Trump claims U.S. is doing “fine” with coronavirus; Nearly 60,000 new cases & 985 deaths reported Wed.; Fauci calls push for herd immunity “nonsense”; French President says curfew could be extended until December; Trump & Biden in separate town halls tonight;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 15 October 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Trump falsely says 85% of people wearing masks catch coronavirus; Trump falsely claims Dr. Fauci, who has served under 6 presidents, is a Democrat; Trump: I’m not tested every day “but I’m tested a lot”; Trump: “Not doing any more lockdowns” if cases spike; Sen. Harris off trail after two recent contacts test positive; Sen Harris & husband tested negative for virus today; 35 states report rise in new cases, seven states report record high hospitalizations; Beverly Hills bans trick-or-treating, cites COVID risks; Europe engulfed by a second wave of COVID, accounts for one-third of new cases worldwide; France declares a state of emergency, imposes curfews; President Macron says “the virus is everywhere”; Member of company that charters Biden’s plane tests positive; Campaign says Biden wasn’t in close contact; Trump in trouble as FL senior vote shifts towards Biden; Trump losing support among FL seniors over Admin’s botched pandemic response; Fauci on thanksgiving: “We have to really be careful this time”; GOP Sen. Sasse: Trump “kisses dictators’ butts,” has “flirted with white supremacists”; Hearings end with bipartisan maskless hug;
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:02.0 | the end breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to our second hour of the lead. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:07.0 | We're just 19 days away from election day. |
| 0:09.0 | And despite President Trump today saying on Fox Business |
| 0:12.0 | that the US is doing quote |
| 0:13.4 | fine with coronavirus the US is not unless of course you think an average of |
| 0:18.8 | 724 Americans dying every day is fine unless you think the highest official death rate in the world is fine, |
| 0:26.0 | unless you think these alarming new warning signs are fine. |
| 0:31.0 | In North Carolina, where the president held another reckless rally this afternoon. |
| 0:35.0 | And early voting starts today, the state is reporting its highest daily case count ever. |
| 0:41.0 | There were nearly 60,000 new cases reported across the US today. |
| 0:45.0 | 985 people died from the virus. |
| 0:49.0 | At this rate, the US could top 9 million coronavirus cases and 230,000 deaths by election day. |
| 0:58.1 | Health experts have been very clear, wearing masks, socially distancing can dramatically help |
| 1:02.3 | reduce the spread of the virus and yet |
| 1:04.8 | President Trump on the campaign trail continues to undermine those efforts. |
| 1:09.2 | Today he completely misrepresented a CDC study and lied to the American people about it. |
| 1:15.1 | Listen to this, but before you do, just keep this in mind, this is not true. |
| 1:21.0 | Look at all the masks. You know, they keep saying nobody wears bears, wear the masks, you know they keep saying nobody wears bears wear the masks |
| 1:24.6 | although then they come out with things today did you see it cdc. That 85% of the people |
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