Nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with our health lead. An alarming new coronavirus trends especially among children. New data from the American Academy Of Pediatrics show infections are up 240 since july. To put that into context, more than 240,000 kids in the u. S. Tested positive for coronavirus just last week. Now, it is important, as always, to note that kids remain far less likely than adults to get seriously sick or to die from coronavirus. But that does not mean that some dont get seriously ill or worse. And either way, kids can still carry and spread the virus. With hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again among adults and with a quarter of the country refusing to get vaccinated, Health Experts say, once again, communities need to focus on slowing the spread. In just a few moments i m goin to speak with dr. Anthony fauci and whether Booster Shots will be ready by the original deadline, which is in less than a week. But first lets talk about the new chapter in the battle over mask wearing in schools. Reporter as the Delta Variant continues ripping through the unvaccinated, children, many too young to get the shot, are now contracting the virus at a worrying rate. We knew that Children Congregating and School Districts without having Mask Mandates, children who are not able to get vaccinated, was a Prime Vector to spread disease. Reporter child cases up about 240 since july, representing 29 of all cases nationwide. Rising Case Numbers only adding to the fight on how to keep kids safe in school. In iowa a federal judge rules bans on Mask Mandates in schools cannot be enforced. Des moines schools not wasting time. Students must wear masks starting tomorrow. Outside of charlotte, north carolina, the Union County public School District going in a different direction, stopping Contact Tracing for students and pretty much Ending Quarantine Rules for kids who may have been exposed. Some of parents are not happy. I have a first grader thats at an Elementary School here in the county, and its very concerning for me, im currently pregnant, and im concerned for my familys safety. Reporter Floridas Governor Desantis says if a City Or County agency makes getting vaccinated a condition of employment, it will be fined 5,000 per violation. The mayor of orange county, florida, in a statement said, im not going to take action that would adversely impact the safety of our community. I question whether or not the governor really sees it that way. The Unvaccinated Filling up hospitals and icus. Unfortunately, nothing more can be done to save some people. We will worship together, we will have congregational singing, and we can do that without the government interfering. Reporter a popular Denver Pastor and conservative Radio Show Host passed away from covid. He was a Vaccine Skeptic a Husband And Wife in california dying just weeks apart, leaving behind five children, including a newborn baby. Now, just another sign of how infectious this Delta Variant is. Seven Staff Members of the New Orleans saints and one player on the Reserve List have all tested positive for the coronavirus. The Staff Members, it appears, were vaccinated. Its unclear if that player was. The team had been moved from New Orleans because of Hurricane Ida to texas. Cnn reached out to the team to get some comments, and so far they are not saying anything about these infections. Jake . All right, miguel marquez, thanks so much. Dr. Fauci joins us now. Why do you think were seeing this major spike of new cases in kids . Is it because theyre back indoors, in school, and because some governors are not letting Mask Mandates take place . I think all of the above that you mentioned, jake. But also weve got to realize that this is happening in the context of the Delta Variant, which is remarkably more transmissible. So were getting more cases in everyone. And since you get more cases in everyone, children who generally are undervaccinated, many of the adults, particularly the elderly, for example, we have now 85 of the elderly, 65 years of age or older have been vaccinated. So the older population as a group is more vaccinated than the younger population. So when you get a highly transmissible virus thats going around the community, youre going to see a lot more children get infected. And thats exactly whats happening. And also for the reasons that you just mentioned. We talked about last year how damaging it was academically and psychologically for kids to be out of the classrooms for an entire year learning remotely. So what would you tell parents about calculating risks . Is it better to have kids in a classroom than to have them at home . Whats your advice . I still hold to what ive said many times, jake, that we really want to get the children back in school for the reasons that you mentioned, the psychological, mental, and other deleterious effects from keeping them out of the classroom. But the way you do it, you have to keep them safe. You keep them safe by surrounding them with people who are vaccinated, such as teachers and School Personnel as well as children who are old enough 12 years old and older to get vaccinated. And you superimpose upon that wearing masks in the school. That is very important. We know that masks prevent infection. So if you surround the kids with vaccinated people and you have everybody wear a mask, you