What didnt you learn from kung fu panda. Thank you for the reminder yet again. You should see my move off center for my grab and kick and im built like a kung fu panda. I could have walked right in but in honor of your birthday, youre welcome. That is your gift. Thank you very much. Have a good night. Go watch the movie. Have fun. This is cnn tonight. Im laura coats in for don lemon. We have breaking news tonight on multiple stories. The coronavirus death toll in this country passing 160,000, and the governor of ohio who was scheduled to meet with the president today tested positive for the virus then testing negative on his second test. So two tests in one day, two different results. It tells you a lot about where we are with testing in this country, doesnt it . Theres also news tonight about just how much worse the virus could get in this country. Researchers behind the influential university of washington model are now projecting that the u. S. Death toll could reach nearly 300,000 by december 1st. But they say that if 95 of americans consistently wear masks beginning today we could save about 70,000 lives. And in face of all this the president says this today to a notably nonsocially distanced crowd. You workers we wanted to see you in town. We couldnt because of the coronavirus which were working very hard on. Were doing a job and a lot of good numbers, a lot of good things are happening including vaccines and therapeutics. A lot of good numbers . Numbers like more than 160,000 americans losing their lives . But the president has been forced to revise those numbers for months. Its looking like its heading to 50,000 or more deaths. Deaths, not cases. 50,000 deaths. So were talking about maybe 60,000 or so. Thats a lot of people, but thats 100,000 was the minimum we thought that we could get. Well be lower than that number. We would have millions of deaths instead of it looks like well be at it looks like a 60,000 mark which is 40,000 less than the lowest number thought of. Now, with all of the death weve seen and 50,000 and 60,000 people heading toward but probably over yeah, weve lost a lot of people but if you look at what original projections were, 2. 2 million were probable heading to 60,000, 70,000. I used to say 65,000, and now im saying 80,000 or 90,000, and it goes up and goes up rapidly. And here we are tonight with a death toll of more than 160,000. Think of it this way. As the New York Times reports if the United States had the same per capita death rate as say australia about 3,300 americans would have died instead of 160,000. But still the president sees nothing he would have done differently. Dont you wish you had done some things differently . I think that first of all the governors run their states so you understand that. Thats the way its setup. Thats the way its supposed to be. Weve had some great governors and weve had some governors that didnt do asre be nothing president would do differently . With this much carnage, with this much loss . I guess it is what it is. Also today a trip to ohio paid for by your tax dollars turned into a campaign event. And a chance to lob a baseless attack at joe biden. Hes going to do things that nobody ever, would ever think even possible because hes following the radical left agenda. Take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the bible, hurt god. Hes against god. Hes against guns. He thinks he thinks joe biden will hurt god. Joe biden whos a practicing roman catholic. Hes going to hurt god . The former Vice President issuing a statement tonight saying in part for President Trump to attack my faith is shameful. Its beneath the office he holds, and its beneath the dignity the American People so rightly expect and deserve from their leaders. And lets remember who gassed Peaceful Protesters so he could have a photoop scowling in front of st. Johns church. And ill remind you clergy there said the president turned holy ground into a battle ground. I i want to get to breaking news tonight because the cboe death toll in this country passing 160,000. This as the model projects it could much, much higher. I want to bring in cnn medical analyst dr. Larry brilliant whos an epidemiologist. Im glad youre here to talk about this but under these circumstances its painful to have these conversations. But nearly 300,000 americans, 300,000 americans are projected to die from the coronavirus by december according to the ihne model, and it didnt have to be this way. You said it could even be higher following labor day and maybe even with schools reopening. Laura, thank you for having me. 300,000 deaths if you think about it thats almost the population of their death. Before you talk about that i want to be clear why do you think its not being reported that way as covid related deaths in obituaries or tracking data . Well, as an example the first death we had in the kansas city metro area which is about 2. 