Second Presidential Debate Derailed After Trump Rejects Virtual Format

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Pelosi suggests President Trump is in an “altered state” as Democrats seek oversight panel on Presidents health. The FBI says a militia group plotted to kidnap Michigan's Governor. Trump calls Kamala Harris “a monster” & a “communist” in a rambling phone interview earlier today. Trump attributes his recovery to being a “perfect physical specimen”. Source says that Trump asked Walter Reed medical professionals to sign non-disclosure pacts during an unexpected visit in 2019. The White House is not revealing Trump’s last negative test because they say it’s, “private medical history”. Biden says Trump's attack on Kamala Harris was “despicable”. Gov. Whitmer says, hate groups hear Trump’s words as a “rallying cry, call to action”. Wolf goes one on one with former CIA director John Brennan. U.S coronavirus deaths top 212,000 with 7.5 million cases. CDC now projects up to 21,000 more deaths by Oct. 31. NFL outbreak worsens as more Titans, Patriots players test positive. 11 states set daily case records, only 2 states down. HHS Secretary say, US could have “hundreds of thousands” of Regeneron antibody cocktail doses this Fall. Trump touts Regeneron antibody cocktail as Covid-19 “cure”. Hurricane Delta strengthens to major, category 3 storm. 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.
0:09.4	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:12.4	I'm Wilflitz here in the United States and around the world.
0:12.5	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation room and we're following breaking news.
0:15.9	The second presidential debate now derailed after President Trump rejected a plan by the
0:20.8	nonpartisan commission in charge to make the contest virtual. a will do a town hall that night instead. The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, is raising
0:34.8	new and serious questions about the President's condition, saying he's in what she calls
0:40.7	an altered state.
0:42.8	and now House Democrats are introducing a bill that would create a bipartisan oversight
0:47.2	committee on the President's health.
0:50.0	We're also following breaking news out of Michigan where the FBI has arrested six militia
0:54.7	members, it says, wanted to kidnap the governor.
0:57.8	Gretchen Whitmer and overthrow state governments, the suspects believed were violating the US Constitution. Lots of news going on,
1:05.8	but let's get straight to the White House right now. Our Chief White House
1:08.6	correspondent, Jim Acosta, is joining us. Jim, major, major development surrounding the debate the President's health and a lot more.
1:15.6	Oh that's right, well if Democrats in Congress are ratcheting up the pressure on
1:19.6	President Trump as he recovers from the coronavirus House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now calling as you said for the
1:25.1	creation of a bipartisan commission that would carry out a medical examination of
1:29.6	the president to determine whether he is quote mentally or physically unable to
1:33.7	discharge the powers and duties of the office. Pelosi says the new
1:37.1	Commission would help enforce the 25th Amendment of the Constitution that shifts
1:41.0	power to the vice president if the president is incapacitated.
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