Transcripts For CNNW The Lead With Jake Tapper 20201006 : vi

CNNW The Lead With Jake Tapper October 6, 2020

Cancelled weddings or bar mitzvahs. The notion the virus is handled is not dominating our lives specifically because of the governments inadequate response is, frankly, insulting and offensive to all of us. Do you remember this from seven months ago today . Anybody that wants a test can get a test. Seven months ago he said that. Its still not true. How great would it be if every student and every teacher could get a test . But they cant. The president continues to push lies to the American Public about the virus, again, falsely comparing the annual death rate from the seasonal flu to that of the Novel Coronavirus using false numbers even though the president is on tape in february privatelily to bob woodward admitting he knows coronavirus is much deadlier than the flu. One of the signs that the president s infection has only hardened those inaccurate views of the pandemic or willingness to lie about it even as his own white house has become a hot bed of infection. Joining me now is cnn White House Correspondent kaitlan collins. It doesnt seem politically all that savvy to me. His advisers were hoping it could help give him a boost. Its not clear what happened and what drove this because the treasury secretary who is doing the negotiating on behalf of the administration, jake, was supposed to speak with nancy pelosi in a matter of hours. Now that is not going to happen since the president says they will not be making any agreement until after the election which sent the stock market in the direction that the president does not want it to go in. To be clear, these sides were not close to any kind of agreement but they were at least talking and making some kind of progress. Now thanks to what the president said there will be no relief for the millions of americans who do not have jobs or have not recovered their jobs yet, or, of course, the Small Businesses that need an influx of cash at this time. The president said that is not going to happen until after november the 3rd. Reporter back at the white house from a threeday hospital stay, President Trump is downplaying coronavirus and says he is looking forward to debating joe biden in nine days. He is looking forward to it. He is ready. I think he is going in with a new mindset on the coronavirus. Reporter trumps own physician says he still is not out of the woods when it comes to his diagnosis but for now, he is staying in the white house residence and considering delivering a National Address. The fact youll see him in some form today ill leave that to him him what it is. Reporter trumps press secretary is working from home after testing positive to coronavirus adding to a growing list of officials staying home because they tested positive or in contact with a colleague who did. At least one member of the military who is directly assigned to support the president in the oval office and residence tested positive, as did a third staffer in the press office. With officials worried about possible exposure, the west wing looked more like a ghost town today and dramatic photos showed the Briefing Room being disinfected by white house employees dressed in full protective gear. Alongside a final pitch for joe biden. Votes are already being cast. Michelle obama referenced the white house outbreak today noting that the secret service and residence staff should never be taken for granted. The president didnt elude to the heightened concerned as he returned to the White House Monday night with a staged entrance. A Campaign Spokesman wrongly claimed that the president was alone on the balcony when he took his mask off. The president is alone on the balcony outside. He takes his mask off. Reporter but that is not true. A photographer was right behind the president and afterward he went inside to reshoot his entrance with a camera crew already waiting. The president spent the day spreading misinformation and facebook removed one of his posts after he falsely claimed that the flu was responsible for more deaths than the coronavirus. Jake, earlier, white house officials said a chance we would hear from the president today. There was that talk of a National Address but now my colleague zeleny said its coming out in several hours. They kaw the west wing today chaotic because a lot of staff are quarantining whether they or someone they knew is positive. The source said the president is the one calling the shots. Thank you so much. Lets bring in chief medical correspondent stephon gilmoranj. The president s physician say the president is showing no symptoms today. What does this tell us about the president s condition . It tells us right now if you look at those numbers that he is doing pretty well. If he is moving around and keeping his oxygenation up is a good sign. Not getting any supplemental oxygen are good indicators. You can say at this point in time he is doing well. We know a lot about this disease and we have to anticipate what might happen in someone who has active covid disease, is dealing with these medications he is receiving, the steroids, those sorts of things you have to create a fuller picture and still say, look, does this mean he is free and clear or does this mean he has to continued to be monitored for several days which i think its the latter. That is the point here as command connolly is only providing information that reflects almost only on the president s health. What other questions do you need to have answered before knowing how well President Trump is truly doing . There