angry denials. president trump strongly pushes back on the damning report in "the atlantic" been cnn has startling new information on that story. plus, race tensions. protests erupt across the u.s. demanding change. we'll look at how it could impact your presidential election. and tourism in the face of a

pandemic. local businesses in hawaii say they may not survive long enough to see guests return. businesses fear the worst. welcome to you, our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." now we will have those stories in a moment, but first we're following breaking news out of the u.k. police in birmingham, england, have declared a major incident after reports that several people have been stabbed. police say they're not speculating at this point on the cause of the incident and details are scarce at the moment. we don't know how many people have been injured or how serious the injuries are. west midland's police say emergency services are on the

scene and we will have more details as they become available so stay with us for that. cnn and other news organizations have now confirmed some of the shocking allegations in "the atlantic" magazine that president trump privately denigrated war dead in a trip to paris. the president and his allies have insisted the case is false but a former official said president trump spoke in crude and derogatory terms. and another source says the president, who received multiple deferments from military service, has also questioned the service of vietnam veterans and suggested they didn't know how to avoid the draft. we have more from cnn's jeremy diamond at the white house. >> reporter: well, the white house is still reeling from this report in "the atlantic" mag a sheen that president trump referred to american soldiers who lost their lives in a critical battle in world war i

as losers and suckers as he was deciding not to attend a ceremony at a cemetery where some of the war dead were buried. now jim acosta has found that the president did, indeed, refer to the american war dead in crude and derogatory terms. now of course president trump and the white house have vehemently denied this story insisting that the president has the utmost respect for veterans and service members. the president saying even what kind of animal would refer to dead american service members in such a fashion but nonetheless, now a former senior administration official confirming to cnn that the president did, indeed, make those comments. another source familiar with some of the president's remarks has told cnn the president has repeatedly questioned were vietnam war veterans would have served in that war, suggesting that those service members did not know how to get out of the draft, how to work the system

much in the way that the president himself did. we know that president trump received multiple educational deferments to avoid serving in the vietnam war and he also ultimately received a medical deferment after he got a doctor's note claiming that the president had bone spurs making him ineligible for military service. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> james clapper, the former director of national intelligence under president obama has been a frequent and harsh critic of president trump. he's also a retired three star general in the u.s. air force who served two tours of duty during the vietnam war. here's what clapper had to say about these allegations. >> insulting. it really is. it never occurred to me, you know, to try to avoid it. in fact, i sought duty in vietnam because i thought it was the right thing to do as a professional air force officer.

so i went, served, went back for another term. i'm certainly no exception and i had the good fortune that i wasn't -- obviously wasn't killed and -- or wounded, unlike so many others. you know, i just can't help but think of the families of those who lost their lives, paid the ultimate price for their service in vietnam, and then to hear that from the commander in chief is very, very troubling. there were more demonstrations in the u.s. on saturday against the police killings of black americans. activists marched outside churchill downs racetrack during saturday's running of the kentucky derby. protesters aimed to shift attention from america's most famous horse race to her case.

they say they'll keep up the fight for justice. >> we're tired of what we are seeing here in louisville, kentucky. it seems as though everyone wants us to move on, and what black people are saying, what our allies are saying is that we will not move on. we want justice for breonna taylor. we want those officers indicted. we want the mayor to have accountability. we want there to be exposure that there have been 100 days of protesting. the first two days were difficult days. 98 days have been peaceful. >> now while the protests were largely peaceful, some came armed and police say they had to separate two groups when protesters and counter protesters were yelling and screaming. protesters thought their messages got through. >> reporter: well, the

demonstration ended where it began, at a park just about a mile away from churchill downs. at one point their numbers were in the thousands as they got to churchill downs, marched around the perimeter. then as the race got underway, they stood, they shouted, they voiced all of their concerns, voiced their message which is trying to get justice for breonna taylor. there were some concerns about whether or not this protest would be peaceful, whether or not it would be non-violent. we spoke to one of the organizers who said this was a protest that went off just the way it should have. >> me talking to you right now was a part of our plan. 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 doing, what the mayor is doing. we want justice for breonna taylor. while that race was going on, people were forced to pay attention to what was going on outside of churchill downs, and we did so non-violently but we're going to continue to do

