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Anderson Cooper 360

Pres. Trump: “I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci”

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

President Trump says he has a very good relationship with White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci despite the White House attempting to discredit the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Dr. Fauci has been increasingly vocal about his concerns over reopening the country while there’s a surge of coronavirus cases in some states. Peter Staley, an AIDS activist and a member of the Covid-19 Working Group of New York, has worked with Dr. Fauci for decades and has been talking to him throughout the pandemic. He tells Anderson Cooper Dr. Fauci is “deeply frustrated” and just wants to fight the virus and save lives. Plus, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the country, announced they will start the school year online only, despite the President and his administration pushing for schools to reopen. Arne Duncan, former Education Secretary in the Obama Administration, joins Anderson Cooper and says superintendents ultimately have the power to make the decisions that are best for their schools, not the governors or the President. Airdate: July 13, 2020 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

And good evening, the coronavirus outbreak in this country is bigger now than it's ever

0:06.7

been.

0:07.7

I just want to repeat that.

0:08.7

The outbreak in this country is bigger now than ever before, nearly twice as big as

0:12.6

ever before.

0:14.1

The president likes to be number one.

0:15.6

He can certainly take responsibility for this number one ranking.

0:19.3

Instead of doing something about it, the most powerful man on earth has been doing everything

0:22.7

he can to divide people, make them doubt his own scientists and their recommendations.

0:27.0

And now, he's marginalizing and trying to kneecap the nation's most trusted public health

0:31.6

official on the subject.

0:33.1

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the very same scientist who warned how bad things could get.

0:37.6

The White House is now smearing him, putting out talking points against him as though he

0:41.9

were some kind of political opponent.

0:44.1

Just think about that.

0:45.1

The White House is working hard to smear the nation's top scientists who's been working

0:48.9

nonstop to inform people and save people's lives.

0:52.8

In time, the president is embracing and promoting conspiracy theories and doubling down on falsehoods

0:57.8

that might make him feel better for some sick reason but are getting hundreds of people

1:02.0

killed every single day.

1:04.0

Here he is today outright deceiving.

1:07.6

When you test you create cases, so we've created cases.

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