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out front, next. the u.s. passes a tragic pandemic milestone. 40 million confirmed covid cases as schools are now seeing a surge in cases among students and staff. # and there are growing questions about when booster shots will even be available. also, 800 nursing home residents forced to ride out hurricane ida in a warehouse. the conditions appalling. seven people have died, so far. i will talk to the wife of one man who was in that warehouse about how he is doing tonight. and a former marine in full body armor charged with killing four people including a three-month-old baby. why? hear what he confessed to police. let's go outfront.

good evening, everyone, so glad you are with me. i'm poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront. tonight, 40 million of the united states passing another, grim milestone. the number of confirmed covid cases in the united states since the start of the pandemic has now topped 40 million. it is a number that would've been unimaginable at the start of the pandemic. yet, here we are 18 months later. high levels of transmission in every single state, and it's not just spreading faster. deaths are also up by nearly 250% from just one month ago. this is not a crisis the administration thought it would be dealing with to this magnitude this labor day. just look at where we were at the start of the summer. memorial day. may 31st. this country was averaging about 17,200 cases a day. just two days later, june 2nd, president biden declared this about the summer of 2021. >> america's headed into the

summer dramatically different from last year's summer. a summer of freedom. a summer of joy. a summer of get-togethers and celebrations. an all-american summer that this country deserves after a long, long dark winter that we ever all endured. >> instead, the number of covid cases has spiked. the united states is now averaging 163,700 cases per day. summer celebrations scaled back. mask mandates returning. states running out of icu beds and now we are witnessing a surge of new cases in schools. as our kids go back to the classroom. "the wall street journal" is reporting that in the 31 states where school is already underway, at least 1,000 schools have had to close because of covid and the pandemic is hitting classrooms in the south where they were among the first to open especially hard. in south carolina, a 4th grader reportedly died from covid last week. in florida, 15 staffers of the miami-dade county public school system have reportedly died from covid in the last ten days.

and in texas, an entire school district had to shut down after two teachers died from covid last month. and the situation is only expected to get worse as millions of kids in the northeast and across this country head back to school this week. now, this all comes as there's growing confusion over booster shots. just two weeks before the national rollout was set to begin, the biden administration is no longer committing to the september-20th date and that has governors who are on the front lines of this crisis extremely frustrated. >> we've got people that are well beyond six months that are 60 and older that need the booster shot. and we can't give it to 'em because we're going held up by, you know, the nation and -- and on the federal level right now. >> we need clear guidance on these booster shots because it -- it undermines, you know, the credibility of it. >> let's go to kaitlan collins. she is out front tonight at the white house. kaitlan, good to have you.

look, the biden administration clearly taking heat from these governors. who want clarity and they want a timeline. what's the administration saying? >> yeah. they say it's confusing because now everyone has that september-20th date in their mind of when if they got pfizer or moderna, they are going to get a booster shot potentially. and the white house has pushed back on this, poppy, by saying all along we have said this relies on fda and cdc approval for this to actually go forward. but still, it does stand that people are now raising questions about booster shots. some people are already hitting that eight-month mark so they are raising questions about whether or not they need to be getting a booster shot. but, of course, all of this will come down to the fda and the cdc making that decision. and right now, what we are expecting according to sources inside the administration is that pfizer will get the go-ahead for the booster shot but it might be a little bit of a delay before those who got the moderna vaccine do get that go-ahead. so, that is something that the white house is dealing with and that we'll likely hear from this week when we do get a briefing from the covid-19 officials.

but, poppy, this comes as there is also questions about just the uncertainty, generally, across the nation when it comes to the pandemic because we are in a very different place than the white house and president biden thought we would be come september. when they thought it was going to be complete re-openings and people going back to the offices. and of course, they are dealing with what is being driven by this delta surge. and the numbers that you just laid out there. where we are hitting numbers that we have not seen in months, especially when it comes to deaths and hospitalizations. and so, that is obviously a major concern inside the white house. it's affecting president biden's poll numbers because according to a new poll that was out from "the washington post" and abc, poppy, his numbers are down 10% of the approval of his handling of the pandemic compared to where they were in late june. which, of course, is right before the president held his july-4th speech on the south lawn saying they weren't out of the woods yet but they are in a much better place. so, we are expecting the president to give another major speech on coronavirus this week. outlining the next steps that they want to take to try to get the coronavirus under control with this delta variant.

