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donald trump defends his handling of the coronavirus at a crowded rally with limited social distancing or masks. a million people in oregon are forced to evacuate as dozens of fires on the west coast rage out of control. and a different fire with devastating con sense consequences. flames rave vaj a huge refugee camp. now the people have nowhere to live. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom."

we begin with the deepening fallout to president trump's stunning admission that he misled the american people about the coronavirus pandemic, but don't imagine for a moment that he is sorry. donald trump is proud of what he did even comparing himself to franklin roosevelt and winston churchill. listen to what he told a crowd of supporters on thursday in michigan. >> america will prevail over the china virus as franklin dell nor roosevelt said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. that's it. we're doing very well. as the british government advised the british people in the face of world war ii, keep calm. carry on. that's what i did when hitler

was bombing london. churchill, a great leader would oftentimes go to a roof in london and speak and he always spoke with confidence. he said, we have to show confidence. no, we did it the right way and we've done a job like nobody. >> few people wore masks at the rally, and social distancing, well, it was nonexistent. it came one day after on the record interviews were revealed when he said it was highly contagious and worse than the flu. he admitted to intentionally downplaying the threat because he said he didn't want to cause a panic. some of woodward's taped interviews with the president were released ahead of his new book on the trump presidency. unlike anonymous sources that some could more easily label as fake, it is the president himself admitting he misled the

country about the pandemic. as the white house grapples with the repercussions, the president is blaming the journalist, mr. woodward. we get more of this from cnn's jim acosta. >> reporter: one day after bombshell reportings show the president intentionally downplayed the covid-19 threat, mr. trump admits it was about keeping americans from panicking. >> i didn't lie. i said we have to be calm. don't panic. i didn't want to say death, death. >> reporter: he was trying to shift it to bob woodward. >> certainly if he thought that was a bad statement, he would have reported it because he thinks that, you know, you don't want to have anybody that is going to suffer medically because of some fact. if bob woodward thought what i said was bad, then he should have immediately right after i said it gone out to the

authorities but he didn't think it was bad and he actually said he didn't think it was bad. >> reporter: democrats aren't buying it. donald trump said he didn't want to tell the truth and create a panic so he did nothing and created a disaster. >> he hid the fact and refused to take the threat seriously leaving the entire country exposed and unprepared. he didn't want to cause a panic. why? because of the stock market? >> reporter: the president has used the panic excuse before way back in march. >> what do you say to americans who believe you got this wrong. >> i do want them to stay calm. we are doing a great job. if you could ask a normal question. the statements i make are i want to keep the country calm. i don't want panic in the country. i could cause panic much petter than even you. >> reporter: here's the problem. in february he warned woodward the virus was deadly but not the public. >> it goes through air, bob. not touch. the air, you just breathe the

air, that's how it's paszed and so that's a very tricky one. that's a very delicate one. it's also more deadly than your -- you know, even your strenuous flus. this is more deadly. >> reporter: even with mr. trump's admissions caught on tape -- >> i wanted to -- i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down because i don't want to create a panic. >> reporter: top administration officials are trying to tell the public, don't believe your own ears. >> i didn't sense the president was downplaying anything. we were giving the american people the facts as we knew them, as we learned them every step of the way. >> reporter: woodward book has gop senators running for cover. jonie ernst said, i haven't read it, i haven't seen it. john cornyn saying he's done as good a job as you can under the circumstances. there are other questions the president raised.

>> i have built a nuclear -- i have built a weapons system that nobody's ever had in this country before. we have stuff that you haven't even seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> reporter: during this rally in michigan the president and his campaign team were violating his observe administration's coronavirus guidelines as they packed in thousands of supporters that weren't practicing social distancing and many weren't wearing masks. john bolton has been critical of president trump's leadership after he was ousted as national security advisor one year ago. bolton spoke earlier with our chris cuomo and said mr. trump only views the pandemic as it might impact his chances for re-election.

