they meet with anderson. anderson says he is going to be starved out in just four days, and he will leave than. -- leave then. chestnut will take that message to regard. -- two beauregard. around midnight, they say basically that they would need to leave immediately. and anderson doesn't agree to this. and so chestnut tells anderson we will fire on you in exactly one hour. the time was 3:30 in the morning. his wife is back in charleston. she writes in her diary, that time, i do not pretend to go to sleep. how can i? the orders are he shall be fired upon. i count four st. michael's bells and i begin to hope. at half past 4:00, the heavy blooming of candidates -- cannons. i pray like i never prayed before." right after chestnut meets with anderson, he's in his group, going to go over james island to fort johnson. they were joined also by a former virginia congressman, we see on the right side here, named roger prior. and roger pryor was a fire eater. he was pushing to get virginia to secede. and what's going to

none other than major robert anderson. you have the people and teacher on opposite sides of this what will turn out to be the first battlefield of the civil war. sumter is going to continue to sit there as a symbol of the impasse in the country. chestnut, woman, mary who has a wonderful civil war diary that was in charleston during this time. writes, thereright stands for sumter and there stands peace or war. there was this constant fear that war would break out in charleston harbor. is --ly what is happening basically what is happening no one knows what is going to happen once president lake and becomes president and that happens in 1861. abraham lincoln is inaugurated president of the united states. how was he going to handle the situation differently than buchanan? there are numerous political attempts to try dover war. there is a peace convention in washington, d.c., numerous war,omises to try push off and peace delegation from the confederate states to send to washington, but all of these are rejected and lincoln is g

anderson: that was not a scientific process. that was tom foley representing the state of washington, taking care of hanford. that was jim wright representing the state of texas, taking care of deaf smith county, texas, and senator reid being a freshman. man: the "yea"s are 61, the "nay"s are 28, and the conference port is agreed to. reid: i think it's important to recognize that nuclear waste is not a partisan issue. chisholm: republicans, democrats, ranchers, miners, urban people, outdoor people--everybody knew that this was... reid: the screw nevada bill. woman: the screw nevada bill. man: the screw nevada bill. anderson: it wasn't chosenn the merits. it was chosen for pure political reasons. man: who has only 2 senators, no political clout whatsoever, and who lives in a place that is perceived at least to be nothing but desert and wasteland? and they said, "a-ha! nevada." man: we in nevada will not stand for it. [applause] man: a coalition of elected officials, environmentalists, and businessmen is waging a guerrilla war to

you know, anderson, i want to begin like everyone else.y hope the president and his wife recover and all these people who have caught it recover and become safe and healthy again. not only for their sake but for the sake of the country. we cannot afford more instability and disorder right now around the presidency. but what i also wish as i wish for them wisdom not just health. i wish that they will sit back and reflect on what they have been doing. you know, there is a cliff out there, anderson, and it was labeled coronavirus. and the president was actually speeding towards that cliff. there was a fog but we knew the cliff was out there a bit and he was speeding for it and giving other people permission to speed toward that cliff and mocking people like joe biden who weren't taking precautions against going over that cliff. so what happened today president was it an act of bad luck, anderson? it was a product of recklessness on his part and on the part of mark meadows, his chief of staff and so many other people and so most of all, i so h

thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> coming up next. new reporting with evidence that as the public was being told it was under control, some republican donors were getting a different, more troubling message, one that reportedly enabled wall street investors to potentially cash in. >>> later, remember the masking scandal the president kept talking about? the greatest political scandal in history. the one he said joe biden and obama should go to jail for? the scandal, itself, has been unmasked as a whole lot of nothing. (♪ ) keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. (♪ ) you need to hire i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base so you can start hiring right away. claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo well, this has been an absolufrom the beginning. this is real. that's the first thing. no pussyfooting around. we are not going to stamp this out unless we have