can get a situation where the children will be relatively safe in school. So former Fda Commissioner Scott Gottlieb predicted a vaccine could be approved for kids under 12 by halloween. Hes on the board of pfizer, we should note, so he might know something i dont. Is that Time Line realistic based on what you know . Yeah. Based on what we know, its going to be some time in the fall. If you look at the studies that we at the nih are doing in collaboration with the pharmaceutical companies, there will be enough data to apply for an Emergency Use Authorization both by pfizer, A Little Bit later by moderna. But i believe both of them with pfizer first will very likely be able to have a situation where well be able to vaccinate children if the fda judges the data sufficient enough, we could do it by the fall. So sometime during the fall. Weve been talking since last spring 2020 about how the virus is hitting communities of color in the united states harder than its hitting white americans. That remains the case. A new analysis by Johns Hopkins shows black and hispanicamericans are at least twice as likely to die of covid than white people, three more times to be hospitalized. Disproportionately unvaccinated. Why have the efforts to fix these inequities not worked sufficiently as of now . We are certainly trying very hard, jake. Were reaching out at the community trying to get trusted messengers to reach out. And that could be community people, clergy, family physicians, trusted friends, sports celebrities, and others to try and answer the questions. And these are reasonable questions that many of these people have about why theyre hesitant to be vaccinated. Very often if you reach out to them in a way thats not perc pejorative to explain to them why its important, i believe we are making progress. Were not where we want to be with regard to the percentage of africanamericans and hispanics vaccinated, but were doing better than we were before. Speaking of trusted messengers, Pop Star Nicki Minaj tweeted yesterday that shes not vaccinated, shes doing her own research. And then she shared an anecdote i found rather unbelievable about alleged Side Effects that her Cousins Friend supposedly experienced in trinidad. I wouldnt normally even ask you about this, but Nicki Minaj has nearly 180 Million followers on Twitter And Instagram combined. Shes beloved by her fans. Shes a huge talent. Her tweet was seized upon by Vaccine Opponents as some sort of evidence. I want you to address what she said because for anyone out there who has any questions about this, dr. Fauci, is there any evidence that the pfizer or the moderna or the J J vaccines cause any reproductive issues in men or women . The answer to that, jake, is a resounding no. Theres no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic region to imagine that it would happen. So the answer to your question is no. How can health authorities even attempt to combat this kind of misinformation coming from somebody who is a huge and beloved international star like Nicki Minaj . Its very difficult. There is a lot of misinformation mostly on social media. And the only way we know to counter Mis And Disinformation is to provide a lot of correct information and to essentially debunk these kinds of claims which, you know, may be innocent on her part. Im not blaming her for anything, but she should be thinking twice about propagating information that really has no basis except a oneoff an endoek. And thats not what science is all about. The fda will meet on friday to discuss this issue of covid Booster Shots, third shots for people who are already vaccinated. Youve said you think three shots will be the correct regimen, ultimately. I wonder if the science keeps changing, are you 100 that three shots will be enough and not four or five ultimately . No, absolutely not, jake. I cant be 100 because youre absolutely right. The science evolves and we have to follow the science and make adjustments with the science. I certainly believe from the data that ive seen and the data that are going to evolve that we will need a third shot as a booster. I would hope that that would sustain us for an extended period of time. But i dont know that right now. Were just going to have to do the boost and then follow people long enough to determine what the durability of that protection is. All right, dr. Anthony fauci, thank you, as always, we appreciate your time and expertise. Thank you for having me. Were counting down the hours until were going to get the first results in the California Recall election. Will voters decide to dump Democrat Gavin Newsom for a Trumploving Radio Host . And the top general in the u. S. 