and a lot of people will be watching to see what the guidance is coming from the federal administration on that. so, expect some news in that speech. potentially, on vaccines and what their plan is going forward. but very much, not where the white house expected to be in september. and of course, a lot of this is unknown. a lot of it is driven by the delta surge and this is having an effect on the economy, as well. with the president blaming that anemic jobs report from last week for the month of august on the delta variant. >> that's right. and will they make a move -- um -- you know, bolder move toward more federal mandates? we'll see. kaitlan, thanks a lot. -let let me bring in dr. eileen marty, professor of infectious disease at florida international university. and dr. lance van gundy, he works in an emergency room in iowa dealing with the surge in covid patients right now. good evening, to you both. and thank you for joining me. let me begin with you, dr. marty, because you advise the miami-dade schools on masks even in the face of florida governor, ron desantis, signing that executive order banning mask mandates at schools.

and now, these reports that 15 people in the district -- teachers, staff members -- have died from covid in the last ten days. how concerned are you about where we are in this pandemic tonight? >> so, i am extremely concerned about what we have been experiencing. please, bear in mind that the people who are reported to have died acquired covid quite a few weeks ago. so it's not really reflective of exactly what's happening right now. that -- that's -- that's a really important thing to bear in mind. we -- we are getting a slight decrease in our number of people hospitalized but we still have extremely high rate of hospitalizations here. # and um, i think it's really important that people understand that our communities need to have as much good, solid information and truthful without a lot of emotion so that people can take the actions that encourage them to do the right things. many studies have already shown

that nations that effectively communicate with their population and get cooperation not only have fewer cases, fewer hospitalizations, fewer deaths, but their economies are, as well. >> right, it hits all those elements. dr. van gundy, to you. your state, iowa, has been dealing with a relentless surge and hospitalizations up 46% from just two weeks ago. you do have 61% of the population over 12 years old fully vaccinated. but just the other day, you shared your frustration in this video. this facebook video. that really went viral. i watched it. it was incredibly touching. i want our viewers to see part of it. here it is. >> we are drowning in people who are dying with this illness. in my er, i had to hold onto a meningitis case, a stroke case, a heart attack, and a blood clot in the lung. these are all people that should have been transferred out to icus right away and there are no

icus in the state of iowa. they're all full. >> you said this is like walking a marathon, and not knowing where the end is. what inspired you to post that video so everyone could see what you're dealing with? >> i felt like -- um -- after a long week of struggling to find normal solutions for people. i had met a really nice couple who were in the early phases of covid but you could just see where their illness was going to go because they were both very high risk. and i -- i just wanted to know why they chose not to get vaccinated. and it was a very friendly conversation. and what i left with was they were scared. i think they had -- had a lot of misinformation. and they were also thought it would cost them money. and so, there's just -- was very frustrated that because of some bad information in communication, here was another couple that was probably going to contribute to the problem and not the solution. and so, i felt like i needed to

say something. >> yeah. of course. and hopefully, your message resonated with -- with a lot of people. dr. marty, there is a lot of confusion on top of this dangerous misinformation and disinformation out there about the vaccine. there is legitimate confusion because of all this back and forth on boosters, right? the white house, initially, said americans who got the pfizer or moderna vaccine should be able to get boosters for both on september 20th if they were eight months past their second dose. now, they are saying essentially we don't know when the fda's going to give the green light. when it does, we're ready to go. what's the impact of confusion like this on public health? >> it -- it goes back to what we were talking about a few moments ago. and -- and the bottom line is we have to communicate very clearly as to why we're holding off on doing the boosters. it's the process that we have to make sure that we do it right the first time. that's what the fda is all about. and um -- and there is a lot of different data that has to be

