>> reporter: well, our colleague, jim acosta, is now confirming via a former senior administration official that the president did indeed make disparaging comments about american soldiers who died in world war i during this visit to france when he was scheduled to visit the cemetery where marines lost their lives in a critical world war i battle. this is confirming some reporting from "the atlantic" that has caused quite a stir here at the white house and in washington more generally. i want to read you a section of that story that describes the president's comments on this. according to "the atlantic" it says in a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said why should i go to that cemetery, it's filled with losers. in a separate conversation on the same trip, trump referred to the more than 1800 marines who lost their lives as suckers for getting killed. as i said, a former senior

jim acosta, thank you. >>> now to dr. jorge rodriguez internal medicine and viral specialist. doctor, go through what jim was hitting on. bad enough that the president himself didn't wear a mask in public, but this is going further. you know, here he is basically telling the american people masks don't work. how dangerous is this? >> very dangerous, because he is setting an example. unfortunately, it's not just an example. it is a weaponization of that opinion. we have people that are protesting, going into public stores, not wearing masks. so he leads by example. and the example is a wrong example. we now know that masks definitely play a big role in preventing the spread of this infection. so -- he needs to lead by example. >> also you just heard talking to mark meadows, white house chief of staff shrugging it off. also meadows saying masks aren't designed to "make sure we don't have the coronavirus spread" which is the exact opposite what we heard from dr. redfield just yesterday, he said, i quote, "this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i ta

cnn's jim acosta has more. >> reporter: the president largely steered clear of the bob woodward book that captured mr. trump downplaying the coronavirus pandemic during his recent present attack. joe biden went after the governor saying she doesn't know what she's doing when it came to the coronavirus. the president said that where thousands of people were not practicing social distancing and not wearing masks. the president went on to explain one controversial excerpt when he tells the author about a top secret nuclear weapons system. >> with the fake news today i said we have systems and missiles and rockets and military and -- we have city systems that you've never even seen before. president xi has nothing like it. putin has nothing like it. nobody has anything like what we have, and they said, is he giving away military information? no. i'm saying we have the greatest weapons in the world. that's what i'm saying. >> reporter: during his remarks he says he is rounding the corner as that is not the case. boris and laura? >> thanks for that, jim. an estimated 3,000 more people crow

let's begin our coverage this hour with cnn's jim acosta. right now in freeland, michigan, where the president is getting ready to hold a rally. jim, the crowds starting to gather. it's looking sadly a lot like other trump rallies. no real social distancing and very few masks. >> that's right. president trump is campaigning in the battleground state of michigan, just a short while from now. as we can already see many supporters at that rally are not social distancing. as you said, many of them are not wearing masks. one thing the supporters do have is the truth that the president knowingly mislead the public about dangers about the coronavirus. at a news conference the president claimed he was not lying to the american people about the virus. >> one day after bombshell recordings revealed the president downplayed the covid-19 threat, mr. trump was claiming it was all about keeping americans from panicking. >> i didn't lie. what i said was we have to be calm. we can't be panicked. i don't want to jump up and down and start screaming death, dea

our chief white house correspondent jim acosta asked about this moments ago at the white house press briefing. let's listen. >> last night the president said at one of his rallies about the virus. i think he was talking about younger americans. he said it affects virtually nobody. by the way, open your schools, everybody open your schools. but he said to bob woodward, it's not just older people, it's young people, too. at 200,000 deaths, shouldn't the president be telling people the truth about this virus at his rallies? >> the president is telling people the truth. you're right -- >> he's not. he's saying it affects virtually nobody and that it doesn't affect young people. he's not telling the truth. >> you're taking the president out of context. you're right he has referring to young people. he said this -- >> i said he was talking about younger people i'm not taking it out of context. >> you're making an assertion that he's not giving critical information when he is. i will underscore exactly what he said. you know in some states thousands of people, they've had nobody young, belo

we don't have jim acosta. if not, we will go to jessica snyder. until jim gets ready, jessica snyder is outside the supreme court. appreciate you joining us. earlier when we joined you, when we saw you before, there were folks standing outside of the supreme court. they had gathered after the news of justice ginsburg. what is the scene like now? >> still a massive crowd, about three hours after we heard of the passing of justice ginsburg, the crowd out here remains strong. we had a flare up of tension when the hecklers came through shouting things. but it's peaceful now and quiet and spontaneous applause erupting from time to time. everyone out here honoring the life of justice ginsburg. she served 27 years. justice john roberts when he released the statement, when the court announced justice ginsburg's passing. he called her a tireless and resolute champion of justice. she personified tireless, don. it was just last night that the national constitution center actually honored justice ginsburg with the liberty medal. she did not attend the big even

