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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Face the Nation on the Radio 8.9.2020

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

News, Politics

3.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this week's "Face the Nation," President Trump's National Security Advisory Robert O'Brien sits down for his first interview since recovering from COVID-19. . Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses some of the emerging hot spots of the coronavirus and the push to reopen schools. We'll have interviews with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Chicago's Federal Reserve Chairman Charles Evans. Plus -- a new CBS News Battleground Tracker Poll with CBS News Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto.

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:10.1

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0:16.3

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0:22.0

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0:25.0

I'm Margaret Prennan.

0:27.0

This week on Face the Nation, new coronavirus cases decline in the U.S.

0:32.0

But the death toll rises. Congress and the White

0:35.2

House failed to strike a deal and the president decides to go it alone.

0:39.6

The President of the United States... At his golf club in New Jersey, President Trump attempted on Saturday to bypass Congress

0:47.7

and claimed authority to extend temporary economic relief, including jobless benefits to help families weather the pandemic.

0:55.1

We've had it, and we're going to save American jobs and provide relief to the American workers.

1:01.6

But those executive actions left more questions than answers, with the legality and

1:06.3

cost of his plans unclear.

1:09.0

Even the president acknowledged he could be challenged in court. This is expected to be tied up in the court.

1:14.0

If we get sued, it's somebody that doesn't want people to get money, okay?

1:19.0

And that's not going to be a very popular thing.

1:22.0

All of that comes after Congress and the White House

1:24.9

failed to agree on the latest COVID emergency aid package.

1:28.8

I've told them, come back when you are ready to give us a higher number.

1:34.2

To top it all off, the intelligence community issued a stark warning that foreign powers are

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