1.6 Million Coronavirus cases worldwide, 100,000+ deaths; Trump: Reopening country "biggest decision I've ever had to make"; Gov. Cuomo "cautiously optimistic" as hospitalization falls despite despite climbing death toll in New York

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Coronavirus death toll surpasses 18,000 in U.S.; Despite progress, not the time to be pulling back "at all"; Prominent coronavirus model now says today peak day for new deaths; NYT: New models show cases spike if stay-at-home orders lifted after 30 days; Trump: May shut down country again if cases spike upon reopening; More coronavirus cases in New York than any country in the world; Dr. Birx: Encouraging signs but we haven't reached the peak; Dr. Fauci: antibody tests coming "In a week or so"; Florida Gov appears to correct false claim that there had been no fatalities nationwide under the age of 25; NY preparing for mass burials; President Trump's Wall Street friends press him to reopen U.S. economy; Cuomo: Large-scale testing will be "The key to reopening" economy; Cuomo: Private firms can't meet testing goals, need federal help; Task Force: Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore mayors changing the curves in their cities; Philadelphia mayor: People should not get complacent; Dr. Gupta answers your questions about the virusTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.0	The Breaking News this hour, another very grim moment. the world I'm Wolflitzer in the situation room.
1:12.6	The breaking news this hour, another very grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as the
1:17.9	worldwide death toll tops 100,000 with more than 1.6 million cases tonight.
1:25.0	The U.S. Death Toll, by the way, has surpassed 18,000 with almost half a million confirmed cases.
1:33.0	The White House Task Force says there are some encouraging signs
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