2 million folks, Kansas City Missouri is half a million in four counties, but were part of a metro by state region. The first death was over across the state line, and that was somebody that came from a nursing home, died at the hospital and the doctor after they were dead thought, well, this didnt quite add up and tested for covid and found that after they were dead if they had died at the nursing home it wouldnt have been even recorded as covid so this could be happening at other places as well . Yeah, and were hearing that in some places in europe and other places. They have a little bit of an underestimation because people are dying at home, and theyre not being tested so we dont even know that theyre positive. But the bottom line is whether with all this testing controversy on how positive is it and how successful is it what americans need to do is just assume now that you have the disease. Assume you are a carrier of covid and your goal is to not spread it to other people. So because so many people have it without too many symptoms they then spread it to the high risk folks that end up in the hospital and die. So we wear the facial coverings even though i dont like it, but i wear it to protect other folks because thats part of what we should be as fellow americans. The other problem we have in this country is and i wrote an article in Health Security two years ago showing that 159 other countries mandate sick leave. We have people in this country that go to work because they dont want to be evicted, which wouldnt help us stop the outbreak. But theyre going to work because they dont get paid sick leave. And we need a National Paid sick leave and quarantine leave program, and we wouldnt have the problems. We would prevent a whole lot of these dects with just those two things. Everybody Wearing Masks and having paid sick leave. Dr. Archer, thank you so much for your insight and wisdom and giving us some clarity tonight. Thank you, laura, for covering this. Thank you. More breaking news tonight. President trump issuing an executive order that is now banning tiktok and also wechat from operating in the u. S. By 45 days if theyre not sold. Christen, the president issued this executive order and incredibly one of the reasons he says is because tiktok is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus. Is that right . Reporter well, that is right, laura. Of course just to be very clear he talks about the origin of coronavirus which is something President Trump has talked about on numerous occasions saying essentially that the chinese should be punished for the virus itself and shifting blame from everything that he has seen. And its also particularly raising eyebrows given what happened just this week which was that the Trump Campaign got temporarily banned or blocked on twitter after posting misinformation about coronavirus saying essentially that children were immune. It was the president who said it in a video, and they put that out there. So that itself raising eyebrows. But essentially in this ban this is the latest escalation in this back and forth between china and the u. S. The president doing this under the International Emergency economic powers act and citing National Security concerns. And we should be clear that critics of tiktok have said that it is possible that the u. S. User data which is in the millions could end up in the hands of the chinese government. Now, tiktok, of course, has pushed back on that. They have said that their user data in the u. S. Is kept in a different location, that they are protective of it. That some of their best donors and highest donors are in the u. S. , so they want to make sure that that is a sacred relationship. But of course you see President Trump here still acting on this, and as you said its not just tiktok. Its also the other chinese owned app wechat. But one thing that is not in here is something President Trump mentioned earlier this week. This effective 45day ban happens if tiktok does not sell it sells to the u. S. And doesnt actually sell from the chinese owned parent company. And President Trump said on monday if that happens he believes the u. S. Taxpayer should get a cut of that u. S. Sale. Now, that is not mentioned anywhere in this executive order. Its something were going to be watching very carefully to see if President Trump ever brings that up back up again. Of course one of the things we know is microsoft has been in talks in reports weve heard to purchase tiktok. All of this were told was put on hold when President Trump talked about banning the app on friday. Right now its still an unfolding situation. As we know President Trump puts this stuff out and then he says something completely different. Its something well be watching very closely. I know youll follow this story for us. Thank you, kristen, so much. I want you to check out this picture. Its inside a georgia high school. You see those crowds . And no, not everyones wearing a mask. And as for the 15yearold student who took the picture, well, now shes been suspended after sharing it. She joins me next. 