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i'm brooke baldwin.ts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and welcome to "the lead." i am pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with breaking news. president trump responding for the first time to the recordings, these revelations made by journalist bob woodward for his new book "rage." president trump in his own words privately described how dangerous the virus was. but he was telling the american people the virus is just going to disappear one day. >> it goes through air, bob. that's always tougher than the touch. the touch you

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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. we begin this hour with more evidence of the federal government's confused and chaotic messaging on the coronavirus pandemic. during congressional testimony on wednesday, you had the cdc director dr. robert redfield saying wearing a mask may be more effective against the virus than any potential vaccine and testified a vaccine would not widely be available until next summer. fa fast-forward to a few hours later, the president saying he misunderstood or confused. listen to this. >> i think he made a mistake when he said that. it's just incorrect information. and i called him, and he didn't tell me that, and i think he got the message maybe confused. maybe it was stated incorrectly. no. we're ready to go immediately as the vaccine is announced and it could be announced in october or a little after october, but once we go, we're ready. >> now, president trump's continued undermining of his own senior health officials comes as the united states gets are the to cr

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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. hour with more evidence of the federal government's confused and chaotic messaging on the coronavirus pandemic. during congressional testimony on wednesday, you had the cdc director dr. robert redfield saying wearing a mask may be more effective against the virus than any potential vaccine and testified a vaccine would not widely be available until next summer. fa fast-forward to a few hours later, the president saying he

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hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn and thank you for being here.bing new prediction where the coronavirus pandemic could be used. a model is predicted that covid will kill 410,000 americans by january 1st. just let that number sink in. you see it on your screen. 410,000. that is more than the population of tulsa, oklahoma and tampa, florida and the death toll would double from where we are

i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me.erage continues now with pam brown. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with hour with breaking news. president trump moments ago wrapped up a meandering use conference defending his record on the coronavirus and then went after joe biden and his running mate kamala harris. >> biden and his very littleral running mate, the most liberal person in congress, not a competent person in my opinion, would destroy this country and this economy. should immediately apologize for the

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and our special coverage continues now with brooke baldwin. >>> good afternoon, i'm brooke baldwin.day afternoon. we'll get a sneak peek at the white house here. we'll take a look at live pictures. there you go. reporters and watching and waiting to see the president stand behind that podium here as of course he'll address the race for a coronavirus vaccine for one. he continues to tout his administration's response to pandemic and his claim is that we are rounding the turn. but let's look at the numbers here. that is despite the fact that the united states is about to hit the tragic milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths. by far more than any other country. that is 200,000 americans whose lives were taken far too soon by a virus still spreading throughout the country. an additional 44,000 cases were reported on thursday as more states are heading in the wrong direction. i'll show you this map here and you'll see a lot of red on your screen, a lot of red and orange. those are not good colors when we're talking covid. 30 states are reporting more cases over the past week with seven

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin and you're watching cnn. we have a lot to talk about today. going to begin with stunning revelations about president and the handling of the coronavirus. more than seven months after the first confirmed case with 6 million americans infected and nearly 200,000 dead and after the president publicly downplayed the threat of covid as recently as this summer, we're now learning that he was telling veteran journalists bob woodward the exact opposite. back in february, shortly after that first case was

hi there, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. the gulf coast is bracing for a direct hit from hurricane sally that is hours away from making landfall. this is a category one hurricane but do not let that fool you. this storm is powerful, it is expected to drop as much as 30 feet of rain in some areas and produce powerful storm surges, increasing the chances for life-threatening flooding. and the thing with this one is it is moving at a very slow pace. meaning the region will be experiencing rain and thus the flooding concerns for a long, long time. so we have you covered from all angles. let's start with ed lavendera live in mobile in the storm's path. so ed, what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: hey, brooke. well we've been making our way from gulfport

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i'm brooke baldwin. let's go to washington.e lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news and new comments from president trump based seemingly more on hope if not desperation rather than scientific fact as of now. now, to be clear before we bring you this news, we want to let you know there is no covid-19 vaccine that is available right now that is proven to work and is proven to be safe. there is none. but president trump just promised that every american will be able to receive a vaccine by april and that the distribution of millions of

