cnn was not allowed to be part with it was a time filler for cnn, which cnn need a lot of that that point. basically it's a long story i detail in the book it was a day that put cnn in the map in the minds of the press corps. that helped make them we had not seen any measurable form since president kennedy had been shot go on youtube and watch walter cronkite talk about you get a flavor for why 24-hour news is very dangerous as well as riveting and convening force. that day that president reagan was shot in 1981 really was people's worst fears about news and news being reported like a sporting event as it was unfolding and all the attendant issues and inaccuracies that could happen as a result in the cascading effect of bad news being delivered in sibley. we live it all every day now we live it instantaneously, constantly to our peril and detriment i think it was one of the first times we saw that. >> and you can't fact check in real time. the whole idea that the news not reporting it in its aftermath anymore but while it's unfolding is one of the things that reese really wanted to do and

the cnn was not allowed to be a part of it. they were inside at the speech it was just a time filler. it has a lot of detail in the book but it was a day that put cnn on the map in the mind of the press corps that helps make them aware that the dangers introduced because of 24 hour news and the immediacy that we had not seen in measurable form anybody who is a student of media history, go on youtube and watch walter cronkite or any other inker who talks about the shooting and subsequent death of president kennedy and you get a flavor for why 24 hour news was dangerous and visiting and the convening force. the day reagan was shot in 1981 was people's worst fears about news like a sporting event as it was unfolding and the cascading effect bad news being delivered instantly. now we have it every day instantaneously. to our peril and detriment. that was one of the first times we saw that. >> so the whole idea not reporting and its aftermath while it was unfolding is what reese really wanted to do so the question readers are left w

ran the uniform while within cnn. he wasn't there terribly a long time given to the places been around 40 years but every single person along the way who interacted with them, he is a a memorable person and i'm honored and privileged to have gotten to know them in the course of writing this book and to tell his story. i think it's really important. >> we know it went on the air june 1, 1980, despite pickups and a lot of old order news organizations, let's say, cheering for its wall. how are they going to find all this news? but it is because cnn had to fill time that a a crew is following president reagan to his speech in a washington hotel in march 1981 when he gets shot. can you set that scene from little and tells why does such a big deal for cnn? >> that was an amazing day. a year after scene and went on the air. it was still only in several million homes. there still were not that many homes in the nation that could receive it because cable was not come cities were not wired for cable at the time and so that twin

cnn's sarah westwood has more. president trump, on saturday, continued to cast doubt on the reliability of mail-in voting. despite experts repeatedly saying that widespread voter fraud in the u.s. is exceedingly rare. and many states have relied on mail-in voting, to varying degrees, for years. and although, the postmaster general, louis dejoy, has made changes to the post office operations that critics say will hamper its ability to deliver mail-in ballots at the volume expected in november. the president praised dejoy's efforts. he also sought to draw a distinction between absentee voting and mail-in voting. >> louis. he is working very hard. but, as you know, the democrats aren't approving the proper funding for postal. and they're not approving the proper funding for this ridiculous thing that they want to do, which is all mail-in voting. universal, you could call it, mail-in voting. again, absentee voting is great. you request. i'm an absentee voter because i requested, i got, and then, i sent in my vote. so t

cnn's m.j. lee has our report. >> this also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance. >> reporter: they call each other brothers, family. former president barack obama and former vice president joe biden have long publicly flaunted their friendship. >> same time next week? >> same time next week. >> all right. >> now biden's former boss could play an outsized role in helping him take on president trump in the fall. one of the most famous and popular democrats in the country. >> you're all feeling a sense of urgency. >> obama already making several high profile campaign appearances on biden's behalf. a virtual fund-raiser in june. >> there's nobody i trust more to be able to heal this country, get it back on track than my dear friend joe biden. >> raising a whopping $11 million in one night and there was this lengthy video recorded by the biden campaign. >> it all starts with being able to relate. >> featuring the two men discussing everything from covid-19 to president trump

jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> and a new cnn poll shows joe biden's lead over donald trump has narrowed, significantly, since june. overall, half of registered voters back the biden/harris ticket. while, 46% say they support president trump and mike pence. that's right at the poll's margin of error. and with me, now, from los angeles, political analyst, michael genovese, good to have you with us and a lot to cover, of course. but let's start with that latest cnn poll showing the biden/harris ticket only 4%afou percentage points higher. given the controversy surrounding the u.s. postal service, how surprised are you by how close this is right now? >> i think this looked like a close race, from the very beginning. now, we're still a long way away. 11 weeks. and we won't really have a clearer picture until the weeks after the parties have their conventions. but in all likelihood, this will be like it was four years ago. and donald trump has two paths to victory. one is basically a replay of 2016 where he loses the popular vote. this time, by probably about 5 million or 4 milli

sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. >>> this just in to cnn. russian president vladimir putin says his country has developed the first coronavirus vaccine. cnn's matthew chance joins us now from moscow. how is this even possible? >> reporter: well, it's been definitely developed at break-neck speed. that's led to all sorts of criticism about whether this vaccine is safe or even whether it's effective. within the past few minutes really vladimir putin has appeared on national television in a televised video conference and we see it in russia. he made the announcement and said this vaccine that has been developed in russia has gone through all of the steps and it's approved for use with the russian public. it makes it the first ever. rashdless of the efficacy, it's the first vaccine that's gone to market and has been approved by use anywhere in the world. there was word from the russian health minister in that panel of cabinet ministers speaking on national television. he said it was a huge contribution, this is the health minister, to the victor

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oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >> all right. let's discuss this further with cnn's john defterios. he joins us now live from abu dhabi. so, john, jared kushner just arrived. what's his role in all of this? and is it -- is it a two-track effort by israel and the uae to normalize diplomatic relations and at the same time codify those relations with business? >> i think that's a great way of putting it, rosemary. jared kushner is the middle east adviser to the president, of course, the son-in-law, has spent most of his time trying to come up with a much wider deal which has been overlooked here because of the signing between uae and israel. supposed to include many more arab states and the palestinians. that hasn't happened yet. so plan "b," if you will, was to start with uae, which is a very liberal gulf state that could solidify these ties with israel. in fact, at the pronts thess coe that we saw in jerusalem last night, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, picking up on oren's reporting there, suggesting there are a number of stat

phil black, cnn, london. >>> that's all for this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. for viewers in the u.s. and canada, "new day" is just ahead. for everyone else, it's "inside the middle east." all otc pain relievers including voltaren have one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu. it's more than just fast. it keeps all your devices running smoothly. with built-in security that protects your kids. protects your info and gives you 24/7 peace of mind that if it's connected, it's protected. even that that pet-camera thingy. can your internet do that? xfinity xfi can because it's simple, easy, awesome. get advanced security free with the xfi gateway. download the xfi app today. >>> therefore i'm taking executive action, i'm going to save american jobs and provide relief to the american workers. >> the democrats have already put out a statement slamming these executive actions. >> they stretch the limits of the constitution f

cnn's melissa bell has more. there is the french tradition, the month of august, you get out and get away? >> well, it does seem to have made a difference in those countries that are typically tourist destinations. within the area, on french beaches, spanish beaches, that has played in to both of those countries. that is sharp number of new cases. that's important, christine, because we're not looking as we were back earlier this year when the lockdowns took affect here at the health systems. deaths are still starting to rise. more than 3,000 two days ago in france. what we're talking about here are the fact that tourism is happening once again, economies have gotten back up and running. hence, the new measure. that trend is second wave. >> melissa bell in paris this monday morning. thank you. >>> as the u.k. braces for a second wave of coronavirus, the debate for opening new schools and in scotland students are returning toot white house. cnn's max foster. >> reporter: hi, laura. once we have a low infection rat

