THERE’S STARTLING NEW DATA OUT
TONIGHT THAT POINT TO THE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE RISK OF GETTING
THIS VIRUS.
NBC NEWS HAS FOUND OVER THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS ONE PERSON DIED
ROUGHLY EVERY 80 SECONDS FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS IN OUR COUNTRY.
THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE DATA
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE’VE NOW LOST OVER 159,000
AMERICANS, OVER 4.8 MILLION,
JUST UNDER 5 MILLION INFECTED
WITH THE VIRUS.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
COMPUTER MODEL THAT’S BEEN
FREQUENTLY USED AND CITED AT THE
WHITE HOUSE NOW PREDICTS ALMOST
231,000 SOULS WILL BE GONE FROM
THIS VIRUS BY NOVEMBER 1st, TWO
DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, AS WELL
AS THE DEVASTATING ECONOMIC TOLL
FROM THE PANDEMIC, THE PRESIDENT
HAS NOT BACKED DOWN FROM HIS
INSISTENCE THIS IS ALL A
TEMPORARY STATE OF AFFAIRS.
>> THE COUNTRY’S IN VERY GOOD
SHAPE AND WE’RE SET TO ROCK AND
ROLL.
THIS THING’S GOING AWAY.
IT WILL GO AWAY LIKE THINGS GO
AWAY.
>> THAT WAS FROM THIS MORNING.
IF THE ROCK AND ROLL PART SOUNDS
FAMILIAR, IT’S BECAUSE TRUMP’S
SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER USED
THE WORDING IN APRIL WHEN HE
PREDICTED VIRUS WOULD BE ON THE
RETREAT BY NOW AND THE ECONOMY
HUMMING.
THIS AFTERNOON, TRUMP STUCK TO
HIS ASSERTION.
>> IT’S COMING DOWN, AND PRETTY
SUBSTANTIALLY IN MANY LOCATIONS.
IT WILL GO AWAY, THINGS GO AWAY,
ABSOLUTELY.
NO QUESTION IN MY MIND, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
GO AHEAD.
HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER.
>> HIS COMMENTS SIMPLY GET
TOSSED ON THE PILE WITH ALL THE
OTHERS, HIS COMMENTS IN THE PAST
DESIGNED TO DIMINISH THE THREAT
OF THE VIRUS AS THE DEATH TOLL
JUST KEPT CLIMBING.
>> IT’S GOING TO DISAPPEAR, ONE
DAY LIKE A MIRACLE IT WILL
DISAPPEAR.
WE’RE PREPARED, DOING A GREAT
JOB.
STAY CALM, IT WILL GO AWAY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
>> THIS VIRUS IS GOING TO
DISAPPEAR.
IT’S A QUESTION OF WHEN.
>> WE’RE DOING SO WELL AFTER THE
PLAGUE.
I SAID IT’S GOING TO DISAPPEAR,
I’LL SAY IT AGAIN, AND I’LL BE
RIGHT.
>> EARLIER THIS WEEK THE
PRESIDENT CRITICIZED DR. DEBORAH
BIRX FOR SAYING THE VIRUS WAS
MORE WIDESPREAD THEN WHEN IT
FIRST HIT THE U.S. THIS SPRING.
EVEN SAID HIS ADMINISTRATION HAD
IT QUOTE UNDER CONTROL.
TODAY DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.
>> AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ANY
MEMBER OF SOCIETY, ANY
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP NOT SERIOUSLY
TRYING TO GET TO THE END GAME OF
SUPPRESSING THIS, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO SMOLDER AND SMOLDER
AND SMOLDER.
AND THAT WILL BE THE REASON WHY
IN A NONUNIFIED WAY WE’VE
PLATEAUED AT AN UNACCEPTABLE
LEVEL.
>> TODAY WE LEARNED FLORIDA NOW
HAS OVER HALF A MILLION INFECTED
RESIDENTS, NOW THE SECOND MOST
CASES OF ANY STATE, RIGHT BEHIND
CALIFORNIA.
