Trump retreats, acknowledges governors will have the authority to open their states when ready; United States coronavirus cases top 600,000, deaths surpass 25,000; Trump touts unproven treatment at meeting with virus survivors;

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Global coronavirus cases near two million, deaths top 125,000; Trump says he will encourage some states to open before May 1st, despite current CDC guidelines; Trump promises states will get whatever they need from federal government, including tests; Trump blames World Health Organization for lack of info, even though United States intel warned of potential virus; Trump previously thanked China for its help, but now blames World Health Organization for its support of China; Scientists: United States may have to endure some distancing until 2022; Governor Newsom says California has "bent the curve", reveals six-point plan to reopen the state; California warns of new normal: Face coverings will be "common," possible temperature checks at restaurants, no mass gatherings; Chloroquine study in Brazil halted after 11 patients die; Trump touts drug despite warnings from some medical experts; Washington Post: State department warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab; A nurse who contracted the coronavirus and spent a week on a ventilator describes his difficult recovery; Coronavirus patient still struggling 10 days after leaving the hospital, spent a week on a ventilator; Blessings in disguise; Putting a name and a face to a... mask;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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0:29.8	Thank you all very much. Thank you. All right. And that was President Trump there and members of
0:35.7	the Corona Task Force giving the latest update on the pandemic.
0:39.1	The president retreating from his position that he alone has total authority to tell the states what to do.
0:43.8	Tonight, he says he is now authorizing each governor to reopen their state when they're ready.
0:48.4	Of course, they already had that power.
0:50.5	This news comes as the death toll from coronavirus in the United States now tops 25,000 in a moment ago.
0:56.3	We now know of more than 600,000 known infections in the United States.
1:00.7	The number of cases across the globe, again, known infections now at 2 million.
1:06.2	Out front now the Democratic Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker.
1:09.1	Governor, a lot of that press conference was about you and your fellow governors.
1:13.0	The president now says he's going to speak with you and your colleagues across the country
1:17.8	and that he's going to let you decide when you're ready to reopen your state.
1:21.9	Obviously yesterday, he said he had the total authority to do that, that he would be making the decision.
1:26.8	So what's your reaction?
1:28.5	Did he cave on this? Well, it's a good thing that the president finally recognized that
1:35.1	it's the constitution that authorizes the governors to have the power to reopen their states.
1:40.1	And so I appreciate that. I think Governor Cuomo had it right when he said that, you know,
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