the robert redfield this week wanted to extend a no-sail order on cruise ships. cruise ships immediately proved to be right up there with meat-packing plants and prisons as incubators of the spread of this virus. redfield wanted to extend the cruise ship sailing ban. "the new york times" is reporting not only did the cdc director wanted to extend the ban and not that he's over ruled by the white house when he sought to extend the ban. the cdc director is considered of resigning. he apparently thinks this cruise ship policy compromises the public's health. that's why i am raising these na flags rooight now. because this comes right at the hills of "the new york times" this week about the cdc advise of opening schools being over ruled or circumvented by the white house. that's what the white house wants and not what the cdc's scientists believe what's right for public health. this news comes on the hills of our reporting. director redfield ordering his own scientists to water down their recommendation on meat packing plant. "the washington post" is advancing that s

we learned robert redfield asked wisconsin u.s. senator tammy baldwin tonight if he can speak to her by phone which is an unusual thing for a cdc director asking for a personal conversation with the senator. it was senator baldwin who questioned him sharply. in congress under oath on his role in watering down the cdc's meat packing guidance. in terms of why people resign and why they end up staying with their job. it's a serious thing for the cdc to a director the cdc's director succumbed pressure from the administration and compromise the scientific add virus of the agency. in the middle of the pandemic that killed 200,000 people already and gearing backup to see how many more of us can take and how quickly. it is bad enough they have been succumbing to pressure at the white house. the cdc's director lied to congress when he was asked. that is another level of danger for the director. we don't know in director redfield had that call tonight with senator baldwin or reconsidering or changing his testimony to alleviate his concerns t

robert redfield has been, really does seem to be a disaster as a cdc director at a time we need them to be phenomenal. at the same time god help us all the more if donald trump gets to pick someone new to run the cdc right now, right now as he's barreling toward his re-election effort and right now as some fox news radiologist convinced us that it would be fantastic, that it would be fantastic if the american policy would encourage as many americans to get infected as possible. god help us. i invoked god three times. i need to say something constructive. i think it's worth considering, alongside all of this reporting that i just described, one thing that last story shows us that's good is that congress is apparently alive and kicking. and congress is worrying about big stuff and about important things like science at the cdc being manipulated and being screwed around with by the administration for political reasons, and the cdc having such a weak director that he succumbed to pressure and changed his guidance for political purposes. it is a good sign that congress is pursuing that an

robert redfield wanted to extend the no sail order into next year but lost his fight with the white house on that. >>> meantime, an alarming trend here. the number of americans hospitalized with covid is starting to creep up again. these are not asymptomatic people staying home, they are sick enough to be admitted to the hospital. 18% of beds are available in wisconsin. the president scheduled rallies in lacrosse and green bay this weekend. >> number one, he could not come. the second thing that could be done is for him to insist that if people are there, they wear a mask. he could make that happen. he could wear one, too. >> in the absence of a national plan, they are giving mixed signals. in neighboring alabama and georgia, public health restrictions have been extended. >>> american families are paying a heavy price. a new survey shows a majority of families with children across racial and ethnic groups report serious financial hardship. 2/3 have delayed or skipped scheduled cancer screens because of the pan dem mix. >> the politics, even when it doesn't serve him, president trump stick

in a letter to cdc director robert redfield, he reportedly asked redfield to make a public record of the administration's failures in addressing the pandemic and he also said if that leads to redfield's dismissal, that is a political consequence that he should be willing to face. arthel. arthel: charles watson live in atlanta. thanks, charles. eric. eric: arthel, we're learning more about the alleged shocking plot to kidnap the governor of michigan. we have new details on the suspects coming up. it turns out they say one county sheriff's connection to some of them. we live in uncertain times. however, there is one thing you can be certain of. the men and woman of the united states postal service. we are here to deliver your cards, packages and prescriptions. and also deliver the peace of mind knowing that what's important to you-like your ballot-is on its way. every day, all across america, we deliver for you. and we always will. eric: james homan joins us from the washington post. we have been covering the president's speech. james, i mean, frankly pretty remarkable, suffering from