TESTING HAS RESUMED IN THE WAKE
OF THE PASSING HURRICANE THIS
PAST WEEKEND BUT THERE REMAIN
DELAYS GETTING RESULTS.
NATION’S THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED THEY’LL
BEGIN FALL 2020 SEMESTER ONLINE
ONLY.
CHICAGO OFFICIALS SCRAPPED THE
IDEA OF HOLDING MIX OF IN-PERSON
AND REMOTE INSTRUCTION OUT OF
SAFETY CONCERNS.
CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID
SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF CORONAVIRUS
CASES HAS BEEN ON THE RISE.
THAT’S WHAT WORRIED THEM.
ALSO FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS
WHAT MAY BE MOST SERIOUS LEGAL
THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP’S
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
"NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTING THE
PROSECUTORS SEEKING TRUMP’S TAX
RECORDS HAVE SUBPOENAED DEUTSCHE
BANK, HIS LONGTIME NEW YORK
LENDER.
"TIMES" SAYS THE BANK COMPLIED
WITH THE SUBPOENA.
WE’LL SEE.
ORIGINS OF THE RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATION BACK ON THE TABLE
TODAY, HEARING FROM SALLY YATES,
TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES ON THE HILL
HAVE TRIED TO IMPLY WITHOUT
EVIDENCE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WERE
BEHIND THE FBI INVESTIGATION
INTO THE INCOMING TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND THERE WAS
SOME SORT OF PLOT TO KEEP TRUMP
FROM WINNING THE 2016 ELECTION.
YATES WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON
MIKE FLYNN PUSHED BACK AGAINST
THAT NARRATIVE.
>> THE PRESIDENT, VICE
PRESIDENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER DID NOT IN ANY WAY
ATTEMPT TO DISRESPECT OR
INFLUENCE ANY KIND OF
INVESTIGATION.
>> ISN’T IT TRUE THERE WERE A
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT
DESPISED DONALD TRUMP?
AND DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR
POWER TO KEEP HIM FROM BEING
PRESIDENT?
>> I’M NOT AWARE OF ANYONE AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOING
ANYTHING TO TRY TO KEEP DONALD
TRUMP FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT.
>> MISS YATES, WHEN DID YOU
FIRST BECOME AWARE THAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS
SURVEILLING THE DONALD TRUMP
CAMPAIGN?
>> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS
NOT SURVEILLING THE DONALD TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
>> NBC NEWS REPORTS BARR’S
INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE
RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION MAY BE
NEARING ITS END, RUNNING IT
MAKING PLANS TO INTERVIEW OBAMA
CHIEF JOHN BRENNAN, WHO GREED TO
TALK TO HIM.
BARR WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT IN
HEARING IN THE HOUSE.
>> DO YOU COMMIT TO NOT
RELEASING ANY REPORT BY
MR. DURHAM BEFORE THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION?
>> NO.
>> SO YOU GO GIBY POLICY NOT TO
INTER
INTERFERE IN ANY POLITICAL
INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE THE
ELECTION?
>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO INTERFERE.
>> THERE WILL BE PARTY
CONVENTIONS, WHAT PASSES FOR
THEM ELECTRONICALLY.
JOE BIDEN IS NOT TRAVELING TO
MILWAUKEE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION BUT ACCEPT
THE NOMINATION FROM DELAWARE.
ENTIRE CONVENTION IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE A ZOOM MEETING BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC.
REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO WORKING OUT
THEIR CONVENTION LOGISTICS.
THIS MORNING TRUMP GAVE US AN
INDICATION HOW HE MIGHT ACCEPT
THE NOMINATION.
>> I’LL PROBABLY DO MY LIVE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IF FOR SOME REASON SOMEONE HAD
DIFFICULTY WITH IT, I COULD GO