The one that shall not be named. The case count is, at best, plateauing at a shockingly high level. And at worst, it is spiking in yet another, new region. This time, the midwest. Here is the governor of iowa, one of the president s staunchest supporters, by the way, doing what the president , apparently, could not. As you may have seen, in the News Headlines in recent days, iowa had the highest rate of increase in covid19 cases, nationally, last week. And the fifth highest Positivity Rate increase in the country. Growth of new cases has accelerated, especially as social activity among young adults and and on college campuses. Now, she wont issue a mask mandate but at least she admits the Positivity Rate around the university of iowa has tripled in the last three weeks, and is now at a staggering 29. 7 . That is what iowa and other states, mainly in the midwest, are now facing. Nationwide, more than a thousand new deaths reported yesterday, and more than 40,000 new cases. And though, b
Kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. We are now just hours away from the start of the Republican National convention. Ahead of that, u. S. President donald trump is touting what he calls a powerful therapy to treat covid19 patients. Hes talking about convalescent plasma. Its been given as an emergency use authorization by the fda though many question whether theres enough data to support its use. The fda has issued an emergency use authorization. Thats such a powerful term, emergency use authorization for a treatment known as convalescent plasma. This is a powerful therapy that transfusions very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. Several medical experts believe the fdas decision was made under pressure from the white house. The head of that Agency Denies it and defends the move saying all decisions are based solely on data. We know were going to continue to collect data. We do that for all of our emergency u
Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to you, our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber and this is cnn newsroom. U. S. President donald trump says it has nothing to do with politics, but one day before the start of the National Republican convention, he announced the food and Drug Administration would issue emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to treatment covid19 patients. Even as many question whether theres enough data to support its use. Today im pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the china virus that will save countless lives. This is a powerful therapy. That transfuses very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. Its had an incredible rate of success. Todays action will dramatically expand access to this treatment. Mr. Trump also says the fda made a, quote, independent determination than convalescent plasma is safe and effective.
Jacob blake who was unarmed. The Justice Department here in washington has just confirmed its sending federal Law Enforcement officers to help with the response. And weve also just learned another major developing story. That the nba playoff games, all three of them tonight have been postponed in protest of the shooting of jacob blake. This is a major story. Well update you on that as well. Meanwhile, theres breaking news involving the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Death toll has now topped 179,000 people with more than 5. 8 million cases. And now a source is telling cnn that the cdc was actually pressured from the top down to change guidelines and recommended fewer people here in the United States be tested. Were following all of that, plus hurricane laura now a powerful category 4 storm churning toward the gulf coast and expected to make a potentially devastating landfall later tonight. We have a new forecast thats just out from the National Hurricane center. Lots of news unfolding
But we begin with john roberts, who has moved a few blocks from the white house to the location where the rnc will get underway i guess tonight, you could argue. John, good afternoon. Where we are now is just outside of the auditorium in downtown washington. That is the washington, d. C. , headquarters for everything that is going on with the campaign. Even though the Main Convention is going on in charlotte. What the president is doing again today, as he did last week is really try to draw a sharp contrast between himself, biden, and the dnc in terms of just being out there. Unlike joe biden who spend most of the week cooped up in his home in wilmington, delaware. The president is following a more traditional route of Campaign Event sort of on a path to the convention, culminating with his speech on thursday night to the splendor of the south lawn of the white house. This afternoon, the president dropping into the Convention Site in charlotte, where the nomination was underway. The pr