doctor, cnn's jim acosta now reporting based on anonymous sources, quote, a distressed dr. task force and cnn claiming dr. burkses views as unhealthy influence on president trump's thinking. that the president found somebody matching what he wants to belief. what is reaction to the cnn story? >> you know, it is just a media distraction. so many important things to function, focus on here. everybody on the task force, the president as well as the vice president is working so hard on the pandemic, it really cheapens the whole topic by throwing in some kind of a you know, gossip stuff like that that has no foundation whatsoever. so it is just a waste of time to talk about it frankly. elizabeth: you know the economy is picking up, coming up out of the deep end of the swimming pool. we have four vaccines in late-stage trials. when is reaction to new york and connecticut want to do their reviews of these vaccines? >> i think it is another symptom how politicized things have become. it is very sad, you know, we should be celebrating. the president got something done incredibly fas

even some earthlings are confused by us and our jim acosta went to the rally and talked to the people about why they were willing to risk their health so let me play this for you. >> why are you guys not wearing masks? >> i have one with me. it's my prerogative. >> but why not wear one and stay safe? >> i have a hard time understanding people when they talk. so that's why i don't wear it. >> but you can hear me right through? >> i can hear you. >> why are you not wearing a mask? >> because there's no covid. it's a fake pandemic. created to destroy the united states of america. >> but the president said to bob woodward that there is a virus, the coronavirus and that it's deadly. >> that's his opinion. the truth is that the cdc said only less than 10,000 people died from covid. the other 190,000 have 2.6 or 2.8 other mortalities. >> where are you guys -- in the crowded space? >> i'm not afraid. the good lord takes care of me. if i die, i die. we have to get this country moving. wear masks and stay inside for another year? huh? what will that get you? >> david axelrod, you're an expert i

we don't have jim acosta. if not, we will go to jessica snyder. until jim gets ready, jessica snyder is outside the supreme court. appreciate you joining us. earlier when we joined you, when we saw you before, there were folks standing outside of the supreme court. they had gathered after the news of justice ginsburg. what is the scene like now? >> still a massive crowd, about three hours after we heard of the passing of justice ginsburg, the crowd out here remains strong. we had a flare up of tension when the hecklers came through shouting things. but it's peaceful now and quiet and spontaneous applause erupting from time to time. everyone out here honoring the life of justice ginsburg. she served 27 years. justice john roberts when he released the statement, when the court announced justice ginsburg's passing. he called her a tireless and resolute champ milliion of just. she personified tireless, don. it was just last night that the national constitution center actually honored justice ginsburg with the liberty medal. she did not attend the big e

first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, a very solemn day of remembrance for the nearly 3,000 souls who died on 9/11. we also can't forget the thousands of americans who are dying every single week from coronavirus. what's the latest? >> that's right, wolf. the nation got a brief reprieve from this bitter campaign season today as both president trump and former vice president joe biden took time to mark 19 years since the 9/11 attacks. but the break from politics won't last very long as the president continues to claim that the pandemic is almost over, when we know that's just not true. on a field in pennsylvania at one of the nation's memorial sites for the 9/11 attacks, president trump and former vice president joe biden hit the pause button on the election to remember the lives lost 19 years ago. >> today we honor their extraordinary sacrifice and every first responder who keeps america safe. >> in new york, biden and vice president mike pence bumped elbows in a rare moment of civility. >> i'm not going to be making

jim acosta, appreciate it. >>> joining me is former democratic presidential candidate howard dean and governor dean, we'll read something you tweeted. you wrote my brother was captured in september of 19744 and and executed by the north vietname vietnamese. f you donald trump. he was killed in laos. it is very personal for you. were you surprised, though, by the reports of what this president is alleged to have said given the public comments he has made on record? >> i wasn't surprised. let me say i almost never use bad language on twitter but like i came to appreciate what was going on over there because i went to laos around 2000 and spent a week with a joint task force sifting sides of mountains for teeth and dog tags of people, american soldiers that crashed into the mountains and were obliterated. this wasn't just about miy brother. it was all american soldiers of every color and race and so forth and so on over there trying to find the remains of these people and for trump to spit all over them just made me furious. it disgusted me. i'm disgusted at trump anyway. this is about a

