Trump refuses to comment on Jacob Blake shooting; Biden: Trump believes violence can help him politically; Hurricane Laura kills at least four people in Louisiana; Mora than 180,000 in the U.S. dead from COVID-19; 1 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 27 August 2020

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Harris: We won’t let vigilantes derail the path to justice; Trump, Pence yet to address family of Jacob Blake; Police: IL teen charged with homicide in Kenosha protest shooting; NBA players decide to resume playoffs after strike over shooting; Tropical storm Laura hits Arkansas with damaging wind & rain; Trump says he will visit Gulf to see hurricane damage this weekend; Louisiana Gov: “Tremendous amount of damage” from Laura; Buildings flattened, roads under water, massive power outages after category 4 Laura makes landfall; More than 800,000 without power in Texas, Louisiana; WH Official: CDC guidance changed because of testing backlog; Report: Vaccine should go to frontline health care workers first; FDA authorizes emergency use of new COVID rapid test; 1.8 million jobs added to economy in July; Lord and Taylor, first American dept. store, closes after nearly 200 years; In unprecedented move, Pres. Trump will accept nomination in front of large crowd, from White House; Pres. Trump to address hurricane Laura, unrest in Kenosha in speech tonight;

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper. We begin this hour with breaking news the police
0:04.4	shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and the subsequent violence in the
0:08.4	streets of Kenosha. Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris minutes ago
0:12.4	saying that President Trump has failed at his most basic duty to protect the American
0:17.4	people calling the pain of this shooting, quote, all too familiar. We must always defend peaceful protest and peaceful protesters.
0:29.0	We should not confuse them with those looting and committing acts of violence, including the
0:35.2	shooter who was arrested for murder. And make no mistake, we will not let these
0:42.1	vigilantes and extremists derail the path to justice.
0:47.0	President Trump has so far remained silent on the shooting of Jacob Blake ignoring a question about Blake this afternoon that the
0:54.6	president has tweeted that he will not stand for quote lawlessness on American streets as
0:59.0	CNN's Caitlin Collins reports President Trump is expected to also address Wisconsin this evening
1:04.1	when he officially accepts the Republican nomination for president at the White House.
1:10.1	Using a law and order message President Trump will make his case for a second turn tonight
1:14.7	with the unrest in Wisconsin as his backdrop. The vandalism and the looting is ridiculous to allow this to happen
1:21.5	I don't know how they can possibly do it.
1:23.6	But while he and Vice President Mike Pence have condemned the violence in
1:27.2	Kenosha, they've yet to address what led to it, the police shooting of
1:31.6	another black man.
1:33.2	President Trump didn't answer questions about Jacob Blake today.
1:36.6	David Blake, Mr.
1:37.8	President, you've been in touch with your reaction to us.
1:40.4	Outgoing advisor, Kelly and Conway, says what's followed in Wisconsin only reinforces
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