New model lowers U.S. death projection to 60,000 by August; CNN poll: nearly half of Americans say coronavirus caused them financial hardship; Trump insists there's no problem with testing, doctors say there's a critical shortage; Bernie Sanders drops out

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

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Dr. Fauci: this is a "bad week for deaths"; Dr. Birx: Philly & DC could be new hot spots; closely watching outbreak in Houston; WaPo: SBA official accuses big banks of taking "free money" in 2008, turning back on small businesses now; Banks report $98b in loans committed to small businesses so far, $349b available; WH task force: there's over a million test kits sitting idle; CDC removes guidance from website on controversial chloroquine drug; Trump: I want to open the economy with a "big bang"; CNN poll: 55% of Americans think Trump could do more to fight coronavirus outbreak; Report: U.S. intel warned of coronavirus spread in Nov; Trump lashes out at W.H.O. & governors over outbreak; Politico: Kushner's team considering nationwide coronavirus surveillance system; Snowden to the Intercept: coronavirus surrveillance would mean giving up "our rights, our ideals"; Spain conducting clinical trial to prevent spread of coronavirusl France sees deadliest day, death toll now over 10,000; U.K. PM's condition improving, "sitting up" and engaging with medical team; W.H.O.: cases in Africa grow "exponentially" to 10,000 with potential for economical & social devastation; Pope: coronavirus could be a "response" from nature to climate changeTo 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.
0:04.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we begin this hour with a warning from the nation's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauchy.
0:12.0	He says this will be a quote bad week for deaths unquote and
0:17.5	moments ago the death toll in the United States of coronavirus as compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpassed 14,000 deaths.
0:25.7	It is specifically 14,262 to give you an idea of how quickly this is spreading and
0:31.8	killing this time last week at the beginning of April
0:34.4	the death toll from coronavirus was about a third of that 4500 and death
0:39.6	health experts say that that number is likely an undercount because of the lag in
0:44.6	test production and how much the system is currently overwhelmed. And today
0:50.0	yet another grim milestone coronavirus has now killed more people so far in the
0:54.9	United States in just six weeks than the H1N1 pandemic killed in all of
1:00.5	2009. Dr. Fauchy calling this week quote sobering as Dr. Deborah
1:06.2	Burks of the White House Coronovirus Task Force explains there is new concern
1:10.6	that Washington DC and Baltimore and Philadelphia may be emerging
1:17.0	hotspots in the United States nationwide there is growing evidence that the social and
1:22.2	physical distancing and stay-at-home measures are in fact
1:25.8	helping to alleviate the devastation in the United States nationally.
1:30.1	New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying that his state is beginning to see some results and it is starting to flatten the curve.
1:37.0	The revised projection by the University of Washington of the National Death Toll now down to 60,000 anticipated deaths by August.
1:46.4	That's assuming the measures in place continue as they are.
1:49.9	It's a reduction of about 20,000 deaths from the previous projection and a significant reduction
1:56.1	from previous ones that had it up to 240,000.
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