this is "cnn newsroom." brazil opened public attractions and theme parks on saturday, including the famous christ the redeemer statue in rio. brazil ranked second in the world still in total coronavirus cases. fewer visitors are allowed to the attractions and precautions like temperature checks are in place. >>> south africa is also easing restrictions as their case numbers are falling. bans on alcohol and tobacco will be lifted. restaurants and bars can reopen with strict hygiene protocols required. >>> and paris, police, were out enforcing a mandatory mask rule saturday after the city was declared a zone of active circulation. let's go now live to cnn's senior international correspondent jim bittermann, near paris. talk with us about what that active circulation is all about there, jim. >> well, it is something worrisome for the authorities here. the number of cases every day now for the last four days has grown. not only grown, but grown exponentially. authorities here are quite worried about what they're

cnn's natasha chen is in atlanta for us. natasha, we're also learning the white house is now criticizing georgia's covid-19 response. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: right, the coronavirus task force came out with recommendations earlier in the month that described georgia not doing enough, and today, just about an hour ago, we got the report of 3,000 -- more than 3,000 new covid-19 cases across the state, and that's been the case for at least a month now, at least 3,000 new cases every day, 96 new deaths reported today, which is lower than tuesday's report which was the highest since the pandemic began. georgia is not doing enough to prevent the spread of covid-19. that's according to white house coronavirus task force recommendations from august 9 th, a document obtained by the atlanta journal constitution. it reads, there is wide spreed and expanding community viral spread and there is no significant improvement in the atlanta metro area with continued high levels of new cases at a plateau. mitigation efforts must

>>> we're live in the "cnn newsroom." aim ana cabrera in new york and we begin with the growing battle over your mail and your ability to vote in the presidential e lek, now just 80 days away. officials are warning nearly every state that ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted even if they're mailed by the deadline. this warning comes as we get word that the postal service inspector general is reviewing controversial changes by the postmaster general, a trump ally, changes that have effectively slowed down mail service by eliminating worker hours, as well as hundreds of sorting machines and even taking letter collection boxes off the streets. these photos were taken at a bronx post office facility, although it's unclear whether all these boxes were removed recently. now, today there are protesters gathering outside the home of the postmaster general, accusing him of trying to sabotage the mail system to benefit the president, who continued his relentless and baseless attacks on mail-in voting. he tweeted that

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live in the cnn newsroom. i'm boris sanchez in the nation's capital. took pen in hand this afternoon and brought to life four executive actions aimed at helping financially struggling americans. a student loan deferment, helping homeowners and renters to avoid eviction, payroll tax holiday and stickiest thing that republican and democratic deal makers simply could not agree on. extra unemployment benefit and the dollar amount out of work americans have gotten used to seeing every week. we'll get some clarity on that in just a moment but keep in mind, this is the weekend when the united states will very likely hit the 5 million mark in cases of coronavirus. 5 million americans known to be infected. the actual number is almost certainly much higher. more than 260,000 people died from the pandemic in this country. the number of human lives goes up. disturbingly fast while the country's elected leaders argue and disagree and fail to act. kristen holmes joining us now. traveling with the president outside of bedminster, new jersey. you were there when the p

that's also true for cnn. 70 to 80 million people see some of cnn during the month. the power of cable news is not in the moment, it's in the month. it's over the long term. narratives are set on fox, trump hears the narratives, gets misled and lies to the public. lori was a very about the hosts like hannity that go to campaign rallies. how is that ethical? it's not ethical but hannity is more of an entertainer than a journalist. it is a breach of ethics but there is nobody in charge of fox news who can tell him no. that's a big theme of the book, there is a lack of leadership at fox news. what happens if trump loses and takes all his supporters away and creates his own channel? that is a real concern inside fox news, wally talk more about that next week. ann says should we expect changes in fox editorial policy based on the next generation of murdoch has. jans and lock land murdoch, murdoch is running the company and is happy with the way things are, james is not. james left the family business and some think he might try to take over some day. i will have more and

