she did subsequent to the white house, she was, in the end, inevitably defined by what she inevitably defined by what she did as first lady. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hi. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me. you're watching cnn. coming up on the show, america's top infectious disease expert calls out the trump campaign. dr. anthony fauci says a new ad for the president takes his words out of context. and we're also just hours away from the confirmation hearing of the supreme court nominee, amy coney barrett. we'll preview her opening statement. also with much of europe battling a second wave of coronavirus infections, could the uk be facing another lockdown?

ten days after telling the world he tested positive for the coronavirus, the u.s. president is now claiming he's tested totally negative without offering any evidence. the white house won't say whether we'll get an update from his doctor, who vaguely told us earlier that president trump is no longer considered a transmission risk. but now the president is taking it a step further and actually claiming to have immunity. >> i have to tell you, i feel fantastically. i really feel good. and i even feel good by the fact that the word "immunity" means something, having really a protective glow means something. i think it's very important to have that. >> president trump also touted his alleged immunity on twitter, claiming he can't get the virus or give it. twitter then slapped a warning on his tweet saying it violated rules about spreading potentially harmful information.

to be clear, there have been documented cases of coronavirus reinfection. now, this is all happens hours before president trump launches his next round of campaign rallies. here's jeremy diamond. jeremy. >> reporter: president trump is heading back to the campaign trail, hitting a trio of battleground states, beginning today in florida. tomorrow the president is going to go to the battleground state of pennsylvania before heading to iowa on wednesday. now, president trump heading back on to the campaign trail after the president's physician says that he has recovered from the coronavirus, also saying that the president is no long erin if he can. now, the president himself claumed he had gotten a negative test for coronavirus, but the president's physician dr. sean conley didn't exactly say that. he said imply that the president's latest molecular test for coronavirus showed he is no long erin if he can, that he can't infect other people but he didn't say the president had tested negative for the virus.

nonetheless, the president and his campaign are seizing on that letter from dr. sean conley to say that the second debate that had been cancelled by the excision on presidential debates after president trump withdrew from the second debate, the president's campaign are calling for that debate to be reinstated, saying the president should be able to participate after he's been cleared by his doctor to resume public activity. another controversy is hitting the president and his team. on sunday, dr. anthony fauci putting out a statement to cnn after the trump campaign aired this misleading ad. >> president trump is recovering from the coronavirus, and so is america. together, we rose to meet the challenge. president trump tackled the virus head on, as leaders should. >> i can't imagine that anybody could be doing more. >> now, dr. fauci saying in a statement to cnn n my nearly five decades of public service, i have never publicly endorsed any political candidates.

the comments attributed to me without my permission in the ad were taken out of context from a broad statement i made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials. it is clear looking at the interview that dr. fauci was indeed referring to the members of the coronavirus task force and other public health officials. but nonetheless, the president and his campaign standing by the ad, the president noting that these are dr. fauci's own words. of course what is notable here is that the president and his re-election campaign seemed to realize that the president is getting bad marks on his handling of the coronavirus. nearly six in ten americans have said in recent polls that they disapprove of the president's handling of the virus. what's also clear is that the campaign is using dr. fauci's image and his words here because fauci is far more trusted by the public on this issue of coronavirus than the president is himself. >> thank you jeremy diamond live from the white house. so, now the president's claims some as covid infections are

once again rising in the u.s. for the first time since august, the country has reported more than 50,000 new cases for four consecutive days. take a look at this map. this infection -- this pushes the infection total closer to 7.8 million while the death toll is now far above 200,000 people. and cnn's even mcmoro santoro reports, the outbreak is still expected to worsen. >> reporter: fears of a new coronavirus peak in the united states are growing in some corners. new cases are now on the rise in 30 states, and this country has reported 50,000 new cases for four consecutive days. that's the first time that's happened since august. but former cdc director tom frieden told cnn over the weekend that a second wave is not inevitable, but he added that the new cases mean a lot of tragedy is coming to this country in the coming weeks. >> the only thing that's really inevitable is what's going to happen in the next couple of weeks. from the infections that have

already occurred, we will see something like 20,000 deaths by the end of the month, additional deaths. any time we ignore, minimize or underestimate this virus, we do so at our peril and the peril of the people whose lives depend on us. we still have the ability to turn this around. if you look around the world, the parts of the world and the parts of the u.s. guided by public health and supported by public health have done better. >> fredon's words about the urgent need to follow infection mitigation guidelines ring especially true here in new york city. this was once the hardest-hit place in america when it comes to the pandemic. but those numbers have dramatically improved in recent months. that's until recent weeks when a few new york city neighborhoods in brooklyn and queens have seen their infection rates go back up. they're now six times the overall infection rate in the state.

