Awaiting experts at coronavirus briefing; African Americans at higher risk for coronavirus; More than 400,000 coronavirus cases in the United States; Navy hospital ship in New York now taking coronavirus patients;

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Coronavirus deaths surpass 14,000 in United States; White House model revises United States deaths by August from 80,000 to 60,000; Fauci: 100,000 deaths not inevitable; Birx: DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia could be new hot spots; Governor Cuomo: Curve flattening in New York despite highest daily death toll; Fauci: Planning for "re-entry into normality" not like "turning a light switch on and off"; CNN poll: 55 percent say government has done poor job stopping virus; Trump blames World Health Organization, China, governors and watchdogs for pandemic response; CNN poll: Six in 10 Americans now say economy is in poor shape, up 30 points since last month; Almost 6,000 cases in Detroit, at least 240 deaths; New preparations in Chicago as deaths surge; Louisiana population 33 percent African-American, 70 percent of coronavirus deaths African-American; Worries about new virus hot spots; One-on-one with hospital ship's captain; Crew member of hospital ship tests positive had not been in contact with patients; Global coronavirus cases pass 1.5 million; Dr. Gupta answers your questions;To 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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1:22.8	surpasses 14,000 with more than 400,000 confirmed cases.
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