this is cnn breaking news. >> and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen coming to you live from atlanta. the u.s. president right now is spending a second night hospitalized amid conflicting reports about his condition. donald trump's medical team says it is, quote, cautiously optimistic, but also admits he's not out of danger. on saturday evening, mr. trump posted this video from walter reed medical center. >> i'm starting to feel good. you don't know, over the next

period of a few days, i guess that's the real test. we'll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days. >> so that is what we are hearing from the president. we are also getting a peek into how he is conducting business. the white house released photos to support the claim that mr. trump is still at work. but here's where it starts getting unclear. shortly afterward, an administration source gave journalists a less-positive report, saying mr. trump's vital signs were, quote, very concerning and that the next 48 hours would be critical. that source has been identified by the "new york times" and associated press as white house chief of staff mark meadows. later saturday, meadows had a more optimistic message for fox news. >> the doctor's exactly right. he is doing extremely well, in fact, i'm, i'm very, very optimistic, based on the current results, and, as the intere.

>> doctor said, the next 48 hours with the history of this virus can be tough, but he's made unbelievable improvement from yesterday morning when i know a number of us, the doctor and i, were very concerned. >> then there is the president's physician, dr. sean conley. a white house source confirms mr. trump had supplemental oxygen since his illness started. but dr. conley was evasive when asked about it. >> has he ever been on supplemental oxygen? >> he, right now he is not on oxygen. >> i know you keep saying right now. should we read into the fact that he had been previously? >> yesterday and today he was not on oxygen. >> so he has not been on it during his covid treatment. >> he is not on oxygen right now. >> dr. conley also needed to clear up confusion about the timeline regarding president trump's diagnosis.

cnn's sarah westwood is live from walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland. before we get to that, what is the latest on the president's condition and the treatments he's receiving? >> natalie, the latest on the president's condition comes from a memo released by his physician, dr. sean conley this evening. he said the president has made substantial progress since his diagnosis with covid-19 and that trump received his second dose of remdesivir this evening without complication, that he went into the night still having no temperature. that came, as you mentioned, after a day of confusion and mixed signals from this white house about the president's condition. that really started around 11:00 a.m. this morning when dr. conley and the president's other care providers came out and briefed reporters here at walter reed. dr. conley and the others painted a really rosy picture of how trump has been doing since he arrived at walter reed but also yesterday before he was hospitalized. but just moments after that

rescon french had ended, a source familiar with the president's condition told reporters that trump had experienced quote, very concerning symptoms in the hours before he was hospitalized here at walter reed. so not a lot of clarity about what the president was experiencing while he was at the white house friday. there was also confusion because of comments that dr. conley made that made it seem that perhaps the white house hadn't been truthful about exactly when the president received his positive diagnosis and when he began treatment. the white house hasn't exactly been forthcoming about that in the days leading up to it. but dr. conley was forced to come out with a clarifying statement and said he misspoke when he talked about the timeline of the president's illness which is still unclear. meanwhile, the white house medical unit is continuing its contact tracing for aides and advisers who may have come into contact with the president's inner circle who have tested

positive, and that's a growing list, like the first lady, kellyanne conway and chris christie have announced that they, too, are positive because of this outbreak around the president. three republican senators have also tested positive, with is that right ron johnson becoming the third today unveiling his positive diagnosis. other lawmakers, aides, advisers are also awaiting the results thereof tests. so we still don't know the extent of the outbreak that sickened the president right now, natalie. >> yes, certainly, we all hope that moving forward we'll get more transparency from the president's medical team on how he's doing. sarah westwood for us there outside the hospital. thanks, sarah. let's talk more about the president's condition with dr. scott miss coe vich, a national consultant and pioneered pop-up testing in hawaii. he joins me now live from

hawaii. hello, interesdoctor, thanks fog on. how are you tonight? >> i'm well, thank you for asking. the president says he'll know in a couple of days how he's doing and that the doctor says he's not out of the woods. as we just heard, kind of tricky to know exactly how he is faring, since the doctor has not been that forthcoming with details. what do you flake what you're hearing about did? >>. >> from what we're hearing about the disease, there are many days. the average number of days before someone is admitted to the intention self care unit is ten to 12 days. the way this disease destroys the lung tissue over time, that lung strdestruction will lead t shortness of breath, that's why those questions about is he on oxygen or not, those are very important. because that is a sign that there is worsening damage to the

