This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the the situation room. Its been a week of destruction on top of the pandemic as natural disasters end life for countless americans. Millions of acres in the beautiful American West are reduce d to ash. Nearly 100 major wildfires are raging. At least 33 lives already have been lost. Dozens of people are missing. And hundreds of thousands are under orders to simply abandon their homes to escape the flames and worsening air quality. In the meantime, along the gulf coast, sally threatens to become a category 2 hurricane and make landfall near new orleans in the next day or two. The governor is declaring a state of emergency with ma mandatory evacuations issued for some coastal communities. The coronavirus remains a complicating factor in the response to these disasters. But theres a bright spot in the search for a vaccine that emerged today. The ceo of pfizer says by the end of olkt, theres a good chance well know if the companys covid19 vaccine candidate actually works. But President Trump is not waiting on the vaccine to hold political rallies. Tonight its an indoor, yes, indoor Campaign Rally near las vegas creating the Environment Health experts are warning potentially could lead to a surge in coronavirus cases. Thats what happened in tulsa, oklahoma, after President Trumps last indoor rattle hi. That event in june was linked to an increase in covid19 cases in the area. It was also the last rally attended by the president s friend herself main kain. He sadly died in late july. Jeremy diamond is on the scene for us. Hes outside. He and other media decided they are not going to go inside because of safety concerns. So jeremy, whats the campaign saying about how they plan to keep President Trumps supporters, and there will be thousands of them crammed inside, screaming and shouting, whats their effort to keep them safe . Reporter well, for weeks now we have heard President Trump over the last several weeks down playing the threat of the coronavirus saying that we are rounding the final turn as it relates to the pandemic. Despite the fact that on friday, we heard from dr. Fouch iy, the leading epidemiologist, make in clear this is not the case. We are still stagnating at 35,000 cases per day. More than 800 daily deaths. And warnings about a very potentially dangerous fall and winter ahead. But nonetheless, the Trump Campaign is moving ahead with this rally. They have had rallies for the last several weeks with thousands of people packed together, but they have done those outside. Even as they are not requiring masks or not enforcing any social distance iing. Tonight this will be the first rally the president is told Holding Since tulsa, oklahoma, which resulted in a surge of coronavirus cases in the state of oklahoma. This is the first indoor rally that the president is Holding Since june. Nearly three months ago. I spoke with several of the president s supporters who are waiting to get into the event. Several thousand of them who are here waiting to get in. About how they feel about the safety concerns about this and why they are not wearing masks. Listen. The president says wearing a mask is patriotic. Why dont you listen to him . Thats my right to choose. I worked in health care for 25 years. Im telling you, thats not doing a thing for you. Its not. You think the president is wrong on that . I dont care what his opinion is. Im saying im entitled to mine. If i thought i was at risk, i wouldnt be here. Im not an idiot. I think people are forced it to wear a mask are sensationalist. Since im a free man, i can do what i want. Im not going to let a government tell me what to do. Those two individual views really were impolicewomenmatic of the people we spoke to. Many says they are not concerned for their own personal safety, but what they are missing is the impact they could potentially have on others thchs. A virus we know can be transmitted asymptomatically without being aware you are carrying the virus. Some are coming from out of state going back to their communities. Thats a risk as well. I want to read to you the statement from the Trump CampaignCommunications Director who explains why they are holding this rally. If you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamable in a casino or burn down Small Businesses and riots, you can gather peacefully under the First Amendment to hear from the president of the United States. So thats a view from the the Trump Campaign. They are not explaining why they are comfortable with having the rallies indoors. The analogy to casinos is wrong. Casinos in nevada are requiring people to wear masks unlike whats happening here today. Well see what happens. Be careful over there. Well stay in touch with you. Jeremy tie monday on the scene for us outside of las vegas. I want to bring in a republican who supporting joe biden. Were talking about the governor john kasich. Thank you so much for joining us. And as you just heard, were see seeing the president flouting his own governments guidance holding an indoor rally, masks completely optional. That was link odd to a surge of coronavirus cases. Heres what the president said last night about the pandemic. Listen to this. Having a vaccine is good, but were rounding the turn. Florida is way town. Texas is way down. Arizona, governor has done a great job. Dr. Fauci disagrees with that assessment. At this point of the pandemic, do voters see him as out of touch . Do they think people are buying into his habit of down playing it . 194,000 americans already have died over the past six months from coronavirus. That could go up, according to according to one model, to more than 400,000. It could double by january 1st. Well, wolf, let me tell you that politically, its come to my attention that our Senior Citizens are get iting very, ve nervous and very concerned about the virus. Particularly you heard jeremys heard of fauci talking about the fall and the winter and the ability of this to really begin to spread again. And i know that the seniors are beginning to really worry a about this. Particularly senior men who were trump people. Now us they have moved from trump to basically to undecided. The key now for joe biden is to show people that he can do the job. He has to demonstrate that hes vigorous enough, hes Strong Enough to be able to handle this. If he cant, these people will go back to the trump column. Theres no question that politically this does not police well for donald trump. One area the democrats kind of miss missed, trump seems to say if it wasnt for the virus, the economy was going great. The question is he kind of knew what was happening early. What were the preparations made to contain the virus and secondly, to begin to deal with the economic situation. So i think 20two things. Democrats have to make the argument you cant blame it just on the virus. Was there preparation made early. And secondly, joe biden has to demonstrate that hes a tough guy. Hes strong and hes vigorous. And if he does, those seniors could move into his category, which would be a significant