W.H.O. reports highest number of new cases in 24-hour period; Trump defends pandemic response as new study finds 36,000 deaths may have been prevented by earlier action; 38.6 million Americans file for unemployment in nine weeks; Virginia Gov: I'm "hopeful" school will be open this fall; Latin America emerges as new coronavirus hotspot;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 21 May 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Trump tours Michigan plant after threatening to withhold funding from stave over mail-in-voting; Trump tours MI Ford plant as state's AG warns him to wear mask; Trump speaks after touring Ford plant producing PPE; Trump claims he wore mask during tour of MI Ford plant, but not wearing one on camera; Study: Kids have fewer coronavirus receptors in their noses; Virus spreading unevenly across America as deaths rise; Fear of repercussions force some small businesses to reconsider emergency loan program; Shifting penalty rules force some small businesses to opt out or return loans; New Virginia task force developing plans to reopen schools; House Dems demand Pompeo reinstate Inspector General he fired; Brazilian Govt authorizes use of Hydroxichloroquine as coronavirus treatment after surge in cases;
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump at the Ford plant in Ipsilany, Michigan. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, there are more than 5 million coronavirus cases worldwide |
| 0:11.0 | in the United States, with less than 5% of the world's population |
| 0:14.7 | has about a third of them as the World Health Organization is now reporting a new record |
| 0:19.6 | the most new cases recorded in a 24-hour period since the pandemic began. More than 100,000 new cases |
| 0:28.5 | worldwide. Four countries driving that increase, Russia, Brazil, India, and the United States. |
| 0:37.7 | The death toll in the United States is getting closer to 100,000. |
| 0:42.0 | Right now, it's 93,863. |
| 0:45.2 | This afternoon, as the president was leaving the White House |
| 0:48.8 | headed for Michigan, he defended his response to the pandemic. |
| 0:52.4 | As a new study suggests that 36,000 coronavirus |
| 0:58.3 | deaths in the US could have been prevented if social distancing and other measures had been enacted enacted just one week earlier. |
| 1:07.0 | President Trump saying he was early in his response and claiming that the Columbia University study is a quote |
| 1:16.4 | political hit job. Yet we should note the study does not mention President Trump at all. |
| 1:25.3 | He called it a political hit job. |
| 1:26.8 | It doesn't mention his name. |
| 1:27.8 | The study in fact also suggests that earlier action |
| 1:30.9 | would have been most effective in places such as New York City. |
| 1:34.9 | And the study could be seen as just as damning for Democratic leaders such as the mayor of |
| 1:39.5 | New York City Bill de Blasio or Governor Andrew Cuomo who began shutting down non-essential |
| 1:44.7 | businesses around March 15th. CNN's Caitlin Collins is live for us now at |
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