Trump celebrates foreign policy win with packed WH crowd; Biden courts Latinos in crucial swing state of Florida; Powerful hurricane Sally begins to inundate Gulf Coast, historic flooding anticipated; Wildfires in California destroy more than 4,200 structures, scorch 3.2 million acres;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Trump continues optimistic tone as U.S. nears 200k virus deaths; Most people at WH event not tested for coronavirus; Trump retweets baseless smear against Joe Biden; Hundreds of guests at packed WH event, masks optional; Politico: Some Dems break with Biden, resume door-knocking; Dem Senate candidate under attack for saying he would be “hesitant” to receive coronavirus vaccine; Trump: Diplomatic agreement marks “dawn of a new Middle East”; Israel, UAE, Bahrain sign diplomatic agreement at White House; Fauci touts Vermont’s coronavirus success; says national mask mandate “probably” wouldn’t work; World Econ Forum: “Strong possibility” vaccine won’t meet supply needs; Trump contradicts health experts, claims vaccine coming “in weeks”; Bill Gates says the FDA lost credibility during the pandemic; NIH demands vaccine maker be more forthcoming about complication; Video shows wounded deputies aiding one another after attack; Los Angeles mayor: Female deputy saved partner’s life after both were shot 4-5 times during ambush; $175K reward in search for gunman who attacked L.A. deputies; 30+ inches possible in parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as category one hurricane crawls towards Gulf Coast; Alabama Gov: Hurricane Sally is not to be taken for granted; Western wildfires to blame for at least 36 deaths in California, Oregon, Washington state; 22 people missing;
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:02.0 | is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin today with the 20-20 lead. |
| 0:08.0 | President Trump this afternoon celebrating a foreign policy triumph, |
| 0:11.0 | leading a White House ceremony with a historic signing of |
| 0:14.6 | agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. |
| 0:18.8 | Normalizing Israel's diplomatic relations with those two Arab nations. |
| 0:22.8 | We'll have much more coverage of this agreement, |
| 0:25.4 | brokers with the help of the Trump administration in moments, |
| 0:28.0 | but the ceremony also highlights our health lead today |
| 0:32.2 | and the major health crisis that the United States |
| 0:34.7 | continues to suffer through with empirical evidence of massive government failure |
| 0:39.4 | what philanthropist Bill Gates just called quote a mismanaged situation every step of the way it's |
| 0:45.0 | shocking it's unbelievable the fact that we would be among the worst in the |
| 0:50.0 | world unquote and on that note today's ceremony showcased the president's |
| 0:54.6 | continued defiance of the very coronavirus guidelines his White House |
| 0:59.2 | recommends in the midst of this brutal pandemic, holding the event with hundreds of people gathered, |
| 1:05.2 | packed in pretty tight hundreds not wearing masks, some top administration officials among |
| 1:10.5 | them, as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports. |
| 1:16.2 | President Trump presided over a signing ceremony at the White House today as Israel |
| 1:20.4 | established formal ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. |
| 1:24.8 | It's going to be peace in the Middle East. |
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