Trump declares National emergency to combat coronavirus, Trump says he "most likely" will get tested after telling reporters he won't get test has no symptoms, Almost 2,000 known coronavirus cases in U.S. 41 deaths

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Trump says he won't take responsibility for testing delays, Trump: private sector to "vastly increase" testing capacity, Trump gives secretary Azar "broad, Trump claims private sector will provide 5 million coronavirus tests within a month, More schools, businesses closing as uncertainty grows, Boston Marathon postponed until September, Louisiana closes schools, postpones primary, bans gatherings of more than 250 people, state orders schools closed, Drive through testing begins in New Rochelle, 2,000+ known coronavirus cases in U.S., 47 deaths, Washington State closing schools through April 24, Trump gives Health Secretary Azar "broad new authorities" to fight coronavirus, Trump: private sector to "vastly increase" testing capacity, Soaring caseload raises fears of overstrained hospitals, Trump: we've ordered a large number of respirators to deal with coronavirus caseload in hospitals, Trump expects 5 million tests to be available within a month, Top doctor warns against air travel for pleasure, Doctors warn of long term lung damage in patients who recover from coronavirus, 250 deaths in one day in Italy, 17,000+ total cases in Italy, Global deaths top 5,000 with 136,000+ confirmed cases, Sports shutdown impacts hundreds of thousands of workersTo 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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0:40.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer in the situation room.
0:42.0	We're following breaking news.
0:43.3	President Trump just moments ago declaring a national emergency to fight the coronavirus
0:48.1	pandemic, freeing up billions of dollars to combat the outbreak. And he now says he most likely will get
0:54.8	tested for the virus after previously resisting the idea. The move comes as
1:00.3	the number of known cases in the United States approaches 2000 with 41 deaths
1:06.7	and as daily life is being upended with more schools and businesses temporarily
1:11.6	closing and millions of employees
1:13.8	being ordered to work from home. Let's go straight to the White House
1:17.4	right now. Our Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta is joining us. Jim,
1:20.6	Jim Acosta is joining us. Jim, the president was under growing pressure to take this action.
1:24.1	That's right, Wolf, he's been urged to do this for days now and the president decided to go
1:28.4	ahead and declare this national emergency and announce in the Rose Guard just a
1:32.0	short while ago that he will use
1:33.4	some of his executive authorities to pump some 50 billion dollars into the fight
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