Biden: “Trump panicked; The virus was too big for him”; U.S. approaches 200,000 deaths from COVID-19; Trump speaks about Supreme Court vacancy; Dems need two more GOP senators to block Trump’s nominee

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🗓️ 21 September 2020

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Biden: Trump “froze, he failed to act, he panicked” about COVID-19; Biden slams Trump o pandemic as U.S. approaches 200,000 deaths; Trump: will announce pick for court Friday or Saturday; choices narrowed down to five people; McConnell: Trump’s nominee “will receive a vote”; Supreme court vacancy could upend presidential, senate races; Trump claims U.S. is rounding the corner on pandemic despite 40,000+ new daily cases on average; 28 states see upward trend in new COVID cases; HHS Secy now must sign off on any rules from CDC, FDA; CDC removes guidelines on how COVID is spread; Bill Gates: best case scenario, pandemic will end by 2022; Federal official: change to CDC guideline was not the result of political pressure; Giroir pushes masks and social distancing, despite Trump holding packed rallies; Trump talks about Supreme Court vacancy as he leaves for campaign rally in Ohio; Trump: five women being vetted for Supreme Court vacancy, I’ve spoken with some of the possible nominees, I’d rather the senate vote before the election; McConnell moving forward with confirmation; pushed to stall vote under Obama in 2016; GOP senators Murkowski & Collins oppose vote before election; Two more GOP senators needed to stop vote; Awaiting Sen Grassley statement on Supreme Court position; Ginsburg to lie in repose at Supreme Court, public can pay respects Wednesday & Thursday; Trump: will nominate woman for high court o Friday or Saturday; Pelosi won’t rule out impeaching Trump or Barr to delay vote on Supreme Court nominee; Trump campaign: 2 million volunteers knocking on 3.3 million doors in 17 states; Pandemic slows democratic door-knocking, not as much for GOP; Outside groups pickup in-person canvassing as Biden campaign stays virtual during pandemic; 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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0:18.3	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. You've been listening to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden making his pitch to voters in battleground state, Wisconsin focusing on the deadly pandemic, which killed almost 200,000 people, not to mention jobs as the economy continues to suffer.
0:19.8	The Dow closing just now down hundreds of points.
0:22.6	Biden today largely ignoring the new battle on the horizon,
0:26.8	the vacant seat on the Supreme Court,
0:28.6	with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
0:30.1	saying on the Senate floor just moments ago
0:32.1	that President Trump's pick will get a vote this year.
0:36.0	CNN's Arlet signs is live outside the Biden speech.
0:39.5	In Manitouac, Wisconsin and Arlet. That's a notable approach from Biden today not talking
0:46.2	about the Supreme Court vacancy, which he did talk about yesterday, but instead focusing
0:51.1	on the health care and economy arguments to voters in a battleground
0:56.0	state and focusing also are let on his number one focus as president will
1:00.9	be uniting the country.
1:03.0	Yeah, that's right, Jake.
1:06.0	Joe Biden steered clear, stayed away from commenting on the Supreme Court vacancy
1:11.0	in the fight that is playing out regarding that and instead
1:14.0	kept his focus squarely on the coronavirus pandemic and the economy. That is a
1:18.9	message that Biden and his campaign has stressed for months and something that they plan to do going
1:24.3	forward. He criticized the president's handling of the coronavirus saying that he
1:28.2	panicked, that he froze and that the pandemic was too big for Donald Trump to handle.
1:34.4	He also talked a little about health care.
1:36.3	I'm told by AIDS that that is something that Biden will be pushing in the coming weeks
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