hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 10:00 a.m. in los angeles, 1:00 p.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in rio de janeiro. wherever you're watching, thank you for joining us. the clock is ticking, now with just under 98 days to go until election day. today president obama weighed in on the race once again answering questions at a joint news conference with the visiting

prime minister of singapore. he was asked about donald trump and controversial comments the republican candidate made about the family of a fallen u.s. soldier. >> i think the republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. the notion that he would attack a gold star family that had made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn't appear to have basic knowledge around critical issue issues in europe, in the middle east, in asia means that he's

woefully unprepared to do this job. >> at the same time not very far away from the white house in northern virginia, donald trump p held a campaign event where he was given a gift from a veteran in the crowd. >> something very nice just happened to me. a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. now, i said to him, is that like the real one, or is that a copy? and he said, that's my real purple heart. i have such confidence in you. and i said, man, that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> we'll talk more about the purple heart in a few moments but first donald trump also took a direct swipe at his democratic opponent over her latest

fund-raising numbers. >> she raised like $50 million or $60 million, and 20 people gave it. i think it was -- let's see. 20 people gave her $60 million in her fund. $60 million from 20 people. i'm going to get a list of those 20 people. oh, those 20 people, i want to find out who they are. i want to find out how many i know. i want to find out -- i want to find out how many i know. but i'll tell you what, 20 people gave her $60 million. and that's what i've been saying, folks. look, i know the game better than anybody. and the game is played that way. they own her. >> joininging us now our national korcorrespondent jason carol who is covering the trump campaign and our white house correspondent michelle kosinski at the white house. michelle, president obama seems to have a lot to say about the republican nominee and the republican party.

listen to this clip as well. >> there has to be a point in which you say, this is not somebody i can support for president of the united states. even if he purports to be be a member of my party. and the fact that that has not yet happened makes some of these denunciations ring hollow. i don't doubt their sincerity. i don't doubt that they were outraged about some of the statements that mr. trump and his supporters made about the khan family. but there has to come a point at which you say somebody who makes those kinds of statements doesn't have the judgment, the temperame temperament, the understanding

to occupy the most powerful position in the world. >> he was referring to those republican leaders, michelle, like mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, john mccain who were critical of his comments of the khan family but still have endorsed and support donald trump. >> reporter: right. he's really calling them out. this was remarkable. this is the president feeling much freer especially in this setting, a press conference, to be much harsher about donald trump than we've heard. he was asked a very simple question, do you feel like his recent comments might make him unfit to serve as president? and president obama responded yes. but he didn't want to stoop there. he then unleashes this more than five-minute stinging criticism, not just of recent things donald trump has said but of his candidacy as a whole. calling into question his knowledge of domestic and foreign affairs of the constitution and the rule of law, calling into question his common sense and basic decency

to use the words of president obama. and then he wanted to call out republican leadership as well as the republican party, saying, you know, if on a daily or a weekly basis if you're finding yourself having to denounce certain things that donald trump has said, why are you still endorsing him? president obama said, what does that say about the republican party if donald trump is your standard bearer? and he said, you know, at some point it gets to the point where you have to say enough. you look back to what president obama said during the democratic national convention a week ago, and that was criticism of donald trump. that was remarkable because he was repeatedly using donald trump's name. but in that setting president obama seemed really conscious of making this historic speech, of using elegant language and concepts instead of direct, blunt criticism. and now in this kind of setting, we're seeing the president do just that, wolf. >> good point. you know, jason, donald trump has been under fire for the

comments to the parents of the fallen soldier. explain that purple heart moment that we just saw at the event that you're covering. >> reporter: well, it was interesting, wolf, to say the least. at one point donald trump talked about a man who came up to him outside before coming inside the venue and wanted him to hold his purple heart. and you heard donald trump at first asked if it was real. then saying, i always wanted one of these. this way of getting it was much easier. i'm paraphrasing there. but again, i think some people will let those comments -- they'll judge noermselves in terms of how those comments are perceived by certain people. certainly here in the room it was perceived well. outside the room i think it will be perceived in a much different way. and this once again speaks to what people in the gop are concerned about. it's donald trump's tone. he was obviously trying to pay the man a compliment, but in some ways i think most people are going to say he lost the

