Confirmed u. S. Cases. This as cnn learned the Trump Administration pressured the cdc from the top down into recommending that fewer people get tested for the virus. Hard to believe. Were tracking hurricane laura now as well, an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. Laura is projected to make landfall near the texas louisiana border and within hours well have a brand new forecast for you coming up first. Lets go to cnns sara sidner with all the late breaking developments from kenosha, wisconsin. Update our viewers. What can you tell us . Reporter wolf, the unrest here in kenosha turning even more violent, even deadly overnight. We have seen a man with a long gun, a white man walking down the street shooting at protesters. Two people are now dead. One person is injured. Desperate cries for a medic and rapid fire gunshots heard in new video obtained by cnn. Witnesses say this man with the long gun shot directly at protesters in kenosha, wisconsin tuesday. Two people have been killed and one injured in two separate shootings. Last night, unfortunately, the 26yearold silver lake resident and the 36yearold kenosha resident lost their lives to this senseless violence. Reporter police in nearby antioch, illinois say theyve arrested a 17yearold suspect in the shooting, his name kyle rittenhouse. Police have not confirmed whether it is the same person seen in the videos, the guy with the gun strapped to his chest seen walking past multiple Police Vehicles with his hands up but he is not app reended at the time. Situations that are high stress you have such an incredible tunnel vision. I am not making an excuse just telling you from personal experience what could have done that. This witness talked to the man with the long gun. Describe to me what you saw this man with the gun. Just a terrified young man with a very large gun. The gun looked big for me to carry and i am not a small person. He looked young and his eyes were like dinner plates. You could tell he was terrified. Reporter he adds the young man was one of many armed civilians out during the protests that night. There is no respective, collective uniform at all. Just individuals holding guns and clear they were there to protect businesses. Reporter a county supervisor says there is an unwelcomed armed militia from outside kenosha at the protests overnight. There was apparently a citizens brigade that decided they wanted to rally up the american patriots if you want to call them and come armed to kenosha to protect our city. We didnt ask them to come here. Reporter facebook is now investigating a Group Promoting an event last night in kenosha called armed citizens to protect our lives and property. The sheriff today denounced social media posts promoting violence at the protest. Come, wear your black outfits. Wear black masks. Bring your backpacks filled with molotov cocktails. Reporter there is no indication the group has ties to the shooting. For three nights protesters have taken to the streets outside kenoshas courthouse in the name of jacob blake. A 29yearold father of six, who was shot in the back by police on sunday. We know he was shot at least seven times. It may have been eight. He is likely to have at least partial if not complete paralysis. Reporter in light of the protests the highly anticipated nba playoff games have been postponed. Milwaukee bucks leading the way on refusing to play. Video shows blake returning to his vehicle where three of his sons were waiting when police began shooting at him. His family attorney now says blake did not have a weapon. Addressing the destructive protests, blakes mother said it doesnt reflect my son. Or my family. Reporter now we also heard from the sheriff imploring people not to be violent if they are going to protest, protest peacefully. There is another curfew tonight. The sheriff also saying Something Interesting that he had someone call him asking for him to depp unideputize citizen who have weapons. He responded hell no. He doesnt want to see what happened last night happening again. We also heard from him. He talked about vigilanteism in the street and trying to stop that as well. As you said there is a 7 00 p. M. Curfew in kenosha tonight. Hopefully itll be quiet. Sara sidner on the scene for us. Be careful over there and thank you very much. Lets bring in our cnn sports analyst for more on the nba boycott. It is truly extraordinary. An extraordinary moment in history for the nba, the sports world at large. What more are you learning about how all of this unfolded . Over the last couple days there were a lot of conversations among players, different teams, not just milwaukee, although the Milwaukee Bucks make the most sense of course because they are so close to kenosha just 40 miles away with the Hometown Team basically for wisconsin and kenosha and there were a lot of conversations, players speaking out. We heard bits of it saying we are in a bubble down here and that is going on back at home. I think what happened was it reached Critical Mass with the bucks and their playoff game and the nba leadership understood this immediately. There was no