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This is cnn tonight im don lemon. 11 00 p. M. On the east coast the the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. There are more than 1. 3 million cases worldwide. And more than 74,000 deaths around the globe. Here at home there are now more than 368,000 confirmed cases in more than 10,000 deaths. In the u. S. In a Major International Development Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care unit in London Hospital after contracting coronavirus. His condition worsened this afternoon. As hospitals across the u. S. Plead with the federal government to provide more medical supplies, President Trump announcing a deal with three m. The company will provide additional 55 million n 95 masks every month for healthcare workers on the front lines. Joins me now white house correspondent. And resident fact checker. Tonight President Trump combative, threatening reporters. Denying the legitimacy of questions about his performance during this crisis. Alarming to say the least. It was alarming. And what we saw from the president was behavior in which he questioned the legitimacy of reporters asking questions. Questioned the legitimacy of the Inspector General at the health and Human Services to survey hospitals and report that cast the administration in a negative light. This was the way authoritarian leaders behave. They say you cant question me. Im the head of the state. In a democracy we have checks ask balances, reporters hold the government to account. Others in the government, congress or Inspector General within the executive branch hold the government to account. And the president showed refusal to accept the limits last friday. We talked about when he fired the Inspector General of the intelligence community. And when he went after john karl for asking about the health and Human Services Inspector General report, he raised a question about where how long has this person been in the job. The person put in her immediate job by President Trump had served in the government long before that. And he was the president was saying that the fact she had served under president obama disqualified her from holding him to account. That is not the way the government works, thats not the way democracy works. Same with Michael Atkinson a career official. There is expertise. There is a such a thing at proper role of government to hold the leader the president feet to fire and hes not accepting it under the pressure of this terrible situation in which the facts are not his friend. Not only arent you supposed to question me but youre supposed to praise me as well. It seems to be the attitude. Daniel, the president was very set off by the questions about this Inspector General report that detailed severe and widespread shortages of medical supplies. He says its wrong. What are the facts . Theres no basis to dismiss as just wrong. This report involves interviews with more than 300 hospital administrators from 40 states. It was conducted in late march. It found a widespread short and of critical supplies from ventilators to masks to thermometers and cleaning supplies. Others in the administration said its outdated. Things have changed significantly over a week. They can make argument. Were not certain whats going on today. He dismissed it because hes adjusted the shes out to get him. She began her career in 1999. Serving under bush, obama, clinton. And trump. So theres no basis for this suggesting that all the reports all the interviews are the product of political bias. Theres no question this country needs medical supplies. And equipment. Why is the president so reluctant to use the powers as his disposal so address the issue . Well, i think there a couple of things. One is the president continues to make reference under pressure from business and under pressure from free market within the white house to his support for federalism. I dont have the power to do that. We have a constitution. States are in charge. Of course hes not asked to order the states to do something. Hes asked to recommend. Its clear republican officials listen to him. Theres a second aspect of the two. The more control the administration takes, the more responsibility it has for the situation. And it is a bad situation. It is very difficult in new york and difficult in michigan. Louisiana. We have other rolling developing hot spots in other places. And if you ased president especially one seeking reelection this year, is presiding over this effort. People are dying and getting sick. Theres a will the of pain and blow back associated with that. He doesnt want that. Thank you, gentlemen. I appreciate it. I want to get the news out of london. Prime minister Boris Johnson hospitalized. Battling coronavirus. Johnson office saying the condition worsened this afternoon. Cnn is in london now. Thank you for joining us in this serious situation. Intensive care means putting on a ventilator. What can you tell us about the Prime Minister condition . Whats going on . Youre right. Two out of the three cases of people going into the icu with coronavirus end up with the person being put on a ventilator. Downing street let us know about six hours ago the Prime Minister was conscious when he went in. And he wasnt on a ventilator at that point. But needed to be in a location where if he needed that support, he would be able to get it. Whats really striking about this but not unusual in the context of the