Trump pulls out of next debate after it goes virtual; First interview with former vaccine director after leaving gov’t; FBI: militia plotted to kidnap Michigan governor, overthrow gov’t

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump wants to restart rallies, claims he’s no longer contagious; Biden campaign rejects Trump’s demand to change debate dates; Fmr vaccine director: “more people are going to die because scientists are being pushed back”; Pelosi says Trump is “in an altered state” due to Covid; Fmr vaccine director calls Trump’s promotion of Covid drugs “shameful” and “reckless”; Rick Bright: “more people will die” because of Trump’s lack of transparency; Sources: aides trying to steer Trump away from baseless claims about voter fraud 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
0:02.0	C. N. Breaking News.
0:04.0	And welcome to our second hour of the lead. I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin this hour with the politics lead.
0:08.0	The next Trump-Biden debate.
0:10.0	It's up in the air. The Biden campaign is refusing to go along with the Trump campaign's
0:14.1	sudden push to delay the debate schedule. Biden spokesman Kate Benningfield saying, quote,
0:18.7	Trump's erratic behavior does not allow him to rewrite the calendar. The Trump campaign is pushing to move
0:24.8	the schedule because President Trump is refusing to participate in the virtual
0:29.2	debate town hall a week from today. Instead the president says he wants an in-person debate
0:33.2	despite the fact that he has an active coronavirus infection and could very well
0:38.1	be contagious. Plus as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports President Trump
0:41.8	today said he's looking to restart rallies
0:45.6	as he makes these dubious claims that he's no longer contagious based on nothing and will
0:50.0	be immune to the virus now that he's had it.
0:54.7	The timing of the next presidential debate now in doubt after President Trump rejected a move
0:59.8	by organizers to make it virtual due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.
1:05.0	That's not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate, it's ridiculous.
1:09.0	And then they cut you off whenever they want.
1:11.0	A virtual debate would make it impossible for the
1:13.6	audience not to see the candidates through the lens of the pandemic. The Trump
1:17.6	and Biden campaigns have agreed to do the second debate in person one week later
1:21.8	than scheduled, but the two sides are divided
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