she was a caring mother who had a standing movie date with her daughter every saturday, loved to treat herself to man cures and pedicures. may they rest in peace. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com "outfront" next, the cdc projects a thousand americans may die from coronavirus every day until late september. this as dr. fauci warns the u.s. could be on the verge of another deadly spike in cases. plus, 7 officers suspended after a black man dies, his body had been pinned to the ground, his head covered. his daughter is "outfront." and an "outfront" investigation. president trump claiming mail-in voting is ripe with fraud. that's a lie. what our drew griffin uncovered. let's go "outfront." i'm erica hill in tonight for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight an alarming new prediction. the cdc estimates the u.s. death

toll could hit 211,000 by september 26th. that would mean about a thousand people in this country dying every day until the end of september. and frankly this is where we've been for more than a month. 18 states seeing rise in new infection, many including the midwest. including iowa seeing the highest number of new cases in the united states, according to a coronavirus task force report, iowa is one of six states that we now know ignored urgent recommendations to enact mask mandates. that's according to task force mandates released. the six states at the time were seeing alarming uptick in the number of cases, yet the governors refused to follow the expert advice, much like the president who has also rejected calls for a mask mandate. also warning tonight from the nation's top infectious disease

expert. >> you don't want to see a repeat of the surges that we have seen following the holiday weekend, particularly as we go on the other side of labor day and enter into the fall. we want to go into that with a running start in the right direction. we don't want to go into that with another surge that we have to turn around again. >> another surge, that's because of course in the weeks after memorial day, cases surged in cases that opened too quickly, spikes that have continued throughout the summer. we know deaths lag two to four weeks behind new cases. as we told you, deaths in this country seem to be stuck at a sobering plateau of more than 1,000 reported each day. at least 30 states have either paused or rolled back reopening plans and tonight the message from the president is not one of concern about the virus. it is not a plea or a suggestion to buckle down so the country can move forward. the president's message, it's time to move on. he's holding a campaign rally in

pennsylvania, and as you can see, much like previous rallies, don't really see a lot of masks there. doesn't appear to be much social distancing. kaitlan collins is live "outfront" the white house. the president is desperate to move past this pandemic as soon as possible. of course the pandemic doesn't play politics. >> reporter: no, it doesn't, and you are right to point out by his actions tonight, his actions over the last several days, he is acting like the pandemic isn't necessarily still going on. by holding these rallies where you don't see a lot of people wearing masks or his acceptance speech at the white house last thursday, 1,500 people, very few masks there. of course what the president sees as his ticket out of the pandemic is a vaccine. so, we've seen how he has ramped up pressure publicly, wanting one. but today what's notable as you saw two top officials working very closely on the vaccine effort really cast doubt on this idea you've seen some white house officials bring up in recent weeks which is that there could be a vaccine not just by the end of the year which some

people have said is still an optimistic projection but that there could be one by election day. that's something the president floated last week. now today we have dr. anthony fauci saying he sees it as very unlikely there will be a vaccine drid to go by october. even the vaccine chief that's working on this on operation warp speed that they brought in to do this, he said on npr, he also thinks it's inconceivable there's going to be one by october. of course the questions have come out of that whether or not there's going to be political pressure on the officials to produce a vaccine by election day. you've seen the president say he believed people at the fda were deliberately delaying progress to hurt him politically. they have said politics is not going to factor into their decision, that an independent board is going to look at the data. we are seeing what the president is saying when it comes to the emergency authorizations play out.