hesitation. They saw the situation. The nba has always been really leading the way of all of our major pro sports leagues in terms of social justice and cultural issues and bringing up the very important points especially back in their communities and in the wake of these unarmed black men continuing to be shot, by the police, it is just the point where they made the decision and the nba leadership accepted that and supported that decision and that is why youre seeing this united front today with the entire slate of playoff games postponed. No one is forfeiting. Its all the nba together and that came together within a couple hour time period showing the great leadership of the nba understanding the magnitude of the situation. Yeah, and the nba put out a formal statement. Stand by. I want to bring in the great Charles Barkley who is joining us right now. Thank you so much for joining us, charles. Youve been covering all of these nba playoff games. How remarkable a moment is this in American History . What do you make of it and what happened today . Well, im not sure yet, wolf, because i dont know what their game plan is. You know, this is all started by the Milwaukee Bucks. They deserve a lot of credit. The Orlando Magic was on the Court Warming up. They didnt even give the magic a heads up. That was surprising. I wish they had told the magic in advance. Then it put pressure on the other guys. They couldnt play once the bucks decided not to play today. My question is what is the next game plan . They canceled the games for today. I think that puts tremendous pressure on the players not to play tomorrow also. So are they boycotting today and tomorrow . Are they not going to play again . I would like to talk to the players personally and see what the game plan is. Have you ever seen anything like this . Forget the sports world. Lets just specifically focus on the area that you know best, the nba. No, ive never seen anything like this. Like i say, you got to give the Milwaukee Bucks a lot of credit. This happened in their home state. They felt the most pressure. I know other teams have been talking about it but it took the bucks to lead the forefront. Giannis and coach budenholzer, it took great courage. I wish theyd have given the magic a heads up because they were on the Court Getting ready for the game. It was supposed to tip off at 4 00. Then when the bucks didnt show up they informed the magic they were boycotting. Once they boycotted the other teams had no choice but to boycott tonight. I want to know what their next game plan is because its going to put pressure on those teams who were going to play tomorrow, also. I think the players need to get together with the nba and try to figure out what to do next. This is a major development. Let me read the statement, charles and get your reaction. This is a formal statement the nba put out. The nba and the National BasketballPlayers Association today announced in light of the Milwaukee Bucks decision to not take the floor today for game five against the Orlando Magic, todays three games, bucks versus magic, Houston Rockets versus Oklahoma City thunder, and Los Angeles Lakers versus portland trailblazers, have been postponed. Game five of each series will be rescheduled. We have no idea when theyll be rescheduled. There are a lot of questions as you correctly point out that need to be answered. Well, listen. This is a fluid situation. Im thinking it puts tremendous pressure on the team that was supposed to play tomorrow to stand in unison with these guys who canceled the games, boycotted the games to date. But i think we need to get together with the nba and come up with a game plan, because they said rescheduled. Im not sure what that means because we got games every day right now. So are these guys i want to know what the players are going to do next. That would be my first question. I think it is courageous what the Milwaukee Bucks did today. I think the other players had no choice but to stand with those guys. But i just want to know what the game plan is for the games tomorrow and going forward. The nba players are obviously very angry over what happened to this 29yearold young man in kenosha, wisconsin, jacob blake. I dont know if you saw the tweet lebron james posted a little while ago. Ill put it up on the screen. We blacked out the first word. It starts with f but he said we demand change. Sick of it. Is that what youre hearing . You are one of our best analysts on tnt, our sister network. You do all these nba games. Is that what youre hearing from the players in the aftermath of these kinds of shootings . Well, wolf, the bottom line is it is exhausting being black especially when you are a celebrity. You know, i love tom brady but nobody asks him about what is going on in White America. Nobody asks luka doncic what is going on in america. White players are, you know, theyve been amazing but they dont deal with the pressure these young black guys are going through every day. If you look at the last, just in the last couple months going back to ahmaud arbery, mr. Floyd, the young lady screaming at the black guy in new