. >>> the cdc under fire at this hour for its sudden covid testing about-face. amid new guidelines that now say if you may have been exposed to the virus, you no longer need a test if you don't have symptoms. why the change? and abc news has now learned that dr. anthony fauci did not sign off on this. he was under anesthesia after undergoing a surgery himself. >>> night three of the republican national convention. president trump heavily criticized for using the white house as a backdrop. tonight, the elaborate stage going up now for the president tomorrow night, after the first lady used the rose garden for her speech last night. the president using the white house, as well, for a pardon and a swearing in ceremony. who is on deck tonight? >>> disturbing news this evening about that missing soldier from ft. hood. >>> and overseas tonight, the tense confrontation between the u.s. and russian forces in syria. russian forces accused of sideswiping a u.s. armored vehicle at high speed. four americans injured. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here

doctors and health officials are rejecting the cdc guidance. here's scott budman. >> reporter: it was a bombshell decision from the cdc. one dr. anthony fauci says was made while he was in surgery and unable to argue. changes in covid testing guidelines, saying some people without sim pymptoms don't need be tested even if they have been in contact with someone who has covid. reaction was swift. >> i actually didn't believe it, for it seemed entirely bizarre, this that it undercuts or very basic tenants of how we control an infectious disease. >> reporter: dr. sarah cody also criticizing cdc advice that someone with symptoms might want to get a test. saying there should be no maybe. >> our local guy dance and our order is quite clear that anyone with symptoms of covid should be tempted right away. >> reporter: and the cdc's decision was due to pressure from the white house. the california governor made it clear. s >> i don't agree with the new cdc guidance. we will not be infrunluenced bye change. saying california's covid related divisions, wil

the cdc says 56% of those who were tested got infected. doesn't that seem to indicate that teachers potentially could be most at risk for a return to the classroom? >> yes. look, that's why people -- we have been very -- you and i talked about this several times already and why we are very adamant about ensuring that safety and health is paramount, both for teachers as well as for children, because children are asymptomatic and say a teacher has it. a child can spread it to her family. so this is a false choice when somebody's saying we should think about education versus safety and it's also a false choice to think about kids versus teachers. we've got to think about everyone. we have to make sure that we help educate our kids. we can start remotely in places. we can start in person with these safeguards in places, but we have to be really humble about the fact that this disease affects children and typers. we have to make sure that people are safe. i am really angry that the president and the secretary of education attempted to pit teach

was today an attempt by the cdc and dr. redfield to walk back some of that confusion? >> i think it was. there was clearly confusion. the same thing happened with the fda a couple days ago. we saw series after series of miscommunication and attempts to walk it back. all of that is problematic because issues of testing and treatment are a way out of the mess. we need to get out of this mess for all the reasons we've heard about. there was miscommunication. there was a big pushback. many are saying we need as much testing as possible and this message was not the message the public needed to hear. >> you're saying miscommunication. do you think there's something more sinister at play from the politicians putting pressure on scientists and it's not miscommunication, but political pressure applied to them to fit a narrative out of the white house? >> this is the problem right now. we're trying to deal with an unprecedented pandemic in a hyper politicized political environment. the stories about political interference make everything harder. i don't know what the truth is. i

the cdc projecting up to 30,000 more lives lost in just the next three weeks. colleges in at least 36 states reporting campus. and school paper tonight. >>> the u.s. postmaster general grilled on capitol hill about changes at the post office. what he acknowledged. changes that led to a slowdown. and will it be fixed with america preparing to vote in a presidential election? >>> and good evening tonight from delaware. there is a lot of news to get to tonight. the fires raging the death toll growing and the two tropical systems we're now tracking, both headed for the u.s. next week. we're going to time this out tonight. but we're here in delaware. we just sat down, the first joint brf with joe biden and kamala harris. it comes hours after joe biden accepted the nomination for president more than 30 years after he first ran further office. robin roberts and i will have the entire interviews sunday night, but you the first clips right here tonight. joe biden's acceptance speech promising to heal a divided nation, saying he is the democratic candidate but wants to b

