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live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm paula newton. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. u.s. president donald trump meets with officials in california in the hours ahead on those record wildfires, nearly 100 blazes are burning at this hour right across the western united states. more than 4 1/2 million acres in several of though states burning. 33 people are now confirmed dead. that number could rise as searchers get into more communities. democratic presidential candidate joe biden will address the fires later from delaware. these are the region's worst wildfires on record and we're just at the start of the peak fire season.

cnn's paul vercammen is in southern california where tensions are high and resources stretched way too thin. >> reporter: the foothills northeast of los angeles, arcadia, this is the bobcat fire. it's burned 33,000 acres. and if you look behind me, they're trying to douse these flames right now with water drops from helicopters. the air is so bad, not only is it unhealthy beyond belief, polluted up and down the west coast, but they can't fly the retardant dropping planes or the super scooper planes from canada that can drop huge volumes of water and go reload with water in let's say a reservoir or an ocean or a river. they're going to make a stand right here, because this is the most important flank of the bobcat fire. they're also asking for some mandatory evacuations in these neighborhoods and here's why. they want to be able to move fire equipment, especially engines, up and down the streets, and neighbors seem to understand this. >> we are obviously not under

the mandatory evacuation order. >> no, and i understand why they do that. they just don't want people in the way when the power goes off or they have to shut off the gas, you know, you don't really want to be at your house anyway. >> reporter: and on these western wildfires, 30,000 firefighters spread out to battle these blazes. and normally they have quite a few more firefighters on each of these lines, but there's so many of these fires burning at once, some 100 major fires right now, that they say the system is just taxed and they just have to spread things out, marshal their resources carefully and do the best they can. so right now here in the foothills of los angeles, this fire has been burning for more than a week. residents say in some ways they feel helpless, but they're grateful for the job that the firefighters are doing to keep this out of their neighborhoods. reporting from arcadia, i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. >> andrew phelps is the director of the oregon office of emergency management. he joins me now from beaverton. mr. phelps, i honestly can't

imagine what your day is like, but given all the days you've gone through, today, was there good news about how far you guys could get with containing some of these fires? >> yeah, the firefighters that have been working really around the clock for the last week on many of these fires were able to make more progress today. some of the evacuation levels have been lowered. weather's cooperated in terms of temperature. we've seen lower temperatures and we've seen higher humidities which all aids in the fire fighting effort, however, that temperature has meant that the smoke has lingered, making it much more difficult for us to get aircraft off the ground to have an aerial fire fight, which is really what we're going to need to be effective to fully contain these fires. >> so tell me a little bit about that. because i know it's been a problem. it's been a problem you guys haven't been able to get back to communities that have already been devastated because of the smoke. do you see a break in the weather, significant in the next day or two, to be able to do that? >> we do see a significant improvement over the next 24 to

48 hours. we've got rain in the forecast over many of the burn areas. that's going to be helpful. but, quite frankly, because this was such a wind-driven event, downed power lines, downed dangerous trees, it's going to be some time before we can really start making progress and get folks back into the communities that have been evacuated and really to get search teams back into the areas to begin looking for victims. >> you know, we heard so much about the fact that there are people missing still. i mean, how many communities are you trying to get back into? and how important is that you get in there as soon as possible? >> there are dozens of communities that need to be searched, assessed for damages. primarily we're looking at four major areas of concern that had the most fast-moving fires and the most impacts to residential communities in particular. jackson county, which is down near the oregon/california border. lane county which is near eugene, oregon, or the area east of eugene, oregon. where i am here in salem,

oregon, we had a big fire that's affected a lot of maryanion cou. the riverside area, we had a lot of impact. so those are the four main areas we're hoping to get search teams in later this week. >> when you look at communities, i know they were on edge. do you think containment has worked? i mean, are you hopeful? >> cautiously optimistic i guess is the term i would use. fire can be so unpredictable. all it takes is a couple of hours and a stiff breeze headed in the wrong direction and fires can certainly take a turn for the worst which is why we're still managing this as a life safety event and working to keep folks out of those areas. we have thousands of homes under that level 3 evacuation. >> yeah, and, you know, just to give one example of what one town is going through, you know, everyone evacuated from there, and yet now sitting in shelters or with relatives in the state wondering will i have a home to go back to? how stressful has this been for

