President s approach to the pandemic that has taken more than 196,000 american lives, infected over 6. 6 million americans. In what may have been the toughest questioning of this president yet, donald trump tonight took questions from undecided voters at a town hall anchored by George Stephanopoulos of abc news it was held in philadelphia. Having limited his Media Exposure to largely friendly outlets, having limited exposure period to the American People, the president seemed to be clearly taken aback by the sharp questions and some of the followups in some cases indeed one of the first questions concerned trumps comments to veteran Journalist Bob Woodward about the risks of the virus. I wanted to i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down. Yes. Because i dont want to create a panic heres what the president was asked about that tonight if you believe its the president s responsibility to protect america, why would you downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportio
President yet, donald trump tonight took questions from undecided voters at a town hall anchored by George Stephanopoulos of abc news it was held in philadelphia. Having limited his Media Exposure to largely friendly outlets, having limited exposure period to the American People, the president seemed to be clearly taken aback by the sharp questions and some of the followups in some cases indeed one of the first questions concerned trumps comments to veteran Journalist Bob Woodward about the risks of the virus. I wanted to i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down. Yes. Because i dont want to create a panic heres what the president was asked about that tonight if you believe its the president s responsibility to protect america, why would you downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm lowincome families and minority communities . Yeah. Well, i didnt downplay it i actually in many ways, i upplayed it in terms of action did you not admit to it yoursel
Making it harder to rush out a vaccine. All of this as the coronavirus cluster at the white house grows with another member of the president s inner circle testing positive. The question is how might the president s medical treatment impact his decisions as commander in chief . Its definitely way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that might sneak in a nap before tonights Vice President ial debate in salt lake tecity. Im kasie hunt. Well start there with the news as the coronavirus continues to permeate the white house tonight the two Vice President ial candidates are going to face off in a debate for the very first time, as more precautionary measures are put into place. Two plexiglass barriers have been installed on the deet bracelet stage in salt lake city. One next to the desk where Vice President mike pence will sit and one next to senator Kamala Harris. The two will be separated by about two feet of space. Vice president pence spent date toda
Airport tarmac, the president sounded like he really didnt want to be there. Dont forget, theyve been here for eight years before me. If they did a good job, i would have never run. I didnt need this. I didnt need this. Although, were having a good time and were doing a good job. No, but its true. If they did a good job, i wouldnt have run. Once again the mostly unmasked crowd was tightly packed as the pandemic continues its accelerated and uncontrolled churn across our country. Just yesterday, our country saw nearly 65,000 more positive cases. Thats now fueling a spike in hospitalizations. Numerous reports out tonight say the rise in cases could soon push some Hospital Systems to the breaking point. Tonight the president described his version of this crisis. Were rounding the turn on the pandemic. 56 and its a record. Epic job growth. Safe vaccines. That quickly end the pandemic. Its ending. Normal life, thats all we want. You know what we want . Normal life. Normal life. Will finally
Were crushing the virus. Of course neither is true. As the virus continues to crush large portions of of our country. Tonights rally was in erie, pa. The first lady was supposed to be on the trip but canceled because she is suffering from lingering symptoms from the coronavirus. From the start of tonights event in the cold and on an airport tarmac the president sounded like he really didnt want to be there. Dont forget, theyve been here for 8 years before me. If they did a good job i would have never run. I didnt need this. I didnt need this. Although were having a good time, and were doing a good job. No, but its true. If they did a good job i wouldnt have run. Once again the mostly unmasked crowd was tightly packed as the pandemic continues. Its accelerated an uncontrolled church across our country. Just yesterday our country saw nearly 65,000 more positive cases. Thats now fueling a spike in hospitalizations. Numerous reports out tonight say the rise in cases could soon push some Ho