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CNN Transcripts for July 12, 2020

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CNN Newsroom
• Atlanta Turns Convention Center Into Overflow Hospital; Sailors Injured In Explosion On Board Navy Ship In San Diego; DeVos Refuses To Give Clear Guidance On How To Reopen Schools Safely; Black Lives Matter Targets L.A.'s First Black District Attorney. Aired 2-3p ET
• Several Sailors Injured In Explosion On Ship In San Diego; Record Spike In Coronavirus Cases Worldwide; U.S. Reports 60,000-Plus New COVID-19 Cases, 33 States Facing Rising Infections. Aired 3-4p ET
• Eleven Sailors Injured In Explosion On USS Bonhomme Richard; Secretary Betsy DeVos Calls On Schools To Reopen As Cases Surge Nationwide; White House Officials Raise Questions About Dr. Fauci; Trump Claims He "Aced" Recent Cognitive Test; Trump Shifts Reelection Rhetoric To Stoking Divisions, Culture Wars; Poll: 67 Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Pandemic; Florida Breaks Daily Record For COVID-19 Cases. Aired 4-5p ET
• White House Seeks To Discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci; Trump Trailing Behind Biden In Polls; President Trump Wearing Mask For The First Time; Fire And Explosion Onboard USS Bonhomme Richard; NBA Adjusting To The NBA Bubble; Florida Sets Single-Day Record Of New Coronavirus Cases; Safety Of Students And Teachers For School Reopening; LA Country DA Target Of Black Lives Matter. Aired 5-6p ET
• CNN Reports, White House Officials Raise Questions About Fauci For Openly Disagreeing With President In Favor Of Science; Arizona Teacher Dies Of Virus, Two Colleagues Also Get Sick After Sharing Classroom; Seventeen Sailors, Four Civilians Taken To Hospitals After Fire Explosion On USS Bonhomme Richard; President Trump Defends Decision To Commute Sentence Of Roger Stone; Robert Mueller Defends Stone Prosecution In Rare Public Remarks. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Refused To Wear Mask Publicly Before Hospital Visit; Coronavirus Cases In U.S. Rising To Record Levels; CDC Warns Against Fully Reopening Schools; Arizona Teachers Concerned About Safely Reopening; Governor Ron DeSantis Not Proceeding With Reopening Plan; How Countries Around The World Have Responded To COVID-19; DNC Warns Campaigns About Using TikTok App; Dodger Stadium Hosts Both Baseball And COVID-19 Testing. Aired 2-3a ET
• Brazil Surpasses 1.8 Million Cases, Tops 70,000 Deaths; Trump Refused To Wear Mask Publicly Before Hospital Visit; Coronavirus Cases In U.S. Rising To Record Levels; Mueller Defends Prosecution Against Roger Stone; Trump Demands Schools Reopen As Cases Surge Across The U.S.; Arizona Teachers Concerned About Safely Reopening; Florida Releases Detailed Numbers Of Coronavirus Hospitalizations; Tourists Risk Arizona's Surge To See Nature; International Students May Be Forced To Leave U.S. Aired 12-1a ET
• Coronavirus' Asymptomatic Spread; Coronavirus Cases In U.S. Rising To Record Levels; CDC Warns Against Fully Reopening Schools; Arizona Teachers Concerned About Safely Reopening; Trump Refused To Wear Mask Publicly Before Hospital Visit; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Not Proceeding With Reopening Plan; Virus Arrives In Idlib, Syria's Last Rebel Stronghold; DNC Warns Campaigns About Using TikTok App. Aired 1-2a ET
• Fauci Issues A Warning To The World; Coronavirus Cases In U.S. Rising To Record Levels; Brazilian President Touting Controversial Drug; Violent Anti-Government Protests Rock Belgrade; Melbourne Enters Second Round Lockdown; How Countries Around The World Have Responded To COVID-19; International Students May Be Forced To Leave U.S.; Bosnia Marks 25 Years Since Srebrenica Massacre; Poland Votes In Presidential Runoff Election. Aired 3-4a ET
