how did julian land in atlanta? >> because his father left the university, and got a job, dean at atlanta university and that coincided with julian's graduation from high school. so the family moved, and julian saw a school that he thought was morehouse, which i think was spellman. it was not morehouse but he thought is a wonderful looking campus and he wanted to go to school there, and so that's how he got to morehouse. and then of course he quit college when he was one semester short of graduation as we can imagine how that was received in this family that highly valued education. but also his father, i'm sure, would consider himself, would have considered himself a race man, so they were clearly supportive of the nascent civil rights movement and they were not going to tell julian he could be a part of it, but they were also i'm sure appalled. >> i remember reading that julian had some concerns about going south. i think it would south in 1957 if memory serves me correctly. and emmett till, 14-year-old from chica

ted wanted it to be in atlanta.e didn't really understand exactly what he wanted to have audit except that he wanted to have this channel. reese was very excited about the idea of finding a start. they felt they needed some sort of journalistic credibility because ted's reputation at that point was super wild. he was yachtsman of the year he was publicly drunk, he was publicly crazy all over the place with women. they needed somebody sobering and reese said, i think we should try to go after dan rather, it wasn't entirely clear who dan rather was to ted turner. that's how checked out of the news world he was. that story comes from reese, i don't know that it's absolutely true but i believe it in the sense that ted just did it watch the news. it wasn't important to him. and running around with his lady friend. it wasn't very clear he would know who the most famous news man in america at that point or second after walter cronkite would be maybe possibly someone that could go after because he had another show, dan rath

ted wanted it to be an atlanta. he didn't really understand exactly what he wanted to have on it except that he wanted to have this channel. reese was very excited about the idea of finding a star and he felt they needed some journalistic credibility because ted's reputation was super wild. he was yachtsman of the year, publicly drunk, obloquy crazy, all over the place with women and so the needed somebody sobering, and reese said i think we should try to go after dan rather and it wasn't entirely clear who dan rather was the ted turner. that's how checked out of the news world he was. that story comes to reason i don't know if it is true but bi believe it in the sense that ted didn't watch the news. it wasn't important to and it would make sense, he certainly wasn't home at 6:30 p.m. when the network news rent because he was too busy working all the time. and sailing. and running around with his lady friend so it wasn't clear he would know who the most famous amusement in america or second after walter cronkite wou

you are suggesting that i begin with a reading from the days in atlanta but i lived in atlanta for several years in montgomery university and i love the city quite a bit and while i was there, pam has joined us. pam, it is good to see you. how did we do this, is there a split screen or the person talking appears on the screen. >> the person who is speaking appears on the screen, if everybody turns her camera off exposed to gallery view, you will switch automatically between speakers which is the most fluid way to do it. >> great. super. pam, welcome, it's good to have you with us. i thought we would begin by talking about the george floyd protest. it seems untimely to say the least. i've been thinking a lot about julian and doctor king during this period. i thought i would begin perhaps with a reading from julian bond's essay from oh my goodness, this must be the early 1970s although i don't have the date right in front of me. it is about violence and he's talking about whose violent american who's not. let me read this and we can go to the protest from here. >> what page are you one. >> 5

also owning the atlanta braves. but maybe what is not so well-known he inherited the business the billboard business from his father hard drinking womanizing so what were the early signs the risk loving entrepreneur that he became? >> he was in the billboard business and from the very beginning he was theatrical and saw grandeur even in the billboards but it wasn't enough for him as he got into video and then tv the first thing he did really in any measure was steel the braves telecast to come in and over bidding he didn't have the money or the audience but he stole that but he would do things as i have heard from a number of people and stomp on their desks and say by add time for me although they had no idea who he was or why they should and he was colorful with no filters but a classic business entrepreneur story and did not take no for an answer did not let anything defeat him even the fact nobody was watching his television station and spent many he didn't have. >> this business that he started he was taking the

cnn's natasha chen has the latest from atlanta. >> reporter: christine and laura, it is very shocking to see the overall numbers of more than 500 million cases in the u.s. and 169,000 people who have died in this country. also important to look at the overall trends. a seven day average has come down slightly compared to a few weeks ago but the trend, the seven-day average much newly reported deaths has pretty much stayed stagnant. of course, there are pockets of the country struggling with this more than others, especially in places where school districts are having to figure out how to educate students at the beginning of the fall semester while keeping those kids safe. at the university of north carolina chapel hill this weekend they reported at least four coronavirus clusters here in the metro atlanta area we're seeing k-12 public school districts temporarily closing some schools because of positive test cases. for example, in cherokee county they have closed temporarily