you are watching cnn newsroom. the world is still losing ground in the battle the against the coronavirus. the world health organization has received reports of a record number of new cases in a 24 hour period. more than 294,000 people worldwide. the figures from the u.s. just as grim. some 5.3 million americans have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. as you can see there, there have been 169,483 deaths. >>> mexico remains a covid-19 hot spot. it reported more than 6300 cases saturday and 600 deaths. overall, the virus has killed almost 57,000 people in mexico and more than a half mill infected. mexico signed a deal to make a potential vaccine next year and ship it to other countries. >>> two of fran's biggest cities are enforcing mandatory mask orders for people out in public. paris and marseilles have been covid activate. harris reported 3400 new invexs saturday. that marks a post lockdown high for the fourth day in a row. let's go to cnn's jim bittermann live for us just outside paris. you know, fran

cnn's nick valencia is in atlanta. what is the school saying about the party, and to our knowledge, is this an isolated incident or something you're seeing more of? >> reporter: we're starting to see more videos emerge online, jim and poppy. university of north georgia in delonaga, georgia, officially starting classes today but the partying started over the weekend, the shocking images you're seeing as poppy mentioned people not social distancing, not wearing masks. there is no current mask mandate in the state of georgia but the university replying to these, this party they saw over the weekend saying they are disappointed and that everyone "has an individual responsibility to stop the spread of the virus." look, guys, this party happening as the seven-day moving average of new cases in the state of georgia is trending upwards, hovering around 3,000 new cases. the moving average of deaths over the last seven days trending upwards here in georgia and one school district in particular that's facing a lot of challenges,

our coverage on cnn continues right now. ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta in "the situation room." and we're following breaking news. amid president trump's attacks on mail-in voting, the postal service has just warned 46 states and washington, d.c. it may not be able to deliver mail-in ballots in time to be counted under their election laws. at the same time, former president obama is accusing mr. trump of trying to, quote, kneecap the postal service to suppress votes in the presidential election. there is also breaking news in the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. death toll has topped 168,000 people with more than 5.2 million known cases. and the cdc is now forecasting, get this, 189,000 u.s. deaths by september 5th. let's begin at the white house with cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the president is upping his attacks on mail-in voting less than three months before the election. >> reporter: yep. those attacks have continued this week, and they've been part of

cnn's hadas gold in london. appreciate it. >>> for the second time in two days china has sentenced a canadian citizen to death for his role in a drug trafficking ring. the man was convicted of charges that he and his accomplices manufactured and attempted to distribute amphetamines. one of his associates was previously sentenced to death for the same crimes. >>> we'll have more on the explosion in beirut just ahead. we're cleaning up from a disaster in the age of coronavirus is presenting unique challenges. you're watching "cnn newsroom." please do stay with us. businesses are starting to bounce back. but what if you could do better than that? like adapt. discover. deliver. in new ways. to new customers. what if you could come back stronger? faster. better. at comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back. but bounce forward. and now, we're committed to helping you do just that with a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution at a great price. call or go online today. >>> at least 16 employe

you are watching cnn newsroom. the u.s. drug administration has authorized two tests that can measure the levels of anti-bodianti-bobodies as someone is infected with coronavirus. we get the latest on those efforts from cnn's elizabeth cohen. >> the medical profession is getting smarter every week. and eventually, they will be armed with amazing therapeutics. >> that's bill gates on cnn's global town hall "coronavirus: facts and fears." the bill and melinda gates foundation is funding up to $25 million in research for coronavirus treatments. for now, doctors are using treatments that exist for other diseases. studies show blood thinners help fight clots among covid patients. preliminary, unpublished data shows, that receiving plasma or blood from someone that recovered from coronavirus, also reduces the risk of dying. as far as new weapons from covid-19, there's one treatment, remdesivir. this drug shaves four days off of a hospital stay. while that's helpful, it's not nearly enough. there's still a need for more new corona