that is the certain that people still have, erica. >> kaitlan collins live at the white house. also tonight, some states that had been doing pretty well now see an uptick in new cases just ahead of another holiday weekend. alexander field is "outfront." >> reporter: it would be unlikely, but not impossible, to have a coronavirus vaccine as soon as the end of next month, according to dr. anthony fauci. still, he insists science will lead any vaccine approval process. >> the fda has been very explicit that they are going to make a decision based on the data as it comes in. the vaccine would not be approved to the american public unless it was indeed both safe and effective. and i keep emphasizing both safe and effective. >> reporter: those assurances come after the cdc sent out guidance for how states should distribute millions of doses oof a potential vaccine by late october. it's faster than public health

officials previously estimated. for two weeks the u.s. has been averages some 40,000 new cases a day, on each of the last two days, more than a thousand deaths. >> let's be clear where we are, the virus is not done with us yet, not by a long shot. >> reporter: in the northeast where states meet significant and sustained progress against the virus, a number of states are now seeing increases in covid-19 cases. there's a new crop of hotspots in the midwest. missouri is now in the so-called red zone according to the white house task force which is recommending the state shut down its bars and mandate masks to stop the spread. the same recommendations were made for iowa, which has the second highest rate of covid cases in the nation. three weeks after a massive motorcycle rally, south dakota has the country's highest case rate. >> we're seeing now in certain states, particularly states, for example, like montana, the dakotas, michigan, minnesota, that there is an uptick in test positivity, particularly among young people 19 to 25.

that's predictive, jim, that if there is -- if they don't do the kinds of things we're talking about, we're going to see a surge. >> and there are even concerns about another surge with the holiday weekend coming up. the nation saw big spikes after both memorial day and the fourth of july. >> we have all tested positive for covid-19. >> reporter: celebrity dwayne the rock johnson urging caution after he, his wife and two children caught the virus after spending time with friends. >> you guys are having friends over to the house, you know them, trust them, they've been quarantining just like you guys, you still never know. >> reporter: while there may be high hopes about fast tracking a vaccine, we are hearing from pharmaceutical companies that would be bringing a vaccine to market. the ceo of pfizer is saying it is irrelevant to the political process. the decree of america merck is

it is critical. dr. sanjay gupta and dr. jonathan reiner, director of cardiac cath lab at george washington hospital. picking up on what we heard from dr. alex field there, we heard what dr. fauci today, dr. fauci saying it's unlikely that we're going to have this vaccine by october. we did also hear from the head of sizpfizer who said they coul have enough data by october. how do we sift through that? where do we stand tonight? >> you have to keep in mind this is a very accelerated schedule. this is a disease we didn't know anything about a year ago. we're talking about a vaccine by october is incredibly fast and many would argue who aren't directly related with the vaccine world maybe too fast. it's just unprecedented really. also, you know, keep in mind the

idea of trying to speed this up, authorize it under emergency use is usually done because you don't have an alternative, right? somebody's in the hospital dying and you need a medicine to treat that person. that's a different situation. vaccine's given to healthy people and the alternative is we wear masks longer and physically distance longer, not necessarily shut things down, but do those things. if we have enough data, sure. but it's hard to understand how we would have enough data by that point when the alternative is to wear a mask and physically distance and let the data come in. >> all about the data. when it comes to the data, we heard from dr. fauci today who said he's confident that the system will work as it's supposed to. take a listen. >> data has always been the thing that has driven me and my colleagues here at the nih as well as the fda. the fda and cdc, they're

data-driven organizations. so, i think the people can feel confident that when these data come in, they'll be examined appropriately and a decision made. >> dr. ryeiner, secretary azar basically said the same thing today as well, saying look, we're going to follow the science here. it's hard to forget what we saw in terms of emergency use authorization with hydroxychloroquine or what we just experienced when it comes to convalescent plasma. dr. jonatha dr. reiner, how confident are you given what we've seen thus far that we will continue, or the agencies will be automobile to continue following the science and the data without any added pressure? >> i'm confident that the agencies are capable of doing that. the professional scientists and physicians and staff at the fda are the best in the world. the problem, as you said, is that over the last few months, the political leadership, the appointed leadership of the fda

