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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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It could be a year or more before the vaccine is ready, but there’s a radical plan to speed up the process. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Friday, April 17th, 2020, and Michael Cohen is free at last.

0:10.0

Well, I mean, not yet, but soon.

0:12.8

This is your coronavirus update from today.

0:14.9

Explained, President Trump's former Abouli-Michael Cohen will be serving out the rest of his

0:19.4

prison sentence from home.

0:21.2

I guess we should expect the podcast soon.

0:23.2

Be sure to not subscribe wherever you listen.

0:26.0

The president is also having quite a Friday in a show of solidarity with a rather vocal

0:31.2

minority of Americans who have been protesting social distancing.

0:34.6

He tweeted, Liberate Minnesota, followed by Liberate Michigan, and then he wrapped up the

0:40.1

trilogy with Liberate Virginia and saved your great Second Amendment.

0:44.0

It is under siege.

0:45.8

Worth noting all three of these states have Democratic governors.

0:49.1

Also worth noting the president told states last night to call their own shots.

0:53.8

For the record, in a Quinnipiac poll over 80% of Americans support a national stay-at-home

0:59.8

order.

1:00.8

The same poll found that about 31% of Americans would give the president an F for his handling

1:06.8

of this pandemic so far, while 25% of Americans would give him an A. You can grade the president

1:12.0

yourself this November.

1:13.6

Of course, there isn't a state in the union that doesn't want to open back up as we

1:17.6

established on yesterday's show.

1:19.3

First, we have to dramatically increase testing capabilities.

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