cnn's natasha chen is in atlanta for us. natasha, we're also learning the white house is now criticizing georgia's covid-19 response. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: right, the coronavirus task force came out with recommendations earlier in the month that described georgia not doing enough, and today, just about an hour ago, we got the report of 3,000 -- more than 3,000 new covid-19 cases across the state, and that's been the case for at least a month now, at least 3,000 new cases every day, 96 new deaths reported today, which is lower than tuesday's report which was the highest since the pandemic began. georgia is not doing enough to prevent the spread of covid-19. that's according to white house coronavirus task force recommendations from august 9 th, a document obtained by the atlanta journal constitution. it reads, there is wide spreed and expanding community viral spread and there is no significant improvement in the atlanta metro area with continued high levels of new cases at a plateau. mitigation efforts must

the same thing happened in atlanta.ix students and three teachers tested positive our that securele reopening may seem insaid states that only schools or a combination and virtual will likely receive she's the chair of the business of the tech committee and serves as the president of the avon federation of teachers. that seems weird, like a threat. if you do not offer some form of in her person teaches despite signs and evidence that might be dangerous or premature, you may lose funding for your school? >> yes, absolutely. it puts a lot of pressures on the school, and in indiana, we also have a property tax cap, which also hurts school funding as well. the issues here is people who can't take care of themselves, they aren't sure what to do if they ever have to return to work, but generally speaking, all of society subscribes to the idea we would like our kids in school and it would be damaging for them not to be in school. we just don't want them getting sick and infecting their friends and families. >> right. you know,

i don't think you're probably going to be leaving atlanta. atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms, thank you so much for your time. best of luck. break a leg on thursday. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> tonight, hear from former first lady michelle obama, bernie sanders, governor andrew cuomo and many more. coverage will begin at 8:00 even this evening. >>> how president trump may be giving democrats a line of attack. >>> plus, the emergency approval for a new coronavirus test. how you could see results from this one in fewer than three hours. that's coming up. thing in commn none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu. c'mon pizza's here. whoa! is that shaq? this is my new pizza the shaq-a-roni and it's bigger than pizza because for every shaq-a-roni sold, $1 is donated to the papa john's foundation for building community. $1 is donated to the papa john's foundation actually, you're really thahelping actors.ing

he told bill to give that story to the atlanta constitution. comment, he did not know people around the car were some kind of street criminals or a black lives matter protest. >> he's making this up to get out of the fact that he shot his wife. >> that comment morphed into i saw the black lives matter. >> i never said he said. >> the story of the racial over tone went viral, while tex was fighting to protect his privilege. >> there were no tears. i never saw him cry. >> the company's general council. >> i never heard him say it was a tragic accident, i am so sorry. >> tex looks crushed or crying or sad? >> i didn't detect any of that. >> he was just a matter of fact. >> did his voice break at all? >> i never saw those emotions. what my emotion would be if i had just killed my soul mate or the love of my life, i don't know if i can tolerate it but he diplom didn't seem to have any problems. >> tex was way too interested how his financial information will change now that diane was dead. >> he asked questions of could he get any of diane's benefit

atlanta, georgia.ze technology had changed the classics of warfare, was the first to strike at the source of armed power instead of the armed power itself. precisely 99 years ago today he , battered his way into atlanta and began the ruthless destruction of the city. all rail lines were ripped up. bonfires were bent at the ties and the rails were heated red-hot and twisted around trees to make hairpins. foundries were wrecked, smokestacks wrecked. the flames spread to an arsenal and night explosions thundered against flame reddened skies. when appealed to sherman , replied, war is cruel and you cannot refine it. when he rode out of the city, a of atlanta lay in ashes. third today, although atlanta has not really forgotten, it has changed. and with nbc's sandra van and atlanta constitution editor ralph mcgill, surveys the current city. >> atlanta began as early as 1819 with a group of negro and white people who established a commission dealing with interracial problems. in 1938, ited and, was expanded i

