Minnesota. Also with us is dr. Jody deon odom, from the university of alabama at birmingham. Doctor, last night, that rally, what should henderson, nevada expect in the next couple of weeks . Its very likely that there will be a number of cases that will occur as a result of that rally. Any time you have indoor air, and thats where you are bring people together, you can expect theres likely someone infected in that group who will then transmit the virus to others. Professor, youve been adamant and i like this about you being forward looking and talking about what we can do now in Going Forward to fight this pandemic. How does this event help move us forward in the battle . It reinforces that were over with this virus and in fact, again, only about 10 to 12 has been infected and this virus wont even slow its transmission down until we get to 50 to 70 . Even if a vaccine were to come on the horizon, it would be another 12, 14 months that many u. S. Citizens could be vaks nc e vaccinated if they wanted to be. I dont care what partisan nature a rally is or why youre having it, you do put people in harms way. People were very confused when they heard about the protest and the die it was outdoor air. Weve seen a lot of activity and people say thats outdoor, too . No, that was indoor bars, the tattoo shops, indoor air. Going into the future thats something we have to be aware of is a major challenge. Thats really interesting to hear that discontinutinctiodist. President Donald Trumps staff say people shouldnt be protesting if they shouldnt be in big groups. Here is the sevenday average, you see it bouncing around at very alarming levels. According to Johns Hopkins it was at 8. 9 positivity rate. The last time the president held an indoor rally was in tulsa, oklahoma in june and after that, his friend and supporter herman cain died. He came down with coronavirus, he went to this rally, did not have any symptoms, his temperature did not show any temperature and he died a few weeks later. So, dr. Odom, i dont know if you can hear me, but this is what doctors are very worried about whats about to happen now in nevada. It is. Yeah, alwaisyn, we havent have magical thinking. Each person with coronavirus will infect two to three other people and millions of people are totally asymptomatic. Its why were talking about masking and distancing still six, seven months into it because those principles work. Again, the subject of where we are this morning, the number of new daley cases whhas hovere between 30,000 and 40,000, dr. Fauci says he wants it at 10,000. What are you most concerned about over the next few weeks . I think everyones worried about having lots of young people coming together and the virus spreading. When you have 35,000 case as day still, most of our communities still have coronavirus in them. So we cant pretend our way through this or magical thinking our way out it have. We have to accept whats happening, look at the case count and take active measures every day to protect ourselves and our families. Thats the only way we can do this. As were waiting for a vaccine, we know what we should do. Other countries have done it. We should, too. Doctor, when you hear President Donald Trump in that sound bite saying nothing more could have been done, nothing more could have been done. He just said that a few weeks ago. Why do you think he thinks that he could never figure out or get his arms around more testing, Contact Tracing, modelling, i mean, all of the things that other countries did to not be in the dire straits that were in . I think, first of all, this virus is a challenge in any country youre in. Were seeing youre heat up substantially but at a much lower level than we were. They were talking about 35,000 cases a day. When we compare that to when the house was on fire in new york and we had 22,000 cases a day and we thought it cant get any worse. Were going to see this kind of up and down, up and down but each time it goes up it goes a little higher, each time it kom comes down, it doesnt come down as stfar. Thank you both for being with us. And now lets take a look at traps sally. Tell us where it is, where its headed and how strong. Right now were looking at 65 miles an hour. The big story is it a slow storm. Look at how slow this is. This is 1 a. M. On tuesday, 12 hours later, 1 p. M. Tuesday, 1 a. M. On wednesday. The slow storms, they have more time to pile up the storm surge and produce dangerous flash flooding and rainfall. So the slower it moves, the more time it sits over these Population Centers dumping the rain. How much rain are you looking at . A dangerous situation in some of these areas because of the slow movement. We could see and the forecast can shift this a little bit so were urging everybody to be prepared for this. Some areas could get 15 to 20, maybe up to 24 inches of rain, the coastal alabama, even 10 to 15 inches inland to mississippi and alabama as well. The problem is its a slow moving storm thats going to rain a lot, correct . Absolutely, john. Everybody always asks about how strong it going to be. Its not going to matter in this case. Because of the size, how slow it is, because of the rainfall and all that time to pile up the water, 7 foot to 11 foot of storm surge and in alabama, mobile