Special Edition: W.H.O. says coronavirus pandemic is accelerating; Senate again fails to advance coronavirus aid bill; Scientist identify 69 drugs that could treat coronavirus; Trump suggests containment measures may be too extreme

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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U.S. confirmed cases up 10x in one week; Surgeon general: "this week is going to be bad; NYC mayor says hospitals facing major crisis; U.S. surgeon general examining high number of coronavirus cases among young Americans; Sen Dems try to force Trump's hand on producing medical supplies; Stocks tumble despite emergency action by federal reserve; St. Louis fed chair warns unemployment may soar to 30%; GE, Ford, Zillow among companies cutting back as more Americans urged to stay home; Maryland gov. orders nonessential businesses to close; Trump rejects call to enforce defense production act; Amazon adding 100,00 jobs, raising hourly wages for workers; Bezos: things will only "get worse before they get better"; Amazon vows to protect & care for employees with virus; UK prime minster addresses coronavirus crisis; British PM Johnson tells citizens "you must stay at home"; British PM bans public gatherings, closes non-essential businesses;W.H.O's coronavirus treatment trial to enroll first patients this week;Man in France runs full marathon on his balcony; Japan starts to prepare to postpone Olympics; Canada, Australia won't send athletes to Olympics in July; Japanese PM Abe suggests games might have to be delayedTo 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.
0:06.0	Today, the World Health Organization issued a stark warning.
0:09.0	The coronavirus pandemic is not only continuing to spread it is accelerating and every day in
0:16.2	the United States the numbers get even more staggering right now we know of more
0:20.0	than 41,000 confirmed cases in the United States that is up more than 10 times from the 4,000
0:27.4	cases just one week ago today.
0:29.1	Look at that trajectory.
0:30.4	The death toll in the United States also exploding and at this hour we've passed a grim milestone
0:35.7	We are now up to 501 deaths passing 500 just in the last few minutes this time time one week ago, the death toll was 70. Now it's 501.
0:47.3	The U.S. Surgeon General today is saying this week, it's going to get bad.
0:50.7	Quote, we really, really need everyone to stay home, the Surgeon General, pleading
0:55.6	with Americans.
0:56.6	About a third of Americans are under some version of a stay-at-home order right now put in place
1:01.3	by state or local governments here in Washington
1:03.6	DC in the last hour. The Senate just failed a second time to clear a key
1:08.2	procedural vote as Democrats and Republicans remain in a standoff over a
1:12.4	nearly two trillion dollar stimulus
1:14.4	package to help American workers and businesses with the economic pain caused by this pandemic.
1:20.1	Senate Democrats voting almost in lockstep at this hour against proceeding on
1:25.0	debate over the package. In New York today, Governor Andrew Cuomo ordering all
1:29.5	hospitals to increase their capacity by at least 50%.
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