Coronavirus Does Not Excuse Children; Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) Is Interviewed About President Trump's Criticism Of Dr. Anthony Fauci's Warnings; President Trump Says Fauci's Caution On Schools Reopening In The Fall Is Not An Acceptable Answer
LAURA COATES, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: What you have strung together is a series of assumption, not prudence, not careful consideration of the facts of the case --</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN HOST: Shoot. Let me try and get Laura back. Do you see what's on your screen? Put it back there for a second. We'll try and get Laura back. There's no substitute for her. Just look at this. If the offense is committed in his presence, OK, or within his immediate knowledge. So, let's say you say well they knew about this. No, they didn't know about anything on the 23rd. They think they knew about something about the 11th, but they don't know that that was Arbery. And even if it were Arbery, and we don't that it was, it wasn't a felony to trespass. They don't get the protection of this. Sore we lost Laura. She's always a value. But it's now time for D. Lemon anyway. Laura, I'm sorry about what happened with you. I'll get you back tomorrow night. D. Lemon's time is now.</s>DON LEMON, CNN HOST: Yes. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. We're going to continue to follow this. Actually, we have a message from the mother tonight that you're -- you guys are going to want to hear about. Someone left a mysterious note on the makeshift memorial for Arbery, saying I wish I could have stopped this. Well, the mother has a message tonight that she wants to hear. If anybody in the sound of my voice, I have nothing up on the screen.</s>CUOMO: I hear you.</s>LEMON: In this room.</s>CUOMO: I hear you right now, Don. You sound beautiful. And it is very important to hear from the mother. And this is a really important context to add to that story. That we have a reasonable basis for belief now that the McMichael's thought they knew who Arbery was before the 23rd. That's why they took off after him outside their house. They thought he was the guy from the 11th, the surveillance video there. Even if they're right, and we don't know that they were, even if they were right, it changes nothing except probably makes it a little bit worse for them because they had no authority to do what --</s>LEMON: For any of it.</s>CUOMO: -- they did.</s>LEMON: Again, as we said, even if he did do whatever they thought he did, it is still -- it does not condone the actions on that videotape. You don't have to be an attorney to see that. I know that you are a very smart attorney. Laura Coates --</s>CUOMO: Is a genius.</s>LEMON: Very smart. Is a genius and she's telling you, doesn't warrant the behavior of that. So, we shall see.</s>CUOMO: Not even close.</s>LEMON: Not even close. Thank you, sir. We're going to continue to follow that. We've got the attorney on tonight and that new information, the new videotape and the member from the mother tonight. Chris, we'll see you. Thank you, sir. This is CNN TONIGHT. I'm Don Lemon. We have some breaking news as the death toll in this country tops 84,000. Dire warnings on the coronavirus to tell you about. That as sources tell CNN that this president is privately questioning whether the death toll is inflated. And tonight, taking aim at the top medical expert on his own task force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, accusing him of playing all sides of the equation and trying to shoot down his concerns about schools reopening in the fall.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I was surprised by his answer, actually, because, you know, it's just -- to me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools. The only thing that would be acceptable, as I said, is professors, teachers, et cetera, over a certain age. I think they ought to take it easy for another few weeks, five weeks, four weeks, who knows, whatever it may be, but I think they have to be careful because this is a disease that attacks age. And it attacks health. And if you have a heart problem, if you have diabetes, if you're a certain age, it's certainly much more dangerous, but with the young children, I mean, and students it's really -- it's -- just take a look at the statistics. It's pretty amazing.</s>LEMON: Well, the president thinks it is not acceptable for Dr. Fauci to suggest that schools only open cautiously with the virus spreading. Not acceptable for a doctor, a scientist to raise concerns about keeping children safe at school? Not acceptable for him to tell the truth that there's a lot that we don't know yet about this virus? I think millions of parents, teachers, frankly, most Americans would take Dr. Fauci's concerns pretty darn seriously. But this is a president who just doesn't want to let facts stand in the way of his need to get America back to business. And he is 100 percent wrong when he suggests that children are not at risk because we are learning more and more that they can be. Doctors warning tonight that there will likely be more cases of a mysterious illness that is linked to coronavirus. That seems to be affecting children. It has sickened at least 100 children so far with fever, inflammation, poor function of the kidneys or heart, and other symptoms similar to toxic shock. So, children are definitely not immune. Dr. Fauci saying this today.