bay could see five to six foot of storm surge. This is sally. Its one of five named storms were looking at now, which is an incredibly high number. Every desk behind me is occupied. Were watching seven different areas. Five advisories at once, the first time sense september 1971. Any of those in particular that might make a coastal impact in the United States beyond sally . So far were looking at most of these out along coast, we have advisories with paulet and berld, you can see out in the atlantic out there, most of these we have some rain. Were watching these very closely. Now to the catastrophic wildfires burning in california, oregon and washington state. Whats the situation this hour, stephanie . Reporter 24 of those deaths are in california. We are standing untder the bob cat here. Ive been watching the glow and watching ash standing on my jacket as they continue to fight this one. This is just a state that is battling fires throughout the summer. We have seen this and it just taxing the firefighters here and the systems that are put in place where they can take these firefighters and move them from one part of the state to the other where they need them. Theres just so many fires bushing here in the state, let alone what is happening in the Western Region where we have some 100 fires that have burned almost 5 million acres. So this has been a very difficult situation. Its very clear when you listen to the politicians here in california that they believe that this is because of the Climate Crisis. Take a listen to what Los Angeles Mayor eric fwgarcetti a California Governor Gavin Newsom had to say. I listen to fire professionals, not the president of the United States or a politician when it comes to what causes these fires. Its been very clear, years of drought, whether its too much water or toof ra much rain in p of our country right now, this is Climate Change. Thats the reality were facing, the smash mouth reality, this perfect storm. The debate is over around Climate Change. Just come to the state of california. And to that point, 3. 3 million acres have been burned in california so far in 2020, so 3,400 structures have been lost. Where im standing now about 300 homes are evacuated. Think about all of that happening throughout california, all of that while the state is still very much dealing with the coronavirus. So the masks, which many of them dont work for the smoke, my happens to work both ways but most people are worrying about keeping their family safe from the coronavirus and also dealing with the incessant smoke, which is also detrimental to lungs. Stephanie be careful. Thank you very much for reporting for us. President donald trump told bob woodward there was nothing more he could have done to fight coronavirus. Do voters agree . Thats next. Live the life you want to have send it off, with a bang whistling sstop struggling to clean tough messes with sprays. Try clean freak it has three times the cleaning power of the leading spray to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. And its great for bathrooms just keep pumping the power nozzle to release a continuous burst of mist and make quick work of big jobs. It even works on stainless steel. 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Trump had become the leader of the one nation suffering the most from the virus. The president came to this conclusion nothing more could have been done. Nothing more could have been done. Now to talk about this and more are cnn political commentator Bakari Sellers and scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. Bush. Great to see both of you this morning. Scott, do you agree that President Donald Trump could have done nothing more to fight the virus . No, i dont. I mean, obviously when you look back on the situation, the government was slow on testing. Rhetorically i think the president has had some missteps. It doesnt mean everything hes done has been bad or wrong and he certainly did the right thing on china and travel issues and ramping up the defense production act and now ramping up warped speed. You cant look at the results and what the American People think about it and say it was perfect. Obviously people dont believe that. I also think there are a lot of Public Officials in our federal and state governments would say the same thing. If we held them to the stale sa same standard, youd have to say the same thing about them, too. And, scott, one more thing. Do you think that holding a big packed indoor rally in henderson, nevada is the right way to do that . I think Outdoor Events would probably be smarter and i do think they should encourage people to wear masks. I often wondered if they handed out branded trump 2020 masks if peop they would wear them. A lot of people in both parties are doing that. So i think it would be smart if the president did that as well. Outdoor events strike me as smarter play. Is there they strike all doctors as smarter. This isnt guesswork. They have traced event and a lot who are people get sick at indoor events at outdoor evenevents. Bakari, what do you see . The rally last night was reprehensible, it was neglectful. It shows this lack of ability to take this virus seriously, which is why we were here. Barack obama i think Mitch Mcconnell stated