it's my story. they failed me in diagnosing me with colon cancer because i was outside of the parameters of the typical person who has colon cancer. you're essentially looking at a dead man walking. >> you can find that story on cnn.com/home front. please email to homefront@cnn.com. it is the top of the hour, i'm brianna keilar and any moment we're expecting president trump to speak to reporters add the white house. we will be listening live to that and there's a lot the president has to answer for because there's plenty of evidence the trump administration is manipulating what you see and hear in the middle of a global pandemic. cnn confirmed the trump administration sent the cdc a document of controversial guidance that people without coronavirus symptoms don't need

to get tested, even if they've been exposed to someone with coronavirus. we're learning it was published, despite objections from cdc scientists. and moments ago, just moments ago, the original guidance based on science was restored to the site. the president demeans the cdc's director's testimony that masks may be more important than a vaccine and that a vaccine won't likely reach the general public until next summer. and a former aid to vice president pence has resigned and accusing the president of a flat-out disregard for human life, saying the response was all about thelection, not public health. and we're learning the white house 96ed a plan to send 350 million masks in april because they didn't want to start panic. and a federal judge just rebuked them for a politically-motivated

attack on changes to the service that could disrupt the 2020 election. i want to bring in jim acosta. we're waiting for the news conference to get underway. what are you expecting to hear from the president as he's facing this onslaught of negative headlines? >> reporter: it is an onslaught. but kaley macken in ay just said the president is expected to give an update on the development of a coronavirus vaccine and how they plan to distribute it. she was saying earlier this morning that they are still lookth at a target of trying to get vaccines disz ributed by the end of the year and hopefully have a vaccine as early as october. that is echoing what the president has said all along about his expectations for a vaccine, of course. those comments from the president, from when white house press secretary don't line up with cautionary language we're hearing from people who have

cautioned that yes, while we may see a vaccine by the opens of the year, it's going to take many months to be disz ributed to start warding off covid-19. but as you were just saying a few moments ago, ticking through all the various examples of the president and his team politically meddling in this covid-19 response, there's a lot to answer for. and i suspect the president will be asked about this proposal first reported on the "washington post" that the u.s. postal service was being looked at to distribute hundreds of millions of masks around the country. the white house 96ed that because they didn't want to cause a panic. i was standing next to a reporter yesterday on the south lawn of the white house where a reporter tried to ask the president about that. the other thing we should point out is this whole issue at the cdc and how its website was changed. essentially hhs was injecting language into the cdc website,

dictating guidelines for when people should be telssted for t coronavirus. well, just in the last several minutes, the cdc has reversed that, the administration has reversed that and guidelines have gone on thee cdc website saying asymptomatic people should be tested. because as we've known all along, from dr. fauci, asymptomatic people pose a serious threat to spreading the coronavirus around the country. so, it's almost a catch us if you can atmosphere over here at the white house where you see instances time and again, the president and his team attempting to medal in the covid-19 response with the election coming up. and getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar as these things get reported out. >> thank you so much for that report. live for us there from the north lawn of the white house. dr. raj is an associate

professor of medicine and a contributing medical editor at "health magazine" as well. i want to start with the cdc testing guidance that was published over the objection of cdc sign it shoulds. it was strange when it went out, wasn't it? the idea that people might be exposed to someone with coronavirus but that didn't mean you need to get tested and now we have learned that the web page has just changed back. how snitch couldn't is this that the cdc was essentially railroaded by political appointees, changing this and now that it's back where it should be. >> you know, it's very frustrating to hear all of this and it was very surprising when the cdc recommendation came out against testing asymptomatic individuals because, as we learned very quickly, about this virus, the asymptomatic spread was a very real factor, particularly in this country. it was odd when that happened and we're hearing maybe there

was political motivation for it. what's frustrating is already this virus is so diabolical in so many ways in the sense that it's new. we don't know a lot about it. our knowledge is evolving and changing. it's already hard to get a handle on the virus without the political machinery getting involved. it makes it difficult for the trusted health officials to spread the correct information and for the public to have confid ins in that information. and already is a real issue when it comes to people wearing masks and people not believing masks work or social distancing. but particularly-the vaccine. >>s, the fact that many people are going to be unsure about its safety, efficacy, whether or not they should get it, already have a distrust of vaccines in some sectors of this country and all of this conflicting information and questioness of political motivations are really hampering

