That baby comes out, zion, with no covid, thank god. Even though its just shes just over 1 pound. Shes making progress. And then her mom cant even see her until the due date. Well, it just goes to show you that women are the stronger and smarter sex of the sexes. Thats all i have to say. That is a nobrainer. She is im getting my Work Together because i rushed up here. I was watching your interview kept me in my office longer than i should have been in there because i was listening and watching. Amazing. Shes an amazing woman. And i heard you talking to her afterwards. Shes going to have really great stories, as you said, to her to tell her daughter in the future, right . And ill tell you what, man, people are putting their arms around her. My friend caitlin reached out about this story. People are doing amazing things. They are. All the time to help other people during this pandemic. My frustration is we need that from our leaders as well. That desperate times, desperate measures, doing what you can. Were seeing it in people. Were seeing it in our health care workers. Were not seeing it with the urgency that we need to from our leaders yet, and thats what worries me about what the cdc said tonight. Yeah, about you mean coming in the fall . A second round could be worse. Yeah. Yeah, listen, were seeing it in our health care workers. Were seeing it in the front line workers. Thats not only health care workers. Sure. Working in the stores. People in the grocery stores. Police officers out on the streets. The security guards. The cleaning folks. The Truck Drivers around the country are delivering the goods. The fedex, the u. P. S. Workers, the postal workers, the people who are flying and getting our goods here to and fro, the people who are working in the supermarkets, all those folks who are keeping this country going, they are the front line workers and the heros in all of this, right . So there you go. Absolutely hundo p . Did you just say fro . Speaking of fro, you know the haircut, right. Everyone thinks this is my haircut. Listen, im not one to talk. I got the same hair do as my mom right now. You can slick it down with gel. I have to slick mine down with a book or something. Listen, we have nothing to complain about. Youre family. Your familys healthy. God willing theyre going to stay healthy. We have jobs. We have income coming in. We have food on the table. We wish that for everyone around the country right now. Good health, wellbeing and that they are able to pay the bills and take care of their family. I got a big show ahead so ill see you later on. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. We have some breaking news to tell you about. More than 800,000 cases of coronavirus in this country. More than 45,000 americans have died just three months since the first reported u. S. Case. Another tragic milestone in a Public Health crisis that hits one after another. More than 2,500 deaths reported just today. Those numbers, every one of them representing our neighbors, they represent our loved ones and our coworkers. Almost unthinkable. It is clear that its far too early to let down our guards right now and go back to the lives that we were leading just a few weeks ago. Far too early for states to be reopening while more and more americans are dying. But were learning tonight that things could get a whole lot worse. Heres what this is what chris was talking about. We were just talking about moments ago. The cdc director robert redfield. We talk about him from time to time on these programs. Telli telling the Washington Post that a second wave of coronavirus this winter could be worse because it would likely happen at the same time of the flu season. Saying, quote, when i said this to others, they kind of put their head back. They dont understand what i mean. He also said the protests against stayathome orders, protests encouraged by the president are, quote, not helpful. That as the Senate Approves a 484 billion Coronavirus Relief package. It next goes to the house. The package including a 310 billion part of it 310 billion for small businesses. Also more money for testing and hospitals. But in a sign of just how bad our Economic Situation is right now, a Banking Industry source is telling cnn that money, that that money is only projected to last a few days. Get this. Maybe as few as two days. As businesses race the clock to get money before the well runs dry. And you remember how the president promoted hydroxychloroquine . Remember that . Over and over and over. The fda also gave emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine. Were having some very good things happening with it. Its shown very encouraging, very, very encouraging early results. Theres some good signs. Youve read the signs. Ive read the signs. And i say it, what do you have to lose . Ill say it again. What do you have to lose . Take it. If things dont go as planned, its not going to kill anybody. It will be wonderful. It will be so beautiful. It will be a gift from heaven if it works. If some other person put it forward theyd say, oh, lets go with it. You know, what do you have to lose . Try it. If youd like. Ive seen things that i sort of like, so what do i know . Im not a doctor. Im not a doctor, but i have common sense. What do you have to lose . Try it. Okay. In all seriousness, a new study of patients at a Va Medical Center at Va Medical Centers finds the drug not only has no benefit, it even has a higher death rate. So the president says this tonight. Mr. President did you have a question . I think you wanted to follow up on the hydroxychloroquine. The hydroxychloroquine. I wonder if youre concerned, this va study showed that