lung tissue. he's far from being out of the woods right now. >> we know his chief of staff said that his vital signs were very concerning. what does that tell you? >> again, when we look at one thing that we follow closely, it's what's called the oxygen saturation, that little monitor that's put on your finger, and it tells you how much oxygen you're getting into your bloodstream. also you look at the heart rate. as you're struggling for oxygen your heart rate will go up and the oxygen level will droop. that can happen, it's very common weal' s commo common weal' see in 36 hours people will go from normal to being in the icu. >> what does it indicate to you, also, doctor, that the president is on a five-day course of remdesivir? >> that's probably fairly standard. you know, we'll see that going

on. remember remdesivir, people have been on tamiflu when they have the flu. that's a standard antiviral. most of us really raised our eyebrows when we knew he was put on the regeneron treatment, which was very experimental and only 275 patients had ever received it, and a lot of us were like, really? i mean, i would not give it to my family, so, to be that experimental and be given it is something we all looked at. >> you have diagnosed and followed some 3,000 covid positive patients who have recovered. assuming the president recovers, what will his recovery look like? what can he expect? >> you know, that is a question i think the country needs to start addressing, because the number one thing we're seeing in post covid patients who are hospitalized is extreme fatigue. so over half of them are having extreme fatigue. the second thing we're seeing is

shortness of breath where i mean he probably is not going to be able to walk that easily from the rose garden to the helicopter. here's one that bothers me a lot. we're starting to see upwards of about a quarter will have some degree of memory loss. and some types of confusion. they'll have mood disdur banks and sleep disturbances. so that's something i think as a country we have to understand if our commander in chief is experiencing these very common and symptoms that we're seeing across the world, what do we do? >> yes, that sounds bleak. and we know that he has conditions that could contribute to his recovery. his sageage is a factor, his he and his obesity. >> yes, a lot of us, as soon as he was diagnosed have put together our expert opinions and i think consensus is that someone of his age with those conditions had at least and still has at least an 8% mortality from this, you know,

at 70 with those three conditions that we know of, let's put it that way. he would be in that 8 pur%, posy up to 10% depending on how he would change. again, oxidation is key. the other one that we have, damages to the brain that can occur with what we call thrombosis. minor blood clots can occur and that can lead to memory changes and small strokes. so there's still so many possible problems that can occur at this stage. we just don't know. >> i want to ask you and refer back to the thousands of people that you have treated that you have seen with positive cases, and i'm sure many of those folks didn't think they were going to get covid, took precautions, maybe some didn't. and how do you think this president might be changed emotionally after going through

this, and we certainly know that he did a lot of disregarding the coronavirus leading up to him getting it. >> well, you know, again, it's a great question, because one of the things we're looking in the covid recovery patients is just their emotional status. and there is a lot of depression. and we're finding that people, if they've been in the hospital four a period of time, they might have some ptsd because it is a near death experience, and it is an experience that affects you psychologically. now how our president, he's obviously a different person than a lot of normal people and how he'll be behind the scenes versus to the public, that's hard to say. i also wonder, you know, as his wife has the disease at the same time, as a couple, gosh, that's going to present some real interesting challenges in relationship, emotions and how you respond to others. hopefully the white house has woken up and takes their

security for, you know, wearing masks and doing testing a lot more seriously right now. >> we certainly hope so. thank you so much for your time and your expertise, dr. scott miss coe vich, and thank you four all of wh for all of what you do for us. >> thank you for having me. donald trump's diagnosis is having a big impact on the joe biden campaign. coming up here, what the president's political rival is changing as he looks to win the white house. ain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory... focus... accuracy... learning and concentration. try it today with our money-back guarantee! i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh...i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 8 million dogs. nice.

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what happens when you gather a large, postally maskless crowd in a small space during a pandemic? we know now, you get a potential super spreader event. the one we're talking about right here, features several of the most powerful people in the u.s. government. last saturday, president trump held this ceremony in the white house rose garden to announce his nomination for the supreme court, amy coney barrett, who was there with her children. dr. sanjay gupta shows us how this event became dangerous. [ applause ] >> what you're looking at is the origins of a likely super

spreader event. at least eight people, including president trump himself are now infected. that is among those who've had the ability to actually get tested. you can't see the virus, but what is happening during a super spreading event? >> it's a very rough analogy. when you think of a campfire, that's a person infected and releasing virus. it's not like the ring around the person that is going to be the risk. it's those that are on the side where more of the virus is being projected, either through being talking or through the breeze, the air that's blowing it there. >> but it was also these moments that caught cnn medical analyst's eye. >> when the event finished, when they're all coming up and hugging and shake being hands and saying congratulations, that's where, if i was a betting person, i would be putting my money on where this occurred. >> we know that the safety protocol for the event was to test anyone in close proximity to the president, but it wasn't

