We buckle down and do a better job. Announcer this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, september 18th, its 6 00 here in new york and this morning, two giant political stages, one mask. The one worn by former Vice President joe biden as he took the stage for a cnn town hall in pennsylvania. A metaphor for the evening and in fact, maybe the campaign. Biden says he puts his faith in science that he will trust Anthony Fauci on a vaccine, not President Trump. He made some news on a mask mandate. How far he says he can and would go. He also made news with a swipe at the ivy league. Whos going to stand up for those kids . President trump, for his part, is attacking the fbi director for his concerns over russian attacks on the u. S. Election and attacking government scientists about masks. This morning, there is new reporting in the Washington Post that the administration had a pl
Cars. Back in march, i was calling for the need for us to have masks, have the president stand and tell us whats going on. But he knew it. Hep knew it and did nothing. Its close to criminal. President trump, meanwhile, continues to flout safety regulations in whatever state he goes to. He says hell get around those pesky state rules by no longer calling his rallies rallies. He says hes going to call them protests in order to circumvent local restrictions on large gatherings. All while coronavirus cases, and this is whats important this morning, cases are spiking in certain parts of the country. 30 states are seeing an increase in new cases. More than 44,000 new cases reported yesterday across the United States. Thats higher than weve seen in a while and nearly 900 new deaths reported. The cdc now projects another 20,000 people could die in the next three week from coronavirus. This as the death toll nears 200,000. We will pass that in the next few days. Joining us now, cnn chief medica
221,000 new cases yesterday. 209,000 is the average, and new daily death record as well, 3,124 covid19 deaths recorded wednesday. The cdc forecast says the american death toll will top 360,000 just into the new year. Economic fallout is getting more painful today. 853,000 unemployment claims last week. Pandemic assistance runs out after christmas for millions. You hear lots of talk, little evidence yet of compromise. The president s schedule reminds us he cares more about his power than your health. Later this hour, a white house lunch with the attorney general of texas, the leading latest republican, leading the latest republican appeal for judges to toss out the 2020 Election Results. 17 Republican Attorneys general signed on to that Supreme Court petition. All the proof you need that what was once the party of federalism and constitutional conservatism is now the party of trump, period. The fda decision could alter the american timeline to recovery. We have yet to see the full post
37th president s resignation. Next june we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the watergate breakin a crime of consequence that would go on to define a scandal in a critical period in 20th century history. Our distinguished speaker this evening was inside of the white house as it all unfolded. Geoff shepard was a white house fellow who was later assigned to the Domestic Council in the Nixon Administration. When the white house began requiring a Legal Defense as the watergate matter grew in 1973 and 74. Jeff was the youngest lawyer on the team. He was the first to listen to the smoking gun tape. He coined the phrase smoking gun. In fact later. He was there in the east room on august 9th as president nixon said farewell to his staff. And Geoff Shepard was standing in the back of the east room, and he was not happy. After hearing the smoking gun tape people leave like many the president nixon was hiding the truth and had been for several years. And then jeff started digging. And he
37th president s resignation. Next june we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the watergate breakin a crime of consequence that would go on to define a scandal in a critical period in 20th century history. Our distinguished speaker this evening was inside of the white house as it all unfolded. Geoff shepard was a white house fellow who was later assigned to the Domestic Council in the Nixon Administration. When the white house began requiring a Legal Defense as the watergate matter grew in 1973 and 74. Jeff was the youngest lawyer on the team. He was the first to listen to the smoking gun tape. He coined the phrase smoking gun. In fact later. He was there in the east room on august 9th as president nixon said farewell to his staff. And Geoff Shepard was standing in the back of the east room, and he was not happy. After hearing the smoking gun tape people leave like many the president nixon was hiding the truth and had been for several years. And then jeff started digging. And he