has raised questions about whether they will let the professional legacy staff do their work in an unhindered fashion. again, the eua two weeks ago for convalescent plasma was a prime example of that as was even more egregious approval of eua of hydroxychloroquine in march with zero data. if these agencies are left to do their work, i am confident the american people will get a safe and effective vaccine. we have a saying in the procedure world here in the hospital that in an emergency, we move quickly but we don't rush. and that's what i want to see from the fda. and that's what tony fauci is talking about, moving quickly but not rushing. do all the due diligence. i think if left to their own natural instincts, that's what the fda will do. >> sanjay, i was fascinated to see, too, as we're learning more about the recommendations that

have come out from the white house task force to specific states, these six states who were urged to put mask mandates in place as cases were beginning to surge, including your home state of georgia, where you are now, it's fascinating that we're seeing the science and the officials -- we're what, seven months into this, the fact that some of that science is still being ignored. you talked to officials and scientists and experts every day, i know, sanjay. do you get a sense that some of it is starting to sink in a little bit more, even in the six states that may not have necessarily wanted to follow the urgent recommendation for a mask mandate? is anything starting to change? >> that's a good question, erica. i'll tell you this. i think in the beginning maybe there was some understandable confusion about masks because in the beginning you heard you shouldn't need to wear masks unless you're a health care worker. pretty quickly that guidance changed. i don't think it's a question of it not sinking in, to be

perfectly candid. i think people do understand that masks are helpful, that they should wear them, that it could help change the trajectory of the pandemic in a beneficial way. so, this is -- i mean, this is political. this is politics at this point. the science is not, you think, the problem. i hope it's not the problem because i think it's been explained pretty well at this point. i was very struck. i was talking to michael dowling in new york, they took care of 70,000 covid patients over a few months, one of the busiest hospital systems for covid. their health care workers were getting covid at a low rate, lower than the general population. think about that, erica. health care workers in hospitals inside taking care of covid patients, covid is circulating and have lower rate of infection than the general population. why is that? masks. they were wearing masks. it makes a huge difference. i think the knowledge is there, but the will, for whatever

reason -- i think politic social security a big part of it is -- is not there everywhere. >> we'll continue to talk about the important science, and i think that is such a great example of why the masks are so important, because they work. dr. reiner, you're the head of the cardiac cath lab at george washington university hospital. i was struck from heard from penn state today, a third of big ten athletes were dealing with inflammation of the heart muscle. when you heard that information, i'm curious your take on that. what should we be taking away from this? >> this is very interesting. there was a paper published about a month ago in the journal of the american medical association from germany, which did mri scans on about 100 people who had recovered from covid-19, weeks out. mri is a very sensitive tool that can find very sensitive marker of inflammation and scar.

in 60% of those patients, they could find seven weeks out evidence of some identifiable inflammation. now, whether that's clinically significant is yet to be seen. but the docs at penn state are worried that when they looked at their athletes who had recovered from covid-19, they found myocardial inflammation in 30%. will that impact an athlete's performance? you have an elite athlete who works at a very high level. you take a few percent of their performance off, does that make them less of an elite athlete? no one knows. this is a new disease. the big point really is that this disease is not risk free for young people. you can survive and still have problems going forward. and for a young person, we're talking about 65 years from now. we're not just talking about over the next few years. we're looking at their health 60 years out into the future. >> still so much to learn with this disease, as we know.

dr. sanjay gupta, dr. jonathan reiner, thank you both. "outfront" next, joe biden traveling to kenosha, wisconsin, meeting with jacob blake's family, striking a very different tone than we heard from the president there. plus seven officers suspended after covering a black man's head, pinning him to the ground. that man died. we have new details about the moments leading to the incident. and a cnn special report, blacks, latinos and native americans are far more likely to contract coronavirus and also are more likely to die. but why? it's time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. exactly. no problem. and done. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed.