this. >> reporter: the derby ran without fans so you didn't have the thousands upon thousands of fans who would normally be at the derby but no matter to the demonstrators who feel their point still got across, which is to make sure that they are not going to let up on the demonstrations until they see justice for breonna taylor. jason carroll, cnn, louisville, kentucky. police in portland, oregon, have declared a riot during the 100th straight night of protests in the city. police accused the protesters of throwing molotov cocktails and engaging in violent conduct. authorities are warning people to disburse. portland has become an epicenter against the movement of police brutality. another night of unrest is gripping the city of rochester, new york. >> since you refuse to leave the roadway you will be placed under arrest.

>> after hours of peaceful protests, demonstrators and law enforcement clashed for a fourth straight night. police deployed pepper balls and tear gas on the crowd. thousands flooded the streets demanding accountability for daniel prude, a black man who died in police custody back in march. on friday night, three officers were injured and 11 arrested in what police declared was a riot. all of this comes as the new york attorney general announced that her office will call a grand jury to investigate the death of daniel prude. paolo sandoval has more on this from rochester. >> reporter: it was a fourth night of protests here in rochester, new york. peaceful demonstrators returning to the very neighborhood where daniel prude encountered police with the message demanding justice and word spreading very quickly among members about the attorney general's announcement that she will be empaneling a grand jury. that could mean criminal

charges. speaking to many of the community members believe this is a step in the right direction. they also believe this is a right start. >> i think it's absolutely a step in the right direction. i think it's what the community wants. me for my own personal perspective, i think it's unambiguously murder. i'm happy to hear it's going to be expedited, she's taking a lead role and we're going to have justice. >> reporter: local officials reacting to county officials saying we have all been left with too many questions and not enough answers. attorney general leticia james says she will move to have a grand jury. as for the seven rochester police officers, they remain suspended by the city of rochester. paolo sandoval, cnn, rochester, new york. much more ahead here on cnn

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coronavirus deaths in the united states now top 188,000 with more than 6.2 million infections according to johns hopkins. as you can see from this map here, cases are still rising in 17 states and they're only falling in 14. now while hopes are growing for a vaccine that can end this pandemic, at least three pharmaceutical companies have made an unusual joint pledge. they won't seek approval for any treatment unless it has been proven to be safe and effective. according to "the wall street journal," pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson signed the pledge aimed at calming worries for an early vaccine. will americans trust a treatment that seems rushed to the market. they ask kamala harris about

that very question. >> do you trust that in the situation where we're in now that the public health experts and the scientists will get the last word on the efficacy of a vaccine? >> if past is prologue, they will not. they will be muzzled, suppressed, they will be side lined. he's looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days and he's grasping for whatever he can get to pretend that he's been a leader on this issue when he's not. >> reporter: let's just say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed 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 efficacy and the reliability of whatever he's talking about. i will not take his word for it.

>> you can watch that entire interview with democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris is on today's "state of the union" at 10:00 in the morning and 2 p.m. in london and 9 sunday evening in hong kong. if millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic, many americans are desperate for help, but there are very few options. the u.s. congress returns this week and will resume discussions on a new aid package but the same divisions remain. meanwhile, real people feel like their lives are hanging by a thread. >> reporter: on the streets of harlem signs of business on life support. >> it's been like a ghost town out here. >> reporter: tammy treadwell is out with her food cart after five months off the street. >> harlem seafood soul.

>> reporter: what got you back out here on the street again? >> needing to feed my family. >> reporter: months into the pandemic, millions are still out of work and more than 100,000 small businesses have closed. treadwell said she applied for grants from the city and a ppp loan but hasn't received either. >> responses that i've gotten is is that there isn't enough money or try back again, maybe some additional funding will become available or you just don't hear anything back at all. >> reporter: but even with the ppp loan, for some it didn't go far. >> as it was designed, we ran out of that money a little bit longer than eight weeks it lasted but, still, we are way past that eight-week point. >> reporter: louisa santos opened lulu's ice cream and she immigrated for the american dream. now she's cutting her salary to keep her employees on part time and she's hoping congress will

