raging wildfires, record high temperatures, a power grid on the brink. california's energy crisis is boiling over. labor day weekend in full swing as they plead for social distancing trying to avoid another post holiday covid spike. a tell-all book says president trump is a blatant racist. he thinks service members are losers. will any allegation dent the president's re-election bid? live from cnn world election headquarters, welcome to you and our viewers around the world,

i'm kim brbrunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." we begin in california where record-breaking temperatures are fueling devastating wildfires. los angeles county just west of where the el dorado fire is burning recorded the highest ever temperature on sunday, 121 degrees fahrenheit. that's close to 50 degrees celsius. the climate crisis is straining the power grid forcing them to ask californians to conserve power. they lifted the power emergency. no rolling power outages are necessary. today they are expanding mandatory evacuation orders around the el dorado area.

they warned people on boats of dangerous smoke and ash. we'll show you the satellite imagery facing much of the american west. multiple major fires still burning on sunday. wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in california this year. now that's triple threat of heat, smoke, and flames is a major challenge for firefighters. cnn's paul bercamen reports from venice, california. >> reporter: another brutal weekend of fire and heat throughout california. let's begin northeast of fresno, california. the man mouth area was evacuated. they encircle campers. many in fear for their lives. a lot of them air lifted, more than 200 of them, to safety in nearby fresno. we know at least 20 were treated for injuries such as burns as

well as broken bones. one woman recounting to us the moment where she was trying to drive away from walls of flame. >> [ bleep ]. >> holy -- >> just keep going. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> just keep going. >> at the time i was on a hike with just some hazy air that became, you know, soon ash rain. we were wearing masks but it was getting harder to breathe. harder to see. i would say between the time of 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. we could see that, you know, we needed to leave immediately. i think if we had stayed just ten minutes more we might not have been so lucky. >> reporter: these fires burning throughout southern california sending a huge amount of clouds that can have their own weather. the clouds from let's say the

creek fire going way up 8, 9 miles in the air and the heat just oppressive. in los angeles county, woodland hills to be specific, we set an all-time record high for an official station, 121 degrees farp height. the concern among the firefighters in their community, there is just no rest for them. we already broke the record for most acres burned in california and we have the hot months of october and november ahead where the santa ana winds can come whipping through and cause a lot of fire danger. they are looking for some way to get some sort of break and rest from all of these flames. reporting from venice, california, i'm paul bercamen. joining us is stacy nolan. thanks so much for speaking with us on the phone. the scenes we're seeing people

trapped, daring escapes through flames. the largest wildfire-related air evacuation in recent memory. tell us what it's like on the ground there for those trying to fight the fires and save lives. >> sure, kim. thank you very much for having me this evening. we have very, very steep terrain. we have a lot of heavy, heavy timber. a lot of bark beetle area is what's been affected, which we've had not a lot of rain over the past year and there's a lot of brush and trees that are down. so that adds to the fuel and that's why we're getting the increased fire activity that we do have. >> we heard from the report just minutes ago about the heat. how is that making things worse, both from a fire propagation perspective but also for the firefighters who are trying to

combat this? >> yeah. the area that the fire is in, you know, a little higher elevation so the heat is a factor because it is hotter and dryer. this weekend we've had the higher temperatures throughout all of california and so it does help when we do have those lower temperatures. >> just where you are, we've seen evacuations. what will come next will there be more evacuations? where do you go from here? >> i can give you a new update. we had this update an hour and a half ago. we updated it to 73,280 acres with 0% containment. as far as evacuations, we have evacuation warnings and orders in now. we have two different sides of the fire we are in charge of. we have the freeze know county

side and ma deer ra county side. as of right now the county of central camp is on the madera side. >> looking at the big picture. 0% containment. we're seeing the heat is exso treem. we saw pictures of people trying to escape, some people we're told they might have to hide in the water basically. how dangerous is it for the folks out there right now? >> actually, we had our army national guard with one of their chinooks do 207 civilian rescues with two injuries and they were all taken out of an area, which is on the madera side. it's called man mouth pools. that's an area, like i said, on the other side of the river that

this has affected as well. there's very steep terrain. that's why we asked the public to leave. don't hang out. if we give a warning or evacuation, please listen to that and follow the orders that are given. >> so many people on the long weekend hoping for fun. certainly this isn't what they wanted to see. hopefully people will listen to those instructions. best of luck to you and the firefighters trying to contain this. let's bring in cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri to discuss this. california burning up in more ways than one, dealing with both fires and kiln-like heat. >> it's an impressive setup for any heat wave any time of the year. any time you're looking at temperatures close to 50 degrees celsius on the coast, that is as remarkable as it gets. a lot is heating by compression.