first, let's go to jim acosta. jim, the president is out west tonight in phoenix, arizona. once again, completely ignoring the science of the pandemic as well as climate change for that matter. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. this is the new abnormal on the campaign trail for president trump. the president is on his way to a latinos for trump event in phoenix at this hour. that event appears to be again another potential health risk for supporters as there will not be, show you pictures, not much social distancing going on. you can see from pictures of the audience many of his supporters are not wearing masks. it has been going on several days now. it is going to happen again tonight. meantime, the president received a briefing on the catastrophic wildfires in california where he dismissed concerns over climate change, but of course the president being accused of ignoring another disaster in the us. he is not worried about catching the virus because he is, quote, very far away from his supporters. 50 days before the election, president trump sounds confident he understands

let's get more from jim acosta. jim, he appears to see it as a crucial part of this strategy to stay in office. tell us about that. >> president trump wrapped up an event in atlanta where he made light of the controversy over a peaceful transfer of power. now top administration officials are joining, jing up the election. mark meadows is slamming fbi director christopher wray who rejected the conspiracy theory on fraud, joe biden says president trump will leave if he loses. as supporters chanted 12 more years, president trump mocked the firestorm he created this week over his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election. >> he will not give up power. under no circumstances will he give up power. he intends to serve at least two more terms. >> reporter: earlier in the day mark meadows amped up the uncertainty, blasting fbi director christopher wray about the facts, there is no threat of voter fraud. >> he has a hard time finding emails in his own fbi let alone figuring out if there's any

let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, a development in the white house today in the shadow of the coronavirus. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump spent the day celebrating some big diplomatic agreements reached between israel and the united arab emirates and bahrain, but the coronavirus pandemic was stealing part of the spotlight in this deal. like the president's rallies, the white house featured attendees sitting side by side, many without wearing any masks. the president and top officials continue to brush off concerns that they are actively encouraging americans to crowd into places where the virus can pick and choose its next victim. bringing together the leaders of israel, the united arab emirates and bahrain to establish diplomatic relations, president trump hailed the agreement as a breakthrough that would spread peace across the middle east. >> we're here this afternoon to change the course of history. >> reporter: the president pointed to the moment as a sign of his deal-making skills bearing f

jim acosta in minnesota for us. thank you very much. there is more breaking news we're following on how the off the rails debate is impacting joe biden's campaign. i want to bring in our political correspondent covering the biden campaign. she is in pennsylvania for us. so what are you learning? >> well, wolf, woer' learning tonight that the biden campaign brought in a major fundraising last night, saying the biden campaign raised nearly $10 million during a three-hour period last night pointing to that as some of the enthusiasm that they are seeing from supporters during this debate. now, the biden campaign saw their single greatest fundraising hour between the 10:00 to 11:00 hour bringing in $3.8 million. this is just one of those enthusiasm signs they are pointing to. and earlier today joe biden was here in alliance, ohio. he gave an assessment of that debate last night, saying that the president made it about himself with his constant interrupting and was not speaking directly to the american people. i had the chance to ask biden ab

. >>> first let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, the president's north carolina rally begins very soon. so what more are you learning? another very important day. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump is claiming he's done a, quote, good job, great job on the coronavirus, he says, as the number of dead in the u.s. from covid-19 has reached approximately 190,000 people. the president's wishes for a vaccine by election, though, just got a dose of reality as dr. anthony fauci just said, that is unlikely. the president is also doing damage control after revelations that he used crude language to describe fallen u.s. service members. as it turns out, there is video from 2016 that appears to show mr. trump describing military commanders as, quote, losers. in the meantime, trump supporters -- you were just showing this picture a few moments ago. they're gaths ring in north carolina right now for a campaign speech. we can show you that video if we have it available to us. there it is. people packed into this event venue down

our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. jim, the president, he has arrived in cleveland, already a campaign official says. he's feeling confident about tonight's debate. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. a senior trump campaign official said just what you said a few moments ago telling reporters earlier this afternoon the president feels confident about tonight's debate with joe biden. but a trump campaign adviser told me earlier today, wolf, the president must make up some ground tonight. the adviser pointed to some recent polls showing mr. trump running behind joe biden in key battleground states including the latest "washington post" abc news numbers from pennsylvania indicating the former vice president may be building up a sizeable lead in that state. this adviser said the president's mission for tonight, he needs the debate to break his way. after days of dodging questions about his tax returns, president trump is headed to the one place where he'll be pressed for answers. his first debate with dem