taken into consideration. and that's exactly what they're doing. but it shouldn't lead anyone to think that the vaccines are not effective. they are extremely effective. there's a huge difference in -- in risk. not -- not just risk of severe disease and death which, of course, there's a huge difference there. but even just the risk of even getting sick. um, that's all -- there's many studies that show that now. so, the truth is we have to do it right. >> uh-huh. >> show that, yes, the -- the -- there is a dropping of immunity from the vaccine and, therefore, many countries have already started giving either a booster or a third shot depending on the condition of the individual. and we probably will, as well. but not until all the data is in and analyzed. >> right. right. that's the process. that it has to go through. dr. van gundy, to you, in addition to the medical crises that you and your teams are dealing with every day, you're battling this crisis of misinformation that you talked

about in that video. and you also said it feels like a third-world country. sometimes. what else are you hearing from patients that you want to respond to so that they know the facts? >> yeah. i -- i want to respond -- dr. marty's right. you know, you got to -- the vaccine is effective and it's safe. when you hear that 88% of our icu covid patients are unvaccinated, that alone should tell you how effective the vaccine is. i'm not taking care of anybody in the er who comes in with a vaccine-related problem. i have yet to see that. i am, every day, mitigating the complications of covid and -- and the way that it ripples across the -- the medical community and saturates our overburdened system. and so, be part of the solution. get your vaccine. and -- and contribute to getting onboard to fight this disease. >> yeah. save yourself, and help everyone else. dr. van gundy, thank you. dr. marty. thank you, both, so much. out front innext tonight as

president biden prepares to vibtd some of the hardest-hit areas from hurricane ida, in louisiana the suffering is getting worse. nearly half a million people there still without power. the state's lieutenant governor joins me next. also, capitol police scheduled to brief lawmakers this week about an upcoming rally raising serious concerns about potential violence on capitol hill. and emmy-nominated actor michael k. whim williams who started in the wire and boardwalk empire has been found dead in his apartment. details ahead. ♪ ♪

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president biden traveling to new jersey and new york tomorrow to assess the widespread damage caused by remnants of hurricane ida. biden today approving a major disaster declaration in parts of both states. 45 of the 52 deaths across the northeast occurred in new jersey and new york. and in louisiana, painful and slow recovery nine days after ida made landfall. right now, under a flash flood watch from storms capable of 2 to 3 inches of rain. this comes, as nearly half a million people are still without power. nine days after ida made landfall. out front now, republican lieutenant governor of louisiana. thank you, lieutenant governor, for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> you've got 500,000 people without power across your state. the energy provider says, look, there are some places where they're not gonna get power back until at least september 29th. so, that would be more than four weeks after ida made landfall.

is that an acceptable timeline? can you speed it up? >> well, it's never acceptable. hopefully, we can cut some of that time off of that. but we're having to make use of the shelters. we're now only accepting residents that have lost their homes into our state parks and make every opportunity to make do. but it's a tough time to be without power in louisiana. and we're hoping they can shave some time off of that for some of those critical areas. >> i mean, you have got -- you are facing heat around 100 degrees across the state. many gas stations out of fuel or they don't have the electricity to pump it. people can't get fuel to run their generators, on and on and on. i'm wondering if you are concerned, like the parish president i spoke with this morning is, that -- that you may see more deaths now, in the wake of ida because of this? >> that is true. um, we've got areas which still have water and six feet of marsh grass inundated that community. those people won't be going home

