New: 60 U.S. cases of coronavirus; Health officials: now is the time to prepare for pandemic; Biden: I will win South Carolina primary on Saturday; 2020 Democrats attack Sanders, say he could hurt Dems in other Senate & House races

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump news conference on coronavirus at 6:30p; CDC: Coronavirus could cause "severe disruption" in U.S.; U.S. military restricts travel to South Korea over coronavirus concerns; World Health Org: more new coronavirus cases today outside of China than inside; Biden nabs major SC endorsement from top Dem James Clyburn; 2020 Democrats attack Sanders, say he could hurt Dems in other Senate & House races; Sources: Trump considers czar to combat coronavirus in U.S.; Sources: Trump frustrated with Health and Human Services Secy Azar over coronavirus response; Fears over election security grow as Trump remains undecided on permanent intel chief; Schumer: new acting intel chief has "little to no relevant" experience except for being a Trump loyalistTo 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 least Antarctica is
0:03.0	Antarctica is still coronavirus free.
0:06.2	The lead starts right now.
0:08.1	Breaking news with the CDC warning.
0:10.9	The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. is inevitable.
0:14.0	President Trump will speak to the nation this evening about efforts to contain it, as his prior
0:18.7	words and tweets have frankly added confusion to this crisis.
0:23.0	Joe Biden pulling a Joe Nameth guaranteeing he will win South Carolina
0:29.7	as he gets a boost from an old friend but would a win for Biden there be too little
0:35.1	too late? Plus, some Democrats warning the whole party lost last night's
0:40.0	debate and could suffer across the board if Senator Sanders hangs on as the
0:43.6	front runner are their fears correct or out of touch?
0:48.0	Welcome to the lead up to Jake Tapper and we begin today with the health lead in just
0:55.7	over two hours President Trump will hold a news conference from the White House
0:58.8	briefing room along with top health officials to attempt to address concerns about the coronavirus.
1:04.2	The president wants to calm a jittery stock market and reassure Americans worried about just
1:09.5	how prepared the U.S. government is for this crisis.
1:12.1	Some of those worried we should note are
1:14.0	Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Today for the first time there were more new
1:19.8	cases of the coronavirus outside of China than inside.
1:24.9	According to the World Health Organization,
1:26.6	President Trump has been spending the day downplaying the seriousness of the
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