. >>> confusion on cdc guidelines on testing. people without symptoms should not get tested even if they have been in close contact with an infected person. it's that people with exposure to covid-19 should be tested even if they are asymptomatic. we have the local health officials baffled and they are not the only ones. >> reporter: across california local public health officials have called the new cdc recommendations anything from bazaar to appalling. a steady stream of people walking up to the testing site are anxious to know whether they have been exposed to covid- 19. but, in a dramatic change, new guidelines from the cdc are raising questions about who should be tested. the federal government is no longer recommending testing for people who show no symptoms but were within six feet of a positive case. local health defectors -- directors were blown away. >> when i heard about the change i didn't believe it because it seemed entirely bizarre. it undercuts are very basic tenants of how we control and infectious disease. >> go

>> the policy that you initiated on march 20 >> cdc order. so that was actually not a dhs that the cdp policy, it is a cdc directive and order under title 42. which you implemented? that's what i said. >> you implemented it? >> yes, ma'am. >> so public health experts have said their sales to protect public health and alternative measures to protect public health or preserving access to asylum and other protection. mr. chairman, i'm going to ask unanimous consent to submit a package of letters from these organizations into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. so commissioner morgan, and understand today you testify that you have expelled about 2000 unaccompanied children. is that right? >> we have removed approximately 2000 children under the cdc title 42 order to ensure the public health and reduce the introduction of covid-19 in this country, yes. >> and if any of this children suffered violence, trafficking, had any other harm after you turn them away? >> we worked extensively with the governments of the countries they are being

the cdc notes. so, how should all this new information play into any consideration of sending children and teachers and staff back to school? >> good afternoon, ana. right. really interesting data from the cdc. i think what we know about this virus is it very much depends on the behavior of our population, right? early on, we were seeing many more infections in nursing homes and elderly people. we didn't know how to prevent it. we didn't know exactly what it was. we knew it was transmitting before we even had tests. now what's happening is we've known how to prevent it. we're masking in nursing homes and healthcare settings. we know what to do. it's not entirely clear that our children are behaving in the way that will prevent transmission. some of them are, some of them aren't. when you see the footage of people going back to school, not wearing masks, it shouldn't be a surprise to us that there's more transmission happening among children because we see that they're not behaving in ways to protect

the cdc now projecting up to 30,000 more lives lost in just the next three weeks. colleges in at least 36 states reporting outbreaks on campus. and the headline from notre dame's school paper tonight. >>> the u.s. postmaster general grilled on capitol hill about changes at the post office. what he acknowledged. changes that led to a slowdown. and will it be fixed, with america preparing to vote in a presidential election? >>> arrested and charged. after being accused defrauding hundreds of thousands of americans, the president's former chief strategist saying this is a political hit job after being arrested on a multimillion dollar yacht. >>> and actress lori loughlin sentenced tonight. what the judge decided. >>> and good evening tonight from delaware. there is a lot of news to get to tonight. the fires raging, the death toll growing, and the two tropical systems we're now tracking, both headed for the u.s. next week. we're going to time this out for you tonight. but we are here in delaware because we just sat down with the democratic ticket. the first joint inter

this as the cdc is saying they are seeing more cases among children. you heard natasha chen's report there in georgia. well, also remember, guys, we're going to see more schools opening. the cdc director says they're actually going to be releasing guidelines for administrators, specifically for teachers and school staff, just to keep them safe as well. guys. >> all right. brynn gingras, good to see you. thank you for the update. >>> according to the russian health ministry, the country has started production of its coronavirus vaccine approved this week before beginning crucial phase three trials. it will actually be rolled out to high-risk people before mass production starts in october. russia has not released any scientific data on its testing and cnn is unable to verify the vaccine's claimed safety orrive pick case efficacy. >>> the controversy over alleged mail in voter fraud is escalated. last night, the post office agreed it would stop removing boxes in 16 states and parts of two others until after the election. >> remember, president trump said

