Trump melts down in angry response to reports he ignored virus warnings;Governors on east and west coasts band together by region to decide when to reopen states; Top official tries to clarify comment that earlier mitigation efforts would've saved lives

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump falsely claims media ignored coronavirus in January and February, go to CNN.com for full archive; Trump falsely claims "total authority" after governors band together to determine opening of economy; Angry Trump uses propaganda video, produced by government employees at taxpayers' expense; President Trump attacks media after series of reports he ignored warnings as virus spread; Trump says he's not firing Dr. Fauci: "He's a wonderful guy"; President Trump says he's not firing Dr. Fauci despite retweeting post with hashtag calling for his firing; Boston mayor: Reopening by May 1 "completely irresponsible"; Trump says he will make final decision on when to re-open; Growing concern about United States food supply due to coronavirus;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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0:29.9	Good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. That was President Trump, giving the latest update on the
0:34.4	pandemic. The president was very angry if you were watching that
0:38.0	over the past hour and a half or so trying to rewrite history regarding his response to coronavirus.
0:43.9	Coronavirus as of today has killed more than 23,000 Americans. I want to get straight to our
0:49.0	panel who has been standing by as we all have been watching this. John King, let me start with you. The president was extremely
0:56.8	angry and lashing out, frankly, multiple times at various reporters.
1:03.2	Aaron, the briefing was breathtaking from beginning to when we dropped out, and at times it
1:08.3	bordered on dangerous. The president began with a propaganda video.
1:12.6	He played it in the room that cherry-picked moments. This was a Trump is awesome video, a taxpayer
1:18.5	expense, played in the White House briefing room that left out all of the statements. Look,
1:21.9	the president has done some things right. We need context. We need nuances. We go through these
1:25.7	things. But the president bristles at the suggestion he's done anything wrong, like say there will not be a pandemic. Anyone who needs a test
1:31.6	can get a test. This is going to go away in April when it gets warm. I could go on. All that was
1:36.4	left out. We got a Trump-is-awson propaganda video. And then in the conversation about reopening,
1:41.4	this is where it gets dangerous. The President needs to read the Constitution of the United States of America, even in a national emergency. The president's
1:48.4	power is not, as he said, total. He said the president's authority is total. The president
1:54.5	calls the shots. The president will tell the governors what to do, and he seemed to almost
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