Trump insists he'll open churches, has no authority to do so; Jersey shore towns put restrictions in place for holiday weekend; Zuckerberg: Half of Facebook employees could work remotely in 5-10 years; Brazil cases surpass 300,000, deadliest day on record;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
CDC recommends places of faith provide soap & hand sanitizer, intensify cleaning, limit use of shared items; New study: Drug touted & taken by Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients; COVID-19 vaccine study finds early success, neutralizing antibodies in first published human trial results; Data shows coronavirus cases rising in at least 17 states; CDC estimates 35% coronavirus patients don't have symptoms; Seaside Heights, NJ will allow groups up to 10 people on beaches, but no swimming or pets allowed; Big tech including Facebook, Twitter embrace working remotely as possible new normal; Mexico cases near 60,000, highest daily increase; As cases surge, a look inside one of Brazil's poorest neighborhoods;
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:02.0 | C.N. breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Dana Bash in for Jake Tapper today. |
| 0:08.0 | This afternoon, President Trump is declaring all houses of worship is central, |
| 0:12.0 | claiming he will override governors to allow |
| 0:14.8 | churches and places of worship to open. Some governors have deemed liquor stores and |
| 0:21.1 | abortion clinics as essential, but have left our churches and |
| 0:25.2 | other houses of worship. |
| 0:26.7 | I call upon governors to allow our churches and places of worship to open right now. But White House Press Secretary Cayley McInaney was unable to |
| 0:36.4 | clarify what authority the president actually has to override governors on |
| 0:41.1 | this perhaps because that authority doesn't appear to exist. |
| 0:45.0 | Let's get straight to the CNN White House correspondent Jeremy Diamond. |
| 0:48.0 | So Jeremy, instead of answering the question, very important questions, |
| 0:52.0 | the press secretary deflected by suggesting reporters want houses of |
| 0:56.4 | worship to stay closed and good for Jeff Mason of Reuters for pushing back on |
| 1:01.2 | that I know a lot of reporters, myself included, would like to |
| 1:03.7 | go back if it's safe. So what exactly happened in there? |
| 1:07.0 | That's right, Dana. Well, if there was any question about why the president is doing this it became very |
| 1:13.4 | clear in the White House press secretary's condescending comment there about |
| 1:17.1 | reporters and faith. The White House and the president are viewing this through a very |
| 1:20.9 | political lens. This is the lens of the culture wars that |
| 1:23.7 | so frequently animates the president's base. And this is the president's |
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