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Thats now more than half of all the votes cast in the state during the 2020 race for president. Lets bring in cnns Kyung Lah at Newsoms Election Headquarters in sacramento, and Cnns Nick Watt at a Voting Location near Los Angeles in the southern part of the state. Walk us through the two questions that california voters will be faced with when they go to vote. Well, jake, question one is very simple, shall Gavin Newsom be recalled, removed from the office of governor . Straight yes or no. If he is fired and voted out, thats where the answers to question two kick in. Weve got 46 names here on this ballot of potential replacements. Larry elder, caitlyn jenner, former San Diego mayor, the Guy Who Newsom Beat by a landslide last time around, a few pastors, farmers, teachers, local politicians. The Election Law in california means that pretty much every governor is routinely threatened with recall, but only once has it ever succeeded back in 2003 when Grey Davis was voted out and Arnold Schwarzenegger was voted in. The leading canned, according to polls, to replace newsom if he is recalled, is conservative talk Show Host larry elder. Hes a talk radio guy. And hes been making all these baseless claims of Voter Fraud and chiranery. So many people are going to vote yes on the recall. There wont be any question about the outcome. I just hope my opponent is willing to accept the results when he loses. Is he sounding A Little Bit more measured there than he has been in recent days, but he still says he hopes the elections going to be free of fraud. Reporter yeah. Make no mistake about it, jake. In the last few days the Closing Message from the Elder Campaign has been this baseless theory of election fraud, this conspiracydriven belief, a reminder not a single vote has been counted yet. That doesnt happen until the polls close at 8 00 pacific time. Thats something to keep in mind. Now what the Newsom Campaign says is they are framing this as something they just have to be prepared for. They say that in ththis is now trump play book. Theyre trying to attach what elder is saying here in california to the rest of the country, to the rest of the Republican Party. But, again, jake, this is a strange Closing Message when you consider not a single vote has been counted yet. And, nick, every registered voter in california was mailed a ballot for this race. Turnout is already higher than the Newsom Campaign expected. The Results Tonight are bound to have national implications, especially if newsom is recalled. Reporter totally. Those mailin ballots in Los Angeles, about a third of them have been returned. Thats why were not seeing a Line Snaking around the block here at this polling center. Joe biden himself last night here in long Beach Campaigning for newsom said the result of this will not just be felt, reverberate around the country, but the world. And when you see who the democrats have put up to stump for newsom, both in person and in tv ads, you can see how seriously theyre taking this. Bidens been here, Kamala Harris has been here, klobuchar has appeared, elizabeth warren, barack obama. They are taking this very seriously. At stake is control of a huge blue state, the fifth largest economy in the world. And of course should a Senate Vacancy come up, the governor would appoint somebody to fill that. And anything other than a pretty convincing win for Gavin Newsom is going to be a very bad look, not just for Gavin Newsom but for the democratic party on a national level. Gavin newsom made a Lastminute Campaign Stop in san francisco, one of the big population centers in that state. What is his Closing Message as he fights to keep his job . Reporter that just wrapped up a short time ago. What we heard from the governor is you got to get out there and finish the job, that there is spill some time left on the clock. What he is saying in this final message to democrats here in the state of california is that its not a State Election per se. Yes, it is technically. But it is the national democratic agenda at stake here. You keep hearing him, you know, you just heard nick say all of those national democrats who have stumped for the governor. Theyre talking about issues like voting rights, like Climate Change, womens rights, as well as covid measures. That is what the governor says is on the ballot, jake, and the reason he keeps harping on it is because largely it seems to have worked with the democratic base here. Kyung lah and Nick Watt in california, thanks to you both. Be sure to tune in tonight for cnns special coverage of the California Governor Recall election. Coverage will start at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, 7 00 p. M. For our friends in the West Coast on the pacific. The Secretary Of State on Capitol Hill Today admitting that thousands of legal u. S. Residents may be stranded in afghanistan. Thats next. Daddy printed out my permission slip, right . Steven . dramatic Opera Music do you suffer from Cartridge Conniptions . Be conniptionfree, thanks to the Cartridgefree Epson Ecotank printer. Big ink tanks, a ridiculous amount of ink the epson ecotank. Just fill chill. You booked a cozy vrbo mountain cabin. [laughs] with a kitchen where everyone can chef. [laughs] a Family Room where you can let your hair down. And a backyard that is a treelined living room. But the Thing Theyll remember forever . Watching the game together once again. The time for getting back together is now. Find it on vrbo. 