those numbers are very concerning. evan mcmoro santoro, cnn, new york. earlier i spoke with dr. daryl car row, an emergency physician in hawaii, and i asked him for his take on president's claims of immunity. >> that's a difficult pill for most physicians to swallow. it's not the context of anything we've dealt with before. the medication i think he's using, regeneron, that he hangs most of his statement on hasn't been used in very many people, less than 200. and what his physician statement said didn't say he tested negative, just said he wasn't transmissible. when you put it in the context of all the data we do know, somebody viled in illness, the cdc guidelines are to say you're no longer transmissible as long as you spend ten days from the start of symptoms, your symptoms are improving and you're not taking fever-reducing medicines

and you're not having fever for the last 24 hours. now, somebody has moderate illness, and i would absolutely argue that our president had moderate illness. he required hospitalization. he required oxygen. he required dexamethasone which we only give to people who do require oxygen, that number bumps from ten days to 20 days. so, they're going against most recommendations if not all the recommendations that physicians across the country are using. so, for me i don't think that's holding weight and i think he's putting all those he comes into contact with at risk. >> the three rallies in the coming days. i want to talk about the cases we're seeing rising in the u.s., in europe, in the uk. is this the second wave and how concerned are you about all of these soaring new infection rates? >> well, it's tough to say is it the second wave? it could be the start, if we had a magic ball where we could take a look. it absolutely could be the start of a second wave. and this is what happens with

upper respiratory illness that's similar to flu in how it's transmitted. it's much more transmissible and much more deadly. we know those things. so, flu does increase in the fall and winter months. and the reason why that happens is it gets colder out, people are inside more, people are spending more time closer together. and the more that we are doing that, the less that we're wearing our masks, the more that we're gathering, the more opportunity, which is one of the main variables of this virus uses is the more opportunity we have, the more we're going to transfer it to others. this could be the start of a secondary wave, and we're seeing that in the united states here. it's getting a bit colder out because our weather is changing and cases are increasing. >> i don't know if you heard just before we came to you we played a few sound clips from folks in the uk and london who were marching and they're frustrated about all the lockdowns that's been tough in the uk.

areas like liverpool are about to face more tough restrictions. pubs and life have changed. do you as a doctor understand that people are projecting a lot of these harsh crackdowns and feeling extremely frustrated about having these limits on their lives? and what do you say to them with they express that? >> sure, i absolutely do understand because on one hand we are seeing the consequences of prolonged lockdowns and our economic health is now tied to our public health. people aren't able to have the proper gainful employment that they used to have. that is harmful in itself. we do understand that. but the more that we are gathering, the more that our cases are going to increase, the more restrictions are going to be imposed. and that's just -- you need to think long term rather than short term. hawaii is going through the same thing here in that our state has been closed for the last six months or more because of our mandatory 14-day quarantine or more. how do we institute the measures

to keep our residents safe, yet continue to make gainful employment for them as well. i understand we need to think long term and we need to think ahead rather than just into next week. and if we do protest, we do go against the public health guidelines. so, that's really what needs to guide us is the public health guide looibs. and i'm really happy to hear the united kingdom government has had a change and they're having three different regions that follow those and make sure that you listen to science because we do know that when you don't, you transfer to other people. >> so, that was dr. daryl carol there, an emergency physician in hawaii. the latest polls show democrat joe biden expanding his lead over donald trump in the presidential race but democrats are urging voters not to become place en. a washington postabc news poll of likely news voters showed biden with 54% compared to president trump's 42%.

the pandemic is certainly a key issue with a clear majority of people believing mr. biden would handle it better. and the u.s. senate will begin confirmation hearings for president trump's supreme court nominee in the coming hours. but with joe biden's big lead in the polls, many people are wondering about his plans for the court. >> reporter: joe biden and his campaign continue to deflect on the question of whether the former vice president supports adding more justices to the supreme court. this comes as republicans are seeking to turn this into a campaign issue, as hearings are about to begin for president trump's nominee for the supreme court amy coney barrett. the biden campaign on sunday again called this a distraction from the president and his allies. take a listen. >> this is a distraction that they want to throw out. this is a hypothetical they want to throw out right now to distract from the fact that they are trying to ram through a nominee who, as i said, is going

to change the make up of the court against the will of the american people. they don't want to talk about that, so they are trying to create a distraction and send folks down a rabbit hole talking about this. >> now, during the democratic primary, joe biden said he opposed packing the supreme court. and there have been no public indications yet that he has changed his position on that. but he has said that he will not answer that question until after election day. now, on monday, joe biden is heading to the battleground state of ohio, where his polls have recently shown that president trump and joe biden are locked in a tight race just four years after president trump won ohio back in 2016. and joe biden hoping to make this state more competitive heading into that november election. arlette signs, cnn, washington. coming up on cnn, confirmation hearings are about to begin for the supreme court nominee.