. >>> but first we begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, the president once again insisting he's doing a great job handling the coronavirus crisis. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump is claiming he's done a, quote, great job on the coronavirus as the number of dead in the u.s. has reached approximately 190,000 people from covid-19. the president's wishes for a vaccine by election day just got a dose of reality as dr. anthony fauci just said that is unlikely. the president is still doing some damage control after revelations that he used crude language to describe fallen u.s. service members. as it turns out there is video from 2016 that appears to show mr. trump describing military commanders as, quote, losers. and right now, trump supporters are gathering in north carolina. we can show you some of this video right now for a campaign speech there. and there is little social distancing and not many masks in sight. with the number of dead from the coronavirus soaring past 190,000 lives lost and the november election just eig

i'm jim acosta in "the situation room" with breaking news. coronavirus deaths 205,000 and president trump just announced plans to deploy 150 million rapid coronavirus tests across the country. most will be sent to states and territories as the rate of new infections is rising in nearly half the nation. also breaking, dr. anthony fauci tells cnn he's concerned about false and misleading information being shared with president trump. fauci echoing the cdc director's reported complaints about mr. trump's controversial coronavirus advisor dr. scott atlas. we're following the bombshell "new york times" report exposing the president's long hidden tax returns. a short while ago mr. trump ducked questions about the report that shows he spent years avoiding federal income taxes while piling up huge financial losses and debt. first to boris sanchez. the president wanted to talk about rapid covid-19 tests. he did not want to talk about revelations about taxes and finance. >> that's right, jim. the president dodging reporter's questions about that bombsh

our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. m, the president, he spoke at length at a news conference earlier in the day where you are. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump was rambling and misleading as he lashed out at kamala harris accusing the democratic vice presidential candidate of spreading fears of a coronavirus vaccine. harris told cnn that she does not trust the president as a credible source of covid-19 information. mr. trump used the white house as a backdrop as he hinted once again that a vaccine could be available before election day even though his own administration health experts say don't bet on it. >> thank you, happy labor day. during a labor day news conference that sounded more like a rally from the white house grounds, president trump was all but giving away his own october surprise, suggesting there will be a coronavirus vaccine ready by election day. >> we're going to have a vaccine very soon. maybe even before a very special date. you know what date i'm talking about. but let me just tell y

jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >>> florida is considered a must-win state for president trump, if he is to be re-election ree lek re-ele re-elected. and there's an initiative to add thousands of voters to the democratic said. those people, exfelons who had been barred from voting. here's randi kaye in miami. >> reporter: in a state where margin is a regular occurrence, every vote counts. enter michael bloomberg, now pouring big money into the sunshine state to help joe biden win. his latest move, $16 million to pay off debts owed by exfelons. in 2018, florida voters approved an amendment for 1 million people with felony convictions. republicans in the state blocked felons from voting, unless they paid all fines and court fees. a few years ago, rosemary mccoy was convicted of illegally occupying a property. she hopes bloomberg can help. >> i applaud him. i thank him. >> reporter: the money bloomberg raised will go toward helping more than 30,000 black and latino former felons in florida cast their ballot. florida political expert susan macmanus. >> reporter: florida is the perennia

first let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. tell us more about this truly stunning rebuke of the president by a former top trump administration official. >> well, president trump has a new former administration official turned critic vice president mike pence's former homeland security adviser. olivia troye came out to slam mr. trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. troye says in a video for anti-republican group that the president thought covid-19 might be a good thing because he wouldn't have to shake hands with people. the white house is denying the claims coming from this form early aide and vice president described troye as disfrunt he would employee. that cain moments ago. meantime president trump made it clear at a speech on the national archives he's waging a cultural war, efforts in public school to teach children about slavery. she's the latest official to blast the president. olivia troye former adviser to vice president mike pence said mr. trump failed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic because he only ca