pass a third stimulus bill for small business. >> we are not in a good place in our economy and what we need is support to get through the rough times. >> reporter: but the u.s. jobs recovery is stalling. less than 50% of the 22 million jobs lost in march and april are back online. more than a million people have filed for unemployment each week except one since mid march and the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits have expired. >> i'm behind in my rent like everybody else. we're food insecure like everybody else. >> reporter: still, some parts of the u.s. economy are thriving. u.s. tech companies have recovered and then some. the top five in the u.s. are now worth a collective $7 trillion but there's a disconnect between wall street and main street. while stocks are hitting records, up to 40 million americans could face eviction by the end of the year without a

new stimulus bill. >> if you leave us out, we're going to have barron streets. the economy is not going to get back up and running because we are the life blood of main street america. >> reporter: the pandemic is also exposing a harsh reality for women of color. the highest rate of unemployment is among latina workers. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: and black women in jobs deemed essential to covid-19 recovery make up to 27% less than white men. >> we are being affected more significantly than other business owners, and we need that support. >> i know for a fact as a black woman that there has been a socially distanced economic disadvantage for us for as long as i can remember. please, think about the street vendors who are out here just trying to make a good, honest living. >> reporter: this is why a

stimulus bill is so critical, because it can help with the economy. it can give money to small businesses and when you put money into the hands of everyday americans, they're more likely to spend and that helps stimulate the economy and provide more jobs. vanessa yurkavich, cnn, new york. like so many places, hawaii is struggling during the pandemic. its economy relies on travel and tourism so the state has been especially hard hit. the university of hawaii's economic organization has been tracking the impact on businesses, and recent research found between 6 and 15% of local businesses may have to close permanently. an earlier study determined the state's economy might not return to pre-covid levels until 2029. 900 businesses on the island of oahu have closed either

temporarily or permanently. to discuss this we'd like to bring in sherry mcnamara, who's the president and ceo of the chamber of commerce hawaii. she joins us now live from honolulu. thank you very much for being here with us. those statistics we cited you there -- >> hello. thank you for having me there. >> yeah. thank you for coming. the kauai chamber of commerce reported that more than 1/3 of kauai businesses could fail within the next six months. how bad is the situation across the state? we are having a bit of a delay. >> the states that have the lowest -- yes. it's okay. hawaii experienced one of the lowest unemployment rate in the nation pre-covid. as soon as covid hit our state

it went up to one of the highest in the nation leaving more than 200,000 people unemployed almost overnight. so as you can imagine, it's been having a devastating impact on our economy. we did partner with hero on a couple of surveys, and the most recent survey showed that 75% of businesses had to either cut positions or make other reductions. one in six businesses said that they cannot survive covid and about 40% said that they cannot reopen until tourism renoeps hawaii. >> wow. now there was a first shutdown, now a second shutdown in oahu. i imagine many business owners and the employees who rely on those paychecks fear if the first shutdown didn't bankrupt them, the second one will. >> right.

unfortunately, we're forced to have a second shutdown due to the cases. as you can imagine, many small businesses, local businesses were on their last life line before the second shutdown and so they have already been in a dire situation and with this second shutdown took place with only two days' notice, can't imagine how they're going to get out of this. that's what we're worried about. having our local businesses go away and changing the fabric and livelihood of our communities. >> what about the federal programs that were supposed to help like the paycheck protection program, loans meant specifically to help small businesses. is any of that help getting to hawaii? >> we received about $2 billion so it did help many of our businesses in hawaii, but like many businesses across the nation, they spent those ppp

monies based on the original deadline so many have run out of money and without additional federal support, as well as state support, unfortunately i don't think many of these businesses will be able to survive. hawaii does rely on the tourism industry. it is our number one economic driver, and so if tourism doesn't reopen for us, then we will see second wave of businesses shutting down. not only those directly impacted for the accommodations, et cetera, but a lot more that goes along the supply chain that supports tourism collectively. >> you mentioned you need more help from the state and the federal government. we know the state is facing record short falls. they're asking for more money from the federal government. all of that stuck in congress, that must be frustrating when every day you see businesses wondering if they have enough money to last another day.

