Is in serious jeopardy. Outbreaks in campuses in 19 states. Until theres a vaccine, these are things well have to deal with. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. This is new day, its tuesday, august 25th. 6 00 here in new york. Alisyn camerota, how is your morning going . The fact that i was applying lip gloss a second before we started shouldnt worry you. And the computer. The computers coming together. Things looking good. Stick with us. If Ronald Reagan envisioned a shining city on a hill, the party of donald trump described a burning city on a hill or a screaming city on a hill or both after promising four days of hope, the first night of the Republican Convention delivered a dark, dystopian view of america should donald trump lose, claims of socialism, culture, violence in the cities. Theyve largely glossed over the tragedy of the coronavirus and instead put forth a revisionist version of the pandemic as. It u. S. Didnt lead the world in cases and deaths. There was a notable appeal to minority voters with nikki haley and the only black republican in the senate who told his own compelling personal story. It seemed a program to sway white suburban voters. How effective was it . We have new reaction and details about what to expect tonight. Now coronavirus. Overnight, the fda commissioner defending the emergency use of plasma as a coronavirus treatment. But did he apologize for mischaracter rising t mischaracterize using the treatment. They said vaccines must be safe and authorized before being used. But they say the white house has raised the possibility of authorizing a vaccine before late trials are completed. Good nus news, the pandemic seems to be slowing in the sunbelt, but accelerating in some midwest states. Lets begin our coverage with jeff zeleny on our top story. Hi, jeff. Reporter good morning. It was a night of revisionist history at the Republican National convention filled with a reality on President Trumps handling of the pandemic. But all of that was by design and rallying the president s base calling home wavering republicans with ominous warnings about joe biden and the democratic agenda. I vowed to be an american reporter President Trump ti kicked off the Republican Convention of how it would look without him in charge. I really believe this. This is the most important election in the history of our country. Dont let them take it away from you. Reporter and that theme continued throughout the Opening Night with mondays list of speakers also warning of a joe biden presidency they described as radical. Among them, the st. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters this summer. They want to abolish the suburbs altogether. Make no mistake, no matter where you live, your family will not be safe in the radical democrats america. A top Campaign Fundraiser and former news host amplified the unproven charge that democrats intended to abolish the suburbs. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. They want to control what you see and think and believe so that they can control how you live reporter her words echoed by the president s own son, donald trump jr. Its almost like its shaping up to be church, work, and school versus rioting, looting and vandalism. Or in the words of biden and the democrats, peaceful protesting. Reporter as the death toll continues to crime, they touted his handling of the crisis as a success. One person took action to save lives, president donald trump. Reporter and showing this video of the president with frontline workers at the white house. We just have to make this china virus go away and its happening. Reporter but there was no explanation how the United States leads the world in total coronavirus cases and deaths or trumps repeated downplaying of the crisis from the start. The first night also featured two prominent republicans of color, focusing on the National Outlook instead of the president s record on race. Former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley saying the issue is personal. In much of the Democratic Party its now fashionable to say that america is racist. That is a lie. America is not a racist country. We are blessed to live in america. Its time to keep that blessing alive for the next generation. This president and this party are committed to that noble task. Reporter in closing tonight, South Carolina senator tim scott. This election is about your future. And it is critical to paint a full picture of the records of donald trump and joe biden. C reporter the only black senator described how he thinks they could permanently transform what it means to be an american. Make no mistake, joe biden and Kamala Harris want a cultural revolution, a fundamentally different america. If we let them, they will turn our country into a socialist utopia. Instead, we must focus on the promise of the american journey. Reporter now there are convention offers the biggest opportunity for the president to reset his campaign and, indeed, his presidency and they hope to do so with messages like that from senator scott. Its unclear how this is going to play out in the country. We should keep that in mind as we watch this convention all week line. It is designed at rallying the republicans base for sure. Tonight, Melania Trump will be speaking from the newly renovated rose garden as well as back here in washington, eric trump and tiffany trump. Alisyn. Okay, jeff. Thank you very much. Developing this morning, schools in florida in limbo after a judge locked the state order requiring schools to reopen for inperson learning. The judge arguing that the state failed to take safety concerns into account. Randi kaye is live in west palm beach, florida, with more. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning. Parts of the country that are facing the worst of the pandemic are seeing signs of improvement, but we are seeing schools reopening and new clusters at colleges and universities. So administrators and School Officials are scrambling to contain these new outbreaks. After weeks of rising numbers, sunbelt states are beginning to show positive signs of improvement. And over the weekend, for the First Time Since july, the sevenday average death toll nationwide dropped below 1,000. But new concerns are still mounting in parts of the midwest where infections are trending upward. I am increasingly concerned that were seeing right now and its really been over about the last week reporter as schools begin to reopen, outbreaks at universities are reversing the recent d recent downward trends. It continues an alarming trend in the wrong direction. Reporter the university of kansas just issued disciplinary actions against two fraternities having parties. The Positivity Rate has more than doubled in a week now standing at 31. 3 . The school has reported 465 positive cases in the last week. Ohio State University suspending more than 200 students who have violated the universitys social distancing regulations. And in tuscaloosa, home to the university of baalabama, all ba are closed after two weeks after a spike in cases. Tuscaloosa is in serious jeopardy. Reporter in florida, a major win for teachers after a judge blocked the states requirement that all schools offer inperson learning by august 31st. They found that richard sock rin arbitrarily prioritized Opening School in august over safety and the advice of Health Experts. Governor desantiss office says it will appeal the ruling. No longer is there a penalty, no longer is there this threat from our commissioner or our governor to haphazardly open our schools. Reporter two sources tell cnn that white house officials are raising the possibility of an early use vaccination for a vaccine but before late stage trials ever finished. Dr. Anthony fauci telling reuters that without knowing the ef facesy of the vaccine saying we would hope that nothing would interfere with the full demonstration that it is safe and effective. Mean while, here in florida theyre seeing the lowest number of new cases since june and they say the hospitalizations are down 50 in the last moneyth. But now the university of miami is scrambling to control an outbreak and theyre saying the reopening of schools could reverse all of these positive new trends. The key is to keep those trends moving into the right direction. Randi, thanks so much. Breaking overnight, no real answers, no explanation for the Police Shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. Were seeing a night of shooting, the nation guard has been called in. Sara sidner spoke with blakes uncle. She joins us live with the very latest. What have you learned . Reporter john, tonight or actually this morning quiet, but there were peaceful protests in the day which devolved into burning buildings at night from the were several buildings set ablaze, including probation office, a store that sells furniture, and a restaurant. We watched several cars go up in flames as well. Police and protesters squared off in front of the courthouse, Police Responding with tear gas. There was a curfew that started at 8 00 p. M. But nobody paid that any mind. They were here because they were so angered, frustrated and distraught over this horrific video that they watched of jacob blake being shot seven times, mostly in the back, by a Police Officer here and still no official explanation as to exactly what went on from the police department. But we were able to sit down are jacob blakes uncle just justin blake sat with us and talked about the phone call that the family received that their son and Family Member had been shot. This is like all the black parents talk about is that phone call you dont want to get, and we got it. So you have to sort of be strong for each other, let your faith lead the way, and so after talking to his mother, she and my brother are asking people in kenosha and around this nation to protest. But protest nonviolently. We want justice and were going to get justice. Were going to demand justice. But were going to do that without tearing up our own communities. Reporter what did he say to you when you first talked to him . That it was going to be all right. And it is. But whats all right when someones life was just totally changed . Thank god hes alive. So were just praying for a great recovery, that he may have a great quality of life, and that his father, my brother, can enjoy him. Reporter what is your biggest worry for the health of jacob who has lived through being shot seven times . Hes a hell of a young man. Hes strong. Hes a blake. Hes going to be okay. Hes going to be okay. Reporter and you can hear the tears there in jacob blakes uncle justin blake. We understand from jacobs father who we spoke to as well on the phone that his son has gone through multiple surgeries. That, as they put it, he is pretty torn up from the bullet wounds. But everyone here, all the Family Members and the folks that have been out here have been praying that he does recover. He is still in stable condition. Justin blake just swhaed aai any Family Member across america would say, theyre praying he has some quality of life and that his children and father can still, you know, can still be with