cnn's kristen holmes joins us now from bridgewater, new jersey. kristen, another day. no surprise, another attack. >> reporter: well, that's right, bianna. and there are really two things going on that both pertain to mail-in voting. first you have president trump slamming the system, discrediting it and saying that it is fraudulent with no actual basis to that claim. on the other side, you have this very legitimate concern from republicans and democrats, lawmakers, state officials, postal workers, who are looking at the changes that are being made by the postmaster general right now and are worried that this is going to impact the election. as you said, we are expecting a record number of people to mail-in vote due to coronavirus. that is millions of ballots and those are going to be processed by using the postal system. so so much concern here that the inspector general of the postal service is actually conducting a review of changes that dejoy has made, after senators wrote a letter that had about six points on it, five of which were all about those changes, what ex

ben wedeman, cnn, beirut. >> lena katib joins from us berlin. thank you for taking the time to speak from us. our reporters on the scene have been cataloging the myriad problems now facing lebanon. you've said that lebanon is in danger of becoming a failed state. we've heard many in lebanon the last few days suggest they're already living in one. why do you think it's so close to the brink? >> well, before the explosion, lebanon was already suffering from one of the most severe economic crises in its modern history. the currency had lost 80% of its value in just a few months. gdp was over 170% debt. the country was heading to bankruptcy. add to this an explosion was so far estimated to have cost $15 billion that the lebanese state does not have and a port that used to import, according to different estimates, between 60% and 80% of what lebanon needs, and a country that relies on imports for the vast majority of anything it needs for medical supplies to food to energy. and you have a situation in which the country is simply not sustainable as th

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to you, our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. >>> tropical storm isaias just shy of hurricane strength is already being felt as it approaches south florida's east coast. it's a major concern in a state already struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19 has infected more than 480,000 people in florida and killed more than 7,000. even with strict safety protocols in place in the state's evacuation shelters, health officials fear the virus could spread further among the people inside with the storm's full impact expected. in the coming hours the state has temporarily shut down the virus testing sites. officials worried they'll see a new surge of cases once the storm has passed and testing resumes. florida's governor says they should prepare for a week long disruption. >> floridians should be executing their plans, particularly if you're on the east coast of florida, palm beach and north of there. you should have seven days of

but sources tell cnn mr. trump and bannon have spoken in recent weeks despite what the president has said. >> i haven't been dealing with him for a long period of time and most of the people in this room know, i haven't been dealing with him tom. >> reporter: over the weekend, the president will be speaking to aides, aides calling it a return to american greatness. a title that mr. trump is still in damage control mode as the nation is still reeling from the pandemic. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> all right. so to discuss the dueling conventions, let's bring in james davis, the director of political science, and he joins me from munich, germany. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. so, general consensus, even among some fox news personalities is that the democratic convention went fairly well, and joe biden stepped up and satisfied the modest expectations. the rationale, did the convention change anything? the conventional political wisdom, the days of the convention bounce are done or sh

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matt rivers, cnn, on the u.s./mexico border. >> let's talk about these developments with sian griffiths, she's the chairwoman of the inquiry in the outbreak. thank you for coming. let's begin with the united states continuing to be in a bad place. 200,000 deaths may occur by labor day. as of two days ago there had been more than 1,000 deaths per day, and that's more than two weeks. what is your assessment of the situation for the united states? >> these figures, obviously, they're worrying and more needs to be done to stay on top of this. because the unfortunate thing about this virus, it's continued to spread globally, but particularly within the u.s. you'll see from the experience of europe that lockdown is really essential for controlling the numbers. health has to take precedence over the economy. once we get on top of the disease. once you're on top of the disease, once you've got it down to reasonable levels that can be monitored and then you can act on, then it makes it a much easier situation to handle but

"cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast, thanks so much for joining us. and we begin with sad personal news for the u.s. president. word emerged late saturday that robert trump, the younger brother of president donald trump, has died. 71-year-old robert had been suffering from an undisclosed illness for some time. no details had been released about his funeral arrangements, but the president is planning to attend. mr. trump mentioned that his brother was ill while speaking with the news media earlier this week, and he visited him in the hospital on friday. cnn's kristen holmes has been traveling with the president in bridgewater, new jersey. she's got more about it. >> reporter: president trump's younger brother robert trump passing away late saturday night, a night after president trump had gone on an impromptu visit to new york city. the press had known he was going to new jersey, at the last minute they told us he was going to a hospital in new york to visit his brother robert. we know that he had

josh campbell, cnn, portland, oregon. >>> and more from cnn's jeremy diamond on the war of words between portland's mayor and the u.s. president. >> reporter: well amid this volatile situation in portland, oregon, president trump is not trying to calm tensions, not trying to deescalate the situation. we saw the president in early morning tweets on sunday, nearly 90 tweets from the president mostly focused on amplifying the divisions we are seeing in the city, specifically some of the clashes between the president's supporters and black lives matter protesters in that city. the president retweeting a video in which you can see trump supporters on the flatbed of a truck firing pepper spray and paint balls at protesters and also, in fact, hitting a journalist. the president was also directly responding to the mayor of portland, oregon, as he was delivering a news conference. the mayor drawing a line between the president's rhetoric and the violence he has seen in that city. the president responding in realtime where he calls the mayor of portland, ted wheeler r, a radical left do nothing ma

jeff zeleny, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> cnn senior political analyst john avlon joins me now who is also the author of washington's farewell and wingnuts. and a one-time speech writer for former new york mayor rudy giuliani. good to have you with us. >> good to see you, rosemary. >> so a loft notable spookers lined up for the week for the dnc convention. we've already heard from some, including from former first lady michelle obama. what stood out in her address particularly? and what is the key to a great and memorable convention speech? >> michelle obama is actually a great communicator in her own right. and she really has an ability to speak from the heart but to throw some subtle jabs. i think at the heart of her speech was about character. she said it's the most important thing in a presidency and it's what is most thoroughly lack about this president. she tried to tie aspects of the obama legacy to a broader bipartisan legacy of presidents shoring up international organizations, mentioning reagan and eisenhower, two republicans and saying look, donald trump has been a stark de

cnn's arwa damon is in beirut. >> even standing here. it's still so hard to wrap your mind around the enormity, the prize of this blast. you can see a shift over there plane on to its side and this massive area right here, this is where the storm unit housing that ammonium nitrate once stood. they have dive teams in the water trying to presumably salvage anything that they can that would potentially help in the investigation. they're still looking for the bodies of those that are listed as missing. although at this stage there is not that much hope that they would somehow be found alive. there was some hope that underneath the silo in the operation room there, because it is so far underground that perhaps they would be able to miraculously find someone alive. this has largely shifted from being a search and rescue operation to one of recovery and cleanup at this stage. there are still tons of people listed as missing. among them, firefighters responded to the initial blaze. there are people on the ground volunteers. >> he's briefing the

joining us, cnn's fact checker, daniel dale and cnn chief business correspondent christine romans so this will be the second time that we've heard from the president in as many days. he called a news conference yesterday, daniel, but it wasn't really a news conference in a ballroom at his resort there. and talked a little bit about what was or i should say was not happening in washington. as we look at what we're expected him to sign today, from a factual standpoint, do we know if this is going to hold, legally? there's some real questions because, again, congress has the power of the purse. >> congress does. the president, as jeremy diamond said just a few minutes ago, trump likes to push the envelope on executive action, as presidents have before. i'm hesitating to speculate on what may or may not hold up in court because the president has won in cases that people predicted he would lose, especially when it goes up to a largely friendly supreme court. so we've had early analysis that some of what he is talking about may well be legal. other stuff, particularly the unemployment bene

cnn's ryan brown is at the pentagon joining me right now. brian, what are you hearing from military officials about what the president said. >> reporter: well, the pentagon is remaining officially quiet about the president's comments referring all questions to the white house, but military sources are telling cnn, multiple sources that the initial assessments, the current assessments about what took place was that it was, in fact, an accident. there is no evidence at this point in time of any kind of attack, any kind of bombing attack and there was some confusion about where president trump's assessment is coming up and he cited unnamed military generals for that assessment and officials saying that initial assessments indicate that it was an accident and not an intentional attack, and they point to the fact that there's been no adjustments to force protection and no movement of u.s. military troops in the region indicating that they don't see an attack and they don't have any intelligence suggesting an attack. without those changes, there j

jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> and a new cnn poll shows joe biden's lead over donald trump has narrowed significantly since june. overall, half of registered voters back the biden/harris ticket while 46% say they support president trump and mike pence. that's right at the polls' margin of error. with me now from los angeles political analyst michael, a lot to cover. the biden/harris ticket only 4 points ahead of the trump/pence ticket given the pandemic, high unemployment, controversy surrounding the u.s. postal service. how surprised are you how close this is right now? >> it looked like a close race from the beginning. we have a long way to go, 11 weeks. we won't have a clearer picture until after the conventions. it will likely be another speaker like four years ago. donald trump has two paths to victory. one is basically a replay of 2016 where he loses the popular vote, this time by probably by 5 million, 4 million, and lose the electoral college. the other is if the republicans can be successful in voter suppression efforts as they're trying and if the mail-in ballot c

jeff zeleny, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> washington now and cnn senior political analyst. mark, good to see you. if there were two things tonight, repeatedly, it was joe biden is a good guy. he is he a man of character. donald trump is not. he is totally lacking in character. with that in mind, here is a little more from former first lady, mish ochelle obama. >>. i know joe. he is a profoundly decent man, guided by faith. he was a terrific vice president. he knows what it takes to rescue an economy, beat back a pandemic, and lead our country. and he listens. he will tell the truth and trust science. he will make smart plans and manage a good team. and he will govern, as someone who's lived a life that the rest of us can recognize. >> that was nice, michelle. because kind of attack michelle went after trump in a majoring way. a blistering critique. the end of it seemed to be a bit like that catchphrase from "the terminator." come with me, if you want to live. >> yeah. and does so, in such a level of sincerity that it almost draws you in. this is one of those nights where i

let's head over to moscow to cnn's matthew chance. matthew, this vaccine reportedly confers two years of immune at this time -- immunity and no side effects. why is the u.s. turning down such a generous offer? >> reporter: well, i mean, look, the concerns that the u.s. has are, you know, will he get mate of course. the vaccine that has been approved here called sputnik v. they are determining the safety and effectiveness for public use. the clinical data they have accrued so far hasn't been made public. not subject to peer review. these are the reasons why you question whether it is effective or safe. the russians say, look, this is a chance to save american lives. we're offering unprecedented cooperation with the united states to potentially manufacture this vaccine in the u.s. it could be a very effective vaccine if it is and the u.s. doesn't explore the russian vaccine any deeper, that could cause some problems, but the united states, the russians added, the u.s. has said this as well, are just not interested in russian technologic

this is "cnn newsroom." we begin in beirut, lebanon, a city now in tatters and deeper than ever in turmoil. protesters angry over tuesday's massive explosion clashing with police on saturday, throwing stones and storming the foreign ministry. police responding with tear gas. a member of the lebanese security forces was killed and hundreds of people were injured. the demonstrators say authorities ignored explosive materials at the port for years. 158 people confirmed dead in the blast with 6,000 wounded. for more on this let's turn to cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon, joining us now live from beirut. there was a lot of violence, a lot of protesting. but this universal anger. what are the chances, you know the country well, this tragedy could lead to real change for the long-suffering people of lebanon? >> reporter: you know, michael, look, those calls for change from the population started well before this horrific explosion because the economy here has been in such a downward tailspin that