moment in terms of how he turned what should have been a very emotional moment, a poignant moment and turned that by using that particular phrase in terms of, you know, i always wanted a purple heart, but this way of getting it is much, much easier. once again, this points to critics who say they want donald trump to stick to hillary clinton's record. they want him to stay focused on her. he did some of that here at the rally talking about how she's weak on the economy, weak on trade, weak on terrorim. i think he lost some of those critics though when he mentioned that moment about the purple heart recipient. wolf? >> jason carroll, thank you. michelle kosinski, thanks to you as well. let ales talk a little bit more about what we just heard from the president and from republican presidential nominee donald trump. here with us our senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. and jackie kucinich of the daily

beast. ed, let me get your opinion of what we just heard from the president. he was very, very blunt in saying that donald trump is unfit to be president. woefully unprepared to deal with domestic and national security. >> i think it's no surprise he finds him unqualified and is no fan of trump given their years of history. what i found notable is that he's now using the full trappings of the presidency to make this point, a foreign leader at his side at a white house podium, not in a ku convention hall, a campaign event but there being president, essentially, in a big way. and i think what's interesting, too, is he may have in essence boxed in republicans because at this point it's if you break with trump some may accuse you of taking cues from the democratic president. but if you don't, of course, it could continue to cause damage for the party. i don't think most republicans are going to find my reason to break from trump to say they're not voting for him or supporting him until it shows it's affecting other races in a big way.

so far there's no evidence of that necessarily. >> the president also said these republicans in a week or two find themselves criticizing various statements that donald trump's made, they have to come to grips. he said they have to reconsider their support for this republican nominee. >> he said their denunciations of donald trump every time he says something off-color or controversial, they essentially ring hollow. he also hinted that this is damaging to the republican party's brand and it was in some ways different from what he said in his speech. he said essentially in his dnc speech that trump really didn't represent the real republican party and at this point he's saying, listen being arepublica you're tying yourself too closely to this candidate. i think ed is right. i doubt most republicans certainly those on the ballot in red states are going to come out and denounce trump and break with him and unendorse him. i think what the president and democrats are hoping is that republican voters, republican independent leaning voters will

either stay home or vote for hillary clinton. and we've seen some of that. people like sally bradshaw who was a bush strategist says she'll either likely not vote at all or vote for hillary clinton if it's close in her state of florida. i think that's what they're trying to stir up, democrats. >> jackie, only a little while ago at his rally outside of washington in virginia donald trump made the case for himself, listen to this. >> listen, even if people don't like me, they have to vote for me. they have no choice. even if you don't, and you do like me, i hope. even if you can't stand donald tru trump, you think donald trump is the worst, you're going to vote for me. you know why? justices of the supreme court. >> the next president will nominate one or two maybe three supreme court justices. that's his argument. >> yeah. i'm assuming by you he meant republicans which is what's happening right now particularly with leadership because people like mitch mcconnell they're going to keep using that. you hear mike pence using that

yesterday, saying -- and over the last couple of days sighing that roe v. wade could be repealed if donald trump is president. they're going to keep hammering that because that is really the best argument they have right now particularly when you have donald trump going after sacred people like gold star families. it's the one thing they can keep falling back on. think about the future. think about who hillary clinton would appoint versus donldz trump. >> what did you think about the point he was making about hillary clinton's fund-raising? she had an impressive fund raising month. >> 63 million raised in july, which is her largest yet. the campaign said it raised 8 million essentially in the 24 hours after she spoke last thursday night. that's a huge haul. that did not come from 20 people, as trump was alleging in that speech there, saying there were only 20 big donors who gave her all that money. it signals she's still able to raise it. there's grat roots support coming her way now she's the official nominee. we believe that -- trump said yesterday he has 35.8 million raised in july, which is far