. >>> the letter to cdc director robert redfield says in part, quote, the first thing would be to facee truth. you and i both know that. one, despite the white house spin attempts, this will go down as a colossal failure of the public health system of the country. the biggest challenge in a century, and we let the country down. the public health text of the future will use this as a lesson on how not to handle an infectious disease pandemic. two, the cause will be the incompetence and illogic of the white house program. three, the white house has had no hesitation to blame and disgrace cdc, you, and state governors. they will blame you for the disaster. in six months, they have caused cdc to go from gold to tarnished brass. that is the beginning of a private letter that was sent to dr. redfield late last month. although we don't know who leaked it, it was written by a legend in the public health world, dr. william fagey. among his many achievements, he is largely responsible for the eradication of smallpox. he served for six years as the director of the cdc and for his lifetime of publ

there is robert redfield, the head of the cdc sing under oath. in a redfield. he's a devout catholic. he is somebody who is devoted and has devoted his life to protecting the united states from pandemics and health crises. and he is up there under oath this week telling congress wear a mask. in fact it may be the more important than the vaccine. the study said. then trump hears about this. and has a press conference, he simply called redfield and redfield was confused. he did not know what he was saying. god help us. god help us if you have the president of the united states calling the doctor and saying, i didn't like your diagnosis. it doesn't fit my political or whatever is going through my head moment. and as you know, people piled on sing redfield is not a guy who is going to say something that is not medically supported and sound. and trump still won't put out mask order. secretary steve mnuchin not even let, probably the world's expert on this issue, robert redfield tell the congress under oath what he thinks without trying to restated and call them up a

robert redfield set to give an update on the coronavirus response. headline's. judge amy question any -- coney barrett is back on the held. chuck schumer had a serious take with dianne feinstein. she faces heat about the question during the confirmation hearing. chad pergram has more. >> there's liberal groups that want feinstein removed as the top democrat on the judiciary committee. they view her as being too differential to lindsey graham. she said this is one of the best sets of hearings that she participated in. if democrats flip the senate, she's in line to be the chair of the judiciary committee. here's chuck schumer. >> i've had a long talk with senator feinstein. that's all i'm going to say. >> there's predent for removing senators as chairs of committee. the senate sidelined the south carolina senator storm thurmond two decades against and robert byrd voluntarily gave up the gavel in 2008. here's the timetable to confirm amy coney barrett. the senate will vote open it and send it to the senate floor. they will start debate friday and contin

foege in the letter to robert redfield said the white house of course will respond with fury when theye you. this will be a multi-week story and you can hold your head high. tell me about that pressure not to go up against the white house, not to go up against the president or the vice president, the political pressure when, in fact, normal people would say, wearing a mask is inconvenient. i'm the first one to admit. fun is not wearing a mask, but i get why i wear it. why is there this position, and why won't sensible people speak back about it. >> it's fear. it's fear that these people will completely be vindictive and destroy you. and i've been there. i have felt it, and you get concerned, and you think that they're going to destroy your reputation, and everything that you have worked for your entire life, that they will just come at you, and that people will believe them. and you don't know what will happen in the days to come. but, look, i'm living proof that doing the right thing is really the bottom line of what matters. having the moral courage to do this. and to dr. redfield, i

cdc extending the no sail order through the end of october but according to axios cdc director robert redfield has pushed to extend the order until february of next year but that plan was blocked by vice president mike pence. and in a statement regarding that no sail order, the white house insists they're following the data and science and the cdc has no comment. as for the airline industry they say they may recall some of these workers back to their jobs if congress reaches a stimulus deal. so stay tuned. kenneth and mona. >> much more on "gma." andrew in washington, thank you. >>> doctors say they're seeing troubling trends as infection rates rise in 30 states. one report described as the most concerning since memorial day warns the risk of virus transmission has rapidly increased across much of the northern u.s. a severe outbreak in wisconsin prompted teachers to call for a switch to remote learning. the governor is asking president trump to either skip his rallies in wisconsin this weekend or require everyone to wear a mask. latinos have been hard hit. one doctor now calls it a historic de

