Trump Visits Kenosha And Addresses Jacob Blake Shooting

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Trump visits Kenosha and addresses the Jacob Blake shooting by saying he feels "terribly for anyone who goes through that." Trump denies that systemic racism exists in the United States. Trump announces $1 million dollars for Kenosha law enforcement "to go out and do what you have to do." Trump falsely claims that he sent the National Guard to stop Kenosha violence, when the Wisconsin governor gave the order. Trump again refuses to condemn violence by his supporters. Trump repeats conspiracy theories about people "in the dark shadows and "thugs" on planes. Trump defends supporter charged with killing two protestors. Trump compares police shootings to golfers who "choke" and miss three-foot putts. Jacob Blake's uncle said, "we're not going to get caught up" with Trump. The Blake family holds a community event to counter Trump's visit to Kenosha. New questions about Trump's mysterious trip to Walter Reed as book claims that Pence was on standby to assume the president's powers. The United States death toll surpasses 184,000 with six million cases as NIH says that there is no evidence backing the use of convalescent plasma. Sources say that the new Trump adviser, Dr. Atlas eclipses Dr. Fauci in influence. Wolf will have a one-on-one with Attorney General Barr tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET. 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 Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.
0:12.8	We'll flitzer is off today.
0:14.0	I'm Jim McCosta in the situation room and we're following breaking news.
0:17.1	President Trump just wrapping up a controversial visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
0:21.2	Moments ago he addressed the police shooting of Jacob Blake saying his message
0:25.0	to the family is that he feels, quote, terribly for anybody who goes through that.
0:29.3	Blake's family is critical of the President's visit and did not want to talk to him. The president
0:33.4	also once again denying that systemic racism exists and making a strong show of
0:38.3	support for local law enforcement announcing one million dollars in funds to quote go out and do what you have to do.
0:45.2	We're also following breaking pandemic news the US death toll has topped
0:49.1	184,000 people and more than 6 million confirmed cases.
0:53.5	And now a National Institutes of Health Panel says
0:56.7	there's no evidence backing the use of convalescent plasma
1:00.2	touted by President Trump to treat coronavirus patients.
1:03.6	Let's get more on the breaking news with CNN White House correspondent Jeremy Diamond.
1:08.0	Jeremy, the President's focus is on the unrest and Kenosha, not the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
1:15.0	No question, Jim. President Trump spent nearly three hours on the ground today in Kenosha,
1:19.1	Wisconsin, and he did not say Jacob Blake's name once.
1:22.3	Instead, the president focused on surveying the damage
1:25.2	of some of the riots that have happened in that city
1:27.4	as well as meeting and thanking law enforcement there.
1:30.5	The president also taking credit falsely for deployment of the National Guard there that was ordered by the state's governor.
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