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The Playbook Podcast

June 15, 2020

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic continues apace, the latest on Rayshard Brooks and more in today’s Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stay tuned after the show for a message from Farma.

0:05.0

Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

0:09.6

And I'm Jake Sherman. Remember the coronavirus because it's still here. Look around and you'll find a pretty grim scene.

0:15.0

Donald Trump is supposed to hold a rally in Tulsa Saturday night, but top public health official there is asking him not to.

0:21.6

Bruce Dart told the Tulsa world that's an honor to have the president come to town, but not during a pandemic. I'm

0:26.2

concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large indoor event, and I'm also

0:30.4

concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe as well. That's according to the

0:35.0

Tulsa World. I wish we could postpone this, he said, to a time when

0:38.3

the virus isn't as large a concern as it is today. The newspaper's editorial board led out

0:43.4

to cry this morning with this headline. This is the wrong time and Tulsa is the wrong place

0:49.1

for the Trump rally. Around America, we're seeing cities struggle as quarantine fatigue sets in. The Washington Post

0:56.4

carries a headline this morning, noting that with the nice weather here this weekend, people

1:01.0

forgot about masks and social distancing. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened restaurants in Manhattan

1:06.5

and the Hamptons to comply with distancing rules to avoid a second wave where the state could face

1:12.3

another lockdown. Houston is also struggling with an increase in infections, and Alabama reported

1:18.1

record cases for the fourth day in a row. South Carolina recorded nearly 800 new coronavirus cases

1:24.6

Sunday, setting another single day record in raising the state's seven-day

1:28.1

average for the 17th day straight. That's the Post and Courier. In North Carolina, they recorded

1:34.3

an increase in cases Friday and the second highest increase in cases Sunday. In Washington State,

1:39.6

coronavirus infections are on the rise, the Seattle Times reported, and Jay Inslee said cases and deaths will soon

1:45.7

increase substantially if COVID-19 continues to spread at the current levels. Florida recorded its

1:51.1

second largest single-day total at 2016. That's according to the Miami Herald. Here's the grim numbers.

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