160K U.S. deaths, with at least 130K more projected this year; Intel Officials: Russia, China & Iran trying to interfere election; No deal between WH, Dems on new economic relief bill; Bill Gates: Climate crisis will inflict similar loss of life, economic damages as COVID-19;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
New data shows 64% of cases are ages 25-64; Hospitals prepare as 250K expected in SD for motorcycle rally; COVID-19 testing declining in at least 29 states; Intel Officials: Russia spreading false info about Biden while China & Iran are attempting to damage Trump; Trump seizes on Biden’s comments on black and Latino diversity; Biden seeks to clarify comment that Latinos are diverse “unlike the African American community”; U.S. adds 1.8M jobs in July, unemployment falls to 10.2%; Cuomo: All NY school districts are authorized to open; Trump pushes for school reopenings, as the W.H.O. says the pandemic is skewing younger; At least 7.1 million students in the U.S. starting school fully online; AZ facing influx of thousands of students, tourists; Data shows stricter measures in AZ are working, but experts warn the state is not in the clear; AZ gov credits masks & distancing for declining cases; Woman still battling virus side effects after 140+ days; Michelle Obama says she’s doing “just fine” after opening up about low grade depression; Study: 1 in 3 Americans suffering from anxiety or depression; World confronts two deadly global crises; Experts warn of anti-science bias amid two crises; Postal Service head says election mail will not be slowed down despite Trump’s claims of delays; Dems want investigation into Postal Service before election;
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper. The death toll in the United States is now more than 160,000 people. Take that in. More than 160,000 people. The number of infections nearing 5 million. The |
| 0:16.4 | World Health Organization warning cases of coronavirus are soaring among |
| 0:20.8 | younger people and sadly we now know of a seven-year-old little boy |
| 0:25.3 | with no known underlying conditions who has died from coronavirus. As |
| 0:29.7 | CNN Sarah Sidner reports it comes as the governor of New York is giving the green light |
| 0:34.7 | for schools to hold in-person classes, and California just top 10,000 total coronavirus deaths. |
| 0:50.5 | Virtually no mast in sight as 250,000 people are expected to descend this weekend on Sturgis, South Dakota, a town of about 7,000 for the 80th annual Sturgis |
| 0:55.8 | Motorcycle Rally. |
| 0:57.4 | One rallygoer saying masks impede his freedom. |
| 1:00.5 | I don't mean to make light of it, but I mean to be dang serious about the freedom aspect of that and these are freedom-loving people that are not going to give it up. |
| 1:07.5 | This as a scientific model shows 70,000 American lives could be saved from COVID by December if masks are |
| 1:14.6 | worn during a CNN town hall experts saying it's so easy. It's rare that you |
| 1:20.0 | see something so simple, inexpensive so easy for everybody to participate. |
| 1:27.0 | Across the country the number of coronavirus cases are trending down. |
| 1:30.6 | That ray of hope darkened because the number of deaths are rising. The death toll |
| 1:35.9 | topping 160,000 now projected to nearly double by the end of the year. |
| 1:41.1 | Hawaii is now the hottest of hot spots. |
| 1:46.0 | Beaches in popular Oahu closing once again as cases jump 85% from the past week. |
| 1:52.0 | In Maryland, a different story, Baltimore... 85% from the past week. |
| 1:52.8 | In Maryland, a different story, Baltimore restarting indoor dining. |
| 1:56.4 | But the city's health director says, |
| 1:58.5 | No, I wouldn't advise him. |
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