The U.S. death toll in the last 10 days more than most nations during the entire pandemic; WH fights back against GOP criticism of Trump’s executive actions; Duke study tests effectiveness of 14 different masks; How Pentagon officials “fooled” Trump into keeping troops in Syria; Chicago in disarray after a night of shootings, looting, & destruction;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 10 August 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Report: 97,000 children infected in last 2 weeks of July; Surge in positive child cases as school open doors across U.S.; GA school in viral photo temporarily closes after 9 test positive; GA lawmaker sets up whistleblower email for people to report issues in schools; Texas positivity rate hits record high at 20%; Reports: top college conferences weigh canceling football season; Experts: “no way” Moderna vaccine will be ready by Nov election; Report: U.S. among worst performing countries handling COVID-19;
GOP’s Sasse calls Trump’s executive orders “unconstitutional slop”; Trump says top democrats reached out for negotiations, Schumer & Pelosi say there’s been no contact since Friday; Trump: convention speech will be at WH or Gettysburg; NYT: WH inquired about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore; Trump claims WH never asked about adding his face to Mount Rushmore but says it’s a “good idea”;
Study: neck gaiters less effective than not wearing mask; Study: bandanas and knit masks do not offer much protection; Osterholm & Kashkari: we need another lockdown; Should the U.S. go into a second lockdown?;
Intel officials feared Russia was trying to “recruit” Trump; Top U.S. official: Russia attempting 2020 election interference; Concerns mount over mail-in ballots ahead of election; Postal worker: “we’re not providing the service that we provided” before Trump appointee took charge; Post office under scrutiny over cost cutting measures; Biden expected to name his running mate this week; Biden campaign pushes back against sexist allegations leveled at possible VP picks;
Major U.S. cities continue to see uptick in violence & crime, some seek federal assistance; Over 100 arrested, at least 13 officers injured in Chicago as looters wreak havoc across downtown; Chicago police increase presence amid rising tensions & violence; New video captures moment blast decimated Beirut port;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper. In the span of 10 days since the beginning of just this month, 9,108 people in the United States have died from coronavirus. |
| 0:14.4 | That means that the US lost more lives in 10 days than Canada has during this entire pandemic. |
| 0:20.3 | And I want to go back and actually correct the number because it keeps ticking up. |
| 0:23.4 | It's now 9,204 people that have died just since the beginning of this month. |
| 0:29.5 | As we mentioned, the numbers change minute by minute hour by hour. |
| 0:33.6 | So let's just put this in perspective. |
| 0:35.3 | The US now has more cases than the whole population of Ireland. |
| 0:39.6 | The world is now poised to cross 20 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. |
| 0:45.4 | As a new alarming report finds the more than 97,000 children in the United States alone |
| 0:51.6 | tested positive for coronavirus just in the United States alone tested positive for coronavirus just in the last two weeks of July. |
| 0:57.0 | So that is a big increase there for children. |
| 1:00.0 | A 40% increase in the number of child cases. |
| 1:03.6 | As CNN's Kyung Law reports, it comes as some schools are beginning to hold in-person classes. |
| 1:09.2 | As Florida teachers protests back to school in person at least 12 |
| 1:16.9 | counties in the Sunshine State returned to the classroom this week nine of them |
| 1:21.5 | with positivity rates higher than the CDC's recommended |
| 1:24.3 | Mark for reopening. Next door in Georgia, the governor today applauded its |
| 1:29.2 | first week back to school in many counties. This week went real well other than a couple |
| 1:35.0 | virtual photos. That's despite hundreds of public school students and faculty |
| 1:41.8 | quarantined testing positive after returning |
| 1:45.0 | for in-person classes. |
| 1:47.3 | That includes this high school northwest of Atlanta and this viral image, now temporarily |
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