york, now youve got mr. Blake who just got shot, it is something all the time. I admire these guys for standing up, but, wolf, it is exhausting being black because there is a double standard when you are black because i have to comment on everything that happens in the black community, and it just gives the same thing with lebron who is our most prominent player but, man, you get tired of something all the time. You certainly do. I dont know if you saw the clip. Ill play it for you, charles. Doc rivers the coach of the Los Angeles Clippers got very emotional when he spoke about what happened in kenosha, wisconsin. Listen to this. All you hear is donald trump and all of them talking about fear. Were the ones getting killed. Were the ones getting shot. Were the ones that were denied to live in certain communities. Weve been hung, weve been shot, and all you do is keep hearing about fear. Its amazing to me. Why we keep loving this country and this country does not love us back. What is your reaction, charles, when you hear doc speak like that . Well, you know, wolf, when you saw it last night, it was powerful. And i dont think a lot of people know. Doc rivers dad was a cop. So he knows about all this stuff first hand. Hes got to be torn. If my father was a cop and all this stuff was going on, youve got to be torn. But, man, i think the point he was trying to make, what i was saying earlier, is always something going on that we have to talk about. We just cant play basketball and live normal lives. There is something always racially happening. When you are a celebrity you have to speak on it. It is a double standard. Thats just how it is. But it does get to be exhausting all the time and you see the same thing keep happening over and over. There is a player as you well know from the Milwaukee Bucks, sterling brown, there was an incident he was involved in. He just wanted to go into a convenience store, parked in a handicap spot for a few seconds to run in and out and you know what happened to him. A lot of these players may all be millionaires. They may be well known on the basketball court. But when theyre just hanging around, potentially they face some serious problems. You know, ive always said i thought tv had a huge and negative effect on the black community and hispanic community. We are so segregated in this country the way we live, so Police Interaction and most white people are not around black people or hispanics. The only black people they see are criminals on television and tv shows. The only hispanics they see are criminals on tv shows and in movies. You know, you think about the muslim people who are amazing. The only muslim we see on television are terrorists. So White America has this misguided perception of what black people are like, what hispanic people are like, and what muslim people are like. Listen, whether you are a good cop or a bad cop, and there are a lot more good cops than bad cops, i think there is a psychological factor that makes you the way you look at a certain ethnic group especially if you are never around them. An important point indeed. That is why all of us should be hanging out with each other getting to know each other. Unfortunately it doesnt happen enough. Lets talk a little bit about what is happening in kenosha, wisconsin. I know youve been following it closely, charles. You see this 29yearold man going into his car. Three little sons, three little boys are in there. He goes in and then he is shot in the back seven times by this Police Officer. There is anger as a result of that. We dont know all the circumstances. There is an investigation. The Wisconsin Department of justice is now investigating all of this. Federal authorities, the fbi. Theyve launched an investigation as well. But weve seen some violence, Serious Violence in kenosha, burning and looting going on. Last night we saw two individuals who were protesting shot and killed by someone whos now been charged, a 17yearold guy who came in. When you see this, charles, what is your reaction . Listen, i think peaceful protests are important and significant. Im never going to be against looting and rioting and things like that. But the thing that bothers me about the blake incident, i am not going to cast aspersions on anybody involved because i dont know everything. I know there was a fight prior to him walking to his car. But theres got to be a better way to deescalate that situation than shooting him seven times in the back. This thing could have really been awful, because you see he had three young kids in the car. When youre shooting in the car you dont have any idea whether a bullet is going to ricochet or whatever. But listen. Three cops, one guy. Theres got to be a better way than him getting shot in the back seven times. Hes going through multiple surgeries. Doctors say hell be paralyzed as a result of all of this. Fortunately it looks like he is going to live and were grateful for that. You are absolutely right. These Police Officers if they want to arrest them, handcuff them, bring them down, they dont have to shoot them in the back seven times as he is trying to get