>> sure, anderson., you know, we're entering the fall/winter surge that's really largely being driven by covid being seasonal, so we expect increased transmission. look what's happening in europe. they're going into major lockdown because they're three, four weeks ahead of us. and then the other factor is that our governments are not responding to the uptick in cases, hospitalizations, and now deaths. and put the two together, and we have a very grim winter ahead. >> i mean what a sentence. our governments are not responding to the uptick in cases. sanjay, i know you have a question for dr. murray, and i just want to note we've, you know, crossed 90,000 cases in a single day for the first time. >> yeah. dr. murray, you just talked europe, and they do seem to be a bit of a precursor for us as we are watching them in the spring. but are there lessons, then, that we should be taking from the eu, and is there some indication that the united states is going to behave any differently, or is this sort of pre-o

good morning, professor anderson. guest: good morning. host: we point out you are also a professor at emory university in african-american studies -- in the african-american studies department. you detailed voter suppression efforts in 2016 and 2018. what did you see then and what are you seeing now in 2020? guest: actually, i am seeing it double down. what i saw then was an effort coming after the shelby county holder's decision in 2013 by the u.s. supreme court. the clearance provision of the voting rights act. and what i saw immediately afterwards, two hours afterwards, texas implement it a law that the court said is racially discriminatory. i saw alabama implement a voting rights law one day after the shelby county decision. in the preclearance state, almost 1200 polling stations have been shut down. places where people go to vote. millions had been purged from the voter rolls. for reasons that federal law says you can't be removed. i saw these states really doing whatever they could to remove american citizens from the voter rolls an

to keep control of the crowds but organizer philip anderson was seen being punched in the face. >>police say counter protesters also threw several glass and plastic bottles cans and eggs one sfpd officer was pictured being knocked to the ground anderson as well as another trump supporter had to be taken away by ambulance as the event fell apart a crowd was seen taking to market street to march towards twitter headquarters counter protesters led by a shield line tried blocking people from passing anderson who is not from california addressed the attack on social media saying antifa was responsible. >>we just learned from san francisco police tonight that 3 officers were hurt during this rally and protest after they were hit with pepper spray and other chemicals. >>so far no arrests have been made reporting live in the newsroom. dan thorn kron 4 news dan thanks now to the south bay where it was deadly 8 hours overnight for folks in san jose, 3 people killed in 2 separate scenes in a matter of hours. just before midnight police responding to a

>> there is plenty to learn, anderson. i'm normally a guy telling you at this point in the race, don't pay attention to national polls. well, guess what? you can pay attention to this one. this is the map we will fill in. let's just bring up choice for president. i have a timeline here. the latest poll is right here. joe biden has a 12-point national lead right now. 12-point national lead. hillary clinton's was four, at this point. she won the national vote by two. joe biden is up 12, right now, with five days to go. this is a big deal, in part because of the stability of the race. he was up 13 in april. he's up 12 now. this has been a stable race. right now, you see no evidence of trump momentum. doesn't mean it won't happen. doesn't mean we won't find it but we don't see it, at the moment. and that is a big deal. let me get that out of the way and show you a bit more. when you dig deeper into the bones of this thing, that's when it gets interesting. trump has been throwing the kitchen sink at joe biden. hunter biden. can

>> well, anderson. think the president still has not learned, despite having said he's gone to covid/coronavirus school, now, having acquired the virus himself. he, still, has not learned the most basic lesson of this pandemic, which is wear a mask. it'll protect you. it'll protect others. and so, it has me very concerned, you know, back when i was assistant commissioner of health and new york city, when we had a patient with an infectious disease that is airborne, like tuberculosis, i would sign court orders to require them to be hospitalized on the special pathogens unit at bellevue. unfortunately, we can't do that, in this case. but, you know, he is presenting a very real threat to others in his working and living environment. >> secretary panetta, i mean, you are familiar with inside the white house. you know, it's a busy, cramped work environment. i think that surprises, probably, a lot of people who haven't been there. do you see a way for the president to remain apart from his political staff? i

but here is the problem, anderson.ou have this -- i know the commission's not saying it's an actual rule change but more of a way to enforce the rules so that those two minutes can be uninterrupted, as both campaigns agreed to. but you are right to note there is no foolproof way of doing this. donald trump, if he wants to have a performance like the first debate, he can do so. i don't think an adviser in his team would advise him to do so because it was a disaster. it doesn't work with the voters. it doesn't accomplish any of his political goals. so i don't know if we'll see him recreate that kind of chaos because it really didn't help him at all. but i don't think this one adjustment from the commission on presidential debates is going to prevent that from happening if donald trump sort of decides to light himself on fire again. >> dana, do you see the president abiding by the rules, this time? >> no. it's very hard to see him abiding by the rules. i will say that my reporting is that he's certainly gotten -- maybe i