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Reporter Secretary Of State tony blinken back in front of congress for a second grilling. This time in person, defending the Administrations Response to the collapse of the afghan government. And the military placed on standby by President Biden was able to secure the airport and start the evacuation within 72 hours. And, yes, that evacuation was an extraordinary effort under the most difficult conditions imaginable. Reporter while blinken faced bipartisan criticism for the withdrawal. Information from state, the pentagon, and the White House has often been vague or contradictory. This was obviously a fluid and difficult difficult, frustration among many members was high and this has to improve. Reporter the hearing on the end of americas longest war became a partisan battle. This is like an arsonist taking credit for saving people from a burning building he set on fire. The lack of accountability is shocking to me. I want to know where that outrage was during the negotiations by the Trump Administration and former Secretary Pompeo when they were giving away the rights of women and girls. Reporter several lawmakers focused in on the failure of u. S. Intelligence to anticipate the possibility of the taliban taking over the country in just 11 days. We have the wrong people analyzing this. Someone didnt see this, either someone didnt see this or someone didnt want to see this. Youre right, i think we need to look back at all of this because, to your point, we collectively over 20 years invested extraordinary amounts in those Security Forces and in that government. Reporter when it comes to the way forward, blinken said the administration is keenly focused on around A Hundred u. S. Citizens that remain in afghanistan, prioritizing them above thousands of u. S. Green card holders who are still there. In terms of legal permanent residents, is your priority just as high to get them out as it is to get out citizens, or is there a different level of commitment for a legal permanent residents return to the united states relative to a citizen . Our number one priority is american citizens, and that has, i think, long been the case in this situation. Reporter on the future of the u. S. Relationship with the taliban, blinken said that determination would be based on the talibans actions. But the top democrat pointed out that the taliban are showing their true colors. Their actions since taking over afghanistan have been pretty horrifying. Beating women activists, murdering ethnic and religious minorities such as the hazara, separating classrooms by gender, shutting down local media, refusing to break with Al Qaeda. Appointing the head of a foreign Terrorist Organization as designated by our government from the haqqani network. And the list goes on. Reporter now, Secretary Blinken Today also significantly saying that the Talibans Relationship with Al Qaeda has not been completely severed. And with regard to Al Qaeda, two top biden Administration Intelligence Officials Today publicly saying one to two years is the Time Line for how long it could take Al Qaeda to reconstitute an afghanistan to the point where it could threaten the u. S. Homeland. Kylie atwood, thank you so much. Appreciate it. President trump threatening to unfriend Vice President Pence if he didnt try to upend democracy on January 6th. The claims in Bob Woodwards new book about Trump Unraveling in his final days in office. Stay with us. Since suzies got goals, shell want a plan to reach them. So shell get some help from fidelity, and shell feel so good about her plan, she can focus on living it. Thats the planning effect, from fidelity. Usaa is made for the safe pilots. For mac. Who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. Lucia. 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For the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff to try to get nuclear powers away from the president , in a way, i shouldnt have said top secret, by the way, it was more secret, furtive. But tell us more. What did he do . I think the way we need to phrase this is that general milley took secret action to limit what Donald Trump was doing because he was so concerned that he might do something dangerous. Lets just go back, set the stage for the book, its january 8th, its two days after the insurrection, and general milley has already had two backchannel calls, according to the book with his chinese counterpart, who Woodward And Costa describe that the chinese are on edge. Theyre afraid trump may do a wagthedog moment. And milley has growing concern about that. And then speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls. And in this Conversation Woodward and Costa Report that pelosi has the same concerns that milley does. Shes afraid that trump is unpredictable. She says on The Call that hes crazy. The authors got a transcript of that phone call, which we knew about, but now we know the details of The Call. And pelosi says to milley, she wants reassurance about the Nuclear Weapons. It already did happen. In other words, he goes because of the assault on the capitol. An assault on our democracy happened and nobody said you cant do that, nobody, milley. Well, Madam Speaker of the launching of the Nuclear Waps and the incitement of a riot. She interrupts him and says, what im saying to you is that if they couldnt even stop him from an assault on the capitol, who even knows what else he may do. And is there anybody in charge at the White House who is doing anything but kissing his Fat Butt all over this . And then that leads to i mean, he makes a cogent i mean, she makes a cogent point. You can talk about guardrails all you want, but look at what happened to the capitol. So that leads to a meeting with the pentagon. So he gets off the phone and he says shes right. And according to Woodward And Costa, he decides to act. He calls a secret meeting at the