into his car. There are other ways of dealing with the situation. It is under investigation. And presumably well know more. The police are not saying much about this at all. Where do you see this unfolding in the days ahead, charles . Wolf, i wish i could give you an answer. I told you earlier i want to know from the players what their agenda is. Like i say, once the Milwaukee Bucks didnt show up today those other teams had no choice. They could not play tonight or they would have got a lot of grief. Tomorrow, those teams will feel the same amount of pressure. I think the next 24 hours is going to be monumental between the nba and the players. I dont know what the players are going to do tomorrow. I think theyre going to feel tremendous pressure not to play tomorrow. That is my optimistic guess. But after that, i have no idea what is going to happen. Your guess is as good as mine. I just dont know. Ill just read to you the statement of the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. Some things are bigger than basketball. The stand taken today by the players and organization shows that were fed up. Enough is enough. Change needs to happen. I am incredibly proud of our guys and we stand 100 behind our players ready to assist and bring about real change. One of the owners of the Milwaukee Bucks. We are getting strong statements from other owners, most of the players, and certainly the commissioner adam silver. They all deserve a lot of credit for what is going on. I know you got to run. As usual thanks so much for joining us and thanks for everything you are doing. Thank you, wolf. Try to have a good night. All right. Well try. It is going to be difficult but well try. Just ahead the attorneys for jacob blake are standing by. We have lots to discuss. Well be right back. But come ye back when su mom, dad. Whys jamie here . Its sunday. Sunday sing along. And he helped us get a home and auto bundle. Hes been our insurance guy for five years now. He makes us feel like were worth protecting. [ gasps ] why didnt you tell us about these savings, flo . Ive literally told you a thousand times. Oh, danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling im just gonna. From glen to glen were following lots of breaking news here in the situation room today including kenosha, wisconsin, where unrest has roild the city following the shooting of an unarmed black man jacob blake by police. Lets continue the discussion with two attorneys representing jacob blake and his family, Patrick Salvi jr. Joining us and thank you very much for joining us. Lamar, let me ask you first, how is patrick doing . Patrick is im sorry jacob is doing a lot better. He still has several surgeries that he is having. His care is still critical. I know pete has more information as to his condition. How is jacob doing . Well, he did have a very long surgery yesterday. During the press conference we told everyone, that was at 3 00 p. M. Central, that he was in surgery and that surgery went past midnight. So he is continuing to recover from that surgery, but he has now been able to see his father as we call him big jacob. Jacob blake sr. So that was wonderful for both of them. But he remains in very serious condition. He is potentially never going to walk again. This is just a devastating injury for the young man. What about the family, the mom, the dad, the kids, the three little boys in the car when their dad was shot . You know, it is very disturbing and hard. There is a lot of emotion just dealing with jacobs condition. Even more so when you think about those three little boys who actually had to witness their father get shot. You know, seven or eight times. It is tremendous pain. It is unnerving. There is a lot of there are a lot of different beliefs and it is very difficult to deal with these situations. The family is relying in large part on their faith and carrying them through this type of situation i know they are a religious situation. Patrick, you say jacob blake, 29 years old, didnt have a weapon in his car. When i last spoke with your colleague ben crump he told me several witnesses had reached out to him. Have you been able to confirm with more details involving the timeline how all of this escalated . Weve all seen the very disturbing video of course. Right. Well, unfortunately jacob has been anesthetized so much of the time because he had to undergo several surgeries. He is also heavily medicated due to severe pain from the injuries as well as nerve pain emanating from the spinal cord injury. So we havent been able to fully speak with him to get his entire version of the story. When you look at the video and have a basic understanding of the facts, jacob had three of his most prized possessions in that car. His three boys. 8, 5, and 3 years old. So the suggestion that he was going to his car in order to start some sort of a fight with Police Officers, with their guns drawn, is basically absurd. And so that is at least one reason why point blank firing at least seven if not eight shots into his back is just absolutely outrageous conduct and excessive use of force. The Wisconsin Department