is a lot of data. Just basic vital signs would be good to know. We have been told his oxygen saturation. Any fever food . What is his heart rate . Any signs of other dysfunction of any organs . Does he have pneumonia . This is a respiratory virus. They have not answered that question. There is no answer to that question because they conceded he has imaging studies done. They were not normal they said but they had finding. An important question. Id like to see lab results to give me an kigs how much inflammation in his body and that inflammation can be associated with blood clotting. Hethinner . A lot of questions to ask. One sheet sort of thing is the relevant information for someone to have a clear idea what is happening. They are, obviously, not giving us that, jake. The president s team committed yesterday he is not out of the woods yet. Today, he is declaring victory over the virus and telling the American People to live their lives, not fear infection, dont let it dominate your lives. We have seen a number of interviews and videos from people who have lost loved ones truly offended by the way the president is talking about this. What was your reaction . I share their being offended by it. I mean, you know, pretty deeply. Taking off the mask and saying you have nothing to fear. First of all, he is, obviously, in a very privileged position to say that. No one has near those resources. This is a contagious deadly virus out there. It is advocating for imnunity and throw up our hands. We got nothing we can do here and throw up our hands and let this virus sort of run free through our nation. Its a terrible strategy. Maybe up to 2 Million People would die, depending on the model you look at. Hospitals would become overwhelmed. It would be so destructive and, yet, that is essentially what he was sort of advocating. Take off the mask, you got nothing to fear. Its really problematic for people who are not taking this seriously,sh seriously, obviously, jake. The president tweeted this about the flu today, quote. Flu season is coming up. Many people every year sometimes over 100,000 and despite the vaccine die from the flu. Fact check that number is not true. Are we closing down our country . No. We have learned to live it with like we are learning to live with covid in most populations far less lethal. First of all, we havent had hundred thousand americans die from the flu since 1968, i believe. Hundreds of millions of people are dying today from coronavirus. Has any Health Expert suggest that United States should just live with that . No. No public Health Expert has suggested that and the reality is that even without its always this false choice,wno sa. Plenty of countries around the world wear masks and go outside and good about hand hygiene and keep distance but the countries are very much up and running and they are having a small fraction of the number of cases every day that we have, a small fraction of the number of deaths we have every day. Not only are people not suggesting that this needs to be the way that it is that this people die a day, they are offering a tangible easy to implement solution. They are not presenting a problem but a plan. The plan is an easy one to execute. So its one of these things where i think if you look at public Health Experts, they are frustrated after so many months of saying the same thing, you might imagine. Let me follow up on the flu deaths. I think we have this graphic. Youre absolutely right, jake. Some 210,000 people who have died of coronavirus this year. Seven, eight months now and more than the last five years combined when it comes to flu. Flu is serious. We have always said it and the flu vaccine is important but this coronavirus is exponentially worse and we are not addressing it. There are flu shots but not shot for coronavirus. About President Trumps decision to suddenly end stimulus talks and leaving thousands of americans without a muchneeded life line. What one airport is doing to give people ease of mind when traveling in the age of coronavirus. Stay with us. Hmms and ahhs heard incall. But a resilient business you cacan be ready for it. Re. A Digital Foundation from vmware helps you redefine whats possible. Now. From the hospital shifting to remote patient care in just 48 hours. To the university moving hundreds of apps quickly to the cloud. Or the City Government Going Digital to keep Critical Services running. You are creating the future on the fly. And we are helping you do it. Vmware. Realize whats possible. Breaking news in our money lead. The dow falling more than 375 points this afternoon after President Trump tweeted just over an hour ago that he is ending all negotiations on the Coronavirus Relief deal. Cnns alison kosik is joining me live. We saw 622point swing on the dow. It had been up 206 points and then fell 416 points. This is interesting because the president isnt listening to the fed chair jay powell who hours before held a Virtual Conference with the National Association of business economics repeating the need for stimulus that is key to keep the economic recovery going. Powell saying the risk of congress pouring too much stimulus in the economy is greater than not doing enough. The president uses the stock market and economy as a barometer of his success. He tweeted our economy is doing very well. The stock market at record levels. Jobs and unemployment are coming back. We are seeing a recovery but that recovery is stalling out. When there is no stimulus package in the mix, you cant expect the economy to move forward. Jake, we have got millions of people out of