Gaps In The Russian Bounties Story; Fauci Warns Of 100k Cases A Day
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🗓️ 30 June 2020
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The New York Times reported that Russian military intelligence offered money to the the Taliban in exchange for killing American troops in Afghanistan. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with Aaron O'Connell, a Marine Corp veteran who served on the National Security Council, about Russia's possible motives.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not just about the problem areas anymore. |
| 0:04.3 | With the U.S. seeing tens of thousands of new coronavirus cases each day, |
| 0:10.0 | Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Senate committee today. |
| 0:13.0 | We can't just focus on those areas that are having the surge. |
| 0:16.7 | It puts the entire country at risk. |
| 0:21.6 | We are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day. |
| 0:26.5 | I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. |
| 0:32.3 | And so I am very concerned. |
| 0:34.6 | Fauci said to fight back their outbreaks, a lot of smaller European countries shut down |
| 0:40.0 | 90 to 95 percent of all activities. |
| 0:43.1 | The U.S. shut down more like 50 percent. |
| 0:46.7 | That, he says, is partly why our numbers look so different. |
| 0:50.4 | It's also still about how people here perceive rules like shut downs and masks. |
| 0:56.9 | We should not look at the public health endeavors as being an obstruction to opening up. |
| 1:03.6 | We should look at it as a vehicle to opening up. |
| 1:07.2 | Coming up where we are with testing in America. |
| 1:09.8 | And will the U.S. respond to reports of Russian bounties on American soldiers? |
| 1:15.5 | This is Consider This from NPR. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm Kelly McEvers. |
| 1:18.8 | It's Tuesday, June 30th. |
| 1:22.8 | Last year in Afghanistan, 20 Americans were killed in combat. |
| 1:28.0 | And at some point, we don't know exactly when, |
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