Trump to unveil new guidelines today to reopen country; Cases in the U.S. climb above 600,000; deaths eclipse 31,000; FDA authorizes fourth antibody test for emergency use; U.S. Intelligence explores origins of coronavirus in China; $349B in small busines

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Source: Trump tells governors "you will call the shots" when it comes to reopening states; Source: Trump tells governors May 1 goal was a "negotiation" with doctors Birx, Fauci; Sources: On call with Senators, Trump pushes back on demand for more testing before states reopen; NY, LA, DC extend stay-at-home orders until at least May 15; At least 70 types of antibody tests being sold without FDA approval; U.S. explores possibility virus spread from Chinese lab, not a market; China denies suppressing info about coronavirus despite widespread criticism for lack of transparency; 5.2M people filed for first-time unemployment benefits in one week, 22M filed in one month; Stimulus package offers tax break to America's wealthy; Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner traveled from DC to NJ despite federal guidelines to avoid travel; Singapore reports largest daily increase in cases, most from cluster of foreign-born workers in dorms; Pollution down 50% in some European cities; U.K. extends stay-at-home orders until at least May 7;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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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper in Washington.
0:07.1	Right now there are more than 650,000, 650,000 confirmed coronavirus cases here in the United States, nearly 31,000 people in the
0:17.8	U.S. have lost their lives.
0:19.2	That's double the death toll from just one week ago.
0:22.0	Worldwide, more than 2.1 million have been infected
0:25.6	with the global death toll now topping 140,000. We're told President Trump
0:30.3	will deliver new guidelines for states to begin to open up their societies
0:35.2	and their economies and potentially e-social and physical distancing restrictions.
0:39.7	We have some brand new reporting moments ago, President Trump in a phone conversation
0:43.7	with governors said that they the governors will call the shots according to
0:47.5	a person familiar with the call. The president also said that the May 1st date to
0:51.5	reopen came in consultation with Dr.
0:53.9	Fauchy and Dr. Burks of his coronavirus task force. Dr. Deborah Burks
0:58.1	says that at least nine states, Nebraska, Maine, Vermont, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming, and West
1:06.7	Virginia currently have fewer than a thousand cases each and could begin reopening. Of course these are among the least
1:15.3	populated states in the US though top health officials, business leaders and some
1:19.6	governors are warning President Trump that testing capacity is nowhere close to where it needs to be
1:24.6	to safely and securely to begin to send Americans back to work, school, and society on a much
1:31.1	larger scale.
1:32.1	Let's go straight to CNN's Caitlin Collins at the White House and Caitlin
1:35.6	President Trump also just told governors that his May 1st goal was a negotiation
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