can the cdc fix this? i mean director redfield sort of softening it and saying that the guidance shouldn't necessarily preclude people who have been exposed from getting tested seems to me to just muddy the waters and make the guidelines less useful overall. how should they fix this? it feels quite dangerous. >> it's not hard. they just have to change a sentence on their website. i'm sure cdc would like to do that, but they're not being allowed to by hhs and the white house, and that's really unfortunate because we need to follow the science. this is not about politics. this is about controlling an epidemic. you do that by testing the people most at risk and stopping chains of transmission. rachel, over the past couple of weeks we've gotten some good news that it does appear that people can develop immunity against the virus that causes covid-19. but this past week we've gotten bad news that it doesn't look like the fda or the cdc have immunity from the virus of politics infecting science, and that is real

and if you can't trust what is coming out of cdc, and we're not even hearing from cdc in terms of whye this change, it will undermine the trust that is so essential to the response and to the health of the nation. >> they should be briefing everyone every single day to make sure we know exactly what is going on. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> all right. there is more breaking news coming up next. the disturbing new forecast just out for hurricane laura now closing in on the gulf coast as a major category 4 storm threatening catastrophic damage. (neighbor) whatcha working on... (burke) just an app. it's called signal from farmers, and it could save you up to fifteen percent on your auto insurance. simply sign up, drive and save. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. >>> breaking news coming into the "situation room." we've just learned that the wisconsin attorney general, the wisc

tom frieden led the cdc under president obama. can we control covid by doing less testing?testing is bedrock. it's essential to finding the virus and stopping chains of transmission. >> reporter: in new york city dr. jake deutsche says currently three quarters of those who test positive here don't have symptoms. >> i actually recommend that everybody who thinks they need to get rested gets tested. >> reporter: it's peace of mind for erin robinson before she travels. >> i wanted to make sure that i didn't have anything, i wouldn't be bringing anything with me, i guess, basically. >> reporter: some states are going their own way too. >> i don't agree with the new cdc guidance, period, full stop. >> reporter: california doubling testing capacity as it joins a dozen other states, defying the cdc. who decides who gets a test? dr. frieden says ultimately that's a local health department decision but the cdc should have a clear recommendation, nearly six months into the pandemic lester >> anne thompson, thanks. >>> still ahead tonight champions for change, pro teams pausing play i

covid testing guidelines what the cdc chief is now saying about who should get tested. >>> the cdc is walking back fwiedlines on who should be tested for coronavirus. after an outcry of public health officials. anne thompson has the latest. >> reporter: pummelled by criticism the cdc clarifying the new covid testing guidelines all close contacts of confirmed or probable covid-19 patients, walking back yesterday's recommendation, still on the cdc website, that people exposed to covid, but without symptoms, do not necessarily need a test. >> i think this is the black eye for the cdc. >> reporter: dr. tom frieden led the cdc under president obama. can we control covid by doing less testing? >> testing is bedrock. it's essential to finding the virus and stopping chains of transmission. >> reporter: in new york city dr. jake deutsche says currently three quarters of those who test positive here don't have symptoms. >> i actually recommend that everybody who thinks they need to get rested gets tested. >> reporter: it's peace of mind for erin robinson before she travels. >> i wanted to make

the cdc. they've spent this week trying to publicly eat their most recent recommendation, that americans shouldn't actually get tested if we've been exposed to somebody who's positive. cdc quietly announced this new testing guidance which said -- which said that you don't necessarily need to be tested if you've been exposed to a positive person, which is insane. unless you're trying to just reduce the amount of testing we do in the country because you don't like all the positive test results because it makes us recognize that we got a lot of cases. states and local health authorities have been announcing, all week long, that guidance from the cdc is insane and they will defy it. meanwhile, leakers from the cdc have been rushing to tell reporters that this insane testing recommendation didn't, actually, come from scientists at the cdc. it came from the trump administration, and they just made the cdc put their name on it. the cdc director, director redfield, is now, sort of, taking back that te