pandemic is how quickly the Prime Minister condition has deteriorated. Only on thursday evening he popped out in order to show support for the British National Health Service and clapped and was looking worse for wear and went back in. We had one or two messages from him on twitter. And then on sunday night he was taken into hospital for what was called routine tests be his doctors because he had symptoms that persisted for ten days. Fever and cough hasnt subsided. He remained in the hospital in Central London and was taken to intensive care late monday evening. It does seem to have come as quite a shock to the british government. Only at 5 00 p. M. Monday did the government say that johnson was still leading the country. And he was in good spirits and comfortable. With the update. Well continue to check in, thank you. I want to turn to dr. Michael the director of the center for Infectious Disease research and policy. Author of deadliest enemy, war against killer germs. Thank you for joining us. We appreciate your time and expertise. There are 367,000 cases of coronavirus in the u. S. And well over 10,000 deaths. Theres some glimmers of hope. Where are we in the fight against the virus . One of the things that has been really unfortunate is that we look at this as a sprint. This is a marathon. Remember in 1918 that pandemic lasted through the spring until spring of 1920. Same thing true with the flu pandemic. This is just the first inning. Its been unfortunate. We dont want to minimize how powerful and how deadly this first inning has been. Were in this for the long haul. We can have waves hit over the months ahead and we have to prepare. Thats what were not doing. The president keeps saying that were starting to see quote the light at the end of the tunnel. Is that optimism warranted . It is in a sense that if you understand Infectious Disease pandemics like this, they are not a one and out. People are approaching it like a hurricane. Once it makes land fall well get into trying to get all over it. If you look at these kind of events in the past they come and go. What happens is some areas will get hit now. Some will get hit later. More importantly many areas get hit multiple times. Some tried to make estimates. How many people have been infected in new york city. I would be surprised if it werent at least a million to 2 million people. Many milder illnesses are missed. That points out there are at least 80 of the residents in the new york city area that havent been infected yet. That will likely get infected over time. Look whats happening in china, singapore and korea. All the infections are coming back. Even with the very major efforts to suppress it. What we have to keep doing in the media needs to help with this, keep getting people to focus on yes, take steps now. To deal with this. You have to plan to be in this for months and months. Thats the reality. I want you to listen to dr. Fauci asked earlier about getting back to normal life. If back to normal means acting like there never was a coronavirus problem, i dont think thats going to happen until we have a situation where you can completely protect the population. If you want to get to precoronavirus, that might not ever happen in the sense of the fact the threat is there. I believe with the therapies that will be coming online and the fact i feel confident that over a period of time well get a good vaccine. We will never have to get back to where we are now. Is he right . Is the vaccine the only answer . It is. With one qualification. Theres two redeemers in the situation. One is good one is not. The vaccine is obviously the answer that will save many lives thats many months after. The other is getting infected and surviving and being immune. Or getting it and dying. We have to minimize the death and save them to get the vaccine. We cant shut down the world for 18 months. Over and over again you have heard me say this, we need a plan for how well thread that rope through the needle. So we dont let all the cases happen and flood our healthcare system. Bring them down and many people die. Or live in a world like the wuhan, china, event that isnt successful either. We have to craft the plan in between. Thats what we need now to get through the next 18 or how many months it is to get a vaccine. Youre right about staying at home. I went to the Grocery Store this weekend. I knew it was going to get worse the next two weeks. I leave to come to work and im seeing people out on the streets. The word needs to get out. The key is figure out when to put the pedal to the metal and when to take it off. Get through this without shutting down but not letting infections happen. Thank you. Appreciate your time. The number of confirmed cases of crisis in the United States soaring past 368,000. 10,000 deaths. Warning it will be a tough week for americans. Heres cnn reporter 250 beds at the meadowlands in new jersey. 