>> absolutely, kim. we've been hearing the stories every day. we get phone calls on a regular basis from small business owners wondering what else can they do to keep their doors open. so it's definitely had a devastating economic impact. they're in a dire situation. we need to do what we can to support our businesses to sustain their operations during this most challenging time, and that's why it's so critical that we receive federal support. again, on a state level as well providing financial relief temporarily to keep jobs in place, keep people employed during this time. >> all right. well, listen, we wish you the best of luck during this very difficult time. thank you very much for coming on and talking to us. sherry mcnamara in honolulu. we appreciate it.

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the holiday weekend is being marked in part by calls for racial justice all over the u.s. in louisville, kentucky, protesters took their case to america's most prestigious race, the kentucky derby. they were hoping to bring attention to breonna taylor. in portland, oregon, police are

calling the 100th night of protests there a riot saying demonstrators were throwing molotov cocktails. police deployed tear gas in rochester, new york. but as the november presidential election approaches, president donald trump has criticized the unrest calling it domestic terror portraying himself as the only candidate who can restore the peace. >> i am your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters. when you enforce the law, order follows. we need order. these are not acts of peaceful protests but really domestic terror. >> for more now on how this is playing into the race for the white house, let's bring in natasha lindstadt who is from the university of essex. thank you for coming on to speak

about this. the president's re-election campaign is relying on creating anxiety about urban unrest. does the violence that we're seeing have the transitive properties he's hoping for, that the blame for the violence in democratic cities will fall indirectly on biden instead of himself as president in the here and now? >> i think there's an interesting thing going on here. when we look at some of the most recent polls on how well trump is handling the protests, how he's handling race relations and whether or not racism is a problem, on the one hand he's actually not doing very well on these questions. there are more americans that think he's not doing a good job, that he's not making the situation better. in fact, only 13% of americans according to a recent ipsos poll say his rhetoric is helping others. the poll asked a number of questions whether or not he's able to make you feel safe, make

the country feel safer and biden scored better on every single question compared to trump, but we're also seeing a recent cnn poll that indicated that more republicans feel that racism isn't that big a problem as it was in june and more republicans approve of the way trump is handling the situation. i think it's also important to note that if trump is able to make the election about protests, about violence, about unrest, about chaos in our cities, that's going to be a lot better for him in the 2020 election than if the focus is on covid, on the economy, on this recent story about denigrating people who served in battle. so he really wants the narrative of this election to be that the country is so unsafe right now. if joe biden takes over it's going to make it worse and the democratic leaders and governors are the problem and that he is the only one who can resolve it.

>> yeah. and, you know, trump at least seems to be moving the needle in terms of voters' concerns. law and order steams have risen quite dramatically in terms of the rankings of people's concerns compared to 2016 and then, you know, people's favorable views of black lives matter movement. that's dropped significantly since june. so i wonder if painting joe biden as a captive to the violence-loving left, you know, joe biden condemned the violence on both sides, i'm wondering, is it worth the capital for biden to distance himself further from all of this violence or is that just basically a waste of time? >> i think biden does need to keep coming in and urging community and trying to project an image of strength, trying to appear presidential and trying to convey to the american public

that he is the leader that can heal the nation and that it's important for our morality that has been lost under trump and that the country has become increasingly polarized and that we need a leader who can come in with messages of immunity versus messages of division. he doesn't want to focus on this so much on the other things that democratic want to be emphasizing, which is the covid-19 situation, of course, and the economy and how democrats feel that they can get the country out of this mess rather than trump. >> do you think -- you cited some of those polls. is that reflective of the fact that the president might be paying a price for being so clear about stating that a rise in urban violence basically translates into more votes for him as he had an incentive to help stoke unrest rather than resolve it? >> i mean, i don't think it's

going to be a winning strategy for him, however, this is the only strategy that he has had. he has come into the election in 2016, came into the campaign really trying to stoke fires, to create divisions, to sew chaos and that worked. he just barely won in 2016 and it was really by very small margins in some of these states in the midwest that he was able to pull out a victory. he's convinced that he needs to remain loyal to his base, continue to stoke the fire because it does resonate really well with the base. what he thinks can happen is you can ensure with the voter turnout amongst the base and he can suppress voter turnout. >> beyond that, i wonder if there's a power in images, we're showing images now, the power of images that transcends rhetoric,