>> look, this is a very serious political problem for the president. that's what he understands it. this is an existential threat to his re-election, which i think explains the vehemence of his response to it. i think it's just absolutely striking how clear he is on these tapes to woodward of his appreciation for how dangerous the coronavirus was compared to what he was saying publicly at the time, what his senior advisers and cabinet officials were saying at the time. there's no way you can reconcile those things. that coming out of his own mouth, i think this could be nearly the point where the campaign ends. >> bolton also said it was president trump's nature to resist listening to negative information that he doesn't want to hear, especially if it might have an adverse affect on the economy and jeopardize his re-election.

a key u.s. health official says he's puzzled by the lack of masks at mr. trump's rallies. dr. francis collins is the director of the u.s. national institutes of health. during a cnn town hall thursday he expressed a concern that politics now has an impact on safety. >> how did we get here? imagine you were an alien who landed on planet earth and you saw that our planet was inflicted by an infectious disease and masks were an effective way to prevent the spread and yet when you went around you saw some people wearing them and some not wearing them and it turned out you would think, this was not a planet that has much promise for the future if something that is so straightforward can somehow get twisted into decision making that makes no sense. so i'm -- as a scientist, i'm pretty puzzled and rather disheartened. >> dr. collins also addressed

vaccine safety at the cnn global town hall. he said people shouldn't worry about the safety of any vaccine once it is approved. >> we have now six vaccines that are either already in phase 3 trials or will be quite soon. each of those requiring 30,000 participants to be sure we have enough evidence to decide about safety and efficacy, and it is moving forward at a pace that the world has never seen, but i will say not in a fashion that allows for cutting safety. i want to make that clear. we sped up this process in a variety of ways, but not to compromise safety. i would say these trials are more rigorous than almost any that have been done for vaccines. >> but there is growing anger at the u.s. president among some u.s. health professionals in the wake of mr. trump's admission that he downplayed the coronavirus throughout. many medical workers are furious. cnn's nick watt has more about

it. >> how many people could have been saved out of 190,000 that have died? my guess is 180,000 of those. >> i'm furious because you want to talk about panic and wanting to reduce panic. i think of the panic of every single family i called on face time to let them know their family member was dying or had died. >> this is medical malpractice, negligent homicide on a grand scale. >> this is stunning. he should resign. this is really stunning. >> reporter: but the president still thinks, or at least says, he's been great. >> you look at our numbers compared to other countries, other parts of the world, it's been an amazing job that we've done. >> reporter: okay. let's look at the numbers. compare the u.s. to some other countries. foreign policy magazine does just that and ranks the u.s. very near the bottom. just below ethiopia, russia, hungary, and indonesia. the magazine highlights the federal government's limited use of facts and science.

>> you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. i hope that's true. >> reporter: a new poll shows 62% of americans are worried the fda will rush a vaccine due to political pressure. and a new study suggests the u.s. massively under counted covid-19 cases in the early days confirming just over 720,000 cases by april 18th. researchers estimate there were really over 6.4 million by that point. why? because there wasn't enough testing. still isn't. and the cdc's guidance still says if you've been at an unmasked gathering of more than ten people and don't have symptoms, you do not necessarily need a test, unless you're from a vulnerable population. something the administration's testing contradicts. >> we do need to test

asymptomatic people. no doubt about that. >> reporter: still with the mixed messaging. look at the president's slides this afternoon as we pass 40,000 cases on college campuses in every single state. as always, there are state-to-state differences in terms of spread, attitudes and safety measures. new york city doing great. still super cautious as a threat to reopen some indoor dining with temperatures checks at the door and a warning. >> if we get to 2% infection rate on a regular basis on a seven-day average, at that point we need to immediately reassess indoor dining. >> reporter: in missouri more than 13% are coming back positive. still, the nfl season opener is tonight in kansas city with some fans in the stand. so the coordinator of the white house coronavirus task force is now telling anybody who might have let their guard down over the long labor day weekend to get a test. that is now just a little bit

harder here in los angeles county. you can see this is smoke from wildfires that have burned 3 million acres in the state. as a result of the air quality, l.a. county has now closed six covid-19 testing sites. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. "time magazine's" latest cover packs a powerful message about this pandemic. 200,000, that is the gram death toll the u.s. is quickly approaching in the pandemic. look closely and you can see how an artist hand drew the date and death count for every day between february 29th when the u.s. registered its first covid related death until september 8th, the magazine's printed deadline. for only the second time in history time changed the cover's red border to black. the first time was after 9/11. coincidentally, today is the