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can bring peace, they can make markets rise or fall, and they can do things that i -- that i've observed can make a difference just by what they say. >> "outfront" now is a political for the "new york times" and cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. two candidates, one city, two very different messages. >> completely alternate universes and alternate messages. the message you saw from the vice president was delivered in sorrow, not in anger, was quite pastoral in its own way. and when we saw donald trump go to that community, it seemed to me to be a little bit more militant. he met with the police, but joe biden met with all community leaders, including members of the police force. so, i think that you see that what the president was doing was essentially trying to stir the pot, rally his base a little

bit. and what joe biden was trying to do was quite different, sort of calm things down in kenosha. >> i want to play just a few of those moments because they really are these starkly different messages. let's just take a listen to what we've heard over the last couple of days. >> kenosha's been ravaged by anti-police and anti-american riots. >> i think what has been unleashed on ape lot lot of pe they understand that fear doesn't solve problems, only hope does. >> we have to condemn the dangerous antipolice rhetoric. it's getting more and more. it's very unfair. >> i think we've reached an inflection point in american history. i honest to god believe we have an enormous opportunity. >> reckless politicians continue to push the destructive message that our nation and our law enforcement are oppressive or racist. >> i promise you, win or lose,

i'm going to go down fighting. i'm going to go down fighting for racial equality. >> we know those messages are being chosen for specific reasons. the question is which one is resonating tonight? >> that is the central question. thank what we do know is that joe biden is trying to give a reminder of what presidents do in these situations and whatever types of contention or moments of division. we have often seen presidents of both sides to come in and be comforters. that was his mission today, try to show folks remember when you had a president who did this. donald trump message is a different one. he is trying to unleash the kind of energy and passion that he thinks drives his electoral chances in november. that is one that traffics in racial division. that's one that capitalizes off the mostly white suburbs and the white rural regions that is his base. we do not have evidence that's

working out of the rnc. we had a bunch of polling yesterday that said even in wisconsin, a fox news poll saying that folks trust joe biden more on policing and crime than they do donald trump. he is trying that message. we do not know that it is working. and that is largely because voters have just reject bobbied handling of the protests and the pandemic. >> in terms of polling, when we look at this fox news polling, swing states, arizona, north carolina, wisconsin, you look, joe biden ahead of president trump in some of those states. and we're looking at specifically who do you trust better on policing and criminal justice. when you look at those numbers there, even in north carolina he's been the margin of error. the fact, gloria, that the president has really bet on law and order, that does not seem to be giving him the bounce that

luke likely he was hoping for. do we think we're going to see a change at all in message here? >> who knows. i doubt it. there are two thing. first of all, he's trying to motivate his base. and he wants to say to them look at what joe biden would do to your country. and you need to get out there and vote, so go vote. and he feels that this is a message that motivates his base, and he's been losing a little bit, not a lot. but he could afford to kind of ramp that up. the second thing is he wants to convince some of those suburban women that he's been losing that wait a minute, you should be very afraid. you should be very afraid in the suburbs. they're going to take away your suburbs, or whatever. so, i think what he's trying to do is peel off some of those suburban women and perhaps some of those suburban men. as the polls show, it isn't necessarily going to be successful because after all,

people cannot unsee what they have seen for the last four years. so, people don't kind of turn on a dime like that and say oh wait a minute, i'm going to forget covid and i'm going to forget the way the president has behaved. and oh, yeah, this, jacob blake, is going to make me change my mind. i'm not so sure. it may motivate his base a little bit but i don't think it's going to change anyone's mind. >> do you think it's causing concern within the campaign. >> i think it's added challenge to biden's campaign. you've seen four straight nights of republicans saying biden is in favor of defunding police. they had an ad saying he's listening and supporting protesters in the black lives matter movement. that is the kind of message and strategy from the biden campaign, that he can speak to both of those constituencies.

earlier in the summer i was in wisconsin and the democratic party there was saying they had gotten a couple of calls from folks saying i want to vote from joe biden but i worry he's against the police. that is something they said they were very happy to be able to point to his messaging and say this is not something he has supported. he has come out for police. people know joe biden. they know his '90s record, and that's what's helping insulate him on this issue. >> thank you both. "outfront" next, a black man dies after police cover his head, pin him to the ground. seven officers now suspended. the victim's daughter is with us next. a warning tonight from the department of homeland security, russia is trying to cast doubt on upcoming election by echoing president trump's baseless claims. so, no more tossing and turning. because only tempur-pedic's proprietary material adapts and responds to your body- -so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep.

