Viewers in the United States and all around the world. I dont know if people heard the bang there, were okay. Were off to a great start. Nothing has fallen on us. Near us, but not on us. This is new day. Its wednesday, september 23rd, 6 00 here in new york. A new warning from dr. Anthony fauci. 40,000 coronavirus cases a day is far too high a level heading into winter. Heres where the u. S. Is this morning. 22 states, those that you see in orange and red, those are the ones that are seeing a spike in cases. Yesterday marked another day of nearly 40,000 new cases. And almost a thousand more deaths. And what does President Trump think of the more than 200,000 americans killed . He now calls it a shame, after youll remember, he had said, it is what it is. Yet, he continues to hold rallies that look like potential super spreader events, and he again mocked joe biden for wearing a mask. Biden, meanwhile, called the american death toll, quote, devastating and staggering. All right. Developing this morning, cnn has learned that the fda is considering tough new authorization rules that could push emergency approval for a Coronavirus Vaccine past election day. The details here are very important. And were going to lay them out for you. It will also be interesting to see if the white house tries to undermine this move. Also new this morning, we have new guidance from the fbi, raising alarms about disinformation on the integrity of the election. And if you read between the lines here, it almost sounds as if the fbi is saying, dont listen to the president. The fbi warns specifically of, quote, the spread of false information in an attempt to discredit the electoral process and undermine confidence in u. S. Democratic institutions. Honest to god. It almost sounds like theyre saying what the president is saying, pay no attention. Could that possibly be their message . Absolutely. Well begin our coverage with the very latest on the cyr coronavirus situation in the United States. Cnns ryan young live in chicago. And the message were getting from Anthony Fauci and others is really winter is coming. Yeah, good morning, john. The grim milestone of 200,000 deaths hasnt stopped the president from patting himself on the back. Thats despite 40,000 new cases every single day. The president s own Health Experts are warning, were not out of the woods just yet. President trump spoke to a packed Campaign Rally in pittsburgh, giving himself top marks for his administrations handling of the pandemic as the nation reached a heartbreaking milestone. We did an we did an a plus job, except we decade d job in terms of public relations, explaining it, because we were too busy doing it. Reporter in reality, the coronavirus has killed over 200,000 people in the u. S. Since march and Health Experts stress it didnt have to be this way. If we had done what a large number of other countries have done, take the virus seriously, implement Public Health measures, 80, 90 of those people would be alive today. That is a tragedy. And its a travesty. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden tweeting, theres a devastating human toll to this pandemic and we cant forget that. While trump just said it could have been worse. Well, i think its a shame. I think if we donate idnt do i properly and do it right, you would have 2. 5 million deaths. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci warning people to take safety guidelines seriously as the new cases grow in at least 22 states over the past week. I would like to have seen the base line of where we are, the daily number of infections come way, way down, and not be stuck at around 30 to 40,000 per day, which is where it is right now. Thats unacceptable and thats what weve got to get down before we go into the more problematic winter. Reporter and while some School Districts continue to weigh whether students will return to the classroom, one of the nations largest, miamidade county, announced phased inperson learning will begin no earlier than october 14th, this as the cdc announced new guidelines discouraging parents from allowing their children to trick or treat this year, calling it a highrisk activity to spread the coronavirus. Meanwhile, trump sticking to his promise of a vaccine around election day. Well develop and distribute a vaccine very, shortly, in record time. Reporter but the food and Drug Administration is considering new safety guidelines for an emergency authorization, three sources tell cnn, likely pushing a Coronavirus Vaccine past november 3rd. The president has been hoping for a magic bullet. The vaccine. But even when we have an effective vaccine, its going to take many months to really affect the mortality rate in this country. Now, despite the president giving himself an a or aminus, handling the pandemic, in a joint statement, the american medical association, the American Hospital association, American Nurses association said the scale and raw numbers represent a nearly worstcase scenario that is a far cry from an aplus. I have to say, how the president grades himself at this point is not relevant. 200,000 dead americans dont care what grade the president gives himself at this point. Its the response now Going Forward that matters the most. Ryan, appreciate your reporting. President trump says hell announce his Supreme Court nominee on saturday. Sources tell cnn that judge Amy Coney Barrett is the clear favorite to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Cnns joe johns live at the white house with new details on how quickly this could all happen, joe. Reporter well, john, it certainly sounds like full speed ahead on this nomination. The president indicating that hes going to make his nomination pick public on saturday. This is a clear indication that the president and the Senate Republicans have decided that a fight over the Supreme Court and in the closing days of an election is a fight they want to have, especially if the president picks a reliable conservative, who has already been vetted by this administration, like Amy Coney Barrett. The latest sign of where all of this is headed, senator mitt romney och utf utah, indicating onboard with the Republican Senate leaderships position, which all but assures that the president s nominee can be pushed forward over the objection of democrats. The president indicating, in his view, this thing needs to move quickly. We need nine justices. You need that. With the unsolicited millions of ballots that theyre send welcome its a scam, its a hoax. Everybody knows that. And the democrats know it better than anybody else. So youre going to need nine justices up there. I think its going to be very important. Because what theyre doing is a hoax with the ballots. Reporter now the president s assertions are unsupported by the evidence. There is no evidence that voter fraud is running rampant throughout the country. Also, the president s claim clearly suggests that hes looking for some help on the court in the event the Supreme Court has to decide the outcome of a close election. John . Ill take it. Thank you very much, joe. Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg today. Cnns skblooervejessica schneid for us at the Supreme Court with a preview. Hi, jessica. Reporter hi, alisyn, good morning. When Justice Ginsburgs casket arrives at the Supreme Court this morning, she will be greeted by more than 100 of her former law clerks. They will serve as honorary pallbearers and escort her casket up the Supreme Court steps. They will also keep watch and be by Justice Ginsburgs side throughout the next two days of public viewing. At 9 30 this morning, there will be a private ceremony inside the great hall. That will be attended by Close Friends and family and the justices. Chief Justice John Roberts as well as a rabbi will be speaking. Then after that private ceremony, Justice Ginsburgs casket will be brought outside here to the portico at the top of the steps of the Supreme Court. Thats when the public viewing will be begin. We are expecting thousands and thousands of people, because of the thousands that have already flokd he flocked here to the Supreme Court to pay their respects in the days that followed after Justice Ginsburgs announcement of the death on friday. So thousands and thousands of people will be out here. The viewing will be each night, tonight and tomorrow, until 10 00 p. M. And then on friday, Justice Ginsburg will lie in state across the street at the u. S. Capitol. 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And thats what weve got to get down, before we go into the more problematic winter. This morning, cases are rising in 22 states. You can see them all right there in red. And where its beige, theyre stable, and stable, dr. Fauci says, largely in the wrong place. I want to bring in dr. Jonathan reiner, a cnn medical analyst at George Washington university. Dr. Reiner, we had over 40,000 new cases overnight again last night in one day. If you look at the sevenday moving average, if you look at the tail end of that graph, youll see that over the last two weeks, few cases are started to rise again, as we head into what could be one of the most dangerous periods of the year. So when you look at this, what concerns you . Or why is dr. Fauci so concerned about this also . Well, hes concerned because every Public Health official expects a spike during the fall and winter, when we move from outside to inside. And we know that the virus is transmitted much more efficiently in indoor environments, where the air flow is less brisk and its harder to social distance. So we plateaued at 40,000. Weve been here all summer. And so weve squandered our opportunities. We keep squandering our opportunities to push the case counts down in the United States and protect lives. So instead of that, weve plateaued at around 40,000 cases a day. And our deaths are somewhere between 800,000 and a 1,000 cases per day. So if this doubles, with a winter spike, so well be, you know, 80,000 cases a day. 2,000, 3,000 deaths a day. Its an intolerable toll. Which is why people like tony fauci keep stressing that we need to get the numbers down. Were not doing the things necessary to do that. Lets talk about what the fda is announcing in terms of the timeline for a vaccine, because it will now be longer, certainly than President Trump has made it sound, and then some people had expected. Heres what the fda says. The fda is expected to tell this is the cnn reporting. The fda is expected to tell vaccine makers that they need to wait two months after giving all their study participants their second doses of the vaccine until they can apply for an emergency use authorization. So i guess the point is, its not just whether you have ill side effects when you get the vaccine, you have to wait a couple of months to see if anything else crops up. Exactly. So, look, everyone has a sore arm when you receive a vaccine. Thats just the nature of getting a vaccine. Theyre not so worried about that. Theyre worried about more important side effects, like the kind of side effect that halted the abbott trial in england and in the United States, the transverse myelitis. Theyre looking to make sure that not only does the vaccine work, but that it doesnt in worstcase scenarios, make it worse for you if you acquire the virus, as some vaccines in the past have done. And only when you have a longer time horizon can you get those data points. So, look, i was actually cheered by this fda announcement. Because it shows that what the fda is doing is stressing safety. You know, approving the vaccine is not just understanding that it reduces cases. Its understanding that its safe for the public. Yesterday win postponed a procedure for hours, because we needed to repeat a critical lab. And when we finally did the procedure, the patient thanked us for stressing safety. And thats what the public hopefully will see by the fdas action this week. Just to be clear about what the timeline here means, in these vaccine trials, you get two doses. The doses are spread out by a month. Our belief is that the first dose in any of these trials was given at the end of july, beginning of august. So if you dont get your second dose until the beginning of september, and then you have to wait two months before we know or determine efficacy, that puts that date into november. So just to be clear, if the fda gets this through, and we dont know whether or not they will go through this with. This is whats being considered. We expect them to make some kind of an announcement. This would make the determination date past election date, almost definitely, which is something that i have to believe is going to upset ft. Which is why, and im wondering if you are, im watch vrg cloin close what the administration, what hhs says about this new batch of reporting that were seeing that the fda is considering these rules, dr. Reiner. Yeah, i agree with you, john. And i sort of am dreading an announcement that, oh, the fda released a draft response that wasnt ready for the public yet. That was in error. Thats sort of what weve heard from the cdc recently. I think these kinds of pauses are key. And we need to depoliticize this. We shouldnt be thinking about the vaccine in terms of the timing of the election. Thats how far weve dropped. That now when we think about science, were looking at the calendar and understanding when people are voting. One should have nothing to do with the other. About half of the enrollees in these trials were enrolled by about the middle of september. About the first week in september. So those patients will ha