Three Trump advisers: Atlantic story losing punch unless sources go public with allegations

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

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President Trump is back on the campaign trail days after the bombshell Atlantic report claiming he disparaged the military. In several conversations since the story was published, Trump has adamantly denied the comments and bragged about what he’s done for the military. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, a U.S. Army veteran who lost both her legs while serving in Iraq, joins AC360 to react to the President’s alleged comments. She says if you set aside the article that nobody disbelieves because it’s very consistent with who Donald Trump is, “he’s done a number of other things that are very consistent that shows that he is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief.” Plus, nine vaccine makers have signed a joint safety pledge in the race for a Covid-19 vaccine. The pledge says they will uphold “high ethical standard,” suggesting they won’t seek premature government approval. President Trump has frequently pushed for a fast vaccine timeline, even hinting there would be one before Election Day. William Haseltine, Chair and President of ACCESS Health International, tells Anderson Cooper “a rush to a vaccine without due caution is a very dangerous thing.” Airdate: September 8, 2020 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	Good evening.
0:01.0	Hope you had a good holiday.
0:02.8	Even in the best of times, the Tuesday after Labor Day is supposed to be when we all get
0:06.2	a bit more serious.
0:07.4	Summer of unofficially ends, we're back in school, presidential campaigns ramp up.
0:12.2	We remember 9-11 and the sacrifices that Americans volunteered to make to keep us all safe.
0:17.4	This Tuesday, in what certainly or not, the best of times, those themes have taken on that
0:21.8	much more weight and to a large extent are converging tonight.
0:25.6	The president is campaigning in North Carolina, a state that's already started mailing voting
0:29.4	and is expecting possibly hundreds of thousands to take advantage of it, precisely because
0:33.8	of the coronavirus.
0:35.6	But looking in the president's rally tonight, you wouldn't know that.
0:38.6	It is, as you can see, a potential virus super-spreader event.
0:43.0	He's also back to belittling people for wearing masks.
0:45.8	In addition, the president, whose sideline Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts is reportedly
0:50.1	now enamored with a new task force member, someone with no training in the field who
0:54.7	advocates, reportedly protecting only the most vulnerable people, while, though otherwise,
0:59.4	letting the virus spread.
1:01.2	And spread it has.
1:02.2	Nearly 190,000 Americans have now died with the projection that more than 400,000 lives
1:07.2	will be lost by the end of the year, according to one widely cited forecast.
1:11.5	And though new cases have declined from their peak, they're still averaging just shy of
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