of justice is leading the investigation. I spoke in the last hour with the mayor of kenosha. Have you received any explanation at all for why the officer who shot jacob blake and the other officer involved havent even been identified . No. We have not heard anything from the Wisconsin Department of justice at this point. That is one of the things, these type of cases, that is very frustrating. You know, we demand transparency in these circumstances. The family, the community, the state of wisconsin, and the country all deserve answers. The officers should be named. More importantly, those officers should be charged. You know, while we rightly support the nba in taking this strong stance today and boycotting all of the games, i believe that the Law Enforcement agencies across america, what they need to protect then is what i believe is americas favorite sport, which is football. They need to learn how to tackle. Officers in this country need to learn how to tackle to restrain individuals instead of resorting to shooting. If that was the case we wouldnt be here today having this conversation and the nba would be playing games today. We spoke earlier and you told me that the Milwaukee Bucks, some of the players are actually reaching out to you. Tell us about that. Yes, wolf. The Milwaukee Bucks reached out to the family. They wanted to speak to julia, jacobs mother, and jacob sr. We were able to put them in touch. They told jacobs parents they were behind them 100 . They expressed their sympathies and empa this for what has occurred. And i thought what was touching for everybody because they all agreed, the bucks as well as julia and jacob senior, they expressed back to the Milwaukee Bucks, please use your platform to accomplish peace. Please use your platform to encourage people protest in nonviolent ways. What were doing with Attorney Ben Crump who we are very thankful for bringing on to his wonderful team, we have a great legal team, it is the Civil Justice system. Civil. Civil Justice System that is going to allow us to pursue compensation for these horrible injuries and on sunday the Police Officer did not act civilly but we are going to act civilly because that is how we resolve disputes here in our great country of america. Well use the Civil Justice system and we ask everybody be civil and protest in a civil, nonviolent way. That is at least in part what they talked about when the parents of jacob blake talked to the Milwaukee Bucks. Please pass along our best wishes to the family and to jacob himself. They all deserve a lot of credit. They are appealing to everyone. You can protest but do so peacefully. No violence. That is not what jacob would want by any means at all. Patrick salvi thank you so much for joining us and thanks to you as well. Well continue our conversations down the road. Appreciate it very much. Just ahead some states are now vowing to define new testing guidelines from the cdc. Ill ask the former acting cdc director about the controversial update that has just been announced. Later well have the latest forecast for hurricane laura, now a dangerous, get this, category 4 storm. Well be right back. This is my body of proof. Proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin in psa. Humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections. Serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. 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Reporter well, wolf, when it comes to wisconsin the Justice Department is now saying they are going to be sending in federal Law Enforcement there including fbi agents and u. S. Marshals to help with what we are seeing unfolding on the streets there. This comes amid confusion over the phone call that happened between the white house and the wisconsin Governors Office over whether they wanted that federal help. It is not the only confusion at the white house. Tonight dr. Anthony fauci is telling our colleague sanjay gupta he was not part of the conversations about changing the cdc guidelines. He said he was under going surgery on his vocal cords and was not part of the discussions to change it. Wolf, he says he is concerned about it. The abrupt change in coronavirus testing guidance from the cdc was the result of pressure from the white house. A senior federal Health Official tells cnn the cdc quietly modified guidelines to say people without covid19 symptoms dont need to be tested even if recently exposed to the virus. Experts called the change potentially dangerous but this Testing Coordinator defended the revisions. The new guidelines are a cdc action. As always, guidelines received appropriate attention, consultation, and input from task force experts. I mean the medical and scientific experts. Reporter the change comes after the white house also pressured the fda to speed up emergency approval for plasma treatments and was later accused of misrepresenting the data. On the second night of the republican convention, First Lady Melania Trump went where most Administration Officials have refused to go by expressing sympathy for those affected by coronavirus. I know many people are anxious and