2,500 each in chicago. And new york massive center. Covid19 patients began arriving over the weekend. Navy hospital ship comfort now accepting covid19 patients as well. The two facilities acting as relief valves for the states hospitals as new york death toll continues to rise. Though more slowly. None of this is good news, the flattening possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen. The cdc warning the country death toll could be higher because data is lagging by as much as two weeks. As new york city counsel man tweets the city may need to bury victims in parks. Morgues and trailers are reaching capacity. Thats not happening at the moment. The staff says it is part of a contingency plan. When caught the governor by surprise. I have heard a lot of wild rumors. I have not heard anything about the city burying people in parks. Around the country, communities adapting and bracing for what the Surgeon General cautions will be the hardest and saddest week yet. This will be our pearl harbor moment. Our 9 11 moment. Its not going to be localized it will be happening all over the country. In new orleans morgues are at capacity. Louisiana governor says it they could run out of the ventilators and beds by the end of the week. Officials in new york warn they may have less time and resources. The numbers were watching is number of hospital admissions. The numbers into the icu and on ventilators. Were not seeing a decrease in those numbers yet. Those are the numbers that are going to strain our healthcare system. Meantime a new government watchdog report finds quote severe widespread shortages of critical supply across the country. Adding to the strain. The report says those short annals are making it hard for hospitals to test and protect their staff. The government adding travel restrictions for Cruise Ship Passengers and crew arriving in the u. S. No longer allowed on commercial flights and subject to a mandatory 14 day quantity. Quarantine. A third passenger has died. In new jersey a mother and icu doctor is recovering from the virus anxious to hold the children she wasnt sure shed see again. She even made them a goodbye video. I wanted to tell my kids that they are the most important thing in the world to me. I love you and i want to be there. But i cant. Be amazing, be nice. And i just thats the most important thing. When you cant breathe, i think of my children and how to say goodbye. We should point out it isnt just new york patients who can now be treated on board the comfort. Patients from new jersey could go there as well. Governor murphy received a call from the white house today letting him know his request to send some patients there has been granted. Thank you. Now i want to update you on my friend and colleague brook baldwin. She said she announced she had a coronavirus last week. So i have been speaking not to her because shes resting, to her husband. And james is keeping me updated. Shes doing just fine and resting at home. They are checking vital signs. Everything appears to be okay right now. As normal as it can be under the circumstances. There she is with her pooch. Who we love. If you want to check on her go to instagram. Shes doing fine. And cant wait to get back on television and be healthy and happy. Shell be back soon. We are checking on her and sending love. She feels love. Get better, brook. President touting unproven treatment for the coronavirus. Wait until you hear who is giving him medical advice. Want to brain better . Unlike ordinary memory supplements neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try neuriva for 30 days and see the difference. I got this Mountain Bike for only 11. Dealdash. Com, the fair and honest bidding site. An ipad worth 505, was sold for less than 24; a playstation 4 for less than 16; and a schultz 4k television for less than 2. I won these bluetooth headphones for 20. I got these three suitcases for less than 40. And shipping is always free. Go to dealdash. Com right now and see how much you can save. We have new insight on the why the president is pushing an unproven treatment for coronavirus patients. Washington post is reporting fox host and two doctors regular guests on the show met with the president on friday. They pitched him on the benefits of the antimalaria drug. Experts say there isnt enough Clinical Data to show its effective for the coronavirus and has serious side effects. Joining me now cardiologist and director of the cardiac program at the George Washington university hospital. Thank you. So, brian, good evening. This drug is unproven as a treatment for coronavirus. It could show some promise. It could. If it works then that would be wonderful. Its a doctors who should decide this. This is not his media allies who should be deciding this. There are lots of antidotes. That might point the way forward. Theres not the kind of wealth of evidence that experts and doctors need to see. Dr. Fauci made that clear. The President Trump promoting this drug because hes hearing about it from his friend and allies on fox news. Tonight Washington Post report is quite disturbing because it shows that fox is a real pipeline for the president about medical advice. Ingram and two regulars on the show visited the white house last week to hype this drug. In the meantime, people like my wife who needs this drug. My wife has rheumatoid arthritis. She uses plaquenil a brand version of the drug to keep symptoms under control. People need this drug. They are worried about shortages because theres hype on fox about the drug. Let me ask you, im old enough to remember the aids epidemic. The start. The early part testing all kind of drugs and on and on. If this drug works, more power to it. But dont give people false hope. The information should be coming from the doctors. I dont think its a president s place to tout this drug. You dont want to poopoo a drug because its one among hundreds doesnt mean its the one. Or legitimate. What do you say to this . Yeah, i would say a resident during the early