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the stage is set for a supreme court showdown in the coming hours. both sides will make their case for why amy coney barrett should or should not sit on america's highest court. the decision could affect some of the biggest issues of our time. barrett is expected to say the court should not make policy. nevertheless, the top democrat in the senate says if she's confirmed, barrett should sit out certain cases. >> given judge barrett's conflicts of interest, she should recuse herself from any decision involving the affordable care act and its protections and any decision related to the election that we will have on november 3rd. the process is already a legitimate, dangerous and unpopular, all the more reason she should be recused. she's being rushed through to

decide decisions that she already seems to have made up her mind on. >> the nomination has been controversial, of course, since day one. lawrence fox tells us about the latest. >> those critical hearings beginning on capitol hill on monday. the series is going to be lawmakers getting to make their opening statements, as well as amy coney barrett, the nominee making her opening statement. we expect she'll say quote, there is a tendency in our profession so treat the practice of law as all consuming while lugz sight of everything else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life. i worked hard as a lawyer and a professor. i never let the law identify my identity or crowd out the rest of my life. also looming over this hearing is going to be the fact that coronavirus is still very much a

factor in these proceedings. remember, two lawmakers, both republicans on the judiciary committee tested positive for coronavirus just more than a week ago. thom tillis of north carolina as well as senator mike lee of utah both tested positive. while we know that tillis is expected to attend the hearings in person later this week, we still don't know whether or not senator mike lee will attend the hearings in person. it's critical whether or not they show up. that's because the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, told reporters on sunday that if those two members, and it has to be both of them being absent, are not there on thursday, the day of a critical vote in the judiciary committee, he will not provide the critical number of democrats necessary to debt a kw quorum. that could slow down the entire process. while the first order of business is going to be what lawmakers say in their opening

statements tomorrow, what amy coney barrett says in her opening statement on monday, it's also important tomorrow that the health of the individual members on this committee is going to be closely watched over the upcoming days. for cnn in washington, i'm lauren fox. >> good to see you. what do you expect on monday in particular? >> thanks robyn. good to be with you. monday is the day for all sides to lay down markers. the senators will give opening statements. we've got some 22 senators who will introduce their lines of inquiry just in terms of pure statement and then the nominee, just amy coney barrett, will give her statement too. there won't be any questioning or answers on monday. that will start on tuesday. but everyone will sort of lay down -- plant a flag, so to speak, to alert people to where they're going to come from.

and the nominee herself, judge barrett, will try to introduce herself in a warm way, talk about her family, talk about her idea of the court and judging just to preliminarily introduce herself to america. meanwhile the republican senators who want this to be a swift easy hearing will try to portray her or themselves in the most positive light. and then democrats who have the hardest chore here, they know that senate republicans have the votes to confirm this woman, they will want to put an emphasis on donald trump, what donald trump has done to the supreme court, what he will continue to do to the supreme court and in particular the risk to what's known as the affordable care act. and that's the 2010 health insurance overhaul that has brought medical coverage to more than 20 million americans. >> is that the main issue that's

going to be at stake here? let's bear in mind the democrats say this shouldn't even be happening a few weeks before the election. the republicans say we can do this, this is within the time frame of the presidency and president trump can do it. besides the affordable care act, what are the other main issues that are going to be honed in on? >> that's an excellent question because the affordable care act is going to be argued before the supreme court right away on november 10th. so, that's why it's completely in focus here. also because it means so much to americans. right before that on november 3rd, we have a presidential election. and president trump has, in fact, said that he thinks that ballot controversies could easily get to the u.s. supreme court and the election could be decided there. and he has said out loud, he wants his appointee there to decide any kind of case. he wants nine justices there. so, that's in the very immediate world, robyn. but then going forward after

that, abortion rights are at stake, lgbtq worker rights are at stake. all sorts of issues will be coming down the road. but most immediately in focus will be the election and the affordable care act. >> how much of the tight rope will democrats have to walk here, particularly i suppose when it comes to issues around religion? >> amy coney barrett is a devout catholic. she has devoted some of her academic scholarship to writing about faith and the law. but the last time that democrats tried to bring up religion, in 2017 when she was up for u.s. appeals court seat, they kind of bungled it. they suggested by some questions that maybe they thought that it was a bad thing that she was so religious. senator feinstein, the senior democrat on the committee famously said, i think the dogma lives loudly within you.