for a while. they are in crowded shelters and it's -- and with covid, it just doubles exposure to having people get sick or die. so it's -- it's a critical situation here. um, that we're juggling a lot of balls trying to accommodate as many people as safely as possible. >> yeah. of course. let me ask you about the alarming deaths of these nursing home residents who were evacuated to a warehouse. the death toll is now seven after more than 800 people endured absolutely squalid conditions at this warehouse. we are hearing reports of people laying in their own urine, their own feces. as difficult as that is to say, that is what they lived through. crying out in vein for help. i know the state attorney general is investigating. can you update us on anything learned, so far? >> i don't have any update information except that we are learning about the incredible number -- i think over 50 calls to 9-1-1 of the alarming relatives of those people' cries

for help. and to pack that many people into one warehouse -- um -- is just unthinkable. and how can this happen after we've gone through katrina and had those deaths in the nursing homes then? and set things in place so this would never happen again. um, it's just unthinkable. it's embarrassing. and um, i don't know what you tell the people of these loved ones that lost their family members because of these horrible conditions and the way these people were -- were handled. >> well, to dig into it a little bit more, lieutenant governor, it appears that a plan like this may have been actually signed off on previously by the state. reporting plans submitted and approved by louisiana's department of health and the state said the warehouse would be used as an alternate-care facility in the event of an emergency. so, were you aware this was the plan? was it a mistake? to approve the plan. and i wonder, does policy now change? >> i'm sure it will change if --

if that was approved by the state which i have heard the same thing. i haven't verified that. but to put 800 people in a warehouse is never a good thing. so if that plan was approved by someone without looking into it more -- more detailed, um, it was a bad plan to approve in the first place. so we have got to look into every aspect of how this happened. and make sure it never happens again. we've said that before, for katrina. but i -- i promise you, there's going to be some changes here in louisiana to where this could never happen again. and that there's more checks and balances of who is approving plans, how those plans get approved, and that the local-elected officials that really care and the people that really care in this industry have a say-so in those plans. >> yeah. look, that's such an important message, especially for these families reeling with grief so thank you for that, lieutenant governor. >> thank you. >> and good luck. well, speaking of the families, andrew hicks was one

of more than 800 nursing home residents forced to ride out the storm in that warehouse. his wife found out after her brother saw this photograph that we are now showing you of her husband, andrew, being taken out of the warehouse. out front now is andrew's wife of 33 years, terry hicks. terry, good evening, thank you for your time tonight. >> good evening. you're welcome. >> that photo of your husband. his face. clearly, he's in pain. clearly, he's grief-stricken. it says so much and seven people who were with him in that warehouse died. um, i know his foot as we can see it heavily bandaged right there. it -- it -- it -- it is very mangled and you even told one of my colleagues that it needs to be amputated. how is he coping tonight? >> he's not coping well at all. he is -- um -- he's still traumatized.

from that -- i don't know what to call it -- but he is very traumatized. and he's not himself. it's not the andrew that i know. he saw the hurricane. andrew was still -- he was jolly. and he was talkative. now, he's not talking as much. he's in a lot of pain. and he's, also, very upset. from what he went through during that time. and i just don't know what the -- you know, i just can't describe what i -- you know, how i seen him. and then, seeing other -- other people loved ones and the way how they was laying on those mattresses and things. it was horrible. and for me, it was very -- it was very hurtful to see him

so -- it's like he was in distress. >> of course. and -- and, you know, as i was reading about what you've gone through, you were calling for days for answers. for just -- just to know where your husband was. >> yes. yes. i was. and was told that i have to find him myself because two days later, then the louisiana department of health, they called and said that, oh, we have your husband. i said you have my husband? yeah, we have him at the indoor track facility at the lsu campus. and i say, no, i have my husband. he's at the hospital. he is at the our lady of the lake hospital. i say i found him myself. you know, instead of waiting on them calling me to let me know where my husband was. i did it myself. i didn't have to -- i didn't wait for them to call. they called after the fact. and that is very unacceptable.

