U.S. Is Open For Business As COVID Cases, Deaths Drop To Lowest Levels Since Last Summer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.6 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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With Memorial Day weekend approaching, sporting events around the country are preparing for large holiday crowds. New information on researcher's illness fuels debate on pandemic origins. U.S. intelligence found several researchers at Wuhan laboratory were hospitalized in November 2019. GOP leaders remain silent after Rep. Taylor-Greene's compared House mask mandate to the Holocaust. Jewish man assaulted in Times Square says he was attacked on his way to a rally, wants to sit down with lawmakers. NY Governor asks state police to increase patrols at synagogues, schools, and Jewish community facilities. 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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1:13.1	Americans are crowding into sports arenas, restaurants,
1:16.8	and other places as the nation is mostly,
1:19.6	mostly open for business with COVID-19 cases and deaths falling dramatically.
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