a lot of strong winds coming down the hill and compressing air. you think about pumping a bicycle tire. >> that is what's happening on a broad scale as all of the mountains allow them to come downhill and compress. 13 states dealing with fire weather alerts and excessive heats. we're talking about 85 million americans underneath the advisories for fire and heat. really the most impressive nature, it's impressive how rapidly it's grown. it grew 600% in size. when you factor in how hot it is, it puts in perspective how hot it is. monday, los angeles dropping off

to 33 after highs of 40. it's unusual for this time of year. also what's unusual, is the rapid change of weather. intermountain west, as much as half a foot of snow is forecast on tuesday afternoon. this comes on the heels of the heat wave that even they experienced, not only on sunday but also they will experience this afternoon on monday. now snow in the forecast. in fact, here's a seven day forecast you haven't seen very 067b. highs of 34 celsius or to the middle 90s fahrenheit dropping down close to the freezing mark tuesday with snow showers in the forecast and going right back up again in the latter portion of the week. this is the pattern we're dealing with. >> what a yo-yo. thank you very much. pedram. appreciate it. well, when it comes to

confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, india is now number two. it reported a staggering number, more than 90,000 in the last 24 hours. this brings its total case count to more than 4.2 million surpassing brazil and behind only the u.s. meanwhile, the u.k. recorded nearly 3,000 new covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period. according to government officials, it's the highest daily number since may bringing the total to 28 out 1601. these are areas where authorities have the power to apply specific restrictions, making masks mandatory outdoors. while in the u.s., health experts fear another surge in covid-19 infections as people gather for labor day celebrations. those holiday weekend celebrations that help officials worry about -- they're in full

swing and in new jersey coronavirus numbers have fallen in recent months. they want to make sure it stays that way. here's evan mcmorris santoro. this state had had six months since the first coronavirus case, six months where this state went from one of the worst stories of the pandemic to one of the best stories of the pandemic. then came this weekend. big tests of all of the games were made. murphy loosened rules on movie theaters and restaurants. i travel across the states and i ask about them sitting far apart. they felt safe. here in asbury park, the beach had a strict limit how many could be on the beach and how long. here on the boardwalk, we saw

lots of people dining. i spoke to a manager. he hopes. murphy says if these experiments fail, if he sees the numbers go back up, new jersey will shut down once again. evan mcmorris santoro, cnn, asbury park, new jersey. ahead, a new tell-all book from michael cohen. the former right hand man and attorney to president trump. the scathing new details putting him on register. india now has the second highest number of cases worldwide. more on that coming up. stay with us. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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president out to be a blatant racist. for example, after then private citizen trump's presidential kickoff announcement in 2015 cohen told him, quote, i will never get the hispanic vote. like the blacks, they're too stupid to vote for trump. they're not my people. cohen said after barack obama's historic victory in 2008 trump ranted tell me about one country that isn't run by a black person that isn't an s hole. they are all complete f'ing toilets. a bombshell article published in "the atlantic," it's not going away. >> reporter: with less than two months until election day, president trump can't seem to shake this "atlantic" article. the president reportedly referring to those fallen service members as suckers and

losers and now multiple news outlets, including cnn, have confirmed different parts of "the atlantic" story. he did refer to them in crude and disparaging terms. the push back from the white house has been tremendous. more than any other previous news story. part of that is because veins, the military are his cabinet members. >> reporter: have you ever heard the president disparage u.s. service members or veterans? >> absolutely not. i would be offended if i thought this was true. >> i think this president has enormous respect for the military and the generals. i have a he been at the tank, i've been at the pentagon with him. i've been at 9/11 with him. he respects and supports the

military. >> reporter: the president has already denied this story vehemently. his denials are complicated by the denials he claimed he was on the plane. then the second part of the denial is he never referred to senator john mcclain as a loser. we have video of him referring to him in exactly those terms. more broadly the president in 2015 had referred to john mccain as a loser and said he liked people who weren't captured. not all too dissimilar from the trip to france. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white