white suburban voters with the idea of being screamed at by black lives matter protestors trying to lead with their family. do you think these images will have a visceral power to change minds in the way the political discourse can? >> the question is whether it has the potential to change minds of the people who are undecided. i think it only strengthens the feelings of those in the base. they definitely have to get out and vote, things are getting worse and trump is their only sa saviour. those who lean republican, they're questioning whether or not these movements and protests have gotten out of control and whether or not the democrats are going to respond strongly enough to that. but i don't think that's going to be enough to swing the election for republicans. they're going to have to offer something else besides fear tactics. >> very interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks. thank you so much for joining

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what you're seeing there is typhoon haishen battering parts of southwestern japan. this was the scene a bit earlier. winds have topped 120 miles an hour. that's close to 200 kilometers per hour and equivalent to a category 3 hurricane. officials are worried residents won't evacuate because of coronavirus. this is the third major storm to

hit the reasonable gone in less than two weeks. joining us is james reynolds, a storm chaser who took the videos there. he joins us on the phone. james, i mean, those pictures are terrifying. what was it like to be out there in that? what are conditions like now? >> yeah, it's been a really wild day here on the island from basically when the sun came up to around 1:00 in the afternoon. it was just full on wind and rain off the ocean. i'm glad to report that over the last couple of hours conditions have really improved. the storm is moving off. really the worst of it is over for us now. >> that's good to hear. but, you know, i guess where it's going, weather experts are saying some areas are expecting winds strong enough to topple homes, rain so fierce it would be like pouring buckets of water over your head. tell me how people are reacting to the warnings and how covid might be complicating the evacuations.

>> yeah. this is like the -- absolutely the worst year for anyone to be hit by hurricanes or typhoons with the whole covid situation, what i've noticed in this typhoon, versus previous ones, people are taking it seriously. there was way more preparation going on on this island than i've seen before. many locals seem to be evacuating to hotels. i don't know if they're choosing hotels over evacuation centers. this is something i've never seen before with an approaching typhoon in japan. >> thank you so much for those pictures and for the information. james reynolds, we appreciate it. we're going to bring in meteorologist derek van dam. derek, you've been tracking this powerful storm. tell us where is it headed and how bad will it be? >> yeah. this storm is absolutely massive, kim. it stretches nearly 4,000

kilometers from north to south, and it is making landfall as we speak right over some of the northern islands and it has its eye set really on the western fringes. where james is currently located, it's called the ama amani ishima island. the eye wall is the strongest part of a hurricane or typhoon. he did not take the eye. it is 110 miles per hour, that makes it equivalent to a category 2 atlantic hurricane. there are some weakening trends that continue to be noted within some of the satellite imagery. joint typhoon warning center has a weakening storm as it approaches the southern portions of south carolina here within the next 24 hours. 80 mile per hour storm is forecast with this storm as well. lots of wind associated with it as the storm moves through

riacue but it really will be a weakening storm by the time it reaches boussan. the fifth largest port and you can see the winds associated with that as well. lots to talk about and plenty of connectivity in the winds across the entire planet. this typhoon is influencing the weather. it's amplifying ridges and creating the wave patterns that create heat over the western u.s. unfortunately we've had very little rain throughout the course of the summer and that's set off tinder box conditions leading to explosive growth in the forest fires that have been ongoing in the state of california. also putting in some pressure on the electricity grid with pg&e warning if people don't conserve electricity, they will be subject to rolling blackouts. you're looking at video right now coming out of the creek fire in ma deer dera county.