let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. the president had a rather lengthy session with reporters over at the white house this afternoon. it was billed as a news conference, but parts of it totally sounded like a campaign event. update our viewers. >> that's exactly right, wolf. president trump was rambling and misleading at times, as he lashed out at kamala harris, accusing the democratic vice presidential candidate spreading fears about a coronavirus vaccine. harris told cnn that she does not trust the president as a credible source of covid-19 information. mr. trump used the white house, as you said, as campaign backdrop, as he hinted once again that a vaccine could be available before election day, even though his own administration health experts have said repeatedly, don't bet on it. >> thank you. happy labors -- labor day. >> reporter: during a labor day news conference that sounded more like a rally from the wohie house grounds, president trump was all but giving away his own october surprise, suggesting there will

i'm jim acosta in the situation room. the u.s. coronavirus death toll has now topped 205,000 people with more than 7.1 million confirmed cases and infections are on the rise in almost half of the country. just moments ago president trump announced the plan to send 150 million rapid coronavirus tests to the states. meanwhile, dr. anthony fauci tells cnn he is concerned about misleading information being given to the president by coronavirus task force member dr. scott atlas. sources say cdc director robert redfield has also voiced concerned about atlas. mr. trump dodging questions about a bombshell "new york times" report that said he paid no income taxes in ten out of 15 years starting in 2000 and that he's hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. let's go straight to the white house, and cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez. a major pandemic announcement by the president this evening. >> reporter: that's right, jim. president trump announcing of u.s. plans to manufacture 150 million new rapid covid-19 tests in the coming m

and the president said today, we just heard that sound in jim acosta's piece, that bob woodward said it wasn't bad. woodward never said that, and he has the tapes, wolf. >> some people in the trump administration, i understand, were actually against the president speakingtooodward. jamie, listen to what the president just said about all those interviews. listen to this. >> possibbob woodward is somebot i respect, just from hearing the name for many, many years, not knowing too much about his work, not caring about his work, but i thought it would be interesting to talk to him for a period of, you know, calls. so we did that. i don't know if it's good or bad. i don't even know if the book is good or bad. >> what are you learning, jamie, about why the president agreed to be interviewed by bob woodward? >> reporter: so look, we've been told that that was the president's decision. he wanted a woodward book. he thought that he could charm bob woodward. when you read through the book, there are all of these examples of trump saying, you know what would really be a great honor, if you gave

our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is standing by. how does the president feel about tonight's debate based on your latest reporting? >> yeah, wolf, a senior trump campaign official told reporters earlier today the president feels confident about tonight's debate with joe biden but a trump campaign adviser told me earlier today the president must make up some ground tonight. the adviser pointed to recent polls showing mr. trump running behind joe biden in key battleground states, including this latest "washington post"/abc news poll from pennsylvania indicating the former vice president may be building up a sizable lead in that state. this adviser said of the president's mission for tonight, he needs this debate to break his way. after days of dodging questions about his tax returns, president trump is headed to the one place where he'll be pressed for answers. his first debate with democrat joe biden. >> mr. president, who do you owe money to? don't the american people deserve to know? >> reporter: the president is trying to sidestep

jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> earlier cnn spoke with mr. trump's former long-time personal attorney michael cohen. you'll remember that cohen went to prison for campaign finance violations, tax fraud and bank fraud after he was caught up in the russia election meddling investigation. cohen said the president is trying to sew as much confusion and dot about the november election in case he losed. >> what you have to understand with donald trump, he's the master deflector. what he's going to do here is claim that the democrats are interfering with the ballots and that he's not going to have a legitimate shot at winning because the ballots are going to be skewed in joe biden's favor. what he's doing is he's deflecting. it's really he who's playing with the mail system. it's he who's getting rid of the sorting machines and all of the mailboxes. it's he who's doing this and he's just deflecting it in order to sew some doubt in people's head regarding the democrats and joe biden. >> president trump was campaigning in florida on thursday, a key ba

our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is on the scene for us. m, so far no acknowledgment from president trump that 200,000 americans have died in this pandemic on his watch. is that right? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and white house officials are trying to do some damage control after president trump said the coronavirus, quote, affects virtually nobody when it comes to younger americans. that's just not true. the president made these false comments as the u.s. reached the horrific milestone of 200,000 lives. when asked how he would grade the administration's response to the virus, dr. anthony fauci agreed and said just look at the numbers. with the u.s. now soaring past 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, white house officials are trying to pull a fast one, insisting the administration has beaten expectations, when the reality is they haven't. what do you say to americans who are outraged over this and blame this administration for so many lives lost in this country? >> well, as you've heard, several doctors in the task force note from th