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the cdc did not explain the change. >>> also the cdc has now dropped advice to self-quarantine for 14 days after travel overseas or to areas with a high number of covid case. so here's a prime example of why this matters. cases are up in ten states including south dakota which held a motorcycle rally earlier this monetary sturgis. 78 cases across several states have been linked to that rally. that news comes just as officials are expressing concern about case spikes in the country's heartland. you may remember that conference in. boston very early in the pandemic which spread 90 cases that we know of directly. well now researchers say 20,000 cases may be linked to that one conference alone. >> the cdc is warning stores and their employees against arguing with anti-maskers. the hope is that that will reduce violence aimed at these workers who are just trying to enforce covid rules. several retail employees have been injured including a teenager punched in the face for enforcing the maverick rule at sesame place in pennsylvania. at least 26 states are reporting coronavirus case at colle

i think the cdc really needs to give a much better explanation. the entire process of how this was done in the middle of the night with no explanation just causes more confusion. and that mixed messaging has really hindered our public health response to coronavirus so far. >> doesn't this mean there will be fewer tests conduct and fewer cases identified and doesn't this mean quite possibly there will be further spread because we haven't identified asymptomatic or presymptomatic people? >> 100%, absolutely. and building on what lena said, according to the cdc about 50% of the spread is coming from people who are asymptomatic. people who don't know that they're carrying the virus, who don't have symptoms or don't yet have symptoms. you know, there's a larger picture going on here. last week we heard that teachers even if they have been exposed to coronavirus could be considered essential workers so they could continue to teach even if they have been exposed to coronavirus. that was last week. over the weekend we had this emergency use authorization

the headline -- we ran the cdc. no president ever politicized its science the way trump has with the subtitle, the administration is undermining public health. how unprecedented is it to have the president of the united states regularly pushing back on the science and his own medical experts, and also how dangerous is it? >> i can't think of any precedent for this. the way an emergency response should work is there's an organized decision-making process. once that decision is made, everybody gets on board it and defends it and implements it. >> it's absolutely detrimental to the efforts that are under way. >> this is not rocket science. we need to apply what we know. we need to feed truth back to the american public and to use those truths with our scientific evidence to control this disease. >> reporter: the group agrees a vaccine will be critical to fighting the virus, but acknowledges we still have a long way to go. >> given there are more than 660 products in evolution for covid right now, we should be cautiousl

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and back to the news now the cdc has updated its guidelines on coronavirus testing. >>the agency now says that people exposed to the virus may not need to be tested. and the cdc no longer recommends testing for peak for most people without symptoms. even if they've been in close contact with somebody's known to have the virus. according to the previous guidelines viral testing was appropriate for people with recent or suspected exposure even if they were asymptomatic the agency also says that people without covid-19 symptoms who also have not been in close contact with someone with unknown infection. do not need to take a test and many health experts say that. well they're shocked by these new recommendations, including santa clara county's health officer doctor sara cody. >>i first heard about this change in guidelines. i actually didn't believe it for it seemed entirely bizarre in that it under pets are very basic tenants of how we control an infectious disease. testing and having individuals know their status is foundational to our ability to control an infectious

. >>> also tonight, the new and dire warning from the head of the cdc. dr. robert redfield on masks tonight. saying that he's not asking some of america to do it, that we all have to do it. warning, we could have the worst fall in u.s. history if we don't. the flash point tonight over opening schools. more than 1,000 students and staff quarantined in one district. and entire high school shut down. and the new model, what it warns when it comes to several major cities in the u.s. and tonight, the study here on different types of thesight notelp at all. >>> overseas tonight, the horrific pictu coming inesearchi the imasomin >s tonight a c football this philadelphia, right into new york city. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. we have a lot to get to. and we begin tonight with the moment that played out late today. for the first time, joe biden and kamala harris appearing together as running mates. the former vice president and his history-making choice for vice president, senator harris, both wearing masks as they

a news conference made it clear that the county will not be following those cdc guidelines. people without symptoms do not need to get tested even if they have been in direct contact with someone who has the virus. >> i didn't believe it or it seems bizarre. it under cuts our very basic tenants of how we control an infectious disease. >> governor newsom also spoke about the new guidelines saying the state won't follow them either. >>> the bay area deals with the fire, the gulf coast is bracing for hurricane laura. it could hit land as a category 4 storm. more than half a million people have been ordered to leave here homes near texas and louisiana state line. laura is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow. jeff ranieri is back with us. we are talking about so many people being evacuated there and a lot more in the bay area. a lot is happening with our weather journey. >> this hurricane is devastated and catastrophic if people did not listen to warnings. i want to start off even though we have our own weather emergency here with the wildfires, just in case

then cdc director robert redfield issued a so-called clarifying statement yesterday. the first statement that had been posted was that asymptomatic people did not need to be tested even if they were exposed to the virus by someone with a confirmed case, which caused concern. there was a statement just the other night from dr. fauci's office saying that he did have some concerns that this could lead to asymptomatic spread and that he was in surgery, under general anesthesia, the day that this was all approved by the cdc the week before. now the credibility of this agency is being questioned, because dr. redfield's clarification, so-called, is that testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable covid patients. that's hardly a directive. what is your conclusion from all this? >> yeah, this has been a hard week for the public health community, it's been a hard week for the cdc, because the recommendations, the changes they made, were not based on science or any new evidence or data, and really in fact flew against the scientific consensus. and t

at the same time, the cdc reveals a grim new estimate about how many americans may die by december. the death toll here now topping 160,000. u.s. cases approaching 5 million. the constant concerns over some of the nation's hot spots. in hard-hit mississippi, the teacher and football coach losing his covid battle. a 7-year-old in georgia dies. he had no pre-existing conditions. this just in, the new headline about that mysterious illness in children linked to covid-19. >>> and tonight, we take you to what may be the nation's biggest gathering since the pandemic began. 250,000 bikers at the annual sturgis motorcycle rally, moving forward even after the town voted against it. no masks required. >>> also breaking tonight, the runway disaster overseas. the images just coming in. the passenger plane overshooting the runway on landing, splitting into pieces with nearly 200 onboard. at least 17 reportedly dead, including both pilots. more than 100 injured. >>> on capitol hill today, still no deal as new stimulus talks collapse. with more than 30 million americans out of work. that key $600

the cdc is saying one thing one day and another the next. why is this happening? >> it's a disturbing trend that we're seeing not just in the cdc but in other agencies within the tru trump administration. instead of evidence and science leading the way, we are seeing true political interference. this is just the surface, richard, which is what i'm afraid of, that the fda, the cdc, every agency that you can name has had some issue in the covid outbreak and it will continue. >> okay. you and i were on the air one week ago and we were getting the announcement coming from the white house about plasma. where are we one week later? >> yeah. so, boy, what a difference a week makes, huh, richard? >> yeah. >> here's what i can say having now not only looked at the data but talking to honestly hundreds of physicians in the field who are using convalescent plasma. this is an important, you know, breakthrough in the sense that it's not some game changer the way the trump administration rolled out on sunday but it is important in that it could be helpful, especially when we ha

now, the cdc is making a big push for all americans to get the flu vaccine. saying, it will help doctors determine if symptoms are due to covid or influenza. >> we have a powerful weapon. it is really simple, masks. that coupled with the flu vaccine. each american can do their part. >> reporter: meanwhile, here in new york city, authorities are gearing up to restart the country's biggest school district, teachers unions are pushing back on plans for in- person learning at all schools next month. mayor bill de blasio says, any classrooms that aren't deemed safe from contamination will be shut down. >> if a kid tests positive, that specific classroom is handled, not the whole school. >> reporter: on capitol hill, lawmakers still stalled on a new coronavirus relief bill. white house on wednesday, there have been no new talks between president trump and speaker policy. the president is looking at steps he can take on his own, including support for the airline industry. >> we are looking at other executive actions because of congress is not going to work, this pre

. >>> joining us is former cdc director dr. thomas frieden who's the president and ceo of resolve to save lives. always good to see you, doctor. 1,500 students and staff are on quarantine. should any school be reopen for classes or is it okay in a place like new york where the infection rate yesterday was below 1%. >> chris, it's a good question, and there are two things that are essential to open schools and keep them open. the first is to keep cases down. new york state has done a good job with that. they have cases at a lower rate than just about anywhere else in the country, however, we're not out of the woods, and we need to make sure for every case there's an investigation, support to that individual, find their contacts, quarantine them so we don't have them grow to clusters and outbreaks. second, you have to adjust to the schools. vulnerable people need too be shielded. you need to be sure you're cleaning well, distancing, wearing masks. until you do those two things, you won't be able to open or stay open. for parts of