everyone? >> disasters like this are always anxiety-inducing, especially when you're displaced from your homes. i need to commend the folks that are supporting those, all the professional staff and volunteers at the red cross. other voluntary organizations that have come in to support the shelters. our state and local, federal partners have been incredible lending support for folks while they're in that shelter or evacuated from their homes. we do know it's going to be a long-term recovery effort to get folks back on their feet, especially those whose homes were most severely impacted. >> yeah, it really is a tribute to the people of oregon. callout went for donations and some communities actually had to say stop sending. we've got enough now. listen, thanks so much. you've got your hands full. so many people hoping for good weather and that you get all the good weather you need which is in the form of rain. no wind. low temperatures. we'll keep our fingers crossed. appreciate it. >> thanks so much.

meteorologist pedram javaheri is watching the fire closely for us, of course, and, again, they need that turn in the weather. >> they do. mother nature always has the upper hand with these wildfires, paula, especially when you are talking about fires of this size, this magnitude and the longevity, of course, in recent weeks. you'll notice about 70% of the western united states in its entirety underneath drought conditions at this hour. so any rainfall we get is certainly going to help the fire fighting efforts. you'll notice about 100 active fires across the western united states as well. this massive area of high pressure had been firmly in place. in fact, looked into this. we haven't seen rainfall in at least three weeks across some of these areas. even then, minimal rainfall. you'll notice the air quality concerns unhealthy, very unhealthy, up towards hazardous. new delhi typically notorious for poor air quality. guess what? it is worse in seattle than in

new delhi. you'll see a perspective of what a typical september day looks like. yesterday in 2019 on the left versus on the right yesterday in 2020. and, of course, the scenes out of the emerald city as they choke under an incredible amount of haze and smoke. the danger of these particulate matters. 2.5 microns, 2.5 times smaller than a human hair. think of these in the hair. if you breathe these for a long period, it becomes a very, very dangerous situation which is good news some rain in the forecast in the coming couple of days. paula? >> yeah, it's not the only thing you're following. there are dangerous weathers also threatening the u.s. gulf coast. tropical storm sally is expected to strengthen and could make landfall tuesday morning near new orleans as, get this, a category 2 hurricane. packing sustained winds of 60 miles per hour and parts of coastal louisiana are under mandatory evacuation orders as

sally could bring hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge to the region. i mean, pedram, this is the last news that louisiana needs, especially given they're still recovering from the last storm. >> that's right. laura a few weeks ago that then made landfall in southwestern louisiana. this particular storm threatening southeastern louisiana. the 2:00 a.m. advisory coming in from the national hurricane center shifting that track a little farther to the east, potentially putting mississippi more directly in the line of impact. regardless, this is a storm system you noted, paula, it is going to strengthen rather quickly in the next two days and potentially in the next 24 hours, the steering environment gives up on it. essentially it puts on the parking brakes and could sit here monday night, tuesday, maybe moves over portions of louisiana and mississippi, and that is why there is a significant risk here for heavy rainfall. this could well be the most destructive storm system when it comes to the amount of water it brings down portions of the united states all season.

we expect as much as 15 to 20 inches of rain to come down just because of the very slow progression of the storm as we get into tonight and tuesday morning. storm systems moving 3, 4, 5 miles per hour, typically they drop down 20-plus inches of rainfall. it is the forward speed of the storm that decreases the amount of rainfall because of course it moves away rapidly. with any storm, especially a category 2 if it gets there, storm surge impacts are -- this is going to be a very, very dangerous storm as it approaches within the next 24 hours. >> yeah, we'll be keeping a close eye on it. pedram, thanks so much. appreciate it. president trump is once again putting politics before science. he's held another campaign rally that experts say is a huge health risk because this one was actually indoors. plus, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to washington to celebrate historic