. >>> we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast, thanks so much for joining us. and we begin with sad personal news for the u.s. president. word emerged late saturday that robert trump, the younger brother of president donald trump, has died. 71-year-old robert had been suffering from an undisclosed illness for some time. no details had been released about his funeral arrangements, but the president is planning to attend. mr. trump mentioned that his brother was ill while speaking with the news media earlier this week, and he visited him in the hospital on friday. cnn's kristen holmes has been traveling with the president in bridgewater, new jersey. she's got more about it. >> reporter: president trump's younger brother robert trump passing away late saturday night, a night after president trump had gone on an impromptu visit to new york city. the press had known he was going to

you issued a mask mandate for atlanta.new what was best on the ground at atlanta, and he didn't like that. so where are we with that lawsuit? >> mediation continues with the governor's office. we are hopeful that we can reach an agreement, but at the end of the day, i'm most concerned about the health and well-being and safety of the people of atlanta and a mask mandate very clearly is what the scientists and health care professionals helps stop the spread of the virus. about 2,100 health professionals throughout the state of georgia wrote a letter to the governor imploring him to please allow local municipalities to enact mask mandates. i'm joined by cities and mayors across the state of georgia, so it's my hope that we can come to some agreement, so we can put our energy elsewhere. >> everyone is obviously waiting with bated breath to hear about joe biden's vice presidential pick. your name has been mentioned among people that he is considering. have you had any recent conversations with joe biden? >> well, alisyn, you k

tell me about the situation in atlanta. it's among a handful of cities where there are still major concerns. how are you dealing with the disease in atlanta? >> it's unfortunate, andrea, as i saw you mention that new york is opening up schools, because they've been able to get on the other side of covid-19. unfortunately in atlanta and across the state of georgia we are headed in the wrong direction. our numbers are continuing to rise, and our icu beds are at and beyond capacity at many of our hospitals. and we are continuing to face this challenge of reopening the state while not taking the precautions necessary to put us in a place like new york and so many other states who have been able to get to the other side of this virus. >> as you talk about the schools there, there is some footage, really disturbing footage of a school north of atlanta, where we see -- i think it had to shut down, we saw pictures that went viral, taken in a hallway, a corridor packed, crowded with students. it's less than an hour from your city. >

he did in atlanta, georgia. sherman, the first to realize that technology has changed the classics of warfare was the first to strike at the source of armed power instead of the armed power itself. precisely 99 years ago today, he battled his way into atlanta and began the systematic and ruthless destruction of the city, all realign it ripped up. bonfires built and the rails were twisted around trees or telegraph poles to make sherman. foundry smashed, furnaces wrecked, smokestack pulled down, buildings fell and fired, 2000 dollars worth. the flames spread, and a night explosions thundered against the sky. when the city appealed, sherman replied war is cruel and you cannot refine it. he rolled out of the city, a third of atlanta lay in ashes. although atlanta has not really forgotten, it has changed. and within the bc's editor ralph mcgill surveys. >> atlanta began as early as 1990. with a group of new grow and white people who established a commission dealing with interracial problems. this continued and was ex

and unfortunately today we're learning of the death of a 15-year-old boy in the metro atlanta area. he's the second youngest person to die from complications of covid-19 in the state. earlier we learned of a 7-year-old boy who died in the savannah area. the 7-year-old had no underlying conditions, which shows how dangerous this is even if younger people think that they are more invincible in some way. clearly there are young people dying of this virus. >> it's so unfortunate to hear about the loss of life and it is telling that this isn't the first time that the administration has criticized this governor in particular for, a, first opening businesses too soon, and now the handling of schools. and we see that there's lives at stake and, unfortunately, there are a couple of families now grieving. natasha chen, thank you. >>> i want to bring in dr. tyler black, the medical director of emergency psychiatry at bc children's hospital and a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the university of british columbia. thank you for coming back on with us. we talk a lo

he did in atlanta, georgia.first to realize that technology had changed the classics of warfare. precisely 99 years ago today he battered his way into atlanta and began the ruthless destruction of the city. all rail lines were ripped up, bonfires were built, and the railed were twisted around trees to make sherman. f furnaces recked, buildings were felled. night explosions thundered against red skies. when the city appealed to him, sherman replied, war is cruel and you cannot refine it. when he road out of the city, a third of atlanta lay in ashes. although atlanta has not forgotten, it has changed. and we survey the current city. >> atlanta began as early as 1919 with a grown up of negro and white people who established a commission dealing with interracial problems. this continued and in 1938 was expanded into the southern regional council with offices in all of the southern states but headquartered here. this was a research organization. this sort of background made it possible for interested persons to take

joining me now from atlanta is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. i would like to know what's happening with that surge testing site. but also, with that new ihme model that's predicting as many as 300,000 deaths by december 1st. it also says that if mask wearing was consistent around the country, that 70,000 lives could be saved. >> yeah. certainly. so let's first talk about the testing site. it's being described as a mega testing site. the capacity to process some 5,000 people every single day. and that's opening doors on monday. it's just off the property of the atlanta airport, so certainly, this is going to be a high traffic area. we know that people can come there, get tested free of charge, with just an appointment beforehand, but people do not need to display symptoms in order to get those tests. they're promising results within 48 to 72 hours. certainly, this would be a major step in increasing the state's testing capacity, but this comes, as you mentioned, as the state passes two very troubling milestones. the first, hitting, surpassing 4,

