New CNN poll: Biden tops Trump 51% to 43%; 17 states report upticks in new cases; Pelosi on criticism over salon visit: “it was a set up”; Trump pushes “law & order” message amid unrest

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

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CNN Poll: Biden leading on almost all major issues; CNN poll: most not worried about crime and community; Fauci calls for “full-court press” on Covid-19 ahead of flu season; Iowa leads U.S. with highest Covid-19 infection rate; 17 states report new upticks in cases; Fauci: sending infected students home from college campuses is “the worst thing you could do”; Iowa’s Joni Ernst echoes conspiracy theory on death count, but medical experts say Covid deaths are undercounted; Sources: WH resigned to coronavirus spread, Trump instead focusing on re-election efforts on law & order; Trump appears to encourage people to vote twice; Biden to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin days after Trump’s trip; NYT: murder is up 16% since last year in 25 large U.S. cities; Trump pushes “law & order” message amid unrest; Sen. Murphy on gun reform nearly 8 years after Sandy Hook; Miami-Dade schools police: cyber attack traced to both local and international sources; Suburban Ohio voters divided on Trump Vs. Biden; Trump campaign to spend $5.6 mil on TV ads in Ohio this month 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 CNN breaking news.
0:04.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper.
0:07.0	And we began today with breaking news, a brand-no CNN poll on the 20-20 presidential race,
0:12.4	releasing right here on the lead
0:14.5	62 days out from election day the poll shows among registered voters
0:19.0	51% bat Joe Biden for president and 43% support President Donald Trump. percent
0:23.0	support President Donald Trump.
0:25.0	CNN political director David Chalion joins me now with more on this breaking news.
0:29.6	So David, this is the first poll since both conventions wrapped up.
0:33.2	What's the takeaway here?
0:34.6	I mean, the takeaway is that the race has not changed all that dramatically because of those two weeks
0:39.7	of conventions, but we see some small changes.
0:42.1	Take a look at the candidate's favorability, Pam.
0:45.9	Take a look, pre-convention versus post-convention
0:48.6	for Donald Trump.
0:49.7	He was at 43% favorable pre-convention.
0:52.2	He's now at 42%.
0:54.0	Compare that to Joe Biden.
0:56.2	Joe Biden went up five points in favorability.
0:58.3	He was at 47%, then he went to 52%.
1:00.9	So no movement for Donald Trump really and a slight uptick in favorability
1:05.0	for Joe Biden. Look at some key slices of the electorate in this Biden Trump
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