Nearly 16,500 coronavirus cases, 215 deaths in the U.S

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 21 March 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Trump: Defense production act kicked "into gear"; Nearly 1 in 5 Americans ordered to stay home amid pandemic; Trump: No current plan for nationwide lockdown; NY Gov. orders 100% of non-essential workers to stay home; More than 7,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in New York; California Gov. orders all residents to stay home - Nearly 40M people can only leave for essential reasons; Trump says FDA will fast-track treatments for coronavirus, but months of research still ahead; NIH studying treatment using recovered coronavirus patients; Critical supplies running low in hospitals combating coronavirus; Number of cases in Michigan jumps more than 400% in 48 hours; Governors issue warnings about medical supply shortages; Michigan Gov: "We are behind the eight ball" due to improper federal planning; Michigan Gov asks President Trump to activate national guard; Goldman Sachs predicts 2M+ Americans to file for unemployment this week; Trump Admin moves IRS tax filing deadline to July 15; Tsunami of layoffs, business closures to hit U.S. economy due to coronavirus; Managing stress and anxiety while social distancing; CNN Heroes: Random acts of kindness amid pandemic; 163,000 coronavirus cases, 215 deaths in the U.S.; Dow about to close: Temporary online-only trading starts Monday; NYC health dept. asks for a stop in testing of health care workers and first responders who don't have symptoms; Illinois Gov issues stay-at-home order for entire state; Illinois Health Officials: 163 new cases in the state today; Trump touts possible drugs to treat virus; His own health officials express skepticism; Trump attacks reporter who asked what he'd say to scared citizens; Global death toll surpasses 11,000; China announces no new local cases: 39 new imported coronavirus cases; Italy announced 627 deaths in 24 hours Nurses and doctors describe several U.S. hospitals overwhelmed with staff shortages, lack of supplies; Longtime Registered Nurse: My hospital is in "Chaos and confusion"; Trump invokes Defense Production Act to ramp up production of ventilators, medical supplies; U.S. military airlifts women's team from Honduras; Senate Intel Chair asks for ethics review of his stock sales after questions raised about timing;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	This is CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	And welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:06.7	We are of course continuing with our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
0:10.7	This afternoon, a grim new milestone for the United States where we have now
0:14.8	surpassed 200 coronavirus deaths. It is now up to 2008 this minute with nearly
0:21.3	16,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a number that in reality
0:26.4	is assuredly much higher because of the lag in testing President Trump this afternoon,
0:31.6	saying he is kicked off the Defense Production Act, kicked it into
0:35.3	gear to ramp up the manufacture and production of critical supplies.
0:39.7	The President saying he actually invoked this act yesterday, though at the time he had said he would
0:44.2	only invoke it in a worst case scenario.
0:47.0	The president's message on this has been confusing even to his own Pentagon.
0:51.6	Governors are taking the lead where the federal government is currently not, with many
0:55.3	top health officials privately pushing for all Americans to stay home so as to flatten the
1:01.6	curve and reduce the expected surge in hospitals.
1:05.0	Governor's Newsom of California and Cuomo of New York are now mandating that their
1:10.0	citizens, with a few exceptions, stay home.
1:14.1	That is nearly one in five Americans told to stay home.
1:18.0	Dr. Anthony Fauchy, the nation's top infectious disease physician, says this new reality
1:22.4	of staying at home and social
1:24.3	distancing will continue for at least several weeks.
1:28.0	CNN's Caitlin Collins is at the White House for us now and Caitlin President
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