actually more people died that used the drug that didnt, and im wondering if Governor Cuomo brought you back any results on no, we didnt discuss it and i dont know of the report. Obviously there have been some very good reports and perhaps this ones not a good report, but well be looking at it. Well have a comment on it. A panel of experts at the nih is now actually recommending against the use of hydroxychloroquine in combination with z pack which is something youve recommended. Im always willing to take a look. Nih, thats the National Institute of health. Says he doesnt know anything about that report, showing that patients who took the drug had higher death rates than those who didnt. The drug he promoted over and over and over. Now, the president just says that hes going to take a look. Thats not good enough. Hes got a responsibility to take this seriously. He promoted a totally unproven drug again and again. Telling americans desperate to do something anything to save their lives. What have you got to lose, he said. Now hes doing the i barely know the guy routine with the drug that he said would be the gamechanger and a gift from heaven. And with the republican governors of georgia, South Carolina and tennessee starting to reopen their states in the coming days and mayors pushing back, who who are the American People listening to on this . Some new poll numbers for you. This is a very it will give you a very good idea. A new Washington Post poll finds that 65 of people wore a mask or Face Covering in the past week. Probably one of those people is you. 70 never even left home. Maybe youre one of them, too. So, 82 were sticking to guidelines. And its hard to imagine you could get to that percentage without it being bipartisan. But listen to what the president said tonight about the protesters he has been egging on. The director of the cdc said that protests against stayathome orders are not helpful. Youve encouraged some of these protests. What are y what are your thoughts on the cdc director saying theyre not helpful . Well, look, its not a question of helpful or not. People want to get back to work. Ive watched some of the protests, not in great detail. Ive seen that. Theyre separated. A lot of space in between. Believe it or not, theyre watching theyre doing social distancing, if you can believe it. Theyre protesting, but theyre the groups ive seen have been very much spread out. So i think thats good. Look, people, they want to bet ba get back to work. They got to make a living. They got to take care of their family. They dont want to do this. Its unfortunate, one way or the other. Both are unfortunate. But you have a lot of people out there that are anxious to get back. So he said theyre separated, theyre social distancing. If you can believe it, he said, well, you shouldnt believe it. He said in the groups ive seen. So if hes watching then youre going to see something else, mr. President. And if maybe you can just send this to him so he can see it on social media. Weve all seen those protests. Theyre not keeping six feet apart. And heres something that you cant see unless you pull the camera back. In many cases those crowds arent actually as big as the president would like them to be. Theyre there are a lot more people staying home and social distancing than protesting. So there you go. Yet the president is encouraging those protesters. Giving them the green light. Using them to put the pressure on states to reopen. While trying to have it both ways and blame the governors if there is trouble. But the governors, i want them to do it. If they if we see them doing something we dont like, well stop it very quickly, but theyre doing a good job. Theyre being careful. Some of the governors, frankly, theyre in a position where they can do it sooner. They can do it a little bit later. And thats okay. But people, they dont want to they need money. They need help. Were going to lose and we cant break our country over this. We cant do it. We have to get going. With that being said, some are going to go soon and some are not. Of course people need money. They need help. But heres the fact. The fact is the majority of americans are more worried about the states reopening too fast. 66 said that in a pew poll they said that theyre worried about the country opening too quickly. See that . 32 worried it wouldnt happen fast enough. 58 in an nbc wall street journal poll were concerned restrictions would be loosened too quickly. 32 worried it would be it would take too long. This is no time to be loosening restrictions in states that havent even met the president s own guidelines. Yes, we need to restart our economy. Everyone knows that. But not when social distancing and stayathome orders are actually working. Actually saving lives. And are the only weapons that weve got right now to fight this deadly virus. But the president is pretty much is pretty much abandoning the pretext that any of this is about Public Health. It is about politics. Appealing to his base. Pressuring states to reopen and leaving them to take the fall. And if you want a window into just how worried the president is about this, his tweets tell you everything you need to know. Got up this morning. Itchy twitter finger. Bragging about the ratings for his coronavirus briefings. Bragging about his Approval Rating with republicans. Remember, his overall Approval Rating in the latest gallup poll is down to just 43 . Then the president is going on to claim that he is doing a great job in his handling of the pandemic. A great job . Hes making it all about him. In the midst of a crisis that has killed more than 45,000 americans. Our chief medical correspondent is dr. Sanjay