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last night i spoke to the former head of the cdc, dr. tom frieden. he disagreed strongly with that change. we know travel does play a big role in the transmission, doesn't it? >> yeah. that's the issue is that if you're traveling from one place to another, you start to -- we're obviously a big country. but if there is a particular outbreak in an area, you become exposed. again, you may not know that you're exposed. you may not know that you're carrying the virus. then you come to a different community, that's the problem. we saw this at this sturgis bike rally. there were i think 460,000 people that showed up there in south dakota and then they all go back to their own communities. so you see certainly that there was an impact on south dakota. it was about a ten-day rally. there was an impact there. but then also impact in many other states around the country because people came from so many counties around the united states. that's what you're trying to avoid. look, it's not forever. you don't have to think about this sort of situation forever. but

the cdc did not write that either. >> you are the cdc, you used to be the public health organization in the world. tonight over 180,000 americans were dead from covid. the university washington, expect 320,000 dead americans from covid by december. we have 4% of the world's population and we have the largest numb of cases, the largest number of cases. the worst national testing regime of any major country. we are rocketing towards the number of quadruple the number of americans killed in vietnam. reopening school is not working. there is no plan at the national level. meanwhile, here comes the election. >> this week was 47 days long. every week on here out is going to be longer than that. stay on there. let's get to all of it. >> eyes opened, a lot to cover tonight. steve schmitd is joining us next. schmitd is joining us next (brad) how does apartments-dot-com find new listings so quickly? well, it's mostly through a commitment to our artistic endowment program. (operator) got another vacancy at fifth and pine. (brad) oh, that's good. very, very good. hey, but what's up with this one

the cdc has issued guidelines. parents can take their own safety and their child's safety into their hands. they can take a temperature. if a child or family member exhibits any symptoms, the child should stay-at-home. the cdc and american academy of pediatrics have laid out guidelines were safely reopening schools. those guidelines should be followed by everybody. students, faculty, and staff should wear masks and have easy access to hand sanitizing stations. we put over $150 million out for our states, a lot of which is available and can be used by our schools today. they do not have to wait for congress to pass a new bill. billion almost $100 available to our schools and those who need them. temperature checks and physical distancing are all mentioned, six feet or more for desks, students in smaller groups, improve ventilation by opening windows. aty schools are looking conducting classes outdoors where it is possible, increased wipe downs of chairs and desks. if someone gets sick, and we know it will happen, fo

the cdc released a report about coronavirus outbreak add a georgia summer camp. three quarters tested positive. children underil ten got the virus at a higher rate than older kids and adults. this isn't just an isolated incident. american association of pediatrics reports rat 338,000 children have tested positive for coronavirus. you co-authored an article one former education secretary one former head of cdc that outlines eight basic steps to out - - open schools "despite precautions there was inevitably coronavirus cases at schools. ". thank you for joining us once again why are you so sure there will bee additional coronavirus cases if we fully reopen all schools? >> there is nothing partisan about this. it's all bipartisan we care about the safety of our children and education. i'm pleased toto do that who's done a lot of important work together. our schools reflect our communities and we have seen across the country as schools try to reopen and in some cases coronavirus literally on the first day. so the best thing we can do to keep children and teachers and

and there is a scary report coming out of the cdc. it says covid-19 rates among children are steadily increasing. the agency says children now account for more than 7% of all cases, and kids under 18 make up about 22% of the population. the cdc, also, says one in three children hospitalized with the virus end up in the icu. and that's the same rate as for adults. georgia's governor is now letting cities impose mask mandates, with some restrictions. his executive order says they can't be forced, on private property or at polling places. that may not appease federal health experts, who have accused georgia of not doing enough to stop rising cases. natasha chen reports. >> reporter: georgia is not doing enough to prevent the spread of covid-19. that's according to white house coronavirus task force recommendations from august 9th. 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 hi

