White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

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Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, has tested positive for Covid-19. At least 11 people, including President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, have tested positive for the virus inside the White House. John Podesta was Chief of Staff for President Clinton and he tells Anderson Cooper the most damning thing for the American people is the President’s tweet to not be afraid of the coronavirus and it’s no worse than the flu. Plus, former First Lady Michelle Obama released her closing campaign message, calling out the President’s actions and urging voters to vote for Joe Biden like “your lives depend on it.” Both David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett worked in the Obama White House. They join AC360 to react to the former First Lady’s pitch to voters and discuss whether or not they think her message will get people to the polls in November. Airdate: October 6, 2020 Guests: John Podesta David Axelrod Valerie Jarrett 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	Good evening.
0:01.0	Tonight for the second time in just a few days, another top aid to the president has tested
0:05.2	positive for the coronavirus.
0:07.3	Thursday was hope-hicks.
0:08.3	Yesterday, Kayleigh McIntyne and Ate The White House spokesperson this time, it's Stephen
0:11.7	Miller, senior adviser and author of many of the president's speeches.
0:15.4	We got word of it late this evening and we'll have live reporting momentarily with the
0:18.5	latest in his diagnosis and his condition.
0:21.4	That breaking news caps a long day of pretty stunning developments.
0:24.7	Right now, most members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the Chairman General Mark
0:28.1	Milley, are quarantining.
0:30.2	After the vice commandant of the Coast Guard tested positive for COVID, he attended an event
0:34.4	to the White House on Monday.
0:36.4	Late today, we learned that a fourth member of the White House press operation has been
0:39.8	infected.
0:40.8	That's in addition to press secretary Kayleigh McIntyne.
0:43.6	This game shortly after we learned that a service member signed to support the president
0:46.9	both the Oval Office and the executive residence has also contracted COVID.
0:50.8	I said several Housekeepers in the residence according to the New York Times as Maggie Habermann.
0:55.5	Last night, folks in the White House were said to be freaking out.
0:58.0	That was the term it was used.
1:00.8	It does not appear that there has been a robust effort to contact tracing for all those
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