>> a funeral service for representative john lewis was held on thursday and atlanta, georgia. house speaker nancy pelosi congressional colleagues and family members spoke as well. ♪ >> john fed them and tended to their every need. ones, for spiritual john baptized them, married them, and he preached to them. when his parents claimed one for supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. he also noted that in later years that his first congregation of chickens listen to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. thought the chickens were just a little bit more productive. at least they produced eggs, he said. nashville, from the freedom rides to the march on washington, from freedom summer to selma, john lewis always looked outward, not inward. he always thought of others. in preachingieved the gospel in word and in deed. insisting that hate and fear had to be answered with love and hope. john lewis believed in the lord. he believed in humanity and he believed in america. he has been called an american saint. a

did he get to see it all what you've done with police reform in atlanta? had an opportunity to visit him in d.c and he invited me into his office he had a nice breakfast set up just such a gracious man and he paid attention to everything that we did and, in fact, there were legislation-related to the cares act. and our city was about to get left out and we called on congressman lewis and his team to help us and we got the funding we needed in the city. so, literally, until the very end, he was continuing to see about us and represent us so very well in congress. i know he personally is my congressman. he lives just a couple of miles from my house. but i know he's the nation's congressman as well. >> jimmy: i know you can't probably even say anything, but you know you're on the short list to be running for vice president of this country. how does it feel to be on the short list >> so, it's funny. my 12 year old just came in and asked me what's a short list >> jimmy: i'm short. can i be on it >> you know, there are 330-plus million people in america. so to h

i was hired in the days when cnn was an atlanta-based company. i set up a bunch of times right across the street from the site of the bombing which is the subject of her book and there was a real culture cnn for many years of super scrupulous evenhandedness that one side says ex- and that is our job to report it. donald trump changed that. donald trump frankly started telling such obvious untruths, and this pandering to campaign, that cnn spent a lot of time and attention on what they call, the words across the bottom of the screen and it was during the campaign when we started using the word fault because they were false. we decided, and this was made at a higher level than i am at, but there are certain facts, issues, statements that are not he said she said that they are simply true and false and they started labeling them that way and that was a cultural change but it is only the first culture change because frankly as a trump presidena trumppresidency evolvd using the word lied because we thought that it was an appropriate use and our job is

though kemp wasn't sued atlanta's mayor for implementing masks he said the best school positions are the best to make decisions for the communities. this morning, we're waiting on a new executive order to be issued by governor kemp, as the existing one expires tonight. he did withdraw the lawsuit against the mayor and council. and last night he tweeted he intends to remain with law and order. >> and just incredible for people to be there three hours before the food bank starts. thank you so much. >>> so add to the food insecurity, the eviction crisis. there's a group in new orleans that's helping people with legal services that says that eviction intakes have tripled since the eviction courts reopened there in june. that's compared to the same weeks last year. now, that helps explain what we're seeing here. the chairs and the mattresses and the clothes of a family just piled up on the curb. a little later this hour, we're going to speak with an attorney who is helping struggling renters with some of their cases. we're going to talk about their stories. and the effort in new orleans

jonathan is live in atlanta. what are the decisions being made, jonathan?t free press is reporting the big 10 voted to cancel the 2020 college football season, attributing this to multiple people with knowledge of the decision. power five conference commissioners met and no decision s there yet. analysts say it does not look good. clemson's trevor lawrence tweeted, we all want to play football this season and went on to list a series of proposals, including universal safety protocol, ability to opt out of play and establishment of college players association. dana, back to you. >> dana: thank you. amazon could end up in your shopping maul. susan lee has more. >> jc penny and sears have filed for bankruptcy, there is empty space. business is booming at amazon, which needs more, amazon has asked simon property to convert sears and jc penny into distribution centers for goods amazon sells online. there are 11 sears on the books and amazon has been eyeing jc penny stores to convert into amazon grocery stores, not whole foods. it has been a tough year for bricks

we begin tonight with blayne alexander in atlanta. >> reporter: tonight, a new warning from the cdc. covid-19 cases among children are steadily rising. researchers say children ages 17 and under account for more than 7% of covid cases, adding to the difficult disfacing parents and teachers, how to handle back to school. students in cherokee county, georgia, end week two of classes with 1,600 in quarantine. twice as many as the end of the first week of school. >> to send your child for six to eight hours a day into a, what i've heard some people refer to as a war zone with this illness, it just creates a new havoc in your life. >> reporter: in arizona, asickout is forcing officials to cancel monday's return to class classes. >> take your temperature. >> reporter: and as more college campuses welcome students back, for some, excitement is giving way to anxiety. >> i'm really nervous about classes being in person. i think that's a really big risk. i could hear parties happening last night from my apartment. lusters of covid in at least three student drms of houses. notre dame reporting