and she received a lot of criticism for, perhaps, being anticatholic. but yet it is -- so, democrats are going to steer away from it. but we have an unusual nominee here. she has written a lot about faith and the law. but i think they're going to avoid it this time. or if they do touch it, walk very, very gingerly around it. >> this is going to be politicized and may or may not influence voters' choices. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, robyn. be sure to tune in to cnn for the lawsuitest from the confirmation hearing. it all gets underway at 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 2:00 p.m. for all you folks in london. india has recorded more than 7 million coronavirus cases, the second highest total in the world after america. we'll go live to new delhi. when joe biden wants an update on the virus,

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm robyn curnow. it is 29 minutes past the hour. so, europe is struggling to respond to surging coronavirus infections. we know italy has just marked its highest increase in patients entering intensive care since the end of march. back then the country was dealing with one of the world's largest outbreaks. 30 people were admitted on sunday. for the fourth straight day,

portugal reported more than 1,000 new cases. and russia just set a record for new coronavirus infections for the third day in a row. the country has nearly 1.3 milli 1.3 million cases overall. we're standing by to hear from boris johnson just hours from now, set to release new levels for england. england is at a tipping point in the pandemic according to the deputy chief medical officer and it looks inevitable that more restrictions are coming. but the uk housing secretary says the government wanted to avoid, quote, a blanket national lockdown. and india topped 7 million cases on sunday. it's fast approaching the level we're seeing in the united states. hi, what can you tell us? >> robyn, it is a worrying situation and it will continue to be so for the simple reason that there are a lot of festivals now that are going to be coming up in india in the

months of october as well as november into festivals like celebration of nine days as well as the valley, the season of lights and the festival of lights as it's known is very big in the calendar here in india. that's why you have the doctor coming out sunday and appealing to the people of india to stay indoors and not venture out to celebrate those festivals. that's going to be a concern given even winter is approaching and you cannot rule out an increase in cases once set in. closer to november, that's when the burning of crops takes place in many areas around the national capital region as well as pollution levels go up. that's not a worry experts feel could have an impact on covid-19

levels in india. the case load is 7.1 million confirmed cases of covid-19. that's ruling out that could be a possibility that india surpasses america's numbers as well. one of the reasons and one of the main points of certain is also that people are now facing covid-19 fatigue like in other nations as well. you still people across india not wearing masks, not adhering to social distancing norms and repeated opinions by the indian government is actually unfortunately falling on deaf ears for many who feel that for some odd reason their fear of covid-19 infecting, being infected by it. so, that's one main concern along with the festivals that are coming up. you also have christmas in december. so, 2 1/2 months of festivals coming up and that remains the biggest challenge for the indian government at this point in time, appealing over again to people not to venture out when

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iran has now confirmed more than half a million cases of covid, becoming the 13th country in the world to reach that number. health officials there have recorded more than 250 new deaths setting a new daily

record for the country. for more i'm joined by sam kylie in dubai. what can you tell us about these numbers? h >> reporter: they've been causing anxiety for iranians and the region for some time. it was several weeks now that iran announced they were having a second wave. it was iran soon after china that saw the worst race of infections at the beginning of this pandemic, just at the same time it was taking root in europe and italy in particular. in similar parallel situation, now iran has passed the half million mark in terms of numbers of infections. they've also hit record death tolls going over 250 a day just recently. and a large number of cities and provinces have had to be seen a

reimposition of lockdown, this all coming amidst the further sanctions being imposed bilaterally on iran by the trump administration last week heavy financial sanctions or sanctions on financial services or individuals were imposed on a country who's economy has been bad ri crippled by the american sanctions with the president saying that it was in danger, these sanctions, of undermining the capacity to provide humanitarian support and medical help to the citizens there. both of those issues supposed to be excluded by sanctions in iran. but the pattern, robyn is similar across the middle east. nearby or neighboring iraq, they're close to 400,000 infections and similar death toll also peaking has been jordan which over the weekend had 48-hour lockdown imposed. that's going to go on indefinitely on fridays and

