing by for us in New York right outside the courthouse. What are the arguments both
sides are offering at this point?
KARA SCANNELL, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, that's right. I'm outside the courthouse where this arraignment and bell hearing will take
place in about one hour from now.
Maxwell's Attorneys are saying that she is not a flight risk. She has ties to the U.S. They are saying that she was not in fact hiding from
authorities this past twelve months since Jeffery Epstein, her long-time accomplice, was arrested, but she was hiding from reporters.
So her attorneys are asking for her to be released on $5 million bond saying that she would be confined to a home here in Southern District of
New York while she's at trial. But prosecutors say she's an extreme flight risk, saying that Maxwell, in fact, tried to hide from authorities when the
FBI came to arrest her at a mansion in New Hampshire.
Authorities say that when the FBI was inside that building, they found a cell phone wrapped in tin foil which prosecutors say was an attempt to try
to stay undetected from authorities. Now, they also say that Maxwell has extreme wealth, that she has three passports and the ability to get around,
so they're asking for her to be detained until her trial.
Today we are also expected to hear from one accuser who will address the judge. Prosecutors say that person will ask that Maxwell also be detained.
This will be the first time that we have seen Ghislaine Maxwell since Jeffrey Epstein's arrest.
Now, she is currently being held at a jail in Brooklyn across the river, but she will be appearing via video in the courthouse behind me in just
about an hour's time. So for the few people who will be allowed inside the courtroom, we will be able to see her for the first time and hear in her
own words her address these charges. Her lawyers have indicated that she will plead not guilty. Becky?
ANDERSON: Fascinating. Thank you, Kara. I'm going to stay close as that story as it develops for you as I say that arraignment around 1:00 New York
time that is well, a couple of hours from now much more from us just ahead.
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ANDERSON: Well, the Arab world's first - space mission has been slightly delayed due to weather conditions. The United Arab Emirates hope probe
bound for Mars was set to launch from Japan just a few hours from now. Well, the countdown clock for this historic mission is now rolled back to
early Friday, UAE time.
Well, the probe has a narrow launch window in an effort to time it to arrival to the Red Planet with the UAE's 50th Anniversary which is next
year. Well, then the lead to this new chapter - I caught up with two of the UAE's most celebrated astronauts.
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HASSAN AL MONSOURI, UAE ASTRONAUT: My name is Hassan Al Monsouri and I'm the fairest Emirati Arab Astronaut of International Space Station.
SULTAN AL NEYADI, UAE ASTRONAUT: My name is Sultan Al Neyadi and I'm an Emirati Astronaut.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: By going to mars in future, we will give us more understanding how to live a better life in it?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: By understanding what happened in Mars may be millions of years ago we can definitely benefit from it and try to protect our
planet.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's again one of the main milestone for my country the United Arab Emirates to reach beyond the sky and to go for new boundaries
and to explore the outer space.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You call it hope, an indication for all the hardships that the region is facing. Being able to create this capability, start up
this International Corporation and partnership, and having the ability to train engineers and thrive the science community in the country and the
region, I think that is the most important.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's going to spark a new era here in the country and the Arab region in terms of igniting the youth and the next generation that
nothing is impossible.
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ANDERSON: Well, the hope mission, as it's known, has a couple extra tricks up its sleeve to advance red planet science, enabling scientists to gather
what they hope will be game-changing data. Hope will be the first probe to completely capture images of Martian atmosphere which will explain the
escape of Martian gases into space.
It will also be able to observe lower and upper atmosphere simultaneously and capture images of mars invisible, infrared and UV light. Amazing stuff
and more on that of course as we move through the week so the launch delayed until Friday and we'll be on that story for you.
Right, there has been fallout for Monday's court of arbitration for sport or caste division to overturn Manchester City's two year ban from the
Champion League. Safe to say that rival Premier League manager is not too happy with the decision. CNN's Patrick Snell here with the juicy details.
PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Oh, yes, Becky, you said it right. Juicy details indeed. Fallout no question about that you know it was just a
matter of time before rival Premier League managers would speak out on the matter, and speak out they jolly well did. Giants of world football Jose
Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp were seemingly rather puzzled after seeing Manchester City avoids a European ban due to alleged breaches of financial
fair play regulations. Take a listen.
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JURGEN KLOPP, LIVERPOOL MANAGER: I don't think it was a good day for football yesterday, to be honest just because I think FFP is a good idea.
It is there for protecting teams, protecting their competition.
JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM MANAGER: If you are not guilty, you don't pay. I'm not saying Man City is guilty. I'm saying if you're not guilty you don't
pay. You are not punished, even with pounds. I know that money for them is quite easy, but it is just the principle. If they are not guilty, the
decision is a disgrace. If they are guilty, the decision is also a disgrace.
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SNELL: Oh well, I wonder what Pep Guardiola himself has to say about that. Remember City had always denied any wrongdoing throughout all of this, the
club's manager making it very, very clear indeed what his views are on the matter. Take a listen to his response to--
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PEP GUARDIOLA, MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER: We should be apologizing, because like I said many times, if we did something wrong, we will expect
absolutely the decision - as because you did something wrong.
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GUARDIOLA: But we don't expect for Liverpool or Tottenham or Arsenal or Chelsea or - and all the clubs we're going to defend but we can defend
ourselves. Do I there to accept it go to the beach and play against us.
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SNELL: Yes. I'll keep an eye on all the fall out. All right, let's get on to action from the pitch that we're all set for what should be a thrilling
climax to the EPL season. When it comes to trying to determine which teams will book a spot in the race for the highly lucrative UEFA Champions League
for the 2020/21 campaign?
One of those teams very much in the mix Manchester United who face Southampton at Old Trafford Monday saying it's really impressive here in
taking the lead at the face of dreams a Skewed Armstrong put the visitors ahead but they couldn't hold onto it for too long.
United have been in free scoring form off late and its Marcus Rashford who restores parity at one a piece and then very soon afterwards inform
Frenchman Anthony - with another sublime strike for another 2-1 United no keeper is keeping that one out.
But look at this in the 6 minutes of stoppage time would you believe amid shambolic nonexistent defending there and a chance to break into the top 3
Michael - for Southampton making it 2-2 United did only have 10 men on the pitch but still they are unbeaten though across the last 18.
But these are vital league points dropped for United no question about that. And on that note Becky it's back to you over there in Abu Dhabi.
ANDERSON: Yes, what an exciting at close EPL just a shame that we can watch in the stadiums but you know it such is life in these weird times we live
in. But really I mean fantastic stuff. Thank you.
SNELL: Yep.
ANDERSON: Thank you sir. Sau Paulo, Los Angeles, Miami, London, New York, Geneva the Arctic, Mars and everywhere in between we've done what it says
on the tin connecting you through all the stories that matter in your world this hour.
And we've connected you to all of those. We're all in this together. We'll do it again tomorrow same time, same place see you then. Up next, more
CNN's coverage of the global pandemic with my colleague John King.
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