. >>> good afternoon, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.ve pictures and tell you we are waiting, here we go, waiting to see joe biden, the former vice president, speaking about the rollout of a covid vaccine. so all eyes on that podium. we'll take it as soon as we see him. but letal

. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me today.n this hour with the latest on coronavirus pandemic and as flu season is about to be upon us, it is the upper midwest that is suddenly the big concern. nebraska, south dakota, iowa, all seeing a spike in cases in more than 50% over the last week. and just talking about iowa for a second here, the situation is troubling. this new report straight

brook baldwin picks up our coverage right now. >>> john, thank you so much.us on this special labor day edition of "cnn newsroom." pr president trump is expected to take questions from reporters who are there and of course we'll take that live. the news conference comes as the president's response to the coronavirus pandemic continues to be called into question despite his boasts today that he is getting quote very high marks. this is all happening as fears mount that we will see new outbreaks similar to what we

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead."r. and we start today with our health lead. the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci acknowledging this afternoon that many americans are skeptical about a coronavirus vaccine. the skepticism, of course, does not come in a vacuum. president trump has exerted political pressure on the fda when it comes to unsafe treatments for coronavirus such as hydroxychloroquine. and the president is now suggesting a vaccine could come before the election. this is all now requiring health experts such as fauci to reassure the public that any vaccine will be safe. >> we've got to regain the trust of the community about when we say something is safe and effective, they can be confident that it is safe and effective. and that's the reason wh

brook baldwin picks up our coverage right now. >>> john, thank you so much. good afternoon to you all. thank you for joining us on this special labor day edition of "cnn newsroom." pr president trump is expected to take questions from reporters who are there and of course we'll take that live. the news conference comes as the president's response to the coronavirus pandemic continues to be called into question despite his boasts today that he is getting quote very high marks. this is all happening as fears mount that we will see new outbreaks similar to what we witnessed after memorial day holiday weekend and of course fourth of july with americans packing beaches and parks and attending large parties this holiday weekend. here's a sign that americans may be feeling a bit more relaxed, the tsa says that it screened nearly 1 million people on friday and that is the most air travelers on a single day since the pandemic began. all of this comes as we prepare to enter flu season with the numbers already reaching staggering levels in this country and nearly 189,00

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn. thank you for being here. we start with new concerns about the u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic with a long holiday weekend and the start of flu season just around the corner. more than 1,000 americans died yesterday with the overall death toll now above 185,000. and another sign of trouble, the seven-day average of new cases increased week over week for the first time since july. but it is the midwest that is the biggest hot spot with cases there surging and in particular iowa. iowa had a 22% positivity rate in testing yesterday. and you're thinking what does that mean? that means that more than one in five people have tested positive for the virus. the white house coronavirus task force is calling for iowa to make changes immediately in order to stop the spread. those rec

john, i 100% agrees with the doctor and i said exactly that, that this was negligent homicide to brooke baldwin last thursday. i think when you cover up information, when you don't provide full information, when you provide false information to the american public and then expect them to make sound public health decisions that just doesn't make any sense so, of course, they are going to continue to follow along with what you've been telling them all along and, unfortunately, that is advice that is deadly in the middle of a pandemic. >> and we know this from the sturgis bike rally. there have been disputes over the size -- of how big the number of cases but we know there were quite a number of cases out of that, after the tulsa rally and members of the secret service and the president's own staff. we don't know if that's where herman cain contacted the coronavirus and he was at the rally and later at some point contracted the virus and died and my question is if the state of nevada says you're not supposed to do this and a the president of the united states says i don't care what can be done? >>

i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me. special coverage continues now with pam brown. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with hour with breaking news. president trump moments ago wrapped up a meandering use conference defending his record on the coronavirus and then went after joe biden and his running mate kamala harris. >> biden and his very littleral running mate, the most liberal person in congress, not a competent person in my opinion, would destroy this country and this economy. should immediately apologize for the reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now, talking about endangering lives and it undermines science. >> cnn's jeremy diamond joins us live from the white house. so, jeremy, this was billed as a labor day press conference, but what was really the point of this? >> reporter: yeah, there is no doubt the president turned this into a political attack speech as he does during the news conferences. going after

