Trump refuses to take questions after he dangerously floats using disinfectant as a Coronavirus treatment, Georgia reopens salons, gyms, bowling alleys, tattoo parlors as the state death toll rises, FDA chief on defensive as congress slams agency for allo

Erin Burnett OutFront

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Trump falsely claims he was being "sarcastic" when he talked about injecting disinfectant to kill Coronavirus, LA county health director on Trump's disinfectant comment: "people die from ingesting some of these products", LA County health director: if Trump was being sarcastic about using disinfectant, "it doesn't really matter", Dr. Birx absent from White House briefing as her reaction to Trump's comment about using disinfectant as a treatment goes viral, some states begin to reopen despite warnings and a rising U.S. death toll that has already topped 51,000, congressman fears people are buying "faulty" antibody tests that could lead to "dangerous life decisions", house subcommittee report: lack of FDA enforcement allowed antibody testing manufacturers to make fraudulent claims, Oxford has started human trials of its coronavirus vaccine, Biden thinks Trump will try to delay the presidential electionTo 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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0:31.4	And thanks to you, Wolf. Outfront next, Trump refusing to answer questions tonight after the CDC,
0:38.6	state governments and even Lysol have taken the extraordinary step of telling Americans not to take the president's advice
0:43.9	when it comes to injecting disinfectants. Plus, the state of Georgia opens up for business today.
0:49.1	We'll talk to two business owners who have taken two very different approaches there and a vaccine
0:53.7	that scientists claim
0:55.0	could be ready by fall. Now is being tested on humans. So how are patients responding? One of the
1:01.7	lead researchers is my guest this Friday. Let's go out front. And good evening. I'm Erin Burnett.
1:08.3	Outfront tonight. President Trump refusing to answer questions tonight at the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, a briefing where his two top medical experts were absent. No sign of doctors Anthony Fauci or Deborah Birx tonight. And it was the shortest task force briefing yet. The reason likely the blowback that President Trump is getting for his
1:28.7	shockingly irresponsible comments suggesting a person could try to inject a disinfectant to
1:34.4	kill coronavirus. Comments which force, the CDC, multiple states and major cities to warn
1:39.7	Americans not to listen to President Trump's medical suggestions. There are comments that President Trump attempted to walk back earlier today.
1:48.1	I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen.
1:54.8	But it was not said in sarcasm, and he wasn't asking reporters anything.
1:58.9	He was asking his team to look into it.
2:00.8	So let's just play. Here is what President Trump originally said. and he wasn't asking reporters anything. He was asking his team to look into it.
2:04.7	So let's just play. Here is what President Trump originally said.
2:14.0	Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light.
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