Trump: "Totally disagree" with Fauci on reopening schools; Bright: Email warning U.S. in "deep sh*t" was unforgettable; 36.5 million have filed for unemployment since mid-March; Robots, satellites & science: The tech fight against coronavirus;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Bright: "Window of opportunity is closing" to address pandemic; Bright: My warnings caused commotion in the Trump admin; Pres Trump calls ousted vaccine chief disgruntled employee; Georgia, Colorado cases decline even after business openings; Some L.A. beaches reopen this week, NJ beaches open by Memorial Day, Grand Canyon allows some access Friday, Yellowstone on Monday; New cases decline in 24 states in past week, 9 states see increase, 17 states remain steady; WI Gov on shelter-at-home order overturned: "It's the wild west"; Trump: "We have to open our schools"; Doctors in 17 states look into COVID-linked illness in kids; Parts of Universal Orlando's citywalk reopen today; CDC guidelines shelved by Trump Administration spell out stricter road map to reopening; Trump publicly criticizes Dr. Fauci, says his warnings about reopening too soon are not "acceptable"; Studies show coronavirus not just a respiratory virus but also affects heart, kidneys, brain and other organs; Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort set to partially reopen; Georgia ranks among highest for weekly unemployment claims despite some businesses allowed to reopen; Sen. Burr steps down as Intel Chair during stock investigation; Sens. Loeffler, Feinstein scrutinized over stock trades; Is the Russian government underreporting coronavirus deaths?; Robots on social distancing patrol, satellites record human movement, phone apps trace contacts;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 with more than 85,000 American deaths from
0:10.0	coronavirus and the death projection for the next two and a half months being
0:13.4	revised to almost 150,000. The US House of Representatives was told today
0:18.5	time is running out, there is no national plan and the Trump administration missed the early warning signs of the
0:25.9	deadly pandemic.
0:27.5	That was the message today from Rick Bright until recently the head of the office at the
0:31.5	Department of Health and Human Services
0:33.4	developing measures to fight infectious diseases such as coronavirus.
0:38.4	Delivering damning testimony before Congress today giving a dire warning about the pandemic and the
0:43.9	Trump administration's continued lack of preparedness in his view.
0:48.2	Bright saying officials were dismissive of his warnings back in January that the U.S. did not have enough
0:54.0	personal protective equipment.
0:57.0	I was met with indifference saying they were either too busy, they didn't have a plan, they didn't know who was
1:05.8	responsible for procuring those. In some cases they had a sick child and would get back
1:12.2	to it later in the week.
1:14.4	A number of excuses, but never any action.
1:18.2	Right going on to describe an email from an N95 mask supplier in January, calling it a moment
1:27.9	he will never forget.
1:28.9	And he said, we're in deep shit. The world is, and we need to act.
1:37.0	Right says he got no response after pushing that to the highest levels of the Department of Health and Human Services
1:44.8	and it was at that moment, he said, that he knew there would be a crisis, saying the Trump administration
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