years of the aids crisis. It was a dark time. There were no therapeutics. And people were just dying every day. So i really understand on a very visceral level the yearning for a therapeutic. To help people. This drug has been around for a long time. And its been evaluated actually it was evaluated years ago for hiv. For something called dengue fever. And even though in high doses in test tubes for the viruss it did appear to have significant antiviral activity, when trialed in human beings, the drug was disappointing and in fact suggestion that in chicken fever it might be harmful. So we know that drugs where there are responses or even promising of bench top trials can fail when you study it actually in a human being. We need the data. Well get it. So, when the president says what do you have to lose . Whats your answer to that . We understand that among the effects is it can have an effect on the heart. Im a cardiologist and there is a specific lethal cardiac in a small number of people. In a definite proportion of people with a particular under lying cardiac ab normality. It can be fatal. Sudden. This is not a maybe it will help. It really cant hurt. This is a real drug with real toxicity. Its important whats important that people should, listen everyone what theyre saying what the people who are touting this drug its been around forever, and therefore they know its a good drug. Just because it works for one thing doesnt mean its not going to have a side effect for another treatment. Is that where youre going with this . Exactly. Heres the other thing, just because you know how to use it for Something Like arthritis. It doesnt mean we know how to use it for Something Like this virus. For instance do you start this in very mild symptomatic patients early . Or better to start once they get sicker. What dose do you use. How long do you use it . Who should you not use it in . Right . So there are all kinds of issues. This is what Clinical Trials help understand. How to use a drug like this safely. Your prior guest mentioned that this is really a marathon. We think were sprinting. This is a marathon. The prior pandemic came in three phases. The second wave was more lethal. We need all our weapons throughout this whole process. Lets figure out if this works and how best to use it. If it does, lets get it everywhere. If it doesnt, move onto something. Lets do it the right way. No one is saying this isnt the right drug. But lets do it the right way. Thank you both. I appreciate it. Well be right back. Roadtrip companion. Its kind of my quiet, alone time. Audible is a routine for me. Its like a fun night school for adults. I could easily be seduced into locking myself into a place where i do nothing but listen to books. I never was interested in historical fiction before, but im obsessed with it now. There are a lot of like, classic and big titles that i feel like i missed out since i dont have time to read, mean i might as well listen. If i want to catch up on the news or history or learn whats going on in the world, i can download a book and listen to it. 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The way one Administration Official working on this put it to me theres essentially trying to build the spaceship as theyre traveling to mars. And not sure what the blueprint is supposed to be. Put it in context. This is a 350 billion program that the Small Business administration guarantees banks are allowed to allocate loans to the Small Businesses and this happening over the course of seven days. It hasnt been done before. Thats been proven out. You talk about the Small Businesses desperate for cash, facing a real possibility of not being able to survive another week. Or two weeks. What they have run into is problems, banks not willing to accept applications. No clear guidelines. 40 billion have been booked up to this point. They expect it to be smoother in the days and weeks ahead. The urgency surrounding this program caused issues as the volume has been enormous. Its not just the application process thats a problem. Lenders are unsure of who meets the guidelines to qualify. This is actually the biggest issue. I have been talking to bankers. Big banks and city group, bank of america. Trying to participate. Havent been able to scale up the way they want to. And part of the reason is they havent had full guidelines to what the program is actually going to be. Just 45 minutes ago the Treasury Department released updated guidelines. This is four days into the program. Under scoring the fact the banks didnt know how they were supposed to operate. Banks operate uncertainty. If they dont have certainly they are wary of lending money. Even when its government guaranteed money thats all forgivable. Theres another issue. Small Business Administration the system it uses for banks to up load the loans and get into the system crashed continuously. All of these issues on the tech side and guidance side are being worked on and massaged and getting pressure from lawmakers who draft this. They recognize this is a central piece of the 2 trillion package that has to work. Right now they are running into issues. The money that has been made available to Small Businesses is expected to run out at some point. Any delay in getting an application process could end up being costly for the Small Businesses. Indeed. Because the plan is also by the Small Business administration that it is first come first serve. Now one can expect