Trump says he’s leaving hospital tonight as he downplays COVID; Brand new CNN polls on Trump’s handling of coronavirus; Biden campaigning in Florida today after negative tests; Coronavirus cases rising across the country;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump tweets that he’s leaving hospital tonight; Trump’s doctor: president to leave hospital even though he “may not be entirely out of the woods yet”; New CNN poll: 63% say Trump irresponsibly handled the risk of virus infection to others around him; Only 30% of Americans trust most of what they hear from White House about Trump’s health; 60% disapprove of Trump’s handling of pandemic; 51% of Americans would get low-cost coronavirus vaccine, down from 66% in May; Growing number of women, seniors disapprove of Trump’s handling off pandemic; Biden comments as Trump is set to leave hospital; Campaign: Trump plans to participate in next debate; Pence, Harris to be separated by plexiglass at Wednesday’s debate; U.S. coronavirus deaths surpass 210,000; NYC to close schools, businesses in new hot spot areas; COVID-19 cases rising across northeast after months of decline; NY Gov: “you will see people die” without enforcement in hot spot clusters; Miami-Dade students return to classrooms for first time since March; NC elementary school teacher dies days after positive COVID-19 test; NY Governor slams Trump for holding “reckless” fundraiser; NY Gov: There are reports emergency orders weren’t followed at Trump fundraiser; 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.
0:04.0	And welcome to our second hour of the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:06.6	We continue with Major Breaking News.
0:08.4	President Trump set to be released from Walter Reed Medical Center in a matter of
0:12.1	hours at his own insistence he will now
0:14.9	recover from coronavirus at the White House.
0:17.5	Moments ago we heard from the president's doctors who acknowledged that President Trump
0:21.7	is not entirely out of the woods yet.
0:23.8	They said they will be closely tracking his condition through the weekend.
0:29.0	We all remain cautiously optimistic and on guard because we're in a bit of uncharted
0:36.5	territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies he has so early in
0:42.0	the course.
0:42.6	Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet,
0:45.3	the team and I agree that all our evaluations,
0:47.8	and most importantly, his clinical status,
0:50.3	support the president's safe return home.
0:53.0	The President's physician, Navy Commander Sean Conley, said that his commander-in-chief,
0:58.0	President Trump has not had a fever in 72 hours and will receive another round of an experimental drug remdesivere before leaving the hospital
1:06.2	this evening.
1:07.2	But Commander Connolly is still refusing to answer basic questions about the President's
1:11.0	condition, including what the president's long scans showed
1:14.2	when President Trump last tested negative for the virus, what specific drugs the
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