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. the president of the united states is certainly living up to the title bob woodward's book about him. the book, of course, is "rage" and the president's clearly in one. fading in the polls he's lashing out at perceived enemies demanding the attorney general bring charges against his opponent. his 2016 opponent and the last president, describing senator kamala harris as, quote, this monster. in addition, he continues to mislead the public about a pandemic that itself is raging once again and has now taken more than 212,000 lives in this country. but the president being the president isn't focussing on them or on their loved ones or any covid experience but his own. as a result he's floating dangerous results about ideas of how survivable it is because it was survivable from him. he's hinting he contracted the virus from the families of fallen u.s. service members because of how much they love him. on top of that, according to "the new york times" maggie haberman, the president wants to

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>> no, absolutely not, anderson. thought that there -- even the most recent statement saying they condemn white supremacy tells me they're not paying attention. it's also possible some of them held white nationalist views but this is a different threat of anti-government streamists. they had some qanon adherence, bugaloo boys. it was a different group, and they seem not to be paying attention now five days later. more interest in the keeping blame on two governors subject of a kidnapping plot. it kind op boggles the mind how much they're not interested in doing their jobs and just seemingly answering the mail so they can get back to running a re-election campaign. >> and it's not -- this is not new. if you listen to their rhetoric, it's timothy mcvay, terry mcnichols. >> thank you. >>> with the election three week trs today, florida's 29 electoral vets are critical. one voting bloc there considered key, those 65 and older. advanced non-small cell lung cancer can take away so much. but today there's a combination of t

you live it. >>> welcome back, i am anderson cooper.he breaking news, the president of the united states and the first lady have tested positive for covid-19 and have quarantined themselves at the executive mansion in white house. both boaaccording to a statemen from the white house doctor are doing well. hope hicks has the virus. she accompanied him to the presidential debate in ohio and also to another event in minnesota with the president on wednesday. with us now cnn political reporter and national security analyst samantha is here as well. there is so much we don't know about the timeline of this and who infected the president and about how that occurred. there was a lot of focus on hope hicks. there may have been others before. in terms of transparency and the lack of it that the administration has had, moving forward in a normal administration it would be very important to have transparency so that the american people and global markets and the world would have a sense, an accurate sense of what exactly is happening with the pres

we know the successes, anderson, that she has had. a proficient and compassionate prosecutor, and as well, a successful elected official who secured many victories as attorney general for the state of california. that's who we know her to be, and a patriotic american. >> the president made one of those comments just minutes after pleading for suburban women to love him, which is something he does at almost every rally, lately, it seems. it's -- i mean, there's such a disconnect. this whole idea of, you know, literally, pleading for suburban women to, you know, who he often has termed suburban housewives, to love him. and then, going after a prominent, female candidate, using her gender against her. i mean, it -- it -- it very much -- i don't know that it -- what he thinks it gets him. >> well, add to that, anderson, a woman of color. descendent, if you will, of indian heritage, indian-american heritage, and african-american. her father was a professor at stanford. her mother was a cancer researcher. and they raised their daughters. th

that has been the mentality, anderson, throughout this entire saga. coronavirus saga over here for the white house. it's inexplicable, it's inexcusable, it's dangerous, but it is how they have been behaving this entire time. that has changed now, the president, you know, has a very serious illness. how much that changes, we'll have to wait and see. >> briefly, do we know when hope hicks tested positive? i know they knew thursday morning. did she get tested wednesday night and thursday morning? >> we believe thursday is when she tested positive for the coronavirus. keep in mind, anderson, that rally in minnesota wrapped up after 10:00. i was at that rally. and then they flew back on air force one, so presumably, the test happened the following morning, and that is when they still made this determination for the president to go to bedminster and keep in mind, we pressed mark meadows on this yesterday, and kayleigh mcenany yesterday. the white house operations made the decision. they know how the president feels about this. white house operations is foll

