President Trump heads to Pennsylvania where COVID-19 cases are up 63% in the past month

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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With cases on the rise in over 30 states, President Trump heads to Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the latest stop on his campaign re-election tour. An illness prompts suspension of antibody treatment trial after a second U.S. vaccine trial was paused due to illness. NYC mayor: a "decisive week" in fight against new COVID clusters. Wolf goes one-on-one with New York City's Mayor De Blasio. Democrat legislators double down on health care as Trump's Supreme Court nominee faces daylong questioning by senators. Senator Kamala Harris prepares to question Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. 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.
0:09.6	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:12.2	I'm Wil Flitzer in the
0:12.9	situation room we're tracking new evidence that the fall resurgence of the
0:16.8	coronavirus that we've been repeatedly warned about is becoming a very
0:21.0	dangerous reality tonight much of the country has been plunged
0:24.6	into the red zone.
0:25.9	The rate of new infections rising right now
0:28.2	in 33 states as US deaths hit 215,000 in total cases climb above 7.8 million.
0:37.3	And yet for the second night in a row, the president is heading to a campaign rally
0:41.0	with no social distancing and few mass.
0:43.5	His supporters in Pennsylvania flouting safety guidelines,
0:46.7	despite a 63% spike in COVID-19 cases in that state
0:51.6	during the past month alone.
0:53.5	Also breaking new setbacks and safety concerns for coronavirus therapies.
0:58.7	Eli Lilly pausing a trial right now of its antibody treatment due to illness. This after a second
1:05.3	U.S vaccine trial was suspended because a participant became ill. Let's first go
1:10.9	to our White House correspondent Caitlin's
1:13.0	another night another rally for the president in a state where
1:16.9	COVID-19 infections are rising.
1:20.1	They certainly are wolf but that doesn't seem to be something that is on the president's mind as he is attending these rallies since he now is back on the trail after being at home after being released from the hospital.
1:30.1	And wolf, some aides around the president were hoping this would be kind of a reset for
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