very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m bianna golodryga. right now the biden administration intensifying its efforts to slow the spread of monkeypox. starting monday, hhs will make an additional 1.8 million vaccine doses available. the administration also taking steps to offer protection for the most vulnerable populations, making more vaccine available for places hosting large lgbtqi events. this comes as the cdc reports more than 13,500 monkeypox cases across the country. we re following a critical day in court in south florida. federal judge will consider requests to unseal investigators probable cause affidavit for the fbi search of former president trump s mar-a-lago home. the doj opposing its release saying that keeping the information secret is vital to this investigation. let s begin today in south florida, cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz is there, covering this for some time. we spoke to a lot of lawyers leading up to thi
murray that giuliani was notified by prosecutors that he would be a target in this investigation. as you noted, this is the fulton county investigation into donald trump and his allies actions after he lost the 2020 election in that state. now, he was already, giuliani, scheduled to testify in front of a grand jury after being subpoenaed on wednesday. his lawyers now say that he is still going to do so, but they would not answer questions on whether or not he would invoke the fifth amendment, again, because he s now been told officially that he is a target of this investigation. at the time rudy giuliani was serving as trump s personal attorney and made efforts in multiple states regarding the 2020 election. now, of course, we are seeing how this is unfolding in fulton county in that investigation. okay, that s really interesting breaking news. and, also, there s some news about lindsey graham? reporter: that s absolutely right. this comes on the same day that senator li
Highest number of covid19related deaths in a single day, 159 people. And texas is grappling with another threat as it battles the virus. The governor has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties threatened by hurricane hanna. Lets go to california where the state leads the entire u. S. For confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 440,000. Cnns Paul Vercammen is in los angeles. Paul, what more can you tell us tonight . Reporter well, its just not letting up here, and heres the latest numbers that have just come in to me. They now say that here in Los Angeles County, the biggest county in the nation, the county with the biggest outbreak of positive cases. 3,628 new cases, 53 new deaths. Now, they have had an asterisk by this number all weekend long. They say there was a problem with the state in a backlog, so they say they have partly fixed the system and released some of these numbers. Nevertheless, the number to watch, hospitalizations, it now stands at over 2,016 here in Los An
This is the last thing that southern louisiana needs. Still tarps from hurricane laura that came through. This is new day weekend. Victor blackwell and christi paul. Beautiful shot of the capital this morning as we welcome you to this saturday at 6 a. M. Up early. Were grateful for it. Good morning. As many as 2,000 people could be at the white house today. President trump is hosting his first public event since being hospitalized for covid19 symptoms. We have to talk about what we do not know. The white house has not released the results of the president s new test. Well hear how the president describes his health this morning. This morning, the second president ial debate youve been waiting for, officially canceled. President trump refusing to debate joe biden virtually. Cnns Sarah Westwood is following all of the developments from the white house. Sarah, 2,000 people expected there today. Dr. Anthony fauci called the last white house event a super spread very event. Reporter right.
Wednesday. Tomorrow also marks the start of judge Amy Coney Barretts Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The hearings are scheduled to run through thursday as republicans push to fill the Supreme Court vacancy ahead of election day. Meanwhile, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer is calling on judge barrett to refuse herself from some significant decisions, should he be confirmed to the high court. Given judge barretts flects of interest, she should recuse herself from any decision involving the Affordable Care act and its protections, and any decision related to the election that we will have on november 3rd. The process is already improper. Shes being rushed through to decide decisions she already seems to have made up her mind on. The controversial hearings come as a former cdc director says we should expect in 20,000 additional coronavirus deaths over just the next 20 days. But first we have breaking news out of the white house. The Trump Administration is asking the president ial