work. You saw what happened when they had that supplemental unemployment. It helped them put food on the table and helped them pay their bills now they have got nothing and the helt realty is these americans and these Small Businesses need that money now. Alison kosik in new york, thank you. Joining us to discuss is democratic senator from hawaii. Senator, lets start with the president announcing this afternoon he ending the talks over the stimulus bill. Nancy pelosi is talking with mnuchin. Nancy pelosi tweeted the following here is the tweet from the president. What is your response to that . It is very clear that the president and Mitch Mcconnell do not put protecting American People as a priority. They make it so plain. This reminds me of trump saying im going to build a wall and mexico will pay for it. If people fall for his lives one more time, oh, my goodness. So that is the president. One thing one day and another, another day. We saw President Trump last night moments after he returned to the white house, he was, in fact, remains infected with covid19. He came out on his balcony and took off his mask and a white house photographer was behind him. President trump reports no symptoms said his doctor today. What is your reaction . Most medical professionals are wondering what exactly happened to the president are saying that he is not out of the woods yet. I would like to hear his professional physician say he is not out of the woods yet. The white house physician say yesterday that the president is not entirely out of the woods. He wouldnt go in detail. There you go. He did say that but he didnt talk a number of other items. Good. The president continues to play down this pandemic. He lied to us from the very beginning and so dr. Fauci has to say that we should not downplay the pandemic when you have 40,000 people a day testing positive with 7 million now plus testing positive and over 210,000 people dying. This is not terrible matter . Tell that to all of the families suffering from this pandemic. Jake, this pandemic is touching all of us. My mother in hawaii is in a nursing facility. I have not been able to visit her in seven months. So this is something that so many families are having to undergo and now the president is saying, forget it, we are not going to do another stimulus when millions of people are out of work and millions are without health care. The main thing they want to do, mitchell and lindy graham is put the nominee on the court for her to listen to the Affordable Care act and she can strike it down and causing millions of people without health. I want to talk about judge barrett in a second. But im curious what the protei protocols are your colleagues. Three of your colleagues have tested positive for covid including utah senator lee and North Carolina senator tillis who attended that event with judge barrett being announced as a Supreme Court nominee. What is the protocol for somebody like you going to work . Do they require masks on capitol hill . Does your staff have access to covid tests . Because its quite possible that the hot zone at the white house might also become a hot zone on capitol hill. Of course. When you have three senators that currently have tested positive. So there is no protocol that Mitchell Mcconnell or Lindsey Graham have put forward. They want to have this hearing, come hell or high water, and there is very little in fact, they havent said anything about how pick the senators who are attending this hearing. Is there anything that democrats can do to stop the nomination of judge Coney Barrett . It appears to me from my reporting and conversations with democrats and republicans that really if they have the votes, they have the votes and there is not much you can do. We are still waiting for two more republican senators to develop guts, but im not holding my breath but, at the same time, we are in the middle of a pandemic that has entered really the Judiciary Committee and, yet, Lindsey Graham and Mitchell Mcconnell do not prioritize the safety of their own senators. So we are im going to take whatever precautions i can. I think most of us who attended judiciary hearing over the last week, most of us have been tested. I have tested negative. But that doesnt mean that im not still susceptible. Yeah. So we will see. But we are saying this is no time for us to compromise the safety of any of us and its not just us, its our staff, all of the people who have to work at the capitol. Yeah. This shows so plainly their number one priority is strike down the Affordable Care act. We know that because amy barrett has said that chief Justice Roberts decision that save the Affordable Care act went way beyond what he should have done to find that act constitutional. Senator, thank you for joining us today. I do hope you get to see your mom soon. Thank you. Keep your fingers crossed. Yes, we need to get control over this pandemic. I hope so. We cant count on this president to do it. Thank you, senator. Breaking news on the Vice President ial debates and the plexiglas barriers the Vice President s office is mocking. Stay with us. Water . Why . ahhhh incoming ahhhahh im saved water tastes like, water. So we fixed it. Mio with priceline, you can get up to 60 off amazing hotels. And when you get a big deal. You feel like a big deal. Priceline. Every trip is a big deal. Im happy to give you the tour, i lohey jay. It. Jay . Charlotte oh hi. He helped me set up my watch lists. Oh, hes terrific. Excellent tennis player. Byebye. I recognize that voice. Annie . 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