19th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. the french endured one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in europe at the outset of the pandemic, and now the government is looking at reimposing some of the restrictions to curb the country's sharp rise in new infections. we'll have a new report about that. the western u.s. is facing unprecedented fires burning across 12 states. we'll take you to the fire lines to see how dangerous these fires have become. and is made with three times more odor fighters. with secret, odor is one less thing to worry about. secret.

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the coronavirus pandemic has now infected well over 28 million people worldwide and killed more than 900,000. that according to the latest figures from johns hopkins university. india has the dubious distinction of hitting the highest number of new coronavirus cases ever recorded in the world. more than 96,000 people. the united states continues leading with more total cases and deaths than any other country. it now has close to 6.4 million cases and close to 191 million

deaths. brazil has the second highest total. on thursday they reported 1,000 more fatalities and 40,000 new infections. israel has set a record for new cases for two days in a row. now that nation may be returning to a countrywide general lockdown like the one it put in place in the early days of the pandemic. europe as well struggling with the resurgence of new infections. france just had a record of more than 9800 confirmed cases in 24 hours and the government meets later today to discuss whether it should impose new restrictions. let's bring in jim bidderman in southern france. what might the new restrictions look like if they decide that? >> reporter: it is unfortunate. the french public was doing pretty well. like you said, more than 9,000 cases reported in just 24 hours.

50,000 new cases over the last week. that's got officials worried. there's a scientific council meeting at this hour and they're going to come up with some recommendations. emmanuel macron said the government will make decisions, not the scientists alone. they said there will be difficult choices to make in the days ahead and it could be that there will be some continuation of the lockdowns that we saw in the early spring, late spring and in fact macron kind of hinted at that yesterday. he said any decisions will be taken on a territorial basis. they'll go after these hot spots. we now have several hot spots, a high number of cases, different parts of the country. down in marseilles and paris. they'll look at what they can do

without a generalized, macron said this, not a generalized lockdown they saw last spring. >> we'll wait and see what the decision is. jim bidder man in southern france. thanks. if and when vaccines become available, many people may not trust them to take them. that is what a new study published thursday in the medical journal "the lancet" suggests. researchers surveyed nearly 300,000 people around the world and asked them if they felt comfortable taking any vaccines. this is where things stood in 2015. dark blue means most of the country thought the country was safe. deep orange indicates that less than 1/3 of the country's residents thought so. you can see hot spots of doubt in russia and parts of europe. now let's see what 2018 looked like. vaccine confidence was still pretty low. nigeria, pakistan, indonesia are

countries that said they did not trust vaccines. researchers call the information worrying and the spread of misinformation is partly to blame. a huge fire broke out in beirut, lebanon, at the same port where an explosion killed nearly 200 people. the smoke and flames panicked residents and renewed simmering anger among residents. for more about it, here's arwa damon. >> reporter: no one knew what was happening as the smoke darkened skies. just a few days ago, 4 tons of ammonium nitrate were found in the port. all they could think was another blast is coming. flee. >> translator: i live some 500 meters from this fire. i have to take my wife and children out of beirut because of this. since they are still living in

fear after what happened before. its. >> reporter: it's been barely a month since it exploded in beirut's port, ripping through swathes of the city, taking lives and shredding homes. >> translator: we saw the same thing happening again. we are definitely scared. people are freaking out. >> reporter: the trauma from that is still all too fresh. the anger at the government's incompetence too raw. >> [ bleep ]. >> i don't know. let me show the truth. show the people the truth. we are working here in beirut every day to help people. where is the government? >> reporter: this area, just a short distance from the site of the deadly explosion in august, should have been secure. this should not be happening. how did cooking oil and tires go up in flames? we don't know what caused this fire. just like we don't know what

