a tie. i think if we had kept counting, it would have been very interesting. >> and, maybe, you would've won? >> we'll never know. hi and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world. welcome. you're watching cnn. i'm robyn kcurnow. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn "newsroom" with robyn curnow. >> thanks for joining me this hour. a little more than a week after donald trump announced his coronavirus diagnosis, his doctor has cleared the u.s. president to return to an active schedule. in a memo, dr. sean conley says mr. trump is no longer a transmission risk, and meets cdc

criteria to stop isolating. but there are still so many things we don't know about the president's illness, like whether or not he's actually tested negative for the virus. dr. conley's memo doesn't say that. and mr. trump, certainly, wasn't waiting for that information to be made public before he started holding rallies, again. just hours ago, he gave a speech at the white house, in front of a packed audience, as you can see here. it was the president's first, public event since his coronavirus diagnosis, and he says the virus is starting to go away. >> through the power of the american -- the american spirit, i think more than anything else, science, medicine, we'll eradicate the china virus, once and for all. we'll get rid of it all over the world. you see big flare-ups in europe. big flare-ups in canada. very big flare-up in canada, you saw that today. a lot of flare-ups but it's going to disappear. it is disappearing and vaccines are going to help. and the therapeutics are going to help, a lot.

>> now, back to that memo from the president's doctor, clearing him to leave isolation. it was full of praise for the president's condition but really didn't give quite a lot of detail. jeremy diamond breaks down, now, what we know and what we don't. >> well, ten days after the white house says president trump first tested positive for coronavirus, the president's physician, dr. sean conley, is now clearing him for a return to public activities. dr. conley writing, in a new memo released late saturday night, that the president is no longer considered a risk of transmission for this coronavirus to others. now, let me read you a part of this memo from dr. sean conley, where he writes, this evening i am happy to report that, in addition to the president meeting cdc criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning's covid pcr sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others. now, at day ten from symptom onset, fever free for well

over -- for well over 24 hours, and all symptoms improved. the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests obtained reveal there is no longer evidence of actively-replicating virus. and dr. conley also goes on to say he will continue to monitor the president's health, as he returns to a more active schedule. now, president trump, of course, didn't wait for this memo before holding an event on the south lawn of the white house on saturday. the president did stay at quite a distance from the several hundred people who attended this event on the south lawn of the white house. but those folks, while they were mostly wearing masks, they were also not observing any social distancing. packed quite closely together, just two weeks after that event in the rose garden of the white house, that is now considered a superspreader event. and perhaps, the origin point for many of those positive coronavirus tests that we have since seen at the white house. president trump needed this memo, though, in order to get some more public confidence in his return to an active schedule. and that is exactly what he is going to be doing this coming

week. the president hitting three battleground states. florida, pennsylvania, and iowa, this coming week. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> thanks, jeremy, for that update. so a model that's often been overlooked during this pandemic has given the u.s. a serious wakeup call so i want to show you some of this data. the model is based on current conditions so let's look at what those are, right now. as you can see here, most states are seeing an increase in cases, compared to a week ago. at this hour, johns hopkins university has the number of lives lost in the u.s. at slightly more than 214,000. the university of washington model projects a total of almost 400,000 covid deaths, by february the 1st, in the u.s. now, the model, also, says if social distancing mandates are relaxed, that number could easily surpass half a million people dying. but that same model, also, predicts that if almost everyone in the u.s. wore masks, tens of thousands of lives would be

saved. well, dr. george rodriguez is an internal medicine and viral specialist. he joins me, now, from los angeles. doctor, lovely to see you again. i just want to get your take on these projections. i mean, they're stunning and they're desperately concerning. >> they are. but they're, also, right on the money. the university of washington's projections said that we would have approximately 214,000 cases, by a few days ago, and we are there. i have no reason to doubt these projections. what i think is very important is that, at the lowest, if we continue doing as we are, we're going to have 390 or so cases by the end of february. and if we do not act even more responsibly, it could go up as -- as high as half a million. and they're projecting that, in the world, at that time, we could have a total of 4 million deaths. approximately, 30,000 a day, which is really startling. and all we have to do to try to

decrease that tremendously is to put on masks, to wash our hands, and to respect social distancing. >> yeah. it's simple but those numbers, again, as -- as you say. i mean, it's just -- >> startling. >> -- startling. so, i want to get your -- your opinion, as a doctor. as our -- our claolleague and correspondent was reporting from the white house, this letter from the president's physician. what -- what are the key takeaways for you, as you try and decode it? >> well, you know, i agree with a lot of my colleagues that are calling this a master class in medical deception because of its ambiguity. the -- the -- there's so many things in it that is sort of like medical speak but don't really get down to the point, which is, does the president currently have infectious droplets? they measure viral loads and things like that, that disappear after six days. so we don't know whether he is infectious. but something that was