but learning more about this, and i really have to applaud the leadership there in atlanta, both thencil and the mayor's office who are supporting this idea because anything that we can do at this very moment to mitigate unnecessary exposure to covid, when officers are out there involved in the work that they do, keeping the community safe, keeping those involved in accidents safe, keeping those folks away from each other who are also involved in accidents, i think it's -- because here's what we have to remember. this is temporary. if they need an officer to respond, they can request one. if there's someone, they're injured, they can request one. i'm not overly concerned about it as a former law enforcement executive. but i do support thinking on the part of leadership in atlanta. >> joey, from a legal perspective, is there anything to stop somebody from fleeing the scene of an accident? if they know that they don't have to wait for the police to show up? and how do you think that could impact things? how could it impact a dui, for example? >> sure, erica. good to see you and my frie

atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms has clashed with the governor over this, and is urging atlanta's peopleay home. mayor bottoms joins us inside "cyber hall" from atlanta. mayor, let me start by asking you, are you tracking the number of businesses that have decided to open, business owners have decided to open, as a result of the governor's controversial decision? - we are not tracking that yet, tamron. what i can say anecdotally, i'm hearing from a lot of restaurant owners and business owners in the city who are saying that they will not open yet. even as mayor, i have created an advisory council full of representatives from small businesses and some of our fortune 500 companies who are going to give some thoughtful consideration as to when the appropriate time is for us to go back to business as normal. - i know one report, there was a hair salon that reportedly booked appointments a few weeks out

, a legal showdown over atlanta's mask mandate and covid restrictions. in a new executive order today, the governor will allow local leaders to require masks but says they cannot force businesses to comply. it comes amid new concerns in the classroom. in cherokee county, georgia, where students returned to class last week, there are 110 confirmed cases with more than 1,600 quarantined. >> very uneasy feeling. >> reporter: after just one week, hillary porter decided to keep her daughter at home. >> to send your child for six to eight hours a day into a -- what i've heard some people refer to as a war zone with this illness, it just creates a new havoc in your life. >> reporter: nationwide more schools are preparing to welcome students including new york where the nation's largest school districts will open doors with a nurse in every building. and in shell burn, vermont, students are back in a different kind of classroom. >> this is not what any of us expected but we're trying to use all of our creativity and ingenuity. >> reporter: and as america returns

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cnn's natasha chen joins me now from atlanta. what are you learning about what's going on in that school? >> reporter: dana, the principal sent a letter to families which was shared with the atlanta journal constitution saying that at least six students and three staff members had been in the space and had tested positive this past week. as you said it comes on the heels of the disturbing photo posted online. when the photo came out the superintendent did address that saying it does not look good and let me read a little bit from the better to the families. he said class change that is look like this may especially in a school of more than 2,000 students and that this situation complies with the path to recovery for k-12 schools. noting that this is a five-minute passing period between class and stated that the department of public health said the real risk to covid happens within six feet of someone who is sick for about 15 minutes. that being said the image causes anxiety for people seeing it including the mayor of atlanta. >>

blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> now to our series "inequality in america. tonight one of the regions hit hardest by the pandemic was the navajo nation stretching through parts of arizona, new mexico, and utah but as cynthia mcfadden reports, they are finally winning the battle. >> reporter: you might think the vastness of navajo nation would have spared these people who have suffered so much, but the coronavirus did not pat them by. like many here, crystal kee and her family hit far off. >> it hit relatives, people we knew and loved and respected. >> reporter: her fears centered on her 9-year-old, who has a rare lung condition. so they've been on lockdown since march. >> it has forced me as a mother to think about how do i protect my children? >> reporter: it's a question many ask but especially here where the coronavirus has killed more people per capita than any u.s. state. pervasive health disparity, systemic poverty and lack of access to running water created a perfect storm for the deadly virus, but against thos odds, something incredible happened. nav

she transferred her job down to atlanta. what this she work? >> she worked for prudential life insurance company. they transferred her work down there to be with me. that was basically our honeymoon. >> have you been back to korea? >> no. vivid memory of korea in 1952. now you know the korean economy and democracy, how do you contrast this? can you put it into perspective? >> there's no comparison, it is more like our country here. the people in the south have freedom. by the way, i know one of the , she lives here in kansas city. she was from south korea at the time the war broke out. the other one is about a girls being taken by the japanese and then made comfort women out of them. she writes about that in one book. she lives here in kansas city. she used to play in the symphony orchestra. to see her from time to time. she is a nice girl. a nice woman. >> when did you leave korea? plane withorea in a my leg torn up. i could barely stand up. i spent a week in the hospital. the generalays in hospital in japan. that was in the fall of the year .

