Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the situation room. A potentially devastating onetwo punch for millions of people in the covidhotspot state of florida. Greatly complicating the Public Health emergency. Floridas emergency resources already stretched. Now forced to handle a major storm during the pandemic, theres more breaking news were following, the coronavirus spreads again on capitol hill. Another u. S. Congressman tests positive for covid19. Thats after he sat near a fellow lawmaker who also has the virus and makes it known that he refuses to wear a mask. Tomorrows doubleheader between the cardinals and the brewers will not be played. Thats after more st. Louis players tested positive for the virus. The same two teams scheduled for today was called off. If covid infections continue to pop up, he may actually shut down the whole season all together. Now its a major emergency thats unfolding on top of another major emergency. A giant and unpredictable storm churning toward south florida right now. It was a hurricane, it will be a hurricane in the coming hours p. Chad meyers is watching all of it at the cnn Severe Weather center. The storm is beginning to announce itsself, what can people in florida right now expect in the coming hours. I recommend waking up early in the morning and seeing what this conviction that weve just started to get three hours ago is going to do to this storm. Now its back in very warm water. This storm tried to kill itself all day long. Sheer. Now all of a sudden its back into the gulfstream, back into the warm water that comes oust of the gulf of mexico. Its hard to see because its so far away from miami. It looks like this storm is trying to move off shore. Further away from land and redevelop and then move up the east coast, that would be helpful, that could make a miss of florida. If you look at the cone, more than 50 of the cone is offshore. Less than 50 on shore, because its right along the coast. Along the coast is where that damage would occur. The beach erosion all of those winds and waves. By the time we get here, the error is so big, its 300 miles one way or the other. Somewhere between west palm to the north. The european and american models always battle it out. The models are more on shore than offshore. The Hurricane Center will update everything at 11 00. The Hurricane Hunter aircraft in there right now, trying to figure out if this storm is redeveloping, falling apart and whether the models we have here that ran a few hours ago are going to be correct or not. Were going to see some Power Outages all the way up the east coast. 50, 60 Miles Per Hour with those big trees that have been hilt by a lot of rainfall, were going to see those Power Outages the rest of the weekend into the rest of next week. Just what florida doesnt need. A hurricane. Lets go to randy right now, what about shelters, if people need them. I see its already getting pretty windy where you are. How is this being handled when people should not be in groups because of the coronavirus, for example. Exactly. Here in palm beach county, one of the mayors, the mayor of West Palm Beach was telling people, dont have a hurricane party. People like to gather and watch the winds, we dont need any large gatherings out here. Let me show you what the situation is here. You can see the waves are still raging out there in the ocean, were expecting a 2 to 4 foot surge there, and thats on top of the regular tide. We have a high tide coming monday. Weve been experiencing out here, 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts. We are told to expect 80 miles an hour or more. Its easy to see why, that theyre talking about widespread Power Outages which chad just mentioned. Florida power and light said they have 10,000 people gathered. They have people from texas, new york and elsewhere. Theyre gathered in daytona. They have it as a staging ground so they can get to work right away. Right now we know there are 2,000 Power Outages in this area already. Theyre already starting to work on those. We know the shelters are in play, here in palm beach county, they opened up five shelters where you can bring your dog, cat, bird, whatever you might have at home, those have 140 people in them at last check. And contact a few moments ago with the mayor of palm beach county. You have the state which is looking to open up some hotel rooms, to avoid the shelters for people who are symptomatic, you have the intersection of covid and this hurricane coming together. Then you have the division of Emergency Management saying, if youre going to open these shelters, we have to keep it limited to 50 people if you can. Try to social distance, theyre providing masks and shelter kits and sanitizers, so its just an interesting issue here trying to manage two emergencies, one on top of the other here. Just what people of florida dont need. Im joininged now by the mayor of miami. Miami currently under a Tropical Storm warning. What does this situation look like for your city right now. I know youre getting contact up dates. We are outside of the cone of probability for the winds. Which is good news for us. We have our Emergency Operations center open this morning. We prepare for the worst. Hurricanes are unpredictable in terms of intensity and their direction. So far the day has been fairly calm. We hope it remains that way overnight and we dont have to deal with anything more intense. Were hoping and prying for the rest of florida. Its almost certainly