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p with nearly 200,000 americans dead from coronavirus, president trump has held yet another indoor campaign event. now, just a few hours ago he rallied thousands of supporters in henderson, nevada, outside las vegas, ignoring warnings about social distancing. and also violating the state's ban on gatherings of 50 people or more. now, many in the crowd, you can see them right there, not social distancing, not wearing masks. cnn medical analyst predicts people will die as a consequence of this gathering. trump camp's last indoor rally back in june led to a surge in local virus cases. meantime, new coronavirus infections are spiking throughout europe. over the weekend, france reported more than 10,000 new cases for the first time. the french government has enacted new measures to try and avoid another lockdown. in the coming hours, meantime, limits on social gathers go into effect in england, banning groups of six or more people. the uk reported more than 3,300

new infections on sunday alone. italy, meantime, reopened schools this week after holding off a second wave of infections. students will return to classrooms and missing their familiar bench-style desks in favor of new seating that allows for strict social distancing. and israel will enter a second lockdown friday after a surge in new cases. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the lockdown is a necessary step and restrictions will ease once there is a decline in the infection rate. new zealand is extending its restrictions after reporting one new case of the virus. the country has seen just under 1,800 infections during the entire pandemic. that's according to john hopkins university. of course far fewer than some countries are reporting in just one day. journalist angus watson is in sydney, australia with more. >> reporter: paula, compared to other countries, new zealand doesn't have very many cases of coronavirus at all. just one new case was added to their tally today.

and that person was already in isolation. just two added yesterday. and, in fact, over the past two weeks, they've done 100,000 tests and found just 36 cases. all in the largest city, auckland, on the north island of new zealand where a cluster has developed of community transmission. which ended that amazing run of over 100 days without a case of community transmission in new zealand at all. now, the government has acted quickly to try to stamp out coronavirus. it wants to be a place where coronavirus doesn't exist. it almost got there, of course, or it got there for a period of time and it wants to get back. so jacinda ardern said today that a level 2.5 stricture in place in auckland now will go for at least another week. the rest of the country is at level 2 strictures, that will go for at least another week as well where people can go about their business relatively

normally. however, there are some restrictions on the amount of people that can go to social gatherings in auckland and go to restaurants and events around the country as well. so she's hoping that the country can go back to some sort of normal over the next week. we'll see if that will be possible. and that will, of course, allow for the election to go ahead next month. so politically, jacinda ardern is taking a big stake on this elimination method, wanting to get new zealand back to that place that it was where coronavirus was almost a thing of the past, paula. >> thanks so much for that. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on his to washington ahead of tuesday's white house signing ceremony that will solidify the recent normalization agreements between israel and both bahrain and the united arab emirates. now, the historic deals are making many optimistic about the future. the emirati minister of state for international cooperation says it is a step in the right direction. >> it's an indication that we

are keen on a new narrative, a narrative of hope and a narrative of prosperity, where you have dialogue, where you have debate, and certainly doing all of that by still keeping the palestinian cause front and center, their right to statehood and their right for a dignified life. and in the united arab emirates, we believe very strongly in our ability and in our opportunity to try to shape something positive for our region. and here's a step in doing that. >> cnn's oren liebermann explains how significant the agreements are and how they are reshaping alliances right across the middle east. >> reporter: it's been 26 years since the last peace agreement between israel and an arab nation. that being israel and jordan. and now two within a month. first israel and the united arab emirates and then israel and bahrain just recently. these are major foreign policy accomplishments for president donald trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. to be touted at the white house ceremony on tuesday, as both

leaders look to distract from problems they're dealing with at home. as for bahrain and the uae, israel has made it clear it wants to work as quickly as possible in terms of establishing diplomatic missions and embassies, coming to agreements and finalizing those agreements for normalization and beginning direct flights. one of the key questions with bahrain, will there be wide scale protests? although it is a sunni muslim kingdom, it is a majority shia population and one that could view this normalization agreement with israel very unfavorably. will there be protests? we will certainly look to see. notably another country in the gulf, oman, praised the agreement between israel and bahrain, suggesting oman might be next when it comes to normalizing ties with israel. that's what trump's senior adviser jared kushner was going to do as well as mike pompeo when they were in the region, trying to build on the momentum. they did so with israel and the uae. all that celebrated on tuesday. meanwhile, netanyahu jetting off to the signing ceremony right

