hello and welcome to the viewers here in the united states. i'm coming to you live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, and coming up here on cnn newsroom. more backlash in president trump's reported comments about fallen soldiers and now we're hearing he made remarks about

americans who served in vietnam. m many universities are back in session and campuses are facing a hard lesson in coronavirus. how colleges, students and teachers are trying to protect themselves, and kanye west doesn't have a chance of being the next president. why the worry about his candidacy? we will have all of that ahead. thanks for your company. new developments right now on a story that has enraged veterans and riled the white house. a former trump administration official has confirmed to cnn the allegations made in the atlantic magazine that president trump made crude and disparaging

remarking about fallen u.s. troops in a visit to france in 2018. other news outlets including fox news, have corroborated parts of the report. buff the president and former members of the white house furiously denied the accusations, and now another source saying that president trumps that repeatedly questions the service of u.s. troops who went to vietnam. here now from jeremy diamond. >> reporter: the white house is still reeling from this report that the trump referred to american soldiers as losers and suckers as he was deciding not to attend a cemetery where some of the war dead were buried, and the president did indeed to the american war dead in crude and

derogatory terms. president trump and the white house have vehemently denied the story. the president says what kind of animal would refer to dead american service members in such a fashion. but nonetheless, a seen yonior r u.s. official has confirmed the comments, and another tells cnn why trump questioned why vietnam war veterans would have served in the war, suggesting thdidn't know how to get out of the draft, much like he did. we know that president trump received multiple education deferred not to serve in the war and he got a medical deferment, claiming the president had bone spurs making him ineligible for

military service. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> well, mr. trump has publicly disparaged other decorated vempbs, john kelly and john mccain. retired army lieutenant hartling says the president doesn't understand the military. >> every time he talks about how he helps the military, it's usually transactional events, i have given them more pay. i have given them money for the budget, which is true, but there are things that you can debate. i'm getting military forces out of country because they are not paying enough. what the military is interested in national security. how do we contribute to peace so we don't have to fight? how do we ensure that we take

care of each other, not guarantee a monetary return, but care for one another? there is a lack of understanding, him, to the military, the military to him. >> the holiday weekend drawing out more protestors, sending a clear message for racial justice and against police brutality. demonstrators marching near the kentucky derby in louisville. that is the ski j breonna taylor was killed in march. jason carroll was there. >> reporter: the demonstration ended where it began, a park amile from away from churchill downs. at one point, the numbers were in the thousands, and they marched around the perimeter and just as the race got under way, they stood, they shouted and voiced their message, trying to

get justice for breonna taylor. there was concerns whether or not the protest would be peaceful, nonviolent, we spoke to the organizers who said the protest went off just as shut have. >> we wanted the world to see. we wanted everyone to see and understand that we're not happy. we're not satisfied with what the attorney general is ding, what the moayor is doing. we want justice for breonna taylor. people are forced to day pay attention to what is happening outside churchill downs. >> they did not have fans in churn hill downs, and the demonstrators feel their point still got across to make sure they are not going to let up on the demonstrations until they see justice for breonna taylor.

a flash point in the protests around the country has been portland, oregon, of course. black lives matter protesters and demonstrations have stretched on for 100 nights now. the protests in portland have at times turned violent. on friday, authorities again declares an unlawful assembly outside a police building. police and protestors clashed on saturday night in rochester, new york. the demonstrations erupted this week over the death of a black man after he had been restrained by police. pablo sandoval was at the demonstration before it turned violent. >> reporter: it was a fourth nice of protests here in rochester, new york. peaceful demonstrators returning here to the very neighborhood where daniel prude encountered police, and the word about the attorney general's message she

could enpanel a grand jury and it could need criminal charges. many believe it's a step in the right direction and they hope it's just a start. >> i think it's absolutely a step in the right direction. i think it's what the community wants. for for my own perspective, i think it's unambiguous. and she has take an lead role and we will have justice behind it. >> reporter: and local officials reacting, including one of the county officials here who said we have all been left with too many qis and not enough answers, and the attorney general will move to a grand jury, a step to get the answers to the questions the family has. and the seven police officer, remain suspended by the city of