interesting to me, the cdc says that if you have been ten days after your first symptoms and you've been isolated, then it's probably safe for you to go out. well, this changes the timeline of the president having his first symptoms somewhere around the end of september or october 1st, which would be that wednesday. and we know that he did public speeches and such on -- on that thursday. so, it's all so ambiguous. if nothing else, the cdc also says that if you have a serious episode of this infection that, maybe, you should isolate for20o days. the fact that we don't, you know, specifics, tend to tell us that this is becoming more of a political decision than a medical recommendation. >> but also, if you could give us a sense. president -- as you saw, the president gave a speech at the white house today. he is planning public rallies over the next few days, after being hospitalized a week ago. so, based on the president's weight, his age, what we know

about the severity of his illness, is he out of the woods now? as a doctor, would you recommend that he still stayed in bed? >> yeah, absolutely, i would not recommend that he go out and do all of these rallies that he is doing. if nothing else, for his own speech. my patients, sometimes, are four to six weeks out. and they're still feeling winded. you know, i think it's interesting that the president, who usually gives these fidel castro-type, lengthy speeches, only -- only spoke for 18 minutes. and i think that is all, you know, that his body can -- can really tolerate, right now. the weaker he makes himself, by stressing his body, by flying, by taking long hours, the more likely he is to, not only relapse but, perhaps, get very, seriously ill. >> he says he's doing fine, and that he is recovered. so he will be -- he will be

going on these rallies. you know, as certainly, he seems to be making an effort to -- to get better. thank you very much. >> yeah. yeah. i think the -- yes. yes. the president does not shy away from hyperbole. but this time, it may come back to -- to haunt him, a little bit. >> okay. thank you very much, doctor. good to speak to you. >> likewise. >> so british prime minister is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions on monday, to try and end a surge in cases there. now, the british medical association, meanwhile, is calling for face masks to be made mandatory in all office spaces and outdoors, when social distancing isn't possible. neighboring france is, once again, hitting an all-time high in daily, covid cases. beating a record that was set just a day earlier. now, the country recorded nearly 27,000 new cases on saturday, alone. germany is, also, reporting an increase in cases. the country's public-health institute is now confirming nearly 320,000 total infections.

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for the average home. give homeowners a break. vote yes on 15. welcome back. i'm robyn curnow. he is still reaching out to independents and disaffected republicans. biden in his birth state of pennsylvania on saturday, in his remarks he said he'd work as hard for those who don't support him, as those who do. he he's also traced america's current economic woes to the president's handling of the pandemic. jessica dean. >> joe biden campaigning in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania, on saturday. he traveled here to erie, pennsylvania. it's in a county president trump won, narrowly, back in 2016.

and it is tailor made for biden's economic message, that he is been delivering specifically to voters in towns. at a union hall before giving remarks that could really be described as his bread and bu butter economic message. >> the top 100 billionaires, in this pandemic, they made an additional $300 billion. and what'd the bottom half get? they got to slide down because, the fact is, the president can only see the world from park avenue. i see it from scranton. i see it from claymont for real. y'all know what i am talking about. y'all see it from erie. >> in the meantime, vice president biden's campaign reported that he underwent pcr testing. that's the gold-standard covid

test on saturday. and that test came back negative. -l the campaign has said joe biden will continue to be tested regularly and always when he traveled. jessica dean, cnn, erie, pennsylvania. >> cnn politics white house reporter steven joins me now from washington. stephen, hi. good to see you. so talk me through this latest communique from the white house doctor. if you don't mind, can you read between the lines for us? because it's difficult to quite figure out what, exactly, they are trying to say. >> well, what it appears is, at least by the letter of the law, the president has now satisfied cdc recommendations for no longer being contagious, given the amount of time that's lapsed since his coronavirus diagnosis. but, of course, given the way that the white house has obscured the truth and real information, throughout his illness, i think, there's grounds for doubt. the white house physician, sean

conley, still doesn't confirm that the president has taken a negative covid test. and most interestingly, the white house is still refusing to tell us the last time the president tested negative, before he got sick. that, of course, is not just important for knowing how long that he was likely to be contagious. he is right on that number of ten days, if we believe the date when he was first tested positive for covid. but it's, also, very important to establish whether the president knew he was infected and carried on doing campaign events, before we were told he got sick. and that is the reason, perhaps, that the white house is not telling us exactly when he last tested negative for coronavirus. >> so, talk us through these pictures that we're seeing now, on the screen. the president speaking, from the balcony, at the white house. to a largely african-american audience, today. it was a pretty dark message. what was the reason for this?