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and pinned him to the ground. he later died. the entire incident caught on the body cameras. i want to warn you, some of the footage you are about to see is disturbing. >> he called rochester, new york police to help his brother and they killed him. he called 911 to say his brother was experiencing a mental health episode hours after being released from the hospital and may be on drugs. >> police body camera footage was provided by the family's attorney. crude is naked and on the ground when police arrive. >> put your hands behind your back. don't move. >> he complies and is handcuffed. but moments later, visibly agitated, prude yells at officers and moves around on the

pavement. then three minutes after the initial encounter, the hood, often referred to as a spit sock, is placed over prude's head. police said he was spitting and he had coronavirus. the hood, which can prevent transmission of some diseases appears to distress him further. >> give me the gun, give me the gun. >> when he does not comply and tries to stand, three officers try to conceal him. one officer has his knee on prude's back and the others hold his head to the pavement. they realize prude is spitting and appears to have vomited. soon after, the paramedics start treatment. officers roll himover, there is no pulse. prude was pronounced braid dead at the hospital and died a week later. the autopsy ruled the death a homicide caused by asphyxia and

further restraint, excited delirium and acute intoxication. >> mr. daniel prude was failed by our police department, our mental health care system, our society and he was failed by me. >> today the major of rochester suspended seven officers, ip inviting the police unit to sue her if they disagreed. the unit said while it's still in the process of gathering information, it has concerns about the incident. cnn is reaching out to the suspended officers and the union for additional comment. >> they took something away from me, a part of my family tree is gone. >> during the her announce tonight the police officer suspension earlier today, mayor ward went into great detail

about what she knew and when saying she was initially led to believe that mr. prude had died from a drug overdose while in police custody. but it wasn't until august 6th she was told about the police officers' questionable actions. then when asked why it took nearly a month, the mayor explaining it was initially the state attorney general investigating the incident. but we heard from the state attorney general, they would encourage an investigation happen in rochester as the family asks for many more answers. >> thank you. "outfront" now, daniel prude's daughter and her attorney. we appreciate you both taking the time to join us. our on condolences. it is hard enough to lose a parent and to have to go through it again publicly.

cannot be easy, to put it lightly. when you first saw this video, months after your father's death, what was your first reaction? >> i was immediately filled with rage, but i was also saddened because i had never thought that i would see my father in a situation like that, especially that was out of my control and i had no way to be there to comfort him or help him through that kind of situation. it just -- it put a serious burden on me, and i feel like that's something i will be stuck with the rest of life. >> as we heard from polo and the mayor, she said both she and the city, many others failed your father. i know she's apologized to your family. we know the officers have been suspended. a an investigation has now been highly encouraged. what else would you like to see happen at this point?

>> i would like to see them fired and charged with murder. there's video footage of these people suffocating my father. my father was murdered by these police officers. there's no reason why they should be on a paid suspension. they should be arrested and they should be tried as the killers that they are. they are murderers, and it's no other way to put this. i feel like this is a slap in the face to us and it's a slap on the wrist to these officers. they're getting away with murder as we speak. >> do you feel you're getting the information you need at this point? >> in a way, yes, i am. but i feel like i would be getting even more information if the mayor actually reached out to me personally. i haven't actually spoken to that mayor. i haven't actually spoken to the police department. so, all the information that i'm getting has been from tabloid and from my attorneys, that's it. >> so, tony, have you heard anything directly from the

mayor, from the city at this point? >> no, no -- yeah. we have not heard anything. yeah, we certainly would expect to hear something. i think that would be appropriate for the mayor to reach out or for the chief to reach out and say something to us or us. that would be the appropriate thing to do at this point. >> one of the paramedics on the scene, tony, said nothing looked over the top or seemed malicious in nature and that it appear the actions were appropriate. what's your response to that, tony? >> well, clearly we disagree. i think anybody who's reasonable who takes a look at this video can decide what happened there was unreasonable. when you look at the circumstances, the totality of the circumstances, you've got a subdued, non-violent, non-criminal, handcuffed person who's placed in the prone position with a hood over his head. he posed no damage tonger to th

