Coronavirus cases top 113,000 in U.S.; 650,000+ Worldwide; Trump considers short-term quarantine of parts of NY, NJ, CT; Italy Surpasses China in Number of Cases and Deaths

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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NY Governor: Trump ordered quarantine would be a declaration of war on states; President to make N.Y.-area quarantine decision "shortly"; Virus hotspots emerge around Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans; New Orleans at epicenter of Louisiana's rising case numbers; 1.5 million people packed into New Orleans for Mardi Gras; NOLA Mayor: "No red flags were given" to cancel Mardi Gras; Getting doctors the supplies they need; More than 200 million Americans in 25 states told to stay home; NY nurse stapled broken mask to help it last through shift; Grim milestones in Italy's fight against coronavirus; 51 Italian doctors dead after contracting the virus; 102 year old Italian woman recovers from coronavirus; The rush to make life saving ventilators; Gov. Cuomo: projections show NY could need 30,000 ventilators; Trump invoked DPA to require GM to produce ventilators; GM and Ventec announce partnership to produce ventilators; Doctors describe "apocalyptic" scenes at Queens hospital; 13 die of virus at one NYC hospital over 24 hour period; NY doctor: Today "worst" day; tomorrow will be "worse"; How the coronavirus is changing our lives; Coping with virus that's changing daily life across the USTo 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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1:07.0	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington.
1:14.6	This is a special edition of the Situation Room. The latest numbers. First, the U.S. now has more than 113,000 cases of coronavirus and nearly 1,900 deaths worldwide over
1:27.8	650,000 have been infected and more than 30,000 people have died due to this pandemic.
1:35.0	Tonight, the President of the United States is openly talking about taking
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