saturdays to try and reduce the mixing on traditional days off in that country. lebanon's health service has said it's in damage r of being overwhelmed by a spike. and indeed in tunisia we've seen concern from the government there that they're seeing unprecedented levels of infection. a very similar pattern emerging across the middle east and north africa has been seen in the united states. >> what is causing these surges? what's behind them? what do we know? >> well, i mean, people have been struggling to figure that out, but i think in every case it's slightly different. i mean, there is obviously a factor of poverty and insecurity in countries like iraq. lebanon has been suffering, as we know, economic catastrophe. it then had that gigantic explosion in the center of the city. it is a political system that is in a more open state with no

functioning government of any significant kind. and at the same time, countries such as jordan, which are very interesting, had a very severe lockdown indeed, with international recognition for the severity and success of the ability to keep the pandemic under control. in every country where things have been relaxed we have seen a surge in infections. the pattern has been seen in europe and the united states. >> thapgs for the update there. coronavirus cases in latin america and the caribbean topped 10 million on saturday, the same day the brazilian president bolsinaro, whose nation in third in infections, took a motorbike ride around the beach resort. he even stopped to take selfies without a mask. jordan imposed a 48-hour lockdown, the first one there in months, as officials battle what's's called an exponential rise in case. if you're somewhere in the

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welcome back. i'm robyn curnow. as the pandemic drags on, more and more people are facing financial troubles. and many of those hoping to feed their families are relying on food banks. and those agencies are struggling to keep up with the enormous demand. for many americans, another stimulus package is long overdue. but white house economic adviser larry kudlow is offering come hope saying negotiations will continue this week. and he says the treasury secretary may offer a package that's closer to what the democrats want. john defterios is standing by in abu dhabi. i want to talk about the stimulus deal. it looks like we might or might not be inching closer to a deal here. what is the expected time line? >> i would say, robyn, that trying to get something done by the end of the week, and we have the senate confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme court

nominee as well. so, kind of try to clear the landscape, clear the slate here for investors internationally. i tell you we're two weeks past the deadline or nearly that, which is september 30th. this is putting a lot of pressure on small business owners, employees, those looking for jobless benefits to go back up again, the airlines that have had to furlough the workers. this is very important in terms of getting the wheels of congress moving again in the second wave of coronavirus. we know that steve mnuchin here, the treasury secretary, has put up until like $8 trillion. i'm not sure what took so long because we had that added drama with president trump a week ago saying he's not going to negotiate anymore and walked away from the table and came back to the table. the pressure is on anybody getting re-elected, including president trump, because it provides this cloud over the

u.s. economy during the case spike right now. here is larry kudlow on cnn over the weekend. >> secretary mnuchin is up to 1.8 trillion, so the bid in the offer is narrow something what between the two sides. president trump actually has always said -- i've heard him say it in the oval -- as far as the key elements are concerned, the checks, the unemployment assistance, the small business assistance, we've got to help airlines, he would go further. he's always said that. >> sounds like an art auction, right? with the bid and the offer that's on the table or financial as larry kudlow used to be on wall street. the challenge is the senate republicans are getting concerned that the gdp is climbing to 21%. the word from the u.s. federal reserve is don't be shy, spend it now so you can get the economy moving through the first

half of 2021 as well because we've gone up and down along with the spikes. >> so many people just struggling so much for the basics. let's hope some good news comes. so, with all of this flip flopping and all of this uncertainty, how are the stock markets reacting? >> yeah, i like the way you put that because it's flip flopping indeed. but the path here is going forward as opposed to backwards where we were a week ago. if we look at u.s. futures, i wouldn't say terrific gains but they're stable and they've been in the green territory for the last six hours. that's a net positive, just above the line. if you look at the asian markets, two important ones to take a look at here, shanghai and hong kong, with gains of better than 2% below the line. the one stand out is tokyo for its own reasons. that's because for the 7th month in a row they're looking at inflation dropping again, deflationary worries with a sign

of a slowdown there. right now the view is let's not have any risk before the u.s. election. that's not something anyone can promise with donald trump as president and running for re-election. >> that's a good point. thank you very much. have a great week. so the race to develop an effective coronavirus vaccine is certainly picking up. 42 vaccine candidates are in human trials around the world. that includes 12 in china, 7 in the u.s., 4 in germany and 3 in the uk. but health officials are warning a vaccine will not mean an immediate return to normal life. and then there's the issue of trust as the former head of the u.s. centers for disease control said at a coronavirus town hall. >> for a vaccine to actually work, it's got to not only be safe and effective but also be accessible and trusted. and that's why it's so important that it not get politicized and it not be seen as from any political party or political

