Administration. 131 days to go until the president ial election. Today donald trump was politicking in the state of wisconsin. As the director of the cdc reported that the number of americans who have been infected with coronavirus is likely ten times higher than reported. That would put the number well north of 20 million americans. Over 123,000 people have lost their lives thus far. Tonight trump was asked about the impact of the pandemic during a town hall on fox news, and he once again made the erroneous connection between the rate of testing and the surge in cases. We have more cases because we do the greatest testing. If we didnt do testing, wed have no cases. When you do 30 million, youre going to have a kid with the sniffles and theyll say its coronavirus, whatever you want to call it. If we didnt do tests, wed look great. But you know what . Its not the right thing to do. Treatment, vaccine, where are we . Were going to have an answer very soon, very soon indeed. I think it wi
General. Now, i know theres a lot going on in the country right now, but this is remarkable new reporting. I mean the nature of Prosecutors Offices is that we, the public, are not supposed to know what theyre working on and what theyre doing until they publicly act, until they, you know, indict someone and bring about a criminal trial. When an investigation is ongoing, when a prosecution is potentially in the works, that is by necessity secret. We, the public, dont get to know about that until a Prosecutors Office acts out loud. And that secrecy about the prosecutorial process is a pillar of the rule of law. We need that. We dont need people indicted by rumor and whisper and discussion without anybody having to prove their case, right . But that secrecy around Prosecutors Offices also provides insulation. It provides sort of deadening insulation, protection from public view in the event that something goes wrong inside the prosecutorial process, in the event that, say, someone inside t
Thats since the pandemic began. Also tonight, President Trump is refusing to directly answer questions about his truly stunning remark to supporters that he asked for coronavirus testing to be slowed down as new cases surge. The white house is trying to brush it off as a joke while also defending mr. Trumps use of a racial slur to describe the virus. Lets go straight to our white house correspondent, boris sanchez. The White House Press secretary had a lot of spinning to do to do after the president s tulsa rally this past weekend. Thats right, wolf. Kayl trying to push the greatness the white house has been putting out even as were seeing a spike in the coronavirus cases. She also tried to clean up for the president s racist remark and as he continues to dodge questions about whether he would like to see a slowdown in coronavirus testing. Did you ask to slow it down . If it did slow down, frankly, i think were way ahead of ourselves if you want to know the truth. Weve done too good a