but i agree with the cdc director's concern. that people wearing masks in the united states and social distancing will have a demonstrable effect on the flu. it should and i hope it does. the other campaign that we need to start now is that we need to vaccinate everybody in this country for the flu. you know, in our best year in the united states, we barely vaccinate 60% of the population and if you look at younger people, it's barely a quarter. so we need to do much better than in this year and vaccinate just about everyone. we need to may have been the way for making people comfortable getting vaccines, having trust in our public health experts, when we talk about vaccines and then look to vaccinate everyone when we have a covid vaccine. >> but, yeah, i'm curious how you will go about doing that? even with the covid vaccine, for something that could be deadly, what is it some third of americans say they don't plan on getting it. so how would you do that as a public health policy to try to get more people comfortable with the i

why would the cdc -- have you got any clarity from the cdc about why they would say only people who are showing symptoms should get tested? it sounds like we're going back to the protocols in march and april. >> yeah, good afternoon, katie. good to be with you. a lot going on. yeah, i don't think -- yes, you could -- it is confusing. i find it more alarming. my health commissioner spoke to the cdc, people who are at the cdc, and they suggested to my health commissioner on a confidential basis obviously this was basically more of a political position that they're taking. it is totally inconsistent with everything the cdc has said. it is totally inconsistent with everything we have learned about this virus. it is totally inconsistent with everything, every public health official says. remember, the cdc made this mistake early on, early on they said that the virus can only spread from people who have symptoms. that was wrong. and they acknowledged their mistake, couple of months later after many more people were infected. and we know that people who are asymptomatic can spread the disease.

at the cdc, the cdc for the oval office to be determining what the criteria are for someone being tested. the president doesn't want any more tests, because that tells us we have more cases. the test are causing the infections. really? how unscientific is that? the rejection of science when it comes to the climate crisis. the rejection of science when it comes to the vaccine right from the start. the rejection of science in terms of a vaccine and therapies and the rest of the cdc. the cdc making that proclamation simply because the president doesn't want to know about any more cases. since we passed the heroes act, over 100 days ago, mitch mcconnell pressed the pause button. over 4 million people have been added to the infection list. 82,000 more people have died. could we have saved all of them? no. but any of them, we could have. science tells us that's how other countries are dealing and managing this vicious virus. for this administration to show its face to any children in our country, i say to you those who support the president, i respect that. i respect if you vote an exercise th

because we need the cdc now more than ever.nd you don't make a data migration change like this during a time of pandemic. and if you to do it, you should have a dual system, the cdc should continue to run this until we were assured that hhs could have this data up and running. if you look at the hhs public data protect hub, which is where the new data is stored, it is actually running a week behind. so that isn't helpful to us to have data that's a week old. we need current data and certainly we were able to get that off of the cdc database. >> secretary shulkin, good to see you as always. he's the author of it shouldn't be this hard to serve your country. >>> coming up next, hurricane isaias has set its sites on the united states. you're watching "velshi" on msnbc. watching "velshi" on msnbc. water? why?! ♪ ahhhh! incoming! ahhhahh! i'm saved! ahhh! ride? no, i'm good. i'm gonna walk. let's go! water tastes like, well, water. so we fixed it. mio >>> a hurricane warning issued this morning for florida as isaias springs into the

the cdc all the time. if there's miscommunication for something not necessarily on the same type of guidance as every health official. people want to know where the science stands. >> we'll continue this conversation on facebook live. be back on air in just a couple of minutes with a game, yes. we're in the hot seat >>> we are back with abc7 news special correspondent dr. alok patel. i am ready. i am pumped. ready for this quiz game. >> are you pumped? >> two truths and a lie. last time we did this, posted a few questions. had to pick out the one that was the lie. see if i could do it again. very first line. very first one. 40% of people infected are symptomatic. symptomatic. second one. asymptomatic people are 90% less likely than symptomatic people to infect someone else. and last but not least, 50% of transmissions occur before the onset of symptoms. let me know if you need to repeat any of those. probably not that, 90% is kind of extreme but totally right. reported on a lot. you are astute and part of

