Surgeon General warns of new U.S. "hot spots"; Trump to sign $2 trillion stimulus bill, largest of its kind; New York nurse dies from coronavirus complications; U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus;

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

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U.S. leads the world with most reported cases; At least 265 reported coronavirus deaths in U.S. today, highest single-day death toll; NY Gov: The rate of patients getting hospitalized is slowing; Dr. Fauci calls Trump's Easter deadline "aspirational"; NY Gov: Looking at possible apex in 21 days; New Jersey testifying sites open for first responders; U.S. Navy ship arrives in L.A. to help provide hospital relief; Letter from Michigan hospital system details who gets life-saving care in "worst-case scenario"; Leaked hospital letter details who gets beds, ventilators if equipment runs short; NY Gov. Cuomo: Trump "incorrect and grossly uninformed" about ventilators in storage; Source: WH rethinking GM ventilator deal over timeline, price tag as Trump attacks the auto giant; Agency warns U.S. credit rating may be downgraded due to rising debt; Top Walmart Exec on protecting workers & availability of supplies; Walmart vows to install sneeze guards & protect customers; Letter from Michigan hospital system details who gets life-saving care in "worst-case scenario"; Coronavirus cases triple in L.A. over 6 days; No Democrats invited to WH coronavirus bill signing ceremony; Trump invokes Defense Production Act, ordering GM to make ventilators; Mulvaney criticized coverage as "hoax" to bring down Trump; Italy has deadliest day on record, announces 969 more deaths; U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus; Surgeon General: New Orleans emerges as virus "hot spot"; New images show air pollution down across Europe; How flattening the curve can be applied to climate crisis; Ohio's confirmed cases top 1,100, at least 19 deaths in the state; Ohio's Republican Gov Mike Dewine speaks to CNN about virus; Trump attacks Govs for making requests for medical supplies;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.
0:04.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:06.0	Soon we expect President Trump to sign into law the $2 trillion stimulus package
0:12.0	to try to help ease some of the economic
0:13.9	pain of the coronavirus pandemic but we're going to begin this hour with the
0:17.1	pandemic itself which continues to spread and accelerate across the United States.
0:22.4	We started this month with one death in the United States. One. We began this week, Monday, with 501 reported deaths from coronavirus.
0:33.2	We are now at this hour, almost three times that.
0:35.5	The death toll today at this hour,
0:37.7	a devastating 1,451.
0:40.2	And just
0:42.5	record in the United States.
0:44.2	It is only 3 o'clock eastern, but we have already had more deaths reported today
0:48.7	than on any other day so far at least 265 deaths just so far today.
0:55.0	Also today, the United States Surgeon General is warning of potential new hot spots in the United
0:59.8	States.
1:00.8	Places such as Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans he predicts.
1:04.2	We'll soon see a surge like we've seen in other parts of the country,
1:08.5	including New York City, the hardest hit area so far in the country, makeshift Morgs now being constructed in the city for the first time since the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
1:18.8	Today the US Navy Hospital ship Mercy arrived at the port of Los Angeles to help local hospitals in LA
1:25.3	manage the influx of non-Corona virus patients so that the local health care
1:29.3	workers can focus on the pandemic as much as possible and while President Trump has suggested the nation he wants to get back to work by
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