Source: WH expected to unveil new details on reopening with a focus on testing & rate of decline in cases; New model suggests U.S. hit virus peak two days ago; Governors, health experts say more testing needed in U.S.; Could the oral polio vaccine help in

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Pres Trump says governors need to do more on testing; attacks Obama & Biden in twitter tirade; NY Gov asks Trump Admin to help with testing: "This is Mayhem"; Cuomo says Trump should stop watching TV and do his job after Trump attacks Cuomo on Twitter for complaining; Trump lashes out at states in battle over reopening country; Trump seemingly encourages protests against three Democratic governors over coronavirus restrictions; Govs in Florida, Vermont, Michigan look to ease restrictions after Trump unveils new guidelines; Dem Senators "lose it" on Pence during coronavirus call on testing; New model advises VT, WV, HI, MT may be able to relax some social distancing as early as May 4; Model advises IA, ND, SD, NE, UT, OK, AR may need to keep social distancing til June or July; Contact tracing part of WH reopening strategy; Health expert: Contact tracing critical for safe reopening, warns of resurgence in U.S. without it; Could the oral polio vaccine help in fight against Covid-19?; WA Gov. Inslee: Trump's "liberate" tweets "unhinged"; Congress locked in impasse over how to replenish small business loan program; Unemployment overwhelms states: FL adds call center staff, VT Gov. authorizes direct payments due to backlog; U.K. announces task force to accelerate vaccine development; Denmark continues to ease restrictions, allows courts, some small businesses to reopen; French Pres Macron: Providing financial solidarity will be EU's "moment of truth"; China revises total coronavirus death toll in Wuhan, increases by 50%; Children in Spain have not been allowed to leave house in five weeks; Actor Robert De Niro shares message for NY; Robert De Niro's message to hospital workers in New York;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
0:02.0	CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper in Washington.
0:08.0	Right now, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States is approaching 679,000.
0:16.0	The death toll has more than doubled in the last week in the U.S. to more than 34,000 in part. That's because probable coronavirus deaths are now included in some
0:26.7	state totals. Across the globe, more than 2.2 million people have contracted the virus
0:32.0	with nearly 151,000 dead. Today
0:35.9	governors in a few states are announcing they are taking small steps for it's
0:39.6	beginning to reopen their societies and their economies and we have some brand new
0:44.6	models just into CNN that suggests some states might be able to relax some
0:49.3	restrictions as soon as may fourth though other states may need to wait until June or July.
0:55.8	We'll discuss that more with Dr. Sanjay Gupta coming up.
0:59.6	We are also getting brand new details from a disastrous call with Vice President Pence where Senate
1:04.9	Democrats pressed him on testing. Democratic sources say there were no clear answers.
1:11.1	Multiple governors from both parties say they still do not have the necessary
1:15.1	supplies to conduct as much testing as they need or equipment and they're in desperate need of
1:20.9	more federal help. But today President Trump tweeted, the states need to
1:25.0	to step up their testing.
1:27.0	The buck stops there, suggests President Trump.
1:30.3	The president also lashed out at many familiar targets ranging from Democratic congressional leaders to President Obama and Vice President Biden.
1:37.8	And the day after he told the nation's governors directly that they would call their own shots and that they were
1:44.4	all very capable people. The president today tweeting that states run by
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