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Laura Coates Live

Interview with Dr. Ashish Jha

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Chris goes one on one with Harvard Global Institute Director, Dr. Ashish Jha. 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

You know, when we learn about these stories of people who've been together a long time,

0:03.4

he'd say, well, they had a good life.

0:04.6

Boy, they lived a long time. Yeah, but it didn't have to end right now. What if they could have had six more months? What if it was another year or two? Ask their families how they'd feel about that, Anderson. We both know the answer. Haven't lost parents. You know, you'd give anything for a little bit more time. That's why we have to do everything we can

0:20.9

to get past this pandemic as quickly and as together as we can. Thank you for telling their stories,

0:26.1

as always, brother. Thank you, Anderson. I am Chris Cuomo. Welcome to prime time. Another day gone

0:31.3

without the president deciding to lead us with a plan of action to fight the pandemic. Instead, we now know what he meant by

0:40.3

pressuring states to reopen schools ready or not without ever offering them a plan to help.

0:48.3

If they don't reopen, he will punish the poorest students. He said he's gonna pull federal aid,

0:55.2

and the kids that get most of that aid are the neediest.

0:59.5

Many of them are white, by the way,

1:01.4

and from families that may be Trumpers.

1:04.3

Now, you may argue, wait a minute,

1:05.6

the CDC is trying to help,

1:06.8

they put together some guidelines to help states

1:08.9

figure out how to reopen.

1:10.3

You're right. Fair point.

1:12.1

But Trump attacked the CDC for basically putting too much emphasis in those guidelines on safety.

1:18.1

He called the suggestions, quote, too tough and expensive.

1:22.1

And guess what? The CDC buckled.

1:24.6

New recommendations are coming next week.

1:27.1

Question. Do you think they will make

1:29.1

schools more or less safe? That's called a rhetorical question. And I told you the scientists would be

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