required for everyone attending the ceremony, and it clearly wasn't foolproof. again, take a look here where the people who were diagnosed as positive were sitting. not next to each other. which leads us to again look at what happened right before and right after. kellyanne conway, closely leaning in to speak with attorney general william barr, lots of people closely interacting with their guard down. it can be difficult to pinpoint these super spreader events. this one ceremony, though, is giving us a look at the anatomy of how it happens all the time. not just here but anytime people aggregate together in large groups in the middle of a pandemic. >> there's no doubt that there has been transmission at the protests, the political rallies. it's just a fact that the virus doesn't discriminate. just because we have it documented doesn't mean it hasn't happened. it's just that we've got an event now that is very visible,

well-documented, well-tested, and we're seeing the outcome from it. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn. >> the spread of the coronavirus could jeopardize a quick confirmation four mr. trump's supreme court pick. two members of the senate judiciary committee have tested positive, and that's raising questions about a swift vote on barrett's nomination. phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. >> it's not just the white house grappling with the magnitude of this moment. the president testing positive for coronavirus, now capitol hill where three republican is that rights have tested positive. there are public health issues there, figuring out how those senators are going to deal with did. two have reported mild symptoms many a third believes he's asymptomatic. there's also the question of what happens on a massive issue, the nomination of amy coney

barrett. they want her confirmed before the election. in fact, hearings are already scheduled, scheduled to start october 12th. two of the three republicans senators, they're on the committee that will move forward on that none natiomination. they will need to be present, likely starting the process on october 15th. the big question now is two foile fold, will those senators be okay, and be able to come back. this is what unsettles everyone else, is anybody else going to get sick? right now they don't have answers to those questions. while they've made very clear they want to move forward on the nomination, this could change the calculation. >> sources tell cnn that all of this has joe biden planning to get tested more often. the nominee himself says he did not want to attack the president

and of course the first lady but that he would have handled the pandemic fundamentally differently. here he is. >> for so long, washington left our states, cities and transit agencies to bid against one noir, if that's not the president's responsibility, what the hell, what the heck is his responsibility? not my fault, i have no responsibility. go to your mayor, your governor, your employer, it's unconscionable. >> for more now on the biden campaign, here's cnn's arlette saenz. >> reporter: joe biden will be tested more regularly for coronavirus. this follows the news that president trump tested positive for coronavirus as well as several other people in his orbit. now the biden campaign says they will release the results of the test each time he is tested. biden last received his last negative test results on friday and told reporters that while he wasn't tested on saturday, he

will be tested for coronavirus on sunday morning. the biden campaign has always adhered so social distancing and safety standards at his campaign events. officials believe the way they've structured these events have promoted health and safety not just for their candidates but those involved in the events and the general public. biden is always wearing a mask at these events, and they have people at social distances from even other and him. those are protocols that they plan to move forward with as he continues to campaign in person. on monday, biden is heading to south florida, and on thursday, he will travel to arizona. his first visit to the battle ground state, and his running mate, kamala harris will also be joining him. now kamala harris is set to face off against vice president mike pence in their first debate on wednesday, and we're learning there have been some changes to the way that debate will play out. the two candidates will be seated down for that debate.

and originally were only slated to be seated seven feet apart. they will now be 12 feet apart from each other as this debate plays out. we've also learned that masks will be required for everyone in that debate hall except for the two candidates and the moderators. this follows tuesday night's presidential debate when many in the audience on the trump side were not wearing masks. but going forward, anyone in that debate hall must wear a mask. if they fail to do so, they will be asked to leave. just one of the many changes occurring in this campaign due to the coronavirus pandemic. arlet arlette saenz. many are warning that vice president mike pence should self-isolate. he has tested negative since the president's diagnosis.

on monday he will travel to salt lake city, on thursday, mr. pence is expected to attend a campaign event in arizona. democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris is already in utah ahead of the debate, with mr. pence. on saturday, she toured "this is the place" heritage park in salt lake city. it honors the pioneers who came in the 1800s. the next debate is between kamala harris and mike pence. special coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. on wednesday on the u.s. east coast. for our oiinternational viewers midnight in london and 7:00 a.m. in hong kong. we will leare less than a m away from the u.s. presidential election and many are weighing in on donald trump's coronavirus diagnosis. >> you should of wore a mask, dude. didn't wear a mask, and now