this. Barack obama left a play book to ta deal with this virus. But theyve dismantled so many things, simply because it came from the obama administration. Now we have communities, particularly black and brown communities, which have been devastated as a disproportional rate because of this virus and our economy is at a point where its going to take years to rev it back up and bring it to where it was. Saying its going to disappear and go away is just not healthy and is dangerous rhetoric. Help us explain politically speaking, how does holding a big indoor rally with no mask mandate and breaking nevadas own state rules that dont allow for any gathering of more than 50 people, how is that a politically wise move for President Donald Trump . There are a significant number of people who support the president that think that were being held to a double standard in this country, that if youre willing to go out and protest certain social issues, you get a pass. But those are outdoors. The minute you support the president youre held to a different standard. Im telling you the truth. Out here thats what people see and what they think. I believe you. Shouldnt they see a distinction between indoors and outdoors . I agree. Were in the time of the year nevada is different weather but were in the time of the year where Outdoor Events could be very useful to anybody running a Political Campaign right now. The indoor events are risky. Not wearing a mask is risky. A lot of people who engage in risky behaviors i think people say if they can exercise free speech, so can i. You think its politically wise for the president to do that because it does speak to the feeling of his base . No, im not saying its wise. Im saying there are reasons why they would do it and there are reasons why people would go to a rally but there are risks. What if theres an outbreak. What if one of these events causes a huge outbreak . I dont know whether its wise or unwise. I wouldnt go to an indoor event right now truthfully. And i think a lot of people people the way i down. Only 35 of the American Public feels that approves of president Donald Trumps handling of covid. So its been hovering at that number since july. Explain the politics, bakari of this. Its hitting people right smack dab in the face right now. Scott doesnt know this because they dont play a lot of football in kentucky. Hey, easy, easy, easy, bakari. Come on now. Its difficult because we cannot we cant even go watch our gamecocks play football, you cant fill the stadium and watch clemson play football right now. There a lot of people witnessing this in different ways. Now youre looking at nfl games where no one is in the stands except for jacksonville. So high schools a some high schools are wondering if theyre plays al all in is hitting people culturally and theyre not able to enjoy it the same way. You cant just go sit in a bar right now and watch football with your friends. This is just a difficult time. It did not have to be this way is the thesis, but for donald trump. We have some sound from the rally. They were very clear about how they feel and what story line theyre believing. So here is that. I dont have any of the symptoms and neither do they. And if they did, they wouldnt be here. Were not stupid people. Reporter you know the virus can be spread with people who dont have symptoms as well, right . Of course. If i catch covid, thats the consequences of my action. Im willing to take that risk and enjoy myself today. People who wear masks are sensationalists. You want to give o of that vibe of doing something right. Doing something right is being here, being patriotic and rooting for my president. Reporter doesnt science say being outside in the sun kills the virus . Yes, thats what they said. Scott, what do you think when you hear that . I pray for the safety of everybody who winds up in the situation of getting coronavirus. Its deadly. I worry about folks who go to big events. I worry about the protesters. I see them on tv. Any kind of an event right now, it worrisome because people have died and are dying. Do you wish that President Donald Trump gave them the real scoop, what he knew in february, that it was going to be five times more deadly than the flu . Do you think that would have helped those folks hear that . Can i chime in and help scott real quick . I dont think that these individuals would necessarily cha change their mind simply because of something that donald trump said. Its like a different world. When people consume their news from facebook and all of these different conspiracies, you see people it was so funny when she was saying youre not watching the science. Were like what are you talking about . These individuals who have this undying affection for donald trump, you see them show up at the rallies and willing to get covid for their president , its just a really weird time and im not sure theres anything that could be done to get those people to think differently, behave differently or actually act i dont know. I think people do listen to their leaders. I think people are quite impressionable based upon what their leaders say. Thats why we elect leaders. But you could be right. Lets hope it isnt undying affection. We hope there havent a spike in henderson but history will tell us otherwise. And coming you, a man who made the Climate Crisis the focus of his president ial campaign, tom steyer, joins us with what hes saying next. 