the efforts to get back to our normal way of living. >> i wonder what you think, as a medical professional, and you're watching some of -- listen, the voices in the administration that are guided by science, like the cdc director. because on one hand, you know, i've heard scientists argue and i think it's something you can definitely relate to, the idea it's so important they stay in the positions, they're a counterweight to antiscience advocates. at what point are they enabling nis information? at what point do they need to resign? and resigning could signal something more significant than them staying in their position. where is the line do you think for the current cdc director? >> i think for all the top health officials, when we're in the field of science or medicine, there are no spins or -- it's very clear and black and white. we don't know all the answers

necessarily but we need be honest about that and about what we do know. and whenever you're feeling pressure or an inability to convey that clear information, lives are at stake. and in this case millions are at stake. i think possibly resigning might be the best course of action for people who feel like they can't get the proper information because you are risking people's lives when you're giving the wrong information. we have the top health officials in the world being questioned by a lot of the population because things are kmachging and we're hearing pressure had been put on certain individuals. top pharma pledging they will not release a vaccine until it's safe and effective. the fact that they needed to do that shows the climate of distrust we're in. it's difficult enough to manage and control this virus without these questions of credibility being called into question.

>> i want to ask you about a plan the white house nixed, which would have sent 350 million face masks to all individuals and they didn't do it because they didn't want to, quote, panic or concern people. >> i think the reason to not panic people was absolutely misguided and if anything, people need to understand the seriousness of the disease and the fact that masks were effective in preventing the spread. i think they absolutely should have distributed them. if they didn't need them elsewhere. and now-hh srksz is saying 600 million masks were delivered to more infrastructure-related individuals and health care workers. so, if the masks had to go as a priority, that i understand. but it's a reason to not send them was because you didn't want to create panic? absolutely misguided.

that would have send a strong message and maybe we wouldn't deal with this mask backlash if it came straight from the top. >> and just a heartbreaking stories we've heard of people who are in the hospital, who thought this wasn't a big deal and wished they'd known it was. thank you. >> nang you. as covid numbers creep back up, many are concerned about what that means for flu season. but dr. anthony fauci says their fears may not become reality. >> we still should be getting our flu shots, for sure, the way we always do. but it is entirely possible that, despite the fear that we were going to have a double whamy, namely flu season superimposed upon the continuation of covid-19, that may not be the case. >> senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen is joining us now. this would certainly be good

news. we're also hearing how important it is that people get their flu shots. so, explain the reasoning behind the comment. >> so, the reasoning here, according to exprgerts we've spoken with is they've had an early flu season in the southern hemisphere because of covid. i know that sounds odd but because covid is out there and there's so much attention on public health, more people did get flu shots. that's what is believes in australia and other places that there was the emphasis that hasn't been before. and this is actually pretty obvious when you think about it. people are wearing masks, doing social distancing. those two things help stop the spread of covid and of flu. when we hear dr. fauci say we could have a really easy flu season, if we do the things we're supposed to do, if we get

our flu shots and continue to mask and do social distancing, we're told that's what made it work in australia. we would need to do the same in the united states. >> because when you think about when flu shots would have been taken in australia t would have been a time when it seems like people are more comfortable now. they're worried about leavic or not going into work where flu shots might be iveilable. >> right, so that is a problem. that's not going to happen in a lot of work places now. so, they'll have to go to the doctor or the pharmacy. which isn't a big deal but something they have to think through. and you're right the flu season has ended. when people were thinking about getting flu shots, it was sort of in the around in the spring.

and so that was the time when there was so much emphasis on preventing covid and doing what you need to do. so, there was more of an emphasis we're told on getting a flu shot. we need keep up that emphasis in the country. >> and there's also new guidance on the return of youth sports. what are the recommendations here? >> yes, the american academy of pediatrics had very specific recommendations. the first thing is they say if a student athlete has been exposed to someone with covid, then a they should sit out, they should be sitting out at least 14 days. we'll start with that. after that, they say the testing is discouraged unless there symptoms or kbhoen exposure. they need to get tested if they have symptoms or known to be exposed to someone with covid. they say masks should be worn by coaches and spectators and the athletes should wear them while on the sidelines.