going to be a hurricane again. Restaurants in miami, restaurants in outdoor dining, are they still scheduled to be open tomorrow . They are scheduled to be open tomorrow. We are going to be monitoring the storm overnight. So far, weve been fortunate not to get a direct hit or not to be within the cone of probability. Obviously, these storms have a tendency to intensify quickly. And to change direction. Well be monitoring overnight. And make a decision, right now, it looks like they are going to be open. With higher numbers of people hospitalized than normal in miami, has that changed your storm preparations, particularly regarding Power Outages . You know, our preparation has been obviously the potential the 20 shelters that are going to be open by Miamidade County did not have to be open. With hand sanitizers and mass,s. The other thing was an Emergency Operations center, choiring people to be close to each other. Its very different in a situation like this. Its presented a variety of different challenges were not used to. You explained the pandemic protocols are being used for the storm are unique. Storm shelters are not open in miamidade right now, despite these measures. Are you bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases following the storm, given that people are going to be congregating closer and closer to each other . Its very possible we shut down our testing sites, theyll be shut down until probably monday at the earliest. That could also create a surge in testing, and a surge in cases, weve been fortunate the last two days our new cases have diminished a little bit. We had a day under 15, which we havent had in a long time. Which are below our 14 day average of 18 , thats all positive. But yes, its possible that once we resume testing, we may have another surge again. Yeah, what worries me a lot is that Hurricane Season is going to continue until november, right now, this may not be the end of this problem, the last thing i say that florida needs right now is a hurricane. Good luck to you, good luck to everyone in miami. Thank you so much. 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And the cdc is projecting well see another 20,000 covid related deaths in the United States over the next three weeks alone. Doctor, what is it like to see these numbers continue to spike and spike . Wolf, its very frustrating as an epidemiologist to see these case numbers continuing to rise without a National Strategy, without adequate testing. Without contact tracing. As we need it, all of the things weve been talking about for months and months. And these numbers are going to continue to go up, until we do have these things in place. Theres no mystery about viral transmission here at this point. We know how its spread, we know how to get ahead of it. We see many other countries not being able to do it. Weve not been able to come together and come up with a strategy that works here in the United States and get around it. So many other countries have succeeded in their National Strategy, theres no National Strategy here, the states and counties, cities, theyre doing stuff. They need a National Strategy, right . They need a National Strategy, the bottom line is, we are a United States of america. We have open boarders, people move from place to place, and the virus is going to continue to hopscotch as we see states doing Different Things at different times. We see that everyone is at risk, theres no way out of this pandemic, except through it. And the way to get through it is to use the tools that we have in hand right now. The things that dr. Fauci just talked about recently. Masks, hygiene, hand hygiene, social distancing, avoiding bars, other crowded areas. This is not rocket science. This is basic Public Health. The whole issue were seeing here is this need for instant gratification. Pushing to be moving to opening everything up. We cant. We would love to, but we cant. I assume you saw that cdc report that came out this week on a georgia sleepaway camp shows that children are efficient spreaders of the virus. Schools across the United States are grappling with how to reopen. Weve had several studies come to light in this last week and a half or so that have made it clear that children are not out scott free here, weve had this study you discussed about the summer camps, weve seen clear spread in all age groups. Weve seen a study come out of chicago that has shown that we have a significant amount of virus in the nose, in the na nasopharanyx. I think the data is pretty clear, im a big fan of letting the data speak and following the science. Following the science, kids are definitely at risk, they can participate in spreading the virus. And that has major implications for whats going to happen with schools here in the United States. Thank you so much for joining us. Well stay in close touch with you of course. Were only 94 days away from the u. S. President ial election. 