robert redfield held a news conference today at the cbc headquarters in atlanta. on theovided an update federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. >> all yours. >> all mine? great. good afternoon. ,nd thank you, secretaries are for joining us today at cbc headquarters. it is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. the most significant public health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. and the pandemic is not over. earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. here in the united states, we are approaching a critical phase. butler, moments, dr. j cadc director for infectious disease and the former incident cdc'sr of the cbc's -- covid-19 response will provide you an update of our current situation. i know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other side. i am also optimistic that we will have a limited supply of one or more covid

robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and

robert redfield says a rise in cases is due in part to small household gatherings. now with the holidays coming up health experts are advising people not to have indoor thanksgiving dinners with people outside of their household. >> and particularly with thanksgiving coming up, we think it's really important to stress the vigilance of these continued mitigation steps in the household setting. >> and as the war on covid-19 continues, the battle over a stimulus deal drags on. some house democrats are urging house speaker nancy pelosi to accept a proposal made by the white house and republican leaders, but speaker pelosi says the proposal doesn't go far enough. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says when the full senate returns next week, the first order of business will be voting again on relief for workers. >>> well, some santa clara county restaurants welcomed customers back inside today. santa clara, alameda counties moving to the orange tier under the state's coronavirus guidelines. that means they're allowed to have 25% capacity for indoor dining. pedro's re

robert redfield held a news conference today at the cbc headquarters in atlanta.ded an update federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine.

robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. this is 30 minutes. >> all yours. >> all mine? great.

and then this evening, from the washington post, robert redfield's letter vouching for the vps health for the debate raises concerns among experts after trump at least nine white house employees tested positive. earlierck to the stage, throughk when we walked ae behind-the-scenes, here is view of tonight's venue from his perspective of. >> welcome. we are aware pence and harris will debate. a tent rehearsal is going on. a chance toroducers make changes needed before the show. there will be at least eight cameras during the debate. this will give you an idea of their view. only a few people will be allowed on the floor. all of the networks can purchase platforms to do coverage. attending will be up in the balcony with a great view. in the media filing center. journalists for 180 to come in and do podcasts and provide social media updates. they will have a live feed of the debate. >> maureen, we saw some preparations going on. how big is the media presence? maureen: not nearly as big as normal. we are spread out. i came from the media hall. it did not seem like we were close to the deba

robert redfield and scientists according to administration to officials. they speak on anonymity to discuss government affairs. >> it is the scientists that are coming. >> they are more political appointees, they are infesting the cdc and preventing them from doing their job. if you go back to january and february, the country's top expert in viral rung diseaselun diseases. and they say they have to be humbled, we don't know what the pandemic will bring. she said quite accurately that disruption to every day life might be severe. if we were hearing from cdc day in and day out we would be more together as a country knowing what we have to do together to protect lives and to get our jobs back. >> according to the reporting out there the president was furious because it affected the stock markets, but she was abundantly right pabt ou it would affect our lives. thank you, tom freeden. >> turning now to the mid ewest milwaukee set up a new field hospital, public health officials say traditional hospitals are over whelmed as cases in wisconsin spice and the seve

robert redfield about this yesterday. he said, look, we're looking at the science. this pandemic is relatively new. we were saying people need to quarantined for 14 days if they've had close contact, on if they've had covid themselves, they need to be isolated maybe 12 is okay, there are various studies, and dr. redfield said they're looking at the studies. >> elizabeth, great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> the cdc records that about two 1/3 of the deaths were from covid-19. jacqueline howard has more. >> some experts say the other deaths which represent about 100,000 lives lost might be deaths of despair. the term deaths of despair refers to deaths caused by suici suicide, alcohol or drug use. here's what dr. scott gottlieb has said about this, especially when it comes to younger adults. have a listen. >> i would suspect a good portion of the deaths were due to despair or other reasons. we've seen a spike of overdoses. >> one of the biggers jumps have been with adults 25 to 44. >>> thank you. we'll hear from the top health official in mississippi,