>> it shouldn't -- it shouldn't be like that and i know that you have said over and over again, look, i want answers. accountability. i want to understand how this could happen and i wonder, as of tonight, now nine days after ida made landfall, has anyone from the nursing home, from the state department of health given you an explanation? >> no, ma'am, not at all. i haven't received one call, not one e-mail. i haven't received anything from anyone. >> i'm so sorry. i hope that them seeing this -- hopefully, they will call and give you the answers you and all of these families deserve. terry hicks, we are thinking about you and, of course, about your husband. thank you. >> thank you so much. thank you. out front next. cnn learning serious discussions are now underway to reinstate fencing possibly around the capitol as lawmakers are about to be briefed on an upcoming rally to show support for the insurrectionists. plus, disturbing details emerging tonight about a former

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tonight, cnn is learning the u.s. capitol police department will brief lawmakers this week about a right-ring rally that is raising serious concerns about potential violence an capitol hill. the insurrectionists who they are calling political prisoners. jessica schneider is out front. >> we are going back to the capitol right where it started.

on september 18th. >> reporter: former-trump campaign operative, matt brainard, is blasting out plans to get hundreds to the u.s. capitol next saturday to support the 600-plus rioters who are now facing federal charges. brainerd calls them political prisoners who have been wrongfully prosecuted even though many of them were caught on tape january 6th. >> we are going to push back against the phony narrative that there was an insurrection. >> reporter: brainerd's plans are prompting security concerns on capitol hill, especially after a succession of violent incidents post-january 6th. in april, a car slammed into a police barricade killing one officer and injuring another. in mid-august, a man claiming to have a bomb set off a five-hour standoff with police before surrendering. no bomb was found. cnn has learned d.c. police will be fully activated on september 18th. days off are cancelled for all officers, and civil disturbance units will be on standby. the department is also monitoring online chatter and

travel bookings to gage the possible crowds. cnn has learned capitol police have already requested support from neighboring police departments in maryland and virginia to be fully prepared even if the crowds don't materialize. >> we don't know -- um -- what to anticipate and -- and it could be, you know, if -- if 5,000 people show up instead of 500, we need to be prepared for that. and so, we're going to -- we're going to make sure we have enough folknesss in place to -- handle the demonstration. >> we will not accept political persecution. >> reporter: brainerd's supporters have staged small rallies around the country, including in washington in recent months. prominent republicans have also echoed the false narrative. >> are we housing political prisoners? we need to know the answers. >> reporter: brainerd insists september 18th will be peaceful, and says he wants members of extremist groups to stay away. >> if you are a member of another organization, this isn't the day to wear that clothing. what we're looking for is pure patriotism. >> reporter: and there is question and concern tonight

about whether members of the oath keepers or even the proud boys could show up at this september 18th rally. one extremism expert i talked with poppy said there is some doubt this rally will actually attract big numbers but despite that, there is serious talk of rebuilding that temporary fencing that surrounded the capitol complex for months after january 6th. putting it back up maybe as a precaution. that's all according to law enforcement sources. poppy. >> jessica schneider, thanks for that reporting. out front now, andrew mccabe. and juliette kayyem. former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. good evening, and let's begin there, deputy director mccabe, how seriously should law enforcement take this threat given what we saw play out before our eyes on january 6th? >> well, poppy, i think they should take it very seriously. in fact, they should take it more seriously than they took the same sort of intelligence that they likely saw on january 5th. i think there is a few factors here that maybe are leaning in their favor this time. if you think about it, january

6th was a failure primarily because you had a massive group of people and a complete failure of preparation. in this case, it looks likely that they'll get a somewhat smaller crowd with, you know, things like the proud boys telling some of their members not to come. you don't have a sitting president actively fanning the flames of and trying to get people to attend the rally. and on the other hand, it looks like from all indications our law enforcement partners are -- are well prepared for this. they seem to be taking the intelligence very seriously which raises a question as to whether or not they did on january 6th. but that's another issue. >> yeah. and in terms of dealing with what could happen, juliette, as jessica just reported sources tell cnn serious discussions are underway about maybe reinstalling the temporary fencing around the capitol's perimeter ahead of the rally. is it necessary do you think? >> i think, at this stage, it probably is. just temporarily only because they don't have a permanent solution, yet. but crowd control is much more