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a document obtained by the atlanta journal constitution. it reads, there is widespread and expanding community, viral spread. and there is no significant improvement in the atlanta metro area, with continued high levels of new cases at a plateau. mitigation efforts must increase. governor brian kemp's office fired back. sending cnn a list of its ongoing efforts to combat the virus. saying, in part, quote the dph lab has been working around the clock with multiple shifts since early summer. and that governor kemp continues to rely on data, science, and the public health advice of the public health-l director. in a state seeing at least 3,000 new cases every day over the last month, the atlanta mayor says it's too soon for students to be in classrooms. >> we're seeing it, already, in our state. in schools that reopened, kids are getting infected. and it's, in my opinion, this is my opinion as a parent, it's more disruptive to think you're sending your child into a situation. and then, have to pull them all back out. >> courtney smith pulled h

blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> to north carolina where people were shaken by a very rare event a magnitude 5.1 earthquake near the border with virginia it's been nearly 100 years since a jolt this powerful think it area people from atlanta to washington, d.c. said they felt it officials reported widespread but minimal damage >>> quite a shock in north carolina here's nbc's meteorologist janessa webb starting the week forecast good morning >> good morning. the heat it's not backing off. i know we're in august the dog days of summer you're waking up to the 60s and 70s but the temperatures they will continue to soar this afternoon. we still have a lot of people across new york city and the suburbs that are still without power from last week's storm and we have heat advisories. i think a warning may go into place twharch handy this afternoon. the heat is building for the upper midwest all the way to kansas city, 90 degrees. on this monday i'm also watching some storms. we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right

we are joined by the mayor of atlanta keisha lance bottoms. mayor bottoms, thank you so much for joining us. you said your state remains in what you call the red zone. cases in georgia continue to surge as you point to the positivity rate which is now over 10%. statewide. why is your state continuing to be hit so hard by this pandemic? >> i think it is very simple, wolf. we opened up too soon and we have ignored the science in this state at the state level and it's not really a secret as to why our numbers are continuing to rise. we can't go forward as if it's business as usual when it's not. we are in the midst of a pandemic. i would venture to say that our numbers would likely be much worse had the city of atlanta and other cities throughout the state not taken aggressive actions to try and slow down the spread, but this is very disturbing. our icus are at and beyond capacity in many of our hospitals and we don't seem to be slowing down any. >> let's talk about that for a moment because you say the icu beds are at capacity right now. give us

with everybody this great atlanta journal constitution cartoon by mike lucavic. this is the tribute he published for congressman john lewis showing lewis making one final walk on a bridge holding a sign that says simply "vote." >>> welcome to a special hour of "kasie dc" dedicated to the 2020 election and countdown to presidential pick. if you're joe biden, the road ahead looks pretty smooth. you're polling well ahead of an incumbent president who despite getting out to an historic fundraising start is pausing ads as they rethink faltering strategy. despite attacking his age, mental acuity, his son, they have yet to land a serious blow on the president. now biden is adding a new target weighing how to way out the ticket without giving the trump campaign too much to work with. i'd like to bring in my panel, david plouffe, former campaign manager and robert gibbs former white house press secretary for obama administration. they are all msnbc contributors or analysts. it's great to have you all on board tonight. david plouffe, let me start with you for the broad pic

where do you see atlanta going? >> you know what really disturbs me about this, anderson, is i reached out to the governor to try to reach some type of agreement because, quite frankly, i'm tired of our state looking bad, nationally. and i don't like the fact that people are being infected and they are dying of covid in our state, at very high rates. so i reached out to the governor to try and reach some type of agreement. we were in the middle of the mediation. and then, he issued a statement saying the mediation was over. what the governor wanted me to agree to is what he is going to issue in this executive order. he wanted me to agree to not allow enforcement of the mask mandate in businesses. and to allow businesses to pick and choose, as to whether or not the -- that this mandate could be enforced and who would enforce it. we don't allow businesses to enforce a fire code. we don't let them pick and choose if it relates to building code. so, that made no sense to me but that's what he is going to put in the exec

i want to have a reasonable conversation because there are people that work with me in atlanta and around georgia that say they respect some of the things you have done. we just may disagree on this. this is not a entertaining slap at each other's session. this is for me to understand how you, a democrat and african-american in georgia have decided to help donald trump. and let me put it to you this way. look at this recent political ad from a group midas touch tracing this president's history of racism in his own words. >> look at my african-american over here. >> the other man donald trump called my african-american says he is leaving the gop, can't support the president anymore. >> get that son of a bitch off the field right now. >> maxine waters, a seriously

