Global Pandemic: President Trump And The First Lady Test Positive

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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With just a over a month to the election, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 forcing him to cancel trips to battleground states and putting a new focus on the pandemic. This obviously upends the President's election campaign but may also have an impact on the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Jon Decker, Fox News Radio White House Correspondent, about the positive test results and the impact on the 2020 Election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.9	I'm Red Bear.
0:16.6	I'm Ainslie your heart, and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:19.6	Friday, October 2nd, 2020. I'm Trey Inks. President Donald Trump and the First
0:28.0	Lady have tested positive for COVID-19. The President very much would like the conversation to be about the US economy, not about the coronavirus pandemic and the conversation now for the foreseeable future will be about the coronavirus and the way the administration has responded
0:45.6	to the pandemic.
0:47.0	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic. The news is sending shock waves around the world.
0:57.0	President Trump tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday and announced the diagnosis on Twitter.
1:02.0	This, raising new questions about the 2020
1:05.2	elections.
1:06.2	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak, and hear
1:10.9	from Fox News Radio White House correspondent John Decker.
1:14.0	Starting first in Russia, that has seen nearly 1.2 million total cases of coronavirus.
1:19.0	Today, Russia counted 9,400 new cases, marking a four-month high for daily cases.
1:24.9	Despite the spiking numbers, officials in Moscow say a second full lockdown isn't being
1:29.3	considered.
1:30.3	Now to Japan, where the coronavirus vaccine will be given for free when it is released,
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