the professionals on the coronavirus task force, people like anthony fauci and deborah birx and robert redfield, none of them line up with scott atlas. he is an unwelcome, unqualified voice basically shouting out all of the other reasonable voices in the administration. >> and there was a phone call with his campaign and president trump said people are tired of hearing dr. fauci and all these idiots. he called dr. fauci a disaster. what is your reaction to that. >> you know, having a quarter million people dead is the disaster. i think what americans are tired of is the death and the suffering. you know, we have this new misery index, the new misery index is the unemployment in this country and death rate and case rate from covid. that's the new misery index and it is amongst highest in the world. we're tired of that. we're not tired of hearing about covid. we're tired of the toll covid is taking. when i see the president make a statement like that, it tells me he is tired of dealing with it. and the one response to somebody tired of dealing with it is to bring in a new team. >> doctor, thank y

robert redfield just said a silent epidemic of asymptomatic carriers is fueling this current outbreak, states are reporting testing positivity percentages of 40 or 50%. how difficult is it to find those atomsymptomatic carriers especially young people in the first place? >> it's challenging. what does that 40% to 50% positive iterate mean? i think people know this. test a hundred people and 40 to 50 come back positive. that means a lot more people out there that you missed. it's like the fishing metaphor. put the net down and bunch of fish come back in the net you think a lot of fish down here. you get one or two fish you think you gotten them all and not more there. we are missing people. they don't know they have the virus because they don't have symptoms and they continue to spread. dr. redfield i interviewed him in february he is talking about the concern of asymptomatic spread. 40% roughly of people are asymptomatic. 40%. another 40% just have minimal symptoms. here is the point. 50% of transmission is occurring before any of those symptoms develop. you don't know you have it. bu

listen to the director of the cdc, robert redfield, explained that actually masks are better than vaccines i might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid then when i take a covid vaccine. >> tucker: this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me from a vaccine. following?th more guaranteed. there are no degrees of guarantee. that's quite an endorsement from a leading man of science. so go long on masks, there's nothing more important, the cdc said so. but of course our politicians didn't need to hear that, they already believed it. earlier this month, california's governor gavin newsom sent out a tweet from his office with this command.ma ", going out to eat with members of your household this weekend? don't forget to keep your mask on in between bites. do your part to keep those around you healthy." understand? you're eating with people you live with everyday, but be certain to shield their faces as you eat for safety. that tweet is still up, by the way. they weren't kidding. watch his fellow governor andrew cuomo demand -- the man who

robert redfield saying only moments ago that the agency has now updated its definition of a close contactith a covid-19 patient to include multiple brief sxoo exposures. the united states has passed 220,000 coronavirus deaths and tonight has confirmed more than 8.3 million cases. stark sign of the worsening pandemic in the united states. not a single state is trending in the right direction right now. if it was, we would be showing that in green on this map. you don't see any green. >>> breaking this hour. moments from now, we will hear directly from the former president of the united states barack obama in his first campaign stump speech since the democratic convention and he'll be making the case for joe biden. when it happens we will bring it to you live. this comes with just 13 days left until the election and more than 40 million votes already cast. we are tracking it all, including the path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house. we begin our coverage with our cheer white house correspondent jim acosta. less than two weeks and 13 days to go until election day, pres

then robert redfield, his agency now marched by political intervention from the white house, from the president. and we haven't seen much of him since this. >> we have clear scientific evidence they work and they are our best defense. i might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take the covid vaccine. >> now, the president hours later, because that did not fit with his narrative, would say that redfield was wrong in that assessment. jerome adams, the surgeon general rarely gives briefings. last we heard from him was during a trip to hawaii when he took pictures at a park that had been closed. alex azar, the secretary of health and human services, we saw him at that apparent super spreader event at the white house not wearing a mask. and the fda commissioner also rarely gives briefings, the president has accused his agency of playing politics by rebuking trump's push for a rush on vaccines. of course there is dr. anthony fauci targeted by both the president and his campaign even as they use his words to indicate that f