this hiking trip cut short. look at this incredible footage of these individuals being led out of the creek fire leading them to safety. you can hear some of the dialogue going on in the background. very tense moments for those hikers to say the least. this is new video coming into cnn. look at how close the flames come to this particular vehicle. you can imagine just being able to feel the heat from this particular fire. so there are over 80 large active fires that we're monitoring over the western u.s. many of them concentrated across california, the second and third largest fires burning as we speak right now in the state of california's history. so much to talk about across the world. kim, we'll send it back to you in the meantime. >> thank you so much. derek van dam, appreciate it. turning to india now where health officials are alarmed as the number of covid-19 cases has surpassed 4 million. the country reported its highest

single day total sunday, more than 90,000 new cases. we have more from new delhi. >> reporter: congested streets, crowded markets. india's exponential increase in covid-19 numbers has done little to deter people from venturing out. >> people thought that once the numbers started to go down this was it. they had won the war and everybody was out and everybody was out there without wearing a mask, without any social distancing, without any sanitizer. basically just gay abandon. >> reporter: while it took them 5 1/2 months to surpass 1 million cases, it's taken the country just 30 days to add 3 million. one of the reasons for aggressive surge is aggressive testing. they will reach a million a day.

>> 1 million tests a day. we are much before the pandemic. >> reporter: a significant increase in caseload has been reported from rural areas where the public health care system remains extremely poor and lean. >> the pandemic is spreading in the rural area. it is mainly affecting the seven states of this country wheich ae responsible for 75% of the cases. >> reporter: there is a fatality and high recovery rates to explain the numbers. the medical experts say this has made people complacent. >> i think it's because of the mixed messaging. we are not telling people exactly what is going on. we are giving them half truths about recovery but not telling the exact gravity of the situation. >> forced economic lockdowns

have led the government to relax restrictions. malls, restaurants and temples already re-opened, subway trains will be back on track for monday. another possible hazard in the times of covid. with the fastest growing caseload in the world, india is on track to surpass brazil's numbers and could soon be second only to the u.s. in covid-19 cases. cnn, new delhi. and we'll be back after this short break. please do stay with us. room odor try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days.

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they ran the 146th edition of the kentucky derby saturday without fans in the stands, and as the local newspaper stated, yes, this was weird. it seemed to carry through to the horses. thousand words flipped in the paddock before the race. the horse was okay but wouldn't be able to take part in the derby. this year's run for the roses belonged to authentic which pulled off a major upset. if you've ever seen the movie "up" then maybe you've dreamt of being able to fly off

with hundreds of colorful balloons carrying you off. but for david blaine, illusionist known for his death-defying stunts, that isn't a fantasy. jeanne moos reports on his spectacular stunt. >> 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. >> just relax. we've got you. >> reporter: starving himself, hanging upside down. >> this is your view of the world now. >> reporter: 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 desa crossing her fingers for dad and after handing off a wave, he's off. >> love you. >> reporter: on a flight that

lasted just under an hour. to climb blaine dropped weights. >> clear to drop. >> reporter: seconds later up he goes. he's not checking his watch, he's checking his altitude. >> i'm at 5150. can i put the parachute on. >> reporter: then he's up there dangling without a parachute. then puts it on. he was inspired when his mom took him to see "the red balloon" in movies they can hoist a house but a human needs to check oxygen levels to guard against hypoxia. >> still perfectly coherent. >> reporter: he was coherent with his daughter. >> how are you? >> amazing. it's like magic. >> reporter: by their second chat. >> i've got to focus now so that's it.

>> reporter: he took big breaths. 21,000 feet he was wearing an oxygen mask but the breathtaking part was the release of 24,900 feet, almost five miles up. at around 7,000 feet he opened his chute. >> his main worry? >> are there power lines? >> reporter: but the touchdown is perfect. >> is he there? >> reporter: the stunt was reminiscent of the time a canadian guy went soaring in a plastic lawn chair but he ended up in the arms of the law while blaine ended up in the arms of his daughter. jeanne moos, cnn -- >> that was awesome! >> reporter: new york. >> no thanks. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber and i'll be back in just a moment with more news. please stay with us.

no shortage of controversy as donald trump fights to control the impact of a damning report. new allegations about derogatory remarks he reportedly made about vietnam veterans. 100 days and counting, protesters in portland vow to stand firm demanding racial justice. and we're tracking typhoon hishen as fierce winds and rain batter japan. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to you, ow viewer here in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom."