Trump ignores science of pandemic, climate change & wildfires; Pfizer CEO: likely will know if vaccine works by end of Oct.; Manhunt underway after two Los Angeles deputies ambushed; Biden plans Florida visit tomorrow as polls show him behind Trump in Latino support;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 14 September 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Trump claims “I on’t think science knows” planet is warming; Trump defies coronavirus science & states restrictions, holds packed indoor rally with few masks and no social distancing; Trump in August insisted two Woodward “nothing more could have been done” to contain coronavirus; Trump heads to Arizona for indoor event in room packed with chairs tied together; Trump points to lack of forest management, not climate change, as reason behind wildfires; LA mayor: Trump’s disaster response driven by politics;
Largest vaccine maker warns it will take until 2024 to vaccinate everyone if vaccine requires two doses; More than 45,000 cases at collages across the country; Federal official: Trump appointees tried to alter CDC virus reports for political reasons; NYT: Trump heath advisor Michael Caputo claims CDC has “resistance unit” aimed at undermining Trump; Trump said he’s “not concerned” about catching virus at his indoor rallies, but what about the attendees?;
Two Los Angeles deputies out of surgery after ambush shooting; Two arrested in protests outside hospitals after deputies shot;
Biden to make first appearance in Florida tomorrow as the democratic nominee; Biden: “yes” gloves are off in Florida for Latino votes; Billionaire Bloomberg to drop $100M in Florida to help Biden; Politico: Florida Latinos swamped with disinformation & conspiracy theories; Right now: Trump headed to Arizona for roundtable with Latinos; Poll: near tie in battleground Arizona; Biden 47%, Trump 44%;
Florida COVID-19 cases increase in children; Gov. orders some counties to keep data hidden; FL teachers union pressures state to release COVID k-12 data; Miami-Dade Co. moves to phase 2, clearing path for in-person learning; Miami mayor says FL’s contact tracing “has not been there”;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we begin this hour with the politics lead. |
| 0:08.0 | President Trump is right now leaving California where he received a briefing on the deadly and devastating wildfires during a short stop on his campaign swing of the rest. |
| 0:17.6 | More than 16,000 firefighters are currently battling 29 active fires in California right now. |
| 0:24.4 | Western wildfires this year have burned millions of acres |
| 0:28.0 | and killed at least 35 people. |
| 0:30.9 | The policy differences on environmental issues between President Trump and Democratic |
| 0:34.9 | challenger Joe Biden could not be clearer. |
| 0:38.7 | Biden, echoing scientific consensus, noted this afternoon that the increasing frequency and |
| 0:44.0 | intensity of these severe weather events demonstrate a need in his view to |
| 0:48.2 | tackle the climate crisis. President Trump conversely seems to be blaming Californians for not sufficiently |
| 0:54.7 | raking leaves in the forest and continuing better forest management, even though, as the Governor |
| 1:01.8 | just pointed out to President Trump, |
| 1:03.5 | the vast majority of the forests in California are federal. |
| 1:07.5 | And President Trump's push against climate science |
| 1:11.0 | is something that one California official took issue with today when he met President Trump. |
| 1:15.0 | And we're seeing this warming trend make our summers warmer but also our winters warmer as well. |
| 1:21.0 | If we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the |
| 1:23.5 | sand and think it's all about vegetation management, we're not going to |
| 1:26.7 | succeed together protecting Californians. Okay. It'll start getting cooler. I wish |
| 1:32.1 | you just watch. I wish science agreed with you. Well I don't |
| 1:36.9 | think science knows actually. The fires are jurors are just one matter of life and death that President Trump is facing right now in his job as he |
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