U.S. nears 5 million cases with 160,000+ deaths as testing declines in 29 states.

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Stimulus talks collapse as the U.S. coronavirus case count and death toll continues to rise. With testing declining in 29 states, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo clears schools to reopen next month. With the virus largely under control, New York City may be the only big U.S. city to allow in-person classes. Trump seizes on Biden's comments regarding African American diversity. In Georgia, a 7 year old becomes one of the state's youngest victims of the coronavirus and a local high school reverses it's decision to suspend a student after a picture of students not wearing masks goes viral. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Sign up to the economist for in-depth
0:03.0	expert analysis of world events
0:06.0	and topics ranging from business and culture
0:08.0	to science and technology.
0:10.0	You'll get the weekly digital edition, online only articles,
0:13.6	curated newsletters on politics, the markets, science, culture and China.
0:18.0	And full access to The Economist Podcast Plus.
0:21.0	The Economist is independent journalism for independent thinking.
0:25.6	Go to Economist.com and get your first month free.
0:29.2	At Barclays, we're here for every goal.
0:35.0	We're here for the Premier League.
0:38.0	And the Barclays Women's Super League.
0:41.0	We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance. We're
0:48.1	here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums we're here for it all.
0:57.6	Barclays here for every goal. This is CNN breaking news.
1:07.0	You want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
1:12.8	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation room.
1:14.8	This hour of the United States is on the brink of 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases.
1:20.4	That's about equal to the populations of Chicago and Houston combined.
1:24.0	The case count is going up despite a decline in coronavirus testing in more than half of the country.
1:30.0	The rate of new deaths on the rise in 15 states tonight. More than 160,000
1:36.3	Americans have now lost their lives over the past five months. And yet, the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.