caused the initial fire that led to the ammonium nitrate's detonation back in august, and this, this just adds to the deep despair among the population here. a choking reminder of all they have suffered. still, so incomprehensible. arwa damon, cnn, istanbul. deadly fires continue to rage out of control. i'll have the latest on the infernos that have now claimed at least 15 lives. r postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. you're watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. a firestorm of flames continues to sweep across millions of acres on america's west coast in an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. at least 28 fires are burning across the state of california, including the largest one in its history. 16 people are currently unaccounted for in one of those fires. officials have issued evacuation orders and warnings in several areas. to the north in oregon, u.s. president trump has now approved an emergency declaration. portland's mayor says fires are raging across more than 3600 square kilometers. officials say half a million people in oregon have been forced to leave their homes. cnn's lucy kafanov has the

story. >> reporter: this is incredibly. we are in clack kaman coun mass. this safety staging area for the fire crews to be able to stay safe as they figure out a plan where to go next, which area to target next. the residential areas here are under a mandatory level 3 evacuation order. that means get out, don't risk your life. this is a very agricultural area with farms. some are choosing to stay back and protect their farms and save their animals. they're warning them not to take any chances, get out while they can. we heard from the governor, kate brown, she said 900,000 acres have burned so far in the past 72 hours. that number likely to rise. just to give you context, 500,000 acres burned on average in an entire year.

this is an historic, unprecedented fire event. the governor predicting loss of life, loss of structures. the weather conditions we've had so far with very heavy winds and incredibly dry conditions have made it difficult to begin to contain the fires. up until now the focus has been on evacuating people and trying to protect structures but officials are hoping for the weather conditions to change over the next few days so they will be able to begin to start the process of containing the fires. this is devastating to the state of oregon. the research here is spread incredibly thin. information from the national guard and army corps of enginee engineers. a team is flying in from utah and neighboring washington and california ballotling its own fires as well. these fires are generating a massive cloud of smoke that can

be dangerous to breathe as well. let's go to our meteorologist derek van dam. i don't remember when we were talking about this amount of wildfires, the spread here over three states. >> yeah. it is incredible to see and witness unfolding. it reminds me of the bush fires that happened in australia last year, but this picture says it all really to me, natalie. 500,000 people evacuating from this. this is actually one of the mobile home parks in phoenix, oregon. you can see it's just reduced to ashes. that is terrifying. can you imagine having to leave at a moment's notice your home? you're fleeing from fires that will do damage to buildings and structures like that. these things are so sporadic, they change on a dime. we have out of control fires across the state but they have

5% containment with over 125,000 acres burned so far. lots of poor quality of air across this region. never in the history of my career have i seen entire states labeled as a high -- or poor quality air index and that extends all the way into the central portions of california. smoke and haze clearly visible on our satellite taken from 20,000 miles into the sky, into space. we can see the plume of smoke and ash that has generated from these fires since august. that has degraded the quality of air. we've located areas that have healthy and hazardous air across central california. a lot of smoke will get lochtded up into the upper regions of the atmosphere. it could impact the midwest and east coast by the second half of the week. we currently have the largest, third largest and the fourth

largest wildfires in california state's history burning out of control. little silver lining. i want to end on a good note. there is hope. we have rain in the forecast by the middle of this week. natalie. >> can't wait for that day. derek, thanks so much. we appreciate it. germany and france have agreed to take in some 400 unaccompanied refugee children after a devastating fire at a refugee camp in greece. the fire destroyed the camp on the island of lesbos. the largest camp in that country leaving thousands of refugees without any shelter. greece now says the fire appears to have been deliberately set after officials forced residents testing positive for covid-19 to quarantine. that makes it more complicated. let's discuss it further with cnn's melissa bell. she is on lesbos now. i know you have talked to these

people that suddenly went from barely having a place to live to now no place to live. so tragic. >> reporter: what little refuge they had, this is what's left of it. this is the main camp. where i'm speaking to you from is one of the main over spill strikes. what strikes you the most besides the stench is the size of it. on the outskirts they sought refuge, they were on the edge of the streets. their a deof how the fire began is very different because the officials said it was caused by the migrants. they will probably never know the full truth of what started the fire here. debate is interesting because it tells us something about the tensions here on this island.