officers. as a matter of fact during this video encounter, i saw these officers smirk and smile. that, to me, is clear evidence of no fear of great bodily harm or danger. so, what they did to him certainly crossed any line of reasonable police behavior. all that was, erica, was a justification. it's easy to justify the actions of a police officer after the fact. but the video doesn't lie. the video is transparent in that what these officers did was not reasonable. >> based on what you were first told, what we first learned about when it comes to your father's death now that the video is out, i know that offered you more answers, but also brings up so many more questions for you i would think as well. as you mentioned, you would like to hear directly from the mayor. you would like to hear directly from the city. what can you tell us though

about your dad because i think in these moments it's so important to remember that there is a life that was lost? and we need to know who that person was. and he's your dad. >> first off, i want to start by saying that my dad is not the animal that they treated him like. that is a human being. that is my father. that is somebody's brother, son, cousin, nephew. like, this was one of the most loving people i have ever known in my life. my father was a protector. he would do anything for his family, anything for his kids. he had a bright personality. he's the type of person that if you're going through something, you go to him and he's the one who would give you words of encouragement. or he would be the up with to tell you a joke to make you laugh if he knows you're having a bad day. he picks up on when you're having a bad day and he does anything in his power to see you

smile. and i'm hurt that the media didn't get a chance to see him in that state. they see him in a distressed state and now everybody is viewing him as this mental patient that he is not. >> thank you for sharing your memories of your dad. thank you for being here with us tonight. it is not easy. thank you again for your time, tony, as well. thank you. >> thank you. good night. "outfront" next, cnn special report, sta tikss reveal a person's race is a risk factor when it comes to dying from coronavirus. but why? and tonight a warning that russia is peddling the same baseless claims about mail-in voting that president trump is pushing. >> the ballots are lost, there's fraud, there's theft. it's happening all over the place. when the world gets complicated,

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all week long we've been looking at what we know and what we don't know about the coronavirus and its immense impact. what we do know is that black, latino, and native americans are more than three times as likely to be infected as white people. they're also more likely to have

tragic outcomes. jay con carroll is "outfront." >> the last picture my parents ever took together. >> reporter: it has been five months since keith lost his father to coronavirus. and overtime, his sadness has been replaced with anger. >> i find myself more temperamental, i would say, over my dad. i don't think it's fair how he was treated, so it makes me very, very, very upset. >> reporter: he says days before his death, his father had all the telltale signs of coronavirus. high fever, cough, slept sleeping up in a recliner. he went to the emergency rooms of three detroit metro area hospitals but was turned away, all three of the hospitals saying they do not discriminate, two adding they were following cdc guidelines only admitting the sickest patients. >> he was like they keep telling

me its bronchitis. i keep telling them it's not. they wouldn't listen to me. >> he died at home. his grandfather also died of covid-19. >> it's very frustrating. it's heartbreaking. it's bitter. it's america. >> in the united states, the numbers show communities of color have been hit particularly hard by covid-19. african-americans are dying at a rate nearly 2.5 times higher than whites. latinos and native americans are dying at a rate more than 1.5 times higher. >> there is a inequality, a social injustice, if i may describe it as, that has existed in this country for several decades. all covid-19 has done is really brought it to light. >> this doctor is the ceo of harris health systems.

health experts say a number of factors put communities of color at greater risk when it comes to covid-19 including exposure at work, living conditions and chronic health conditions. >> the solution the is improving ec m noic conditions of the populations because when you do that, by doing that, you really are addressing everything else that involves that population. >> how does this feel walking like this now? >> 150% improvement compared to before. >> crystal, a paramedic with the new york first degr new yo new york fire department suffered from asthma. she contracted the virus is march and ended up on life support. she says were it not for her mother who is a nurse and the fire department, her outcome could have been drastically different. >> i think without that support, there would have been a level of ignorance and blindness of what i needed.