</s>ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: I think we better be careful if we are not cavalier in thinking that children are completely immune of the deleterious effects.</s>LEMON: But like I said, the president doesn't want to let facts stand in the way of getting America back to business. Which, yes, is something we all want. But if it comes down to the president versus Dr. Fauci, the president, he may not be the winner here. The new CNN poll finds 67 percent of Americans trust Dr. Fauci on the coronavirus. Only 36 percent trust the president. And listen to what Rush Limbaugh, you remember the president gave him the medal of Freedom. Listen to what he has to say about Dr. Fauci saying the quiet part out loud.</s>RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO HOST: Let me tell you how you deal with Fauci. You praise him to the hilt. Exactly like Trump is doing. You praise him to the hilt. You talk about how brilliant he is and you say that we're so lucky to have Fauci. My God, Tony, you should run for office. And then privately you ignore every damn thing he says and implement your own policy. That's the only way you can -- now, don't repeat that because then the policy, the secret would be let out of the bag, but that's how you deal with these people.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Will President Trump do that?</s>LIMBAUGH: I think he already is.</s>LEMON: Get the Medal of Freedom for that, huh? That kind of stuff. OK. That as there are dire warnings tonight from someone who was inside the administration at the beginning of all of this, and that is Dr. Rick Bright, the vaccine chief who was removed from his post last month. Is set to testify before Congress tomorrow. And what he is planning to say is stunning, warning of what he calls the darkest winter in modern history without a ramped-up coronavirus response. Yes, here we are, 48 states in the process of reopening while the virus continues to spread, while the death toll continues to climb. That as Wisconsin's Supreme Court just hours ago struck down the stay- at-home order in a four to three decision. Wisconsin's Governor Tony Ever -- Evers is here to talk to me about that last-minute development. He's going to be here. So, make sure you stay tuned for that. We're abandoning the very things that have actually been working to flatten the curve, and that is social distancing and stay-at-home orders. And now here we are. More than 84,000 Americans dead. We've got a lot more to come on all of that tonight. And we have some new developments to tell you about in the case that we have been following now for well over a week and a half. The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was gunned down while jogging on February 23rd. A new photo, a new video and a new 911 call all giving us leads to follow. CNN affiliate WJXT photographed this unsigned message in a car that was reportedly left at a memorial on the corner where Ahmaud Arbery was killed. The message reads, quote, "Ahmaud, I am so sorry. I should have stopped them. I am so sorry." The lead attorney for the family Lee Merritt tweeting, quote, "we need to discover who left this note." He's going to be here tonight with more. We might never have known about this case without the video of Ahmaud jogging in Georgia in that neighborhood where he was chased down, shot and killed. And there's another new video tonight, new surveillance video from a house under construction in that neighborhood. This was less than two weeks before Ahmaud Arbery was killed. The video shows an unidentified African-American man walking in the house. One of the suspects in Ahmaud's death, Travis McMichael, later had a confrontation with an unidentified black man that day. An attorney for that owner, for the owner of that house says he is, quote, "unaware for the confrontation on the property involved Ahmaud." The owner says he doesn't recognize the man in the video. Has no idea of his identity and nothing has taken from his -- was taken from his property. And tonight, we have the 911 call from Travis McMichael on February 11th. Listen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was leaving the neighborhood, and I just caught a guy running into a house being built two houses down from me. When I turned around, he took off running into the house.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. What did he look like?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a black male. Red shirt, white shorts.</s>LEMON: More to come on all of this. And as we said, Wisconsin now, stay-at-home orders? Not so much. The governor of that state joins us next.