here's tom costello. >> reporter: with the cdc predicting tonight the death toll could top 180,000 by the end of august the nation's top three health experts faced a congression alba raj today. the headline, a viable vaccine is close. >> there's never a guarantee you're going to get a safe and effective vaccine but from everything we've seen now in the animal data as well as the early human data we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. >> while two drug candidates started phase 3 trials in record time this week faucg sacrificed. >> that was not reckless rushing, that was technology and doing things in a way that does not compromise. >> europe has managed to flatten its coronavirus curve much faster than the u.s. where cases are still exploding, 1,350 deaths in the u.s. alone. president trump tweeted there are more cases because the u.s. tests more if we had no testing or bad testing, we would show very few cases, he tweeted. republican congressman jim jordan of ohio then interrogated fauci about the risks posed by mass p

lester >> tom costello tonight, thank you. >>> the head of the cdc, dr. robert redfield who yesterday offered that dire prediction about a combined covid and flu season is sounding a bit more optimistic today. i spoke to him about school reopenings and what fall could bring. you, i think, alarmed a lot of people about your assessment of what fall could bring. we've got the flu season coming up here very soon. you and i both know that even without covid schools can be petri dishes sometimes. walk me through what we might expect not only in schools but elsewhere. >> thank you, lester, i think it's really important the emphasis that i'm trying to make that i personally believe that the american public is taking heed to the messages that we said of the powerful weapons we have, the universal face masks, distancing, washing hands and being smart about crowds and we do that, that we're going to have a significant impact on covid and we're going to have a significant impact on flu. i want the parents to realize this is time 50% of the american public take advant

we have striking new projections from the cdc to tell you about. they estimate at least 20,000 more americans will die from the coronavirus in the next three weeks. >> more than 153,000 people have died in the u.s. from the coronavirus. get this, for ten days in july, this happened ten times, more than 1,000 americans died on a single day. researchers from the university of washington suggest the deaths will continue to rise unless more americans start wearing a face covering. >> at least 30 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans. dr. anthony fauci says while it's hard to predict how much longer the crisis is going to last he's cautiously optistmist there's going to be a vaccine by the end of the year. a few testing sites have closed in florida as a hurricane is headed that way. we know, as we see on the screen, the category one storm headed up potentially the east coast of florida and we see the impact on other states of the eastern sea board. >>> more on the projections from the cdc. let's go to polo sandoval. good morning, to yo

>> reporter: tom, the cdc is reporting about 570 cases across 40 states. another study shows children are much less likely to suffer severe illness related to covid, but among those hospitalized, about a third ended up in the icu. still, deaths from this virus remain very rare in children. >> whit, thank you. >>> and now to the massive gathering in south dakota, in the middle of the pandemic. the annual biker rally in sturgis, 250,000 expected to attend with no mask mandates in place. the mayor urging personal responsibility, saying he can't stop people from coming. here's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, the coronavirus pandemic isn't stopping hundreds of thousands of bikers from rumbling into sturgis, south dakota, just as they have for 80 years. was it a done deal? you were going to come -- >> done deal. i don't care about the covid. >> reporter: cases in south dakota have been rising slightly, but governor kristi noem encouraged people to come, citing the president's mt. rushmore rally as a success. the common characteristic among these bikers is the

you know, we were talking about the new cdc guidelines that were just released, "the new york times" and other outlets have been reporting on, this notion, tested positive for covid-19 in the last 90 days that you are then protected from reinfection for the subsequent 90 days. what they're saying if you don't have symptoms that you don't need to quarantine, you don't need to get re-tested if you've been potentially exposed in the that you're protected re-infection after an initial positive, i think that's significant and a little alarming because the data they're basing that on, you'll see there are not any cited studies and if you dig deeper, the studies they're basing this policy is on maybe 50 people. >> talk to me about and we're all lay people listening to the doctor here, what about people as carriers or as transmitters of this, after a positive test and i want to make sure that i have this right, there's no need to quarantine? >> that's right, so you get a positive test, you recover, if you're symptomatic you recover from your symptoms. asymptomatic and you had a positive test

the cdc has just been put on the benches. they have not led this response in the messaging, which has allowed other people, sort of false prophets, to step in there and give their own messages and we've been battling misinformation from the start because of the lack of the cdc's leadership that should be there. >> some states and local leaders told us, we just want to know from the cdc what we should do. finally, bars, opening bars. this was a real problem. >> yeah. so the states that decided to reopen just their economy too fast, and a big part of that was reopening bars. we know, and we've known for a long time, that having lots of people indoors and in enclosed spaces, especially with lots of noise, throw in alcohol, just leads to problems. we just saw the edification of these young people inside bars that spread in the community and hit the older population. it was just a terrible mistake that was repeated over and over again, even though we knew that was a bad idea to do. >> well, let's hope that what we did wrong and id