behind. remember he's starting at a huge disadvantage so he can make this argument but bottom line is clinton has more money. he appears to be struggle to raise it though that isn't necessarily his final tally for the month. >> what was also extraordinary at this news conference, pretty unusual, was the fact that the president of the united states said that the democratic nominee, the democratic vice presidential nominee, of course donald trump, bernie sanders, they're all wrong when it comes to the transpacific partnership. he says once the dust settles after the election in november he's going to roll up his sleeves, work with democrats and republicans to get that tpp passed during the lame duck session. >> we'll see how bernie sanders and elizabeth warren feel about that and the republicans as well in the lame duck session. this has been a real fight. bernie sanders tried to get the democratic platform to reflect where a lot of the democratic party is, meaning they're against the tpp. but it's very hard for the party to go against this president on tpp. he sees it as part of his

legacy. he looks at -- he argued this would lower tariffs and sort of expand exports from america and this is part of his asia pivot. but listen, we'll see if this happens. he says he's the president now. it doesn't matter where clinton and sanders are. >> you can only imagine how donald trump will sponld to that. >> i will say we talked to democrats at the convention saying this shouldn't necessarily come up the rest of this calendar year. at this point you have two nominees who don't like it. one will be president. leave it to that person to re renegotiate the deal. the whole reason he was having the press conference was with the leader of sing apar was to build last-minute support for this. it doesn't seem to be there in either party. >> he basically said, remember, i'm still president of the united states. and speaking to the others, you're not president, i'm still president. everyone, stay with us. we're going to have much more coming up. it's probably safe to say donald trump's very bad week just bott a little worse. we'll tell you why.

plus, why trump says the system is working against him. stay with us.

just 98 days and counting until the presidential election. donald trump is doubling down on his claim that the system is

rigged. at a campaign rally last hour, trump also took direct aim at the electoral process and at hillary clinton over the e-mail controversy. >> we've got to beat a dishonest machine, totally dishonest machine. you know, as an example, how hillary got away with what she got away with recently. how do you get away with it? everybody thought, oh, wow, she's guilty. however, what she got away with was a disgrace, honestly. a disgrace to our country what she got away with. and who would think that that could have happened? and then on top of it she lies on sunday say, i was actually just fine. i did everything fine. and that was not said -- it was said very embarrassingly. nobody could believe that happened. that whole thing was incredible. but we have to learn from it. it's a crooked system. it's a rigged system. we're running against a rigged system, and we're running against a very dishonest media.

>> let's bring back our panel, nia-malika henderson, ed o'keefe and jackie kucinickucinich. when he says the system is rigged, what does he mean that the system is rigged? >> you know, i think he finds himself at a very difficult moment now, right? he's had a real rough week with the gold star family, with the khan family. he's doing terribly in the polls. and i think it's part of his frustration. so this idea that everything is going against him, not only the media, the debates are probably rigged, too. and the entire system is rigged. i mean, this has been part of his identity. this idea that he's sort of the little guy going against the man and the big machine. so i think it's just that. and i think cynics might say he's sort of setting himself up to have a story if he loses of a campaign in november, he can say, well, listen, this whole thing was rigged. republicans didn't like me and everybody had the thul on the scale for hillary clinton.

