U.S. coronavirus cases top 305,000; death toll passes 8,200, Trump: captain's letter warning of ship outbreak "not appropriate", Trump continues to tout use of unproven drug

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Trump accuses governors of playing political games with ventilators, NY governor: state could hit apex of new cases in next 7 days, Cuomo: not looking to spend a penny we didn't have to spend, NY mayor: we could have 5,000 people on ventilators next week, NY mayor calls for "national enlistment of medical personnel", NYC mayor: we may need 45,000 doctors to get through this crisis, NYC mayor: we need to add 60,000 hospital beds in next month, Dr. Birx: "This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store", Grocery rush leaves many shelves bare for low-income families, Thousands of doctors respond to Italy's call for help, Pregnant girlfriend of UK PM says she has coronavirus symptomsTo 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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1:17.5	The worldwide spread of coronavirus surges ahead,
1:20.9	as you can see by the staggering numbers of the right side of the screen.
1:24.8	Global cases now top 1.1 million with the death toll now over 64,000.
1:31.6	Here in the United States total coronavirus cases have eclipsed 300,000 with more than 8,000 deaths
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