figure. vaccines are already an area where there's a lot of suspicion, a lot of rumor. so, we need to be completely transparent about the information. we need to see vaccines go through the standard procedures. they can go through them very quickly, but they need to go through all of the standard procedures, no cutting corners on safety. >> in britain, some volunteers actually eager to deliberately expose themselves to the coronavirus, basically to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates thefrmt young. they're fit. but these human trials of course come with risks, as phil black now explains. he caught up with some of these volunteersme volunteers. take a look at this. >> like the so many, stephanie hidalgo has quietly endured the challenge, the inconvenience of living through a pandemic. but she wanted to do more. >> this was a way for me to take what control of the situation,

to feel like i was in a more or in a less hopeless place, a less hopeless world and be like i can do this to make it better. >> she volunteered to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus. >> i was shaken but without knowing, i typed my name in. >> shaking? >> yeah, it can be scary. you're going to be potentially exposed to the virus. >> this man is also very keen to being infected. >> i've just got an email. >> he helps run the recruitment. they find volunteers. so far tens of thousands around the world and has been lobbying the uk government to make use of it through potentially risky research. >> i wake up thinking about challenge trials and go to bed thinking about challenge trials. >> challenge trials involve giving young healthy people a

potential vaccine, like this one developed by london's imperial college. but later testing it by deliberately dosing them with the virus. proponents say it's faster than waiting for test subjects to be exposed to a specific virus in the real world. with numerous covid-19 vaks being developed, trials could help identify the risk sooner. >> i can potentially protect thousands of other people from having to be infected without consenting to it. >> critics say challenge trials have limited use because the young healthy people who take part don't represent the broader population. they have been used against other viruses. >> thank you. >> this is corporate video from a london facility that recruits, exposes and strictly quarantines people to test influenza vaccines. >> we've got a wonderful safety record we're all proud of. >> but there are also risks

especially with a new virus that's already killed more than a million people. epidemiologists say it's likely some volunteers would be needed for a control group to make sure the virus can cause disease. it means they would be exposed to the coronavirus without receiving a vaccine. the real potential for doing harm to volunteers would be closely scrutinized by regulators. >> a challenge trial would have to make the cogent argument that the benefits to society greatly outweighed the risks and that that evidence or those data could not be achieved in a simple way. >> test subjects and challenge trials are compensated financially, but alex's father knows that's not motivating his son. >> it's at the forefront of science and technology. it's something to benefit others. it's something rather brave and something slightly different, and that's him in a nutshell. >> to be totally honest, i really don't care what he says. i do what i like.

>> a crucial ingredient for any covid-19 challenge trial will be the determined idealism if it's young volunteers. phil black, cnn, london. here's some sports news for you. the los angeles lakers have won the 2020 nba championship. they defeated the miami heat in game six on sunday night. it's the lakers' 17th title all time, tying them with the boston celtics for the most in league history. lebron james was named the finals mvp. and the team got a shoutout from former president barack obama who congratulated the lakers and the seattle storm who won the vitals saying they're proud of how the teams used their voices for racial justice. and spanish sensation raphe nadal received his 20th grand slam title. he overcame jack vich in the

titles. >> reporter: it's a rivalry that has spanned 14 years and 56 games. but with history on the line today, nadal slammed the door shut on djokovic to take the 13th title and record equaling 20th grand slam. something perhaps his best ever performance, nadal was relently from the start, ripping forehand winners, running down every point to race to a 6 opening set before closing out in straight sets as he has done on four previous occasions. it means the spaniard has scored a century of wins in paris. the was a surprisingly lopsided result as nadal scorched 31 winners and just 14 unforced errors to seal the match. now the gap between the big

three has widened. djokovic moves to three behind nadal and federer at the top of the all-time standings. federer hasn't played since february when he had knee surgery and treated his congratulations to rafa after the game saying as my greatest rival, i believe we push each other to be better. coming off knee surgery, there's a chance for nadal to end his career on top, especially if he's able to add more titles in paris. in a tennis season that has looked and felt like no other due to the coronavirus pandemic, it at least ends with a familiar sight. rafa nadal holding the french open trophy once again. i'm robyn curnow. thanks so much for joining me. the news continues with rosalie church. t, i want some more of it ♪ ♪ i try so hard, i can't rise above it ♪

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