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CNN Transcripts for April 05, 2020

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CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Coronavirus Fight Enters Crucial Weeks; Barr Expands Early Release At Prisons Hard Hit By Coronavirus; Georgia Governor Opens Beaches Day After Statewide Stay-At-Home Order; Michigan Now Has Third Most Coronavirus Cases And Deaths; "New York Times:" Ousted Navy Carrier Commander Tests Positive For Coronavirus. Aired 2-3p ET
• Queen Elizabeth II Gives Rare Address On Coronavirus Crisis; White House Sending A Grim Message About Just How Bad Things Will Get In The Fight Against The Coronavirus; New York State Accounts For Nearly Half Of All Coronavirus Deaths Nationwide. Aired 3-4p ET
• Almost Half Of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths In New York State; Trump Downplays States' Supply Needs Despite Shortages; Inside NYC Hospital On The Front Lines of Outbreak; U.K. Prime Minister Admitted To Hospital With Coronavirus; Gov. Cuomo: Deaths In NY Over Past Few Days Dropping "For The First Time"; Gov. Cuomo: NY "Running Short Of Supplies All Across Board"; Eleventh Member Of NYPD Dies From Coronavirus; Trump Accuses Governors Of Playing Political Games With Ventilators; U.S. Reports More Than 331,000 Confirmed Cases, 9400-Plus Deaths; WH Official: Colorado Among Next Possible Hot Spots For Virus; Eight States Still Without Stay-At-Home Orders; Surgeon General: This Week Will Be A "Pearl Harbor" And "9/11" Moment. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Dwarf 9/11 Attacks; Shortage Of Ventilators And Staff A Problem In New York And Michigan; Prime Minister Boris Johnson Hospitalized Due To Coronavirus; China's Wet Market Face Global Pressure To Close Down; Japan Weeks Away In Becoming Like New York; Coronavirus Overturns U.S. Economy; Trump Denies There Is Massive Recession. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Death Toll Reaches Grim New Milestone; Nearly Half Of The U.S. Deaths Are In New York; Esper: Pentagon Sending NY 1,100-Plus Additional Military Medical Staff; Soon: Queen Elizabeth To Address Crisis In Rare Televised Speech; CNN Goes Inside Seattle ICU Treating Coronavirus Patients. Aired 1-2p ET
• Emergency Rooms Across U.S. Pushed To The Limit; Restaurant Industry Hit Hard By Virus Spread. Aired 12-1a ET
• COVID-19 Kills Almost 8,500 in the U.S.; Trump Says He Won't Issue National Stay-at-Home Order; ERs across U.S. Pushed to the Limit; Trump: Captain's Letter Warning of Ship Outbreak "Not Appropriate"; Queen Elizabeth to Address U.K. in Rare Broadcast; U.K. Government Scrambles to Offer Mass Public Testing; Inside a Hospital Dealing with COVID-19; Psychologically Adapting to a New Normal; Spain Overtakes Italy in Reported Virus Cases; American Brothers Stranded in Russia; Woman Visiting Dying Mom is Solo Passenger on Plane; Mother with Virus Separated from Newborn. Aired 2-3a ET
• COVID-19 Kills Almost 8,500 In The U.S.; New York Convention Center Becomes Makeshift Hospital; African Nations Afraid To Fight Pandemic?; Spain Overtakes Italy In Reported Virus Cases; U.K. Government Scrambles To Offer Mass Public Testing; Louisiana Bracing For Onslaught Of Virus Cases; Recovered Patient Donates Plasma To Help Others; Christians Observing Palm Sunday Under Lockdown; Millions Now Homeschooling; Britain's Virtual Grand National. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Bracing For Rapid Rise In Deaths And Infections; U.S. Hospitals Face Critical Shortage Of Ventilators; Medical Workers On Front Lines Of COVID-19; Lockdown Leaves Paris Silent; Spain Overtakes Italy In Reported Virus Cases; Pregnant Partner Of U.K. Prime Minister Tests Positive; U.K. Ramps Up Testing Health Care Workers; Recovered Patient Donates Plasma To Help Others. Aired 4-5a ET