i interviewed phillip anderson at the daily city airbnb where he was staying just hours after a sucker punch knocked out his two front teeth at the rally he organized for this past saturday. >> what are we becoming that people are going to knock the teeth out of my mouth and punch me in the face and yell black lives matter at me. white people, okay? it doesn't make any sense to me, but that's what happened. >> reporter: anderson is a 25-year-old immigrant from ethiopia, deported as a child by a texas family. over the past year his far-right activism and his suppor for president trump brought him to the portland riots. >> i'm not going to go home. i will not be intimidated. it must stop. >> reporter: and to the white house. he planned a march for this past saturday from u.n. plaza to twitter headquarters. >> the entire event was literally just about big tech and their racism and oppression against me, banning me over 14 times, shadow banning my current account. >> reporter: but his flier for the event featured prominent leaders of the proud boys, a hate group according to the southern p

texas, anderson, texas is already at 98% of the entire 2016 total. it underscores, look, we knew that there was going to be a surge in early vote. we knew vote by mail was going to be crucial really for both parties but especially for democrats. but just the sheer amount that has come in over the course of the last several days and what still could come in over the next couple. >> wait. >> makes it very, very true this will be crucial to whoever wins. >> so, wait, texas, 98% of the number of total votes in 2016? >> yeah. >> that's -- have already been voted -- have already voted? >> yeah, and, look, if you want to caveat it a little bit, it was down, total turnout was very down in texas. under 9 million. somewhere around 8.4, 8.5 million. they already have somewhere between 8.2 and 8.3 million votes cast already. >> that's incredible. >> between in-person and early vote. look, people want to vote. the enthusiasm, if we can say nothing else about what happens, the numbers we've seen from each of the states and states report differently, the enthusiasm

>> absolutely not, anderson.nt statement saying they condemn white supremacy tells me they're not paying attention. it's possible they held white supremacist views, but these are antigovernment extremists and who associate with militia movements. they had qanon and good boys adherence. even the case five days later, more interested in keeping blame on two governors who were subject to the kidnapping plot. it kind of boggles the mind how much they're not interested in doing their jobs and just se seemingly answering the mail so that they can get back to running a re-election campaign. >> yeah. >> and it's not -- you know, this is not new. if you listen to their rhetoric, it's timothy mcvay, it is terry nickels, it is the militia movement from the 90s because it's been encouraged by the president of the united states. >> thank you. >>> with the election three weeks from today, florida's votes are critical. they're considered essential to victory. up next, randy k with an update. we're helping change the future of h

>> anderson: yes. man and woman to my left coughing, and coughing and coughing. >> alfonsi: it became nine and a half hours of misery. the andersons were in row 32. kelly and woody edge were in the middle of the plane. >> edge: and then it-- and then it happened. it was behind me about ten rows. and a man started to collapse. and his wife was, like, "help. help. please help. we need a doctor." >> alfonsi: jenny catron was several rows behind her. the experienced red cross volunteer who attended nursing school was already trying to help. >> catron: he was glowing: he had so much sweat-- he was pale, pale-ish green >> alfonsi: you didn't think, "oh, my gosh: this guy might have covid" right away? >> catron: i was pretty sure that, at that point, that we all had covid. >> alfonsi: kelly edge noticed jenny was on her own and got up to help too. >> edge: and then, on the other side of me to the right, and behind me about two rows, this man started going into some kind of respiratory distress. so, i say to j

here's anderson. >>> good evening. so what happens when the president of the united states is contributing by his words and by his silence, including today to what his own top experts in the department of homeland security call the most persistent and lethal domestic security threat now facing america? what do you do when that threat coincides with and could be directed at an election that the president has not promised to peacefully abide by? we'll be joined by a former top official, a republican who calls what he's doing now in the face of that threat treasonous. this danger is described in the department of homeland security own state of the homeland threat assessment 2020. that was supposed to come out today, and just about an hour ago, we got word it would not be released. no reason was given forthe delay, only that there was not statutory deadline for the product. meaning no law said it has to be out by today, so shut up and wait. as you think about that statement, consider that at the same time, some drafts of t

with ben sasse, anderson, let's be clear. season in his home state and so he feels more safe to say this, but he was responding to a constituent asking why he criticizes the president. and he went completely off. i think what you're seeing there is preparing for a post-trump republican party. and that's going to be people like ben sasse thinking about where they fall in line there. >> jena griswold, appreciate it. dana bash, appreciate it. we'll see dana on later on in the program. hi, i'm chris rock. oh, it's not about me, i get it! no, no, no, zoom in on it. the new iphone 12 pro with 5g meets verizon 5g. 5g just got real, man! pow! inflammation in your eye might be to blame.ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda

>> well, i do worry about it anderson.r years we have seen an increase in hate speech and in hate crimes and the intolerance has been bubbling and it has been increasing expotentially over the last four years and this is where we really need as a country a leader that can bring us together and will not stand for this kind of criminal activity that we saw play out and we are continuing to see play out as more information about this plot, kidnapping. they were going to put me on trial and execute me was plan. we have seen hateful actions taken against governors around the country. democrat and republicans have called and shared their stories with me. we are just trying to do our jobs and save peoples' lives. a moment we need to come together as a nation and i do think that joe biden can do that and i am really hopeful come november 3rd we are ready to start a new chapter. >> with so many people attending trump rallies, not wearing masks, not social distancing in your state, is there contact tracing from that rally so that if

i'm anderson cooper.is it anything like the first chaotic trump biden face-off. their 90-minute rematch is happening at bellevue university in nashville, tennessee, with an unprecedented rule in place. each candidate's microphone will be muted during their opponent's initial answers. tonight is the final of what may be the wildest presidential debate series ever, including the cancellation of the second debate after the president's covid-19 diagnosis. as always, wolf blitzer is here as we count down to the debate. wolf, the president's illness escalated concern certainly about safety at this debate tonight. >> certainly did, anderson. we don't know if president trump was already infected at the last debate, but the white house says he tested negative tonight, as did joe biden. viewers will see social distancing on the stage. president trump will stand at a podium to the left of your tv screen. he'll be more than 12 feet away from former vice president biden. who will be standing to the right. plexiglass b

just to emphasize something gloria said, anderson.rida is the difference between a -- a -- an election night where we think we have a verdict, and a long twilight struggle that might involve a lot of lawyers disputing ballots in these northern states. >> gloria, i want to play something the first lady said on the campaign trail, today. it was the first joint appearance in 2020. let's play that. >> in a time when hate, negativity, and fear, are the messages the media streams into our homes. and the large-tech companies are protecting political censorship, we need to remember what is really important. my husband's administration is focused on the future. >> i mean, hate, negativity, and fear, are the main messages, it seems like, of the president. >> yeah. i don't know. maybe, this is part of the be-best campaign. i have no idea. hate, negativity, and fear, in the same rally the president was full of hate and negativity. and the fear that this country feels is not from the democrats or she blamed the media. but it's about covid. and so,

that's awful. >> it is, anderson.'s going to happen is the combination of people, you know, taking their foot off the break and starting to mingle more, being less careful and most importantly seasonality. people go inside, humidity factors, things that we know contribute to increased transmission of respiratory viruses in the winter. >> so that's -- i'm terrible at math, but that's more than triple. you believe deaths will more than triple on a daily basis by december. >> yeah, it's in our control, anderson. it's not something that's written in stone. but it's what we think is most likely to happen and we have a tremendous amount -- we the american people have a tremendous amount of control about what actually happens by how we behave, how much risk we take in terms of interacting with others and most importantly wearing a mask. and that can make a huge difference to our death toll. >> your latest model predicts 363,000 u.s. deaths by the end of december. do you know if masks were worn how many lives could be saved b

can you hear me, it is anderson? can you go into details of what we heard from the dni and chris wray? >> we heard from john ratliff that both iran and russia have gained access to voter registration system and appear to at least have access to that data. the question is what can they do with that. with iranians, according to ratliff, they were behind a series of e-mails. democratic voters were getting these e-mails. >> florida and alaska and one other state. they were being threatened to say you have to change your registration. we'll be watching you. that was the concern that the fbi had about these threats that voters got around this country. i have never seen the fbi do a hurry press conference like this. it gives you an indication of how worry they are of the next couple of weeks and the potential for foreign countries to try to do influence operat n operations that could cause chaos in this country. >> i want to read something that john ratliff said at this press conference. i find it confusing. he said to that