>> the president has been itching to get out on the campaign trail. originally, he was even talking about going out on saturday. we now know that there are three rallies in pennsylvania, iowa, and florida, scheduled for next week. but it's all about getting pictures of the president back in the race. let's face it. there are three weeks and a couple of days left in this campaign. the president is behind. he needs to get himself on television. he needs to convince people that he's recovered, and he is fit to campaign. the fact this was an event that was focusing on minority support is interesting. of course, the president has been trying to peel away african-american, male voters from the democrats, who traditionally vote for the democrats. this could be important, in msoe states like georgia, which is unexpectedly close. and biden needs -- former vice president joe biden, the democratic nominee, needs to get big african-american turnout in cities like cleveland in ohio

and philadelphia in pennsylvania. and that was something hillary clinton didn't do. you could say, if you were a cynic, that the real reason he started campaigning again with a minority event was to do a little bit of clear-up over that failure to immediately condemn white supremacy in the presidential debate. >> let's talk about vice president biden. what's his messaging? it certainly seems like he is trying to pick up disaffected voters, former trump supporters who might have changed their mind, or are still wavering. independents. how -- how successful has he been at that? >> well, if you look at the polls, nationally and in swing states, he is doing pretty well. you know, since that first debate, in which the president behaved -- behaved in an exceedingly belligerent manner, biden appears to have stretched his lead in the polls. you know, we don't know whether to trust some of the polls. some of the polls were wrong, the last time around, especially

in battleground states. but you have to say that the former vice president is ahead in this race. he is trying to lock in his gains. it's interesting that he was in pennsylvania twice this week. he is really concentrating on consolidating that path to 270 electoral votes. if he were to win pennsylvania, a state where he currently leads, and he has been doing well among independents and, perhaps more moderate, non-populist, republican voters, he would almost be assured of the white house. so, that's what the former vice president doing here. the fact that he now doesn't have to debate against donald trump, again, this week, takes another area of risk off the table for him. and i would expect him to carry on this path of these visits to swing states over the next few days. >> okay. always good to speak to you. always good to get your analysis. live from d.c. thanks a lot. >> thanks. >> so, coming up on cnn. u.s. residents along the gulf coast are reeling from back-to-back storms.

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state of louisiana after hurricane delta made landfall on friday night. it's now categorized as a post tropical cyclone, and it's worst. the storm knocked out power to a quarter of the state's residents. it downed power lines, trees and homes. fortunately, no fatalities have been reported. but heavy rains and flooding have been a huge problem as you can see from these images. delta dropped more than a foot of rain on the state of louisiana. it also impacted other u.s. states on the gulf coast leaving millions of people under flash flood watches. residents of the state are reeling from these back-to-back storm as martin savidge now explains from lake charles. >> reporter: it turps out hurricane delta was not the feared, still the governor says it had a greater impact on the western part of louisiana than they had expected primarily on the issue of knocking out power. in fact more people lost power

during hurricane delta than they did during the much more powerful hurricane laura 6 weeks ago. 25% of all electricity customers in the state lost power. the good news it's not expected to take weeks to restore. and the other good news, no deaths so far have been attributed to the storm. this community was so devastated by hurricane laura at the end of august, it's really hard to tell where the damage of one hurricane ends and the destruction of the next storm begins. but we do know there is additional damage here. you know that by the blue tarps which were an indication of the families and home owners starting to make the very basic repairs. now you'll find blue tarps torn, shredded, ripped and strewn all over lake charles. and that means the people who live in them will have to start

over again. which there are signs they're already doing, relying on the help of their neighbors and friends in the community again. martin savidge, cnn, lake charles, louisiana. >> thanks, martin. so if you're looking for ways to help those impacted by hurricane delta the impact your world team can show you how. so go to cnn.com. i will be back with more news in just a moment. ♪ the lexus es

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hi, welcome to cnn. so coming up on the show donald trump has been officially cleared for travel. hear everything we know about the president's health. spoiler alert, it's not a lot. the coronavirus cases are spiking across the nation. one model says it's going to get much, much worse before it gets better. and the story of a family on the front lines risking it all to fight the virus. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robin curnow. >> great to have you along this