• Eight U.S. States Still Without Stay-At-Home Orders; Javits Convention Center Becomes 2,500-Bed Hospital; Louisiana Bracing For Onslaught Of Virus Cases; COVID-19 Kills Almost 8,500 In The U.S.; Queen Elizabeth To Address U.K. In Rare Broadcast; U.K. Ramps Up Testing Health Care Workers; Inside A Hospital Dealing With COVID-19; Gig Economy Falters As Virus Spreads; Spain Overtakes Italy In Reported Virus Cases; Hurricane Season Could Be Disastrous; Woman Visiting Dying Mom Is Solo Passenger On Plane. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN Special Reports
• Inside the E.R.: The Incredible Fight Against the Coronavirus. Aired 9-10p ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air. 10-11a Et
• Did Not Air. 11a-12p ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Is The World Headed For A Great Depression?; New Dangers To Democracy In The COVID-19 Era; A Slow Slide To Autocracy Speeds Up With COVID-19; Hungary's Prime Minister Can Now Rule By Decree; Almost All Of India's 1.3 Billion Citizens Are Mandated To Stay Home; The Largest Lockdown In History. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 312,000, Death Toll Passes 8,500; White House Offers Grim Outlook On Coming Days; Economists Say Unemployment Rate Likely Already Above 10 percent; Trump's Changing Tone On Coronavirus; The Role Of Faith In A Pandemic. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• U.S. Reports Most Coronavirus Deaths In One Day; Trump Defends Firing Intel Community Inspector General; Firefighter In Hospital Gets Uplifting Surprise From Coworkers; Trump, Captain's Letter Warning Of Ship Outbreak "Not Appropriate"; Companies Mobilize To Help Fight The Coronavirus Outbreak; Business Donating PPE For Essential Workers Amid Uncertainty; JetBlue, United Airlines Fly Medical Workers To NYC For Free; Alibaba Co-Founder Donates 2.6 Million Masks, 2,000 Ventilators To New York City; CNN's Special Report "Inside The ER The Incredible Fight Against Coronavirus"; Pope Francis Celebrates Palm Sunday At Nearly Empty Vatican. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump: There Will Be "A Lot Of Death" Over The Next Two Weeks; U.S. Reports Most Coronavirus Deaths In One Day; U.S. Military Sending 1,000 Personnel To New York; Louisiana Pastor Plans To Keep Church Open Despite Facing Charges; Several States See Spike In Domestic Violence Calls Amid COVID-19. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• Gov. Cuomo Updates NY Coronavirus Response; Gov. Cuomo: Deaths In NY Over Past Few Days Dropping For The First Time, The Major Problem Is Shortage Of Ventilators And Staff; Almost Half Of The U.S. Deaths Are In New York. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Delivering Daily Doses Of Misinformation; CDC: This Is The Greatest Public Health Crisis In 100 Years; Sharing Stories From Front-Line Health Care Workers; Exclusive: One-On-One With The CEO Of Zoom; Fox's Fingerprints All Over Trump's Pandemic Response; NYT Reporter Shares Her Account Of COVID-19 Illness. Aired 12-1p ET


The Situation Room
• Crisis In New Kersey, More Lives Now Lost Than In 9/11; U.K Prime minister Admitted To Hospital With Coronavirus; Trump Touts Potential Unproven Drug Hydroxychloroquine. Aired 6-7p ET
• President Trump And White House Coronavirus Task Force Hold Press Briefing. Aired 7-8p ET
• Surgeon General: This Week Will Be A "Pearl Harbor" And "9/11" Moment; Almost Half Of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths In New York State; Trump Continues To Push Unproven Drug For Virus; Governors Plead For Medical Supplies Amid Nationwide Shortages; Fauci: This Is Going To Be A Really Bad Week; Fauci On Hydroxychloroquine: I Don't Think We Can Definitively Say It Works"; Trump: We See Light At The End Of The Tunnel"; Trump On Masks: I Would Wear One If I Thought It Was Important. Aired 8-9p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper; Interview With Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); Interview With Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA); Interview With Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL). Aired 9-10a ET