Pence: "Having conversations" about winding down task force; States relax restrictions as models project many more deaths; Health experts question Trump's optimistic vaccine timeline; Mixed messages on origin of Covid-19; Three doctors mysteriously fall o

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump says Dr. Fauci can testify before Republican-led Senate panel, but not Dem-led House because it's a "set up"; Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignored; WaPo: Kushner shadow task force hampered by inexperienced volunteers; Florida preparing for pandemic to collide with hurricane season; Cuomo: The faster we reopen, the more lives will be lost; 15 kids hospitalized in NY with condition possibly tied to Covid-19; Wendy's: Beef shortage affecting hamburger availability; Texas Gov allows hair & nail salons, barber shops to reopen Friday; 108 potential Covid-19 vaccines in the works worldwide; Pfizer, Biontech test experimental vaccine in first U.S. patients; DNI nominee says he has not seen intel showing virus originated in lab after Pompeo claimed to have "enormous evidence"; Fauci says virus "evolved in nature," Pompeo claims "enormous evidence" it originated in lab; Ugly, sometimes criminal acts over efforts to protect public; Security guard killed over face mask dispute, park ranger pushed in lake after he tried to disperse crowd; Strict rule followers shame violators who risk public health; NYT: Three NY hospital workers among coronavirus victims;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.
0:06.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:08.0	At this hour, the death toll in the United States from coronavirus, a stunning 70,272.
0:15.0	This time last month, the death toll was not even 10,000, 9,267.
0:20.6	Yet despite this huge spike and projections of 134,000 deaths this summer by the
0:26.8	academic modelers the White House has cited in the past Vice President Pence
0:31.2	now confirming that there are conversations going on about the White House coronavirus task force phasing out around Memorial Day, either at the end of May or early June.
0:41.0	Pence telling this to reporters in a briefing that CNN was not invited to, a source telling
0:46.1	me that key medical experts will continue to advise President Trump even after the
0:51.0	coronavirus task force folds.
0:53.7	A separate knowledgeable source, sources really,
0:56.0	tell me that this news of the task force
0:58.0	closing down was not shared with the actual task force
1:02.1	when it met earlier today.
1:04.0	In fact some members learned about the decision through journalists
1:08.0	not from the White House.
1:10.0	The White House appears to be entering a period right now of hoping that everything will go back to
1:15.4	semi-normal despite the fact that the death toll and infection rates continue to
1:19.5	grow the president also seems determined to fight oversight of how his administration is handling it all.
1:26.0	Earlier today, president Trump said he will only allow key task force member Dr. Anthony
1:30.8	Fauchy to testify before the Republican controlled Senate, but not
1:37.0	the Democrat controlled House.
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