The Lead with Jake Tapper

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Trump ignores science of pandemic, climate change & wildfires; Pfizer CEO: likely will know if vaccine works by end of Oct.; Manhunt underway after two Los Angeles deputies ambushed; Biden plans Florida visit tomorrow as polls show him behind Trump in Latino support; Sep 14, 2020

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Trump claims “I on’t think science knows” planet is warming; Trump defies coronavirus science & states restrictions, holds packed indoor rally with few masks and no social distancing; Trump in August insisted two Woodward “nothing more could have been done” to contain coronavirus; Trump heads to Arizona for indoor event in room packed with chairs tied together; Trump points to lack of forest management, not climate change, as reason behind wildfires; LA mayor: Trump’s disaster response driven by politics;

Largest vaccine maker warns it will take until 2024 to vaccinate everyone if vaccine requires two doses; More than 45,000 cases at collages across the country; Federal official: Trump appointees tried to alter CDC virus reports for political reasons; NYT: Trump heath advisor Michael Caputo claims CDC has “resistance unit” aimed at undermining Trump; Trump said he’s “not concerned” about catching virus at his indoor rallies, but what about the attendees?;

Two Los Angeles deputies out of surgery after ambush shooting; Two arrested in protests outside hospitals after deputies shot;

Biden to make first appearance in Florida tomorrow as the democratic nominee; Biden: “yes” gloves are off in Florida for Latino votes; Billionaire Bloomberg to drop $100M in Florida to help Biden; Politico: Florida Latinos swamped with disinformation & conspiracy theories; Right now: Trump headed to Arizona for roundtable with Latinos; Poll: near tie in battleground Arizona; Biden 47%, Trump 44%;

Florida COVID-19 cases increase in children; Gov. orders some counties to keep data hidden; FL teachers union pressures state to release COVID k-12 data; Miami-Dade Co. moves to phase 2, clearing path for in-person learning; Miami mayor says FL’s contact tracing “has not been there”;

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Trump claims coronavirus is coming to an end, Fauci disagrees; 100 fires burning nationwide; Most in California, Washington and Oregon; Trump pays tribute to 9/11 at site of United flight 93 crash; Some voters in key swing state don’t like Trump or Biden; Coping with the stress of virtual learning; Sep 11, 2020

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Fauci: We need to “hunker down” to get through fall & winter; Fauci: We may not get back to our normal lives until end of 2021; Operation Warp Speed Chief: race for coronavirus vaccine has “nothing to do with politics”; CDC Study: Adults who test positive for virus about twice as likely to have recently dined at a restaurant; Biden, Pence meet at 9/11 memorial in New York City; Trump: “I didn’t lie” to Americans about COVID threat, after tapes reveal he intentionally downplayed the impact; Trump distorts history to compare himself to FDR, Churchill; Trump supporter on not wearing a mask: “If I die, I die”; Trump: Israel and Bahrain to establish “full diplomatic relations”; Biden Campaign goes after Trump’s TV watching; New book: Trump bragged about secret nuke system to journalist; Trump to Woodward: “I have built a nuclear – a weapons system that nobody’s ever had in this country before”; Biden: Trump has no idea what constitutes national security; U.S. slaps sanctions on Giuliani’s Ukrainian ally; Historic western fires to blame for at least 24 deaths including woman & grandson in Oregon; Right now: 3 of California’s largest fires ever are burning; Fire burning near San Francisco is California’s largest wildfire on record; More than 10% Oregonians evacuated due to fires;

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Jake’s one-on-one with Joe Biden; Trump blames Woodward when asked why he lied to American people; Biden says Trump “waved a white flag” and “walked away” from COVID-19, calls his handling “almost criminal”; 28-year-old teacher dies 3 days after COVID diagnosis; Sep 10, 2020

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Trump defends telling public COVID-19 was like flu, after telling Woodward it was much deadlier; Trump tries to defect blame onto Woodward after downplaying virus; Joe Biden on Trump concealing coronavirus threat: “It’s disgusting”; Biden says Trump has no concept of what constitutes national security after Trump claimed U.S. is developing secret nuclear weapons system; Biden: Trump shouldn’t be Commander in Chief of the U.S. military; Biden: Middle class voters were “taken for granted” in 2016; Biden reaching out to blue collar voters in battleground states; Biden now says he was against NAFTA, after voting for it; Blames GOP for not renegotiating the deal under Obama; Biden: “It’s in our interest that China be stable, it’s not in our interest China take advantage of us”; Biden says he’ll tax companies that move jobs overseas; Biden: I’d make the changes on the corporate taxes on day one; Joe Biden pledges to be transparent about his health; Poll: Majority of Americans think political pressure will lead FDA to rush vaccine approval; Astrazeneca halts vaccine trial for second time; U.S. weekly average of new cases at lowest since June; NFL returns tonight with limited fans in stadium;

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Trump acknowledged dangers of coronavirus to Woodward even as he continued to downplay the risks publicly; Woodward book: Trump knew in early February coronavirus was dangerous, highly contagious, airborne and “deadly”; U.S. surpasses 190,000 coronavirus deaths Sep 09, 2020