sophisticated than just a wall or a fence. i think until we get that sophis sophistication as was recommended in the review about january 6th. more surveillance, more biometric, more identification away from the building. identification checks. that we probably have to put the fence or the -- back in for just a short period of time. but i think andrew is exactly right. a point that we cannot minimize. the combination of not having donald trump working these people up. plus, not having him deny or make intelligence agents nervous about moving forward suggests that the public-safety apparatus is going to be much larger than any -- any organization. and that's a good thing. i think that it's about time that we started showing really these insurrectionists or -- or punks might be a better way to put it sometimes that we're not fooling around, anymore. and these prosecutions and shows of force and -- and -- and -- and saying this is no joke, the republicans may think it's a

joke. that -- that is important right now. >> and, director mccabe, the -- this rally comes after several sitting-republican lawmakers have fueled this narrative that these rioters are somehow political prisoners. just listen to a few of them. >> these january-6th defendants are being treated like political prisoners of war. >> they are being treated worse there than the blood-thirsty terrorists at guantanamo. >> the reason they are taking political prisoners is because they are trying to make an example. >> you hear that over and over, again, from sitting lawmakers. i mean, what does that do to national security, director? >> well, poppy, it's just -- it's remarkable to me. i don't know that we've ever seen a situation where you have active members of congress, elected officials who are embracing what they know to be lies, false truths, conspiracy theories.

and -- and by doing so, validating the -- the extreme -- you know, the domestic extremists, the far-right extremists that are actually posing a threat to our capitol. so they're -- they're not only validating those folks and raising their ridiculous, false conspiracy theories to some level of legitimacy. but they are actually working against our law enforcement and intelligence officials. they're making the situation worse. creating a bigger risk by encouraging those who might be motivated to -- to act violently. it's just -- it's head spinning but i guess it's a sign of -- of -- of our political discourse today. >> i mean, and -- and, juliette, on that point, i should note it's not a majority of republican lawmakers by -- by any measure that is saying that. but you have a very outspoken republican member of congress, adam kinzinger, who is sitting on the house committee investigating january 6th say this weekend that his party needs to start embracing the

truth. and stop embracing conspiracy theories. you know, or -- or they can't effectively lead in a majority. he said that to dana bash. um, but he is sort of on an island in calling out his party like that directly. >> yes. >> could you speak to the national security implications. if you don't have a majority of a party -- of his party echoing what he is saying, which is stop this nonsense? >> well so, it is -- and it is a challenge from the security perspective because it just -- it breeds the radicalization that we are seeing. and this is where i don't is-- u know, it's not my job to fix the republican party but here is a suggestion. this fire will never go out with more gas. i mean, in other words, they keep thinking if i just ignore it. if i just cater to him. if i just what -- that all of it goes away. it doesn't. as we've seen. so -- so there is only two options. one is the fire just keeps burning and brings that house down. or the other is that they want it. i am now of the brief that the republican party wants it only

because this is part of an election strategy to undermine, you know, people's confidence in the vote. to voter suppression. all of it is linked about sort of undermining democracy. so now, this is why, you know, i am sort of like done sort of wondering why anymore and i just think these shows of force, these prosecutions, the surveillance. the -- these guys turning on each other. the de-platforming. all of it. all of it because this is no joke. and until the republicans realize it's no joke, we have to assume that they are deadly serious to bring down the next election. i think -- think we're at that stage now. it's not like they don't know what's happening. >> right. thank you, both. juliette kayyem, andy mccabe, let's hope for a very peaceful rally ahead. out front next. new details tonight about four victims. one of them is a 3-month-old baby. allegedly, shot request killed and killed by a former marine who they did not know. also, california governor gavin newsom sounding the alarm as the campaign to recall him enters

