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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Coronavirus fears drives stocks down almost 1,200 points; Washington Post: Whistleblower says U.S. workers assisted coronavirus evacuees without protective gear; Dems focus on South Carolina and Super Tuesday states; Families demand action after dozens of

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2866 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Pence's handling of HIV outbreak questioned as Trump puts him in charge of coronavirus task force; Stocks lose 2 trillion plus in 6 days on fear of coronavirus; Human and Health services whistleblower claims workers cared for Wuhan evacuees without proper precautions; CDC changes criteria for coronavirus testing; Biden campaigns in must-win state of South Carolina;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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0:00.0

At Barclays, we're here for every goal.

0:06.4

We're here for the Premier League,

0:09.0

and the Barclays Women's Super League.

0:12.0

We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance.

0:18.0

We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.

0:27.6

Barclays, here for every goal. This is CNN breaking news.

0:37.0

I'm Wolf Litzer in the situation room and we're following breaking news.

0:43.0

Another very, very deep dive on Wall Street, where stocks just closed down almost

0:48.0

1,200 points on growing concern about the coronavirus outbreak. Six days of losses have now wiped out more than

0:55.3

two trillion dollars in value and there's deep concern the spread of the virus could

1:01.0

lead to a recession here in the United States. Also, the

1:04.8

Washington Post is now reporting that a whistleblower inside the Department of

1:08.8

Health and Human Services alleges that U.S. workers assisted American coronavirus evacuees without

1:16.7

repeat without protective gear. I'll speak to the reporter who have

1:20.5

broke the story in just a moment and our correspondence and analysts

1:24.0

are also standing by. First let's go to the White House. Our White House correspondent

1:28.4

Jeremy Diamond is working the story first. Jeremy you're getting new information

1:32.2

disturbing information about what's happening

1:34.6

behind the scenes as the White House tries to handle the coronavirus outbreak.

1:39.4

Well, since returning from India yesterday, President Trump has been trying everything he can to try and show that he is on top of this coronavirus outbreak.

1:48.0

And yesterday, that's why we saw him in the briefing room, trying to reassure the public, but also trying to reassure the public but also trying to

1:54.0

reassure the markets which is a key point here as he faces re-election this year.

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