. >>> but first, let's begin our coverage this hour with our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. he's on the campaign trail with president trump right now in minnesota. jim, the president is obviously very desperate right now to try to clean up the mess from last night. >> that's right, wolf. president trump is doing some damage control claiming today he doesn't know anything about the fringe right-wing group "the proud boys," adding he's always condemned white supremacy. but that's not true. privately some trump campaign advisers are nervous about the fallout. one trump campaign adviser was furious that the president botched the question on white supremacy, as this adviser put it, and this is a quote, f the proud boys. after turning the first debate of the 2020 campaign into a dumpster fire, president trump is trying to put out the flames before they torch his re-election chances. the president is insisting he's not familiar with the proud boys, the same organization he declined to criticize when he refused to condemn white supremacy at the debate. >> i don't know who the proud

let's go to jim acosta for the latest. jim, it's just extraordinary to the extent the president is setting the stage to contest the election if he loses. >> reporter: he really is setting the table for that, anderson. you heard the president earlier this afternoon when he was leaving for these events in north carolina and florida saying that he does not believe it will be an honest outcome in the election if certain states conduct their mail-in balloting in ways he doesn't see fit. and we heard from the white house press secretary earlier this afternoon saying the president will accept the rules of a free and fair election, but that allows the white house to invent any standard that they want. if they don't see the election meeting those standards, they're not going to recognize the outcome of the election. i will tell you not everybody inside the trump campaign agrees with this approach, agrees with this strategy. i talked to a trump campaign adviser who said he hates this kind of talk coming from the president because it

jim acosta, thank you very much. most are on the latest pandemic development, nick watt is joining us from los angeles. nick, there's a startling new report about the number of american kids, american children infected by the virus. >> reporter: yeah, wolf. well, the rate of infection among children just keeps on climbing week over week. we are now nearing 550,000 total cases in the under 18s. we just heard from new jersey officials who say that at some point they do anticipate there will be transmission tied to schools. but they're confident that they can handle it. they're also telling everyone to get the flu vaccine so that we can avoid the twindemic later in the fall or into the winter. ♪ for the first time in more than 70 years, this will not be live on our tv screens thanksgiving morning. >> they're reinventing the event for this moment in history. >> reporter: but how long will this moment last? if we wind up with a vaccine that requires two doses, there won't be enough for everyone on earth until 2024. so, th

jim acosta at the white house, thank you very much.et's discuss all of this with the journalist bob woodward, his new book about the trump presidency is entitled "rage," a very important bombshell book and a true bestseller already. i want to get to coronavirus first, which is so awful. the death toll now about to reach 200,000 americans in only seven months. president trump gives himself an a-plus for his response. you had this exchange with him back in july. let me play it. >> so, what grade do you give yourself on the virus for the last six, seven months? >> other than the public relations, which is impossible because it's a fake media, fake. they're fake. i know you disagree. >> yeah, i do. >> other than the fact that i've been able to -- >> so what's the grade, sir? >> i give ourselves an a. but the grade is incomplete, and i'll tell you why. if we come up with the vaccines and therapeutics, then i give myself an a-plus. >> now, bob, nearly 60,000 americans have died between that interview you had and today. but he still gives him

wolf is off, i'm jim acosta and we're following breaking news. joe biden speaking a few hours ago with jacob blake by phone as the presidential nominee met with the family. at the meeting afterward he blasted president trump accusing him of legitimizing hatred and racism in the u.s. breaking pandemic news. topped 186,000 people after a second consecutive day of more than 1,000 covid deaths across the country. the cdc raised some hope with a notice to distribute a vaccine in late october. dr. anthony fauci is casting doubt on this timing saying a vaccine by october is unlikely but not impossible. first more on the breaking news out of kenosha and joe biden's conversation with jacob blake. family attorney ben crumb said he shared the pain he's enduring. crump and biden are revealing new details from this call. >> reporter: that's right. presidential candidate joe biden just left here a few minutes ago, the community church he had a meeting with community members here in kenosha after the shooting of jacob blake who was shot seven times in the back.

i'm gy i'm jim acosta.nt trump just finished a visit to kenosha, wisconsin despite pleas from officials to stay away. blake's family refused to speak with president trump. he did orchestrate a show of support for local law enforcement in kenosha with $1 million in funding so they can go out and do what they did. >>> a panel convened by the nationali national institute of health said there is no use for plasma in the use of

