Tops 128,000 people and theres breaking news just coming out of texas where Governor Greg Abbott has signed an executive order requiring a majority of residents to wear masks in public. Meanwhile florida setting its own record of 10,000 cases while 37 states in all are seeing cases on the rise. Despite all of this, President Trump remains in denial claiming, quote, the crisis is being handled. In stark contrast dr. Anthony fauci said the current spike in cases is, quote, way beyond the worst spikes weve seen. We begin with nick watt in los angeles right now. Nick, masks are required in public in california and now in texas, too. Absolutely, jim. The governor just making has announce me announcement saying any county with more than 20 cases, youve got to wear a mask. Hes doing this to stem the spread of the virus while also keeping businesses open. Hes also working to limit the number of people who can gather together and also to enforce social distancing whenever people do gather. Texa
Kicking off in a matter of hours, the rnc. First up, a bombshell article in the washington post. It dropped overnight like a ton of led, the president s sister criticizing him. Shes a retired federal judge and she spoke about her niece mary trump, unaware she was being recorded. Hours of recordings in 2018 and 2019. Geoff bennett has more on the story. Scandalous. This is a whole other level. It is, kendis, thank you. Trumps sister is heard on the recordings shes simply aghast how trump has handled himself while in office. She says he has no principles, hes a phony, calls him cruel, and says, you cant trust him. And to get a sense of this, heres a clip of mary ann trump berry surreptitiously speak on these recorded trump tapes. [ bleep ] oh, my god. Im talking too freely, but you know, the change of stories t lack of preparation, the lying. Holy [ bleep ]. But hes appealing to the base. What theyre doing with the kids at the border. I mean now, President Trump in response to all this,
Oh my god. Narrow escape. Terrified residents flee rapidly moving fires in the western United States with little else but their lives. Back on, the uk says its now safe to resume a Coronavirus Vaccine trial that was paused over safety concerns. And making her mark. Naomi osaka wins her third grand slam title while also making a statement about racial injustice. Live from cnn center World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world, im paula newton. Cnn newsroom starts right now. And we begin with the historic firestorm engulfing large parts of the western United States. Now message being in this car, driving with the flames literally out the window. This is one of nearly 100 wildfires burning right across the west right now. Theyve scorched a staggering 4. 7 million acres. Thats about 2 million hectares. A number of people are still missing. Fires are burning near the outskirts of major cities like portland, oregon and los angeles. Thi
Orange and red which is an indication that 23 states are seeing a rising trend of new cases including 5 with 50 more new infections compared to last week and this rise is happening as the weather is getting colder, driving people indoors where coronavirus at a much higher risk of spreading and flu season is weeks away and the u. S. Stuck at nearly 40,000 cases a day. There is encouraging news on this race for the vaccine. Moderna ceo saying that his attempt could know by november if his vaccine candidate works. He is the second ceo, the other one being pfizers, to suggest a target date before the year is over. Base plan, most critical plan is november. Thats what we are saying for many months, our best possible outcome would be october. Calculate how many people will get the disease with a vaccine, how many people get the disease on placebo to calculate the efficacy and 50 efficacy in the vaccines to consider the application for approval. There are more than 196,000 deaths from the cor
Europe is battling a second coronavirus wave and the case numbers are rising faster than in march. The tide turning in the wrong direction here in the United States. The United States will soon record the 200,000th coronavirus death. The nations top Infectious Disease expert said it is possible to avoid a double whammy but covid alone is a growing problem. 44,000 plus new cases recorded in the United States on thursday. 30 states are moving in the wrong direction, red and orange on the map there. Recording more cases this week than last week. Today is a milestone moment in the 2020 election. Early voting inperson begins in four states. The pandemic is the biggest factor in that election choice and it was the biggest dividing line as both contenders faced voters in town halls this week. Does it make you think is there anything i could have done differently . 2 Million Deaths if we didnt close out the nation. I think we did a great job. He knew it and did nothing. As close to criminal. I