Toward a possible way out of this, a story you probably saw from earlier this evening. The cambridge, massachusettsbased biotech firm moderna today announced that every participant in its preliminary, early, early Covid Vaccine trial, all 45 patients all developed antibodies, in effect triggering a potential immune response. Now, because this is potentially big and important news, before we begin our leadoff discussion with our journalists tonight, we want to begin just briefly with a frequent guest of ours who we plan on talking to in more depth just a segment from now. But we want to bring in dr. Michael osterholm. Hes a professor and director of the center for Infectious Disease research and policy up at the university of minnesota. Also happens to be coauthor of the book deadliest enemy our war against killer germs. Doc, as you know, tonight the university of washington upped its projected death toll to 240,000 americans by november 1. I contend we are optimistic people by nature,
Has upended life in america. Today in a Campaign Event that was falsely labeled as a rose garden news conference, the president conducted what the New York Times called one of the most rambling performances of his presidency. Along the way, he all but ignored the fact that we now have over 136,000 deaths and climbing. Instead, he again congratulated himself and his administration on its response to the pandemic. He theorized there would be millions dead without his brave and decisive action. Much more on that just ahead. But we want to begin tonight with a glimmer of progress toward a possible way out of this, a story you probably saw from earlier this evening. The cambridge, massachusettsbased biotech firm moderna today announced that every participant in its preliminary, early, early Covid Vaccine trial, all 45 patients all developed antibodies, in effect triggering a potential immune response. Now, because this is potentially big and important news, before we begin our leadoff discu
Underfunding the post office would prevent mailin voting. It was at least clarifying. Also birtherism is back. And we got a sense of what a trump biden debate might sound like in an election sure to be defined by the debate over this pandemic. The afternoon started, in fact, with the former Vice President calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Every single american should be wearing a mask when theyre outside for the next three months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Its not about your rights. Its about your responsibilities. Biden spoke after he and his newly minted running mate met with a team of Health Experts theyve been advising with during the campaign about coronavirus. This evening during whatever it is we are calling his Daily Briefing room appearances, donald trump fired back. Today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a
He happens to be the president now. Today he promoted the same thing. And we got a sense of what a trump biden debate might sound like in an election sure to be defined by the debate over this pandemic. The afternoon started, in fact, with the former Vice President calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Every single american should be wearing a mask when theyre outside for the next three months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Its not about your rights. Its about your responsibilities. Biden spoke after he and his Briefing Room appearances, donald trump fired back. Today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a pandemic. United states with the mere stroke of a pen to order over 300 million american citizens to wear a mask for a minimum of three straight months. If the president has the unilateral power to order every single citizen
Up until last night when the convention came to the trumpbranded white house lawn. Very few masks. A prepandemic sort of seating layout. Then came tonight, an airplane hangar rally at the airport in New Hampshire. The crowd booed an announcement over the p. A. To wear masks. The speech was red meat for the base. Heres just some of what we heard starting with trumps take on the demonstrators who were confronting some members of the rnc exiting as audience last night outside the white house. You ought to see last night in washington. It was a disgrace. It was a disgrace that these people are representing the United States of america. It was a disgrace. Protesters. You know what i say . Proteste protesters your ass. I dont talk about my ass. Theyre not protesters. Those arent those are anarchists. Theyre agitators. Theyre rioters. Theyre looters. No one will be safe in bidens america. I cant even call it bidens america. The guy doesnt know hes alive. Hes going to be out in ten days. If th