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and you're watching cnn ne"cnn newsroom." u.s. president donald trump is spending a second night in the hospital. his doctor says he's better but not out of the woods. the doctor also says the president has been give and second dose of remdesivir, but a

trump administration source gave journalists a much less positive report earlier in the day saying the president's vital signs had been concerning and that the next 48 hours would be critical. that source has been identified by the "new york times" and associated press as white house chief of staff mark meadows. we are less than a month from election day in the u.s. the president's covid diagnosis is reverberating in voters' minds as they decide which candidate to back. cnn's jeff zeleny spoke with voters in the key state of michigan. >> reporter: as denise hardaway cast her ballot, she had president trump's health on her mind. >> i pray for him. i hope he recovers. >> reporter: but she voted for joe biden in part for what she believes was the president's mishandling of coronavirus for which he's now tested positive. >> he has been denying the whole

science behind coronavirus, and so i hope this is a wakeup call for him. and i hope that it changes his administration's thinking and that he realizes and understands the importance of this pandemic that we're in. >> reporter: in michigan, like many states, the election is already under way, with voters dropping off their ballots, even as the campaign is suddenly filled with fresh, uncertainty. >> this is not a matter of politics. it's a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. >> reporter: at a stop in grand rapids, biden also wished trump well. hours before the president was admitted to walter reed hospital, a remarkable development that put the pandemic back at the forefront in the final stretch of the campaign. >> i hope it turns out right for him, but he's kind of pressing the limits with a lot of things he's done recently. >> reporter: tom voted for

biden. did the president's handling of coronavirus influence your vote this year? >> sure, sure, it did. i believe based on, again, what i know, that this is been poorly handled. and a lot of it could have been eliminated. i can't help but theink it's obviously going to be a big issue in this election, people who know people who have died or have been affected by it. >> reporter: four years ago trump narrowly won michigan. >> i got you so many damn car plants. >> reporter: his strength in the suburbs of detroit will help determine if he's doing so again. phillip cast his ballot for trump. but he said he was not surprised trump tested positive. >> a number of people have tested positive in the white house. this is a very contagious disease. i figured at some point with all

the protections we have caught it. >> reporter: the covid-19 diagnosis is the latest bombshell of the 2020 campaign. but conversations with voters suggest it may not change many minds. >> i can't believe it took this long for him to get the virus, because he just didn't follow any of the rules. as far as staying safe. >> reporter: linda lorraine says the president should have taken the pandemic more seriously but noted she always planned to vote for biden. dave elliston was less charitable. >> you should of wourn a mask dude. i don't want lihim to die right now. but he should get a little bit of taste of willingness to avoid what everybody tells him to do to set a good example for this country. >> reporter: yet not all voters are as harsh. >> nobody could have done

anything different. blaming him for all the deaths is ridiculous. this is something we've never experienced before, ever. >> reporter: this michigan doctor who asked to be identified only as steve says he is leaning toward trump because of his economic policies. will coronavirus play a role in how you vote this fall? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: it's an open question. if the president's case of covid-19 changes the minds of any voters. but one thing is clear, coronavirus now is front and center in this campaign conversation one month before election day. jeff zeleny, birmingham, michigan. joining me now is julie norman, a lecturer in politics in london, good morning and thanks for coming on. >> good morning, natalie. >> we are hearing from voters about what they think about president trump getting covid, and it certainly depends on whom you ask, but how do you think the news may, in general, affect

how people vote on the election day? >> well, natalie, i don't think the news itself will affect voters' choices. it won't change many minds. for most of trump supporters, they'll probably see this as something somewhat inevitable from the president being out on the campaign trail, and the white house is using strategic language, calling him a warrior. so as long as the president does recover fully thisweeki think most of his supporters will see him as that warrior figure. but democrats will see this as something they may have seen coming given the president's responses to the virus in the past, underscoring the need to have someone in the white house who takes the virus seriously and alsos f for many democrats bringing health care to the forefront of the campaign, seeing the kind of care the president has said rightfully so, but emphasizing that other