gupta and he joins me now. So good to see you, doctor. Thanks so much. Hey, don. So i want to talk to you about the cdc director warning that the coronavirus could be even worse next winter. That is a pretty frightening prospect. Why why why is the director saying it could be worse . You know, hes been saying this along with some others in some way, shape or form for a while. I think the big thing to remember is that when this coronavirus hit in the United States, it was sort of at the tail end of flu season this year. The concern is that in the fall both coronavirus and flu might hit at the same time. And, you know, flus a big deal. Flus always been a big deal, don. So if you get both of these respiratory illnesses happening at the same time, you run into some of the same many of the same issues that weve been talking about for the last several months. Mmhmm. Are there going to be enough hospital beds. Are there going to be enough ventilators . Is there going to be enough ppe . Can we test . The same things, you know, even though were starting to have some plateauing and some decrease in some of the states with the numbers, the virus is still out there, don. It is still a contiguous virus. Something we need to be mindful of. We need to be concerned about these waves. Let me show you something quickly, don. This is going back 100 years, 1918. Im not going to show this graph to alarm anybody, but i just want you to see three waves of the spanish flu. Started in march of 1918, the first peak at the farleft. It was a small peak. It was the second peak, don, the one that caused the most devastation, really. Thats what were trying to avoid. Thats the concern if we dont act. The physical distancing, stay at home, some people dont realize how well its working because were in the midst of it. Maybe this isnt so bad. We dodged a bullet. Whatever you might think. Its because were doing something totally unprecedented in the world right now. It will make a difference. Its making a difference. We may need to do it again in the fall, don. So we just got the guidelines in from georgia from the georgia board of cosmeticsing to and barbers. Im going to read that while i ask you this other question. You know, theyve got this big story right now. Georgia has this aggressive plan to reopen starting this week. Governors calling it a, you know, measured approach. Just from a medical perspective, though, it seems like it would be awfully hard to social distance in a nail or hair salon or even a gym. These are the this is we got the plans up right now, but quickly go on and talk to me about how difficult is that, especially when someone has to touch you to do your hair and nails, right . And then i think at some point, you know, its just common sense, right . Yeah. We have to keep talking about this. Its a little bit ridiculous. How do you physically distance somebody when theyre cutting your hair or doing your nails . My daughters who are, you know, 13 and 14 and 11, i mean, right away theyre asking me, how does that work, daddy . Yeah. Everybody understands it cant. Yeah. Especially if youre doing someones hair. A little silly if youre doing somebodys hair, you have to be edward scissorhands. You have to be six feet. I have the guidelines up. Hate to cut you off. Put them up. Employees are required to wear masks. Consider providing mavs to clients. Consider using face shields, smashbox, et cetera. Hand washing between clients. Items should be disinfected between clients. Go on. Sorry, doctor, what do you think about that . I think you should consider not reopening yet. That should be at the top of the listen. I want to open, too. I want the same things everyone else wants. I want it for me, i want to it for my family, i want it for you, don, but were not there yet. I worry about this. I try to be a charitable person. I find it hard. People might get infected that dont need to. People may go to the hospital that dont need to. People may even end up do iing that dont need to. It is true, don, when we start to reopen things, its going to be a risk, its going to be a calculated risk, but there are some very clear guidelines here. It was interesting, inwas watching this press briefing today, ambassador birx who is a very polite person. When asked about georgia she said, look, we put out guidelines, gave very clear data. There are still outbreaks happening. I dont understand how you can be physically distancing doing hair and nails and this stuff. Maybe they have creative solutions. The president was asked about it. He said he was going to talk to govern governor kemp. Maybe theyre going to test everybody before they go into the hair salon or nail salon. Theyre not. We dont have enough testing. We dont have enough infrastructure. We hope to get to that point, but were not there yet. So this is almost all risk and no reward. Not to mention, don, who is going to go to these places right now . Is that door handle contaminated . Did this person get tested . Has this place been disinfected . What about the ventilation. You can get the virus. You can get sick. Maybe you dont get sick and you give it to somebody else. Wouldnt you feel awful . Weve been saying this for four months. Were all in this together. We really are. Never before have we been so dependent on each other. If you say, hey, you know what, im willing to take the risk, know taking the risks on my behalf and i dont like that. Taking the risk on my kid behalf and i dont like that. We have to move on, but i want to tell people this. This just came out. Again, were going to move on here, but the georgia board of cosmeticsing to has issued guidelines to businesses before they reopen on friday, according