rochester, cnn, rochester, new york. labor day weekend is now under way in the u.n. -- u.s. which has public health officials worried. previous weekends have boosted the number of cases. dr. anthony fauci urges caution. it means wearing masks, social distancing and avoiding large crowds. but we are expecting big crowds at beaches all around the u.s. some have already started. and especially in parts of california too. that is likely to have a heat wave to deal with. the wall street journey reporting that some coronavirus vaccine makers are promising not seek out prema sure fda approval. pfizer, mederma, and people are concerned about a vaccine, one

that is being developed at record speed and politicalized by president trump. meanwhile, the democratic vice presidential no, ma'amly kamala harris sharing her concerns about this with dana bash. >> if past is prologued, they will be muzzled, psuppressed. they will be sidelined. >> say there is a vaccine before the election, would you get it? >> well, i think that's going to be an issue for all of us. i will say that i would not trust donald trump. and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the effacacy and reliable i. i will not take his word for it. >> you can watch the interview on state of the union sunday,

2:00 p.m. in london, 9:00 p.m. in hong kong right here on cnn. brazil, the hardest hit country after the u.s. when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, and even though brazil is reporting more than 4 million cases there may be signs the situation is improving. matt rivers has a closer look. >> reporter: as brazil passes a troubling milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, people in the capital city continue with daily life with mixed emotions. >> translator: i'm not calm. i'm afraid because people here don't give much importance to covid-19. >> translator: yeah, we need to get back to work. businesses have lost a lot. >> reporter: after an outbreak that spread wide and pass, the coronavirus cases killed more than 120,000 so far. but for the first time since may, there may be signs of

reprieve in latin america's most hit country. the covid-19 death rate is showing a decline in the number dig each day. new daily invexs may be leveling off after peaking in the end of july. but some experts remind that the downward trend is far from definite. and others caution from relying too heavily on the data. >> translator: the under reporting of cases is three to five times the number of official cases. last week, the average number of deaths was less than 1,000 deaths a day. a statistic that was celebrated by some political figures whose strategy is to promote increasing flexibility in economic and social fields. >> reporter: across most of brazil, coronavirus restrictions have loosened and businesses have reopened as the country's

president continues to down play the outbreak. he said any vaccine could need further approval in bra bra zil and it would be up to each citizen to decide if they want to. >> translator: many people want the vaccine to be applied in a coercive law. such measures may be adopted, and may be taken. >> reporter: his attitude to the pandemic and a potential vaccine has seen some resistance from elsewhere in the government, including the leader of brazil's biggest city. >> translator: we have a lead horse is a denialist who continues to deny that the virus is serious. we will be prepared. there are some situations where the federal government for some reason turns its back on sao

paulo. >> reporter: the k0e6d 19 payments extended to the end of the year. and his knave at this time, may be winning. matt rivers, cnn. millions of californians are roasting right now under a historic heat wave. how they are coping with temperatures well alove 100 degrees farhrenheit and managin a pandemic. needles.

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more than 12,000 firefighters on the lines right now in california, balat battli almost 2 two dozen fires. is near the city of fresno. more than a million acres have burned in the state since wildfires broke out there in mid august. residents are told now to shelter in place. california also facing the greatest number of coronavirus cases making it difficult to operate shelter for evacuees. and making matters worse, california facing an extreme heat wave now as temperatures in

spots saw well past 100 degrees fahrenheit. more than 150 million people are in excessive heat alert. the forecast is to reach 110 degrees in the holiday weekend, and officials are warning they may have to ration electricity as everyone tries to cool down and turns on the air conditioner. among those flocking to the beach. >> reporter: this wound up being a supreme test. beat the heat and try to be socially distant and safe in the middle of the pandemic. and if you look to the people that flack to manhattan beach, we saw temperatures 114, 115, more than that. the rule on manhattan beach, is wear your mask. we saw a lot of people on the peer who were adhering to the

mask wearing rule. >> i see a lot of people here they are wearing a mask. it's a public shaming f you don't. but it's pretty ease. at least in l.a. it is. >> people are just sort of doing whatever it is they have to to get by. i think that what is being asked of us isn't too extreme. if this is with we need to do only out and enjoy this, why not? >> reporter: the beach is cooler, inland, interesting pressures, burbank banning hiking on hiking trails after two rescues and the national weather service saying this is a potentially deadly heat wave, warning people to get pets out of cars, and saying people need to hiydrate. this is just a rare event whips through southern california and causing misery on different fronts. reporting from manhattan beach,