>>infectious disease expert doctor anthony fauci says he had nothing to do with the cdc's change and recommendations he was having throat surgery when the cdc made the changes and now he says he's worried about the new recommendations concerning governor gavin newsome also does not agree with the change in the recommendations and he is now promising to double down on the daily number of people getting tested our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala reports. >>california leaders announced wednesday they into new deal with a major diagnostics company to start processing an extra 150,000 tests a day in an effort to disrupt the testing market and improve reliability and access for everybody in terms of getting tests and getting more importantly test results back in a timely manner the one 0.4 billion dollar contract with perkin elmer would more than double the state's current daily testing capacity to about a quarter of a million covid-19 tests a day with the turnaround time of 24 to 48 hours the state is currently processing more than 100,000 tests a day averaging results within 5 to 7

. >>> and all of this as the cdc offers a dire new forecast, that in just three weeks time the cdc projecting another 20,000 americans will die from the virus. in july alone, there have been 10 days of deaths in this country topping 1,000. reported deaths in a single day. more than 1,000 on ten different days. more than 153,000 americans have now succumb to the disease. cases now total more than 4.5 million and of course that number is rising. >>> let's begin this hour in washington where those negotiations for an important relief package are under way at this hour. cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill. so, lauren, we're about couple hours into these discussions now this morning. do you have a sense of how close these sides, the two different sides are at the moment? >> reporter: well, erica, when they went in this morning they were no closer to a deal than they were five days ago. there's deep divisions between republicans and democrats as to what this stimulus deal should look like. republicans have floated multiple times a short-term extension of unemployment benefits at various levels, but

the cdc is now forecasting, and it's hard to grasp this, 189,000 u.s. deaths by september 5th, which is just around the corner. >> reporter: hi, jim. that's right. and that's because we're averaging a thousand deaths a day. so you just do the math and count the days. in other news the u.s. government is supporting six covid vaccine candidates through its "operation warp speed" program. two of them have entered phase three trials with tens of thousands of people around the u.s. there are 29 covid vaccines in clinical trials worldwide. and one in china is showing some early promise. tonight, new potentially promising developments in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. results published in the journal of the american medical association indicating early trials of a chinese vaccine show it is safe and induces an immune response. but more study is needed to determine whether it actually protects people from the virus. this as updated guidance from the cdc suggests people who recover from coronavirus may be protected for up to three months. the agency sayin

. >> one place not following to follow cdc guidelines, sturgis, south dakota, where a motorcycle rally kicks off. >> they're not going to be able to handle any kind of social distancing. >> i don't care if it's closed down. i'm going. they can all kiss my [ bleep ] i'm going. >> announcer: "new day weekend" with victor black and christi paul. >> beautiful shot of atlanta, georgia. it will be hot today, folks. and i'm sure it will be wherever you are as well. we want to talk to you this morning about the millions of americans, so many of you, we know, are desperate for help after these negotiations over a new stimulus package ended in a dead lock again. >> last night, democrats and white house officials walked away without a deal. now president trump is laying out his plan for executive orders if there's no breakthrough. there's also this report that says up to 40 million americans could face eviction by the end of the year. minorities make up the about bulk of that. dr. anthony fauci says covid-19 has been, in his words, double whammy against communities of color. >>> right now we know