that the administration would make more funds available. If it was badly needed. At the moment you are trying to push your way to the front of the line. Because those that get there might get the money. Im not surprised by the way to hear what phil is saying about the confusion and the difficulty being experienced. The sheer number of applicants on a new untried, untested system. Thats been done in extremist and gone into battle in anger. It doesnt surprise me there are tremendous teething problems. That need to be sorted out. The urgency is Small Businesses have cash going out the front door. In terms of rent and payments and everything else. This money is vital. Theyll sort it out, i worry about those who dont get to the front of the line and those who dont make it in time. Sorting it out, you think theyll sort it out. Every minute it takes to sort it out. They are hanging with a thread. The Small Businesses. They dont have any money coming in. The longer it takes to sort it out its a threat to them going out of business. Altogether. Right. I think you have to distinguish between whether its incompetence that is preventing this from happening or the sheer size and scale of it. That it was inevitable. That doesnt matter a jot to the Small Business owner who is watching me tonight in despair. They cant get the money. The best hope is that their creditors are also being understanding. Its a full on hope in many cases. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Well be right back. We have new reporting in that i want everyone to sit and take a listen to. And it is a stark warning that came in to the white house in january. Being reported by Maggie Haberman of the New York Times. And we are working to get her or a reporter to talk about this on the phone. Ill go over it. This is breaking news. This is the report. It says traded by adviser in january of risks of a pandemic. This is a memo from Peter Navarro. Failure to contain the coronavirus out break could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars in economic loss. It is the most direct warning known to have circulated at the key moment among the top Administration Officials. This is being reported by the New York Times. Ill read some of it to you. I find this this reporting is striking. It is disturbing. And provides it gives you a look into the administration thinking and what they were doing back in january when this coronavirus out break started to come to light. It starts by saying a Top White House adviser starkly warned the Administration Officials in late january that the Coronavirus Crisis could cost the United States trillions of dollars and put millions of americans at risk of illness or death. Again the New York Times. It says the warning was written in a memo by peter. The trade adviser. In the highest level alert known to have circulated in the west wing as the administration was taking its first substantiative steps to confront a crisis that had already consumed china leaders and go onto up end life in europe and United States. The report goes onto say and starts with a quote here, the lack of immune protection or existing cure are vaccine would leave americans defenseless in the case of a full blown coronavirus out break on u. S. Soil. The memo said this lack of protection elevates the risk of the coronavirus evolving into a full blown pandemic and periling the lives of millions of americans. End quote. As i read from Maggie Haberman report in the New York Times. Which says trade adviser warned white house in january of risks of a pandemic. Then it goes onto say the memo was dated january 29. It came during a period when mr. Trump was playing down the risk of the United States. To the United States. And he would later go onto say that no one could have predicted such a devastating outcome. He is still saying that now. Again, january 29 is when the memo was dated. During the time that the president was playing down the risk of the United States even though this warning was written in a memo in the highest level alert known to have circulated inside the west wing. Maggie haberman joining us now with the to talk about the report that she just was released and she filed earlier this evening. Maggie, this is in depth reporting and very disturbing. This memo by Peter Navarro. This was dated january 29. The same date that the task force the first version of the Coronavirus Task force was appointed and met after President Trump convened it. And it issued a stark warning. It was around the notion of whether there should be a travel ban from china. And a lot of people i think got stuck seeing it through that lens. Because the president trade adviser is a notorious china hawk. He detailed the economic toll on the country and loss of life that could take place in the country. In various scenarios of containment. Aggressive containment or no containment. In either situation was bad for the u. S. It points to at least this memo was circulated widely. Within the west wing. We dont know whether the president saw it. It indicates at the upper level the government some officials were aware in late january that something bad could be coming to the u. S. At a time when president is down playing it. Hes saying no one could have predicted this. But his trade advisor predicted it. His own trade advisor predicted it and warned that there could be serious ramifications for the u. S. If more was not done. Compared the coronavirus to previous pandemic