back to you. all right, let's bring in meteorologist derek van damme. what are you seeing there? >> michael, this is heat we would experience normally in the middle of july. we're talking about the early parts of self-heptember here, a that has concerned authorities and the utility companies as well. they understand with triple digit heat is a spike in energy demand, and they are not there to keep the lights on. so the potential for blackouts are going to economist through the popular holiday weekend. high pressure is associated with sinking air or subsidence that suppresses cloud cover, brings out sunshine and amplifies the temperatures, and in los angeles, over 100 degrees. we have a potential to set nearly 80 maximum record high

low temperatures, and record high throw the weekend. we have excessive heat warnings in much of the west, the majority of california, nevada, parts of arizona and you have low humidity in extremely heat. tinderbox conditions continue. we know the fires that started in california mid august, and unfortunately, we do anticipate more fires to develop. let me take to you one. this is the creek fire. we have been monitoring the situation because of the explosive growth, the nature of the fire. look at this incredible smoke cloud billowing high in the atmosphere the start of late friday. it expected over 36,000 acres late saturday morning. this is in madeira county. and you can see the spike associated with the fire. it's located near the mammoth

pools just north of shaver lake. what is concerning this is a popular recreation site. lots of campers, rvers seek relief this time of year. there is a reservoir there that people bathe in, and according to the local madeira county sheriff's post there were over 150 campers shelters in place during this fire that exploded in growth in the past 24 hours and they had to ride thout fire. because the exit to safety was blocked because of the wildfire encroaching on their area, you can see how mountainous this is. it travels quickly uphills and it blocked the exit route for the campers. and the fire dangers, it's a dire decision, and we know that

sire season is due to climate change, continues to expand. >> what are we doing it about it, derek, thanks very much. let's take a look, closer look at a hot button issue in many states, president trump's often repeated claim that joe biden wants to do away with flacking, the process of extracting oil or natural gas. it's controversial and he says president trump's claim isn't true. cnn checked out who's right. >> i am not banning fracking. let me say it again. i am not ban fracking. >> reporter: that is the truth based on what democratic candidate joe biden said about the controversial method of retrieving oil and gas far under ground. and this is not. >> biden, he wants to end fracking. >> we would work it out.

>> reporter: yet, president trump and his supporters hammer away with misleading statements and ads. insisting he wants to shutdown fracking. >> joe biden doesn't make sense for pennsylvania jobs. >> reporter: where did the confusion begin? a democratic debate where bernie sanders says -- >> it's insane we have fraccing in america, and biden afeared to -- no more, no new fracking. >> biden's camp insists each time he has been caught opposing frac, he is really saying what he has been saying all along. he is against all new permits for frarking on federal land and he would like to move away from fossil fuels. he says he has no plans to shut down existing fracking operations and drilling on private land can continue. and several key states, fracking jobs have become a political hot

potato, that means he will finish off fracking. >> oklahoma, north dakota, new mexico, going to be a disaster, ohio, pennsylvania, disaster no fracking. >> reporter: and biden keeping calling him on it. >> i am not banning fracking, no many time donald trump lies about me. >> that is tom foreman reporting there. we will take a break here on the program. when we come back, students on college campuses all around the u.s., and so too are coronavirus. how colleges are coping next. it's inviting those geese over for target practice. today, let's stain. and right now, get incredible savings on behr premium paints and stains. exclusively at the home depot. i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the team building the most powerful 5g experience for america.

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welcome back. i'm michael holmes. you're watching cnn. schools are younger students having to adapt to the new reality, coronavirus. not only is covid putting them at risk. but as we're about to show you, in spain, it's also highlighting the many inequalities between state and private education. here is more of that. >> the british council of madrid is hammering out facilities to meet covid-19 guidelines. head of school mercedes fernandez shows us the new cafeteria extension. in-door outdoor areas, and the playground is now a rainbow colored lab rith of dividers to

keep classes in a bubble, she ordered six mobile classrooms like this to arrive before school starts. >> the beautiful weather gives us the option of learning in different spaces. >> reporter: the school has already hired more teachers, school minders and nurses. but there is a stark difference between madrid's provide schools and the public schools across time. the virus is spreading forecastest in the poorest areas of madrid. but public schools don't have the resources to add more space, more classes or teachers. government has finally promised to fast track for funds. but little of that will be ready in a few days time. >> reporter: in august, they earmarked covid-19 measures to

