United States hots single-day record for reported deaths: 785+; Deaths in Detroit surge as city braces for more cases; Top Health official: "very focused" on antibody testing to determine who has already recovered from the virus;

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump warns of a "very, very painful two weeks" ahead; President Trump: "I want every American to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead; United States hots single-day record for reported deaths: 785+, nearly 80 percent of Americans under stay-at-home orders; White House cities model showing United States daily deaths will peak in 14 days; Dr. Fauci: Americans should be prepared for 100,000 deaths; White House extends social distancing guidelines until April 30; At least five states reporting more than 1,000 new cases today; Detroit becomes a coronavirus hotspot, police chief has virus; More than 500 Detroit police officers under quarantine, city's police chief recovering from coronavirus; Company begins antibody testing in Colorado, could allow for fewer restrictions nationwide; Colorado County testing all residents for coronavirus antibodies; Top health official: signs that social distancing is helping to flatten the curve in New York; Pentagon still waiting for info on where to ship 2,000 ventilators; CNN goes inside Seattle ICU treating coronavirus patients, DOC: greatest risk for workers is removing contaminated gear; Five members of one family diagnosed with coronavirus, mom still in hospital; New Yorkers cheer on frontline workers battling the virus;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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0:30.1	You have been listening to President Trump and his Corona Task Force briefing with, of course, Dr. Fauci, Dr.
0:36.6	Berks, with him and Vice President Pence.
0:39.4	Good evening. They were giving the latest update that they have in terms of the coronavirus
0:43.8	pandemic in the United States. President Trump, warning of a very, very painful two weeks
0:48.7	ahead, at one point saying it's going to be hell, referring to it as a war zone, saying that
0:53.5	the roughest weeks will be ahead, saying that it was going to be over the referring to it as a war zone, saying that the roughest weeks will be
0:54.5	ahead, saying that it was going to be over the next two to possibly three weeks. And this comes
0:58.9	on a day that the United States reports more than 785 deaths related to coronavirus, which is
1:04.1	the most deaths in one day in the United States since the start of the outbreak. And I want to talk
1:09.8	about all of this from the briefing.
1:11.4	Obviously, this was an extensive briefing with a lot of questions and answers.
1:14.8	Out front now, Caitlin Collins, John King, Daniel Dale, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta to begin our coverage.
1:21.2	John King, the president welcoming question after question after question during all of this. He obviously wanted to be out
1:30.4	there, and it was a very sobering analysis presented by the chief doctors.
1:35.9	Incredibly sobering analysis. That's the headline on the substance here, and also a very
1:39.7	different briefing, especially at the top when it came to style, the president deferring to
1:43.3	the experts right out of the box and then coming back and taking questions. And then at the end, we also,
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