President trump escalating his threat to topple a pillar of american democracy. After first refusing to peacefully commit to the transfer of power, he loses the election. The president dug in. So we have to be very careful with the ballots. The ballots, thats a whole big scam. We want to make sure the election is honest, and im not sure that it can be. I dont know that it can be with this whole situation. Unsolicited ballots. These are not unsolicited ballots. In 41 of 50 mailin ballotbefor. Only a handful of states automatically mail ballots to all registered voters. Even the president s own fbi director say mailin ballots pose no real threat to a free and fair result. We have not seen historically any kind of coordinated National Voter fraud effort in a major election, whether its by mail or otherwise. And, remember, 25 states are already voting despite President Trumps continued baseless warnings about voter fraud. Republicans seem compelled to respond to the idea he wouldnt step aside peacefully if not reelected. No questions. No qualms. No concerns. It will be peaceful. People wonder about the peaceful transfer of power. I can assure you there will be a peaceful transfer of power. There will be a peaceful transition of power no matter what anybody says. This from the same republicans who just did a complete reversal on whether to hold a vote on a Supreme Court justice in an Election Year and they said little to nothing about the steps this administration is currently engaged in. Cnn has learned that the Trump Campaign and republicans at the cast a ballot, harder for states to count them and more likely that the final counts will be challenged in court. That includes key swing states like wisconsin and michigan. The Justice Department announced thursday its investigating a handful of military ballots that it says were discarded in pennsylvania but whats even more unusual about this is that the press statement revealed 7 of the 9 ballots were cast for trump. Meanwhile, Election Officials and voting experts want to make sure the president s baseless claims dont take hold. We need voters to know whoever they vote for their ballot will be counted. I spent years going into precincts looking for evidence of fraud. There is nothing like the widespread fraud that would somehow invalidate an election. The truth is, the system has never been tested like it will be. It already is. 25 states already have ballots in the mail including florida where the president has actually been encouraging people to vote by mail. A cnn tally shows a whopping 71 million ballots nationwide either requested or set to be mailed automatically. Thats far more than the 50 million preelection day ballots cast in 2016. President trumps threat to intervene in vaccine approvals is already having real effects. New york state will create a task force to conduct its own review of coronavirus vaccines. Frankly, im not going to trust the federal governments opinion and i wouldnt recommend to new yorkers based on the federal governments opinion. New york officials dont generally play a role in approving drugs or vaccines, but they could delay distribution in the state if they believe the vaccine was not safe. This erosion of trust is already having big consequences. How big of a problem is growing skepticism . Oh, its enormous. Once we do develop a vaccine, obviously we want people to accept it. The medical profession, theyre very concerned. I hear that almost literally every single day. A key model used by the white house now projects more than 371,000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. By january 1st. Thats 7,000 lest than before yet still there could be 3,000 deaths a day by the end of the year. Nearly 100,000 people could be saved if most people would just wear masks. Right now about half of them are wearing them. The average immune cases are up 27 in two weeks. Now when people are heading indoors for the season, a reality check from dr. Anthony fauci. Given the fact that we have never gotten down to a good baseline, we are still in the first wave. Rather than say a second wave, why dont we say are we prepared for the challenge of the fall and winter. Not a big loss in all of this. Americas children. Remember what President Trump said saided, nobody. They have a strong immune system. Take your hat off to the young because they have a hell of an immune system. It affects virtually nobody. Lets take a look at what happens as he said that. Up to 27 colleges and 15 states have now switched from in person to remote learning. Just yesterday the ruby red state of tennessee released data showing significant learning losses for kids k through in the new york area alone, the new york city area the campaign against hunger this year compared to 3 million in a typical year. That is a lot of children. Unemployment remains high. The idea that the virus affects virtually no one except for the elderly and no one with preexisting conditions does not hold up. Breaking overnight. A federal court ordering the Trump Administration to drop plans to rush the census to a conclusion and extending counting for a month. The census includes counting for divvying up funds. Wilbur ross ordered them to finish counting by september 30th, one month earlier than originally planned so the first set of results could be delivered to the president by the end of the year. The ruling is expected to be appealed. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsberg will be laid to rest today. First shell be moved from the u. S. Supreme court steps to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda becoming the first woman in history to receive the high honor. Joe and jill biden are expected to pay their respects today. You can hear President Trump was greeted with cheers and boos as he paid his respects on thursday. Hes expected to nominate her replacement tomorrow. New overnight, more protests in louisville after a grand jury failed to indict a Single Police officer in Breonna Taylors death. An Unlawful Assembly was declared last night but the protests were peaceful. Some vigilantes did clash with them after jacob blake was shot. There are growing calls for more information about the Breonna Taylor investigation. The city of louisville said theyre working with kentuckys attorney general and the fbi to determine what can be released without interfering in the ongoing investigations. Still, representatives for Breonna Taylors family are running out of patience. We do believe it was a coverup from the go. 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She hopes bloomberg can help. I thank him. I think other people will join. Reporter the money bloomberg raised will help 40,000 black and latinos in florida cast their ballots. Florida is the perennial purple state with the huge 29 Electoral College votes. Reporter and winning here is expensive. Bloomberg is funneling 100 million of his own money to the state and in addition to the 16 million to pay off the debts of felons, his moneys also backing a tv ad blitz targeting, among other things, President Trumps response to the pandemic. Bloombergs cash will infuse the get out the vote. Its like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle. You have a limited amount of time to do it if you want to win. No republican has won the white house without carrying florida since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 so florida is crucial for trump. Hes now claiming residency in palm beach. During a recent visit to the state, the president announced a tenyear expansion of the ban of oil drilling off the coast after they expressed concerns how drilling might affect tourism all in an effort to shore up votes. This protects your beautiful gulf and ocean. Reporter both are making a play for puerto rican voters. Tens of thousands of people fled after hurricane maria. And will soon vote in his first president ial election. What did you make of President Trumps response to the hurricane hitting puerto rico . Well, not sufficient islight. Inadequate. Reporter perhaps attitudes like that inspire the Trump Administration to suddenly announce 13 billion in aide to help rebuild puerto rico three years after the storm. For his part, biden is also promising to rebuild the islands infrastructure. He recently visited florida as well, to mark hispanic heritage month. Reporter theyre flooding the air waves. 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President trump hard at work sewing doubts in the minds of voters. The states hardest hit by coronavirus say you cannot trust a vaccine approved by the white house. Good morning, this is early start. Im abby phillip. Im laura jarrett. We begin this half hour with the president escalating his threat to topple a pillar of american democracy. After refusing to commit to peacefully transferring power if he loses the november election, the president dug his heels in. So we have to be very careful of the ballots. The ballots, thats a whole big scam. We want to make sure the election is honest. I dont know that it can be with this whole situation. Unsolicited ballots. Unsolicited. Millions being sent to many. Theyre not unsolicited ballots not sent to everybody. Only a hand