New memo directs White House staffers entering West Wing to wear a mask; NY Gov Cuomo: 93 cases of COVID-related illness in children; World Health Organization: idea of herd immunity is "dangerous"; Small businesses frustrated by constraints of PPP rules

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Fauci, heads of CDC & FDA quarantining after virus exposure; Iowa governor in modified quarantine after possible exposure during White House visit; Pence, other officials refuse to quarantine after White House staffers test positive for virus; Source: Trump worried cases inside White House undercut his claims the virus is fading and it's safe to reopen; WH attempting contact tracing for VP aide who tested positive; Video shows food execs removing masks before Pence event; New mystery disease has killed at least three children in NY; Health officials examine other potential cases nationwide; Symptoms of mystery COVID-related illness in children include fever, rash, swollen glands, red eyes; Study: 23% of children in ICU had two or more organs fail, most commonly lungs; World Health Organization: people don't just "bounce back"; W.H.O.: "alarming" number of heath care workers infected; Sioux tribe rejects SD gov's call to remove COVID checkpoints; Navajo nation ravaged by COVID-19 outbreak; Pictures show packed United Airlines flight with little distancing; NYT: nearly 1 in 3 U.S. deaths involve nursing homes; CUOMO: NY can "intelligently prepare for reopening" Friday; Small business administration IG: "tens of thousands" of borrowers won't qualify for loan forgiveness; Some schools in Europe begin to reopen; U.K. releases three-step reopening plan after PM Johnson was criticized for being vague; Shanghai Disneyland reopens with fewer visitors & social distancing measures; South Korea records spike in cases linked to nightclubs & bars; Soon: Trump holds briefing on coronavirus testingTo 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
0:01.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	And welcome to the lead.
0:08.0	I'm Jake Tapper.
0:09.0	In the next hour, President Trump will take questions from the White House.
0:11.0	He's eager to project confidence that he is in
0:14.4	control of this coronavirus crisis and that the country is ready to reopen.
0:19.7	He's attempting this at the same time that it's not clear that he can even keep the coronavirus out of his own workplace.
0:26.0	Three top health officials on the coronavirus task force, the top infectious disease expert, Dr. Fauchy, as well as the Dr. Hahn the head of the
0:34.6	FDA and Dr Redfield the head of the CDC they are all in some state of self
0:39.2	quarantine right now after coming in contact with two White House staffers who have in recent days
0:44.4	been infected with the virus and tested positive. Iowa Governor Kim
0:48.6	Reynolds also said that she will follow a modified quarantine after she visited the White House last week.
0:56.1	It's difficult to see, but this is Vice President Pence arriving at the White House today.
1:00.3	He was not wearing a mask.
1:02.3	A spokesman for the vice president said,
1:04.0	Pence will not be in quarantine despite the fact that a different
1:08.8	spokesperson for the vice president, Katie Miller,
1:11.6	is one of the two White House officials who
1:13.4	tested positive for the virus. That's Miller in this photo you can see right
1:17.1	now from Thursday this is at a Virginia retirement home from before she
1:21.4	tested positive she is the only one in the picture not wearing a mask.
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