and athletes with moderate symptoms could get a heart exam before they return to their athletic program. there's a couple of reasons for that. one is they want to make sure these young people are fit to go back to sports. covid can have an effect on various organs, including the heart. and sometimes young people have congenital heart defects no one knew about. you want to make sure they're ready to go back and resume a sport. >> thank you so much for that. i want to let viewers know we're awaiting president trump coming to the podium. we're going to be bringing this to you live. also a woman who used to serve on the coronavirus task force, now blasting the president's response to the pandemic. we'll have salook at the long list of trump officials and republicans who have endorsed biden. and later how the rich are getting richer from the pandemic

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a former member of the coronavirus task forces is endorsing the president's political rival, joe biden. she was the lead staffer on the task force and serve as pence's counterterrorism advisor and she's now featured in this new video called "republican voters against trump." >> towards the middle of february t was a matter of if covid would become a big pan dem, it was a matter of when. but the president didn't want to hear that because his biggest concern is we're in an election

year and how is this going to effect his record of success. the truth is he doesn't actually care about anyone but himself. >> trump's national security advisor says he was in those meetings and never heard that from the president. in fact, he called her claim egregious. editor at large is joining us. olivia troy is joining, we should point out, a long list of republican and former officials who have endorsed biden. >> a very long list. i want to highlight these are not low-level junior staffers. these are high-level aids, high-profile folks. olivia troy, mike pence's top person on the coronavirus task force. how about josh venable, chief of staff to betsy devos, head of education.

miles taylor, former chief of staff to former department of homeland security. again, these are not fly-by-night folk whose come in and pop out. these are senior-level officials. let's go to the second slide, which is these are former trump officials, who have spoken out but not endorsed him, at least as of yet. there's john kelly, his former chief of staff. jim mattis, the former secretary of defense. kirsten nielsen, the former head of the department of homeland security. rex tillerson, the former head of exxon mobile and secretary of state. these are serious people i would encourage our viewers to go back and google when donald trump nominated these folks, what he said about them. he talked about rex tillerson as the crown jewel of his cabinet, a man only he could recruit to do work for the good of the country.

these people trusted military generals, john kelly, jim mattis. these are people with impeccable credentials through decades in the military. that they would speak out tells you something. it's not just a disgruntled one or two people. yes, there's some of that, people who come out and they're not happy. this is an absolute -- let's keep going. let's go to the next slide. these are republican big wigs, let's call them, who have endorsed against donald trump. there's colon powell, the former secretary of state, cindy mccain, john mccain's late wife. there's two people who ran against the donald trump for the republican presidential nomination, carly fiorina, who you remember had a short-lived time as ted cruz's announced running mate. carly fiorina, john kasich, also former governor of ohio.

these are people who have endorsed against donald trump. and former staffers for george w. bush, who have come out as a group and endorsed joe biden. george w. bush, himself has not done or said anything in that regard, it seems as though a lot of people for him, including colon powell, feel a certain way about donald trump and feel that way strongly enough that they've come out publicly and endorsed joe biden. this is not normal. yes, one or two, a handful, maybe. this is a laundry list of senior officials and senior staff. for them to do this and so public a manner, it is not normal. brianna. >> it is not. thank you so much. and still ahead, president trump defending russia again. in direct contrast to the word of his own fbi director.

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you're the author of "the threat how america protects during the age of terror and trump." what do you break down of the president's reaction to it? >> i think both are pretty to be doing and the director is in a very tough spot. the job of the director or the fbi is to follow the facts and represent them truthfully. the president, on the other hand, makes up his own facts and frequently doesn't tell the truth. so, he is going to be on a collision course with the president if he continues to do his job. and director wray knows he has 37,000 fbi employee whose watch him very close and listen to everything he says. when they get the sense he is becoming political to please the president, rather than

representing the facts as they know them, he runs the risk of losing the confidence of the work force. i think he's too smart for that and is not going to let that happen, which means he's probably in conflict with this president. >> i mentioned the trump administration officials have been down playing the threat of russian interference. you have mike pompeo, as well as attorney general bill barr, who told wieolf blitzer this. >> the intelligence community says russia, china and iran are seeking to interfere in the u.s. presidential election, for various reasons but mostly exacerbate racial tensions and things like that. of the three countries, they've pointed to russia, china and iran, which is the most aggressive? >> i believe it's china. >> it's what? >> china. >> china more than russia? >> yes. >> why? >> because i've seen the intelligence.