>> when you hear him say that, what do you hear? >> he's setting the table for a loss. he did this in march ahead of the convention. remember he claimed there would be chaos in cleveland. there wasn't much. he got nominated and he won. it wasn't anything nearly as bad as it could have been. he's already said now that the election in november may be rigged. listen, the media is not ignoring what mrs. clinton said on sunday. she said this to chris wallace, as our "washington post" fact checker said in giving her pinocchio, she was selectively editing what the fbi director said about her use of a private e-mail server. wieland covering it. we'll continue to cover it. the probable is she wasn't the one insulting the gold star family, he was. that's why the attention is focused on him. >> i want to play a clip right now, the president suggesting that donald trump is unfit to be president of the united states. >> there have been republican presidents with whom i disagreed, but i didn't have a doubt that they could function

as president. i think i was right and mitt romney and john mccain were wrong on certain policy issues, but i never thought that they couldn't do the job. and had they won, i would have been disappointed, but i would have said to all americans, this is our president, and i know they're going to abide by certain norms and rules and common sense, will observe basic decency, will have enough knowledge about economic policy and foreign policy and our constitutional traditions and rule of law that our government will work. and then we'll compete four

years from now to try to win an election. but that's not the situation here. and that's not just my opinion. that is the opinion of many prominent republicans. there has to come a point at which you say enough. >> the point he's trying to make is that john mccain, mitt romney, they were fit to be president off the united states even though he disagreed on lots of policy issues with them. they were prepared to be president of the united states. he says donald trump is woefully unprepared. >> i mean, this is aimed at maybe some independents who might be teatoring, maybe some more liberal minded republicans who don't know if they can vote for donald trump. so by the president saying unfit and as ed said using the entire weight of the office there, surrounded by all the trappings of being president, really has some recess in answer that he doesn't have when he has on the campaign stump with his sleeves rolled up stumping for hillary clinton. yeah, these are very, very strong words from the president. i don't know that he's gone that

far before. >> and we haven't seen this, a sitting president, that a candidate in the same office really wants to have out there. remember gore didn't really want bill clinton out there in 2000. romney and mccain didn't want bush out there either for them. so this is something different. and i think this is a preview of what queer going to see over this next 98 days. >> in our cnn/orc poll, we asked bernie sanders supports which direction they're likely to move now that he'sut of the race. 70% said they would be supporting hilalary clinton. only 3% said they would support donald trump. you see the numbers up there, jill stein 13%, gary johnson 10%. those numbers surprise you, ed? >> no. i mean, we saw some evidence of sanders voters who said they might consider trump in the streets of philadelphia last week. it was minimal, not wide spresp. we saw more supporters for jill stein in the convention hall

itself. talking to a lot of sanders supporters, they said, we realize despite losing she's a far better president than trump would be. >> when trump says he'll get sanders support hes, there's 3%. there was a moment at this donald trump rally that just occurred outside of washington in northern virginia. watch this. >> the biggest in the world. don't worry about that baby. i love babies. i love babies. i hear that baby crying, i like it! what a baby. what a beautiful baby. don't worry. don't worry. the mom's running around. don't worry about it. it's young and beautiful and healthy. that's what we want. okay, they have ripped us to shreds, ripped us absolutely to shreds. actually, i was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. that's all right.

don't worry. i think she really believed me that i love having a baby crying while i'm speaking. that's okay. people don't understand, but that's okay. >> jackie, that was a moment. >> it certainly was. but you know, women watching that, we have a reporter betsy wood rough there who said peowo in the hall aren't reacting very well. that's humiliating for that woman whose child is crying to be be called out from the stump like that. that's not presidential. >> you have a little baby. >> i do. i just feel for the trump grandchildren at thanksgiving should they start crying at the meal. clearly he has issues with babies. >> i don't know if the baby got escorted out. did the baby -- i don't know. >> it was a moment. let's leave it alone. thank you very much. coming up, the race between donald trump and hilary clinton neck and neck in the key battleground state of ohio. why is that state emerging now

as make or break for each of these candidates? and what are their teams doing to try to win over voters in ohio? we have a special report. with the xfinity tv app,

now you can watch nbc's coverage of the rio olympic games live at home or on the go. the battle is on right now for the key swing state of ohio. recent polls show hillary clinton and donald trump in a dead heat there and both candidates are spending countless hours on the ground to try to win over the hearts of buckeye voters. jessica snyder takes a closer look at this critical contest. >> i do believe that my vote matters. "want it to matter.