the fairness of that anderson is just unbelievable. >> the other thing of herd immunity idea is sort of predicated on what seems to be early in the pandemic notion that it is only old people who are going to get sick and are at risk and young people bounce back from it and we now know, there are what are called long haulers, people who have long lasting symptoms six or seven months out, who had relatively mild cases or even hospitalized but they're coming down with these - they haves continuing symptoms. doctors don't know a whole ton about that. >> i think this kind of approach really under estimates how little we still know about this virus. we don't know what proportion of the population would be to be infected for the virus not to spread easily in communities. we don't know the answer of what's the long-term impact. we don't know children who tend of low rates of hospitalizations and deaths. so the idea we go forward go ahead and get infected, it is a strategy that's willing to sacrifice thousands of lives in america for something that's unproven and untested when the possibility

>> it doesn't say very good things, anderson.president is working from a defensive position, far more than an offensive position. and he's got a bit of a hole to dig out of. just look at the schedule of his -- his campaigning, alone, that you put forth on that graphic. you got florida, north carolina, iowa, a state that he lost by -- a state that he won by about nine points in 2016. and pennsylvania. only pennsylvania, in that group of states he is traveling to this week, had that sort of traditional democratic dna that he upended, in 2016, to secure his victory. but if you're in iowa and you're president trump, three weeks out from election day, you are trying to defend turf that many in your campaign believed would've been off the table, by now. so, i think if you look at the travel, you see, here, that the president is in the business of trying to shore up some states, that actually should already just be in the bag for him. >> gloria, what about vice president biden's schedule? he was in ohio today. he is going to florida tom

>> no, anderson. i think what juliet is underscoring is -- is very important here because i think you're right. there is a lot of information that we don't have about what, exactly, the fbi and what the intelligence community has, that sort of explains more about what -- about this activity. and certainly, what the russians are doing. i think one of the things that i think -- i think the guests were pointing out was the fact -- the importance of having the fbi director there and some of the other officials. simply because ratcliffe has been seen as such a politically partisan person. and i think this was to give confidence to the voters, especially democrats, that what's being heard here is the real deal. >> rick, i want to play some of what we heard from director of national intelligence ratcliffe. let's listen. >> we have confirmed that some voter-registration information has been obtained by iran, and separately by russia. this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false info

the anderson revoir begins an 11-year makeover tomorrow. joins us from atop the reservoir. >> reporter: the people we talked to in anderson reservoir after the recent flurry of small earthquakes did seem to drive home the importance of this project, but it's been a certain here for a long time. and it's going to take even longer to fix it. 56 million gallons of water a day will be drained from anderson reservoir. it will still take months to empty since the 89,000 feet, anderson's capacity is more than the other area reservoirs combined. most pour into undergrounds aquifers. the water district says the local drinking supply should be fine. but what will stop when the $576 million seismic retrofit project begins tomorrow is any recreational activity at the reservoir such as fishing. >> there's not a lot of places around here so losing a good quality spot like anderson puts a damper on opportunities. >> general and harold mcclain love to jet ski here and say they understand the importance of the project but are dismayed about a completion dat

anderson.the author of one person, no vote. how voter suppression is destroying our democracy. good morning, professor anderson. guest: good morning. host: we point out you are also a professor at emory university in african-american studies -- in the african-american studies department. you detailed voter suppression efforts in 2016 and 2018. what did you see then and what are you seeing now in 2020? guest: actually, i am seeing it double down. what i saw then was an effort coming after the shelby county holder's decision in 2013 by the u.s. supreme court. the clearance provision of the voting rights act. and what i saw immediately afterwards, two hours afterwards, texas implement it a law that the court said is racially discriminatory. i saw alabama implement a voting rights law one day after the shelby county decision. in the preclearance state, almost 1200 polling stations have been shut down. places where people go to vote. millions had been purged from the voter rolls. for reasons that fe

>> well, yeah, we're concerned, anderson. there remains a number of individuals, a number of groups, that are out there, and that continue and -- to plan acts of domestic terrorism. not just in michigan but in a multi-jurisdictional fashion across many states. this is not a jurisdictional problem, this is an american problem. so, yeah, we have concerns and unfortunately, it seems as though those who would engage in this kind of behavior, they have been able to use the covid epidemic and the civil unrest from the black lives matter movement to recruit more members. so, we've had an exponential rise in terms of the number of groups in our state and around the country. as well as the membership. >> in -- in some of the documents, there's some connection or at least some interest i think by one of the people in qanon, as well, which we have seen obviously grow a lot online. how direct of a line, if any, do you believe you can draw from these suspects back to the unrest in michigan's capitol earlier in the pandemic? because people