• Coronavirus' Asymptomatic Spread; Florida Governor Wants More Testing; Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Rising to Record Levels; Trump Refused to Wear Mask Publicly before Hospital Visit; How Countries around the World Have Responded to COVID-19; Poland Votes in Presidential Runoff Election; Dodger Stadium Hosts Both Baseball and COVID-19 Testing. Aired 4-5a ET
• GOP Senators Mitt Romney, Pat Toomey Call Out Trump For Commuting Roger Stone's Sentence; Coronavirus Cases In U.S. Rising To Record Levels; Florida Governor Wants More Testing; Tourists Risk Arizona's Surge To See Nature; Violent Anti-Government Protests Rock Belgrade; Virus Arrives In Idlib, Syria's Last Rebel Stronghold; Bosnia Marks 25 Years Since Srebrenica Massacre; Poland Votes In Presidential Runoff Election. Aired 5-6a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• American Exceptionalism In The Coronavirus Crisis; A Plan For Battling The Pandemic; Hong Kong Under China's New National Security Law; China Begins Crackdown On Hong Kong Protests; If The Two-State Solution Is Dead, What Comes Next? Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• As Pandemic Worsens, Trump Says "We've Done A Great Job"; U.S. Sees Record Number Of New Coronavirus Cases; Interview With Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist (D); Biden's Economic Playbook; Supreme Court Wraps Up A Term Like No Other. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• More Than 61,000 COVID-19 Cases Recorded In The U.S. On Saturday; U.S. Now Has More COVID-19 Cases Than The Population Of Chicago; Trump Wears A Mask During Visit To Wounded Service Members; Robert Mueller Breaks His Silence On Roger Stone; California Sets Records In COVID-19 Hospitalizations, ICU Rates; Terms Of Michael Cohen's Return To Prison Under Scrutiny; Black Lives Matter Takes Aim At L.A.'s First Black District Attorney. Aired 6-7a ET
• More Than 61,000 COVID-19 Cases Recorded In The U.S. On Saturday; Trump Wears Mask Publicly For The First Time As Virus Surges And Cases Soar; Mueller Defends Stone Prosecution: "His Conviction Stands; How Countries Around The World Have Responded To COVID-19; Trump Commuted Sentence Of Roger Stone, Who Was Found Guilty Of Lying To Protect Trump. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• CNN Uncovers Racist Posts By Tucker Carlson Staffer; One-on-One With ABC Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl; Behind The Scenes With Top Infectious Disease Reporter; The "Firehose" Of News About COVID-19; Hedge Fund Wins Auction For McClatchy; Local News Crisis Accelerates During Pandemic. Aired 11a-12p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump And Fauci At Odds Over Masks, Testing, Shutdowns; Interview With Mayor Dan Gelber (D), Miami Beach, FL About Coronavirus Crisis; Bipartisan Outrage Grows Over Trump's Commutation Of Roger Stone's Sentence; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); White House Pushes Schools To Reopen Despite Rising Cases Of Coronavirus. Aired 7- 8p ET
• Growing Rift Between White House and Dr. Anthony Fauci; Trump Pushes to Reopen Schools This Fall Amid Surge in Coronavirus Cases; Interview with Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) on Coronavirus Cases; Surging Coronavirus Cases Cause States to Roll Back Reopening; Pro Sports Teams Playing in Florida Amid COVID-19 Surge. Aired 8-9p ET
• White House Officials Raise Questions About Fauci For Openly Disagreeing With President In Favor Of Science; Florida Shatters Single-Day Record Of Coronavirus; Record Number Of COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators In Phoenix; Phoenix School Officials Push To Delay Reopening Until October; Education Secretary DeVos Backs Push To Reopen Schools; Surgeon General: We Can Turn This Around With Masks, Distancing. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos; Interview With Fairfax County, Virginia, School Board Superintendent Scott Brabrand; Interview With Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Interview With Miami-Dade County, Florida, Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Aired 9-10a ET