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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Trump Abruptly Ends Talks with Dems on COVID-19 Relief Bill

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is no longer negotiating with Democrats on a COVID-19 Stimulus Bill. He made his announcement via Twitter on Tuesday. After Trump's announcement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested in a phone call with House Democrats that the steroids he's taking for coronavirus may be impacting his thinking. The DOW also closed sharply lower after Trump ended stimulus talks on Capitol Hill. The coronavirus is spreading in the U.S. Government. Four Press Aides in the White House have tested positive for COVID-19.  Senior Pentagon Leaders are also quarantining after a top U.S. Coast Guard official tested positive. The Pentagon released a statement Tuesday, saying in part the officials are quarantining out of an "abundance of caution." The White House doctor, Sean Conley, says the President reported "no symptoms" on Tuesday and that his vitals were "stable." However, sources tell CNN, there are lingering concerns about Trump's health after he showed some apparent trouble breathing on his return to the White House. Coronavirus cases are still rising in the United States. More than 210,000 people have died from the disease and there are close to 7.5 million confirmed cases. A new CNN Poll shows Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by 16 points nationally. 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

This is CNN breaking news.

0:10.0

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:12.6

I'm Wilf Litzer in the situation room.

0:14.5

We're following breaking news.

0:16.0

President Trump abruptly ending talks with congressional Democrats

0:20.1

on another stimulus bill to help millions and millions of Americans facing increasingly dire

0:25.8

financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

0:28.6

Meanwhile, the virus is spreading further through the U.S. government with a third White House press aid

0:34.3

testing positive right now. And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

0:38.4

along with several members of the Pentagon senior leadership

0:42.8

are quarantining after a top U.S. Coast Guard official

0:46.3

tested positive.

0:47.6

The White House doctor says President Trump himself

0:50.1

is reporting no symptoms today from his COVID infection, but sources are telling CNN,

0:55.4

there are lingering concerns about the President's health after he showed some apparent trouble

1:00.6

breathing on his return to the White House.

1:03.4

All of this is the US death toll now tops 210,000 people

1:07.6

with almost 7.5 million,

1:10.6

million confirmed coronavirus cases.

1:13.0

First, let's get straight to the White House.

1:15.0

Our Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta is joining us.

1:18.0

Jim Acosta, over there at the White House,

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