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All right, today we'll do a deep dive on China, efforts and frustrations around

reopening businesses around the country, the newest addition to the culture wars,

wearing a mask in public, and the political ramifications of a second wave of the

pandemic in the fall. And of course, we'll end with murder hornets.

Let's dive right in. I want to spend some time on China today. We've touched on it in weeks past,

but I think today is deep dive on China. This Sunday, Secretary of State Pompeo asserted that

there was, quote, a significant amount of evidence that the coronavirus had emerged from a government

run site in Wuhan. The president declared it a horrible mistake in China that sparked

our current situation. China, a spokesperson said, Mr. Pompeo cannot present any evidence

because he does not have any. This matter should be handled by scientists and professionals

instead of politicians out of their domestic political needs. The ambassador in the Washington

Post, it is time to end the blame game. It is time to focus on the disease and rebuild trust between

our two countries. And of course, no China topic would be complete without the Kremlin weighing in

from their spokesperson. We consider it not a proper time being somewhere in the middle of a

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