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Trump on downplaying Covid-19 risks: we don’t want a panic.. we don’t want people to be frightened; Trump now claims he didn’t want to create a panic after Woodward tapes reveal he intentionally downplayed Covid-19; Biden: Trump committed “life and death betrayal” of American people;

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Nine companies sign pledge not to rush vaccine; CNN: Trump distressed over report he disparaged military; Senate to vote Thursday on $500 billion COVID relief plan; Iowa case rate per capita among worst in U.S.; India surpasses Brazil, now 2nd behind U.S. in coronavirus cases; Sep 08, 2020

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Fauci acknowledges skepticism around vaccine: “We’ve got to regain the trust of the community”; 16 of the largest U.S. school districts start today, 14 online; Biontech CEO: Could submit vaccine to FDA by mid-Oct.; More than 37,000 cases reported at U.S. colleges; Trump on whether he’d fund campaign: “If I have to, I would”; NYT: Trump Campaign war chest “dwindling”; Trump to expand oil drilling moratorium for Florida; Rose Garden under repair less than three weeks after renovation; Trump. Biden zero in on battleground states as race heats up; Source: Biden to focus on economy, COVID-19 in Michigan; NBC/Marist Poll: Trump has 50% support among Florida Latino voters, Biden sees 46% support; Biden new ad paints the need for “fresh start”; Sources: Trump distressed over fallout from Atlantic Story; Pelosi: GOP stimulus bill “insults the intelligence” of Americans; Senate to vote on stimulus bill Thursday, but unclear if it will pass; Dow drops 600+ points after seeing worst day since June; “Tenet” grosses over $20 million after movie theaters reopen; Iowa gov refuses to issue mask mandate despite rising cases; Iowa State University reports more than 900 cases; Experts cautious over schools, flu season impacting pandemic; Iowa governor announces $100 million for more testing; CNN’s Clarissa Ward on journalism in the age of extremism;

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Biden, Harris, Pence make Labor Day visits to battleground states; Labor Day crowds drive fears of new virus spikes; CA breaks record for acres burned statewide in a year; U.S. performed 740,000+ COVID tests in the last week; Sep 07, 2020

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Trump accuses Biden, Harris of undermining science as he teases a vaccine by election day; Harris says she would not trust Trump on a vaccine, Trump says Harris should apologize for “anti-vaccine rhetoric”; Trump: will have vaccine “very soon, maybe even before a very special date… you know what I’m talking about”; Biden says se wants effective vaccine regardless of election consequences; Biden: “if I could get a vaccine tomorrow I’d do it … if it cost me the election I’d do it”; Biden: would heed advice of scientists on COVID vaccine; rump: report of disparaging troops “totally made up”; Trump claims military officials dislike him for trying to end wars;

WSJ: vaccine makers will promise not to rush approval process due to political pressure; Data shows vaccine trials still not enrolling enough minorities; 16 of the largest school districts start tomorrow, most online; Northeastern dismisses 11 students for breaking virus protocols, won’t refund tuition payments;

Device used a gender reveal party sparked wildfire; National forests closing in parts of CA due to fire; CA sees record temp highs, other parts of U.S. brace for snow;

Sean Penn’s non-profit expands testing in Georgia; Sean Penn on GA testing initiative: we will test “every essential worker, symptomatic or asymptomatic”; Teacher packs meals for 150 families per week struggling to put food on table due to coronavirus; Maryland teacher packs meals for 100+ families struggling with layoffs, kids learning from home;

Portland sees 101 straight days of protests and violence; Trump says Rochester had “bad night” despite first night of protest with no arrests or violence; Rochester mayor vows police reform, rejects calls to resign; Jake Tapper reports: Donald Trump’s presidency;

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Key model predicts 410,000 Americans will die by January; Trump denies calling U.S. war dead “losers” & “suckers”; Biden calls on Trump to apologize, calls his comments “disgusting”; Trump has the biggest job losses of any U.S. president since World War II; Judges order Kanye West off Arizona and Virginia ballots; 7 Rochester officers suspended, video emerges five months after killing of Daniel Prude; Sep 04, 2020

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FDA rejects coronavirus therapeutic pushed by Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO; Sources: Trump pressuring FDA for silver bullet by election; Limit data on Russia’s vaccine released; Model projects 3,000 Americans a day will die in December; Trump attacked McCain in 2015: “He’s not a war hero”; Trump’s long history of attacking military families; NYT: Bolton says he didn’t hear Trump insult fallen troops in France; Trump lies while denying report he disparaged service members; 1.4 million jobs added in last month, but still down 11.5 million jobs since pandemic hit; 1.4 million new jobs in august, unemployment rate falls to 8.4%; Analysis: Daniel Prude’s daughter: Officers involved in my father’s death deserve to be in jail; Protests in Rochester, New York latest to call for justice and racial equality across U.S.; Protesters in Kansas City mark anniversary of March on Washington; New calls for justice, racial equality after lifetime fight from John Lewis; Kanye West on 11 states’ ballots, can’t mathematically win; Republican operatives help West’s presidential bid; Source: GOP operatives believe they have Trump campaign blessing to help West campaign; Trump campaign denies ties with Kanye West’s Campaign;