. >> i want to go to jim acosta who is moderating for reaction from the white house. jim, are you hearing anything? >> anderson, this white house is frozen right now in terms of a response to the passing of route bader ginsburg. president trump took the stage at a rally in minnesota a few moments beforeu bader ginsburg. president trump took the stage at a rally in minnesota a few moments beforet bader ginsburg. president trump took the stage at a rally in minnesota a few moments beforeh bader ginsburg. president trump took the stage at a rally in minnesota a few moments before the passion was announced and talking to white house officials, they are not certain that the president knows about this. they don't believe that he knows about this yet and will be briefed after he leaves the stage in minnesota. but getting back to whether or not president trump would seek to fill the seat left by ruth bader ginsburg, i'll tell you what campaign advisors are telling me, definitely yes and in the words of one advisor i spoke with, trump will follow the constitution period. we sho

i want to turn now to cnn's jim acosta at the white house. jim, talk about the president's explanation for downplaying the virus, even when he knew it was airborne and how deadly it was. >> you were talking about it a few moments ago, anderson, the president was asked about these excerpts, earlier today. and he said, at one point, that he wanted to be a cheerleader. that he didn't want to create panic. anderson, he hasn't been a cheerleader. he's been a misleader. i mean, not giving people the opportunity to prepare to deal with this virus is essentially what this president is guilty of, tonight. and in the name of not wanting people to panic. you know, anderson, you mentioned some of the things, just a few moments ago. the rallies. the masks. and so on. remember, during the spring, the president was urging his supporters to, essentially, storm state houses across the country and demand that their states be reopened. the president did that, with the full knowledge that this virus was worse than the flu. more deadly than the flu. he was saying,

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. >> with that jim acosta joins us from the white house.white house saying about the timing of this, anderson? >> he would like to have to done before the election and to give you a sense how quickly things are moving along, judge barrett, one of the president's top contenders met with the president here at the white house earlier today. gives you an indication how rapidly things are moving along but anderson, you know, there are lots of different ways this could play out. a talked to a source who said one of the prevailing thoughts going on behind the scene is perhaps there might be hearings for a nominee before the election but the vote would be after the election. they are gaining strategies because frankly, anderson, there is a potential this could backfire whether or not the president decides to do this before or after the election and so even though you're talking about how the president and the republicans seem to have numbers on their side at this point, they're well aware this could backfire and blow up in their faces. >> when do w

let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, the president once again at odds with his own top health experts when it comes to this critical life and death issue of simply wearing a mask>> that's right, wolf. president trump is likely to be asked about that. he'll be holding a news conference in just a short while from now. but senior administration officials from the white house from the department of health and human services are in cleanup mode as the president continues to downplay the importance of wearing masks. the director of the centers for disease control said masks could do a better job of protecting people from the coronavirus than a vaccine. the white house press secretary earlier today insisted that the president has already and has always supported mask wearing. but of course that's not true. president trump's questionable comments on the coronavirus keep piling up, leaving it to top administration officials to clean up the mess. today it was dr. robert redfield's turn. >> i might even go so far as to say that

. >>> i want to turn to jim acosta at the white house. talk about the president's explanation for down playing the virus even though he knew he was airborne and deadly. >> he was asked about excerpts earlier today and said at one point he wanted to be a cheerleader, he didn't want to create panic. anderson, he hasn't been a cheerleader, he's been a misleader. i mean, not giving people the opportunity to prepare to deal with this virus is essentially what this president is guilty of tonight. in the name of not wanting people to panic. you know, anderson, you mentioned some things just a few moments ago, the rally, the masks and so on, remember during the spring, the president was urging his supporters to essentially storm state houses across the country and demand that their states be reopened. the president did that with the full knowledge that this virus was worse than the flu. more deadly than the flu. he was saying to bob wood ward as jim has been reporting that this virus is not only danger ro -- dangerous for elderly people but presi

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right now i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. he's been gathering details about the fallout. it has been so dramatic from this new bob woodward book. first of all, jim, how is the president responding? >> i can tell you, wolf, thatted to the president responding, there is some finger-pointing going on inside the white house right now. aides pointing the finger at one another over how this was allowed to happen. i talked to a source familiar with the discussions surrounding the woodward book, a source who is familiar with -- who has direct knowledge of the situation involving setting up the interviews with bob woodward, says that both the president and bob woodward essentially went around the white house press office in setting up these interviews, these hours and hours of interviews that bob woodward had with the president, and that aides to the president told mr. trump that this was a bad idea, to sit down with bob woodward and have these sorts of free-wheeling discussions with the legendary reporter. but i did talk to a separate