house. the editor in chief of "the atlantic" saying that story was just the tip of the iceberg. jeffrey goldberg defended his reporting on sunday to cnn's brian stelter and says to expect more. >> i felt it was important to publish because in my experience, our collective experience, i don't think we've had a president who has contempt for american soldiers, wounded veterans, people who have been killed in action so it is incredibly novel. it is -- it's one of the -- it's one of these things that's in a category that's shocking yet not surprising. i say not surprising to borrow your phrase open secrets. in 2012, he mocked john mccain for getting captured. that in ordinary times and

according to the rules of ordinary politics, that should have ended a candidacy. it didn't and we've been living in that reality. so i've just been fascinated by his attitude towards the military and people who provide selfless service to the country. it's not something he seems to understand very well. >> have you gone back to these sources since thursday? are some of them considering speaking publicly? >> i don't want to go into that too much. i would say i'm in conversation with a large number of people, as are other reporters, as you noted, at the top of the show. and i think there is -- horror is the right word across the national security complex to people who have devoted their carriers to protecting the united states. there is a sense of horror about

how he acts, behaves, talks. i would fully expect -- i would full ri expect more reporting to come out and more confirmation. new pieces of information in the coming days and weeks. >> ye cut funding for public schools that use materials from the 1619 project from "the new york times." the pulitzer prize winning area in the u. sms. he called it an american propaganda. a memo read in part, these types of trainings not only run counter to the fundamental believes for which our nation has stood since its inception but they also engender division and resentment within the

federal work force. well, president trump isn't alone in fighting the culture war. ted cruz is weighing in on "the princess bride." the cast is getting back together. they're planning to read the script in a live stream raise money for the democratic party. crews took to twitter slamming the event quoting liberally from the film. he said he hoped to see that perfect film reserve from hollywood politics. cruz has quoted the film on the campaign trail. see what you think of this. >> one of my favorite scenes is when private roberts is brought in, billy crystal. he's dead. he explains, he's only mostly dead. he pumps him up with a bellows, what is it you have that is so worth living for?

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. welcome back to you our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber and you're watching "cnn newsroom." coronavirus cases are spiking in india and in europe. india surpassed brazil on monday to become the country with the

second highest case count worldwide behind only the u.s. and the u.k. reported nearly 3,000 new covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period, highest daily number since may. so let's start in india. being joined from new delhi. india, second highest case count and fastest growing infection rate in the world. what's behind this? >> reporter: for the last two days we've seen more than 90,000 infections on a daily basis. if you just multiply that -- >> i think we've lost her there. we might try to get her back a little bit later. 6 the director of the center disease dynamics, economics and policy. he joins us from new delhi. thank you so much for being with us. you wrote back in martha

essentially india could only delay the virus. you likened it to a train that could only be slowed but not stopped but did you expect the country to be where it is now, the fastest growing infection rate in the world? >> so, kim, india's a large country as verika explained. to some extent there was the lowest rate of testing 234 the world. the numbers indicate that we under count between 50 and 100 -- a factor of 50 and 100. india is already above 100 million true infections. those surveys point out that probably 20% of indians are

infect infected. >> but at the same time india did try its best. you can't stop yet. >> the lockdown did work but it couldn't be stopped. some critics say that early on the government focused too much on health care infrastructure, things like building ventilato s ventilators, intensive care units rather than public health security, social distancing, is that fair? to some period you did that years ago or you can't. things like oxygen flow cylinders, they can be done. you can't buy a critical care doctor in two months.

you train them 30 years ago or you don't have one. what india is paying for, decades of public health neglect. >> thank you so much, roman laxminarayan. thank you for coming on the program and talking to us. >> thanks for having us. let's go with the situation in europe to cnn's scott mcclain in london. scott, as people are returning to work and school in the u.k., cases are shooting up. the government being accused of having lost control of the virus. what's behind this? >> hey, kim. lockdowns are incredibly good at controlling the virus. in most cases they can delay the onset of the virus but they can't really stop it 100%. that's what we're seeing now as england and many places across

europe get back to life as usual. the british government was actually subsidizing restaurants to try to get people through the door. schools are also open, as you said, and the government is trying to encourage office workers to go back into their offices, to have their employers require them to go back into their offices which have really felt the brunt of the lockdown considering they've had very little foot traffic over the last couple of months. yesterday the u.k. recorded the highest single day health count. they're concerned. >> predominantly against younger people but younger people can pass on the disease to their grandparents and we do not want to see that. we've seen rising cases in other countries around the world across europe, often first among young people and then passing on to others. so so important that everybody

follows that social distancing. >> reporter: there's also some important context around the numbers, kim. first off, u.k. is doing twice as much testing as it was at the peak of the pandemic. many other european countries are as well. more tests will catch more cases. the viruses. you've heard the health secretary saying it's skewing much younger than the first time around which is keeping hospital systems from being overwhelmed. it's keeping the death counts low. here's one example as the u.k. at last count had 69 people on a ventilator. at the peak of a pandemic, that number was 40 times, 40 times higher. death rates are low but the concern is that those numbers will start to creep up. death is a trailing indicator how bad the pandemic is. in spain they're seeing that already. they reported their highest number since may.