voters should have care at this time. >> it's really unbelievable that in one month before an election the president of the united states falls ill and is in the hospital. and the question is, i mean, voting is under way already. how this campaign looks from here. how does this campaign go on from here? >> well, that's exactly right. even if this news doesn't shift many voters' opinions, it's definitely going to change the campaigns in terms of both their pace and their shape for this crucial month going forward. of course for the trump campaign, trump will need to be canceling some of the many in-person events and rallies that he had planned. these are situations in which he thrives and does quite well usually with his base and probably will be sending surrogates instead, such as his children or vice president mike pence, but this will affect the biden campaign also. we've seen the biden campaign

has chosen to remove most negative ads. they have canceled at least one event, and they need to be playing this somewhat carefully in the since of keeping biden's momentum going but not look like they're exploiting the moment and of course keeping public health concerns in mind as well. this also of course throws the future of debates into question, especially the second debate that will be coming up on october 15th and willcertainly have a different format if it goes ahead. >> right. taking it day by day to be sure. it will be interesting to see how the president being ill affects the partisanship we've seen over this pandemic as well. i also want to ask you, though, how his illness and other, other illness in his circle affects the critical issues, like the stimulus bill, and the confirmation process for the supreme court. >> absolutely. so, again, this news is affecting pretty much everything right now. the president's own diagnosis of

course. but the fact that many others in the upper levels of government, several senators, including several senators on the judiciary committee have also tested positive as well as many staff in the white house. so we expect that this will probably delay it at least by several days the confirmation hearing for amy coney barrett, for the supreme court nomination in the senate. right now we're hearing from mitch mcconnell that that schedule is still on track. the judiciary committee will be having hearing virt ulg aually needed. and likewise, for the fiscal stimulus bill as well. there was already momentum building behind that to try to get something through. with the president's condition as well as markets falling on friday in response to the uncertainty around his condition, there's certainly extra pressure on congress to get that through this week.

>> one more for you, professor. this president has been consider add bully. you mentioned biden's ads. he took off his attack ads. the trump campaign is not doing that, but do you think we may find a softer, gentler president trump when he recovers from this? what impact it might have on his emotions and his outlook on life? >> well, you know, as we heard from your last guest, coming out of something like covid-19 certainly can affect individuals in different ways, and it will certainly be interesting to see how this affects trump and how it affects his messaging in particular around the virus. of course he has spent the last six months really downplaying its threat. many taking it more seriously seeing his condition. and even if the president

doesn't change his own messaging, this is something that has also affected his staff, his campaign workers and even some of the visuals and optics change with more people wearing masks. more people social distancing within the white house or at his events, that could be a silver lining to all this and tamping down some of the real polarization, hyperpartisanism around this that is a human problem, not a party-based problem. >> we'll wait and see and hope that the first lady recovers well in this ordeal, too. it's hard to believe they're both going through this. julie norman, thank you so much, we appreciate your insights. >> thank you, natalie. for months, mr. trump has pinned the blame for the coronavirus squarely on china. just ahead, china's reaction to the u.s. president's diagnosis.

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throughout history, many presidents and many of their aides and supporters have tried to hide presidential illnesses from the public and the news media. since president trump's coronavirus diagnosis, reporters and the public have had to piece together confusing information about mr. trump's condition. there was a time when reporters willingly went along when asked not to publish details about a president's declining health. renowned presidential historian spoke with cnn earlier about trust and transparency, particularly with this president. >> well, the conflicting timetables i think is just a minuscule example of the fact that we've lost in many ways trust in the president's word, and it's the most important thing a president has. think of it as the president who tells us we need to go to battle.

fdr had to tell people why rationing was essential during world war ii so there would be an equitable distribution of scarce resoreurces. if you don't believe the timetable, the fact that we've had a conflicting timetable now raises the larger question of what it was that president trump knew back in february about the seriousness of the virus but didn't think the public could hear it, thought the public would panic. it's the same thing all over again. >> she always has so much interesting information. president trump has long blamed beijing for the coronavirus. inside china, news of mr. trump's illness has been met with both sympathy and criticism. chinese president xi jinping sent well wishes to president trump and first lady melania for a speedy recovery. for more about the china response, here's cnn's david culver in shanghai. >> reporter: we've seen a range of responses to president trump

testing positive for the coronavirus, coming from officials leer in chi officials here in china, the original epicenter of the outbreak as well as state and social media. you have xi jinping coming out with a compassionate well-wishing. state media taking a different approach, partially criticizing president trump and one editor of one of these state-run tabloids putting out a very harsh critique on twitter saying that president trump and the first lady have paid the price for his, referring to the president, gamble to play down the covid-19. social media is echoing that to some extent. it's also creating this rise in nationalism as china is in the midst of golden week. i traveled from beijing to leer in shanghai. we feel we're living in a bubble, but certainly, state media want to portray it as a

