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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

After Deadliest Day Of Pandemic Since May, Death Toll Tops 166,000

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The United States death toll tops 166,000, with more than 5.2 million cases after the deadliest day of the pandemic since May. Florida sees more than 4,000 cases a day for 51 straight days. The next season has been labeled the "worst Fall" in public health history.  Biden and Harris call for mask mandates in every state, which is drawing direct contrasts with Trump's Covid response. Biden says, "be a patriot, wear a mask to save lives," to Americans. Biden campaign: Huge fundraising after Harris joined ticket.  Trump unloads on Harris and calls her "mean," "nasty" and "angry." Trump admits he opposes new postal service funding to black mail-in voting. Federal judge demands Trump campaign and RNC show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud. Trump attacks his FBI director, issues warning to Attorney General Barr. Fauci says, "We've got to think about returning to some sense of normalcy." Fauci also says, "Bottom line... I'm not pleased with how things are going." Fauci urges Americans to get outdoors as much as possible and to keep windows open.  CDC Chief breaks from Trump's spin and admits "we were underprepared" for crisis.  More than 2,000 students and school staff are quarantined as schools reopen. Giroir says that having an indoor house party is equivalent to going to a bar.  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

This is

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is CNN breaking news.

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Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

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Wolfitzer is off today.

0:14.1

I'm Jim Acosta in the situation room,

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and we're following breaking news.

0:17.6

We're standing by to see if President Trump takes questions

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at a White House briefing that's about to begin.

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It becomes, or it comes as the US

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coronavirus death toll tops 166,000 people with more than 5.2 million

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confirmed cases. The country has reported its deadliest day of the pandemic since

0:34.4

May. Also breaking, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are calling for mask mandates in

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every state in their first full day campaigning together, the presumptive Democratic presidential

0:43.8

and vice presidential nominees through direct contrast with President Trump's

0:47.3

response to the pandemic, making it clear that will be a centerpiece of their campaign.

0:52.4

Let's begin with CNN's Jeff Zellini and the Democrat that will be a centerpiece of their campaign.

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Let's begin with CNN's Jeff Zellany

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and the Democrats call for mask mandates in every state.

0:57.0

Jeff, that is a big change from what the president has been saying.

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Jim, it certainly is, and that indeed was the point of what former Vice President Joe Biden and

1:04.6

Senator Kamala Harris were trying to do today.

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They were trying to draw a contrast on their first official day on the job, if you will, at least

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