they're only likely to get worse. you mentioned there's 406 unaccompanied children. what we've learned from the government is only migrants will be leaving lesbos. they will be relocated to another camp on the island. what the spokesman has told us is one ship has arrived to temporarily house 1,000 migrants currently living out in the wild and beyond that, beyond those 406, temporary solutions will be found in the immediate but all of the other migrants are going to be kept here because, he said, the greek government will not be black mailed by what he calls a burn and blow policy. that goes back to the greek authorities version that this was deliberately set by the migrants. >> it is quite a terrible situation.

thank you. we know you'll be there to tell us what happens next. melissa bell. thanks, melissa. next, a warning about foreign hackers targeting the u.s. election from microsoft. what the tech giant is saying coming next.

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mexico continues to be one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus. reporting almost 500,000 new cases and more than 550 new guests. that brings the confirmed number to more than 650,000. with almost 70,000 deaths it has the world's fourth highest number of fatalities, but in an effort to restart a devastated tourist industry, mexico reopened a ma guejestic city. >> reporter: throughout the

2,000 year existence, cities, empires, colonizers, tourists see something northeast of mexico city, masks, temperature checks and sanitizer. one of mexico's cultural touchstones reopened to the public on thursday after a covid-19 closure. capacity capped at 3,000 visitors per day with safe distancing. tourist carlos hernandez says we're still not 100% but with open air it's nice to go out and do something. this is a sign that mexico is trying to jump start the tourism sector. consider that in 2018 nearly 9% of mexico's overall gdp came as a result of activity in the tourism industry, an industry that has been decimated as of late. july international arrivals were

down by 90 and 84% respectively. the ims says mexico's gdp might fall more than 10% this year. there's hope that reopening might bring tourists which might bring relief. >> now is a good time to start moving around, keeping our distance. >> reporter: they're on a mexican road trip. the first vacation during the pandemic. >> is it weird to be out doing things again? >> yeah, definitely weird. not the same. >> reporter: if it were the same they could climb the fabled steps but mexico has more than 650,000 coronavirus cases and counting. safe distance and slim stairs don't match so they're closed. any spiritual enlightenment these days will have to come from the ground. matt rivers, cnn, mexico. a warning from microsoft about the u.s. presidential

election. the company says hackers from russia, china, and iran are trying to interfere in the race, but are they succeeding? cnn's donie o'sullivan has more on microsoft's statement and what experts are saying about this hacking. >> reporter: yeah, there's a lot to unpack here in this microsoft announce. . microsoft saying that the same russian hacking group that's tied to russian military intelligence that broke into democratic party here in the u.s. in 2016 has recently tried to hack both national and state parties here in the united states as well as political consultants working with republicans and democrats. microsoft saying chinese hackers targeted vice president joe biden's campaign and one person formerly associated with the trump administration. when it comes to iran, microsoft is saying that in may and june iranian hackers tried to log into the accounts of trump

administration officials and trump campaign staff. it is important to point out here that the attacks were successful, but it is true there is much more attempts on other services beyond microsoft. what microsoft says does match what the u.s. intelligence community said. they put out a statement saying iran, russia, china were all seeking to interfere in the 2020 election. of course, one of the big fears here is that a situation might play out like what happened in 2016 where russian hackers broke into democratic party emails. hillary clinton campaign emails and distributed them across the internet and caused chaos in the final weeks of the election campaign. back to you. >> the future of brexit talks could be in jeopardy over

brittain's plan to overright parts of the withdrawal agreement. the european union has threatened u.k. while germany's country has called the deterioration of talks fast and profound. let's get the view from london. max foster joins me. good morning to you, max. how did we get here? >> reporter: well, it's been a long process, natalie, if you've followed it for years like i have. again, we are getting to another crunch point. we're looking ahead to the end of the year which is when brittain is meant to start a new relationship with the european union and they had this withdrawal agreement, which is meant to be the basis of that. that was all signed and sealed. and what boris johnson's government is doing is unpacking that. one part of that withdrawal agreement addressed the northern ireland border.