some feel helpless. I want you to know you are not alone. Reporter it was a sharp break from trumps top economic adviser who talked about the pandemic as if it was in the past. It was awful. Health and Economic Impacts were tragic. Hardship and heart break were everywhere. Reporter last night the rose garden was filled with guests not Wearing Masks who werent required to get tested. Save for the few seated near the president. Tonight Vice President mike pence will address coronavirus as he headlines night three of the convention where hell also talk about the racial unrest unfolding in wisconsin. After two people were killed tuesday night President Trump spoke with wisconsins Governor Tony Evers and announced he is sending in federal Law Enforcement as reinforcements to the National Guard already in kenosha. Trump, who is running on a law and order message, tweeted we will not stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on american streets. But the wisconsin Governors Office says the president s tweet was news to them. His deputy chief of staff told cnn they declined offers for federal Law Enforcement instead saying more state National Guard were being sent to the scene. Trump hasnt commented yet on the Police Shooting of jacob blake, a black man shot in the back seven times as his children watched from the back seat. The president has been briefed on the matter by attorney general bill barr. Last night Melania Trump called for unity in the nation. I also ask people to stop the violence and looting being done in the name of justice and never make assumptions based on the color of a persons skin. Reporter with the unrest building in kenosha and texas and louisiana bracing for a category 4 hurricane, and a pandemic still spreading across the country, all eyes will be on President Trump as he addresses the nation from the white house thursday night. Today reinforcements were added to the white house perimeter in advance of his speech. We were already expecting the Vice President to comment on what is happening in wisconsin here tonight in his speech. It is unclear how whats unfolded in the last 24 hours has changed what it is he is expecting to say. So far the president hasnt publicly commented on it beyond his tweets but he also hasnt said anything about what is going on with the nba. We know in the past the president has called nba players, quote, very nasty for kneeling during the National Anthem in protest of course of police brutality. All right. Thanks very much. Kaitlan is in fort mchenry near baltimore. Theres more breaking news tonight. The California Governor Gavin Newsom says his state will defy new coronavirus testing guidelines just released by the centers for disease control. Cnns nick watt has the latest. Increasing testing. Get the testing. Thats been a mantra. Test, trace, isolate. Not anymore . The cdc just changed its testing guidance from testing is recommended for all close contacts of persons with infection to this. If youve been in close contact but do not have symptoms you do not necessarily need a test. Shame on the people in the cdc. What possible rationale is there to say youre in close contact with covid positive persons and you dont need a test. Reporter coming from the top down one senior Health Official tells cnn, from the white house. The testing sites really look for asymptomatic individuals. We are trying to get appropriate testing not less testing. I think it is more likely this is an intentional effort by the administration to conceal the true extent of transmission and the numbers. Reporter already in just the past month the average number of tests per day has fallen 17 . We want to decrease cases by decreasing transmission not testing. Reporter nationally the number of new cases is also falling even faster. 20 States Holding steady. 20 more seeing average case counts drop. While we are coming down were nowhere close to where we need to be. Again, when people say were coming down we are coming down from a very high peak. Right now actually record high average case counts in parts of the midwest. Iowa, kansas, both dakotas. And yesterday a record high death toll. Down in mississippi. Dont have parties with 150 to 250 people there. That is not going to work out well likely for everyone else. Reporter thousands of cases now on College Campuses and hundreds suspended for breaking rules around social gatherings. Montclair state and new jersey just texted students is the next message you want to get pack your bags and go home . Wolf, you mentioned the governor of california saying he will defy this new cdc guideline on teting and a state official in North Carolina saying the cdc might have changed their guidance but North Carolina has not. This is just yet another political spat when we should be just trying to fight the pandemic and save lives. Nick watt reporting. Thanks very much. Lets get analysis from the former acting cdc director. Thanks so much for joining us. As you heard a senior official tell cnn that the cdc was actually pressured from the top down to change these testing guidelines. The president of the American Medical