>> so goes ohio so goes the country, yeah. >> reporter: these are the voters hillary clinton and donald trump hope to capture, no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. the last time a democrat took the white house without the state john f. kennedy in 1960. both campaigns are fighting hard for the battleground, hilalary clinton and tim kaine traveled by bus through the state as part of their post-convention state. >> we'll be back. we'll be all over ohio. >> reporter: donald trump rallied in columbus monday. >> i'll be back so much you'll be sick of me. but november 8th, you have to go and vote. we've got to win this election. >> reporter: the buckeye state is getting a barrage of attention in person and over the air waves. >> a steady leader in an unsteady world. >> reporter: clinton and her super pac spending 13 million on tv ads since june 7th. trump's campaign hasn't spent anything while his allies have shelled out $1.6 million in tv

time. >> we're going to have great jobs again. >> reporter: 7.6 million voters are up for grabs but there's a push and pull over registering even more. federal judges have struck down voter i.d. laws and reducing voting time as unconstitutional. now the state's perth of voters who hasn't cast a ballot in six years is under review by the courts. >> the ground game really matters. particularly in a year where both of the major candidates have a lot of negatives. >> reporter: clinton's team has field offices sprouting up around the state. her camp counting on courting suburban women. >> i think there are a lot of people especially in suburbburn ohio who may have voted by mitt romney will be turned off by the toxic rhetoric of trump. i think they'll come our way at the end of the day. >> reporter: trump's tactics in

twitter, through the media. >> reporter: but trump is an ongoing feud with the top republican in the state, governor john kasich refused to appear at the cleveland convention after taking on trump during the primary season. >> you nominate the wrong republican candidate who divides the country, we'll lose the united states senate as well as the white house. they will not win ohio. >> i know the trump team isn't happy and it looks like neither side is happy right now. but while the bridge wasn't crossed it also wasn't burned. >> reporter: the feelings among voters are strong for both candidates. >> i would like to see trump because he does come from outside washington. i cannot stand politicians like i said earlier, they say one thing and they go do another. >> i watched the republican -- and it was just -- i didn't hear anything positive. i didn't hear anything platforms. i didn't hear anything.

all i heard is, man, cutting down everybody and making our country hate one another. i just don't agree with that. i just -- it makes me sick. >> reporter: but some ohioans are frustrated with their choices. >> i'm not sure about trump. i'm not sure about hillary. and i don't know -- i think i'm going to make my decision that day. >> jessica is joining us now live from cleveland. jessica, what does the get out the vote effort look like on the ground in ohio? >> reporter: well, wolf, the voter push is coming from all sides in both campaigns. the secretary of state's office is teaming up with the elect ong registration center. they'll be putting out mailings to 1.6 million eligible voters encouraging them to register by the deadline of october 11th. in addition, both campaigns are having people sign promise postcards, the campaigns will then mail them out in the days before the election reminding people of their pledge to vote. wolf?

>> good report, jessica schneider from cleveland. this just coming in to cnn, more fallout of the e-mail hack from the democratic national committee. we've just learned the coo from the dnc is going to resign today according to te'i democratic official. amy dayscy is submitting her resignation letter in the wake of those leaked e-mails. daisy is the highest ranking person at the dnc to step aside, not the only one. dnc chair debby wasserman shuls as you know resigned as well. tomorrow night owl hear from the other choices for president of the united states. don't miss cnn's town hall with libertarian candidates gary johnson and william well. the program will be hosted by our own sander son cooper. wednesday night 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. president obama says donald trump keeps proving he's unfit to be president of the united states. and he's joining a group of military veterans that congress are calling on house speaker

paul ryan to withdraw his endorsement of trump. we're going to speak to one of those law mangers. plus, how is donald trump responding to all of this? much more coming up right after this.