they would be news to the director of the cdc robert redfield. >> i might even go so far as to say thisace mask is more guaranteed to protect meme against covid than when i take a covid vaccine. >> tucker: this is the cdc? they are protecting us from this pandemic? they don't even know what their own director is saying. but whatever you do, don't question public health experts. facebook and twitter and google will shut you down. just put your mask on and obey. up next, it was day three of amy coney barrett's confirmation hearings. how did it go? we'll talk to the person who prepared or after the break. we will monitor the trump rally underway in des moines tonight. if there is news, will bring it to you. >> i went to the hospital and it's an incredible hospital. walter reed. i've been there many times for our great warriors that come back so badly wounded. ♪ >> tucker: today was the third day in a row of amy coney barrett's confirmation hearings. you may have watched. maybe you didn't. we'd like to assess them and we found the perfect person. former supreme court clerk and she helped am

. >> and pressure is building on cdc director robert redfield to stand up to the trump administrationege interference in u.s. covid-19 response, and private letter sent to redfield former agency director william urged to make an ire reputable public record of the administration failures in addressing the pandemic and says if that leads to firing that is something that director is going to have to accept. jon. jon: charles watson in atlanta. charles, thanks. new details are emerging about a disturbing plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen witmer that includes report on the suspect worked on their plan for months in a basement of a vacuum store in grand rapid. christina coleman is in los angeles with an update for us. christina. >> hi jon yeah authorities say earlier this year the fbi became aware of social media post involving a few of the suspects that called for a violent overthrow of government and law enforcement. despite the violence directed her way governor witmer has been out and active speaking with constituents and placing some of the blame on president trump. >> i think

robert redfield tried to extend that order into next year but he couldn't convince the white house. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> police in wisconsin say 1e67b people were shot at a funeral home in milwaukee. the victims were taken to a local hospital where they're being treated for their wounds. all said to be in stable condition. police say they are still investigating the incident but say any suspect is still unknown. >>> still to come here at cnn, u.s. allies anniversaries all have something to say about the first u.s. presidential debate, their reaction and what their opinions might mean next. alexey n leksnovony is blaming . we'll have the details on that. >>> it is 28 minutes past the hour. i am robyn curnow live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta. reminder of our top story at this hour. the u.s. president donald trump is in cleanup mode after his presidential debate on tuesday. at a rally mr. trump tried to declare himself the winner of the debate even though some allies voiced concern about his performance. the contest was so messy they say they're considering m

robert redfield, almost immediately after president trump took to twitter to announce his diagnosis. he reached out to offer the cdc's help in contact tracing. the offer was declined and again rejected on monday with a phone call between white house and cdc officials. this is being pushed back on by the white house. they sent a statement to us which read in part, the white house has plans and proside yurs in place that incorporate current guidelines and practices to limit covid-19. and has a contact tracing program led by the white house medical unit. they go on to say contact tracing has been conducted by the medical unit consistent with the cdc guidelines and appropriate notifications and recommendations have been made. it's important to look and read between the lines of the statement. they are not saying that the cdc is helping them. the white house going on to say that a cdc epidemiologist has been detailed to the white house since march but it's clear that more than one person is needed to try to drill down on this very important contact tracing that is needed right now after t

ensuing weeks and months we saw less and less of people like tony fauci and deborah birx and robert redfield. their strategy was to bury them and proceed with opening the states for the president's own political reasons. it makes me really, really angry. to that point, i think what this -- i want to jamie that these pieces of tape are so illuminating, because you realize that they're rebuffing doctors who were valuing public health, and they were valuing human lives. when you listen to the tape of jared kushner there, you do not get the sense that that is what he's valuing. >> not at all. i wrote it down -- if you're preparing for a worst-case scenario, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. no, no, that's wrong. in medicine, we always prepare for the worst-case scenario, in case it happening. they're preparing for the worst-case scenario, so because they weren't preparing for the worst-case scenario, we're still reusing ppe. because they didn't want to prepare for the worst-case scenario, because it will look back or discourage economic growth, we don't have enough testing. because they

