Im kendis gibson. About three miles to our south, this is the scene. 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. The sun coming up in about half an hour. There was a little question of whether it would happen this year because of some covid rules, the governor made it happen. There it is. Remembering the nearly 3,000 people we lost 19 years ago today. We are going to start with breaking news out west. Calling a mass fatality incident. Wildfires along the coast. Desperate right now. Residents describing the scene as apocalyptic. More than 19 people have lost their lives with dozens of fires burning, engulfing homes. In oregon, a staggering 10 of residents have received evacuation orders. The list of missing is growing there. Reporter facing the most explosive conditions theyve seen, firefighters are looking for homes and lives. Bute countys bear fire has claimed 10 lives with 16 still missing. Visiting the scene of this unfolding catastrophe, californias govern sitting down with msnbc news. Youve seen a lot of wildfires. What do you make of this . This is our experience fast forward. Experiencing what people predicted in 2040, 2050. Californias nightmare now a reality for 10s of thousands with homes in the path of flames. Among the nearly 30 fires out of control. The creek fire near fresno incinerated neighborhoods in minutes. There is no down time. We saw firsthand why this blaze will bletthreaten lives a property into the future. This is the problem, there is so much dry fuel here, the blaze could burn for months. California torching through the budget to fight fires, kretices say the state isnt doing enough. We could get more aggressive with management, land use strategies, technologies on suppression and personnel but there is something so fundamental that also cannot be denied. That is climate change. Not just california struggling to contain the flames. In oregon, half a dozen towns decimated when walls of fires swept through the region. Thousands of people or 10 of those who live in oregon have received evacuation alerts. He was trying to save everything. Tony and his wife tried to save their home and business but lost it all. They took this video before they fled. I just looked at the fire and it was the first time in my life i felt defeated. With the west choking in smoke, the air qualities are among the worst in the world. Toxic haze blanketing skies. You dont need to be near this fire. How worried are you about the health conditions. The air we are breathing is ee kw equal to smoking 20 packs of cigarettes. Strokes, heart attacks, respiratory issues. This is a challenging time. Across the west, lives and lively hoods are on the line as an unfolding disaster becomes a new reality engulfing the region in ways we have never experienced before. Reporting for nbc news. Really puts in perspective when he talks about 20 packs of cigarettes. Coming up, well take you live to Northern California to a wild fire now burning three weeks. Threatening thousands of homes. Now to the election and the countdown. Only 52 days away, President Trump heads to nevada for two planned rallies. Covid rules in that state may disrupt those plans. Nbc reporter josh is with us at the white house. This appears to set up a little bit of a show down between nevada officials and the trump campaign. The odds were against President Trump and his campaign when plans to hold a pair of big rallies with thousands of people each at airports in las vegas and reno, nevada. Saying that violated the states cap of 50 people gathering indoors or outdoors. Emphasizing it was the white houses own guidelines for nevada that led the state to put that into place. Those rules have been scrapped. We have heard new plans about the campaign swing. Instead, hell fly to a tahoe airport where hell hold a Great American come back event. He will still go to las vegas tomorrow where he plans another event with spanish supporters at the Treasure Island campaign. Nevada is not a state President Trump won four years ago but he got really close losing by about 27,000 votes. One of the states he thinks he could flip into his category this year. Officials hoping if he could win in nevada, it could provide a buffer to help him win the election even if he loses other states he won four years ago. You get a sense they are trying to open and widen the map for him knowing there are other states he won four years ago that are trending in the opposite direction. I want to ask you the one thing happening overnight. Secretary of state mike pompeo is in the middle east for peace talks. What are we hearing are the latest discussions right now . The u. S. And the taliban have talked before and in 19 years of the u. S. Fighting in afghanistan, we have never had direct talks between the taliban and afghan government. Today, we did. You see secretary of state mike pompeo in doha, qatar having negotiations. They met in this small Conference Room in qatar. Pompeo will be heading back to the u. S. As they work to get some type of agreement. It is top of mind for the Trump Administration to get out of their Foreign Policy win ahead of the election and make good on the promises to wind down and withdraw u. S. Troops in that country. It would appear to be a big deal at this point. A stark new warning and update from Anthony Fauci about when life as we knew it could return. It comes along a push for more testing after a busy holiday weekend. We have more. Reporter eight months into the pandemic, the nations top expert is offering a new sobering time line. An fda approved vaccine by end of the year. If you are talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to covid. It will be well into 2021. Maybe even towards the end of 2021. Dr. Fauci and dr. Burkes are trying to slow a spread especially among people who are asymptomatic. If you went to a party and you took your mask off, you really need to get tested. Results are coming back faster. 