CDC Director tries to, but doesn't, walk back comments that virus could be as difficult next fall or winter; CNN returns to Wuhan, epicenter of virus, after 76-day lockdown; Trump calls testing "tremendous" but United States lacks widespread plan;

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Trump: Chance there will be no Covid-19 in fall, Fauci: We will definitely have Covid-19 in the fall; Doctor says he was removed from federal post after questioning drug Trump praised; Trump says he disagrees with Georgia governor opening barber shops. nail salons, spas on Friday; Key model shows Georgia, 11 other states should wait until at least June 8 to reopen; Dr. Fauci pleads with governors to open economies in more measured way; CNN correspondent returns to Wuhan after 76-day lockdown, hotel staff spray us down and check our temperatures; CNN visits wet market and lab in Wuhan, China that are among the theories of where virus originated; United States coronavirus cases top 846,000, deaths surpass 46,000; Bank of America economists estimate government will need to spend nearly $1 trillion on small business loan program; In one community, only 4 of 83 minority-owned small businesses that applied for loan relief program received loans;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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0:31.2	All right. I'm good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. You have been listening to the president and the members of
0:35.4	the president's coronavirus task force. Moments ago, the president introducing his members of the president's coronavirus task force.
0:42.1	Moments ago, the president introducing his director of the CDC, asking him to clarify comments that he made to the Washington Post.
0:44.8	This is Dr. Robert Redfield.
0:46.3	He said that the outbreak will be more difficult than what the United States is going through
0:49.8	now in the fall and that he couldn't get people to understand that in meetings.
0:56.0	Only director Robert Redfield did not walk back his comments.
1:00.0	And when he was asked directly, were you quoted accurately in the Washington Post?
1:05.6	He said, yes, it is going to be more difficult in the winter.
1:11.0	It comes on the same day that a top doctor involved in finding a vaccine says he was pushed out of his job because he called for more vetting of the unproven drugs.
1:19.2	The president was touting as a treatment specifically hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
1:24.5	The president just moments ago at this briefing, talking about that doctor,
1:32.5	Dr. Rick Bright, who again is the most senior administration official in charge of a vaccine,
1:40.4	the president's comment when asked was, he's never heard of him. Can that be true? And if it is true,
1:45.8	what does that say? Joining me now, Dana Bash, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, our fact checker,
1:51.5	Daniel Dale, also with me as we begin our coverage here. Dana, let me get straight to you at that point. It was a pretty stunning moment when the president was asked directly about Dr. Rick
1:56.4	Bright, who is the most senior administration official in charge of a vaccine and was confronted with what Dr.
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