>>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. i'm natalie allen at cnn center in atlanta. our breaking news comes out of portland, oregon. one person has been shot and killed near the site of fierce and violent clashes among protesters. police are calling it a homicide, but to be clear, we do not know if the killing is linked to the unrest. the shooting came after a huge caravan filled with supporters of u.s. president trump rolled into town earlier saturday. and it was met by furious counterdemonstrators. let's go to portland now. mike baker is a "new york times" correspondent, he joins me from there. mike, you were there during these clashes. what did you witness regarding the shooting that occurred and do we have any information as of yet on the victim? >> yeah, so the shooting occurred while there were a bunch of trump -- pro trump vehicles driving through downtown. as you guys covered there, there was a gathering in the suburbs of trump supporters and they were going to drive around the outskirts of the city, but a lot of them decided to come through into downtown whe

the cnn poll shows the race tightening. i want to talk about the convention and talk about enthusiasm. michelle obama speaks tonight. she's the biggest name who -- i keep saying take the stage. i think she's -- take the whatever. >> take the living room. i don't know how it works in this thing. but how are you getting the enthusiasm you need to get. what we are going to see from her? >> michelle obama knows how to bring down the house. she did it in 2016, as you remember. some people were hoping she'd run on the ticket as the vp. so i think she's going to do a fantastic job and, you know, tonight is about -- the whole theme of the convention is about unity. and tonight is going to be a "we the people" and who better than michelle obama to start us off and to remind us and reground us. she has such a fantastic ability to reground us into what really matters. and our values and what we're fighting for in this moment. and i think they've done -- the convention folks have done a really fantastic job of trying to create moments

ryan nobles, cnn, charlotte, north carolina. >> you'll want to tune in to cnn for coverage of the republican national convention starting monday, here at 7 p.m. for our international viewers, that's 12 a.m. in london and 7 a.m. tuesday in hong kong. >>> you may have noticed white house counselor kellyanne conway on the list of primetime rnc speakers. she's leaving her job at the end of the month. it's not clear whether she will still speak at the rnc. sunday her husband george conway said he's stepping away from his role at the lincoln project. >>> two powerful storms are barrelling towards the u.s. gulf coast. authorities are telling people to evacuate if they can or take all safety precautions. the first storm could make landfall in just a matter of hours. after the break we'll follow that and the latest on california's wildfires with hundreds burning across the state and no end in sight. do stay with us. we support memorable moments, concentration - in hectic times . and focus to win the day. unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators o

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it became safe. >> cnn spoke earlier with areva martin, civil rights attorney and cnn legal analyst in los angeles. and she talked about mr. trump's trip to kenosha and what we might expect to hear from him. >> for him, this is an -- this issue isn't about the systemic racism, it is not about police brutality, it is not about the peaceful protesters, but it is about him beating this drum of law and order and trying to paint the peaceful protesters as mobs, trying to incite in some ways violence, invoke fears, and to create this narrative, particularly for suburb an votes that if he's not re-elected, their cities are going to be overrun by looters and people intent upon engaging in violent activity. >> blake's family led large crowds on a peaceful march in kenosha, saturday afternoon. our sara sidner has more on that, and reaction from blake's father to police union accusations about his son. >> reporter: here in kenosha, that was about 2,000 people who came out in support of jacob blake and jakcob blake's family. we heard from jacob blake's uncle, justin blake, we heard from jacob blak

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and cnn's jomana karachi is following the story from istanbul. joman jomana, one person dying of covid-19 every 7 minutes is staggering. why is the virus surging again and what's the government doing about it? >> reporter: well, that is a very grim statistic, rosemary, that we're hearing from state media including the health ministry. now if you compare this to the start of the pandemic in iran back in early march, then every seven -- sorry, every ten minutes a person in that country was dying from coronavirus. now we're looking at every seven minutes. more than 200 deaths are being registered every day according to the official figures. you know, as you mentioned, iran does have the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the middle east. it was the epicenter of the outbreak in this region and, you know, it did seem at one point, rosemary, that they got the situation, pandemic under control in the country, but like so many other countries, you know, they were faced with a struggling economy. they could not afford to keep the country sh