political change. How significant will the three president ial debates between trump and biden be in what 51 days to go until the election . Wolf, you covered things, i think you were there when moses got the commandments. You were probably on tv at that point. You follow ed all of these thins you know they matter. Its always a battle of exexp t expectations. Joe biden has to perform. One other interesting thing is the africanamerican turnout. How big will the froern turnout be. How committed is the community to getting out and the voting. Thats something we have to clearly keep our eyes on. One other little billiont of ne. Minnesota is a progressive state. So its not a surprise is when we get closer and closer to election, people kind of go home. But nevada, arizona, north carolina, all close. And pennsylvania, wisconsin, all things we have to keep our eyes on. Florida as well. Very quickly, ohio, is that locked for trump . Nothing is a lock these days. Every time we think we see something, Something Else happens. But its trending trump, in my opinion. Its all going to depend on t n turnout. But right now, i would say trending trump. Moments ago, governor, on 60 minutes, bob woodward told scott pelly the National Security adviser warned President Trump in late january about the coronavirus. I want you to listen. I think we have a sound byte from that interview. He said his contacts in china said this is going to be like the 1918 spanish flu pandemic that killed 675,000 people in this country. It was a stunning moment in the Trump Presidency, and i think in american history, because he then went on to publicly dismiss the virus and he knew that this was a pandemic coming. And this was january 28th. Then he went on on february 7th to get more. He acknowledged in that interview with bob woodward that it could be spread in the air. For weeks and months and months, he as kinltly been rather upbeat in assessing whats going on. How do you explain that . What would have happened if he had been blunt with the American People about the severity of this pandemic . You have to tell people whats going on. Part of what he argues, as you know, he didnt want to get anybody to panic. Thats like say iing youre the governor of a state in the gulf and see a hurricane coming and start telling people, dont worry, thats not going to be a big deal. No, you have to let people know what the situation is. You have to level with them. Theres within times in history where the American People have been warned about dangers coming. Military conflict, whatever. You have to level with people, be honest with them. And i think because theres this uncertainty and because he did not do that, thats why some of these voters, who are undecided voters, or those who were republican who have now moved from the trump column into undecided, thats whats moving them. But lets face facts. When you hear the interviews that jeremy conducted, theres some people that are going to do what they are going to do. God bless them. I hope they dont get sick and i hope they dont go home and give somebody else or whoever gets that virus. Im not doing stuff like that. I wish they didnt. 194,000 dead americans. Wolf, heres the thing. Had the president of the the United States come out early and said this is really a big problem, we have a lockdown. We have to wash our hands and wear masks and search for a vaccine. Were going to do all these thin things. Were going to make it out of there, but we have to take this seriously and we have to do everything we can possibly do to protect one another. Not just our families, but our neighbors. Think about the impact of what that would have. It would have changed erg. But we are where we are. People are state waiting in long lines to get inside. The president is not supposed to speak for at least another couple hours at that rally. Governor, thank you for joining us. Thank you, wolf. Now lets get to those huge and destructive wildfires on the west coast of the United States. At least 33 people are dead from the fastmoving fires. And thats just what official cans confirm. Dozens and dozens of people are missing and simply cant be accounted for. Were watching the people around you deal with ash in the air. Show our viewers the conditions where its just outside l. A. This is the fioothills. Im in arcadia. If you look beyond, theres smoke in that area. We have noticed the choppers have been dumping waters and they have been getting defensive stops. This is where they have drawn the line on this, the bobcat fire, the most important flank they to defend. This is the Population Centers of month rove ya, arcadia, and other communities. If it burns off, its fine, but they want to make a hold here. So far, so good. They have taken the extra step to order mandatory evacuations throughout the area. Part of it is to keep the roads clear. We talked to a resident under an evacuation warning. He well understands why us you might have to pack up and leave not only for your safety, but to allow all the equipment to do their job. No, i understand why they do that. They dont want people in the way. When the power goes off or they have to shut off the gas, you dont want to be at your house any way. Reporter so as he said, you dont want to be at your house. The scene is being replicated throughout the western United States. 100 major fires, especially in california, oregon and washington, 30,000 firefighters on the line. They are saying the system is taxed. They do the best they can with the number of firefighters and the equipment thats available. But you were referring to that smoke. It is absolutely horrific. The air quality, brutal, polluted beyond the beyond. And because of this thick smoke, youre not seeing those fire retardantdropping planes or the superscooper planes that drop water. Both of those have been taken out of play, wolf, because theres such poor visibility. 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But they are packed inside. Most of the people not wearing masks. When you see whats going on over there, what do you think . Thank you for having me on. On one hand, i have sympathy for the people attending who have been subject to so much misinformation that they believe what they are doing is reasonably safe. But we know the president knows better. We know the president knows that hes deeply dangerous and irresponsible. He and his team are continuing to do this, really gothers me. It is irresponsible. And he should not be doing this at this moment. I remember in june when there was a huge rally in tulsa, oklahoma. Thats the last the president had. A bunch of people came down with coronavirus including herself main cain, the president ial candidate a week later and a month later he sadly passed away. We dont know if it was from that rally, but it could have been. What do you think when you see the indoor crammed political rallies . Im with dr. Ja. This almost defies any common sense. Canada, the nation of canada just celebrate d zero deaths in the whole nation. The nation of almost 40 million people. They have had 26 deaths over the last