President Trump continues to claim the virus will “go away”

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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As the U.S coronavirus death toll tops 161,000, President Trump lays out potential executive actions if Congress doesn't reach agreement on a Covid-19 relief package. Also, an emotional plea from a teacher to her state's governor. Ellen Gurrola says "I'm a teacher and I'm scared." She talks with Anderson about her concerns and what the Minnesota Governor told her. Plus, a 8 year-old-boy is being called the “miracle” survivor. Jorden Hutchins suffered from multi-system inflammatory syndrome. He was put on a ventilator, then his kidneys stopped working and he was on dialysis. And that's not all, he also had two strokes that caused some paralysis and heart surgery. He and his mom talk with Anderson Cooper about what they wish parents know about the disease. Airdate: August 7, 2020 Guests: Ellen Gurrola Jorden and Beverly Hutchins 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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0:30.1	And good evening. We start tonight with breaking news. President Trump right now, speaking from
0:33.7	his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, about the the coronavirus relief bill talks that appear to have collapsed in Washington.
0:39.6	If he takes questions, we'll bring that to you live.
0:41.6	However, on a day the government reported, the economy gained about 1.8 million jobs in July, but with an unemployment rate still above 10%.
0:49.7	The president's moments ago lashed out at Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer,
0:55.1	for pushing for budget items, he says, have nothing to do with the virus.
0:59.0	However, he suggested he's still open to a deal.
1:02.9	My administration continues to work in good faith to reach an agreement with Democrats in Congress
1:09.0	that will extend unemployment benefits
1:10.9	provide protections against evictions
1:14.5	the terrible thing happens with evictions not fair
1:18.2	it wasn't their fault that
1:20.9	we were infected with this disease from china
1:24.1	and get relief to american families
1:27.4	joined out by jim cost of the white house also House, also Maggie Haberman, Sanjay Gupta.
1:30.9	Jim, can you just lay out the president's, what he is saying the plan from his side is?
1:35.9	He's not actually enacting executive action.
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