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Hannah waters put up the image youre seeing right now on twitter. It shows kids who are jampacked in the halls of North Paulding High School and she says many were not wearing any masks. The Paulding County superintendents sent a letter to the community saying the photo is really out of context writing this. Class changes at the High School Level are a challenge when maintaining a specific schedule. It is an area we are continuing to work on in this new environment to find practicable ways to further limit students from congregating. Students are in this hallway environment for just a brief period as they move to their next class. He went onto say theres no question that the photo does not look good and that wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them. The student who took that picture, hannah waters, joins me now. Hannah, thank you for being here and thank you for taking that photograph were able to see because want to have a clear imobject of whats really happening in these schools right now. So hannah, you went to school. You saw the crowds in the halls. You saw there werent a lot of masks. You took the picture. Hannah, why did you choose or why did you want to post this image . I took the photo initially after seeing the First School Photo taken by someone else go online as well and got picked up by some media coverage. And i took it out of mostly concern and nervousness after seeing the first days of school. So what were you so concerned and nervous about . I was concerned for the safety of everyone in that building and everyone in the county because precautions that the cdc and guidelines inside the cdc has been telling us for months now werent being followed. And hannah, what is shocking to a lot of people is that here you are, youre a sophomore now, right, and youve been suspended, and why . The school told you you violated the code of conduct for using your phone and posting to social media. But you say you didnt violate the rules. Why not . I violated three of the code of conduct policies. One of them saying that i use my phone during instruction time and that i use it in the hallway during class change, but it also says that students 9 through 12 have permission to use it. The second one that they say i broke was using my phone during school hours for social media, but i posted the photo onto twitter after school during dismissal, at the end of dismissal. And the fourth one i did break it was the one about filming students and posting it on social media platforms. Do you regret doing any of this . I like to say that this is some good and necessary trouble, so i dont regret posting this because its it needed to be said. Good trouble is a good thing, they say. Cnn has also reached out to your school, by the way, hannah, but we havent heard back. But the superintendent did send out that message to families, and they say the photo is just out of context and that students are only in the hallway for a really brief amount of time. Does that line up with what youve seen . Is it really that brief of an amount of time that these kids are passing, your classmates and student body are passing like that . We have about five minutes to go through class change. Some of us go from all the way in the front of the building to the second floor to the office side of the campus. So those five minutes we spend like speed walking all the way to class. And we pass so many people in the hallway. We pass people who are seniors, we pass freshmen, we pass teachers, we pass staff, we pass everyone in that building. So have you seen a lot of cases of teens like yourself who are contracting or spreading the virus . Whats your biggest fear if you got infected . Ive seen a few of my friends or fellow classmates that have told me or said online that they are being tested or that their Family Member has tested positive, and obviously these types of things you really it takes a while to figure out if youve gotten it, so my biggest concern is not only about me being safe. Its about everyone being safe because behind every teacher, student and staff member theres a family, theres friends. And i would just want to keep everyone safe. Sounds like you know precisely what good trouble is. Hannah waters, thank you so much. Thank you for illuminating this and showing us what you were seeing because we needed to hear from you. Thank you. Thank you as well. Be safe. Thank you. I want to bring in arney duncan now, former secretary of education in the obama administration. Arney, im glad youre here. Good evening to you. How are you . Good evening, shes amazing. I dont know how to follow her. Theres nothing to add. I was trying to give you a little pause. Because who wants to follow that i know. Just remarkable. So proud of her. You heard from hannah about what shes seeing there, but when you hear that the palding county superintendent, theres no way to enforce wearing a mask in School Schools by the way enforce a lot of things. She just read the things shes accused of violating. I tweeted this morning everything about this is wrong. First of all schools have all kinds of rules and regulations, how you behave, how you act, what you can wear. To say that somehow you cant enforce this is ludicrous. To penalize her, suspend her for simply documenting very, very unsafe, unhealthy practices that clearly have not been thought through by adults in charge there theyre putting everyone at risk. As she said this isnt about her. Shes worried about her teachers, her parents, gra grandparents. So nothing about this is leading with courage, integrity, and thinking somehow you can silence young people today is beyond silly. You have to listen to mem, you have to Pay Attention to them. And