that guidance was rejected by officials in washington, including thees director of the cdc, robert redfieldals agree on a new version that was less restrictive of religious services, in part because, oh, yeah, the first amendment. but someone at the cdc went ahead and published the original, unapproved documents online, anyway. and this was discovered, the employee said, well, it was entirely within the bounds to publish incorrect guidance. that person wasn't punished. no one was punished.d. we are told something similar happened last week when the cdc posted and then retracted and alert coronavirus transmission. these weren't mistakes, though that is how the media reported them.ia they were deliberate attempts to sabotage the oversight of elected officials of the cdc for political effect, to the benefit of one political party. the people responsible for this shouldn't be working from home, they shouldn't be working anywhere in the federal government, period. there is a pandemic going on, and this is what you are doing? we will continue to monitor the story. up next, we will speak to someon

robert redfield to help with such things as contact tracing. that offer was repeated on a phone call yesterday and the white house rejected those offers. this is another example, as i mentioned, of the recklessness but it really goes to show there hasn't been a comprehensive contact tracing plan by the white house. colleagues of mine at the white house unit their reporting showed there has been more than a few phone calls to those that have been at exposed events line the one we saw last saturday during the supreme court nomination ceremony where it's believed many people were exposed to the coronavirus. this is very upsetting to people in the public health community. >> before you go, just one question here because some of your reporting is also that there is a cdc epidemiologist detailed to the white house. are they leading this charge? >> that's right. the cdc epidemiologist has been detailed since march, however, one person, poppy, to try to manage a very comprehensive contact tracing plan, the white house did release a statement pushing ba

a big part of rising coronavirus case count according to cdc director robert redfield.any states find contact tracing is nowhere near where it needs to be. 44 states do not have enough tracers, that's according to new johns hopkins npr survey. a senior associate at johns hopkins center for security. thank you for your time. i saw reading about this report you call contact tracing stagnant. you think it's stagnant. we have a map we can show our viewers. 44 states do not have enough of what they need estimated contact tracing. 44 states short of the need at a time 36 states are reporting more new infections right now as opposed to a week ago. that's a dangerous collision course, is it not? if we don't have tracers and more virus and you can't find out where it's coming from, you can't slow the spread? >> yeah. i think this is an essential component to the response. it's not the only component. once we have large cases, big epidemics, it's hard to rely on contact tracing because it can be overwhelmed quickly. it's a combination of hiring that workforce we need and bringing

cdc director robert redfield reportedly pushed to extend the no sale order and a february. according to actio's he was overruled by the white house. many crews lines say they would like to resume sailings before the end of the year to try to restore the $53 billion a year industry. the representatives are scheduled to meet with the administration on friday. >>> it looks like we are heading into october with a major warm-up. lots of 90s for tomorrow and inland spots topping 100 degrees. today we take a look at the temperatures, not too bad across parts of the bay area. 70s and 80s, but really hot and linda though. look at that, 107 in fairfield. take a look at the forecast here. the heat will build in. we have another one of these guys, a heat advisory in place for most of the bay area. the exception being near the immediate coastline. as i mentioned, temperatures in the 90s, topping 100 degrees. fire danger, unfortunately, we are tracking this. another red flag fire warning. the winds will not be nearly as strong as the event last week and. winds could be around 20 to 25 mi

and his contacts either with president trump or other people in the white house that it tested robert redfield the director of the cdc who many of you recognize from a lot of these news conferences and congressional hearings. he signed a letter from the cdc based they saying they looked into vice president pence's situation people he's been in contact with whether or not he was in contact for more than 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone who what was positive with covid-19 these are they looking all that did not think he was someone who has to isolate based on what they found or talk about katie miller. so stephen miller has tested positive came okay. >>well we'll see what happens we'll see if the seated position and the plexiglass makes things a little tamer and more thank you chip yost again for us live. and don't forget the debate starts tonight 6 o'clock. >>and we will carry it live right here on kron 4 and then following that we're going to have reaction and some in-depth political analysis to catherine heenan will be hosting in siberia politics and she'll have her panel of analysts and t

