Death toll Tuesday topped 1,000 for first time in two weeks; U.S. signs $1.95 billion deal with Pfizer for vaccine; Dem mayors to Trump admin: no federal forces in our cities; Republicans split on plans for new stimulus package

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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HHS Secy commits to free or affordable vaccines for all; 53 Florida ICU's at capacity despite Gov. downplaying surge; NFL to require fans to wear face coverings at games; Trump admits virus will get worse, finally endorses masks; Republicans split on plans for new stimulus package; WH counselor Kellyanne Conway says briefings are back because some states reopened "a little too quickly"; Cruz on GOP's coronavirus relief plan: "I'm a hell no"; Republicans split on plans for new stimulus package; Trump says he's sending "hundreds" of federal agents to Chicago; Trump admin abruptly orders Chinese consulate in TX to close; Houston Fire Dept: crew "denied access" when called to fire at Chinese consulate's courtyard; China calls order to close consulate "political provocation"; Trump sends well wishes to Jeffrey Epstein associate 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 CNN breaking news.
0:07.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin of course with the health lead, the number of coronavirus deaths in one day in the United States
0:14.8	surpassed 1,000 yesterday for the first time in two weeks bringing the nation's
0:19.3	death toll to more than 142,000 and as the virus ravages the west and the south of the United States, California
0:26.9	has now surpassed New York as the state with the highest number of confirmed cases
0:31.7	during this entire pandemic.
0:33.0	More than 400,000 people have been infected in each state alone.
0:37.0	The number of global cases has just surpassed 15 million this afternoon
0:42.0	and the US is close to marking 4 million infections.
0:45.4	The US with about 4% of the world's population accounts for a quarter of all infections
0:51.4	globally, the same phenomenon tragically playing out with deaths,
0:55.0	the US also accounting for a quarter of those who have been killed by the disease
0:59.5	according to official numbers worldwide. Now after months of downplaying and dismissing
1:04.6	the virus President Trump is acknowledging that it will get worse before it
1:08.9	gets better, although the president also inexplicably continues to say that the virus will disappear an anti-scientific
1:16.0	comment.
1:17.0	This afternoon, Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah offered a rare Republican Senate
1:21.2	acknowledgement of the failure of our government to protect us, arguing
1:25.6	the empirical reality that the U.S. is simply not a great example for the rest of the world
1:31.0	on this matter.
1:32.0	I just feel it's taken us a long, long, long time. for the rest of the world on this matter.
1:32.9	I just feel it's taken us a long, long time to get to a point where we have rapid testing, which
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