President & First Lady test positive for COVID-19; Meadows confirms WH knew Hicks positive before Trump went to NJ; Biden: I’ve had two COVID tests since this morning;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Trump campaigned despite top aide being symptomatic; WH Press Secy: President Trump being treated with Regeneron antibody cocktail; Concern over COVID exposure inside White House; WH: Trump has “mild symptoms” after positive COVID-19 test; Pelosi spokesperson: Speaker tests negative for COVID-19; WH Press Secy: President is “fatigued but in good spirits”; Source: President Trump has had a fever since this morning; 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	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin today, of course, with the shocking news delivered in the
0:09.2	wee small hours of the morning, President Trump and First Lady Malania Trump have tested positive
0:15.8	for COVID-19, marking the greatest known health threat to a sitting U.S. President since
0:21.7	Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.
0:24.8	Both President Trump and First Lady,
0:26.8	Trump are showing mild symptoms we're told.
0:29.9	And now there is a growing number of positive cases inside the White House.
0:33.7	Let me start by saying on our broadcast today that of course everyone here at the lead is hoping
0:38.8	for a full and speedy recovery for President Trump, First Lady Maloneya Trump, Trump Aid Hope Hicks,
0:45.6	Republican Senator Mike Lee, the as yet unnamed White House Staffer who sits in the West Wing,
0:51.8	and frankly, anyone out there who has contracted the deadly
0:54.8	virus. But we must acknowledge President Trump has refused to abide by his own administration's
1:02.2	health experts about how to avoid contracting this disease.
1:06.0	In recent months and as recently as the debate Tuesday night,
1:10.0	the president has mocked those who wear masks, even though the CDC director has said masks
1:16.1	may be more effective than a vaccine when it comes to saving lives.
1:20.9	We don't wear masks like him.
1:23.0	Every time you see him he's got a mask.
1:25.0	He could be speaking 200 feet away from it.
1:27.0	He shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen.
1:30.0	Serious questions have been raised about the wanton disregard the Trump team has shown not only to their own supporters by continuing to hold packed rallies with no masks required doing this for months,
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