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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Trump in hotspot North Carolina as polls show more Americans disapprove of how he’s handling virus; First phase 3 clinical trial of vaccine in U.S. starts today; Miami Beach mayor: DeSanctis “unprepared” on contact tracing, blames governor for “unconstrained growth” of COVID cases; Protests & violence in Portland, Seattle as Trump tweets protesters are “anarchists”;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Pres Trump’s national security advisor tests positive, WH: Trump not at risk; WH testing czar says U.S. not where it need to be; Trump won’t say if alleged bounties on troops came up in Putin call; 7-day average for new case at lowest level in 10 days; COVID-19 deaths on the rise in at least 29 states;

Moderna begins first phase 3 clinical trial of vaccine in U.S., 30,000 adults expected to participate; MLB season lasts just 4 days before new cases force cancellations; Hurricane slams Texas coast as state battles virus surge; Google extends work-from-home until at least July 2021; Some medical experts now calling for nationwide lockdown; Dr. Birx says Kentucky should close bars as cases spike;

Florida reports nearly 9,000 new COVID cases, 77 more deaths; Hialeah mayor: Gov DeSanctis forgot about my city; CNN poll: 63% of Floridians say DeSantis could do more to fight coronavirus; 46 Florida hospitals reach ICU capacity

President Trump using protests to spread law & order messaging amid slipping poll numbers; 47 arrested, 59 police officers injured as Seattle protests become riot; Man shot and killed during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin;

WH already floating a smaller plan B package on same day GOP unveils bill; GOP propose cutting unemployment benefits by $400/per person; Republicans unveil $1 trillion coronavirus relief package; Pelosi calls on republicans to work with Dems to “get the job done” on stimulus package;

Lewis motorcade stops at MLK memorial, Lincoln memorial, Black Lives Matter Plaza before U.S. capitol ceremony; Rep. John Lewis is first black lawmaker to lie in state at U.S. capitol rotunda; Tonight: public allowed to pay respects to Rep. john Lewis; President Trump will not visit capitol to pay respects to Rep. John Lewis

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0:00.0

This is CNN breaking news.

0:05.0

And welcome to the lead we begin with breaking news.

0:09.0

President Trump touting what he calls the quote tremendous progress on the coronavirus vaccine front at a

0:15.1

facility in Morrisville North Carolina one that's involved in development as

0:19.8

new polling shows that more Americans disapprove of the president's handling of the pandemic.

0:25.1

And just this morning we learned Mr. Trump's National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has

0:29.0

tested positive for COVID-19.

0:31.2

The White House insists there is no risk to the Commander-in-Chief, but O'Brien, who recently

0:35.6

returned from Europe and was seen in photographs not wearing a mask or practicing any sort of

0:40.0

distancing, O'Brien is now the highest-ranking administration official to contract the virus that we of saw in April, with nearly 4.3 million confirmed infections in this country in more than 147,000 deaths.

0:57.4

You will recall, five months ago, President Trump made this false claim about how good a job his administration was doing

1:05.0

containing the virus.

1:07.0

When you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That's a pretty good job

1:15.8

we've done. That was five months ago yesterday and clearly that is not what happened Mr. President and while the first

1:24.2

large-scale vaccine trial started today the US is nowhere close to being out of the

1:28.6

woods with testing lagging far behind where it needs to be according to health

1:31.9

experts the virus continuing to spread.

1:34.8

And the president seemingly living in a state of denial about this all.

1:38.7

CNN's Jeremy Diamond is covering the White House for us.

1:41.0

And Jeremy, the president was clearly on message there

1:43.3

except for a tangent when he was asked about his polling numbers.

1:48.1

Yeah Jake over the last week we have seen President Trump largely try and stick to the

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