Dr. Fauci: “Disturbing surge of infections” in parts of U.S.; Trump says he wasn’t kidding about slowing down virus testing; Senate Dems: GOP bill is not “salvageable” & nonstarter; E.U. considers blocking U.S. visitors due to surge in COVID-19 cases;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Fauci: “Disturbing” and “troublesome” surge of cases; Texas cases numbers nearly quadruple, Florida case count triples; CDC Director: COVID has “brought this nation to its knees”; California sets another daily record with 5,000 new cases; Fauci “cautiously optimistic” vaccine could be ready by 2021; Trump visits border, wall is key campaign pledge; Trump may sign executive order to protect controversial statues; Family & friends honor Rayshard Brooks at historic Atlanta church; Officer charged with assault in Brooks case: “Truth will come out”; Petition urges Disney world to delay July 11th reopening due to spike in Florida coronavirus cases; Sen. Cornyn: Dems “completely insane” to block police reform debate; Schumer: “No bill will pass” & GOP must start “bipartisan talks”; Senate Dems poised to block GOP legislation in vote; Italy records lowest number of daily cases since March; Europe sees steady decline in new cases as U.S. hovers at peak; Soon: Trump to speak to students at indoor rally in key battleground state of Arizona; Arizona confirms record 3,591 cases in last 24 hours; Prosecutor to testify Roger Stone got special treatment because of Trump relationship; 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
0:02.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin today with the health lead this afternoon.
0:09.0	The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauauchy said that he is concerned
0:14.4	about what he called a disturbing surge in coronavirus infections in some states
0:18.4	calling it very troublesome and that the next two weeks are critical in order to get the spread under
0:23.7	control. The number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise in half of all states
0:29.7	and 13 states just yesterday saw a record number of new infections.
0:35.6	Despite the spread, the Trump administration is as of now continuing its plan
0:40.1	to end funding for testing sites a week from today,
0:45.0	even in hard hit states such as Texas, Colorado, and Illinois.
0:49.0	13 sites across five states in total,
0:51.6	even though Dr. Fauchy once again emphasized today the importance of
0:56.0	testing.
0:57.0	Fauchy is among the Trump administration health officials testifying right now before
1:00.6	the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and it has not been all
1:04.0	bad news we should note as CNN's Nick Watt reports for us now Dr. Fauchy is
1:08.4	cautiously optimistic there may be light at the end of this tunnel.
1:14.0	If you look at how we've been hit, we've been hit badly.
1:17.0	A checkup from Dr Anthony Fauchy,
1:20.0	praise for New York where they are for now controlling COVID-19.
1:24.0	However, in other areas of the country we're now seeing a disturbing surge of infections.
1:30.0	Black Americans are being hit harder.
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