>> the day his father died he says his mother was turned away at one hospital. >> the nurse looks at my mother and tell her ma'am, there's nothing we can do for you here, go home, take tea, take tylenol for your fever. he drove to another hospital where she was admitted and soon needed a ventilator. she survived. he and his brothers also ended up testing positive for covid. >> one day i have my taste buds, one day i won't. >> he has come away with the belief that if his parents had been white, they would have received better treatment. >> they wouldn't have been sent home to infelkt everyone in the house hold if they were of another race. >> now he is speaking up for his community and his family. >> i took my sadness and kind of made it into anger, but pointing that anger in the right direction, trying to get the story out there as best as i can for my mom, my dad and my

siblings and just trying to make a change. >> and erica, looking ahead, there are concerns from a number of people in the health community that whether or not there will be enough people of color included in clinical trials for a vaccine, that's first. and second, once a vaccine is approved and distributed, whether or not people of color will be prioritized. because once again, this is the community that is suffering the most at this time, erica. >> so important, jason carroll. just a heartbreaking and important story. thank you. "outfront" next, the department of homeland security warning russia is peddling the same baseless claims about mail-in voting that president trump is pushing.

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security warning state officials that russia is am pli fieg claims that mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud. these are the same claims made by the president. >> this statement from the president of the united states is a lie. >> the ballots a lost, there is fraud, theft. it's happening all over the place. >> it's not. what is happening is the spreading of the lie. even somewhat formerly reasonable politicians are using unreasonable logic. >> there is no widespread voter fraud. >> there is no evidence there is not, either, jake. >> reporter: no, there is no widespread voter fraud. and if you don't believe me because i am from cnn, believe the right wing conservative

heritage that keeps this prominently on its dashboard. sounds like a lot until you realize it is for four decades. >> the only way we are going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. >> reporter: president trump is setting the stage to explain his possible election loss with lies. case in point, california. >> california sending out millions and millions of ballots to anyone breathing. >> reporter: wrong. california is sending ballots to registered voters, the same people eligible to vote at the ballot box. this is the president last monday saying -- >> they will be dumping them in

neighborhoods. people will be picking them up. they will be bribing people, paying off people. >> reporter: this seems made up. or this tweet in august -- president trump called it a coup calling it the post office could never handle mail-in votes without preparation. weeks later his own postal general said, yes, we can. >> we are committed to delivering the nation's ballots on time. >> reporter: two cases, one in patterson, new jersey and one in new mexico. a republican campaign operative has been charged with ballot harvesting and conspiracy.

cnn was told these are inside crimes, showing the system worked and both leading to new elections. five states have all mail-in voting. it's the main way people cast their ballots, including colorado where the election official tells cnn the president is wrong about fraud. >> we have been doing mail-in voting for seven years and that is not the case. >> reporter: that is not to say it is not without risk and that's why they pay attention to barcodes and why the rare fraud example are caught. the last time i interviewed her it was about president's trump about voter fraud back in the 2018 mid terms. and now the entire system is at

list because of the pandemic, and a shaky economy. >> all of these things are an attack to try a free and fair election. we should reject these ideas every time we hear them. >> reporter: the people who actually run elections in the state and previously debunked the president's 2016 claims of widespread voter fraud have recently put out another statement, this time saying they want to ensure to all voters that their votes are going to be accounted for and that they are prepared for any kind of interference in this election. still the president insists on pushing this false narrative that widespread voter fraud exists. it doesn't. >> thank you for reminding us all of the fact. i'm erica hill.

ac 360 starts now. >> a lot of breaking news. john berman in for anderson. russian interference that fits perfectly with the president's tall about fraudulent voting. but first, something to be worried about. growing pressure from the president to deliver politically with him. government officials and experts outlining what they see as a full-on crush to end the crisis and rescue the president's election bid. we have seen bits and pieces of it for months, like hydroxychloroquine or when the president accused the fda