pentagon. He brings in the generals and the colonels, the officials who are in the pentagon war room, the guys who are there seven days a week, 24 hours a day, and he basically says youve got to follow the procedures but im now part of that procedure. And heres what Woodward And Costa report. And, just, we have to make the point that the chairman of the joint chiefs is not in the Chain Of Command. Right. So this is slightly different. And he says to the generals and officials from the war room, quote, if you get calls no matter who theyre from, theres a process here, theres a procedure no matter what youre told, you do the procedure, you do the process, and im part of that procedure. Milley may be criticized for overstepping his authority, but Woodward And Costa write that he felt he was simply taking the necessary precautions when there was a president who he thought was unpredictable and unstable, and Woodward And Costa write that milley believed that trump after the election was in serious mental decline. Hes not the only one. The book also lays out the role that Steve Bannon played in getting trump to attend this January 6th rally where the crowd got whipped into shape, into whatever. So, Steve Bannon was once fired. Now hes back. And there are several remarkable scenes in the book. One is December 30th when trump is on the phone, trump is down in maralago. Steve bannons in washington. And trump is complaining that the republicans arent doing enough for his effort. And bannon says to him, and when you read it theres sort of a certain quality to this passage. He says youve got to return to washington right now, youve got to make a dramatic return. And then he says, according to Woodward And Costa, and youve got to call pence off the Effing Ski slopes and get him back here today, this is a crisis. He calls January 6th a moment for reckoning. And then he goes even further. This is about bannon on biden. And he says, quote, people are going to go, what the f is going on here, were going to bury biden on January 6th, effing bury him. This was, it sounds like from Woodward And Costa, that bannon saw this as a moment to undermine bidens legitimacy, and he goes on, according to the book, bannon says, quote, were going to kill it in the crib, kill the Biden Presidency in the crib. And there are also some extraordinary scenes where Bannon And Rudy giuliani and Jason Miller are at the Willard Hotel the night of January 5th having Phone Calls back and forth with trump. The January 6th select committee is going to be reading this book very carefully. That is just absolutely terrifying. Jamie gangel, thank you so much. I want to bring in Washington Post Columnist George will, whose new book american Happiness And Discontent is out in stores today. Its a collection of his works from 2008 to 2020, some of them, not all of them, of course. And, george, im going to get to your great book in a second. But first i want to give you a moment to react to jamies reporting to Bob Woodward and costas reporting. You have long been a Trump Sceptic [ laughter ] at the very least. If youve been opposed to trump. Is this what you were afraid of . Not really. His bark usually was worse than his bite, in part, because hes too disorganized to be a serious threat to democracy. It has been reliably convincingly reported that in the last hours of the nixon administration, secretary of Defense Schlesinger told the senior Military Leaders not to obey the commands of the chief without bringing it by them. He was drinking and he was under astonishing pressure, and it was by jim schlesingers lights a measure to take, although outside the Chain Of Command that wed like to consider Sack Sanctand respected. There is of course also i mean, yes, its outside the Chain Of Command, but we have this system of guardrails, and weve seen how close we came as a country to the guardrails, meaning nothing. If somebody else if general flynn had been chairman of the joint chiefs instead of Mark Milley, if there had been different individuals at the Secretary Of State, at the gubernatorial, at the canvassing Board Level throughout the country, there could have been what was essentially going to be an american coup. I think milley felt ill used by the episode in Lafayette Square in what was used by a prop and what turned into a political rally where trump held the bible up upside down outside a church. Your new book reflects on the ebbs and flows of the Republican Party through the years. How do you predict these next several years are going to play out for the gop . My thought is that mr. Trump is a fading flower. Hes an entertainer, and he doesnt have a second act. Hes worked One Peddle on the organ. A Cnn Poll asked republicans about what being republican means to them. 59 said believing trump won in 2020 is part of that. Thats 59 of a somewhat shrinking cohort, though. Enthusiastic republicans. What makes the Republican Party interesting and without precedent in our history is it is a Party Today in which most of the elected officials are terrified of their voters, which means they dont like their voters and dont respect their voters because they know that one sulfuric belch from maralago can turn them all into a digital mob. So its a party without a heart at the moment. When you look back on all your writing from 2008 to 2020, as you prepared this collection, did you