U.S. tops 4.5 million cases; nearly 153,000 deaths from COVID-19; Trump in Florida as coronavirus deaths hit new record & hurricane moves in; Postal Service: “We’re not slowing down election mail”; CDC: 260 kids and staff infected at Georgia camp;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 31 July 2020

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CDC Dir: 5 steps give “same bang for buck” as shutting economy; Fauci: Safe & effective vaccine by end of 2020 real possibility; Fauci: Virus got worse because U.S. unevenly shut down; Fauci: “Avoid crowds of any type no matter where you are”; Testing Czar: U.S. can’t guarantee test results in 48-72 hours; CDC forecast projects more than 173,000 U.S. deaths by Aug 22; Extra federal unemployment benefits expire tonight while White House & Pelosi trade jabs; Congress adjourns without stimulus agreement; Pelosi slams GOP stimulus offers “public relations stunt”; Trump claims without evidence election will be “rigged” as Trump campaign reviews messaging strategy; Trump claims 2020 will be “election disaster” as Dems & GOP agree he can’t delay election; Trump falsely repeats more testing has led to more U.S. cases; Report: Camp didn’t follow all CDC guidance, lead to outbreak; 60 of 101 largest U.S. school districts starting year with all online classes; NYC Mayor: Infection rate must be below 3% to reopen schools; Trump renews unfounded claim mail-in ballots will “rig” election; Postal workers warn of delivery backlogs, possible ballot delays in November; Postal Service: Notion of Trump’s political influence on postmaster is “wholly misplaced and off-base”; Trump holding event at airport in Florida; Parents die 15 days apart, leaving two young sons behind; Kurds displaced & helpless since U.S. forces abandoned them; Life on the Turkish-Syrian border nine months after U.S. abandoned Kurdish allies; 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	the N breaking news
0:05.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:07.0	We have some breaking news for you and our health lead today.
0:09.0	The US has now topped 4.5 million
0:12.0	4.5 million coronavirus infections in just six months.
0:15.7	Deaths from COVID-19 are regrettably rising as well with more than 1,000 deaths per day
0:20.3	each of the last four days on Capitol Hill this morning the nation's top public health
0:24.0	officials reiterated that Americans need to do five basic things in order to help get this
0:29.8	pandemic under control. They are wearing masks, social and physical distancing, avoiding
0:35.9	bars, avoiding crowds, and wash your hands. Instead of underlying this
0:41.9	information today, President Trump has been spending his time
0:44.4	defending what most Americans think has been a poorer response to the pandemic.
0:49.2	The President tweeting nonsense that, quote, if we had no testing or bad testing we would show very few
0:54.8	cases which is kind of like saying no pregnancy tests would mean no one is
1:00.3	pregnant which is obviously not the case to say nothing of the fact that with less than is percent of the world's coronavirus deaths. It's a tragedy compounded by a government
1:14.6	response that has been and remains inadequate. A bit of encouraging news on the vaccine
1:20.3	front today, however, Dr. Anthony Fauchy said he thinks a safe and effective vaccine
1:24.3	could be ready to go by the end of 2020 or early next year and that all Americans will
1:30.0	in phases have access to it. As CNN's Nick Watt reports from the coronavirus
1:34.6	hotspot of California.
1:37.0	The United States response stands out as among the worst of any country in the world.
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