>> well, the cdc has certainly been silenced in this pandemic. in the nearly 75 years the cdc has existed it hasn't been front and center, making the decisions and explaining to the american people what's going on. and that's a problem. fortunately, there's still great people working at cdc, working hard, following the science, posting good information. they've had 1.6 billion clicks on their website. if you look at the school guidance, there are good, useful tools for schools to use, for parents to use. they give practical guidance for what to do. there was certainly at least one document that was written probably not by someone at cdc. it didn't have anything wrong in it, but it didn't have the full truth in it, which is if you open schools, you do have to be careful about what's going to happen to the teachers, to the staff, to the community, to the families of kids who go there if there are infection spreads from the school. ignoring that is just going to backfire. >> tom, what have you learned about covid and what strategies are successful w

, why the cdc decided to reverse course in the first place?hange from the centers for disease control this week, which issued new guidelines that no longer recommends tests for people who aren't showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus and for those who have been in close contact with an infected person. it is a move that quickly from today bit from santa clara county's top official. >> when i first. about this change in guidelines, i actually didn't believe it because it seemed entirely undercutting of the basic tenants of how we control infectious disease. >> reporter: the move comes after months in which health experts regularly urged that testing would be a key linchpin to navigating the virus that has already killed nearly 180,000 americans and infected just shy of 6 million. >> since the very beginning, testing has been the achilles' heel for our country and for our county and getting us out. >> reporter: the cdc previously had advised the local health departments to test people who have been within six feet of an infected person for mo

there is a reason why the chinese cdc is called the chinese cdc or the nigerian cdc. the cdc is the model of responses with almost every crisis in recent history. the ebola crisis. they were out there reassuring the public all the time. they have the expertise and they should be the voices of young hearing from. there was a three month period, whether cdc did not hold a single press conference, while trump without their daily, telling people about hydroxychloroquine and the hypothetical curative effect and all kinds of nonsense. it is shocking. do i know that is the case? some people have written stories about this and gotten some pieces of it, but the fact that the cdc failed to rollout a good diagnostics test early -- i think part of it is trump's failure to respect expertise. this is a man who does not know very much and does not know what he does not know. he lacks humility to know more. tell me what the right thing to do is and advise the country. that is what happened. >> talk about where we are right now in testing. this is part of a larger question, and it goe

the cdc facing a lot of criticism over its decision to ease testing guidelines. washington correspondent joe khaleel sat down with doctor deborah birx of the white house coronavirus task force to learn more about the changes. >>lawmakers are slamming the centers for disease control for changing its guidelines on testing the cdc for the oval office to determining. what the criteria are for someone to be tested the new guidelines say those who knowingly come in contact with somebody covid positive don't necessarily need to get it asked house speaker nancy pelosi says the white house and the cdc are discouraging testing president doesn't want any more tests because that tells us that we have more cases. how unscientific is that you don't think in the new guidelines run counter to everything else that we've been. >>hold for 4 months about asymptomatic spread asymptomatic spread hers. >>it's very important to find it when you are in the red and yellow zones we need widespread testing in those communities doctor deborah birx a member of the white house coronavirus task

and this seems to be not just the cdc but both fda and cdc right now are in real jeopardy of being trusted by the very people who have counted on them most. those in the public health community. >> what you are saying is because there will now be fewer tests because an individual who comes in contact with somebody who has covid isn't necessarily going to be tested, unless they're in a vulnerable group, that means, tell me if i am getting this right, that person because they are no longer going to be tested will not be aware if he or she is infected, which means that he or she will be more likely to spread the virus. so what you're basically saying is that the president's desire for lower numbers for apparent political reasons will cost american lives. >> what i can say with certainty is that when i tell someone who's been exposed to a patient, you need to isolate for 14 days, that is a very tall order to ask someone to do if they don't believe they really are infected. so part of the whole point of keeping them from being in the public to motivate them to actually complete that kind of iso

is the cdc getting that? do you worry, as some parents out there maybe are thinking, well we see the white house saying this, and wow, look at the cdc echoing that, does that cause you any concern or no? >> i have great concern that we're not hearing from cdc every day. because if we were hearing from cdc today, they would be talking about the importance of getting children into school safely. not just the importance of kids being in school but the importance of doing it so that children, teachers and staff are safe and they would be explaining all of the components that need to be there for that to happen. and it is not just a matter of getting cases down in communities. but if you're in a community where there is widespread transmission, it is absolutely impossible to get a school open without there being significant amount of disease being spread. >> i wanted to ask you, too, big picture, let me throw up the cover of the "new york times," it amplifies how hard the u.s. has been hit and how the u.s. has han