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tonight, quote, i am a sick guy. police say those are the words of an ex-marine sharpshooter charged with shooting and killing a 3-month-old baby and three others in lakeland, florida. the victims, complete strangers. and police say the gunman claimed god told him to do it. our nick valencia is out front. >> the sheriff said these people were begging for their lives. why did you shoot them? why? why did you do this? >> reporter: his eyes closed and hands cuffed behind his back, 33-year-old brian riley ignored questions from reporters as he was led into the back of a police car on his way to jail. the poke county sheriff says the former marine confessed to shooting several people at this lakeland, florida, home. but they still don't know why. four people were killed, including a 33-year-old woman

and her 3-month-old. >> we had a madman with a lot of guns that shot and killed innocent people. >> reporter: when sheriff's deputies arrived at the horrific scene early sunday, they saw a truck on fire. and they say they encountered riley in front of the home outfitted in camouflage and body armor. the suspect then quickly retreated inside before police say they heard a woman scream, followed by gunshots and the whimper of a baby. bullet holes and broken glass showed the aftermath of the shootout with law enforcement. riley, eventually, surrendered after being shot at least once. >> we're not dealing with a traditional criminal here. but what we're dealing with is someone who, obviously, had mental-health issues at least this last week. had ptsd.

and whether or not we follow that back to the military, we don't know. >> reporter: riley spent four years as an active-duty marine. designated sharpshooter who served in iraq and afghanistan, he spent another three years as a marine reservist. according to the poke county sheriff's office, riley's fiancee told police the combat veteran's ptsd had become noticeably worse this last week. she said he was acting erratically. and according to an affidavit, had recently come home after working as a security guard at a church to say he believed he could speak directly to god. adding to the disturbing details, police say riley confessed that he shot the infant because i'm a sick guy. a self-described survivalist, police say riley admitted to being high on meth during the killings. at this stage of the investigation, police say there is no known connection between the victims and the suspect. >> if he'd given us the opportunity, we'd have shot him

up a lot. but he didn't because he was a coward. >> riley made his first court appearance earlier today where a judge denied his bond. he is currently being held on four counts of first-degree murder and what police really want to figure out, poppy, is why he would drive 45 minutes to a stranger's home to do this. they say he initially arrived at that lakeland area residence sometime saturday evening and he fled before police arrived. only to come back nine hours later to carry out his shooting rampage. and just really quick, on 11-year-old was shot up to seven times according to police. they are expected to survive. poppy. >> thank goodness. but what a tragedy. nick valencia, thank you. out front next. senators klobuchar and warren, now the vice president all making their way to california to help governor gavin newsom. can they stop republicans from taking over this crucial seat in the recall? also, emmy-nominated actor michael k. williams who starred in the wire and boardwalk empire has been found dead at the age of 54.

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our kyung lah is out front. >> let's vote no. >> on a sweltering labor day weekend, newsom rallied the foot soldiers who fought for him before to keep him on the job. >> we embrace union. we embrace social justice and racial justice and economic justice. all of those things are at risk if we don't turn out the vote on september 14th. that's the last day to vote in the republican back recall of the democratic governor.

the los angeles fed reration of union says calling half a million voters. >> union member martinez has helped knock on 60,000 doors in los angeles aiming to hit 100,000 before voting ends. >> organizations have been key. the values of the state reflects union values. those are workers and i mmigrans immigrants. >> reporter: national democrat boosting governor newsom's holiday weekend calling the recall an attack on the union. from massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren. >> all unions are in the house. >> reporter: to amy klobachar. unions have contributed $14 million to bfight his recal. a worthy investment.

>> i am for gavin newsom. so whatever i have to do to keep him in office and keep the people in power, i am going to do that. larry elder does not represent everybody and all color or nationality. he may say he does but his action speaks louder than worse. >> reporter: republican challenger and conservative radio host larry elder slams the union money backing the governor especially the california teacher association. >> the teach yoreer union. it is a criticism that the governor brushes off especially with just over a week to go before the election. >> it is about energy and boos on the ground and turn out. labor knows how to turn out. >> kyung is joining me now. vice president is going to be

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