COVID-19 deaths on the rise in at least 15 states; Florida sets new one-day death record from COVID19; Fauci & Trump spoke Wednesday, first time in more than a month; Savannah Mayor: GA Gov “does not give a damn about us”; 1.3 million more Americans file for unemployment benefits; WH: “Science should not stand in the way” of schools reopening;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Only two states seeing a decline in coronavirus cases; One month ago, Pence said “panic” over second wave “overblown”; Georgia governor bans all local mask mandates; Cases increase in 39 states, 9 states flat; only 2 declining; U.S. travel bans came too late for NYC according to CDC; Texas hotel being turned into hospital for non-coronavirus patients; Gov Cuomo tightens enforcement for NYC bars, restaurants; WH: “Science should not stand in the way” of schools reopening, citing study showing low risk to kids; New Study: Hydroxychloroquine touted by Trump doesn’t help any patients, hospitalized or not; WH: Trump “doing a lot of things at once” amid coronavirus surge; U.S., U.K. Canadian intelligence: Russian hack groups tried to steal COVID-19 research; American Airlines warns 25k employees of potential furloughs; NYC Mayor proposes hybrid of classroom & online learning; Mississippi & Connecticut: Similar states, opposite outcomes; Remembering a California father, veteran & community activist;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today with the health lead. This afternoon the US |
| 0:08.7 | crossed 3.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus as the death toll now tops |
| 0:14.0 | 137,000. Right now there are only two states in the United States, Delaware and |
| 0:20.6 | Maine, that are seeing a decrease in infections. |
| 0:24.2 | Dozens of hospitals throughout the country |
| 0:26.4 | are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. |
| 0:28.8 | A hotel is now being converted |
| 0:31.0 | into a health care facility in Laredo, Texas. The situation so dire |
| 0:35.2 | that some counties in Arizona and Texas are being compelled to bring in |
| 0:39.9 | refrigerated trucks because the morgue's there are sadly filling up and yet it was |
| 0:44.9 | only one month ago today June 16th when Vice President Pence wrote this Wall Street |
| 0:50.8 | Journal oped titled there isn't a coronavirus second wave, |
| 0:54.4 | the Vice President boasting about case numbers in decline |
| 0:58.1 | that have since exploded. |
| 1:00.5 | The Vice President attacking the media for, quote quote fear-mongering the vice president |
| 1:04.4 | falsely claiming quote we've slowed the spread and quote we are winning the |
| 1:09.3 | fight against the invisible enemy take a look at this graph. Does it look like winning to you? |
| 1:16.0 | The only way one could regard this as winning is if one were the coronavirus. |
| 1:21.8 | There are more than a million new infections. the from the previous peak in April and still the cry from health care experts for an |
| 1:34.5 | aggressive nationwide testing and contact tracing program to say nothing of an |
| 1:38.7 | education program for those who continue to refuse to wear a mask in public |
| 1:42.2 | those go ignored by President Trump. |
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