America shuts down again — choosing reality over Trump’s false claims

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href=”/profiles/john-avlon-profie” target=”_blank”>John Avlon u003c/a>questions Michael Cohen’s return to prison, after a dispute between Cohen and the government over what lawyers say were restrictions in paperwork designed to prevent Cohen from finishing a book about President Trump.”},{“title”:”ICU nurse hospitalized with Covid-19 after testing negative”,”duration”:”02:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2020/07/14/texas-icu-nurse-hospitalized-coronavirus-berman-intv-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2020/07/14/texas-icu-nurse-hospitalized-coronavirus-berman-intv-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200714071620-texas-icu-nurse-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2020/07/14/texas-icu-nurse-hospitalized-coronavirus-berman-intv-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”/profiles/john-berman-profile” target=”_blank”>John Bermanu003c/a> speaks to Heather Valentine, a 24-year-old ICU nurse in Texas who is being treated for coronavirus after initially testing negative for both her antibody and diagnostic exam. “,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”/profiles/john-berman-profile” target=”_blank”>John Bermanu003c/a> speaks to Heather Valentine, a 24-year-old ICU nurse in Texas who is being treated for coronavirus after initially testing negative for both her antibody and diagnostic exam. “},{“title”:”Romney: Stone commutation ‘unprecedented, historic corruption'”,”duration”:”02:28″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/13/donald-trump-roger-stone-commutation-schneider-lead-dnt-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/13/donald-trump-roger-stone-commutation-schneider-lead-dnt-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200713203811-stone-romney-split-vpx-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/13/donald-trump-roger-stone-commutation-schneider-lead-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime friend Roger Stone, who was convicted of crimes that included lying to Congress in part, prosecutors said, to protect the President. “,”descriptionText”:”President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime friend Roger Stone, who was convicted of crimes that included lying to Congress in part, prosecutors said, to protect the President. “},{“title”:”Author: This is how to help fix US democracy”,”duration”:”03:14″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/06/29/election-2020-david-litt-opinion-fixing-democracy-mh-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/06/29/election-2020-david-litt-opinion-fixing-democracy-mh-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200629193629-democracy-capitol-thumb-blue-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/06/29/election-2020-david-litt-opinion-fixing-democracy-mh-orig.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”David Litt, a former Obama speechwriter and author of “Democracy In One Book Or Less,” says there are some easy fixes to issues like voting and transparency.”,”descriptionText”:”David Litt, a former Obama speechwriter and author of “Democracy In One Book Or Less,” says there are some easy fixes to issues like voting and transparency.”},{“title”:”Doctor: White House Covid-19 claim totally devoid of humanity”,”duration”:”03:09″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/13/white-house-mcenany-coronavirus-testing-devoid-humanity-hotez-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/13/white-house-mcenany-coronavirus-testing-devoid-humanity-hotez-sot-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200713141907-02-kayleigh-mcenany-july-13-2020-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/13/white-house-mcenany-coronavirus-testing-devoid-humanity-hotez-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Brianna Keilar and Dr. Peter Hotez discuss White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeating President Trump’s claim that when more testing is done for coronavirus, more cases are found.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Brianna Keilar and Dr. Peter Hotez discuss White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeating President Trump’s claim that when more testing is done for 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country.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/profiles/brianna-keilar-profile” target=”_blank”>Brianna Keilaru003c/a> discusses the Trump administration’s attempts to discredit doctors and scientists as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge throughout the country.”},{“title”:”Trump spreads conspiracy from ex-game show host”,”duration”:”02:24″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/13/chuck-woolery-coronavirus-trump-retweet-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/13/chuck-woolery-coronavirus-trump-retweet-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200713151617-chuck-woolery-2015-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/13/chuck-woolery-coronavirus-trump-retweet-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”President Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory from ex-game show host Chuck Woolery attempting to discredit the CDC and doctors’ warnings about the coronavirus.”,”descriptionText”:”President Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory from ex-game show host Chuck Woolery attempting to discredit the CDC and doctors’ warnings about the coronavirus.”},{“title”:”White House cites this interview in attempt to discredit Dr. Fauci”,”duration”:”03:03″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2020/07/13/fauci-trump-white-house-gupta-sot-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2020/07/13/fauci-trump-white-house-gupta-sot-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200501192359-fauci-0422-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2020/07/13/fauci-trump-white-house-gupta-sot-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, the White House is u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>taking aim at the nation’s top infectious disease expertu003c/a>, Dr. Anthony Fauci. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports. “,”descriptionText”:”As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, the White House is u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>taking aim at the nation’s top infectious disease expertu003c/a>, Dr. Anthony Fauci. 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CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/daniel-dale” target=”_blank”>Daniel Daleu003c/a> weighs in with the facts.”,”descriptionText”:”When it’s most critical foru003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”> President Donald Trump and top health officialsu003c/a> to be working together, CNN is learning that the White House may be trying to actively discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert. CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/daniel-dale” target=”_blank”>Daniel Daleu003c/a> weighs in with the facts.”},{“title”:”Melania Trump posts a video of herself wearing a mask”,”duration”:”00:44″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/12/first-lady-melania-trump-president-donald-trump-mask-holmes-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/12/first-lady-melania-trump-president-donald-trump-mask-holmes-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200712152239-first-lady-melania-trump-president-donald-trump-mask-holmes-nr-vpx-00000205-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/12/first-lady-melania-trump-president-donald-trump-mask-holmes-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/melania-trump-mask-video/index.html” target=”_blank”>First lady Melania Trump posted a videou003c/a> of herself wearing a mask during a visit to The Mary Elizabeth House, the first time the public has seen footage of the first lady in a face covering in several weeks. The post comes a day after u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit/index.html” target=”_blank”>President Donald Trump wore a mask for the first timeu003c/a> publicly during a visit to wounded veterans at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland.”,”descriptionText”:”u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/melania-trump-mask-video/index.html” target=”_blank”>First lady Melania Trump posted a videou003c/a> of herself wearing a mask during a visit to The Mary Elizabeth House, the first time the public has seen footage of the first lady in a face covering in several weeks. The post comes a day after u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit/index.html” target=”_blank”>President Donald Trump wore a mask for the first timeu003c/a> publicly during a visit to wounded veterans at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland.”},{“title”:”Life in limbo as Trump administration threatens to deport international students”,”duration”:”03:05″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2020/07/13/international-student-us-college-university-deportation-curnow-pkg-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2020/07/13/international-student-us-college-university-deportation-curnow-pkg-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190501152304-college-campus-greek-life-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2020/07/13/international-student-us-college-university-deportation-curnow-pkg-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”International students are living in limbo after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that they will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only courses.”,”descriptionText”:”International students are living in limbo after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that they will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only courses.”},{“title”:”Betsy DeVos pressed on if schools should follow CDC guidelines”,”duration”:”02:09″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/12/betsy-devos-cdc-guidelines-sot-sotu-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/12/betsy-devos-cdc-guidelines-sot-sotu-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200712094946-devos-sotu-7-12-iso-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/12/betsy-devos-cdc-guidelines-sot-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s u003ca 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