Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom and im rosemary church. Just ahead, the white house outbreak of coronavirus shows no sign of slowing as another top aide to President Trump tests positive. Plus, the Vice President ial candidates prepare to face off as joe biden questions whether the next president ial debate should go ahead. And bracing for impact. Hurricane delta bears down and how the u. S. Gulf coast might also be impacted. Good to have you with us. Well, the white house covid19 cluster is growing. President trumps hard line impri grace advisor Steven Miller is the latest member of the inner circle to be tested. You can see miller boarding the marine one helicopter last week with hope hicks. She tested positive earlier in the week. They are more than the dozen of allies and aides to test positive. Jim acosta has more. Reporter the president s health cloaked in secrecy, his lead physician dr.
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to you, our viewers here in the united states, in canada, and around the world. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. A little more than a week after u. S. President donald trump announced his Coronavirus Diagnosis, his doctor has cleared him to return to an active schedule. In a memo, dr. Sean conley says mr. Trump is no longer a transmission risk and meets the cdcs criteria to stop isolating. But there are still so many things we dont know about the president s illness, including whether hes tested negative for the virus. Dr. Conleys memo doesnt say, and mr. Trump wasnt waiting for that information to be made public before he started holding rallies again. Hours ago he gave an outdoor speech at the white house to hundreds of tightly packed supporters. It was the president s first public event since his Coronavirus Diagnosis and he said, without evidence, that the virus is starting to go away. Well get rid of it all over the world
Hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka whitfield. Guests lining up outside the white house side by side as you see. Even not wearing masks. Arriving for what could become a potential super spreader event. Next hour President Trump still possibly contagious from coronavirus is holding his first public event since testing positive nine days ago. We know the president has invited 2,000 people and is expected to speak to supporters from the white house balcony. The last large gathering held on white house grounds is now considered to be a super spreader event. At least 20 people in President Trumps inner circle have tested positive for the virus since that rose garden event to announce Amy Comey Barrett as trumps u. S. Supreme court nominee. And that includes among those who tested positive, the president of course. First lady, advisors, the president and two u. S. Senators. On top that the president and his doctors refuse to say whether hes tested negative in the
210,000 americans are dead from coronavirus and the average daily case rate is rising. Masks save lives. Masks save lives and the president is taking his off. So this is what really happened in this grand theatrical gesture of whipping off his mask in this sunset boulevard episode on the white house balcony last night. He takes his mask off so the American People can see it. Masks save lives. Social distancing, isolating might help also, but after this he turned around and walked into the white house. He walked into this coronavirus hot zone. He walked into this building where weve seen people in hazmat suits cleaning up because so many people have been infected. It looks like chernobyl inside now theyre scrubbing it down so carefully. Beyond that, there is so much that this white house is now withholding. They say dont be afraid of coronavirus. The president says. But they wont tell us if the president s lungs have been damaged, whether or not he has pneumonia. When was his last negat
Tension over taiwan in a to our call between the u. S. And chinese president s. But they agree to meet face to face. Ah, im real baptism, this is all just to rely from do hob also coming up, Russian Rocket attacks, hit the north of ukraine, and the capital as ukrainian troops tried to retake castle relatives of murdered al jazeera journalist, sharina block like demand a u. S. Investigation into how she was killed. So the on income, but this still needed help whether to heat or eat the stalk choice, facing a growing number of families in the u. K. Ah, you as President Joe Biden and chinese president , changing things have talked for 2 hours and whats being described does a tense phone call. Its the 5th time theyve spoken on the phone since joe biden to coffers president. Shes in pain, has worn jo, bye not to as he put it, play with fire over taiwan, the speaker, viewers, house of representatives. Nancy pelosi says she may visit the island. Beijing says its part of chinas territory. The