robert redfield, the agency's director and other scientists there. the associated press, which is investigating this story says congress is now investigating the pair. >> numerous examples of the administration's attempts to shelve scientific guidance coming out of the cdc or to change or gain editorial control over scientific publications. >> a number of administration officials corroborated the story with the associated press on the condition they remain anonymous. >>> president trump is denying california's request for wildfire assistance. coming up how governor newsom plans to move forward. >>> plus the reason why dozens of san francisco schools are reportedly considering a name change. you might be surprised at some of the current names considered inappropriate. >>> and we have a recurring theme this morning, many areas are cooler than san francisco right now. one of those being san jose where it's in the mid 60s. your commute planner shows that's your biggest worry, dealing with the heat whether on the roads, mass transit or taking the (garage

robert redfield said we absolutely can control this pandemic, we can get it under control in the nextix weeks if every single american wears a mask. i want to remind everybody the antibody cocktail the president had from regeneron. that is not available to every american. > >>> despite a nine-point lead in new hampshire, biden is trying to pick it up. and biden might just get the red state of texas. you heard me right. biden up by three points there, but within the margin there, nonetheless. a very close race in that traditionally red state. joining me is msnbc's ali vitale. ali, good to see you. i want to talk about what we heard from kate beddingfield and she is expressing some optimism over the biden campaign, despite the fact he's not campaigning as much as he should be, especially since we see president trump out there and joe biden is not. what are you hearing from the biden camp? >> reporter: this is something we've heard consternation around from some democrats in the orbit, wondering if they're campaigning hard enough. especially when, on the messaging front, this democratic

robert redfield who's a virologist who runs the cdc, but again serves in trump's own administration pushinghat projected date way out. an important fact check is the one of the risk of covid. how this disease, this virus affects people, well, the president trying to claim 99% of young adults don't have any problems. that's just not the case. about 1 out of 5, 20% need intensive care. and tragically over 2.5% die even in that younger age group. yes, it is not as dangerous as the main at risk group of seniors, but it is by no means a walk in the park, brian? >> strangest moment of the night remains when trump accused biden of selling pillows and sheets. ari melber, thank you for taking a whack with a sigh with some of the behemoth facts that needed checking. >>> coming up, james carvel, mark murphy on today's highlights and low lights when our special edition of "the 11th hour" continues. >> we're about to go into a dark winter, a dark winter. and he has no clear plan. >> we're opening up our country. we've learned and studied and understand the disease which we didn't at the beginning. e did

robert redfield saying only moments ago that the agency has now updated its definition of a close contact19 patient to include multiple brief sxoo exposures. the united states has passed 220,000 coronavirus

robert redfield, the agency's director and other scientists there. the associated press, which is investigating this story says congress is now investigating the pair. >> numerous examples of the administration's attempts to shelve scientific guidance coming out of the cdc or to change or gain editorial control over scientific publications. >> a number of administration officials corroborated the story with the associated press on the condition they remain anonymous. >>> happening today, cooling centers will be opening across santa clara county in response to the expected high temperatures. you can see a list of locations on your screen here. social distancing will be enforced and you have to be free of covid-19 symptoms to be able to enter one of those cooling centers. let's check in with mike to hear exactly how hot we could expect it to be on this friday. >> 90s everywhere. even the coast. yeah. it's going to be a record setting day. triple digits are possible in some areas, especially if you're on pavement for any length of time this afternoon, t

. >> cdc director robert redfield just released new information about how covid is affecting flu transmissione have to say? >> he saw about 75% lower in the flu cases so far this year. i want to give a caveat. a year ago today i was speaking with dr. anthony fauci about this. tell me about the flu numbers. he said it's october 30th. i won't get into new flum numbers, it's too early. hopefully, dr. redfield is right and not as many deaths from the flu. >>> 229,000 americans have been killed by coronavirus including 971 yesterday, we would like to remember one of the lives cut short by the virus. 57-year-old shirley banister. she passed away shortly after contracting the virus and her 28-year-old daughter also died from complications from covid. shirley banister was the chair of the nursing department at midland technical college in midland, south carolina. she was beloved by all of her correspond workers who described her as an angel on weather. may her memory and every victim of this virus be a blessing. two hours on sunday. here is a my guests. it all starts sunday at 9:00 a.m. two-hour edit

