The White House ignores spike in Covid-19 deaths, cases and hospitalizations

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Just over six months and 190,000 deaths ago, Vice President Mike Pence penned an OP-ED for the Wall Street Journal titled: There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave.' And now, months later - when it is even clearer that is not true - President Trump along with the vice president are still not addressing the nightmare as cases and deaths hit records each day. Former Covid Task Force Advisor to VP Pence, Olivia Troye, speaks out about what went on behind the scenes when that OP-ED was published. “The facts weren’t there, and I was known for briefing him and sticking to the facts,” Troye says she has been appalled at Pence’s recent behavior, “I don't know how you can morally look at yourself in the mirror and say this is ok.” She adds, “I know that he is in a tough situation but at some point when people are dying and you are responsible for the protection of the country you really have a responsibility to take a stand.” And, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Celine Gounder discuss the latest Covid-19 vaccines developments. Plus, Democratic Congressman Jim Himes who is on the House Intelligence Committee and has been briefed, talks about the suspected Russian hack which occurred at some of the highest levels of several government agencies and some private companies. Airdate: December 17, 2020 Guests: Olivia Troye Dr. Sanjay Gupta Dr. Celine Gounder Rep. Jim Himes, (D) Connecticut 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	A second COVID vaccine takes the last big step toward emergency approval, great news
0:06.2	to be sure, but it comes at the end of another searing day in the middle of a nightmare.
0:11.9	John Berman here in Feranderson, and this nightmare is the kind in which screams go unheard
0:17.4	or even worse, unheeded by those who should care.
0:21.0	And it's a nightmare that didn't even need to happen at all.
0:25.0	Exactly six months and one day ago, the vice president of the United States, the head of
0:28.5	the self proclaimed whole of government effort against the outbreak said it would not happen.
0:34.2	Here's what ran in the Wall Street Journal six months and one day ago, under Mike Pence's
0:38.2	name, the piece was headlined, there isn't a coronavirus second wave.
0:43.3	Quoting now, thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the courage and compassion
0:47.3	of the American people, our public health system is far stronger than it was four months
0:51.7	ago, and we are winning the fight against the invisible enemy.
0:55.8	The truth is the piece concludes whatever the media says our whole of America approach
1:01.0	has been a success, success.
1:04.0	That was six months, one day and more than 190,000 American deaths ago.
1:09.9	823 Americans died the day those words appeared in print, nearly 2900 deaths reported just
1:17.0	so far tonight.
1:19.0	On top of more than 3600 last night, nearly a quarter million new cases in a record number
1:24.6	of people hospitalized.
1:26.6	No mention evade of any of that for the man whose name is on that op-ed will have the inside
1:31.8	story of it shortly by the way.
1:33.8	No mention either from the president, not a peep, nothing acknowledging the California today
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