there is this new projection from the cdc this morning. they estimate that at least 20,000 more americans will die from the coronavirus in the next three weeks. >> so far more than 153,000 people have died in the u.s. there is some hope here, dr. anthony fauci says he is, quote, cautiously optimistic that there will be a vaccine by the end of the year. >> millions of americans lost the extra unemployment benefit at midnight. negotiations on a new stimulus package ended with no progress, just deadlock. >>> also several covid-19 testing sites in florida have closed as the hurricane barrels towards the state. allison chinchar is tracking the path right now. what can you tell us? >> hurricane isaias is headed towards florida with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, gusting up to 105. we'll talk about where the track is headed and who will be impacted coming up. >> thank you. >>> more on the striking projection from the cdc. polo sandoval following the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. good morning to you. what are you hearing this morning?

. >>> almost medical malpractice a top bay health official calls out a major change to the cdc covid-19 guidelines now saying if you don't have symptoms you don't necessarily need a test. even if you may have been exposed. >> i hesitate to say malpractice but i don't think it is a good idea especially in a context like contact tracing they absolutely need to be tested. >> the governor is also taking issue >> i don't agree with the new cdc guidance period full stop. >> neither do leaders in the bay area, in the south bay specifically, they are blasting the new moves, calling them bizarre. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. as abc 7 news reporter chris wynne explains south bay leaders say the abrupt changes could -- >> within st. claira county this afternoon health officials didn't hold back after learning of the new covid-19 testing guidelines from the cdc. >> when i first heard about this change in guidelines, i actually didn't believe it. >> reporter: the nation's health protection agency now says as long as a person doesn't show symptoms testing may not be necessary. health

that's really something we should be hearing from the cdc.ould be hearing from the scientists who have their pulse or have their finger on the pulse of the science, who know exactly what are the latest developments. what does it mean? and to interpret that from the perspective of the science and public health interests. unfortunately, what we are hearing over and over again now is politicized messaging and really a lack of transparency about the real -- what the real extent of the pandemic is. >> another change coming from the cdc that removing its guidance that you should quarantine, stay home for 14 days after returning from international travel or from an area with a high level of covid. what do you think of that? >> well, again, this makes no sense. one of our most important tools rid now right now is to prevent transmission from person to person. that includes wearing masks and that includes the social distancing from six feet apart from people especially when you're indoors and in addition to that, that also means that if you're coming

a big question now, is the cdc changing its test guidelines? dr. scott godly former fda commissioner saying that raises questions. >> nots clear why cdc reversed guidance whether a new clinical understanding they have or more likely they're recognizing they don't have enough testing to keep up with the epidemic and keep up with these case-based interventions in tracking and tracing and trying to prioritize testing towards people who are symptomatic. >> discuss with cnn medical analyst dr. michelle valensky. massachusetts general hospital. doctor, good to see you. what is your take? a smart move from the cdc is doing essentially relaxing guidance for testing who should get a test and when? or does it trouble you? >> good afternoon, john. i think we need to fully understand one of the best interal veninte interinterventions against covid-19 is testing in addition to social distancing and mac masking. anything more is probably the wrong move. to be clear, though. after a contact people were not always testing in the right time. we need to be smart abo

cdc director dr. robert redfield has warned that in virus hotspots, quote, remote and distance learning may need to be adopted for some amount of time. the white house coronavirus task force reported last week that 21 states are in so-called red zones because they have high positivity rates or rising infections. reopening schools in these hot spots presents heightened risks. third, even for schools outside of red zones, cdc experts and other scientists have urged that any schools considering reopening should take steps to limit transmission. that includes improving school ventilation systems, physical distancing, and wearing masks. our schools face life-or-death decisions because of the administration's inexcusable failure to get the virus under control over the last six months. but there are steps the federal government can take to help schools safely reopen in person and stay open. as dr. fauci and dr. redfield told us last week, we can control the pandemic by wearing masks, limiting gatherings, clo