. >> courtney smith pulled her daughters out of public school in atlanta suburbs, altogether. when they told her they saw 30 to 40 students in each classroom, with few people wearing masks. >> as parents, our number one task in life is to protect our babies. and i really felt like i was dropping mine off at a death trap. so there were a lot of tears shed by my children and by me last week. >> she transferred them to a charter school, which she said has far fewer students in class and more of them wearing masks. confirmed 81 new cases for the week, nearly triple the previous week's count. two high schools in the district had to temporarily pause in-person learning. >> if you want your kids in school, your schools have to stay open. and for the schools to stay open, you have to contain your numbers of covid cases. and the best way, that we know of, to contain those cases is to implement masks and to, also,

and that's where the opening of the arena, the state farm arena here in the city of atlanta.importantly, we've encouraged other arenas and other teams to do so, as well. i think we're up to ten nba cities who have also opened up their arenas in addition to other sports in their arenas or stadiums, as well. and we're hoping more will do so in addition to some of the colleges and universities. >> that's a big deal. that's a big deal and it's a big change. >> i wanted to give you the chance to define your goals and define your feelings in your own words and in your own way. i think too often, we ask people to respond. this is what the critics say. what do you say to that? but i want to give you a chance to address some of the reaction we've had from the administration in the last day as to what the nba did. marc short, the vp's chief of staff came on this show and he said what he thinks player is doing silly. jared kushner had odd take. >> they have the luxury of taking a night off from work. most americans don't have the financial luxury to do that. i think it's nice they're st

a document obtained by the atlanta journal constitution. it reads there is widespread and expanding community viral spread. and there is no significant improvement in the atlanta metro area with continued high levels of new cases at a plateau mitigation efforts must increase. governor brian kemp's office fired back sending cnn a list of its ongoing efforts to combat the spread of the virus. >>saying in part quote the dph lab has been working around the clock with multiple shifts since early summer. and that governor camp continues to rely on data science and the public health advice of the state's public health director. >>georgia's ship rolled back. i definitely think georgia should roll back in a state seeing at least 3,000 new cases every day over the last month the atlanta mayor says it's too soon for students to be in classrooms and we we're seeing that already announced a as schools reopen. kids are getting infected and it's in my opinion this is my opinion as a parent. it's more disruptive to think you're sending your challenges situ

this includes the hospital workers, who are still coping on this case. >> blayne joins us from atlanta. the governor has extended the state's public health emergency. >> reporter: that's right, until mid september, jose. hospitals are now warning they could soon run out of beds. that is why here at the georgia world congress center starting monday the center will become a makeshift hospital with 60 beds ready to receivelender in atlanta, thank you. >>> another congressman has democratic lawmaker raul grijalva tonight. he says he feels fine and doesn't know how he got it. earlier this week texas republican louie gohmert also tested positive. >>> it all comes as top congressional democrats spent the day trying to hammer out an agreement with administration officials over the emergency unemployment benefits that have been a life line for millions. kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: for married mother of two sara gard, today a new reality hit hard as extra unemployment help expired. >> i never anticipated being on unemployment, period. that was never something that i thought would happe

for you and the federal government to intervene in the atlanta case of 17 missing black children?> just a few minutes before i came in here, that message was handed to me that the atlanta mayor wanted to talk, and we are going to get someone in touch with him immediately. you recognize of course that possibly, civil rights would be the only basis upon which we could have any jurisdiction down there in this. for fbi, for example, there has been no evidence of crossing state lines or anything. yet, we want to be helpful, because that is a most tragic case, and so we will be meeting on that very shortly. >> mister president, when the jamaican prime minister was here yesterday, he suggested publicly that now might be a good time for you, as the new president, to have a foreign policy initiative for latin america and for the caribbean. do you intend to follow that suggestion, and if so, how would your policies differ from those of president carter? >> i think we have seen a great reverse in the caribbean situation, and it came about through the prime minister's election. it was the tur

