As the United States racked up its 4 millionth case of covid19 on thursday, the u. S. President insisted most of the country is in fine shape and School Children should return to the classroom. President trump said hes asked congress for 105 billion to help schools minimize the risk. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention have said most schools should be reopening except in places where it is spreading. They said the rates of infection are rising in a dozen major u. S. Cities. As for the president s showcase acceptance of the republican nomination next month in jacksonville, florida, events there have been scrapped because of the coronavirus. Athena jones has more on the dramatic surge of cases across the country. Reporter 4 million ip be effect shuns nationwide. A grim milestone and perhaps the strongest signal that the coronavirus is still raging out of control across the country. Deaths nationwide topping 1,000 for the second straight day with total hospitalizations ba
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether President Trump possibly tried to obstruct justice. Now, cnns reporting is different. Cnn says that we do know that the special counsel and his investigators have asked for information and will talk to the president s top sblenlgintellig chiefs. One might think because President Trumps own friends and advisers have explained to him how much his impulsive tweeting has hurt him in various ways, that he might handle this news by being cautious, by being circumspect. But one would be wrong. Just a few moments ago, a new tweet. Crooked h. Destroyed phones with hammer, bleached emails, and had husband meet with attorney general days before she was cleared and they talk about obstruction. The president also calling the fbi investigation a witch hunt and impugning the integrity of people well known for their integrity. Cnns Jessica Schneider is here with us and she has the latest on the investigation. Jessica, what has cnn learned about t
Expecting a press conference to begin. So this is very fluid, what is happening right now. Well, of course, bring that to you live when it happens. But heres what we know right now. Sources say that this suspect was a disgruntled employee. He was killed in a shootout with police. Now, they say that a. 45 caliber pistol was found near the shooter along with a suppresser and several empty higher capacity magazines. This all happened late yesterday afternoon. Police say the suspect started shooting on all three floors of that building and Officials Say they found victims on all three floors of this building behind me. Lets go now to the courthouse where this News Conference will happen. Brian todd is there. Hes been following this story all night. What are you learning . Reporter right, victor. Were anticipating this News Conference any moment now. And were eagerly anticipating it, because we hope they will give new afghanistinformation a the shooting unfolded. Some of the details about w
presidential power to pressure a foreign leader in hopes of hurting a potential 2020 opponent and helping his own campaign. this hour, i ll talk with congressman peter welch. he s a democrat on the house intelligence committee. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let s go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, president trump is refusing to give a straight answer about his contacts with the ukrainian president. that s right, wolf. but as you said, cnn has confirmed president trump pressed the president of ukraine to investigate joe biden s son in a call over the summer, and that the call, according to our david shoretel was part of the whistleblower complaint that has rocked the white house this week. the white house is still not commenting on these latest revelations, but earlier in the day, the president did not deny that biden came up during that phone call. all of this is raising questions for democrats as to whether the president at
he was emotional when he spoke about that. but it remains, victor, that we still need information about this man. we need information about his possible motive. we need information about whether he was previously known to police in any way. we are getting indications that he may not have been. the only thing we know about possible path infractions was a minor traffic violation at this point. that s what we know about him at this point. but to keep his name completely out of the mix as far as media coverage, that s a debate that s ongoing among members of the media and law enforcement authorities throughout the country, but the fact remains this morning that at least in this instance, we do need more information about this man, about possible conflicts that he might have had at his work that might have spurred him to do what he did. we did we were able to reach his parents last night. our colleague, david shoretel, reach his parents briefly on the phone. and at the time david reached