viruss around the globe. He talked about why it was a potential threat. And again he went over in terms of the loss of life estimate and the potential cost. And put the cost in the trillions. As we know we are now in the trillions of dollars. Of economic burden caused by the attempts to deal with the coronavirus. It raises questions about who saw the memo, what they made of it. Whether the president was aware of it. Again i think its important to note that a number of people who were familiar with what was taking place at the time argue that in hindsight it looks clearer than what the arguments were at the time. Based upon Available Evidence from doctors and the fact he had another official from the National Security counsel were both often talking about china bad behavior. In their eyes and wanting to deal with that. That was the lens through which people took it. As it turns out, he was pretty i want you to standby. There are a will the of ramifications to your new reporting. Well get that after a quick break. Want to brain better . Unlike ordinary memory supplements neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try neuriva for 30 days and see the difference. Its kind of my quiet, alone time. N. Audible is a routine for me. Its like a fun night school for adults. I could easily be seduced into locking myself into a place where i do nothing but listen to books. I never was interested in historical fiction before, but im obsessed with it now. There are a lot of like, classic and big titles that i feel like i missed out since i dont have time to read, mean i might as well listen. If i want to catch up on the news or history or learn whats going on in the world, i can download a book and listen to it. Because i listened to her story over and over again, i made the decision to go ahead and follow my own dream, which was to help other veterans. I think theres like 180 books in my, in my library now. It changes your perspective; it makes you a different person. Its true, its so true. laugh to start your free 30day trial, just text listen25 to 500500. First up, breaking news. New york times reporting tonight that Peter Navarro, the president s trade advisor, warned in late january that the coronavirus could cost this country trillions of dollars and put millions of americans at risk of death. Maggie haberman is back with us. The one who filed this report. Maggie, thank you so much. Maggie, the president saying this could not have been predicted. This memo says otherwise. Not sure if the president saw the memo. But it was circulated, in january, around the administration. That thats right, don. Look. It began by Peter Navarro writing it, as we understand it, sending it to the National Security council. And, from there, it was broadcast out more broadly around the administration. And a number of people, as we understand it, did see it. How closely they read it, whether the president saw it, these are all questions we dont know the answers to. Would it be hard to believe that the president , from his own trade advisor, wouldnt see a memo like this . I dont know. Im not at the white house. I dont report there. But what do you think . Theres theres not a typical process at this white house. There hasnt been for, frankly, almost the entirety of the administration. So it is certainly believable that he didnt see it. The question is how many other people saw it . And how widely it was talked about. Navarro is viewed with skepticism by a number of his colleagues because of some of his trade positions. Because he is so singularly focused on china and has been for a long time, that was how people assumed he was seeing this. As another threat from china, as opposed to him sort of looking at evaluating the various possibilities here for what could happen in the u. S. If this spread. And, again, he was not the only person who was warning of this. Chief deputy at the National Security council was also concerned. They were they were in the minority. Maggie, also, in your in your reporting, something that has been that really gnaws at me is when the president talks about this travel ban, which really wasnt a travel ban. It was a travel restriction. Saying he acted early on. It talks about Peter Navarro wanted something much more comprehensive and you say the travel limit did not ban travel from china and many travelers from countries continue to stream into the United States. Go ahead, maggie. Thats right. The times report in the last couple days actually revealed the breadth of flights from china that have continued to come in, despite instituting this restriction on travel. To be clear, look, he was heavily criticized at the time he did it. Something he talks about quite frequently. There are people who say they think this is a draconian measure that may have been effective. But it was not complete. And it was not even close to what Peter Navarro was suggesting as the most extreme possibility in this memo. He talks about the potential of a full ban for 12 months in order to do the most extensive form of containment that could be done. Thats obviously not what happened. Well, Maggie Haberman, i have to get off here now. But thank you so much. Maggie haberman. Your reporting in the New York Times trade advisor warned in january of risks of a pandemic. Look to the New York Times tomorrow morning also on new day. Thanks for watching, everyone. Our coverage continues. 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