when theyre right and we adults are wrong you better step up and correct it very, very quickly. Im stunned they suspended her, stunned. Out of the mouth of babes and out of the lens of a camera truth. You say the federal government is making the problem worse. How . Well, its heart breaking to me that here we are in august and were debating, you know, can we go back to school safely. We all want children to return to physical schools, but across the country many, many kids maybe the majority wont be able to do that because as a nation we havent done in march and april and may and june and july what it took to beat down the virus in our communities that would enable us to open physical schools. And just the devastating lack of leadership from the Current Administration not taking this seriously, same issue. Fighting against people wearing mask, not listening to scientists, acting like this thing will just magically disappear. Just that the tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, the millions of people sick, the tens of millions of kids who will not be able to go back to physical school this fall its just absolutely heart breaking to me. And, you know, you are worried as we are all and should be about the students, about the teachers. I mean, you talked about how the teachers theyre in a bubble. And so whatever they are exposed to in the schools theyll be taking back out into the community. Tell me about your feelings on that. Schools arent islands. And we need to keep our children safe. We need to keep our teachers safe, our bus drivers, our custodians, our principals, and children dont live in a bubble either. They go home to parents, to grandparents. And so the only way to keep our schools safe or make them safe would be a massive investment from the federal government which has not happened. I still hope it happens but its way, way late. The biggest thing to make schools safe has nothing to do with the physical schools themselves but reducing this virus, beating it down in the communities where we all live and where our children go to school. And our refusal to do that as a nation is absolutely devastating. Thank you so much for your perspective and keeping us honest about how this refusal really is impactful, and it really has a reverberation throughout the entire community and the world. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. You know, the president says hes optimistic therell be a vaccine byelection day, but thats not in line with what the experts are saying. My next guest is among the number of medical professionals worried about politicizing a vaccine of all things. And later ill make my case about the nra, as the new York Attorney general sues the group arguing they used millions of dollars for personal use. Lavish trips for themselves and their families, private jets, expensive meals. Reinventing. Its what Small Businesses do. With comcast business, your Small Business can work faster, with powerful internet from the nations largest gigspeed network. Work safer, with all your connected devices automatically protected by securityedge. And work anywhere, with comcast business at home, our new businessgrade Internet Solution for remote workers. Whatever your business needs, comcast business has the solutions to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. Call or go online to find out more. Many of you were probably shocked to learn today that the National Rifle association is considered a Charitable Organization. A charity is defined as an organization thats setup to provide help and raise money for those in need. The nra as a charity im sure whatever you think of the nra, that phrase isnt it. And new yorks attorney general Latishia James certainly isnt buying it. Shes filed a lawsuit against the nra. False reporting of annual funds of the irs and the new York Charities bureau improperly documenting expenses, improper wage and income tax reporting among other offenses, and all entirely antithetical to its stated mission. My office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety. For years of selfdealing and illegal conduct that violate new yorks Charities Law and undermine its own mission. And what exactly is that mission . According to the nras own website their mission is to protect and defend the constitution of the United States especially the right of americans to acquire, possess, and carry and enjoy the right to use arms. Now, one of those named in the lawsuit is the nras long time chief executive wayne lapeyre, this is an unconstitutional premeditated attack aimed to dismantle and destroy the nra, the fiercest defender of americas freedom at the ballot box for decades. The nra is well governed, financially solvent and committed to good governance. Were ready for the fight. Bring it on. Bring it on, huh . Well, lets bring on the mission. You say the nras mission emphasizes the difference it makes in the lives of the people it serves by ensuring that their rights are not only respected but also enforced. Well, i got to give it to you, nra, you certainly do make a difference in peoples lives. The lives of people in las vegas, in orlando, at virginia tech, sutherland springs, el paso, parkland, santa fe, dayton, virginia beach, thousand