[Sciutto:] Starting today, the the European Union is opening its international borders to travelers from a long list of countries. The U.S., however, excluded from the list. Coronavirus infection rates here in the U.S. simply don't meet the criteria set by the E.U. to be considered a safe country, just remarkable. CNN's senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen joins us now from Brussels. They said numbers here U.S. cases are rising, and they said, really, not safe for U.S. travelers to come?
[Frederik Pleitgen, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Yes, they certainly did. And it really is you're absolutely right, Jim very remarkable to see some of the countries that are on that list, and that have been deemed to be safe for its citizens to come here. Like for instance: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Rwanda, where essentially the European Union is saying they believe these countries are doing a much more efficient job of combating the coronavirus crisis than the Trump administration has been so far. One of the things that we have to keep in mind, also, Jim, is that Europe really wants American travelers back. I was just looking at some of the numbers, and they're absolutely staggering. For instance, in France alone, American travelers spent $4 billion, around $4 billion in 2018. And of course, American travelers go all over this continent. You look at Prague, for instance; Rome, Italy; Florence, Italy all the places Americans go to, they all want that money from American tourists back. But they simply believe that, right now, it would be a public health hazard to allow Americans back in here because of the way the coronavirus crisis is going in the U.S. and the surges that have been going on in the U.S. And there's one graph, Jim, that really is staggering, because the European Union is saying it needs new coronavirus infections to come down. But when we look at the graph of where the infections are going in the U.S. and where they're going in the E.U., we can see that they're going in very opposite directions, with the E.U. curve almost flatlining but the U.S. curve pretty much skyrocketing. So at this point in time, Europeans are saying they simply cannot let Americans back in. Now, they're going to revisit that decision every two weeks. But of course, right now, with the way things are going in the U.S., really unclear when the U.S. is going to meet those criteria and American travelers are going to be allowed to come back here to the European Union Jim.
[Sciutto:] Yes, deeming the U.S. a health hazard, that's just remarkable. Frederik Pleitgen, thanks very much. Well, remarkable primary result in Colorado, a five-term GOP lawmaker backed by the president was ousted by a far-right political newcomer. What it means for November, coming up.