this seems contradictory guidance we're getting from the cdc. my colleague nick valencia and others this is a directive coming from the top down. not getting a lot of explanation what exactly that means or why this change has been made. the cdc is not answering questions why it changed its own policy. in fact, kicking inquiries over to health and human services. we asked them, what's going on? a statement said this -- the guidance updated to reflect current evidence and best public health practices and to further emphasize using cdc approved prevention strategies to protect yourselves, your family and in the most vulnerable of all ages and doesn't say what this main evidence would be suggesting this new change and testing strategy. tell you, hearing it on the air. public health experts i talked to are baffled by this and do not see how this helps get the virus under control whatsoever. we're expecting a media briefing later this afternoon. answering more questions about this. including a number of questions about whether there was political pres

the windows and doors in certain areas weren't open per cdc guidelines. and there was a lot of singing and chanting. how important is the planning as we look forward to school which, as polo pointed out, has already started in some areas. >> well, it's an issue of planning but it's also an issue of implementation. so in the case of the camp, the counselors wore masks. the campers did not. and if you dig into those data a little birkts you'll see the rate of infection among the counselors was about half of what you saw in the campers. so that kind of makes sense. when we translate this into school reopening, we need plans for sure, and they need to be different than just business as usual. but once a plan is made, the implementation has to follow in lock step. if it doesn't, we should be expecting cases in schools, and it won't be news that if somebody in mississippi or in other school system became infected, that's going to be the rule. the question is, what are we willing to live with? >> i think that's a question that people are having a hard time answe

these are new, more detailed guidelines from the cdc. among other things, they address what schools should do if there is a case of covid among students or staff. they suggest rather than shutting everything down immediately for a long period of time, one option is a short term class suspension, cancellation of events and afterschool activities to give leaders time to determine how widespread the infections are. as college students head back to campus, coronavirus outbreaks at universities in at least 19 states, representing nearly 1,400 cases among students and staff, leading to concerns about scenes like this. a large gathering of students at penn state that prompted the school's president to ask those flouting the rules, do you want to be the person responsible for sending everyone home? mississippi's governor urging college students to be careful since 18 to 29-year-olds make up the highest proportion of cases there. >> we know we've got a lot of work to do there. it's something we will have to be contactually working on over the cou

the cdc is based in atlanta. are they there in the school districts in georgia today?tes strike teams and the cdc sends and resources as well wherever that's needed. we have to understand that what is on the other side of this ledger? let's say we keep every single school closed indefinitely, number one is controlled and of course can still get the virus and families can still get the virus, but the damage to children will be long-lasting and if schools are kept closed for too long, that damage can eventually can become irreversible. you can have situations where people are led into substance abuse and all kinds of suicidal ideation, all kinds of very significant public health harms, and we have to guard against those so open schools safely, open schools responsibly, but make decisions based on the true well-being of children. >> bill: we will see how this goes. i have 2 minutes to get two more topics, number one on crime. operation legend was expanded today, i think 11 cities total. in your view, how many american cities need this program today? >> of every single hig

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, the cdc with that staggering projection. by labor day, 200,000 americans could be lost to the virus. >> we're starting to see the inkling of the upticks in the percent of the tests that are positive, which we know now from sad past experience that that's a predictor that you're going to have more surges. >> reporter: and in many places, testing still facing challenges. tressie seymour waiting ten hours in rhode island. >> now it's going on almost seven hours that i've been in my car waiting to get tested for a rapid test. >> reporter: california now tops 600,000 cases, the most in the nation. and this oppressive heat wave is forcing dozens of testing centers across the state to limit their hours or close entirely this weekend. in texas, deaths near 10,000. the bautista family losing both parents and two sisters within weeks of each other. >> every morning you wake up thinking you're going to get a phone call. it's not a virus you play with. >> reporter: the cdc now telling people who have fully recovered from the virus, they