Association says this is a recipe for Community Spread and more spikes in coronavirus. Youre the former acting cdc director. In your time in that role did you ever see anything like this at all . Well, what were seeing, wolf, is really concerning. Whenever there is a significant change in guidance, you want to see cdc out front explaining why it is taking place, what theyve learned, what new science is there to drive the change. But there isnt new science. The recommendation by cdc and every state leader in Public Health has been you need to do everything you can to identify every case you can to prevent transmission. People who have had prolonged contact with someone with covid are in danger of being infected whether or not they have symptoms. This kind of move where it looks like politics influenced Public Health will do nothing but undermine the trust in cdc at a time when we really need to be able to trust our Public Health agency. You know well dr. Anthony fauci and he tells our sanjay gupta he was in surgery the other day on his vocal cords when the task force met to discuss these changes to the testing guidelines. He says he is worried this would give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread isnt a great concern. What is your reaction to that . Well, it is very concerning. We know now that up to 40 of people who spread this have no symptoms whatsoever and it is identifying those people and you do that by, you know, doing testing, doing contact tracing, and then testing the contacts to know whether or not they are sick. It doesnt mean that if youre a contact and you have one test that is negative that you dont have to worry about it because you could be positive the next day. It means, though, that you need to have even more Testing Available so that you can follow people during that period when they can turn positive. With this, what this says to me, wolf, is that the recommendations coming out of cdc become more and more irrelevant and what youll see is what nick watt was describing where states are saying, look. We know what to do here. Were going to lead on this. In some states, theyll do the right thing and continue to test people who have been in contact with active cases of covid. But it may give other states the opportunity to say, okay. Well roll back on this kind of testing. We dont need to worry about that. That is extremely dangerous. If the American Public begins to lose faith in the cdc or the fda for that matter, that is a huge problem. It is a huge problem. Its a huge problem for fda. New treatments are developed, vaccines come down the line. And it is an incredibly huge problem for cdc because so much of what we do around the nation is based on the best available Public Health science and recommendations. And if you cant trust what is coming out of cdc, and were not even hearing from cdc in terms of why is there this change, it will undermine the trust that is so essential to the response and to the health of the nation. They should be briefing everyone every single day to make sure we know exactly what is going on. 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Theres other breaking news were following, very disturbing, hurricane laura continues to strengthen as it surges towards the louisiana coast. Jennifer gray is in the weather center. Whats the latest forecast . When will this storm make landfall . Its expected to make landfall tonight around 2 00 and 4 00 a. M. Local time. This is going to be a big one. This could be the biggest if not the strongest storm to make landfall in louisiana. There is still time for strengthening, 145milesperhour winds with gusts of 175. Moving to the northwest at 15. You can see that eye is very tight. It has been tightening the last couple of hours. Its a very symmetrical storm. Shows signs of even further strengthening before making landfall. Its still about 100, 125 miles from the coast. You can see those outer bands already starting to make it on shore. We had a couple in the afternoon. It is too late to flee this storm, to protect your property because it is knocking on your back door. We are going to have storm surge inundating south louisiana, could make it all the way up to i10. Were talking about half of the city of lake charles under water, 20 feet of storm surge. We are talking about 20 feet of storm surge in this area. So, that is going to come all the way up to i10 in a lot of locations. So, were talking about towns, parishes completely under water with this storm. Terrible situation indeed. Thank you very much. Theres more news ahead. Times. And focus to win the day. Unlike ordinary memory supplements. Neurivas clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Take the neuriva challenge with our moneyback guarantee good morning, mr. Sun. Good morning, blair. [ chuckles ] whoo. Im gonna grow big and strong. Yes, you are. Im gonna get this place all clean. Ill give you a hand. And im gonna put lisa on crutches wait, what . Said shes gonna need crutches. She fell pretty hard. You might want to clean that up, girl. Excuse us. 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