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Stocks plunge, Tech’s worst day since March; Biden says he spoke with Jacob Blake on the phone; Trump again suggests Americans may need to vote twice, which is illegal; Iowa becomes new hotspot as cases spike quickly; German Govt: Putin critic poisoned with same nerve agent used on other Putin opponent; Sep 03, 2020

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Fauci warns cases are “unacceptably high” as Labor Day approaches; Pfizer CEO predicts vaccine trial may have results in October; Fauci: More data needed to prove how effective plasma is as treatment; Drugmakers: No “magic bullet” that will contain COVID; Fauci: Vaccine by October is “unlikely, not impossible”; Biden in Kenosha: Words of a president matter; Biden spoke with Jacob Blake on the phone, Blake “talked about how nothing was going to defeat him”; Biden: Trump “legitimizes” hatred, racism in U.S.; Trump Campaign: Biden shouldn’t be “injecting politics” by visiting WI; Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania polls; Attorney: Biden met with Jacob Blake’s family for 90 min; White House threatens to withhold funds from democratic lead cities to restore “law and order”; Democratic mayors of Portland, Seattle, NYC, DC: Trump’s attempt to withhold funds will be defeated in court; Gov. Cuomo on Trump’s threat to withhold funds: Trump will need an army to walk down NY streets; Iowa gov. refuses to issue mask mandate, close more bars; Iowa State University reports 18.5% on-campus testing positivity rate in first two weeks of school; 60% of coronavirus cases in California are Latinos; Three members of same family in California contracted COVID-19 within days, two died; Kremlin: No reason to blame Putin for suspected poisoning; White House: Poisoning of Putin critic “reprehensible”, won’t say if Trump talked with Putin about new claims;

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New CNN poll: Biden tops Trump 51% to 43%; 17 states report upticks in new cases; Pelosi on criticism over salon visit: “it was a set up”; Trump pushes “law & order” message amid unrest Sep 02, 2020

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CNN Poll: Biden leading on almost all major issues; CNN poll: most not worried about crime and community; Fauci calls for “full-court press” on Covid-19 ahead of flu season; Iowa leads U.S. with highest Covid-19 infection rate; 17 states report new upticks in cases; Fauci: sending infected students home from college campuses is “the worst thing you could do”; Iowa’s Joni Ernst echoes conspiracy theory on death count, but medical experts say Covid deaths are undercounted; Sources: WH resigned to coronavirus spread, Trump instead focusing on re-election efforts on law & order; Trump appears to encourage people to vote twice; Biden to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin days after Trump’s trip; NYT: murder is up 16% since last year in 25 large U.S. cities; Trump pushes “law & order” message amid unrest; Sen. Murphy on gun reform nearly 8 years after Sandy Hook; Miami-Dade schools police: cyber attack traced to both local and international sources; Suburban Ohio voters divided on Trump Vs. Biden; Trump campaign to spend $5.6 mil on TV ads in Ohio this month

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Trump knocks Fauci: “I inherited him,” Fauci says “we’re all on the same team”; Jill Biden: Trump’s America is “chaos”; Federal investigators: Police tased Jacob Blake twice before shooting, 88 witnesses interviewed; Trump denies health issues as new book raises more questions about unannounced trip to Walter Reed; Mail delays linked to deaths of animals in transit; Sep 01, 2020

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Trump on Blake shooting, says he feels “terribly for anyone who goes through that”; Trump visits Wisconsin to meet with law enforcement one week after police shooting of Jacob Blake; Giroir dismisses daily testing: “I don’t live in a utopian world”; Astrazeneca’s vaccine becomes 3rd to begin phase 3 trials in U.S.; Fauci: A vaccine should be “shown to be safe & effective”; Han says resignation is an “option” if he’s pressured to release a vaccine before it’s ready; FL Gov: Nursing home visitations resume amid coronavirus; WH Task Force warns Iowa could see a dire rise in COVID cases; Officials warn Labor Day will be key for containing COVID this fall; Fauci: Asymptomatic people can & should be tested; Trump’s COVID adviser denies pushing for herd immunity, but Trump official says he’s pushing for policies in the same vein; Jacob Blake’s family hosts community event, calls for peace as Trump visits Kenosha, WI; Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend files lawsuit against police; Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend: Charges against me were meant to cover up Breonna’s murder; Homeland Security sends letter to Portland: “No choice” but to protect Americans in Portland; New Book: Pence was on standby to “take over” during Trump’s unannounced hospital visit last November; WH doesn’t deny report VP Pence was on standby to “take over” during Trump’s hospital visit; Jill Biden says Secretary of Education will be someone who has been in public schools; House to subpoena postmaster general for withholding documents related to mail delays; Congress flooded with complaints over prescriptions being held up in the mail;

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