safe and sound environment, all be it one not easily penetrated for folks traveling from other countries coming in. it can be rather challenging. but for that reason, china believes they have been able to contain the spread of the virus. daily reported numbers have risen from single digits to upwards of 20 but really no more than that. so the juxtaposition from what we're seeing on the ground leer as life has come pretty much back to normal to life in the united states and the president, the leader of the free world himself now being diagnosed with this virus is quite striking. nonetheless, the reaction is expected to continue over the coming days as folks here are closely monitoring how the president, first lady and other officials in the u.s. are able to move forward with this diagnosis. david culver, cnn, shanghai.

we have discouraging new numbers about the coronavirus spread from around the world. the united states first up is currently averaging more than 700 covid deaths per day. that according to johns hopkins university. cnn's anderson cooper spoke earlier with the director of a research group behind a coronavirus model, and it predicts 2900 covid deaths per day by the end of this year. but the director says we do have an effective way to fight this virus. >> given what we know about the effectiveness of masks and given what we know about half of americans wearing a mask when they're out, we think that about 86,000 lives can be saved if we can get mask use way up. so it's very much in our control as to what's actually going to happen. >> on saturday, the state of california surpassed 16,000

total deaths from coronavirus. officials in kentucky reported the highest number of new cases for this state since the pandemic began. plus, a record high case count in wisconsin as well. the united kingdom reported almost 13,000 new case on saturday, that is more than double the uk's seven-day average for the week. the government, though, blames the spike on a technical issue previously unreported infections from the past week had been add to saturday's total. now to france. a new daily record of the covid-19 cases there, the country reporting almost 17,000 new cases in the past 24 hours. the previous record set a bit more than a week ago was just over 16,000. this brings france's total to nearly 630,000 cases. after the break, weather

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thousands of firefighters in california continue to work to contain, get this, 23 major wildfires. so far they've had 8200 fires and burned nearly 4 million acres. that's about 16,000 square kilometers. 31 people have died and over 8,000 structures have been destroyed. high temperatures have made it easier for wildfires to spread. state officials say a cooling trend could start today. thank goodness for that. so, let's go to the man who always flows hknows how to do t stories for us, derek van dam. hello, to you, derek. >> hello, natalie. you know, the statistics keep getting more consequential. especially when we're talking about california. we just came across this. we know we're at a record-setting pace in terms of acreage that's burned with these

forest fires. just this year alone, compared to last year-to-date, we are 26 times more kafrgcoverage, more have burned in the state of california compared to last year, that's incredible. 76% of the western u.s. under drought conditions. in the red and deep maroon, that's indicating exceptional to incredible amounts of drought in place from colorado to northern california. it's no wonder that we have five of the top ten largest wildfires ever recorded in the california state history burning right now in the month of october. just incredible. the zogg fire and glass fire are what we have been watching. there is a cooling trend forecast across the west coast. and i like to end my weather forecast with a bit of the glass half full instead of half empty. a positive outlook.

there is rain and a change in the weather pattern coming up. i know just as well as you know, natalie, we both love to be positive. and i guess i'll let you take it away from here. >> derek, thank you so much. you're one of my faves you know. this is a special moment for me, a bit sad but mainly happy. as i sign off this show right now, i'm also signing off from cnn. well, the man of steel has apparently met its match, and his name is doomsday. we're talking with superman. jeanne moos has more. >> how about that? that was a fun throwback to when i first started working at cnn in 1992. there's lou, if you remember lou. there's derek. i've worked twice for this incredible network for a total of 20 years, this pandemic is just the latest. and what a story to leave on.

between my assignments here at cnn i worked at a different network as a climate correspondent, and it made me realize that climate change is the story of our lifetime. so i've made it my mission to cover the environment and climate solutions with a new venture i'll be starting. so stay tuned for that and stay with me via instagram and facebook. and link in with me. i'm also planning to get married to a great guy. there he is, dr. jeff rosenzwieg. the covid-19 crisis delayed our previous wedding plans, so we have much to look forward to. thanks to everyone here at cnn. i will miss my wonderful colleagues and friends here, and thank you for letting me be a little part of your lives. and that wraps my final hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. thank you so much for watching.

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