>> what are they trying -- >> i'm not going to discuss that. >> but they're trying to -- >> i'm not going to get into that. trying to influence the united states, yes. >> there are certainly some things he could have said to back up his claim but he didn't because russia is considerably more active. we're hearing that on the hill from officials. so, why are officials like bill barr so focussed on china? >> i think it's clear. the president and his men don't like the narrative that russia is doing in 2020 the same thing that they did in 2016, which was to interfere in our democracy to sew chaos too, hurt the opposing candidate. now joseph biden and ultimately help president trump. that's not a story line this president likes to hear. so, his political supporters and attorney general are going out

and laying down the same false narrative the president prefers. i would ask your viewers to listen on the intelligence professionals. they have been very clear on this. there's no nation on earth that has ever attacked us in the same way that russia has in terms of an active operation to undermine our democracy and i haven't heard anything about the iranians or north koreans doing nat in 2020. >> when you have administration officials like christopher wray, who aren't going to say this kind of stuff that isn't true, they are in conflict with the president. do you think the president may try to replace wray? >> you know, i think you have to consider that a possibility with this president and any official who stands up and confronts him or makes plain a truth that the president finds inconvenient. that's a risk of working in this

administration and following the truth. i mean, realistically, there's a not a lot of time between now and the election. so t would surprise me if he did something like that between now and the election. i can't over emphasize the fact that in 2016, the russians did three things to us. sewing chaos, hurting hillary clinton, and helping donald trump. so far, according to the director and other intelligence officials, they've done the first two already. misinformation campaigns and an effort to undermine candidate biden. we should all be very concerned about what happens over the next few weeks from russia. >> andrew mccabe, former fbi director, thank you so much. >> thanks, brianna. a fan who attended last week's kansas city chiefs game has tested positive for coronavirus and now several other fans are being forced to quarantine. plus a pastor who referred

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doing well is valuations are so high. but billionaires still doing better than okay, quite well. where, as you point out there, are two americas. the america of the quite wealthy, whether we're talking about billionaires and then there's the america of the wurnging class. people not invested. and people facing evictions and hunger. really about whether they'll get to work again. >> and this is what he said the other night. >> stocks are owned by everybody. they talk about the stock market and not many people, as long as they didn't when the market went

down, they notice the extents of the horrible thing from china, some of them are doing better than before the pandemic came. >> i mean, catherine, maybe stocks are owned by everybody he knows but it's false to say everyone has stock. >> that's absolutely true. a very large percentage of americans do not own stocks, either through a 401(k). i don't think it's a zero sum economy that because they're doing well, that necessarily means they're doing well at the expense of people. there are policies increasing the valuation of stocks. and for example, very low interest rates are a large part of the reason why stock valuations are high. we also want interest rates to remain low because that will help.

and it's to help developing and we have been ignoring one that would do more to help the lower cost, middle class-type people. for example, the top of the unemployment benefits. whether the $600 or something more modest. for example, more generous food stamps, fiscal aid to states so more people working for state and local governments aren't going to face imminent layoffs, as many will. so, i don't know that it's fair to say just because white collar people are doing well or well off people are doing well that necessarily is the reason to suggest we haven't done quite enough, nearly enough to make sure that the people who are really struggling to get back to

work can. >> so essential. there's a new report that says 150 million more children are living in poverty since the pandemic began. and siting a hike in poverty numbers based on data from 80 countries. >> and this shows an impact of the pandemic on child poverty. unicef and save the children say an additional 150 million children face a lack of access to basic service. for example, in health care or education. about 45% of all children face a lack of access to a basic service. the pandemic has hit that number, 56% and they warn that if the international community does not intervene, those numbers will only grow. >> thank you. any moment we're expecting to hear from the president.

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being exposed to covid-19 at the chief's opening game last week. a fan at the game tested positive the following day. and the chiefs say it is contact tracing mechanism allowed them to identify anyone who came into contact with the fan. all fans and personnel were required to wear a mask and face covering in the stadium. fans were sitting with the group they came in. chiefs were one of two teams that did allow fans during week one of the nfl season. four teams, brianna, will be having fans in week two. >> andy, thank you. a pastor in idaho who called himself a no masker during a service and cast doubt on the veracity of coronavirus reports is in the icu after contracted covid-19. he had been leading prayers against a local mask mandate and encouraging church members to attend services would you masks. lucy kafanov is following this.