perhaps to hire new teaches. the national parents association is angry it took so long. this woman has four kids of her own and one computer they fought over in the peak of the pandemic. her school needs four more teachers whose budget is yet to be improved. public schools can go back online lagging far behind their wealthy peering. what is absolutely necessary, she says, is financial investment. teachers need to be hired now from day one, not weeks and weeks of waiting, and a screen does not substitute for school. two schools, worlds apart. for spain's youngest, covid-19 threatens to widen that gap even more. cnn, madrid. northeastern university has

suspended 11 students for the semester. they were caught gearthing together in one room. the university warned it would take a hard line on covid-19 violations and it's doing so. the students will not have their tuition, $36,000, refunded. and nine off cam does sororities and fraternities must quarantine. more on hour colleges are coping with the virus. >> i'm in a dream and not in a good way. >> reporter: opportunities across the opportunity return to college campuses there is more on their minds. >> it doesn't feel like school. it doesn't feel real. >> this is not how i imagined.

>> diagnosed with covid in the last 90 days. >> reporter: like everything else in 2020, a day in a life of a college student feels different in a pandemic. >> we are putting trust trust in us. we have our best program in place to make the campus a safe place. >> the university of georgia, dorm life is unconventional. >> we have aun signed showers, toilets. >> social opportunities on campus are limited with virtual learning, but uga is holding some in-person classes, with processers behind plexiglas. >> i am absolutely teaching in person. >> what is it like? >> to me, it's great to be in the classroom. >> reporter: joe watson jr. was elated to get back to what he called a sense of normalcy. >> i was comfortable when i saw the level of precautions that

the university was taking. >> but that is not the case for everyone. in a scathing opinion problem, four of the university's called uga's plan inadequate and the testing puts them in grave danger. >> we very very good having them back on camp. >> the uga medical campus dean is helping to lead the covid response. >> we wanted to put in plasometg that was effective. we wanted a fast turn around. >> reporter: to make it happen, uga set up their own coronavirus testing lab on cam does at the renowned vet school. >> i think we struck a nice balance, right now it only has the able 2i to do about 500 free tests each day for asymptomatic

students and faculty. >> reporter: colleges are getting a crash course. university of alabama students had had to have a negative test. but more than 1200 students tested positive. after brief in-person classes, the university of north carolina and temple university switched back to online in outbreaks. >> we have 32,000 here in athens in off campus. that is a challenge. >> diane gallagher, cnn, athens georgia. earlier, i spoke with infectio infectio infectious disease expert who said it'ser ve responsible for colleges to open at all. and i asked her what should happen new that many campuses

are open. >> there are colleges that have reopened that can thought send the students home. they have to test. they have to have contract tracing in place, having a gps system in place on the student's phones where they can track the students, not only on campus but off campus, that is where it's happening. outside the dorm room setting where they are socializing, partying, doing exactly what you or i would do when we were 18 to 22 years old. we were socializing, that is where the virus thrives and what the virus needs to do, they need to really take accountability for taking care of these students. >> one thing i want to touch on, we talked a lot about lack of a national strategy when it comes to coronavirus across the board. there is still not a national

strategy or guidance for schools. and that leaving them pretty ill equipped. >> that is right. there is not a national strategy for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic, and that is something that has to bh implemented. we have seen other counts with strategies in place and they have succeeded in opening up colleges and preventing outbreaks from happening. but i want to take a step back and say to contain the virus, in a college setting, we have to contain the virus in the u.s. the u.s. is a number one hot 13 spot for the pandemic. unless we have a grasp on it in the u.s., there is no way that we can have 18-year-old children to follow the policy. >> you touched on it earlier.