who has control. they've accepted that's the truth because all of this has previously been agreed. european union pretty furious about this threatening legal action on that. we'll see how that plays out. as you say, this is a very complex process and there are various negotiations going on at once all of which are intertwined. the other main negotiation is meant to be towards a trade agreement between the european union and the u.k. which will effectively define the relationship next year and onwar onwards. it could be thrown out as i've just described. at the moment we could be heading towards a hard brexit were there is no deal between the u.k. and e.u. but as you know, natalie, the european union is pretty famous for going up to the wire on these things

and ultimately there tends to be a deal in the end. let's hope that's the case this time. >> one would hope so. all right. thank you so much, max. hopefully you can turn to a different story at some time in the very near future. thanks. just ahead here, we say good-bye to actress diana rigg who rose to stardom as a leather clad british spy and ended her career with a memorable farewell in "game of thrones." memory... focus... accuracy... learning and concentration. try it today with our money-back guarantee!

it's done. >> it is? >> and now the rains weep. >> you'll remember that lady right there. da m dame. the english actress had a career that spanned decades. from the british spy series "the avengers" to james bond's only wife, did you know? diana rigg has passed away after a battle with cancer. cnn's nina does santos looks

back at her amazing career. >> she was trained to perform shakespeare but she chose tv to launch her career as a secret in the 1960s british series "the avengers." it cut a pull tatapulted her to. it spread in tv, films and on stage including a role 50 years later in another smash hit, "game of thrones." as a young actress, rigg was part of that look of swinging 1960s london that captured the imagination of the rest of the world. rigg didn't appear in the series until season 4 in 1965, but overnight she won over an international audience as the avengers girl. >> you're remarkable. >> reporter: as one of the tv super spies, she ruled it with

cool intellect. >> are you very busy now? >> not very well. >> reporter: she popularized the cat suit, martial arts and performed her own stunts. her appeal helped define a tv audience. she told the bbc years later that she wasn't prepared for the success of "the avengers." >> i was very lucky and also very ignorant because i had absolutely no idea when i went into -- and brought the avengers what an impact it would have on my life. >> while rigg was considered a sex symbol, she never considered herself one. she demanded a raise after learning she was paid less than her co-star and even the cameraman. after only two seasons she left "the avengers" but her fame was

intact and grew. next by making more history appearing in the james bond film on her imagine guess city's secret service. not as a bond girl but as the only actress to play bond's wife. rigg never forgot her roots, always returning to the stage or appearing in british tv roles that shared the depth of her talent and in the u.s. she hosted mystery theater and winning a tony as the best actress. >> as dame diana riggs, she won a new group of fans. she was known for her terrifying presence in the four seasons in which she appeared after which her poisonous character was killed off by what snels. >> will there be pain?

>> no. >> that's good. >> rigg was tireless in her craft. a stage presence dominated for generations leaving her a legacy that's left her an icon and a national treasure. >> rigg's daughter said she died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family. she was 82. my goodness. from the avengers, to james bond to the "game of thrones." what a tremendous, tremendous career. thanks for watching this hour of cnn "newsroom." i'm natalie allen. i invite you to follow me on instagram and twitter. join me tomorrow at the same time for "cnn newsroom." see you later. when we started our business

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president trump stoking fear and deflecting blame as he denies he misled the american people about coronavirus. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is "early start." i'm boris sanchez in for christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's friday, september 11th, 5 a.m. here in new york. we begin this morning with president trump on the defensive. with 53 days left until the election, he's running short on time to tell the country he was trying to protect the public instead of misleading them. when called out on his lies yesterday, he once again deflected blame. >> why did you lie to the american people and why should