Trump: “people are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots”; Biden to Trump: Americans are “tired of your lies about this virus”; Infectious disease doc warns “darkest” weeks of pandemic ahead; Exploring the possible paths to victory for Trump, Biden;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump repeats attack on Fauci as COVID cases surge in U.S.; Trump calls Fauci a “disaster,” says people are tired of COVID during campaign call; Fauci says people at highest risk of COVID should take vaccine first; CNN: task force frustrated with Trump’s science-denying Dr. Atlas; Biden responds to Trump’s attacks on Fauci, says all Trump has done is “cower and wallow in self-pity”; Trump on campaign calls says he will win, though “I wouldn’t have said that three weeks ago”; With big war chest, Biden advertising on NFL games; Biden campaign warns supporters race is neck and neck; Trump: Fauci is a “disaster” who has been around for “500 years”; CA to review any FDA-approved vaccine before it’s distributed; 27 states report surge in COVID-19 cases; New Mexico reports 101% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations; Research shows many nursing home residents with COVID are asymptomatic; Trump predicts victory, but what are his paths to getting there?; GOP’s Cornyn tries to distance himself from Trump as he faces tight re-election battle in Texas; How four years of Trump has reshaped the GOP; Tight senate race in Iowa as Joni Ernst fists for re-election; Debate question on farming trips up Iowa senator Joni Ernst who touts growing up on a farm; President Trump looms over Iowa senate race; Democratic party hopes to pick up senate seat in Iowa; 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	Welcome to the second hour of the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We are continuing with the
0:04.8	2020 lead today the United States nearing 220,000 deaths from coronavirus the
0:11.9	highest number in the world and the number of new daily
0:14.8	cases of the virus is on the rise once again in the US. Yet President Trump today
0:20.0	has been trashing the nation's top infectious disease expert on Twitter to reporters and
0:26.7	on a campaign call the president called Dr Anthony Fauchy a quote disaster and he wildly falsely claimed that the nation would have more than
0:35.5	double the number of deaths if he had listened to Fauchy's advice.
0:40.1	It's not true and it's a stunning yet sadly not surprising attack given the president's clear disregard for the science on controlling this pandemic and his own reckless
0:50.0	attitude toward the virus as can be seen in the rallies he's holding all over the
0:55.8	country. He holds two more big rallies again today in Arizona. Let's bring in
0:59.8	CNN's Caitlin Collins. Caitlin it'd be great if the president attacked the virus with the same energy
1:05.9	he's attacking Dr. Fauchy.
1:07.9	Yeah, two weeks to go, Jake, and the president's main message to voters today at least is attacking
1:14.4	Dr Anthony Falchy. He just went after him for the fourth time today and let's
1:19.0	remind viewers the president is currently on Mountain Time because he's in Arizona
1:22.4	but he's already gone
1:23.2	after Dr. Fauchy four times today starting with that call this morning but
1:27.4	just again a few moments ago at this rally in Arizona criticizing the
1:32.1	nation's top infectious disease expert and criticizing
1:35.4	Joe Biden by saying he'll listen to Dr. Falchy.
1:38.4	That's a criticism against Joe Biden in the President's eyes and he he's going after him, of course.
1:43.4	It started with that unprompted comment from him
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