natasha chen is in atlanta following the story. it is remarkable, that photo sparked a national conversation and now this. >> reporter: yeah. john, there are a lot of school districts making difficult decisions and this one like you said had to send kids home for today and tomorrow to do virtual learning and they will sanitize the campus in the meantime, consult with public health officials on what to do next and those families will be notified by tomorrow night how they will proceed with classes in the coming days and at north paulding high school is not alone. we are hear from cherokee county after the first week of school they have got at least 19 students and 4 staff members testing positive. over in gwinnett county teachers required to be in the buildings for prep and training before classes begin, about 260 employees are either testing positive or quarantining at the moment so just now we are at this new mega testing site at the atlanta airport. we asked the georgia governor who was here to announce this expanded testing abou

like the atlanta hawks and others who made arenas available as polling places.g that can happen, states need money to run safe elections right now, and in the dithering over the vitally needed stimulus bill that means funds are not going to the states for this. the house passed ample support for states. the senate passed, in their plan, the senate has nothing. it's urgent that the federal government help states run elections or we're not going to have an effective election this fall. >> it is urgent that people, voters, regular people, watching this put pressure to do this, because that is where things are going to fall apart. not on the stuff that the president's talking about, about fraud in mail-in ballots. it's the logistics of getting your vote cast, and counted. michael waldman, thank you. president of the brennan center for justice at the nyu school of law. >>> hey, grown-ups! got to do bet perp thter. this younger generation is putting us to shame. my next guest, a high school student in georgia. i don't know how he woke him up at this hour on a sunday m

steve harrigan has more from atlanta. steve?> dana, there is some backlash in two of the georgia public schools which open for in person learning on monday because of some photographs posted online that showed big crowds of young students as well as not a lot of social distancing, not a lot of mask-wearing, either. one of the schools is about 35 miles outside of atlanta, the superintendent has responded to critics and said masks are optional. they are following all state guidelines he also said the few minutes the students were together in crowds was not enough to spark any infections. he said wearing masks is a personal choice and there's no way to enforce a mask mandate. in the meantime governors of six states have now banded together to buy rapid covid testing kits. maryland governor to my governor hogan released the following statement. with the federal administration attempting to cut funding for testing, the states are banding together to acquire millions of faster tests to help save lives and slow the spread of covid-19.

cnn's martin savidge is live in atlanta. and martin, when you read this report, it is jaw-dropping and what else does it say? why are we just hearing about this. >> reporter: this was not a public report. it was leaked, apparently and the ajc was able to get a copy of it and made it known. it is jaw-dropping as you said, because it is so damning of the governor and his policies, brian kemp, to bring coronavirus under control. the language is so blunt. it said current mitigation efforts not having a sufficient impact. in other words whatever you're doing, it is not doing it. you have to do better. and it goes on to say that georgia needs to have a statewide mask mandate. that is something that the governor has been adamantly opposed against. something he went and has feuded with the mayor of atlanta about. georgia also allows nightclubs and bars and also gyms to open and operate. but under restrictions. the task force said you cannot do that in counties where you have severe infections. and they allow restaurants to seat anyo

greater atlanta area. as the numbers continue to stay very high at an elevated level, including high death numbers in the state of -- in the state of georgia, jim. but they're working to try to keep this open to make sure that they can try to take some of the pressure off the hospitals here during this continued surge in cases that we have seen. >> yeah. of course the big picture question did they shut down too slowly and reopen too quickly? thanks very much. >>> health officials in florida said two teenagers have died from complications in covid-19 and why that's a small percentage of cases, it's something the doctors are watching closely. >> of course. let's go to rosa flores joining us live in florida. i think that it's such -- it's tragic and an important reminder for people that young people are still vulnerable to covid and can die from it. >> you know, poppy, you're absolutely right. more than 38 thousand children have contracted the virus. over 400 have been hospitaled and now a total of seven chil

the governor is withdrawing that lawsuit that he filed against the atlanta mayor and atlanta city councilr the mask mandate and restrictions. he is plan beining to replace w an executive order. he is clearing way for mask mandates. it cannot be essentially enforced upon local businesses. it is important to look at the numbers in georgia. the state health department is pointing to the number of hospitalizations and number of cases which went down over the past week. also this past week, georgia saw its highest single day total of deaths. highest since the pandemic began. this morning, a dire new warning from obtained by the ajc, the coronavirus task force warns the georgia policies are not enough to stop the widespread and expanding community viral spread. urging leaders to close bars and nightclubs and gyms and implement a statewide mask mandate. governor kemp withdrew the lawsuit against keisha lance bottoms. the governor will allow local leaders to require masks, but says they cannot force businesses to comply. it comes amid new concerns in the classroom. in cherokee county, where stude