it is an important point. younger people do better than older people, and particularly others that deal with the virus. but the risk is when the young people head home and who they might give it to. >> correct. that is where there is a risk. they go back to the community setting and they are going to cause an outbreak in the community setting they came from. they are asymptomatic. they are harboring the virus, and they made signs and symptoms before they came back to the community. at that point, they have already come in contact with so many individuals. they put their family members at risk. they put their communities they're from at risk. and it's just a bad situation. >> and it is, i mean, it goes back to what we talked about before. the lack of a national strategy. other colleges have

minilackdowns, stay in the dorm. but there is no overview of recommendation. in a broader sense, what can they do to control an outbreak, or, as you said, i'm the father of two college kids, how do you control the behaviors of people who will do what they will do as college students? >> i think you have to create a safe zone for the students. the students want to feel they are in a safe space where they can be open about whether they have the virus and whether they have been exposed and not have measures put in place as you have seen in northeastern university where 11 first year students have been -- have been dismissed and the tuition that they have to forfeit. and you know, that is something that first of all has to be put in place, is a safe zone for

students. has to be testing in place. there has to be contract tracing, and there's measures to really quarantine the students. what i mean, there has to be dorm room settings set aside for the students that have tested covid positive and those students which have been exposed to covid as well. >> the president bushed hard for colleges to reopen. he wants colleges to be playing football. you know, do you think that is harm -- you're a medical professional. do you think from a medical professional's debut, do you think it impacted this? >> i think it has. and that is why you are seeing such a juxtaposition, and it goes back to there being a national uniform -- and really, and handling the virus, and

there is political pressure and that unfortunately has put innocent students at risk and their loved ones at risk as well. where they have gone back to the commune stip ties and spread their virus. college is a never ending festival of a superspreader event. that is what we are going to see. >> doctor, i appreciate your time. thanks very much. >> when we will l take a break. when we come back, president kanye west? that is not going to happen. he could have an impact in the election in november. we'll explain. and get two new lines of unlimited for only $90 and get 2 iphone 11's or 2 iphone 11 pro's on us. all on t-mobile's most powerful signal that goes farther than ever before. hurry into t-mobile now and get two iphone 11' s

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president trump talks a lot about the swamp in washington. but some supporters will be talking about the lake in texas for a while. several boats taking part in a pro trump parade on lake travis

either took on water or actually sank to the bottom in saturday's event. authorities say the problems began when bigger boats created choppy waters and that swamped the smaller boats. no reports of any injuries. it's not looking like can way west will take will take trump's place in november but he could have an effect on who wins in november. >> reporter: despite his predictions, he only made the ballot in 11 states. missing so many others, he can't mathematically win. yet across the country, they are bolstering his bid that will skim off support of joe bide sbhn get trump re-elected. >> i think that they are using

can way to diminish bind's votes. >> reporter: they they that they are shame ms in light of west's diagnosis with bipolar disorder. >> it's really sad and we wish c kanye the best to get his health under control. >> i'm not running for president. i'm walking. >> reporter: still, republicans are turning up to help west. gop app operatives believed thed the best effort. and a woman dropped off snag churs for him to get on the ballot wisconsin. and help the voters decide is letting let collect snag churs in 350 30 states, and represent sif for the country says any

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the illusionist and stupt performer david blaine has pulled a new feat titled ascension. jeanne moos explains how he managed to soar miles into the sky holding onto a bunch of balloons. >> reporter: it's one thing to hold a balloon. it's another to let them hold you. >> wow, that is amazing. >> reporter: suspended from around 52 helium balloons over arizona david blaine is known for submerging himself, starving himself, hanging upside down. his latest stunt performed live on youtube seems so simple.

>> i'm going to hold a bunch of balloons and become a little dot in the sky. >> reporter: with his 9-year-old daughter dessa crossing her fingers for dad and he's off on a flight that lasted just under an hour. to climb blaine simply dropped weights to lighten the load. >> clear to drop. they got eyes on it. >> reporter: seconds later up he goes. he's not checking his watch. he's checking his altitude. >> i'm at 5150. >> reporter: you mean he's up there dangling from balloons without a chute? he then puts it on. blaine said he was inspired when his mom took him to see the 1956 film "the red balloon" as a kid. in the movie balloons can hoist a house, but a human needs to check oxygen levels to guard

against hypoxia. he was coherent with his daughter. >> how are you? >> amazing. like magic. >> reporter: by their second chat he took big breaths. at 21,000 feet he was wearing an oxygen mask, but the breathtaking part was the release at 24,900 feet, almost 5 miles up at around 7,000 feet he opened his chute. his main worry -- >> are their power lines? >> reporter: but the touch down was perfect. the stunt was reminiscent of a time a canadian guy went soaring in a plastic lawn chair to advertise a cleaning business. but he ended up in the arms of

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