to the press release of the office from the board is recommending owners to follow shahs guidelines. Think about it. Think about going into a barber shop, right . You run in on a saturday or whenever you run in, right . Theyre asking the people there to follow the guidelines. Temperature checks with free infrar infrared thermometers. Asking clients screening questions. Have you had a cough . Have you had a fever . Have you been around anyone with symptoms of covid. Youre going to ask. Are people going to tell you . Only screening clients by appointment only. Maintain social distancing of since feet at all times between people. Consider adding Additional Space between booths and or alternating work schedules. Use ppe, requiring all staff to wear a mask and consider supplying masks to clients. Sick employees should stay at home. Okay. All well and good. Who is going to enforce that . Im just saying, thats a lot to ask someone in a barber shop when youre scrambling to make ends meet. Quickly. I have to move on, doctor. Sorry. You dont know if you have it because we havent been testing. Exactly. 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So let me give you the latest model for the u. S. You updated it today. It estimates nearly 66,000 total deaths by august 4th. That is up from about 60,000 from your last model, a nearly 10 increase. Why are you revising this upward . Well, a number of states have been updating their own death numbers. Theyve started to capture all those deaths that were being missed in elder care facilities, and so weve seen real increases in a number of states and, of course, its natural that we our model, which is driven by the data, is going to reflect that increased number of deaths that the u. S. Has experienced. Okay. So, is that because they i dont know if you would know this. Is that because theyve increased it because theyre opening back up and theyre thinking that the numbers are going to go up or is this because people whats the factor there . The factor is that there were people dieing in elder care facilities. Got it. That werent getting tested. Okay. And now people have recognized this. Theyre going back. States, the guidance from cdc to states is now to report these presumptive covid deaths. Okay. Somebody who had the symptoms. And so the death statistics of the states are being revised upwards, and, of course, were trying to capture the trajectory of the epidemic from both cases and deaths. And that new information tells us that some of the epidemic that was happening in nursing homes, elder care facilities was sort of being missed. It was masked. So that really does seem to okay. So more people are dying than we previously realized . Thats the obvious. Okay. Basically. So what does that say about testing . Do we need to test more people then . Well, our recommendations about when to consider relaxing social distancing is that given Testing Capacity as it stands now, given the, you know, lack of infrastructure to do Contact Tracing in many states, the safest thing to do is to wait until the number of cases that are in the Community Gets down to a pretty low level. So if the epidemic is bigger now than we thought, then thats going to push out the date in the future when social distancing can bring the number of infections down to a really manageable level. Okay. So we know that georgia tennessee, South Carolina plan to release restrictions in the coming days. So the current model for georgia says that relaxing measures may be possible after june 19th, but its reopening many businesses on friday. Do you from doing these models, what do you expect to happen . Do you have an expectation . Well, we are we werent expecting states to open so early, to be honest. We were expecting them to stay the course. Because that was going to bring down the risk of resurgence. So we are working really as quickly as humanly possible to try to factor into our forecasts just what thats going to mean, and we hope to get to that point, but in time for when they actually lift these restrictions so how do you factor that in . Well, what we have to go on. You said that likely means what . Sorry. Likely means there is a very substantial risk of a resurgence if, you know, the number of infections still in georgia is really in the community is really quite large. And the idea that we, you know, if people start to go back to normal social interaction or even progressively go back, the risk of transmission will go up. The risk that, you know, the number of people being infected by each person who is infectious will be more than one, and then you go back to the sort of exponential rise that was happening before we put in social distancing. The risk is very great for resurgence from these early openings. Dr. Murray, its a pleasure. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Cheers. Some states are making plans to ease restrictions as early as this week. Im going to ask mayors in tennessee and texas if they are ready or concerned. Thats next. Youre first. First to respond. First to put others lives before your own. 