7,500 people gather for Pres. Trump event, without social distancing or enforced mask use

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As the U.S. continues to see record increases in new coronavirus cases, Pres. Trump prepares to speak to an estimated 7,500 person crowd at an early Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Mask use is optional and there will be no social distancing. Dr. Leana Wen and Dr. Celine Gounder speak to AC360 about the medical repercussions for people attending the event and for Americans over the holiday weekend. Also a concern at Mount Rushmore: fireworks that pose a potential wildfire hazard. The former superintendent for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Cheryl Schreier, speaks to AC360 about how Pres. Trump’s event is endangering park employees and attendees. Plus, CNN’s Gary Tuchman introduces us to a woman who recently recovered from coronavirus. She also beat cancer and the 1918 flu. Airdate: July 3, 2020 Guests: Dr. Leana Wen Dr. Celine Gounder Cheryl Schreier, Former Superintendent, Mount Rushmore National Memorial CNN National Correspondent, Gary Tuchman To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A good Friday evening to you.
0:02.8	I'm Jim Sudo.
0:03.6	We begin tonight with breaking news.
0:05.2	CNN has learned that right now at least eight secret service agents are sequestered
0:10.1	in a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.
0:13.0	Some are suffering from coronavirus symptoms.
0:15.8	All have tested positive for the virus.
0:18.8	To people familiar with the matter, tell CNN they were infected while preparing for Vice
0:23.4	President Pence's visit to Phoenix on Wednesday.
0:27.2	And as you know, as many as 15 agents became infected while preparing for the president's
0:32.3	visits to Phoenix and Tulsa last month, both of which went against the guidelines of his
0:38.1	own coronavirus test force.
0:41.4	If that weren't enough tonight, the president is at it again.
0:44.9	He is at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota to watch the fireworks along with thousands of
0:49.4	other people at the invitation of a governor who is proudly declared, not admitted, but
0:54.4	declared that there will be no social distancing at this event.
0:58.6	And there isn't.
0:59.6	People tonight will enter, be sitting in rows of chairs that have been zip tied together
1:04.4	or packed shoulder to shoulder in bleachers.
1:07.9	Mask wearing is optional.
1:10.2	So just as he did in Phoenix and Tulsa, the president tonight will be flouting the guidelines
1:15.0	of his administration's own test force on social distancing, on wearing masks, on avoiding
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