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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 14 April 2020

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Dr. Fauci: U.S. is "not there yet" in regard to reopening; NY Gov Cuomo says he'd ignore Trump's order to reopen economy if it endangered public health; Cuomo: Pres Trump "spoiling for a fight" over authority;States in Northeast, West Coast coordinating reopening of the economy separate from WH; Massive job losses continue despite flattening of curve; Harvard Scientists: U.S. may need social distancing until 2022; Creator of influential model says U.S. can potentially stop transmission this summer; FDA approves use of new saliva test for coronavirus; Trump taunts govs who challenged his "total authority" claim;Philadelphia confirms 7,130 coronavirus cases, 206 deaths;Philadelphia Mayor sends letter to Congress asking for more aid; Small business owner: "Crickets" since applying for stimulus loan; SBA: $240B in small business loans approved, $350B available; IRS deposits first wave of stimulus checks;Airlines balk at paying back some federal bailout money; Schools & stores start to reopen in some European countries; 30,000 non-essential workers return to work in Spain despite rising death toll; U.K. death toll surpasses 12,000, no plan to lift lockdown; Nicaragua's Pres has not been seen publicly since February 21; How school closures will impact millions of students, parents; Defense Secy: Decision to allow more troop movements will be "driven by science";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.
0:07.0	Right now, there are almost 600,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, minutes ago, the death toll in the United States
0:15.5	surpassed 25,000. It is now 25,239. The death's more than doubling from about 12,000 this time one week ago.
0:25.0	We are starting to see however some small encouraging signs about this pandemic.
0:31.0	The number of new hospitalizations in New York is trending down
0:34.8	that's good news the number of deaths reported each day in the United States
0:38.9	has also gone down in recent days last Friday there were more than 2,000 reported deaths just
0:44.4	on that day. The daily numbers have been lower since then though of course we will
0:49.1	have to see if that trend continues and as we begin to see these signs of perhaps, perhaps
0:56.5	parts of the US hitting the peak, there is a battle brewing about when the country
1:01.9	writ large and also individual parts of it can
1:04.1	responsibly begin to return to some semblance of normal without inviting a
1:09.2	stronger surge of coronavirus patients and fatalities after those steps are taken.
1:14.3	Today Dr. Anthony Fauchy reiterating what he said to me on Sunday telling the
1:17.6	Associated Press he thinks May 1st would be a bit quote overly optimistic for many areas of the country to begin to attempt to reopen
1:26.4	and that any return to business will have to be done on a rolling basis, though in
1:30.9	Fauchy's words, there has to be a plan and the US is quote
1:34.4	not there yet unquote President Trump yet yesterday claimed in a stunningly
1:40.2	frenzied briefing that he has total authority to decide when and how that
1:46.1	return to work will happen which is factually incorrect according to the US
1:50.4	Constitution he does not have that authority. The governor of New York
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