97 back in three days. In arizona, now able to process 10,000 samples each day for hospitals with results in 36 hours. We have so many asymptomatic people. They dont know they have covid or are potentially exposing many people to it. A new cdc report small children can transmit. 12 children got covid in Child Care Centers and spread to parents or siblings. One parent had to be hospitalized. We know 50 of a transmission occur from a person without symptoms to someone infected. Those infected but asymptomatic continue to pose the greatest challenge. One more thing about the timeline, how realistic is it . Coming up, ill speak with someone who knows for sure. First, the view of america from miles away. A new number for trumps polling and how it compares to other World Leaders. 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Download the app and shop in a whole new way. A few months before the election, these are not the kind of numbers you would want. A new poll show the majority of americans disapprove of the job President Trump is doing. 53 disapprove, compared to 41 who approve. A little global content to all of this with all of those lines there. Many World Leaders are battling coronavirus. That puts trump and america near the bottom. Johnson of the uk and imanmacro france have lower rating. Good morning to you. Is it notable you have the french and the british who have lower Approval Rating than the american president. Why is that . Look, in france, macron was not popular before the coronavirus. His response to the pandemic was not great. Certainly in the uk, youve got Boris Johnson dealing with the aftermath of brexit. For me to take away, coronavirus is what is driving Public Opinion in most countries. The question for me is if thats going to have a long tale. If they can turn it around late, will Public Opinion shift or say, yeah, you screwed up at the beginning and we are going to hold that against you. You do see really good trajectory at the beginning and really benefitted in the numbers. Had there been somebody that screwed up at the start of the coronavirus and approval has increased at the last minute for them . We havent seen that. We also havent seen major shifts in a country that really figured it out. Most of the country is in this awkward holding pattern. Not a crisis but hasnt gone away. People will take a little wait and see. Not many people knowing exactly what to think at this point. In june, politico described the relationship between trump and europe like this, they thought it was bad but at least had stabilized. During coronavirus, no question, things have gotten worse. Is that the sense you are getting from there in your post in brussels . I mean, for sure. The one hedge against that is, everybody is so focused right now on the politics and policies of their own country, the kind of normal hey why is the relationship with the United States so bizarre has taken a backseat. European leaders are just not happy that trump is pulling out of the World Health Organization at a time when they say now more than ever, we need an International Come together moment to increase funding and improve the area that needs improving and walk away. Right now in europe, everybody is focused on keeping things together inside your own countries. Let me ask you this, President Trump tweeted quite a bit for being nominated for a noble peace prize. The Campaign Even had an add where they misspelled nobel. Another lawmaker nominated him for the Serbia Kosovo deal. How are these surprise nominations being interpreted overseas . Anybody can be nominated. If you are aligned with the president s political views. We know he really loves the idea of winning a nobel. The thing is you dont really have to effectuate peace to win one. People are pleased with the uae relationships with israel. We see barahn will do the same thing. So everybody can be fnominatd for it. Barack obama was nominated before doing anything. He won it. For changing the tone. Not bringing peace but changing the tone and bringing people together to talk, which is important. Thank you. Well wrap here. As you prepare to allow for indoor dining, a new study may make you think twice before going out for a bite to eat. Look at that scuffed up wall. Staring at you. Embarrassing you in front of your inlaws. Spreading rumors about you at work. That wall is your everest but not any more. Today lets paint. That wall never knew what hit it. Today lets paint. Behr. Exclusively at the home depot. Ugh bye, babe. I gotta go. See you see you verizon knows how to build unlimited right. Start with americas most awarded network. Im on my phone 24 7. 