Remdesivir authorized for emergency use by FDA; In first briefing, new WH Press Secy vows to "never lie"; U.S. makes big bet on vaccine company with unproven technology; Biden denies aide's claim he sexually assaulted her in 1993: "It's not true... This n

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

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Gilead gets FDA approval for remdesivir to treat Covid-19; Top disease expert says 60-70% of U.S. will be infected and virus could be around for at least two years; Remdesivir authorized for emergency use by FDA; In first briefing, new WH Press Secy vows to "never lie"; WH: Trump deciding how to handle China's "slow-walking" of virus; Trump says he's seen proof virus started in a Chinese lab, contradicting his own intelligence officials; Soon: Trump leaves White House for weekend at Camp David; U.S. makes big bet on vaccine company with unproven technology; U.S. paid $483 million to firm to make a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to bring a single product to market; Fauci: Shooting for a vaccine in January, but "can't guarantee"; Tyson, Smithfield to reopen two pork plants with limited production after Trump declares meat supply "critical"; Some stores limit meat purchases amid breaks in supply chain; Interpol warns of drug dealers disguising as food deliveries to sell during lockdown; Thousands line up for food at South African food bank; Remembering 28-year-old Valentina Blackhorse; Biden denies aide's claim he sexually assaulted her in 1993: "It's not true... This never happened";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.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:07.0	We began the show one month ago on April 1st with 4,561 deaths from coronavirus in the United States.
0:14.9	Now today, on May 1st, the death toll,
0:17.3	right now tops 64,203, just a stunning and tragic number. Moments ago, the Trump administration announced emergency authorization for Remdesivere.
0:28.0	That's a medication that early trials have shown help treat coronavirus, treating it, shortening the recovery time for patients.
0:34.9	We'll have more on that with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a second.
0:38.4	But first, the other big news on the health front is a team of leading pandemic experts predicting today that barring
0:44.0	the discovery of a vaccine the devastation in the United States is not ending anytime
0:48.5	soon detailing in a new report that coronavirus is likely to continue spreading for at least
0:53.9	another 18 months to two years until about 70% of the US population has been
1:00.0	infected. 70% The experts recommending the U.S. prepare for a worst-case
1:06.6	scenario that includes a second big wave of infections this fall and winter and even in
1:12.3	their best-case scenario more people in this
1:14.7	country will continue to die of coronavirus. Now I spoke with Michael
1:19.5	Osterholm, he's one of the authors of this new study and he told me this is what's going to happen
1:24.2	unless a there's a vaccine or B unless the Trump administration begins what we've
1:30.3	been discussing now for weeks an intense program of testing hundreds of millions of Americans
1:36.7	repeatedly and then contact tracing and isolating
1:40.9	those infected. But there has been little indication that the Trump
1:44.4	administration is attempting anything remotely like that. A stark
1:49.6	warning as today marks more states reopening non-essential businesses, Dr Anthony Fauchy telling
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