Governors on east and west coast band together to decide when to reopen economies; WH: Trump has no intention of firing Dr. Fauci despite sharing tweet calling for his removal; NJ hospital converts cafeteria to treat patients; Bodies overlapped on Detroit

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Gov Cuomo: "the worst is over" in NY if we continue to be smart; Northeast Govs working on coordinated plan to reopen economy; Massive pork plant closes after hundreds of workers get sick; Trump pushing to reopen parts of the country in May; Source: Trump has been "fretting about Fauci for a while"; Trump: it's my decision, not governors', when to reopen states; Partisan fighting threatens emergency small business funds; Pay pal approved to make emergency small business loans; Sanders endorses Biden, says "we need you in the white house"; Staffing issues for hospitals as doctors and nurses get sick; NJ gov: our coronavirus peak could be weeks away; NJ: state with second highest number of virus cases in U.S. Photos show bodies in vacant Detroit hospital room; Doctors, healthcare professionals comfort families during pandemic; How to help loved ones grieve during coronavirus; Boris Johnson released from hospital, U.K. death toll surpasses 10,000; China restricts publication of research on coronavirus; Sweden refuses to lock down as virus spreads though EuropeTo 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	This is CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:07.0	Right now, there are more than half a million coronavirus cases in the United States
0:12.0	and a staggering death toll now more than 23,000 people,
0:16.5	to be precise 23,070.
0:18.4	This time last week that number was about 10,000, meaning we have seen more than double the deaths in the US just in the last seven days.
0:26.5	The director of the CDC, Dr Robert Redfield, saying this morning at the United States is nearing the peak of the pandemic and on the other
0:34.1	side of the peak will come decisions about when and how to reopen the country.
0:38.8	The most significant development today in the US, governors are banding together because leadership
0:45.7	like nature abhors a vacuum. The governors of six Northeast states announced
0:50.7	this afternoon they are now working together and to reopen
0:54.0	responsibly and just in the last few minutes we heard that the governors of
0:57.8	Washington State, California and Oregon are announcing a Western states
1:02.2	pact on another shared approach.
1:05.4	Governors taking the lead.
1:07.2	Earlier today President Trump tweeted that it is his decision to make, writing in part, quote,
1:12.4	a decision by me in conjunction with the governors and his decision to make, writing in part, quote,
1:12.5	a decision by me in conjunction with the governors
1:14.8	and input from others will be made shortly
1:17.3	about reopening the country.
1:18.6	It is worth noting that President Trump never
1:21.1	himself made any national order on shutting down the country.
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