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People who have had the virus are twice as likely to go to a restaurant or bar in the past two weeks and did indoor public riding. New York City Transit riders who refuse to wear a mask will face a 50 fine come monday. They hope the move will encourage ridership and guarantee safety. In china, hundreds of thousands of citizens given vaccines who have not completed phase three safety trials. One is part of an Emergency Program to vaccinate essential workers. Another authorized for the military for us among its personnel. Joining me now is dr. Howard. Former assistant secretary for health in the obama administration. I do want to get your reaction to that story out of china. How concerned with you about that that they are testing these folks without going through a phase three . Thats a Disturbing Development because that story under scores how important it is to have a rigorous approval process and rigorous regulation as we look at any vaccine. We have three of those trials in the United States here. There are another three in china that have been explored. There are reports they have been used widely for 10s of hundreds of thousands of people means people there will be at risk and everyone in the world will be at risk as well. This is a time we need to insist on keeping the standards as high as possible. Some of these people were vaccinated as early as june, so have no idea what phase of the trial that was. Do we have an understanding of the nature of the chinese vaccine . They started in july and have been very proud to be up front in developing vaccines and skplorg them in these trials. They have used them in the military and are now making them available to Certain Companies and employees. They should not be approved unless all the safety and efficacy results are in and they are not. Their emergency use authorization came way too early in my opinion. That is not a model we should be following anywhere in the world, especially here in the u. S. We got a high light this week or a reminder why we go through these different phases. Astrazeneca announced a participant in the trial showed symptoms of a rare neurological disorder. What do you know about this o disorder . This is a single case of a woman in the uk with a case of transverse myelitis. Its rare. But the trial was stopped. We do these phase three trials to see who will be benefitted or put at risk. This particular subject was put at risk, so the trial was stopped. It is important to now have independent outside experts look into this. Make sure it is safe to restart the trial, which people expect it probably will. All other companies trying the vaccine here and around the world are looking at this particular outcome. It is important to keep that standard high as we move forward. In the meantime, we got quite the reality check from dr. Fauci. Depressing news but reality. He says the u. S. Wont get back to normal until a at least late 2021. Hes concerned about states continuing indoor activity. Do you agree with this time line . I worked with dr. Fauci and tony is probably the worlds leading Infectious Disease expert. Everybody listens to and respects his opinion. What dr. Fauci is referring to, we all crave a time when we can go back to normal. That means not wearing a mask and going to crowded theaters and movies. Thats not going to happen for a time. And that will be after a vaccine is approved and all the data is in so we can go through this year, through flu season and back to normal as dr. Fauci has projected. Ill point out, the goal of Public Health is to leverage the power of prevention. I think thats what he was referring to. Unfortunately, not everybody is in the process of prevention so far. Hopefully theyll get the memo very soon. Thank you for your time. The. The new coronavirus cases on the rise in iowa. Now more than 72,000 confirmed cases state wide. Almost 3,000 of those added just in the last week. Now concerns about outbreaks across College Campuses and others across the country as they struggle to maintain the spread of the virus. Outside iowastate university. There is a little bit of a blame game im seeing taking place between School Officials there in iowa and their students saying who is at fault for this spread. Thats right. Last week, they planned to open up football games. There is no tailgating. Officials said they would welcome 25,000 fans to the stadium. They had to walk that back. We saw a similar scene. They are trying to walk that back to control the spread. You look at iowa, theyve struggled to maintain the spread in the state and guidelines for a mask mandate and close businesses and bars around the state. Students i spoke to hear spoke about a lack of leadership and trickling down to College Campuses. Take a listen to what they told me about the concern and impact of the spread. The reason we are here is to get an education, not to go to the bars or do anything else. To me, it just makes me mad you would take advantage of your years in college and risk peoples lives and peoples education. There is also a Larger Community here and all colleges of people that have to suffer the consequences of our actions. It does hurt the image of younger people. It makes us seem aloof. I