>> reporter: an idaho paster who told congregants they were exempt from masks in his church is recovering from covid-19 at an intensive care unit. his wife also contracted coronavirus and is recovering at home. prior to getting sick, during the pandemic, pastor paul van noy wrote numerous facebook posts containing false claims that said masks were not effective. in late august his wife posted a photo of herself in a trump mask saying i only wear it when i have to. on september 4th she wrote i haven't taken this covid seriously enough. i'm humbled. the church official tells cnn five other church staff were infected with coronavirus but are now recovering. and we are seven weeks away from the election now and the mystery health care plan the president has been promising is still not here. we'll look back at his empty promises and see if he adds any new detail when he comes to the podium at the white house. that is just moments away. not actors, are r,

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a plan that just never seems to materialize. the president trump has yet to declare a health care plan saying it was just two weeks away. john avalon has our reality check. >> more than six months into a pandemic, with nearly 200,000 americans dead, health anxiety is getting real for most americans. 68% of voters say health care will be very important to their vote. but there is a lot of smoke and mirrors clouding the debate. president trump keeps touting a phantom health care plan, one that will magically cover way more people for way less money but it always seems to be -- >> within two weeks. >> two weeks. >> three weeks, four weeks. what do you think. >> he made a show of a mystery executive order that would slash

drug prices but they refused to release the text. and then there the constant pay no attention to the man behind the kurt on to protect people with pre-existing conditions. while trump's own doj is actively trying to kill the law that actually does that. when it comes to american's health care, this president is all show and no go. dishonest on a good day, but dangerous during a pandemic. so let's start at ground floor. there is no trump health care plan. period. i don't know how many times folks are going to fall for the same lucy in the football routine here. it is been four years people, but, hey, it is been ten years since the passage of the affordable care act and calls to repeal and replace. it is catchy and total nonsense. obamacare is more popular now than when obama left office. and the thing people seem to like about it is the coverage of pre-existing conditions. maybe that is because 43% of americans have at least one

person in their household with a pre-existing condition. we've seen the president spin and promise to protect pre-existing but this one stood out. >> we're going to be doing a health care plan very strongly, and protect people with pre-existing conditions. they will flot do that. >> that is the opposite of true. here is why. democrats will protect people with pre-existing conditions, they already have with obamacare. it is the only law that does that and it is a law that the trump administration has been fighting like hell to kill, culminating into a case the supreme court will hear one week after election day. after all, it won't be a good look to openly try to gut it before the votes are passed. but what about those drug price executive orders trump signs with such great fanfare and why did they refuse to release one of them for so long? well it turns out it promises to peg drug prices to european countries, most of which have some form of socialized

medicine. so forget free markets. the trump proposal is a step toward socialism than anything obamacare ever did. here is what makes it especially awkward. when nancy pelosi proposed a senate provision, republicans denounced it as socialist price controls. confused? the economist went to my grand parent's town of youngstown, ohio and one person said he got health care done which democrats cannot do. that is just not true. but if you can't convince them, cob fuse them. but this time the cost of that confusion could be a real killer for your family. and that is your reality check. >> john avalon, thank you. and our special coverage continues now with brooke baldwin. good afternoon, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this friday afternoon. we'll get a sneak peek at the white house here. we'll take a look at live

pictures. there you go. reporters and watching and waiting to see the president stand behind that podium here as of course he'll address the race for a coronavirus vaccine for one. he continues to tout his administration's response to pandemic and his claim is that we are rounding the turn. but let's look at the numbers here. that is despite the fact that the united states is about to hit the tragic milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths. by far more than any other country. that is 200,000 americans whose lives were taken far too soon by a virus still spreading throughout the country. an additional 44,000 cases were reported on thursday as more states are heading in the wrong direction. i'll show you this map here and you'll see a lot of red on your screen, a lot of red and orange. those are not good colors when we're talking covid. 30 states are reporting more cases over the past week with seven of them seeing increases of more than 50%. in all of the troubling trends

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