>>> you're live in the cnn newsroom i'm anna cabrera in new york, more serious signs the president is prioritizing his campaign over the coronavirus and your health. not only is he holding a rally tonight amid several health alerts, his political appointees we're learning are accused of trying to change the warning in cdc reports to berline up with the president's messaging on the pandemic. this is according to a federal health official. and it's not just any report. but the venerable morbidity and mortality report. this is the cdc's primary publication which has been around in some form since the 1870s. check out the response from the trump appointee accuses of pushing for changes in she's reports. >> there's no denial. caputo says our intention is to make sure that evidence science based data drives policy through this pandemic, not ulterior deep state motives in the bowels of cdc. all this happening after we learn the president has learned the truth all along about how deadly and dangerous this virus is. and has been downplaying the severity of it. the president's discounting of sa

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>>> thanks so much for joining us, you're live in the cnn newsroom, i'm anna cabrera in new york. people packed in lines to see the president speaking at a rall letter that does not get underway for the next five hours. the secretary of the department of health and human services is telling cnn today the science based decision making has saved lives. that was alex azar's response to allegations that trump employees altered cdc reports to not undermine the president. this is according to a federal health official who says michael caputo -- the venerable mmwr is the cdc's primary public health information. it has been around in some form since the 1870s. this after we learn the president has known the truth all along about just how deadly and dangerous this virus is. he's been intentionally downplaying the severity of it. as his own voice revealed conversations he had with bob woodward. let's go to minden, nevada, boris sanchez is standing by. before we talk about what you're seeing on the ground. let's start with this new report about altered cdc reports. what more are you hearing

. >>> you're live in the cnn newsroom i'm anna cabrera in new york, more serious signs the presidentioritizing his campaign over the coronavirus and your health. not only is he holding a rally tonight amid several health alerts, his political appointees we're learning are accused of trying to change the warning in cdc reports to berline up with

anna cabrera is in ohio tonight. you found them. you found the undecided voters.atch the debate with them and getting realtime reaction. >> reporter: that's right, erin. i'm joining you just outside of columbus, ohio and joining me are 14 undecided voters from the surrounding area including the all important suburbs. nine of the voters who are here with us tonight identify as independent. three as republicans. two as democrats. and they include a police officer, a firefighter, a retired teacher, a few students who will be voting for the very first time this election, a couple stay at home moms among others. a very diverse group and they say they haven't made up their mind. they are persuadable. they want to hear more from joe biden and donald trump on issues like the economy, on the coronavirus, on health care, on race relations. all topics we know will be covered tonight. and they will be reacting in realtime. we'll be watching with them. they have each been given a device like this and they will be using an app. let me explain how this will work. when they feel

. >>> and "cnn newsroom" continues with anna a cabrera right now. >>> you are watching a special labortion of "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining me. less than two months until the election and guess what? it is tell all book season. and the latest one from the president's former fixer and attorney michael cohen is a doozy. cnn obtained a copy of the upcoming book, a memoir. and the quotes attributed to trump include disparaging comments about blacks and latinos. for example after president trump's win in 2008, michael cohen says that trump reacted this way saying, quote, telling me one country run by a black person that isn't an s hole. they are all complete fing toilets. and then cohen says after trump launched his own run for president in 2015, he allegedly said i will never get the hispanic vote, like the black, they are too stupid to vote for trump. they are not my people. and according to the "wash