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. >>> the cdc warns that covid-19 cases in children in the u.s. are steadily increasing, that is, of course, frightening news for parents who are trying to decide many of them what to do about school. cristina alesci has more on what top experts are saying about how the virus is impacting our kids. >> reporter: that's right, new cdc guidelines that parents might want to consider as they weigh whether or not to send their children back to school this fall. the cdc now acknowledging that children do transmit the virus in places like homes and summer camps, the cdc also noting that the number of cases among children is rising. now, 7.3% of all covid cases are among children. that is up considerably since cdc's last guidance, which was at 2% for children with covid. also, the cdc noting that the lower rates in children could be attributable to school closures in the early part of the pandemic. and that's why it was lower for children. now, given the new guidance, it is entirely appropriate to be questioning public officials including governors and may

the changes made by the cdc that the governor says that california does not intend to follow. >>> big interresult at the state capital where the lawmakers learned that a member of the state senate tested positive for covid-19. that's brian o jones of san diego. the news was confirmed through the facebook account just yesterday. a floor session was also cancelled as a result just days away before the lawmakers go home for recess. meaning that there's a bigger back up on addressing the bills that are time sensitive. >> one of the recovering, and we don't know what is going to happen and if the federal government does not act. >> the august 31st date for recess is a hard deadline. that's unless there's a special session. something that the office say that is he does not plan to do. >>> today marks the fourth and final day of the republican national congress veinings. while today president trump is expected to have the last speech, last night it was the vice president who had the spotlight. reporter ray bogan reports on the latest in the 2020 presidential race. >> reporter: the vice presi

now the cdc says people who do not have symptoms don't need testing. local health officials and medical researchers say that goes against good science. >>> i think it's not a good idea. i hesitate to say public health practice. but i don't think it's a good idea. >> it seems entirely bizarre and in that it undercuts are very basic tenants of how we control and infectious disease. >>> the department of health and human services, which manages the cdc says the changes, after meeting with the white house. but they did not say that why the change is happening. critics say it is alarming because the cdc has said all along that $.40 of people could contract coronavirus don't show any symptoms. >>> i'm sorry pam. our time is now 437. starting tomorrow alameda and contra costa county are rolling back the restrictions. in contra costa county hotels will be open to the general public. and in alameda county hair and nail salons will be allowed to do their business outdoors. outdoor pools can open again and wine tasting rooms can open even if they don't serve food

or confidence in the cdc in a moment. let me preface this with what we have been hearing from president trump over the past few months. he publicly blamed the large number of cases here in the united states, 6 million cases now, 1 80,000 deaths, on the number of tests that have been conducted. on the number of tests that have been conducted. let me play for you what he's been saying in recent months. >> when you do more testing, you have more cases. we have more cases than anybody, because we do more testing than anybody. it's pretty simple. when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people. you're going to find more cases. so i said to my people, slow the testing down, please! >> we didn't test, you wouldn't be able to show that chart. if we tested half as much, those numbers would be down. >> okay, so by that logic, if we didn't do any testing, we would have zero cases. obviously, that's not true. the reason why we have so many positive tests is not just because we do much more testing, it's because w

the cdc projections warn of an increase in reported deaths in puerto rico, washington state, kentucky, alabama, tennessee and new jersey. the governor there says house parties are contributing to covid spread among young people. >> we are not past this. everyone who walks around refusing to wear a mask or who hosts an indoor house party or who overstuffs a boat is directly contributing to these increases. >> reporter: the white house coronavirus task force says covid cases are plateauing in the hard-hit states of california, arizona and texas. florida is also on that list, though it may face further complications with approaching hurricane' say' yas. nearly 3,400 covid patients remain in florida hospitals and there's a possibility some floridians near the storm's path may have to turn to shelters. >> the storm exacerbates the conditions. what it does it is forces people to remain in close quarters. this is where we need to get that message out. that people need to make sure that those protocols are not sacrificed. that they understand how important it is to wear face masks. >> reporte

cdc teams to help cities with contact tracing, you know, there's not enough people at the cdc to do that. >> schools are in a tough position. they do want to educate kids. we all want our kids to get a good education. it's really important, but there is probably, anderson, one thing that keeps getting lost in this discussi discussion, which is in so many ways, we're all in this together. forb for better and for worse. if disease is spreading in young adults, particularly people who are essential workers and have to go to work who get the infection there or in kids, it is not going to stay in that group. it a virus. it spreads widely in society and ultimately it will hit more vulnerable people and the vun people are not a small group but a third of all adults and everyone over the age of 60. this is not a small group we have to somehow isolate and protect. we're all one society and what starts in one group age group or even place of the country is likely going to spread to other places and we will see more hospitalizations and more deaths. there are things that areless bad than they