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And so for us what were doing is listening to experts. Im not a Public Health expert, but i got to listen to people who are. Filtering that through the business opinios from people across our state and then use that information to figure out when we open, not just arbitrary dates. So, listen, you know, chattanooga is in Hamilton County. The Hamilton County mayor says that he is going to follow the governors recommendation to have a phased reopening starting in may. What do you think . This is a really difficult and confusing situation for people in our community. It was terrific of the governor to let local people like chattanooga figure out what is best for our own community, but it does cause a lot of concern for our residents when the mayor of a city is saying one thing and then right outside it is another rule. This is just confusion for people. Nevertheless, we really still have to make the best decision for the health of our people. Yeah, and everything is not aligned, so it is confusing. The, you know, you also are right up against georgia. Are you worried about the aggressive reopening plans and what it means for your city . It is quite confusing and difficult to make decisions when you realize that youre one part of a huge ecosystem. Chattanooga is the head of the metro. Were the place where everybody comes. The decisions that are made in georgia, across the county and, of course, across our state affect chattanooga because were the center of the region. I just want to one more question before we go to break. Your state reported 156 new cases over the last day. So do you can you understand why the governor is pressing ahead with lifting these and even when it hasnt met the white houses guidelines to reopen . When i think that was the question i think i had. Ive been talking about this over the course of the last day. Were just now expanding tests. We really need to look and see what that does in communities like ours over the next few days. Then let the data decide what happens so that we can figure out whats safe for people and get our economy restarted. All right. Mayor berke, thank you for your time. Good luck. Come back and let us know whats going on. Thanks so much. Be safe. So texans are under orders to stay at home until april 30th. Governor greg abbot says he wants the state to reopen in stages and hell announce guidelines on monday, but houstons mayor is concerned, saying that texas needs more robust and widespread testing. Mayor Sylvester Turner joins me now. Mayor turner. Good to see you. Wish it was under better circumstances. I got to be honest with you. Good to see you, don. Good to see you again. Thanks, man. So, mayor, today is the first day your city has reported backtoback days of no deaths. That is welcomed news, im sure. Yes. But texas as a whole has had 738 more cases, 22 more deaths, so it is, you know, is it the right time for the governor, Governor Abbot to start easing restrictions . What he said, don, last week is that he would do it in phases. He would be governed by the medical opinions coming from our doctors, our hospitals. Be governed by the science. And i think thats good. So what we also know is that texas has not done nearly as much testing as what is needed. And in order to determine where the virus is and how pervasive it is in our communities, its all about testing. And at this point in the state of texas, weve tested about 215,000 people. Out of 27 million. We certainly need much more widespread ubiquitous testing. Thats the precursor. Until we get more testing done, its kind of difficult to say its time to open up. So you dont have adequate testing and you want that you want it done . Thats your issue. Don, we have two fema testing sites. Just about a week and a half ago, they gave us permission to double the amount of testing we can do. We can test 1,000 people per day. And really those sites are supposed to go until 7 00 p. M. Every single day those sites have reached their Maximum Capacity at about 4 00 p. M. So we need more testing. People want to be tested 37. And then at the same time i dont want to overlook people in our vulnerable, atrisk communities. There may be transportation not able to get to the testing site. So we need more mobile testing. Set up more testing sites close to what are you doing to protect because you have sizeable africanamerican, latino communities there and you know theyre being hit those communities are being hit really hard. What are you doing to protect those communities . Well, ive established now a task force being led by four department directors. In fact, were going to be making a major announcement on that this coming thursday. We want to make sure were providing education to nem and making sure we provide them with the educations and the resources that they need. You can tell people to put on Face Coverings, but, don, as you well know, when youre dealing with people in communities where people have already been on the margins, theyve already they dont have the necessary medical support they need, theyre fighting so many other things in those communities. You have to make things readily for them and provide them with the education they need. So were working on that to drive those resources into those communities. Mayor turner, thank you. We appreciate your time. Best of luck please be safe. Thanks, don. Experts agree more testing is needed for states like these to reopen. So we are saying this every night, and every night it is the truth. Im going to ask the former hhs secretary Kathleen Sebelius about that and what else she thinks needs to happen. 