after announcing israel will be going to a second general lockdown because of a surge in coronavirus cases. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. now, as the world's oil markets try to cope with the unprecedented collapse in demand because of the coronavirus pandemic, opec is marking its 60th anniversary and the organization's secretary general insists it has not outgrown its usefulness. john defterios is in oman with more. you know more having covered it for the past three decades. never count opec out. it is quite a colorful history. >> it certainly is, paula. i have to say, covid-19 fits into the biggest challenge it's faced during the six decades, no doubt about it. demand collapsed in april and may by nearly a third. this is a group that adjusts production 800,000 to 1 million barrels a day of the total 100 million that's consumed by the world. this time it was ten times that amount, and they're going to

continue to cut until 2022, not at that level, but still unprecedented in terms of the cuts. that the scourge of, if you will, covid-19. here is the secretary general about the downturn we've seen and how do they recover. >> the global economy continues to witness some anemic recovery, if you like. what we are witnessing, despite the unprecedented amount of stimulus packages around the world, north of $20 trillion, about 1/5 of the global economy, the economic recovery is not at the pace that we projected. >> would you say, secretary general, that it will take until 2023 to get back up to where we were in 2019? that's the word i got from the shale producers in the basin.

>> we are not that pessimistic here in opec. we foresee a strong rebound in 2021. in the first half of 2021. with numbers ranging around 7 to 8 million barrels a day. hinged on a gdp growth rate of about 4.7%, going higher. >> on this, your 60th anniversary, many are asking the question, what is the relevance of opec? but let's just take the last five years. if you were not at play during three major corrections. >> as an organization, we had survived 60 years of highs and lows. we have our own good and bad times. but what we are witnessing in the last five years, including the current one, were totally unprecedented.

however, we have proven again, once again that the world needs this organization and we have seen in 2016, december, when we reached out to our partners in the non-opec who came on board to sign the declaration of cooperation that was historic. the mechanism of the declaration of cooperation with all the partners on board rose to the challenge in april and in june to respond to the impact of this virus on the global economy. >> and that was encouraged by donald trump, of course, who kind of leaned on opec in the past not to cut too much to raise prices, but this time to add oil back on to the market because of the covid-19 threat, of course, and then they had to cut back in such a dramatic way, paula.

this is almost a perfect storm, not just for opec, but the industry itself. we're at the beginning of the energy transition at the same time. more investment going into solar and wind. in fact, of about $1.3 trillion invested over the last year in the energy market, about half is going to renewables, and having said that, opec still of the view that by midcentury here that 20% of overall global energy demand will come from the renewable sector. you have others just put out reports like bp, suggesting that could be as high as 2/3 by 2050. so we don't know how fast that transition's going to take, but it is a huge challenge, also with covid-19 in the mix. >> yeah, and a lot of it will decide how governments decide they're going to come back from this pandemic and whether that does include an aggressive green plan. john defterios, thanks so much. appreciate. now, with a deadline from president trump looming, there are developments in the push to buy tiktok's u.s. operation.

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a source tell cnn that tiktok and oracle will become u.s. business partners, though the exact nature of the agreement is still unclear. now, that word came sunday just after microsoft said it would not buy tiktok's u.s. operations from its chinese owner bytedance. lena wang joins us live now from hong kong with more on the story. and already a lot of confusion just surrounding what this deal entails and if it's going to satisfy a lot of people who have been keeping track of this over the last few weeks. >> paula, there are many stakeholders here. one of them being the trump administration. and i want to note up at the top that oracle is one of the few silicon valley companies that has publicly supported trump. larry ellison had hosted a

fund-raiser for trump. its ceo had served on trump's transition team. so worth noting that. but this deal is going to have to go through the committee on foreign investments in the u.s. this is a national security review panel. and experts have told me that bytedance will likely need to agree to a number of conditions here. so bytedance may be able to maintain a board seat in tiktok. it may be able to keep some of its shares, but there will likely be limitations placed on bytedance's relationship with tiktok, especially when it comes to areas of sensitive national security concerns. it is, however, paula, a surprise for many that microsoft lost its bid for tiktok. it was seen by many as a more logical contender. it has deeper pockets. it has more expertise in consumer technology. we don't know exactly what the structure of the deal would look like with oracle, but a source has told me they will be seen more as business partners oracle and bytedance, rather than

oracle being this parent company with full control. the big win here for oracle is that it's going to get a huge customer for its cloud computing business. paula, let's look at the trump side as one side of this equation, but, of course, we have to consider the chinese side. china updated its export rules to essentially mean that bytedance would need to get permission from the chinese government in order to sell off tiktok. so there are still a lot of factors here we are yet to know about in order to say that this deal has been successful. now, the broader context here, of course, is that tiktok is just the latest company to be caught in the crosshairs between rising u.s./china relations. trump has really targeted tiktok amid his broader escalation of anti-china rhetoric, leading up to his elections in november. >> yeah, this is really going to be one to watch over the coming days. selena, thanks. appreciate it. now, japan's ruling party has been voting on its next leader, who is then expected to become prime minister. and the results are in.

