And thanks for joining us here in the cnn newsroom. Im Deborah Feyerick in for frederica whitfield. A sad day in football. As we speak the Kansas City Chiefs are playing their nfl game despite the tragic loss of a team member, linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend yesterday, then drove to the Team Practice facility and killed himself, pulling the trigger while his coach and general manager watched in disbelief. Belcher and his girlfriend recently celebrated the birth of their 3monthold daughter. Casey wian, what are investigators learning about why apparently belcher did this . Reporter police are telling us at this hour there was some sort of an argument in the hours before the shooting of kasandra perfect kikin perkins, early saturday morning. Neighbors said they never heard the couple fighting. Theyve been living together in the neighborhood for about a year, seemed to be getting along fine. Both very happy after the birth of their daughter three months ago on september 11. I
Unfortunately, the strategy backfired, resulting in a heavy, heavy death toll. That and much more. Newsroom starts right now. Great to have you with me this hour. So, the u. S. President is once again downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic after yet another recordbreaking weekend. You can see here the steep climb in the sevenday average of new cases since june. But Donald Trump Blames the spike on increased testing, a tactic consistently debunked by health experts. During an interview with fox news, he falsely suggested the u. S. Had the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. When you talk about mortality rates, i think its the opposite. I think we have one of the lowest mortality rates. Thats not true, sir. Well, were going to take a look. We have 900 deaths in a single day this week. We will take a look. Ready . You can check it out. Will you please get me the mortality rate . Kayleighs right here. I heard we had one of the lowest, maybe lowest mortality rate anyw
And canceling its scheduled austin, texas, event out of an abundance of caution. Neither biden nor harris were on that bus. Trump appearing to endorse these tactics, posting another video on twitter with the words i love texas. The president s campaign also facing criticism after a rally in mustwin pennsylvania. The event happening in nearfreezing temperatures. But its what happened ward, his supporters stranded in the cold again, forced to walk miles back to their own vehicles after the rally. A similar scene happening last week in nebraska, and now new claims of Voter Suppression in battleground North Carolina. [ chants ] i said black lives matter a peaceful march to the voting polls turning into disarray. Police pepper spraying a crowd after deeming the demonstration unsafe and unlawful. All this with just 48 hours left for candidates to make their closing arguments. Today both campaigns are laser focussed, crisscrossing at least six key states. We have reporters covering all of the
The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Right . But it has to be potentially damaging. I was a senior republican senator, im not attacking the Koch Brothers because theyre still good donors of mine, so why stir up that . Why talk about lebron james or our own don lemon . The president does, you know, get involved in a lot of things. It would be much better if he left it. He could have an opportunity to speak if he really wants to and his attorneys are advising against the president being interviewed by bob mueller but apparently they are still working on questions of parameters, et cetera. Do you see, shan, that the president just simply cannot resist, even if his attorneys say dont do it, he cant resist but talk about it facetoface with bob mueller. I think he definitely has a Discipline Problem in terms of message and i think thats why his lawyers are so worried about him sitting down with mueller. Why is he so insistent that he would want to. I think tha
Experience and electability. But it was former Vice President joe bidens comments where he seems to have lowered his expectations in New Hampshire that has his Senior Campaign adviser playing cleanup this morning. The reality is we took a lump in iowa. The reality is with who home state senators competing for the nomination, its remarkable that joe biden has polled in top and lockstep with those senators. Whatever happens here in New Hampshire, were going on to nevada. Were not giving up New Hampshire by any means. Cnn correspondent ryan nobles joins us from New Hampshire, in man chest. Lets talk about the role it plays some narratives continuing and fresh ones as west. I think, victor, for the first time last night you really saw this issue of experience be something that former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg had to answer for. Theres no doubt his Strong Performance in iowa is a direct result of that. You saw both senator Amy Klobuchar and joe biden. A question for someone who was a