Biden addresses systemic racism in economic speech; AG Barr spars with Dem lawmakers in contentious hearing; Fauci, Birx concerned about virus spikes in OH, IN, TN & KY; Trump promotes reckless claims on coronavirus, renews attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Biden slams Trump: A change of “tone” over a few days doesn’t change the facts of last four years; Biden: I will choose a running mate the first week in August; AG Barr: Calls to defund police “grossly irresponsible”; Barr to Dems: Can you point to one Trump enemy I’ve indicted?; Barr: No reason to think 2020 election will be rigged; Nadler: AG Barr “aided and abetted” worst failings of Trump; Republicans defend AG Barr, accuse Dems of playing politics; AG Barr claims he has been trying to “restore the Rule of Law”; GOP Rep. Jordan shows mashup of reporters saying “peaceful protests” out of context during Barr hearing; Dr. Fauci responds to Trump: I have not mislead the public; Florida reports new record number of virus deaths; 22 states seeing rise in cases, 20 holding steady, 8 declining; More Miami Marlins players reportedly test positive as commissioner warns outbreak could shut down season; 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	Welcome back to the lead you've been listening to presumptive Democratic presidential
0:03.7	nominee Joe Biden taking questions in Wilmington Delaware from reporters who are
0:08.4	on his traveling press corps. The former VP was asked why people should vote for him and if he was just running as an
0:14.8	alternative to Trump as opposed to presenting his own strong vision.
0:18.6	Biden says some see him as the antithesis to Trump. He wants to restore
0:22.4	democracy both on the world stage and
0:24.6	between a political parties I want to bring in CNN's Caitlin Collins Abby
0:28.8	Philip and Dana Bash to talk about what we just saw Dan, that message that Joe Biden was trying to convey there
0:35.5	at that one point is really what the Biden campaign
0:38.0	is about restoring a sense of normalcy.
0:41.8	But the truth of the matter is any election involving an incumbent
0:45.4	president is truly about the incumbent president it is and what the
0:50.3	incumbent president no matter which party he has been in, has tried to do, as soon
0:56.4	as they could is to define in a negative way, obviously, the person who wants the job.
1:02.0	In this case, it is Joe Biden and what the
1:05.8	Trump campaign has not been able to do is just that in a way that is
1:12.0	politically beneficial enough for one main reason which is the
1:16.9	coronavirus because it is totally a referendum on President Trump.
1:23.2	For lots of reasons, the main reason is the way he has handled or mishandled the leadership
1:29.5	during this unprecedented crisis.
1:32.0	And so what Joe Biden said there is very true. We all heard
1:35.5	him when he announced that he wants to run to restore dignity and leadership and
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