see moments of this madness that has now taken over far too many officials in what i want to be, what you want to be a thriving factbased principled party . I see it but im more alarmed by the fact that culture is upstream from politics. And the culture that i see, there are an enormous number of columns about whats happening in parenting and academia, and theyre related. Parenting today is producing fragile, riskaverse children who get to college and insist on safe spaces, trigger warnings, microaggressions and all the rest and they are not prepared for life. Theyve been so causited by Helicopter Parents that theyve never had to grow with failure, in other words, growing up. And they get to college extremely immature, and college does nothing to prepare them for the outside world. College today is undermining the essence of democratic culture, which is a culture of persuasion. They prefer indoctrination, and its going to radiate through our society for years. On that cheerful note, George Will always a ray of sunshine. [ laughter ] you are. Its always good to see you. Congrats on the book. Louisiana bracing for a massive Rain Dump Right after Hurricane Ida devastated the state. Weve got an update on that tropical storm, next. Next Day And Twoday shipping nationwide, and returns right from the doorstep. Its a whole New World out there. Lets not keep it waiting. You founded your Kayak Company because you love the ocean not spreadsheets. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. Com Hire Man my ex is dating a pisces. woman in van set your intentions. Man Sitting crystals up. woman cleanse and find your magic. Let it go huh, huh Let It Go visible is wireless that doesnt play games. Its powered by verizon for as little as 25 a month. But it gets crazier. 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Forecasters predict lifethreatening Flash Floods across portions of The Deep South over the next couple days, over 20 inches of rain are possible across central and southern louisiana if the storm stalls, as expected, in the coming days. Southern mississippi, alabama, and the florida panhandle. We will obviously keep an eye on all of that for you. President biden is currently getting briefed on the storm. Hes in colorado this afternoon to push for his economic plan which includes major provisions to try to deal with the climate crisis. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is in colorado. What is the president doing this afternoon . Reporter well, listen, jake, Climate Change and how President Biden plans to combat it has been front and center during what has been his first trip out west as president. He was in California And Idaho yesterday. And today were seeing him now at this national renewable energy lab, which is a project of the u. S. Department of energy where the president is touring some of the ways in which the u. S. Can move beyond fossil fuelbased energy to clean energy. Of course, President Biden has committed that the u. S. Would cut Greenhouse Gas emissions in half by 2050. We expect the President Today to really focus on the two pieces of legislation that are working their way through congress right now. The infrastructure bill, that 1. 2 trillion bill, swegt the Budget Reconciliation Program is President Biden is pressing. That means hundreds of billions of dollars in renewable energies and to mitigate the damage of the effects of Climate Change that we have been seeing across the country in recent weeks. And this is really a Makeorbreak Moment for President Bidens agenda, as lawmakers work to write in the details of that budget reconciliation plan, President Biden certainly trying to use the power of the Bully Pulpit to draw attention to one of the central pillars of that plan, which again is the fight cleanse Climate Change. Jeremy diamond, thank you so much. Coming up, the final hours of the California Recall race. Well show you what to keep your eye on, where to keep your eye on, and the early clues coming in. Stay with us. What youll need, and help you build a flexible plan for Cash Flow that lasts, even when youre not working, so you can go from saving. To living. Lets go how come were always saying no to the stuff we really love . At panera, we say its time to yes to the good stuff. Yes to this and this. And definitely this. And yes to more bread. Panera. Live your yes. Free delivery on our app. [sfx radio being tuned] welcome to allstate. 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A provocative Farright Radio Talk Show Host, or in the view of President Biden who campaigned for newsom last night, a trump clone. Baselessly claiming that the election is riddled with fraud. Now as Cnns Lucy Kafanov reports, democratic strategists are hoping a big turnout will translate to a big win for Gavin Newsom. We may have defeated Donald Trump, but we have not defeated trumpism. Trumpism is still on the ballot in california. [ applause ] reporter california governor Gavin Newsom closing the Recall Campaign with a clear message to the states voters. We have someone on the other side of this thats to the right of Donald Trump. To the right of Donald Trump. Reporter rallying supporters alongside president joe biden, who echoed the message. You either keep Gavin Newsom as your governor [ cheers and applause ] or youll get Donald Trump. [ crowd reacts] its not a joke. Reporter t