there's breaking news. we just received a statement from donald trump. in it he says hillary clinton is unfit to hold the office of president of the united states. this comes immediately after president obama said that the republican nominee donald trump is unfit to serve as president of the united states. trump said this. hillary clinton has proven herself unfit to prove in any government office. she is reckless with her e-mails, reckless with regime change, and reckless with american lives. our nation has been humiliated abroad and compromised by

radical islam brought onto our shores. we need change now. that statement from donald trump. three freshmen lawmakers are urging the house speaker paul ryan to dump trump. the reason trump's ongoing feud with the family of a fallen american soldier. the congressmen are all veterans, all democrat ltz. they wrote a letter to speaker ryan saying among other things this, as veterans who previously served on active duty we are horrified by republican presidential nominee donald trump's slander of parents whose son died serving our country. the letter goes on to say, we were heartened by your first instinct which was to not endorse mr. trump. we respectfully request that you follow what we believe your heart is telling you and withdraw your endorsement of him now. congressman ted lieu of california is one ever the lawmakers who wrote that letter. he's joining us. congressman, thanks for joining us. have you received any response from the speaker? >> thank you, wolf, for your

question. i have not received any response from the speaker, but i urge him to put country over party and withdraw his endorsement of donald trump now. >> during a news conference just a little while ago, president obama also question why gop leaders are sticking by donald trump even after criticizing comments he has made. listen to this. >> and the question i think that they have to ask themselves is, if you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him? what does this say about your party that this is your standard bearer? >> you're a colonel in the u.s. air force reserve. you did active duty. what's your biggest complaint? what's your biggest concern about donald trump? >> my biggest concern is that in november we're not just electing

a president. we're electing a commander in chief. and a president who proposes stupid laws, for example, such as banning muslims, congress can stop that or the courts will strike it down. there are checks and bambalance. but when a commander in chief decides to take action to defend america such as launching air strikes or god forbid launching a nuclear first strike, that person needs to have tempt ramt, judgment and knowledge. those are the checks and balances. because congress is not involved in those issues as much, it's very important that our commander in chief can be trusted. donald trump fails all those lmtds of leadership. >> why do you think he doesn't have the temperament to have his finger let's say on the nuclear button? >> because he goes after anybody that goes under his skin, even a little bit, including gold star parents, the mother of a son who died serving our country. he plays footsie with russia. he praises america's enemies such as saddam hussein. and he has shown that he is

incapable of having actual knowledge about the world. he didn't even know, for example, that russia invaded ukraine in 2014. >> your letter says that trump's attack on the khan family whose son died in war in iraq dishonors all americans and in your words is an attack on america. so what impact do you think it will have on down-ballot candidates in the fight for control of the house an the senate? >> i think it will have a significant impact. having served in active duty in the military, it's been difficult for me to watch donald trump attacking our military say it it's a disaster, attacking our veterans such as john mccain. but when he after parents of a son who died serving our country, it crossed all acceptable norms of human mraifr. and if speaker ryan does not withdraw his endorsement, then he owns it. anyone who endorses donald trump endorses his vision of america, which is dividing us rather than strengthening us.

we are stronger together. that's what hillary clinton believes. that's why she's going to win. she's now up nine points on the poll? >> she's definitely got a bump out of the democratic convention. he got a bump out of the republican convention. let's see what happens down the road. as you know, the arizona senator john mccain, the republican nominee in 2008, he's been the folk us of some of trump's criticism. he issues a very strong rebuke saying trump when he went after the parents of that fallen american soldier, he said that trump disparaged a fallen soldier's parents. those were his words. what do you think of senator mccain's response? >> i respect senator mccain and what donald trump doesn't understand is that our military is great because it doesn't matter what color you are, who you love, or what religion you practice. all we care about is, can you do your duty to our nation with excellence? captain khan went above and beyond his duty by telling his troops to stay back, walking ten steps forward and then a car

blew up. that is the kind of sacrifice that should be be honored, not disparaged and donald trump by saying the words he said has shown americans that he is at heart a very cruel and intemperate person, someone who is unfit for president of the united states. >> congressman, thanks very much. congressman ted lieu of california joining us. up next, the ceo of the democratic national committee is resigning now in the wake of that massive e-mail hack. we're getting new details. stay with us.

