WH & Trump give conflicting messages on CDC visit; Thousands in limbo on cruise ship awaiting coronavirus results; Stocks drop again as coronavirus fears grow; Biden & Sanders ready for next Super Tuesday showdown;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Sources: Trump receiving conflicting info from outside friends; Trump: "Very few" cases in the U.S. compared to other countries; Sources: WH Officials worry top expert's statements on severity of the outbreak could anger Trump; Top Health Official: Millions of testing kits needed ASAP; Outbreak spreading to at least 21 states, 250+ infected; Thousands self-quarantine in CA, NY, & across U.S.; Health experts urge people over 60 to reconsider usual activities; Stocks close lower as Wall Street ends whirlwind week; Unemployment report strong but stock market continues to slide; Michigan emerges as next key battle for Biden, Sanders; Trump & Sanders attack Biden over Social Security, Medicare; Sanders plans Michigan blitz ahead of Tuesday's primary; Warren: "Why would I owe anybody an endorsement?"; President tours CDC amid coronavirus concerns; SXSW Festival canceled amid coronavirus concerns;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	Any moment we expect President Trump to visit the epicenter for tackling the
0:06.0	coronavirus outbreak in the United States. The lead starts right now.
0:09.1	President Trump about to get an update from experts as sources tell CNN he's also
0:14.2	getting conflicting information from friends which might explain why presidential
0:18.9	advisor Kelly and Conway today inaccurately claimed the outbreak is contained it is not contained an
0:26.3	urgent call for more coronavirus tests as the number of cases grows by the
0:30.8	hour when will they arrive. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta is getting answers. Plus the
0:36.2	battle begins Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders taking the Twitter and the airwaves hoping
0:40.4	their voting records change voters minds come Tuesday.
0:45.0	Any minute President Trump will tour the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
0:57.0	It's a visit that seemed like it might not happen. The White House initially said the trip had been canceled because President Trump did not
1:03.7	want to interfere with the important work of the CDC and then of course
1:08.2	President Trump contradicted his own White House and said the trip was squashed
1:11.6	because the CDC employee might have been
1:13.8	infected with the virus but the test came back negative so the visit was back
1:18.1	on. The mixed messages are a continuing theme for the Trump administration whose
1:22.4	political folks motivated
1:24.2	it seems entirely by the desire to project the image of the president on top of the
1:28.4	crisis the political folks keep falsely saying that the virus has been
1:32.4	contained it has not. As
1:35.0	CNN's Caitlin Collins reports, even as health officials acknowledge that the
1:38.1	virus is spreading, the death toll is rising, and the US does not have enough testing kids to get a
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