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doctors and health officials are rejecting the cdc guidance. here's scott budman. >> reporter: it was a bombshell decision from the cdc. one dr. anthony fauci says was made while he was in surgery and unable to argue. changes in covid testing guidelines, saying some people without sim pymptoms don't need be tested even if they have been in contact with someone who has covid. reaction was swift. >> i actually didn't believe it, for it seemed entirely bizarre, this that it undercuts or very basic tenants of how we control an infectious disease. >> reporter: dr. sarah cody also criticizing cdc advice that someone with symptoms might want to get a test. saying there should be no maybe. >> our local guy dance and our order is quite clear that anyone with symptoms of covid should be tempted right away. >> reporter: and the cdc's decision was due to pressure from the white house. the california governor made it clear. s >> i don't agree with the new cdc guidance. we will not be infrunluenced bye change. saying california's covid related divisions, wil

the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 to help protect against certain cancers.cer! not... my... child. don't wait... talk to your child's doctor about hpv vaccination today. >>> the alarming milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, the u.s. death toll now surpassing 180,000. it comes as the cdc is sparking controversy by suddenly changing its testing guidelines here's anne thompson >> reporter: despite a 37% drop in cases nationwide since late july, furious pushback on the cdc's new recommendation, that people exposed to covid and have no symptoms no longer need to get tested the change igniting confusion among public health experts. >> that's an essential component of case-based interventions, doing effective tracking and tracing. >> reporter: new york's governor calling the move indefensible. >> you cannot justify that on any public health basis that's politics. >> reporter: president trump in june suggested less testing. >> so i said to my people, slow the testing down, please >> reporter: today the department of health and human services, which oversees the cd

. >>> the cdc under fire at this hour for its sudden covid testing about-face. amid new guidelines that now say if you may have been exposed to the virus, you no longer need a test if you have symptoms. and dr. anthony fauci did not sign off on this. he was under anesthesia after undergoing a surgery himself. >>> night three of the republican national convention. president trump heavily criticized for using the white house as a backdrop. tonighten, the elaborate stage going up now for the president tomorrow night, after the first lady used the rose garden for her speech last night. the president using the white house, as well, for a pardon an? > stbi n missing sni tension confrontation between the u.s. and russian forces in syria. russian forces accused of side-swiping a u.s. armored vehicle at high spite. four americans injured. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very heavy news night. we begin tonight with that category 4 hurricane now bearing down on the u.s., expected to make landfall within hours. hurricane laura speeding toward t

the cdc noting that the number of cases among children is rising. now, 7.3% of all covid cases are among children. that is up considerably since cdc's last guidance, which was at 2% for children with covid. also the cdc noting that the lower rates in children could be attributable to school closures in the early part of the pandemic. and that's why it was lower for children. now, given the new guidance, it is entirely appropriate to be questioning public officials, including governor and mayors who have put forth plans to reopen schools or allow them to reopen. and in new york, particularly, the governor last week announced the fact that schools can reopen here. we reached out to the governor here to see if these new cdc guidelines factor into the decision or change the plan at all. we have not heard back from them. but educators here in new york city's largest school district in the country now expressing a lot of unease about schools opening here and whether they have the right precautions and right equipment to deal with the large influx of stude

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what do you think of the job of the cdc in this yaer? >> they're not doing a job.eally is doing anything on this front from our government, kind of from the cdc who is a natural and historic leader in these areas. >> reporter: the cdc did not respond to requests from cnn for comment. the public health information campaign will soon focus on vaccine safety, efficacy and hesitancy. clinton says this should have been done months ago and the message needs to be loud and clear. >> it is isn't like i iced coffeed and my husband like iced tea. this is a debate about life and death. >> now if anyone has doubt about the power of the anti-vax movement, the largest outbreak of measles in 25 years largely because of anti-vaxxers. bring and tha brianna? >> thank you so much. >>> parents are suing california's governor to reopen schools. >>> plus lawyers and witnesses fear for their health inside one philadelphia courtroom and it's because of what one judge refuses to do. wayfair has everything outdoor from grills to play sets and more one of a kind finds. it all ships free. and