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anderson, i think we all come to know that people like dr.ow have to have security because the rhetoric of this country have gotten out of control. i have been confronting death threa threats. this is combination of this rhetor rhetoric. it is a dangerous moment and i am remaining hopeful that people on both sides of the isle can stand up and take it on and insist and demand that america is not a place where we take, you know, give comfort who are domestic terrorists. >> the video was released in recent days, the kidnap was planned on you. the idea that this was not just a bunch of people talking about doing something. they're actually planning things out, do you worry about there being other groups like this out there in other states planning this kind of stuff or you know preparing for this kind of stuff against other people? >> well, i do worry about it, anderson. >> the last four years we have seen an increase in hate speech and hate crimes and anti-semitism and the intolerance and it has been increasing exponentially over the last four y

a witness captured the scene as a protester punched rally organizer philip anderson before his speech. cornell bernard has a look at how things quickly escalated. >> no nazis, no kkk, no fascist usa. >> reporter: a large crowd of demonstrators gathered to oppose a small group holding what was build as a free speech rally, protesting what they say is twitter censorship of some of their message. >> they have no business being here. >> we call them san francisco for jesus christ. >> reporter: the rally was granted a permanent from the city. some of the speakers expected including well-known president trump supporters and conservative right personalities, but most never got the chance to be heard. tensions quickly escalated. counter demonstrators taunted police. sky 7 was overhead as some kicked barricades. police wearing riot gear tried to protect the speakers from the crowd, but many threw bottles at the stage and shouted down the speakers. before the event, the main organizer philip anderson said he was attacked and punched, knocking his front teeth out. >> you knock a black man's teet

but, look, anderson, i get your point. it is a big if and a big hope, given the fact that they did work hard with him, behind the scenes, before last night's debate. >> abby, you know, the president had a chance to try and clean up, if you can, you know, his stand by, proud boys, comment. and take some responsibility for his behavior last night. instead, he did what he always does, which is just try to muddy the water further. i kept wondering. today -- i mean, is part of this just a strategy to disgust and depress everybody but his supporters and maybe peel off a certain percentage of voters who just feel kind of so dirty after watching last night and disgusted that they just stay home and not vote? >> you know, it's an interesting question because i do think that a lot of president trump's political strategy, just in general, not just in this campaign or in this political moment, is about sort of beating the public down. beating down the entire system so that everybody wants to just wash their hands of what is going on.

>>the organizer phillip anderson was attacked in this rally was subsequently canceled. sfpd had been working to keep protesters and counter-protesters apart but violence broke out anyway. >>a san francisco rally and protest put on by right wing group team save america is met with opposition members of the group wearing red make america great again hats and carrying pro police flags were overwhelmed by the amount of counter protesters despite police standing by to control the crowds organizer philip anderson was seen being punched in the face and sfpd officer was also pictured being knocked to the ground. police say several glass and plastic bottles, cannes in eggs were thrown by counter-protesters anderson as well as another trump supporter had to be taken away by ambulance. once the event fell apart a crowd was seen taking to market street to march toward twitter headquarters counter protesters led by a shield line tried blocking people from passing. anderson who is not from california addressed the attack on social media saying antifa was responsible. san francisco po

the main organizer philip anderson said he was attacked and punched, knocking his front teeth out. >> take a look, you knock a black man's teeth out. >> reporter: minutes later, anderson announced the rally was over. >> too bad it got canceled. it's too bad but this is what happens when you lose free speech. this is what happens, america. this is what our country is turning into. >> reporter: some counter demonstrators felt victorious. >> i think that the fact that they were outnumbered is, you know, is important. >> it's tough, right, because i absolutely believe in free speech but i'm also anti-fascism. >> reporter: rally organizers were escorted away by police. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> and police released a statement about the incident saying "demonstrators began throwing glass bottles, plastic bottles filled with unknown liquid, metal cans and eggs at free speech rally participants and law enforcement personnel. the rally became so violent in nature it was declared a public safety hassard and was shut down." abc 7 i-team reporter dan noyes talked to philip