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with breaking news. a brand new cnn poll on the 2020 presidential race releasing right here on "the lead" 62 days out from election day. the poll shows among registered voters 51% back joe biden for president and 43% support president donald trump. cnn political director david chalian joins me now. this is the first poll since both conventions wrapped up. what's the takeaway here? >> the takeaway is that the race has not changed all that dramatically because of those two weeks of conventions. but we see some small changes. take a look at the candidates' favorability, pam. take a look preconvention versus post convention for donald trump. he was at 43%. he's now at 42%. compare that to joe biden. joe biden went up five points in favorability. he was at 47%. then he went to 52%. no movement for donald trump and a slight up tick in favorability for joe bi

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and we begin today with a 2020 lead. president trump this afternoon celebrating a foreign policy triumph, historic signing of agreements between israel, the united arab emirates and bahrain. we'll have much more coverage of this agreement brokered with the help of the trump administration in moments. but the ceremony also highlights our health lead today and the major health crisis that the united states continues to suffer through with empirical evidence of massive government failure, what philanthropist bill gates called a mismanaged every step of the way. it's shocking, it's unbelievable, the fact that we would be among the worst in the world, unquote. and on that note today's ceremony showcased the president's continued defiance of the very coronavirus guidelines his white house recommends in the midst of this brutal pandemic holding the event with hundreds of pe

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and we start today with our health lead and a grim warning from dr. anthony fauci who says it's time for the united states to hunker down and prepare for a tough fall and winter. in an interview this afternoon, fauci the country's top infectious disease expert called the current coronavirus trends disturbing, noting that the united states is averaging 40,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths every day right now. fauci warned those numbers are expected to go up again as cooler temperatures force more people to spend more time indoors. now despite this bad news, president trump continues to say that he is handling the pandemic well. compared to whom? this is the death rate in e.u. in blue. that's the united states in orange. the e.u. has 100 million more people than the united states. but their death rate is half. the virus is not contained in the united states. testing is not available for most americans. millions of children in this country cannot go to school. millions of a

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and welcome to "the lead." i am pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with breaking news. president trump responding for the first time to the recordings, these revelations made by journalist bob woodward for his new book "rage." president trump in his own words privately described how dangerous the virus was. but he was telling the american people the virus is just going to disappear one day. >> it goes through air, bob. that's always tougher than the touch. the touch you don't have to touch things. but the air, you just breathe the air and that's how it's passed. and so that's a very tricky one. that's a very delicate one. it's also more deadly than even your strenuous flus. people don't realize we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here. who would ever think that, right? >> i know. >> it's pretty amazing. >> for -- >> this is more deadly. this is five per -- you know, this is 5% versus 1% and less than 1%. s

i'm brooke baldwin. let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news and new comments from president trump based seemingly more on hope if not desperation rather than scientific fact as of now. now, to be clear before we bring you this news, we want to let you know there is no covid-19 vaccine that is available right now that is proven to work and is proven to be safe. there is none. but president trump just promised that every american will be able to receive a vaccine by april and that the distribution of millions of doses will begin this year. that is an assumption that the hundreds of millions of vaccines that the administration has paid for from any number of pharmaceutical companies, moderna, pfizer, johnson & johnson, which have been paid for, that's an assumption that they will work and that they will be safe. but let us be clear, as of right now, there is no vaccine that we know works. there is

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and we start today with our health lead. the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci acknowledging this afternoon that many americans are skeptical about a coronavirus vaccine. the skepticism, of course, does not come in a vacuum. president trump has exerted political pressure on the fda when it comes to unsafe treatments for coronavirus such as hydroxychloroquine. and the president is now suggesting a vaccine could come before the election. this is all now requiring health experts such as fauci to reassure the public that any vaccine will be safe. >> we've got to regain the trust of the community about when we say something is safe and effective, they can be confident that it is safe and effective. and that's the reason why we have to be very transparent with the data as well as what it is that goes into the decisionmaking process about approving a vaccine. >> nine of the companies competing against each other to develop a vaccine have also tried to