Special Edition: U.S. hit record high: 52K+ cases in one day; CDC projects 20,000 more U.S. deaths by July 25th; 11-year-old now Florida’s youngest covid-related death; Trump to attend massive July 4th event as COVID-19 cases soar; New restrictions in place as nation prepares for July 4th; U.S. placed on Britain’s “Red List” amid new travel rules; New movie based on Tapper’s 2012 book opens today;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 3 July 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
One study finds hydroxychloroquine helped coronavirus patients survive; COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates rise in California; Growing fears holiday weekend will fuel surge in Cali cases; More California cities announce fines for face mask defiance; First U.S. clinical vaccine trial delayed; Florida leads nation in daily covid cases; another 9,488 reported today; Corpus Christi Mayor: Texans got rather relaxed with low cases for so long; Texas Republican party plans to hold in-person convention in July despite surge in COVID-19 cases; Trump to speak at Mt. Rushmore amid pandemic, culture wars and environmental risk; Trump’s Mt. Rushmore speech to focus on efforts to “tear down our history”; Bolton to Jake: WH doesn’t have a “grip” on what’s going on; WH: Trump wasn’t verbally briefed because Intel was unverified; NYT: Afghan contractor served as middleman to pay Taliban; Bolton: “I have enough scars” from bringing up Russia with Trump; As Americans grapple with racial reckoning, some are uncertain how to celebrate independence day; Trump: BLM mural outside Trump tower is a “symbol of hate”; Surgeon Gen. ignores medical experts, doesn’t advise against July 4th crowds; Infections rising in 36 states as U.S. heads into holiday weekend; States debate whether to close beaches for holiday weekend; NC sees highest single day case increase & hospitalization rate; Wilmington, NC area cases increase by 435% since June 1; 5 Americans flying by private jet denied entry to Italy; Kim Jong Un claims North Korea has no cases; calls his handling of pandemic “shining success”; Aurora, CO Police Chief fires 3 officers involved in photo reenacting chokehold of unarmed black man who died; Washington Redskins launch “through review” of team name; NASCAR driver Corey Lajoie to drive “Trump 2020” car Sunday; Source: NFL to play “black national anthem” before week 1 games; New film out today depicts deadly & heroic Afghan battle;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to this special edition of the lead. I am Jake Tapper and we begin today with the health lead, the coronavirus pandemic, the United States continuing to set records. the 2001 day. The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauchy |
| 0:25.5 | saying that it's obvious the United States is not going in the right direction. |
| 0:30.3 | The escalation of this crisis coming as Americans prepare to celebrate July 4th. |
| 0:36.0 | Sparking fears that this pandemic could possibly get even worse. |
| 0:40.0 | At this hour, more than 129,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US and |
| 0:46.4 | the CDC is now projecting almost 20,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. |
| 0:52.1 | Let's get right to CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen and Elizabeth |
| 0:56.0 | let's start with a bit of encouraging news. |
| 0:58.0 | The FDA has just approved a new test that detects both the coronavirus and the flu. |
| 1:05.0 | Explain why that is significant. |
| 1:07.0 | Jake, once flu season hits, which is usually somewhere between sort of November, December, January, |
| 1:14.4 | somewhere in there, you can bet there will be doctors all around the country having people coming |
| 1:18.3 | to them with a headache, a fever, a cough, and the doctors aren't going to know if it's |
| 1:22.4 | flu or if it's |
| 1:23.0 | it's coronavirus, it's very difficult to tell. |
| 1:25.0 | This one test will get them an answer |
| 1:29.0 | rather than having to do two tests or even worse doing |
| 1:32.0 | one test and then waiting later to do another test. |
| 1:34.8 | It saves time, it saves money, it saves people resources. |
| 1:39.2 | Ultimately it could save lives to be able to test for both of them at the same time in one test. |
| 1:46.2 | Something else I want to ask you about. |
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