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you are watching live pictures in at this hour from tokyo. japan's ruling party has picked its next leader, who is now poised to become prime minister, and, yes, no surprise yosihide suga is the winner. prime minister abe, the longest serving leader in japan since world war ii is stepping down because of poor health. our will ripley has been watching it all unfold. will, no surprise, but still what's at stake here in japan is really what comes next, especially given all the challenges ahead. >> yoshihide suga knows the ins

and outs because he's been his right-hand man for the entirety of the record-setting term. he knows what to do with the job. he will essentially be a continuation of many of shinzo abe's policies. now, whether or not that is good or bad for the ruling liberal democratic party depends on how the government perceives its new prime minister. although he will not officially be named prime minister until a vote on wednesday, but basically all but a shoo-in at this point because he is the leader of the ldp and the ldp has a majority in parliament. there are a lot of challenges facing suga right now. from japan's economic issues, the recession as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, the pandemic itself and, of course, tokyo 2020. >> translato >> reporter: he's known in japan as uncle reiwa. had the honor of announcing the name of the next imperial era.

shinzo abe's right-hand man says he's the one most in sync with the outgoing prime minister and the favorite to take his job. >> is there anyone else in japan right now knows how to be the prime minister, at least in terms of what you have to do better than abe's number two? >> terms of experience, no one does. since the abe popularity goes up after this, you know, his announcement of resigning, the members of parliament says, okay, let's go with this, you know, let's ride on this wave and let's go for suga. >> reporter: suga has been chief cabinet secretary in the japanese government since 2012. he's abe's surrogate on almost everything from north korean aggression to stemming the coronavirus. >> and in many ways, a good prime minister is a reflection of an excellent chief cabinet secretary. the problem is no one knows really who this man is. he's labored behind the scenes and he doesn't present it -- he

hasn't yet developed and present an image to the japanese public that they're going to be able to rally behind and support. at this point, he looks like a choice that's being pushed upon them. >> reporter: suga is somewhat of a political chameleon. not a part of any of the major factions with the ruling liberal democratic party. he now appears to have the backing of them all. suga's biggest challenges as prime minister will not all be domestic. japan has to balance its best ally, the u.s., and its close neighbor china. >> how does suga maintain relationships with vladimir putin, xi jinping, donald trump? >> suga is no one in the international community and he has to start from scratch. >> what does that mean for japan? >> it's really damaging because we have gained a lot from abe's diplomacy. and because of his long-term, you know, he's not a revolving door. he has been staying more than seven years. he has been, you know, longer than anybody else except merkel

in the g7. he earned it. and i think this is almost impossible to replace it. >> reporter: like most world economies, japan has taken a massive hit from the coronavirus. suga says his steady hand will get the country back to work. he'll abenomics policies of low interest rates and government spending. but the world's third richest nation was struggling even before the virus. is suga the one to turn things around? one thing that abe was criticized for during the pandemic was being out of touch. and perhaps it's because he comes from a very elite background. he was a third generation prime minister. he's a member of an elite political dynasty. where suga, his dad's a farmer, his mom's a teacher. he commuted two hours to go back and forth to school and he even worked odd jobs to get himself through school and get his start rising through the ranks of domestic politics in japan. perhaps that every man, paula, background will help him connect

with the japanese people whose support he will need if he wants to stay prime minister for very long. >> it will be interesting to see how he informs his policies and if they're a departure from shinzo abe's. thank you so much. for international viewers, "world sport" is up next. if you're joining us here in the united states, i'll be right back with more news in a moment. tempur-pedic's mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. so, no more tossing and turning. because only tempur-pedic's proprietary material adapts and responds to your body- -so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. take advantage of our best offer of the year, with savings up to $500. and all the moments you haven't "hi" love, can't wait -"got the ring!" -"yes!" and with jared it doesn't have to ♪ (peter walsh) people came and they met and they felt comfortable. -"got the ring!" -"yes!"