things are getting bad in france. they reported the highest number of single day coronavirus cases ever. not since a few months ago but ever. as a result, more than 1/4 of french districts are now being considered so-called red zones which means authorities have the power now to close things like restaurants, close pubs and require masks be worn even outdoors. kim? >> a troubling situation in europe. thank you so much, scott mcclain. appreciate it. typhoon haishen has made landfall on the east coast slamming with heavy rain and high winds. japan took a lashing from the storm on sunday. they reported that nearly 2 million people were under evacuation orders. typhoon haishen has reached speeds as powerful of a category 3 in europe. paw la hancocks is live in

seoul. south korea being hit by another storm. what's the latest? >> reporter: kim, this is the fifth typhoon we've seen hit landfall in just four weeks. the average amount you would see making landfall would be one or two, so that just shows how active this typhoon season is. it comes on the back of an extremely wet summer, monsoon season was particularly well. it's in both north and south korea, it will be not welcome. we have an update that on the east coast there is one person missing and five people injured. none of the injuries believed to be serious. in japan, of course, they did take a battering from this particular typhoon. we know four people are missing

after landslides caused houses to slip into a river. dozens have been injured. tens of thousands have lost power. so certainly there is a concern as this storm starts to head further north. south korea has the infrastructure to handle this severe weather. north korea has this which is highly unusual. just last week with the previous typhoon, we have seen kim jong-un touring one of the areas that was badly damaged in the typhoon from last week. looking ahead to the severe weather asking people to protect the crops from the severe weather. certainly in a country like north korea where food insecurity is prevalent, there is a concern about the impact

and the effect it will have on the industry. we know that the typhoon is just off the east coast of the korean peninsula and will be skirting along the side. heavy rainfall and winds. kim. we appreciate the update on the story we'll be following. paula hancocks from seoul. calm returns to the streets of rochester after clashes between police and protesters. just ahead, we'll find out how city officials and civic leaders are responding to demands for change. more in a minute. stay with us. and kill up to 99.9% of germs. lysol. what it takes to protect.

protests have been taking place all across the u.s., but on sunday there was a welcome

sense of calm on the streets of rochester, new york. demonstrators marched to the public safety building in what was a dramatic change. with tensions gripping the city over the past few nights, protesters are demanding reform after a black man, daniel prude, died in police custody. paulo sandoval reports changes could be coming soon. >> reporter: five nights in a row those demonstrations staying relatively peaceful. it isn't until the very end that things do take a bit of a tense and violent turn with protesters clashing with police. we do know yesterday the mayor of the city as well as the police chief hoping to address those concerns, those having to do with the issue of mental health. as you recall daniel prude'ser he was experiencing a mental health episode for help to track him down. yesterday here authorities announcing initiatives to discuss mental health initiatives and police reform.

i can tell you over the weekend, new york state attorney general's office announced she plans to empanel a grand jury to take a closer look at the case. authorities here recommending that many people allow the investigation to continue. here's what rochester mayor had to say over the weekend. >> what truly matters is creating a city that is dedicated to serving, protestctg and lifting up the least fortunate among us. what will always pain me about the dit eath of daniel prude isr failure to do that. >> reporter: many reasons why local faith leaders have been working with the community is to have church members be a buffer hoping the remainder of the demonstrations throughout the

week remain peaceful. paulo sandoval, cnn, new york. police,ing, safer communities were discussed by senator kamala harris when she sat down for an exclusive interview with our dana bash. she pushed back against the president and the attorney general for denying systemic racism is a problem in the u.s. here's part of that conversation. >> reporter: i want to ask about something that you wrote in a 2009 book which is if we take a show of hands of those who would like to see more police officers on the police they shoot up. in june you said it is status quo thinking to believe putting more police on the streets creates more safety. that's wrong. so my question for you now in retrospect looking at your time as d.a. and as attorney general of california through the lens of 2020, did you help contribute