him. So, look, well have much more on this story and the investigation throughout the program. Sara, thank you very much. Developing at this hour, Tropical Storm laura is now forecast to strengthen into a powerful category 3 hurricane before making landfall in the gulf coast this week. Chad myers joins us now with the forecast. Whats it looking like at this hour, chad . Looking like a hurricane making landfall on the u. S. Coast, the gulf coast somewhere between maybe houston and morgan city, louisiana. Now, forecasters at nhc said this storm has trended to the west, which means houston, you need to Pay Attention big time here. We are going to see the continuation of this weather across parts of cuba for the next couple of hours, but then it gets directly into the gulf of mexico where the water is very warm. We will watch to see what happens with this. It is still traveling to the northwest, expecting that turn. Sometimes a turn happens, sometimes it doesnt. But if it does, its going to be louisiana, maybe very, very close to beaumont port auth theyre. And thats a lot of refineries getting run over by a category three hurricane. The water is very warm. Its something thats in the gulf of mexico called the loop current. Thats what katrina got in when it got so very strong, at least briefly down there, and became a cat 5 for a while. This is a storm to watch, alisyn. Thank you very much. So more than 177,000 americans have died of coronavirus, but there was no mention of that staggering loss on the first night of the Republican Convention. We discussed the attempt to rewrite history next. When we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100 online wouldnt work. But we went to work. Building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. Creating a coast to Coast Network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. Recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. And putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. Thats why weve become the nations Fastest Growing retailer. 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They want to abolish the suburbs altogether. Its a horror film really. Theyll disarm you, empty the prisons, lock you in your home, and invite ms13 to live next door. They want to destroy this country and everything that we have fought for and hold deer. Its almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work, and school versus rioting, looting, and vandalism. The republicans also painting a misleading portrait of trumps presidency and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Well get into all of that. Joining us now is the reporter for yahoo news. Also cnn washington correspondent ryan noble. Its great to have both of you. Brittany, they had planned to be, you know, shiny, happy people and then went dark and disspopi dystopian right away. What did you hear last night . Yeah, alisyn, officials told us this is planned to be uplifting four nights. We know that trump sought his element. Theres a reason why we dont hear trump being a unifier in rallies for the last 3 1 2 years. Its important to understand the task at hand the republicans have. Biden is leading trump in several battleground state polls, 50 or close to it so the gop has to woo these undecided. Last night reminded me at cpac than a fireside chat. At cpac its fringe party and mainstream. There they paint intangible theoretical villains over tangible ones. We heard a lot about doom and gloom which might have worked. But biden and harris are super centrist. We heard about defunding the police, something that biden and harris are sensibly not for. We heard a lot about cancer culture, a policy i didnt hear on the campaign trail for the last year and a half. I think its an attempt to appeal to fear. On one hand i understand why. Fear is an effective motivator against people who donate money, it gets people to be scared to leave their house and vote in november. But its a far cry from the make America Great again rhetoric weve been hearing from the white house and it calls into question under whose presidency did all this happen . Almost like it wasnt trump that was president , it was coronavirus. Nikki haley and tim scott were a bit more measured now the reaching to voters. The target may have been suburban white women. I think that was the consistent target and they went that the target in a very dissident way. You had nikki haley and tim scott telling their personal stories. But then you had Kimberly Guilfoyle shouting. Listen. Dont let the democrats take you for granted. Dont let them step on you. Dont let them destroy your families, your lives, and you future. Dont let them kill future generations because they told you and brain washed you and fed you lies that you werent good enough. Get that . Get that . Speak up a little bit next time. Ryan nobles, youre here because youre cover the Trump Campaign. Even donald trump, the president yesterday, when he spoke at the charlotte gathering he, too, wasnt as bright and hopeful as they had promise. What does the Campaign Want and did they get it out of night one . Well, one thing is clear, john, after what we saw last night is that all subtlety is gone when it comes to the Trump Campaign and the republican message during this particular campaign. I did think that the campaign was hoping to frame each and every night under a certain topic and deliver a very specific message, which they inattempted to do last night by the presentation of their speakers and the way that you watched this convention unfold. But what i think we saw more than anything last night i