and mark short again and other members of the task force ended up kind of directing robert redfield,d of the cdc, to massage those recommendations into things that were more suggestions suggestions. instead of saying, you should do this, changing it to, it would be good if you did this, somewhat rendering them meaningle meaningless. we saw this time and time again. in our reporting we showed that sometimes it was these very great concerns of the economic impact of cdc regulations because they kind of ran counter to president trump's message for reelection, which is the economy is going strong and there will be robust job growth. >> we've heard firsthand accounts in public, from emily troy, for instance, who was on the task force, miles taylor, saying they saw pence buckle to the president. in your reporting, did you come across any instances where pence stood up to the president on some of these decisions or stood for the science over the politics? did you find instances of that? >> we didn't see instances where the vice president took on the president head on. and there may have bee

. >>> a new warning from the cdc director, director robert redfield, tells the nation's governors thatll household gatherings are growing source of coronavirus spread. so what does that mean? is it time to stop seeing our extended families, even outdoors? can our kids see the neighbors? is halloween canceled? how about thanksgiving? joining us now to discuss all of the current confusion is dr. megan ranee, she's an emergency physician at brown university and founding director of the brown life span center for digital health and olga hasan, she's a staff writer at the atlantic who just wrote a piece on this titled "how to tell if socializing indoors is safe." ladies, you are here in the nick of time. i can't tell you how many people are accused about what they are supposed to be doing today. in the spring we knew what we were supposed to be doing when businesses and restaurants were shut down, but now we don't know what to do when restaurants are open. olga, is that why you wrote this article? >> yeah, i noticed a lot of confusion in my friend groups saying, can we have dinner inside, i

former director of the centers for disease control and prevention called on current cdc director robert redfield to orchestrate his own firing in order to expose the trump administration's incompetent handling of the pandemic. in a letter dated september 23 and obtained by "usa today," william foege asks redfield to apologize to cdc employees for acquiescing to donald trump and to publicly repudiate his administration. foege writes -- "the failure of the white house to put the cdc in charge has resulted in the violation of every lesson learned in the last 75 years that made cdc the gold standard for public health in the world." he added "when they fire you, this will be a multiweek story and you can hold your head high." on the campaign trail, republican candidatetes for thte house anand senate a are increasingly distancing themseselves from donanald trum. in arizona, republican senator martha mcsally -- who o trails democratic challenger r mark key byby double e digits in recent s -- refused to answer a debate moderator tuesday night who asked her if s is prproud of her support for trtrump. >>>

the former cdc director, he wrote a private letter to the current cdc director robert redfield and this was last month. he wrote that this, this mess of the coronavirus handling will go down as a colossal failure of the public health system of this country. we let the country down. you have a short window to change things. you could send a letter to all cdc employees, acknowledge the tragedy of responding poorly, apologize for what has happened and your role in acquiescing. when they fire you this will be a multi-week story and you can hold your head high. that's not what's happening, jason. the cdc is not even being allowed to participate in this contact tracing that we think went on. we have to take their word for it. it's not clear. the fact that a group of families of fallen military troops was allowed into the white house and they said, oh, by the way -- later on told them, by the way, you could have gotten infected with this deadly disease. sorry. maybe not even sorry. it is a disaster, jason, from a political point of view. >> it's a disaster from a political point of view, joy.

come back to the question doctor robert redfield from the cdc said we will have to embrace a person without resources, a person who is homeless without shelter, we will have to find a way to bring that person to be tested was support and treatment so i think what heather just said is so important parts of the world that are hard to reach so you are thinking about this how can we just not be. it? but actually be committed like our lives are on it to make sure we are inclusive as we reach out to the community that needs it? >> one of the important things the whole supply chain every step of the way can do is to think in terms of family and focus not just individual efforts to the whole family needs to get vaccinated and needs to understand that what they are doing is helping other families when they translate into neighborhoods california has the whole health equity line and hot spots all over the country there are neighborhoods and census tracts to be focused on with the essential workers as well of those who are the most vulnerable with chronic diseases already. they need to be protected fi