. >> with that, cnn's jim acosta joins us now from the white house. e white house saying about the timing of all this, jim? >> well, anderson, you heard the president say he would like to have this done before the election. and just to give you a sense as to how quickly things are moving along, judge amy coney barrett, one of the president's top contenders on his short list, met with the president at the white house earlier today. but, anderson, you know, there are lots of different ways this could play out. i talked to a source close to the white house this evening, who said one of the, you know, prevailing thoughts going on behind the scenes is that, perhaps there might be some hearings for a nominee before the election. but the actual vote to confirm the nominee would come after the election. they're gaming all kinds of strategies because, frankly, anderson, there's a potential that this could backfire, whether or not the president decides to do this before or after the election. even though you are talking about how the president and republicans se

jim acosta interviewed some of them last night.oll some of those and i want to get your reaction. >> why are you not wearing a mask? >> because there's no covid. it's a fake pandemic created to destroy the united states of america. >> but the president said to bob woodward that there is a virus, the coronavirus, and that it is deadly. >> that's his opinion. the truth is that the cdc said only less than 10,000 people die from covid. >> i mean, again, i could do an hour just fact-checking that one guy. the cdc does not say there's been fewer than 10,000 people who have died from covid. this is a number that's been taken out of conflext floated by conspiracy theories who believe that on a medical chart, for instance, if you had any co-morbidity. let's say that you had asthma and then you died of covid. but beyond that, to hear this trump supporter say it's fake and then repeat these debunked conspiracy theories. there was a whole bunch of people like that that acosta talked to. what was your reaction, abby? >> it's really disturbing o

jim acosta at the white house, what are sources saying about this? >> reporter: breonna, i hear from my sources without coordinat coordinator, dr. bob arnot, e d not certainly how long she can remain in her current position telling people around her she is distressed what she sees as a bad direction of the task force describing the situation inside the nation's response to the coronavirus as nightmare-ish. according to people familiar with her thinking, birx views dr. did scott atlas, a recent addition to the tanks fsk force unhealthy source to the president. her view of atlas' relationship with the president, "the president found somebody who matches what he wants to believe" saying of atlas. the source went on to say of deborah birx, she feels her role is diminished. atlas is feeding the president misinformation about efficacy of masks, for controlling the virus, and the president's rails drawing crowds of supporters who refuse to wear the masks and repeatedly mocked joe biden for using them. we all know birx became a household name during the pand

jim acosta, appreciate it. thanks very much.former democratic presidential candidate and former vermont governor, howard dean. also, cnn political correspondent, abby phillip. governor dean, i want to read something you tweeted after the piece was published. my brother was captured and executed by the north vietnamese on december 14th, 1974. captured and killed in laos during the war. it's obviously very personal for you. were you surprised, though, by the reports of what this president is alleged to have said, given all the public comments he -- he has made, on record? >> i wasn't surprised. let me just say. i almost never use bad language on twitter. but like i came to appreciate what was going on over there, because i went to laos around 2000, and spent a week with a joint task force. sifting sides of mountains for teeth and dog tags of people, american soldiers, who crashed into the mountains and were obliterated. so this wasn't just about my brother. it was also about all the american soldiers of every color and race and so

jim acosta. good evening to you. what are your sources telling you, tonight? >> yeah, don, i had a chance to ask kayleigh mcenany, the press secretary, a few questions, just a few moments ago. and as kaitlan was saying, she did not want to go to the question of the hour, which is, what is president trump going to do with this open seat on the supreme court? she said, as the president was saying, you know, they want to make tonight about ruth bader ginsburg. they don't want to get into the politics of this, right away. but as the sun comes up here, in the nation's capital, tomorrow morning, don, you can rest assured that this will -- this will all begin. and my understanding is, talking to several sources this evening, two trump campaign advisers said, absolutely, the president is going to seek to fill that seat on the supreme court. as one trump campaign adviser said to me earlier this evening. the president is going to follow the constitution, period. now, i did talk to a source close to the president. somebody who talks to the president, routinely. just a sh