the cdc says the camp followed most of the mitigation guidelines. but some that were not followed, campers didn't need to wear masks. cnn's gary tuchman has more on the concerns that some families in one north georgia school district are facing. it's the first in that state to reopen. >> reporter: she isn't sure of sending her son back to school is a good idea. but 11-year-old christopher says he's ready to start sixth grade and to do it in person. when the school bus arrived in the small georgia town of jefferson, he boarded with his books on his back and his mask on his face and prepared to start his middle school career in this most unusual of times. >> are you sad? >> yes. >> reporter: christopher's mother tells me, yes, i am sad and worried about my son going to school. as the bus pulls away, there is at least one student not on it. christopher's sister. she was going to start eighth grade but at the last minute, was too frightened to go. >> tell me why it's scary. >> because i don't want to go because i'm scared of getting it, and -- >> it's o

let's talk about cdc guidelines. so consistently for months, the guideline had been get tested if you show symptoms or if you have sustained contact with someone who you know is infected 15 minutes or more. and now it says all of a sudden you don't have to get tested even if you had sustained contact with someone who you know has been infected. unless you're in a compromised category. can you explain why the cdc changed that and is that a good idea? >> i really don't understand why the cdc changed that. and what's concerning about all of this changes and guidelines that cdc does is they don't put evidence to back why the changes do and i think having the evidence -- i mean the evidence that i'm aware of as of today is that close to 40% of the cases of the infections are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people transmit the infection. so not testing -- i mean, if you have been in contact with somebody for a few minutes, that's okay. but if you have been in contact for 50 minutes and that people doesn't have a mask, i thin

cancer and we'll ask him about the latest of covid-19 news including surprising statements with the cdc this past weekend. and joining us know, we'll hear from a salon owner and certainly two very different paths today. josie, i want to ask you, your city, san francisco is currently under the new system unveiled by governor newsom red. red is the second highest tier in terms of covid transmission. not the most serious but second most serious. as such, under the state rules indoor operations should be allowed if the county allows it for your services. however, that is not the case with you. what is the status? >> so yeah, it was announced that we were able to do our services outdoors in san francisco. however, that's just not very realist realistic. eyelash extensions, getting really powpular and dining outside as well. and a consumer eating outside, i don't think i want any nail pollen or hair clippings in my food. so not really that, but i can imagine cutting hair when the wind is blowing so it's just not very realistic for us, the salon owners. >> but even this is a new step, right? w

. >>> the cdc says people who have recovered from coronavirus do not need to quarantine or get tested again for up to three months. >> now more than 1300 americans died from the virus just yesterday. we're following the very latest. i know the death toll here, people that have died in the u.s., topped more than 1,000. i have to use the word again behind that as well. >> reporter: yeah. it's a number. good morning. as you can imagine the number of deaths that the cdc, other agencies are projecting for the near future those numbers are only going up. cdc releasing information about hot spot areas saying latino and black communities are being hit the hardest by this virus. . this as the white house task force is testing experts say the country is doing all it can when it comes to testing. the u.s. averaging more than 1,000 death as day. not for one week or two but for almost three weeks. and now the cdc forecasting by september 5th the country may reach a death toll of 189,000. >> if there's a good idea i want to hear it. >> reporter: the administration's tester appearing after health ex

tonight the cdc says masks alone can save 70,000 deaths over the next few months. his lack of leadership has left a gaping hole when it comes to america's response and the people who had to fill the hole are the governors trump blames. there are eight states, half of them led by republican governors, now banding together to go it alone and do their own testing. listen to what the governors of this country of both parties have said on this show. >> as gov fernors, we've had to step up and do the job. >> the frustrating thing was governors were out there scrambling around trying to figure out how to solve this crisis when we did need more leadership on a number of these major issues. >> this comes as president trump is tying a vaccine to his re-election. >> i'm rushing it. i am. i'm pushing everybody. if you had another president other than me, you wouldn't be talking vaccines for two years. >> what's the earliest we can see a vaccine? >> sooner than the end of the year. could be much sooner. >> sooner than november 3rd. >> i think in some cases, yes, it's possible b