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Several states making the move toward reopening despite falling short of the white house guidelines. Many businesses in georgia could be back up as soon as friday. Joining me now is Kathleen Sebelius, the former health and Human Services secretary under president barack obama. She led the administrations response to the h1n1 virus. Its good to see you again. Everything good with you . Everybody safe and healthy . So far so good. Thanks, don. Thank you, secretary. Thats good. So, listen, georgia, tennessee, South Carolina havent had a debrianing number of new cases for 14 days. Which is one of the white houses guidelines for reopening. What was the point of putting out these guidelines if they werent going to follow them . Well, its a great question, don. I think that any governor in this country, any mayor has to feel in a whip saw at this point. Just to go back a step. Three weeks ago on the 29th of march, the president said social distancing guidelines should be in place until the 30th of april. In spite of his inclination to open up churches by easter and have crowds, he listened to Public Health officials. Then on two and a half weeks later on the 17th of april, there were guidelines issued. Three stages of how to reopen. A plan. It seemed to be a plan. And as you say, part of the plan was 14 days of the disease actually going down. Trajectory going down. Hospitals being ready for any kind of surge capacity. And teams in place to do the tracking thats required for new virus outbreaks. I would say no state in the country has those three components ready to go. And yet the day after the guidelines were issued, the president immediately tweeted that in three democratic states, in minnesota, in michigan and in virginia the citizens should liberate the states. None of the states met the guidelines that had been issued only 24 hours earlier. All of them were in very difficult times and never did the white house in issuing the guidelines ever say what the federal Government Role is. Yeah. Are they going to help pay for this team, army of Trained Medical workers who need to do the Contact Tracing . Are they going to be there was never responsible for protective equipment. There was never a singular response. One wondered if that was bluster because people called his bluff that he was the authority on this and he just wanted to put that out there. Listen, i have to ask you the governors begging for more supplies. We know testing is the key metric for reopening. Some experts say they need to be performing millions of tests per week, secretary, far more than what we are doing now. How do we ramp this up . Well, the only way to ramp it up is to get the supplies needed and to get the test kits, and states cannot, as theyve demonstrated, cannot do it on their own. No amount of blaming states i thought larry hogan, the governor of maryland, was very articulate on sunday saying the notion that any governor is not trying his hardest, he or she can, to get this testing done is just ludicrous. Its just wrong. And no state im sitting in kansas, right in the middle of the country. We have a big outbreak that just occurred in Meat Processing plants in the southwest part of the state. We are the least tested state in the United States per capita. We have been begging for supplies from fema. A few test kits just came and theyre all going to go to that part of the state to try and determine how wide this outbreak might be, but no state in the country has the reagents, has the swabs yeah. Has the test kits they need. And they cant do it on their own. The federal government has to step up and make testing available. Use the defense production act to make the tests available. Well, i think i think most experts will agree with you. Thank you. 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New york times report k that the Trump Organization landmark hoe nel the nation capitol is looking for break on rent. The president s Family Business reportedly asking about changing the lease payments which amount to nearly 268,000 a month. According to the federal government. And landlord that will decide the out come of the request, none other than the Trump Administration. Joining me now the business investigation editor for the times. And the author of dark towers. David, good to see you. Thank you for coming on. Walk us through the reporting the Trump Organization looking for help on the rent from the Trump Administration. Right. Part of the Lease Agreement that the Trump Organization signed several years ago to get this Federal Building to transform into a hotel. They agreed payments of 268,000 a month. Because of the coronavirus, the Trump Organization with many other businesses has really fallen on tough times. Hotels are closed. Golf courses are closed. The Trump Organization is doing everything it can to get a break where ever it can. One place its turning to is the federal government. Its land lor. It requested whatever breaks the General Services administration the arm of the government that handles this is giving to anyone. The Trump Organization wants a piece of that. Eric trump say in a statement. Treat us the same. Whatever that may be is fine. Isnt that exactly the same as any other company . Not every other company is run by the president of the United States. So one of the really serious concerns that critics have been voicing since he was elected. If hes in charge of the federal government having him control his business which does business with the federal government is massive conflict of interest. Isnt this the divesting of the clause. Didnt everyone warn about this . This is a textbook case of the conflict of interest. That people have been warning about since day one. This is the its going to be hard for a senior federal official in the Trump Administration to say no to the Trump Organization. Its an unusual and potentially problematic situation. Thank you. Appreciate yor you coming on. Well be right back. slow music plays laughter baby coos laughter man on video chat hey man chasing dog oh no no no no baby crying [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. This is cnn tonight im don lemon. We have the latest information on the coronavirus pandemic. 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