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Now, woman, were learning that the Republican National convention, the parts that will be taking place in person in charlotte, North Carolina, it will be closed to the press, no press will be allowed on the site when the delegates vote to formally nominate President Trump as the 2020 republican president ial nominee. However, those activities, happening at the convention on that monday which includes the vote by the delegates to nominate the president add the republican nominee, that part will be live streamed. No press allowed on site, but we will have video of this happening, it would have been extremely unusual not to see that, that is what the Republican National conventions initial statements indicated. I was able to get clarification from a republican official familiar with the plan who said, the activities on monday, including that crucial vote will be live streamed. The Convention Spokesperson gave me this statement. This person said, given the Health Restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, were planning for charlotte activities to be closed to press. Friday august 21st, monday august 24th. We are happy to let you know if this changes. Were working within the parameters set by the state. They are putting this on the democratic of North Carolina, saying its his limitation in terms of social distancing, that is the reason why they are not allowing press to cover this on site. This convention has changed from one day to the next. So i think its possible that we could see more changes coming. This is an unprecedented year, where you are seeing democrats and republicans addressing the conventions and the business of campaigning in a different way. This is at least for now, how republicans plan to handle their convention. And the crucial date where the president will be formally nominated as the republican nominee for 2020. As someone who has covered president ial conventions for a long time. That is not acceptable that journalists are not going to be allowed to cover a president ial convention and be there. That is going to be fought, im sure. We shall see what happens. Thank you very much. On this saturday, were 94 days out from the president ial election. President trump is refusing to back off this weeks dangling of the idea that the president ial election could actually be delayed. Something he doesnt have the power to order, its simply up to congress to do so. Something thats never happened in american history. I dont want to delay. I want to have the election. But i also dont want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything. Thats whats going to happen. Do i want to see a date change . No, but i dont want to see a crooked election. Lets discuss with douglas brinkley. A terrific piece in the new yorker out this week. To both of you, thanks for joining us. Susan, let me get your reaction to this news from the Republican National convention, given the Health Restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, were planning for the charlotte activities to be closed press, no press allowed at a Republican Conventional election. Have you ever heard of anything like that . No, i think your reaction is just right, its breathtaking, its certainly something the press will protest greatly. The lack of transparency on a significant event. It really seems that republicans are afraid to have journalists interview the delegates to their own convention. Its something that really its exploding a norm in american politics. You know, already, the president s judgment i think is cast into question by the handling of this convention insisting that it be moved away, in violation of Public Health standards, and now trying to blame it sounds like trying to blame the democratic governor or journalists themselves for wanting to cover an event of national significance. I dont think thats an excuse that anyones going to accept. I suspect this is going to change. This is unheard of, its unprecedented. Whoever made this decision at the Republican National committee to bar the news media from covering a president ial convention, i dont know who made that decision, but its not acceptable. Have you ever seen anything like this in the United States of america . Absolutely not. In recent years, since 1952 we started covering conventions on television. Thats part of the drama. To watch and listen the delegates. The fact that theyre going to boot journalists out of charlotte, turning charlotte into beijing or moscow is a sad statement of where the Republican Party is today. If they think theyre going to put the onus of this on the North Carolina governor, theyre wrong. This reminds me of when Ronald Reagan banned the press in grenada. The press banning things never work out very well in history. Donald trump is not really a normal american figure. He thinks hes running the revolution, hes authoritarian, hes already told us this week, not to trust our democracy, that were all rigged, our whole system is rotten. Were in a serious crisis right now, where the Republican Party is trying to strong arm the rest of the country by staying in power no matter what, by crook or by thief or by darkness of the night or banning the press. They will do anything not to relinquish power. I hope republican senators speak up quickly and say, this is unacceptable. Yeah, and you wrote about this, susan, tells why youre so deeply concerned right now when the president throws out the idea of maybe its going to be necessary to delay or postpone the election. Well, look, doug pointed it out, you know, our system of elections goes back to the 19th century in terms of the time, place and manner. An act of congress would be required to change this. You know, donald trump making war on the very idea of the november president ial election is something that no president has done. This is a tradition that has survived the civil war, world wars, Great Division in our society. And it really it really was striking to me that you even had a cofounder of the Federalist