Trump on Rally Blitz as U.S. sees Surge in Covid-19 Cases

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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President Donald Trump is on his rally blitz as the United States sees a surge in Covid-19 cases. Trump brought his campaign to Carson City, Nevada Sunday night. New cases of coronavirus are spiking across the country. Now, the United States is averaging more than 55,000 new cases daily. Twitter removed a tweet from White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas that undermine mask-wearing. Atlas' tweet from Saturday read, "Masks work? NO" followed by a series of misrepresentations about the science behind the effectiveness of masks in combating the pandemic. According to Twitter, the policy Atlas violated prohibits sharing false or misleading content related to Covid-19 that could lead to harm. Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden is back on the campaign trail. He rallied voters in North Carolina Sunday where polls show a tight race. Biden's running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris will return to the campaign trail Monday. The Biden Campaign previously suspended her travel for a few days, out of an abundance of caution, after two members of her traveling team tested positive for coronavirus. President Barack Obama is also set to hit the road for Joe Biden in the final days of the election. He will hold his first in-person appearance in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Trump says he's happy Obama is campaigning for Biden. 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.
0:07.0	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm
0:13.2	Wilflitzer in Washington. This is a special edition of the situation room.
0:16.9	It's the final stretch. 16 days in counting until Americans pick the next
0:21.8	president. At this hour hour President Trump is bringing his
0:24.8	campaign to Nevada. These are live pictures coming in from Carson City just
0:29.9	outside Las Vegas. President Trump apparently trying to recreate the atmosphere that led to his
0:35.5	victory in 2016. But unlike four years ago, he's carrying the weight of a pandemic that's already
0:42.1	claimed more than 219,000 lives
0:45.3	here in the United States. Ignoring the advice of his own coronavirus task force
0:49.8	that recommends against large gatherings.
0:53.0	The president has held eight campaign rallies this week alone,
0:57.0	and he's doing it as new cases of the virus are spiking across the country.
1:01.0	Just take a look at this map. Only two states in the entire country
1:05.1	are not seeing spikes. Those two states, Missouri and Vermont. And yesterday alone, the
1:10.1	U.S. reported more than 57,000 new coronavirus infections.
1:15.0	Experts say this is the fall surge they've been warning about for months,
1:19.0	a surge that according to the President would never come since he told Americans
1:23.2	early on that the coronavirus would simply in his word disappear.
1:27.6	CNN's Ryan Nobles is joining us from Carson, City, Nevada,
1:30.7	where the president is getting ready to hold a campaign rally.
1:34.0	Ryan, more than 25 million ballots here in the U.S. have already been cast in early voting.
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