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the los angeles county's sheriff's department is offering a $100,000 award to information leading to the arrest of a suspect who ambushed two deputies. surveillance video shows two gunmen approaching their vehicle saturday night. one man and one woman shot multiple times. josh campbell has more. >> reporter: los angeles county sheriff's officials tell us that two of their deputies are fighting for their lives at this hour in the hospital behind me here in the los angeles area. that, of course, stemming from this ambush-style shooting that was captured on video in the cctv footage you see a patrol vehicle that is at a mt. row station. a man approaches from behind,

stops at the passenger side of that vehicle, opens fire, and then flees. now, those two deputies, again, were taken to the hospital behind me. they are now out of surgery, but we understand that they are still being treated. after that shooting occurred, we heard from a number of officials, coming out publicly condemning what was seen on that video, including the california governor, the los angeles mayor. we also heard from the l.a. county sheriff who spoke out forcefully about this attack on two of his deputies. >> that was a cowardly act. the two deputies were doing their job, minding their own business, and watching out for the safety of the people on the train and seeing somebody just walk up and just start shooting on them, it pisses me off. >> reporter: now, the scene of that shooting in compton remains an active crime scene. on sunday we saw a patrol vehicle being loaded on to the bed of a tow truck and taken away. however, a heavy police presence remained at that location. we're told that officers continue to look for evidence.

they continue to process that scene. now, where i'm at here at the hospital, there is also very heavy police presence, but we also saw on sunday a parade, a caravan of vehicles supporting police coming out here, circling this area, honking their horns, dawning balloons colored blue and black, the colors of law enforcement, again, expressing their support for the two deputies fighting for their lives in the hospital. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. >> the sheriff's deputy in the atlanta area has been fired after video shared on social media showed him hitting a black man in the head. now, a warning, some of the images we're about to show you are disturbing. the video shows two officers wrestling with a man they have pinned on the ground. he's been identified as roderick walker by his attorney. he says walker was a passenger in a ride-share when it was stopped by law enforcement. his arrest sparked this protest. >> it makes me wonder, when will my -- will my son be next?

when is my son going to be on tv and i'm going to be the one standing there going, please don't burn the city down because he wouldn't want this. no, i'm not going to wait my turn. we got to stop this and we got to stop this now. >> hurt. i have a little boy. he's running around here, he's happy and unaware that he is existing in a world where there are police forces out here that are going to approach him simply because of our skin color. this has got to stop today. >> walker is charged on counts of battery and obstructing or hindering officers. these images from a law firm show his face bruised and swollen. the sheriff's office says there was a felony probation warrant out on walker, but his lawyer says friday's arrest was illegal. now, pfizer says it could know whether its covid-19 vaccine is effective by the end of next month. the american company is working with german partner biontech.

they're asking the u.s. food and drug administration to be allowed to increase the number of participants for more diversity in its u.s. trials. >> in our base case, we have quite good signs, more than 60%, but we will know if the product works or not by the end of october. of course, that doesn't mean that it works, it means we will know if it works. i don't know if they have to wait until 2021, because as i said, our studies, we have a good chance we will know if the product works by the end of october and then, of course, it is regulators' jobs to issue license or not. >> now, the need for diversity is critical because people of color are at greater risk of getting sick and dying from the virus. america's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, has said about 27% of the volunteers in the vaccine trials should be black. and 37% should be latino. now, the current enrollments in two key studies fall short.

moderna showing just 11% of their volunteers are black and 22% are latino. and as of late last month, only 8% of pfizer's volunteers were black and 11% were latino. michael is a 65-year-old retiree and one of the first volunteers to sign up for the moderna trial at the university of colorado. he joins us now on the line from denver. absolutely not an exaggeration to say you are one courageous man, and obviously we've just spelled out, you know, how significant your participation is here. i want to ask you first, what was it like to get these vaccination shots and how many have you had? >> well, it was pretty straightforward. i had one on august 20th. i'm scheduled to get my second shot this thursday. and i'm in the moderna study.