Society say, this was a fascist statement, this is someone who imposed impeachment, who opposed the investigation and said, the president attacking the foundation and legitimacy of american elections. And to me, i know theres a debate. Should we just take the bait, is he trolling us . Forget about it, because its just another hyperbolic pointless statement from trump. I feel like this is an example of were the frog being boiled. Were having a conversation that should be unthinkable in our dem crassdy. Where is the president saying, heres the plan for how were going to make sure the election can come off safely in the middle of the pandemic, where is the leadership rather than attacking the legitimacy of the election that the president fears 450ez going to be losing. The same thing is happening now with the convention. What is he afraid of . Journalists would interview republicans at a Republican Convention . I mean, this really suggests that the president would rather make war on our democratic traditions, because hes afraid of what the outcome would be in a legitimate and normal process. Its yet another line thats been crossed. And i know were all exhausted and its hard to figure out, which thing should i be worked up about . I think this is one of those things thats legitimate to be worked up good at this point. You are worked up about a possible delay of a president ial election, and noubaring journalists from covering a Republican National convention. One thats supposed to take place in charlotte, North Carolina. Give us historic perspective. Its never happened before, that they postponed or delayed a president ial election, even during world war ii. Even during the great depression, right . Exactly. I mean, as susan just said, in our correct way, Abraham Lincoln said, were going on with the election. He thought he was likely going to lose, George Mcclellan was running against him, and he allowed the soldiers to vote in the field, thinking many would vote antilincoln. Fdr in 1944, in the middle of world war ii, we are in a president ial election, during the pandemic, weve been talking so much about 1918 we ran our midterm election, in 1968 we had a pandemic, we ran it, we do elections every four years, our country is about free and fair elections, and donald trump is acting like Lyndon Larouche right now or some kind of strange antiamerican figure filled with a crank with blown up with conspiracy theories when he talks about postponing the election, and now banning journalists from covering the gop convention. Yeah, its really unthinkable to think about both of those developments, i suspect its going to change. Journalists will be covering, i predict, the Republican National convention. Whoever made this ridiculous idea is going to have to back out of it very soon. This is the United States of america, where we have a free press, and reporters are allowed. The news media is allowed to cover a president ial election. Well see what happens in the coming hours if not days. Susan glasser, douglas brinkley, thank you. President trump is falling behind joe biden in almost all of the polls right now, hes losing a lot of ground or tied in states usually firmly in the republican corner. Our polling guru is standing by, he has new numbers, well assess. Le surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Uyouve been avoiding. Like people. And pants. Ings but dont avoid taking care of your eyes, because were here to safely serve you with new procedures that exceed cdc guidelines and value your time. Visionworks. See the difference. Election day 2020 here in the United States. Just 94 days away, poll after poll suggests an uphill battle for a trump reelection victory. Joining us now, cnns harry enton. Youve been looking at a recent poll from georgia, whats going on there . Its not the states you think of as Spring States that tell the story. A recent Monmouth University poll that came out this week shows a tie, 4747 in the state of georgia, i looked at a lot of polls from the state, it looks a lot like this one. Why is that such a big deal, take a look at the president ial voting history in the state of georgia, what do we see . This is a state that hasnt gone democratic since 1992. Donald trump won the state easily last time. The fact that he is in trouble in a state like georgia tells you hes in trouble nationally and hes trailing nationally. What is the larger picture of this president ial contest . I think this is rather important, right . I basically looked at all the polls and assigned basically the polling average leader say that theyre going to win those states in electoral votes. What we see is that overwhelmingly joe biden is the favorite. 353 electoral votes to Donald Trumps 185. States like texas are competitive, states like georgia. States that havent gone democratic in so many years. This is just right now, right . Things can change over the next 94 days, trump at this point probably has before a one in five chance of wenting. But there is historical precedent for someone like donald trump to get reelected. You have to go back to 1948, late july of that year, thomas dewey was up by 12 points by harry truman. Truman went on to win that election by 5. Its early still, trumps in trouble but things couldnt back shift. The democrats should not take anything for granted right now, good point. Thank you very much for that analysis. 