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He made Climate Change the focus of his campaign and of his career. Theres no doubt, john, about the connection between climate chang and these fires. In california weve had record breaking heat this entire summer and at levels that are for people in california who know what it means, really shocking we got the highest temperature recorded in Human History in death valley, but we also got 120 degrees last week in saab lewis obisbo. So to have the worst fires by far followed by the greatest heat in history by far, its inescapable theres a link between the two and that this is an urgent crisis that hassingha dealt with immediately. Youre hearing from those fighting them saying theres something qualitatively different about these fires that just make it harder to battle. I dont think theres any question about that, john. Its also the number of fires. Weve got three of the four biggest fires in california history going on right now. So that the firefighters who have done a fantastic job are stretched incredibly thin. You know, these are intense, huge blazes. I think people across the United States know that this year just in california weve burned up more acreage than exists in the state of connecticut. This is a huge, immediate, urgent problem. Theres no question its an immediate and urgent problem. I wonder what if this were happening in states that mattered in the Electoral College . What if it wasnt oregon, washington, what if this was happening in wisconsin, what if this was happening in florida . We see hurricanes and every politician in the country descends on the state. I any we all knthink we all a global issue with the fires. Weve seen floods, weve seen hurricanes, you know, in the midwest and in florida, in every one of those states. So, yes, we are suffering here realtime in california. But, in fact, this is a global problem. Look, this is crying out for national and international leadership. The number one thing we can do is elect a different president who going to recognize the problem, deal with it forcefully at home, deal with it forcefully overseas. Its the only solution we have to this problem is honest to god, joe biden. And donald trump who will be in california has not acknowledged the role that Climate Change played, has blamed Forest Management. What role does Forest Management have in these changes . One is to try and prevent the climate from changing and the problems and the second is to deal with the problems that exist. Mr. Trump is playing politics by denying the issue and then saying were not dealing with the problems, were not adapting to this. In fact, the federal government run by Donald John Trump owns half of california. Hes playing politics with the pain and suffering of the american citizens. Its reprehensible. It got to end. What are issues surrounding Climate Change and the coronavirus pan demmic . Theres absolutely a through line. We have a president who will not act on Scientific Data and believes he can make up the truth himself. That has caused the deaths of americans, thousands or tens of thousands, additional americans who didnt have to die as a result of his failures in coronavirus. What were seeing in his four years of actually intentionally exacerbating Climate Change is a president who cant deal with the facts and doesnt realize a basic point, which is that if we deal with Climate Change, we can create millions of good paying, union, middle class jobs, we can make ourselves healthier, particularly in underserved black and brown communities where the air stinks and the water is undrinkable, and we can also deal with a huge issue confronting the health and safety of every single american. This is a signal failure of leadership but the president of the United States. Tom steyer, we appreciate having you on the show. Good to see you again. Glad to see the tie hasnt changed, even if the candidacy is gone. Were not saying Climate Change starts the fire, but Climate Change contributes to the way they burn and the intensity of the way they burn. And now every vote is crucial in california. Do you feel your vote could be a deciding vote in this election . Oh yes. I feel this could be very, very close. We have reporting from one of the key swing counties next. A live bookkeeper is helping customize quickbooks for me. Okay, youre all set up. Thanks that was my business gi, this ones casual. Get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. Its made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. We also made usaa for military spouses and their kids usaa is easy to work with and can save you money on auto, home and renters insurance. Become a member today. Get an insurance quote at usaa. Com quote usaa. What youre made of were made for breaking overnight, early absentee voting was supposed to start in pennsylvania. Not a single county is ready to send out ballots to voters just 50 days ahead of election day. What have you learned, vanessa . Alisyn, this is a significant hiccup for voters in pennsylvania. Many are eager to get to the polls. Both democrats and republicans