The Republican candidates challenging California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have struggled to capture voters' attention as the state gears up for an all-but-certain recall election this year. So businessman John Cox switched up the script by introducing himself as "the beast" to Newsom's "beauty" alongside a live Kodiak bear at a Sacramento campaign event. https://cnn.it/3xY29S4 | CNN International

192K views · 3K reactions | "To see the way that these families have to live after this and the heartache that goes so far and so wide, it's really hard to take." CNN's Sara Sidner chokes up as she reports on a California family who held a funeral in a parking lot after their loved ones died of Covid-19. https://cnn.it/3nCY930 | CNN | Facebook