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We have been reporting for years now on the mass round up and incarceration of hundreds of thousands of members of ethnic minorities in chinas shinjong region. The group described as the weegers. This has been described by some as modern day concentration camps. Whats most chilling is hearing the testimonies of women who have survives these camps and hearing about their treatment. Living in exile thousands of miles from their homeland. They protest near the chinese consulate in the city of istanbul. A demonstration filmed a month before the coronavirus pandemic. Among the speakers, this woman who talks about a war against weeger women in the region. This was her before her ordeal. Shes from kazakhstan who was on a business strip when on may 22nd, 2017 Chinese Police came to her hotel and later dragged her to a crowded cell. She says guards shaved her head, put chains around her ankle and periodically took her away for interrogation. Where they tortured her to sign a confession. In one of the sessions she said she was sexually assaulted. She says guards forced the inmates to take daily drugs and get weekly injections. Her menstrual cycle and those of her fellow inmates completely stopped. An account that matches the testimonies of other camp survivors that cnn has interviewed. Its nearly impossible to confirm testimonies like these. This rare leaked footage shows lines of men, heads shaved, blind folded with their hands tied. Cnn cannot verify this footage. In october, the transportation of inmates is part of normal judicial activities. Beijing created Vocational Training centers aimed at eradicating extremism through reeducation. The Chinese Government denies subjecting detainees to any abuse. Official Health Statistics published annually revealed damning new evidence. He found over a decade when sterilization operations dropped substantially on a national scale. The procedures performed on women surged. The same goes for placements of iud devices in women. Maybe we should call it demographic genocide, it specifically fulfills one of the five criteria of the United Nations convention for the prevention of genocide which is the suppression of births. A chinese weeger who says she was forcibly sterilized by the government. In october 2018 she was summoned to a Government Office and fined 18,000 wan for having one child too many. A doctor later told her the sterilization was permanent. Chinas ambassador to the u. S. Denies allegations of forced population control. I dont know how absurd these fabrications can go. That means you deny it . Of course. The Chinese Government has not responded to requests for comment from cnn. Her 15month nightmare ended when police suddenly set her free and left her with this letter saying she was detained for suspicion of terrorist activities. In the video made months after her release, she said shes still suffering from skin rashes and sores. She shows me the handwritten list of the names of 60 other girls she met in detention. She traumatized by the screams of these women she left behind. Wolf. On any day, if you saw government statistics showing a surge in sterilization operations on women in one region on iud placement and a drop in reproduction, that would be certainly cause for concern. The fact that this is happening at the same time as the internment of hundreds of thousands of people on an almost industrial scale. Thats pretty disturbing. We have tried to report on the groin in shinjong. We were followed and harassed by secret police everywhere he went and stopped at checkpoints. Its very hard to get independent information from inside shinjong everyone part of why weve learned about this, as part of the roundups, china detained citizens of other countries like kazakhstan, and then when they were originally released thats how were learning about whats going on in a region with an oppressive system of surveillance and censorship. Ivan watson excellent reporting, thank you very much for that report. Appreciate it. Before we go, i want to take a moment to remember some of the people weve lost to this pandemic. Jose perez was a 16year veteran of the l. A. Firefighter veteran. He passed away last saturday from the coronavirus, at the age of 44. The first l. A. Firefighter reported to have died by covid19. Another front line worker, dr. Joseph costa died last saturday. He was the chief of Critical Care at baltimores Mercy Medical center, he was heroically treating the hospitals sick et coronavirus patience throughout the pandemic. He was 56 years old. In detroit a community lost a beloved pastor and ed kiter known as mr. Ed to his students. Served as a middle school and High School Principle for over a decade. He succumbed to the virus at the age of 59. Each one of these people will be missed and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends during this very difficult time. May they rest in peace and may their memories be a blessing. Thanks very much for watching, ill be back tomorrow night, 7 00 p. M. Eastern for another special edition of the situation room. United shades of america with w. Kamau bell is up next. Narrator here are aarp top tips on caregiver preparedness during coronavirus. Form a team that can help with caregiving tasks. Take an inventory of essential supplies in your loved ones home. Make a list of the care recipients medications. Schedule regular calls to fight isolation. Finally, take care of yourself too. Follow the centers for disease controls guidelines for coronavirus safety. 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