and david chalian -- oh, i'm throwing to anderson. on.son, back to you. >> jake, thanks very much. you could have done it. i'll introduce david chalian. >> they put you up. sorry. >> got to make the doughnuts. david chalian has more on our instant poll of debate watchers. david, what else did you see? >> i just had anderson cooper and jake tapper fighting over me. it was kind of amazing. anderson, remember, our big poll finding of debate watchers. joe biden won this debate. he won it, 53% to 39%. that's the basic question. who won the debate? but now, i want to show you the gender gap. because this is what we see in this race, everywhere. how women are powering joe biden's position in this race. look among the female debate watchers. 60% say that biden won. only 35% say trump won. when you look at the male, debate watch frs, debate watchers, it splits almost evenly. 47% said biden won. 44% said trump won. look at the issue set that got discussed tonight. biden wins on climate change, 67-29. race and equality, 62% to 35%, biden. coronaviru

i'm anderson cooper, thank for watching. our coverage continues. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning, everyone. john berman here with erica hill in for alison. we do have major breaking news. president trump has tested positive for coronavirus, so has the first lady. we were told a short time ago that they were in isolation in the white house residence. a letter released by the president's doctor says they are both well at this time, but what does that mean? is the president exhibiting symptoms? we just don't know. that's one of the open questions this morning. exacerbated by the fact that frankly this white house can't be counted on for reliable information obviously. we wish the president and first lady a speedy recovery. transparency though of the utmost importance at this time. this is what we know and frankly don't. top trump aide hope hicks was diagnosed with coronavirus yesterday morning. we are told she began experiencing symptoms as early as wednesday afternoon. hicks has been traveling with the presiden

can you talk about the significance of this, professor anderson? >> i think what it is really showing is how georgia is tru in play. it is in play because we have had not only massive demographic changes here in georgia, but we have had grassroots organizing and mobilizing registry focused about, working through getting through all of the voter suppression barriers to in fact wring people out to the polls in unprecedented numbers. and to have two really viable candidates running for senate and then to have biden going to warm springs, georgia, which was the retreat for fdr, president franklin delano roosevelt, begins to give a sense that georgia is more than in play. amy: that is fascinating that he went to warm springs, georgia, where president fdr would go to thislesce from polio in period, in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the former vice prident joe biden would choose warm springs to speak. >> i think part of what it i too, is that just the way the -- was in signifint troue in t depression and president hoover was unable to work out of his

you knocked my teeth out. >> reporter: minutes later, anderson announced the rally was over. >> too bad it got canceled. it's too bad but this is what happens when you lose free speech. this is what happens, america. this is what our country is turning into. >> reporter: some counter demonstrators felt victorious. >> i think that the fact that they were outnumbered is, you know, is important. >> it's tough, right, because i absolutely believe in free speech but i'm also anti-fascism. >> reporter: rally organizers were escorted away by police. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> and police released a statement about the incident saying "demonstrators began throwing glass bottles, plastic bottles filled with unknown liquid, metal cans and eggs at free speech rally participants and local law enforcement personnel. the rally became so violent in nature it was declared a public safety hazard and was shut down." abc 7 i-team reporter dan noyes talked to philip anderson, now recovering at a home where he is staying. >> reporter: why did you come here? >> the whole point right her

anderson's ultimate artist chadwick boseman bozeman was a big part of the anderson community growing up and since his death in august from colon cancer. >>the city has found different ways to honor him even while mourning his loss and thursday this grief met a glimmer of hope a new gallery of chadwick boseman artwork all painted in donated by local artist was unveiled petroleum dawson whose one of those 21 artist says it's an honor to have his painting of one of his heroes displays as him as a person local them a person. i was you know, sean love respect his family in for dawson his respect for bozeman goes deeper dawson is a colon cancer survivor it connects us from spiritually inside because i know he's looking down and seeing that i went to color cast he publix and be strong. >>you know chronis you for life, you know you go some this. >>be strong for him and safe with family this gallery is just the beginning of a new wave of change coming to anderson after boseman's death of the city implemented a public art and aument to bring more artwork to the city in his honor we want to con