new york city's top cop is leaving his job. the police department commissioner, william bratton, is resigning after nearly three years on the job. mayor, bill de blasio, made the announcement a little while ago. the mayor thanks bratton for his service, praised new york police for driving down the crime rate. >> we remember what the city used to be like. a lot of us lived it. over 2,000 murders a year. disorder was common. quality of life offenses almost

went without notice they were so common. we had to not only end the bad but start working toward our good, as our status towards the safest big city in america, towards the goal of real harmony between police and community. >> james o'neal who rose through the ranks to become the nypd chief of department will be the next commissioner. and this just coming in. one of the leaders of the democratic national committee is now out. this in the wake of the e-mail hack subsequent information that -- of leaks to wikileaks that appeared to show the party favoring hillary clinton over bernie sanders in the primary. party supposed to be neutral. amy deacy, ceo of the dnc, has announced her resignation. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is with me right now. debbie wasserman schultz, the chair of the dnc, she resigned immediately after the democratic convention. so what prompted this resignation? >> quite frankly, from what we

can tell -- sounds like it is just getting started. but the dnc apparently is moving in the direction of a bit of a house cleaning here and i think it needs to be made clear in the first place that amy deacy and the ceo has resigned. she has not been fired. we do know donna brazile, the cnn contributor, as well as the interim chair of the dnc who was brought in to replace debbie wasserman schultz is at the helm of all of this. they are trying to upright the ship, as it were, after the embarrassing episode that occurred right before the democratic national committee when this allegation and appearance, if you will, wolf, of partiality on behalf of debbie wasserman schultz, appearing to try to help out hillary clinton, or at least being emimical to bernie

sanders. it doesn't sound like amy deacy's being fired, nonetheless we are told there is potential for other people to move on or have jobs changes somewhere. >> those e-mails that were leaked were very, very awkward, embarrassing, damaging for the dnc. is it just the start of a house cleaning that donna brazile, who's now on leave -- she is no longer a cnn contributor for the time being. she is the interim chair of the dnc. replacing debbie wasserman schultz. is this just the start of a house cleaning over there? >> it sounds like the start of a housekeeping. at least that's what sources are telling cnn. our jeff zeleny has gotten some information on that suggesting that it is the beginning of the house cleaning. it doesn't suggest to us how many people are being shuffled, moved around. but it appears that the dnc thinks there needs to be changes made, wolf. >> let me -- joe johns, thanks

very much. i want to get one or story in. the centers for disease control and miami-dade county officials are ramping up their efforts right now to control the spread of the zika virus. right now the focus is in one miami neighborhood. the number of cases caused by local mosquitos rose to 14 people, up from the four announced on friday. that prompted the cdc to issue a travel advisory for pregnant women telling them to stay away from that neighborhood. experts think there will be more cases to come. >> anywhere in the u.s. where this mosquito is present, there is a risk. that's why we need to track. that's why we've developed and distributed test kits for public health labs to use throughout the u.s. but that's also why it is important that we invest in better tools to diagnose zika and better ways to stop these mosquitos, because they're tough mosquitos to stop. >> the cdc advises pregnant women living in the affected area to apply insect repellant

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here we go on this tuesday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. you're watching cnn. to get you caught up, a short time ago president barack obama called out republican leaders for their ongoing support of donald trump who the president says keeps on proving that he is, i'm quoting him now, "woefully unprepared" to be the president of the united states. >> yes, i think the republican