there know that the margin that trump won by in that county made a difference in his victory in pennsylvania. In pivot aal lucern county, pennsylvania my neighbor always put up obama signs so i wanted to get back on them. They said, hey, trump signs are in and people started flooding in. Lucerne could be crucial to deciding pennsylvania this year. It happened in 2016 when the county which barack obama carried twice backed President Donald Trump by 26,000 votes. Overall he won pennsylvania by less than one point. If youre running for the office, you ignore northeastern pennsylvania at your peril. Trump promised to bring back manufacturing are the largest industry here and in 2016, industry jobs grew. In pennsylvania, they gave trump the edge on handling the economy. I do think trump will do a good job with helping to bring back the economy. Reporter he voted for trump on that very issue, something that democrats and republicans here say is their number one concern. His fanly owns sever family ol pizza shops. Two didnt survive the pandemic. But its the issue of policing and race in america that has him questioning his vote. A lot of africanamericans i think have been left behind on a lot of policies. I dont think donald trump has done hes done some things to help. I dont think hes done enough compared to the window of opportunity that we have right now. Reporter across the street jays record shop also took a hit during the pandemic. He closed for two and a half months, collecting unemployment for the first time. The effects of the pandemic could have been less if we took the right initiative and had leadership at the beginning of the pandemic and we did not. And now we know that trump actually knew but downplayed it. That is a disgrace. Reporter with pennsylvanias Battle Ground status, voters in lucerne say theyre prepared for another close race. Do you feel like your vote could be a deciding vote in this election . Oh yes. I feel it could be very, very, very close. Reporter now the candidates know how critical lucerne county is to pennsylvania. Vice president pence was just there visiting within the last month. And particularly for democratic voters i spoke to, we know that joe biden will be in scranton, pennsylvania later this week but democratic voters are really hoping that joe biden makes an appearance in lucerne county, something Hillary Clinton did not do and democrats there felt like they were forgotten. They hope that joe biden doesnt make that same mistake. Alisyn. Vanessa, really interesting to hear how those voters are feeling today. Thank you very much. Join Anderson Cooper for a special president ial town hall with joe biden. Cnn has reporters around the world covering the latest developments. Reporter here in jerusalem, the country is preparing for a second general lockdown after a surge in coronavirus cases last week that looks like its continuing to this week. 4,217 new cases in a day and that marked three Straight Days of more than 4,000 cases. It because of those cases that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu announced a threeweek closure right before the high holidays. Citizens will be required to stay within a quarter mile of their home, schools and restaurants closed except for takeout and delivery, entertainment and leisure venues will be closed as israel tries to get these numbers under control. Here in paris a new worrying record set on saturday, the number of new cases above 10,000. 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Were using shipping containers as a base structure. Im a Third Generation architect. My grandfather and my father are both architects. Theyve always taught me that being part of a community and helping out that community is actually really important. Some days after hurricane maria, i joined fema to work as a construction inspector. I remember this one case a lady came into us and we couldnt find the house. And we couldnt find the house because there was absolutely nothing left. The desperation in that womans face, im just never going to forget it. The name of my company is called conti design studio. In spanish, it combines into many surprises, for example, with you, as in you can take your home with you. These actually look really good. Theres no holes on the roof, theres no holes on the walls. This is a really beautiful container, a really beautiful future home. Our first home was build on an island off the coast of puerto rico and was one of the worst off communities after hurricane maria. Hello when i come visit the owners of this hours, it makes me so happy to see this couple was actually able to get their dream because it was more Cost Effective and faster. Its probably one of my proudest moments. Translator i open those doors and im in paradise. It was her dream to have something that is ours and we achieved it. At first we didnt have a lot of faith, but she fought for us to build. Translator she lives with her hair standing on end waiting to see people get hit by another hurricane. This is the best option. Almost three years after hurricane maria, the island is experiencing a string of earthquakes. In the south part of the island, this has left some homes and businesses uninhabitable. 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