and after i did some research on moderna, i found that they were not actually using any of the virus proteins. they actually have your body generate the virus protein and then the antibodies. so i felt it was pretty safe. >> you're right that each vaccine here, a lot of them, and more than 100 of them really under research now, each one works in a different way. did you feel anything after that shot? >> four hours after my first shot, i felt a little nauseated. i had some muscle aches and some body aches, but by the next morning, i was in perfect health. >> do you feel as if somehow that, you know, in terms of your risk level, are you doing anything differently right now just because you have had the shot? >> no. i'm still going to the gym. which i was doing before i got the shot. and as we know, gyms are high

risk, but i take all the precautions necessary to protect myself. >> understood. and how do you feel about, you know, what we just explained there, about the issue of diversity? i mean, mr. ruse, you know your community has been one of the hardest hit in the united states for sure, but a lot of data coming from all over the world shows that those communities, communities of color are disproportionately affected. how do you feel being able to volunteer in that context? >> i think it's crucial that african-americans and any other minorities volunteer so that people can see that we are taking part in the testing trials. >> and it is very important for the research and important that people have confidence when there is a vaccine. i didn't exaggerate, it is a very courageous move and we applaud you and hope you stay well and safe. appreciate it. >> thank you.

>> so the coronavirus made for a very different u.s. open. but the competition was thrilling. austria's dominic thiem won the 2020 u.s. men's title in really what was a thrilling comeback sunday. he defeated germany's sasha -- >> the sun has set on the 2020 u.s. open here in queens. it was a tournament unlike any other. the first grand slam since the coronavirus pandemic began. and the virus left an indelible mark here. empty stadiums but also statements on social justice and certainly improbable comebacks, none more so than in the men's singles final. dominic thiem and sascha zverev slugging in out in a five-set battle that features among other things nerves, nerves and more

nerves. there was cramping, there was a little bit of choking and a whole lot of heart. it was dominic thiem, the favorite coming in and the man who survived the two-set deficit to survive coming in here. teem coming in as the favorite in the men's singles final, having played in three previous slam finals to sascha zverev's zero. he was the underdog with nothing to lose. on sunday, he was the man to beat and early on it showed. the austrian played tight, nervous tennis. but once zverev got to within the finish line, suddenly it was he who tightened up. no man in the open era ever came back from a two-set deficit to win the tournament, but teem saw the opportunity and made the most of it. for sascha zverev, this will likely be hard to get over, only to watch it slowly slip away. he had multiple chances. and then after the match, revealing that he's been dealing with a lot off the court as well.

both of his parents testing positive for coronavirus. >> i want to thank my parents. sorry. they're always with me in every tournament i go to. unfortunately, you know, my dad and my mother, they tested positive before the tournament, and they couldn't have gone with him. me. yeah, i mean, i miss them, but i'm sure -- i'm sure they're sitting at home, even though i lost, they're pretty proud. >> an emotional drained zverev after the match here in queens, and with good reason. both players giving everything they had on the court in a match that lasted well over four hours. it stands to reason that we'll see a lot more from these two over the next decade, especially with the reign of the big three potentially coming to an end sometime over the next couple of years. we don't dare to predict when roger federer and rafael nadal will step away from the game, but when they do, tennis should

be in good hands with these young stars making names for themselves on the sport's biggest stage. >> that was carolyn mano in new york. and nfl had made a comeback in the united states. nine u.s. professional football teams, though, did not take to the field during the national anthem in the first week of this new season. the teams elected to stay in their locker rooms to protest racial injustice. now, in addition, players and team staff kneeled, linked arms and raised their fists in solidarity with protests right around the country. last month commissioner roger goodell said he wouldn't penalize any player for kneeling in protest. i want to thank everyone for watching. i'm paula newton. the news continues, though, here with rosemary church. she'll be here right after a break. at visionworks we're going aboe and beyond to keep you safe. that includes temperature scan, sanitizing everything

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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, england and israel are tightening coronavirus rules as the world sees a spike in cases. japan's ruling party picks a new leader who is now poised to become the country's next prime minister. as wildfires rage on the west coast, we will ask a doctor about how the smoke could make the pandemic even worse.