to what you describe as a status quo thinking, that more police equals more safety? >> i am very clear that we have got to in america reimagine how we are accomplishing public safety and what i believe now and what i believed then remains true and consistent, which is if you look at the communities that have no or very little police presence as compared to those with a high degree of police presence, you will see stark differences. one of them is this. if you go into any upper class suburb in america, you will not see police presence, but what you will see is highly funded schools, small businesses with access to capital. families with jobs where they don't have to worry about getting to the end of the month and feeding their children. if we want to create safe communities, one of the smartest

ways we can do that is invest in the health of those communities because healthy communities are safe communities. >> would your hand shoot up if somebody asked if they wanted more police officers on your streets? >> what i would say now is what i would say then, which is i want to make sure that if a woman is raped, a child is molested or one human being murders another human being, that there will be a police officer that responds to that case and that there will be accountability and consequence for the offender, yes. >> reporter: attorney general william barr said on cnn he does not believe there are two justice systems in the united states for black and white individuals. he said, we have to be careful of the idea of throwing racism around. i don't think it's as common as you think. what do you think? >> i think donald trump and bill barr are spending full time in a different reality. the reality of america today is what we have seen over

generations and since our inception which is we do have two systems of justice in america. here's the thing that gives me a sense of optimism and a sense of belief in who we are as a nation. we also have an ideal that is inscribed in marble on a supreme court that we all hold dear, which is that ideal of equal justice over law. while we have two systems of justice, we also fight for equal justice under law. that means doing what joe biden and i are proposing, which is having a criminal justice system that, yes, bans choke holds and carotid holds, makes sure we require accountability for police officers that break the rules and the law. that we will invest in the economic strength of those communities but doing it all recognizing there are huge disparities in our country based on race and it does us no good

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shocker at the u.s. open. it wasn't an upset per se but novak djokovic is out. the world number one was defa t defaulted after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball on sunday. he had been heavily favored to win the tournament and his 18th major title. more on what happened on arthur ashe stadium. alex, i happened to be watching this live. my jaw hit the floor when he was forced to go out there after lengthy deliberation. i mean, it was just so surprising. >> reporter: you're reacting the same as all of us. let's put this in context. here is the top ranked player in the world with no rafa nadal, no roger federer. they decided not to travel to

new york during these dangerous times and compete there. no restrictions, no fans. djokovic, the outstanding favorite to take this title and get to 18 grand slams in tote tool, just one behind nadal, two behind federer. the tournament there for the taking with him. he just had his serve broken against spain's pablo a guigust. djokovic hit a ball away in frustration, pretty hard and it smacked the line judge in her throat. under the rules of tennis, the umpire, match referee had no option but to default djokovic. he left flushing meadows without speaking to the media. i'll read you some elements of that statement. he said, the whole situation left me really sad and empty. i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me that

thank god she's feeling okay. later he says as for the disqualification, i need to go back within and work on my disappointments and turn this all into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. djokovic saying all the right things. he knows there's no excuse and he knows there's no leeway in the rules, no right of appeal. he would have gone on to play a young canadian player and he was defaulted himself by hitting a ball that struck an umpire's eye in the davis cup. after winning he said this, i've been in that situation so i know exactly how novak is feeling. of course he had no intentions to go after the lines woman. thankfully she's okay. it could have ended up very, very bad. ball could have went anywhere, it's just super unfortunate. it now means, kim, we are going to have a new men's grand slam

champion for the first time since 2014. >> wow. it was just unbelievable to see but a lesson for all of us in good sportsmanship, i guess, there. thank you so much, alex thomas, in london. appreciate it. finally some sad news from the baseball world. hall of fame player lou brock has died. he played 19 seasons and spent 16 of those with the st. louis cardinals. brock is one of 32 players with the second highest number of stolen bases. they pay tribute saying our hards are broken. left the game and all of cardinal nation. rest in peace. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. "early start" is next. i feel like we're forgetting something.

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dire warnings from health experts. not enough to prevent big crowds over the holiday weekend. colleges are taking tougher steps to keep students in line and now an unusual pledge for three companies racing to find a vaccine. and states of emergency as raging wildfires set new records in california. searing heat as high as 120 degrees making it hard to fight the flames. one fire spark'd by pyrotechnics at a gender reveal party. this is "early start." i'm