oaks, aurora, at the tree of life synagogue, at sandy hook elementary. The nra didnt pull the trigger, of course, but whenever families of victims have asked for common sense gun control laws to prevent the list ive read from growing the nra gives no quarter. Attorney general james names four defenders, but what she didnt name or perhaps couldnt name are the victims of gun violence who have begged you, nra, for your help, your advocacy, your power and your enormous influence to control if not End Gun Violence in this country. A charity is supposed to help people in need. These people and countless others were in need. A nonprofit isnt intended to profit at all let alone profit from misery. But if these allegations are true the money your Charitable Organization was supposed to raise to help people in need actually padded already full pockets for needless spending. They use millions upon millions of dollars from the nra for personal use including for lavish trips for themselves and their families, private jets, expensive meals and other private travel. Lavish vacations while coffins were lowered into the ground. But in practice, nra, your mission really is quite specific. Ensuring that the Second Amendment rights are protected, well, what about Philando Castille . Hes the man in the car who told a Minnesota Police officer that he was a lawfully carrying gun owner before he was gunned down in front of a child. Nra, i dont recall you saying anything at all to advocate for him or ensure his rights were, what did you say your mission ah, yes, ensure that his rights not only be respected but enforced. You called his death a terrible tragedy, but not until a year later. And only after the officer who shot and killed mr. Castille was found not guilty of manslaughter. It was difficult to reconcile your Mission Statement with reality before these allegations. Today these allegations if proven might make that impossible. Might make that impossible. Well, i guess now im the one being charitable. Up next the president says a vaccine could come byelection day without providing any evidence. And now Health Experts are speaking up. Well tell you what theyre warning. The president contradicting his own experts saying hes optimistic that we could see a Coronavirus Vaccine by november 3rd, which, yes, just happens to be election day. Are you optimistic that that will happen, and will that give you a boost to the election . Of the vaccine, i am. Im optimistic itll be probably around that date. I believe well have the vaccine before the end of the year certainly but around that date, yes, i think so. Joining me now to discuss john moore, a professor at microbiology and immunology at cornell college. Good evening. Well, you know, the president is tying the production of a vaccine to the election. Is that a mistake . I mean, does it undermine confidence that when a vaccine is produced that, of course, itll be safe and effective . Yeah, there are real concerns. We all want a vaccine as soon as possible. We all have family and friends. We all want to get our lives back to normal, but a vaccine that hasnt gone through appropriate safety testing and if its not widely tested its not going to be widely used. And if its not widely used its not going to be effective containing the pandemic. Its a complicated situation but the basis of confidence in vaccine safety, the approval process has been tried and trusted over the years by the fda. And the American Public or most of the American Public has come to trust that process. If we short circuit it the political advantage for nonscientific reasons then we really could be in a situation where the vaccine is just not widely used. In a survey a week ago from politico that showed that over 60 of American Voters believe that a vaccine should be fully tell used even if that delays its rollout, thats really weighing on many of us in the scientific and Public Health communities. You know, i think youre so right to point out the idea of not short circuiting even though we definitely need to have the vaccine. We need to have the confidence. It needs to be widely used. That is actually the goal here as well. Thank you, professor, for your time. I appreciate it so much and hearing your insight tonight. Next, is racism just one part of injustice in america toward black people . Well, thats what a pulitzer prizewinning author is arguing. Well hear from her after this. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. Introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Now temperature balancing, so you can sleep better together. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. Can it help with snoring . Ive never heard snoring. Exactly. No problem. And done. Will it help me keep up with mom . Youve got this. 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Hello and welcome to you, our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom and im kim brunhuber. Warnings ignored, dangers overlooked and devastating consequences. Whos to blame for tuesdays devastating explosion. Plus President Trump takes action against tiktok and wechat and what it means for users. The u. S. Government lifts its global coronavirus do not travel advisory. Americans who want to go abroad shouldn