. >>> confusion on cdc guidelines on testing. people without symptoms should not get tested even if they have been in close contact with an infected person. it's that people with exposure to covid-19 should be tested even if they are asymptomatic. we have the local health officials baffled and they are not the only ones. >> reporter: across california local public health officials have called the new cdc recommendations anything from bazaar to appalling. a steady stream of people walking up to the testing site are anxious to know whether they have been exposed to covid- 19. but, in a dramatic change, new guidelines from the cdc are raising questions about who should be tested. the federal government is no longer recommending testing for people who show no symptoms but were within six feet of a positive case. local health defectors -- directors were blown away. >> when i heard about the change i didn't believe it because it seemed entirely bizarre. it undercuts are very basic tenants of how we control and infectious disease. >> go

because a year ago, it was public health experts going to the cdc, get their guidance from the cdc, checking the cdc's website to figure out what they should do. and now you do have the situation where public health officials we've talked to in all of these various ideas outside of government are in lockstep that this was a bad change for the guidelines. there's a lot of people who carry this virus and don't have symptoms. they are asymptomatic. 50% of the spread, roughly, of this virus in this country is coming from those asymptomatic people. these are just important things. everyone should just look at those numbers. if half the spread is coming from people who are asymptomatic and you stop testing asymptomatic people, that's going to make the problem worse. i think this is just a fundamental issue. why, though, is your question, is the cdc so out of sync? i don't know. i mean, ashish jha said yesterday, it's heartbreaking to see the cdc politicized this way. it's not science, it's not evidence, it's something else, wolf. >> not just heartbreaking, but potentially very dangerous if the ame

the cdc says we should not wear masks with one-way vents or valves. trainer of front line medical personnel wearing protective gear shows us why. >> masks with valves have a one-way valve, and this doesn't work, because what happens, we've known this for a long time, when i breathe out, that valve only opens and allows that air to escape from me, which could infect you. >> reporter: public health experts say thetop of the line n-95 surgical masks should not be worn by members of the public, should be reserved for front line health care workers. what kind of masks should the rest of us be wearing? >> reporter: tightly woven fabric, bed sheets make ideal facial masks because they can be cleaned and the woven material is really tight, so again, anything like that works well. anything material that stretches does not make a good mask because it will allow these to escape. >> reporter: are there enough top of the line masks for doctors and nurses on the front lines? for weeks the trump administration has been telling us there are saying this about personal

redfield, the cdc, warned recently that public health this fall in the u.s. could be one of the worst in american history. if people don't follow health safety guidelines. the president answered on saturday invoking the spanish flu epidemic. here is his comment but it's important to know that experts estimate 50 million people died in that epidemic. not what you are able to hear mr. trump say. >> no, i mean, you can't compare it to 1917, that was incredible. that was -- that was the worst ever by far. they lost possibly 100 million people. if you look at the numbers, they are coming down sub stasubstanl. and now, more children are getting it. and more on how the virus is impacting children. >> reporter: that's right. new cdc guidelines that parents want to consider as they weigh whether or not to send their children back to school in the fall. the cdc acknowledging that children do transmit the virus in places like homes and summer camps. the cdc noting the number of cases among children is rising. 7.3% of all covid cases are among children. that is up consid

kind of from the cdc who is kind of the natural historic leader in the areas. >> reporter: the cdc did not respond to requests from cnn for comment. the parent agency, the u.s. department of health and human services, says their public health information campaign will soon focus on vaccine safety, efficacy and hesitancy. clinton says this should have been done months ago and the message needs to be loud and clear. >> it isn't like, you know, i like iced coffee and my husband likes iced tea. this is not a debate about opinions, this is literally a debate about life and death. >> now, if anyone has any doubts about the power of the anti-vaccine movement remember this. the measles outbreak last year, the largest outbreak in more than 25 years, it was mostly because of anti-vaxxers. jim and poppy? >> amazing we're here as a country in 2020. goodness. elizabeth cohen, thanks for tracking it down. >>> well, the u.s. saw nearly 1,500 deaths yesterday. that's the most in a single day so far this summer. many are criticizing president trump's response to the pandemic. what about gop lawmakers,