President Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidance Through April

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🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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President Trump is now asking Americans to stay at home through April, with some hints that the social distancing measures could last even longer. Even with the aggressive measures in place, the White House says 100,000 Americans could die from the outbreak. This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and science correspondent Richard Harris.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alex.
0:01.2	And this is Margaret.
0:02.2	And we're coming to you from San Francisco.
0:04.3	We got married two weeks ago, and we're very diligent on our honeymoon to not look at our phones
0:08.7	or to read the news.
0:09.9	Needless to say, we have a lot of catching up to do.
0:12.5	This podcast was recorded at 2.11 pm on Monday, March 30th.
0:17.5	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:20.0	Things have definitely changed in the past two weeks.
0:22.4	Alex and I will be enjoying newlywed life sheltered in place at our apartment.
0:26.2	Okay, here's the show.
0:31.5	I hope they honeymoon somewhere safe.
0:33.6	They picked a really weird time to stay out of the news.
0:37.3	But on the plus side, their wedding wasn't canceled.
0:40.0	Well, that is very true.
0:41.9	Congrats to the newlyweds.
0:43.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:45.7	I'm Susan Davis.
0:46.5	I cover Congress.
0:47.6	I'm Tamra Keith.
0:48.4	I cover The White House.
0:49.7	And we're joined today by Richard Harris,
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