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Anderson Cooper 360

Congressional leaders and the White House negotiate another coronavirus relief funding package

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Key congressional leaders and the Trump administration are trying to strike a deal on a nearly $500 billion package that would replenish funding for small businesses and provide additional money for hospitals and coronavirus testing. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins AC360 to give an update on negotiations and responds to Trump's comments calling her "nasty." One of the sticking points to negotiations is how to run an effective national testing strategy. Harvard professor Danielle Allen explains why she's advocating for a massive increase in testing-5 million a day by early June and then 20 million a day by late July-to fully remobilize the economy. Airdate: April 20, 2020To 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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0:00.0

And good evening. There is breaking news tonight. The governor of Georgia state

0:04.0

were more than 700 people have died of coronavirus announcing what he

0:07.2

called, quote, a small step forward in reopening the state. In fact, is anything

0:11.7

but small. Everything from gyms to barber shops to bowling alleys, even tattoo

0:15.4

parlors, hills, nail salons will be allowed to reopen as early as Friday. By

0:20.2

next Monday, theaters and restaurants. The governor also acknowledged that his

0:24.5

decision means that cases of the virus would probably continue to go up, but that

0:28.8

state is a lot better prepared to handle it, he says. We'll be joined shortly by

0:32.7

Georgia May, or to get her taken with that commune. We'll also ask our medical

0:36.0

and public health professionals about such a speedy timetable, especially for

0:39.5

businesses involving close personal contact or many people gathered in close

0:43.3

quarters. We'll also talk to one of the authors of a new study on the level of

0:46.6

testing needed to reopen the country safely and just give you a heads up. The

0:50.3

number according to this study is a large one, much more testing than is

0:53.9

currently taking place. In fact, according to the study, it would mean about a

0:57.3

million more people getting tested in a single day that have been tested so far

1:01.9

in the entire outbreak. Only about four million people have been tested so far in

1:06.6

this country. Tonight, the president and his task force talked a lot about

1:10.3

testing about the quote, tremendous capacity. End quote that states possess, but

1:15.1

quote, didn't understand they have, unquote, till they were told by the

1:19.6

administration. The president also said, quote, we are in very good shape on

1:23.6

testing. He said, quote, we are going to the outer limits on testing. And the

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