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Harvard Medical School's Stephen Elledge discusses the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump campaign's Marc Lotter discusses the Flynn investigation, and Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson discusses his group's opposition to President Trump's re-election.

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Rick Bright, the recent director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who says he was forced out of his job, testifies before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.

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Rick Bright, the recent director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who says he was forced out of his job, testifies before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.

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President Trump briefly spoke to reporters before departing the White House to tour a medical equipment distribution center in Pennsylvania. The president, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, reacted to testimony on Capitol Hill by Rick Bright, the recent director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who says his superior forced him out of his job because he resisted alleged political pressure. Secretary Azar said everything Mr. Bright called for in his testimony to respond to the pandemic was done by the president. Mr. Trump called the former director an "angry, disgruntled employee."

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Stephen Elledge, Genetics and Medicine Professor at Harvard Medical School, discussed the science and research behind COVID-19.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) held a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov Baker announced his plans to expand testing abilities throughout the state in the hopes of being the largest and highest tester on a per capita basis in the world. The governor explained how pivotal testing will be for Massachusetts as it plans to enter phase one of its reopening plan next week. Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders spoke about the state issuing a public order for what is being called the "pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome," which may be tied to coronavirus. Massachusetts is currently moderating nine cases across the state and collecting data.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a briefing the day before the House voted on a $3 trillion economic aid package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. During the briefing, Speaker Pelosi read a letter to House colleagues urging them to support the proposal. In addition, she talked about the special election results in California and Wisconsin and the House resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy.

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President Trump delivered remarks at a medical equipment distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which has dispersed personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. During his brief remarks, the president announced the U.S. has now conducted its 10 millionth coronavirus test. President Trump also said that he has invoked the Defense Production Act, giving "new authority to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation" to invest in the U.S. in order to bring factories and pharmaceutical producers back to the country.

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) held a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Parson spoke at length about the state's legislative session and working to pass bills that are and are not related to coronavirus. He also addressed the severe storms that passed through the state and said they are prepared to handle the damage claims despite the virus.

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Earlier today, Texas Senator John Cornyn spoke about the Coronavirus response and the $3 trillion dollar economic aid package making its way through the House.

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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) joins to talk about the role of state and local leadership in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also joining is Washington Post Beijing Bureau Chief Anna Fifield to discuss Chinese foreign policy amid the pandemic.

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Rick Bright, the recent director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging he was forced out of his job, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Mr. Bright told lawmakers he believed his reassignment to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was retaliation for his resistance to broadening the use of hydroxychloroquine without the proper safeguards in place. Mr. Bright criticized the Trump administration's response to coronavirus pandemic, saying the country lacked a coordinated strategy. "Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history," he warned. The former BARDA director also said his warnings about the lack of personal protective equipment in the strategic national stockpile went unheeded.

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Mike Bowen, executive vice president of surgical mask manufacturer Prestige Ameritech, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Mr. Bowen told lawmakers about his longstanding concerns about the off-shore production of personal protective equipment, particularly N95 respirators. He said he had been warning the federal government for years about the issue and had offered his Texas-based company's services to produce surgical masks and respirators for various government agencies. Mr. Bowen's appearance before the committee followed the testimony of Rick Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging he was forced out of his job.

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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) joined to talk about the response to COVID-19 in his state, which was in the midst of beginning to reopen businesses following closures aimed at stopping the spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus that caused COVID-19. He also answered questions from viewers, including a number from Arkansas.

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Anna Fifield, Beijing Bureau Chief at the Washington Post, joined from New Zealand to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on China's foreign relations, particularly with the U.S. She talked about how Chinese authorities have treated journalists covering the pandemic and the spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus from the city of Wuhan. Ms. Fifield, author of "The Great Successor" on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, talked about the mystery surrounding the leader's temporary disappearance in April 2020. She also discussed the response to COVID-19 in her native New Zealand, which had just eased its nationwide lockdown.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a briefing the day before the House voted on a $3 trillion economic aid package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. During the briefing, Speaker Pelosi read a letter to House colleagues urging them to support the proposal. In addition, she talked about the special election results in California and Wisconsin and the House resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) held a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov Baker announced his plans to expand testing abilities throughout the state in the hopes of being the largest and highest tester on a per capita basis in the world. The governor explained how pivotal testing will be for Massachusetts as it plans to enter phase one of its reopening plan next week. Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders spoke about the state issuing a public order for what is being called the "pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome," which may be tied to coronavirus. Massachusetts is currently moderating nine cases across the state and collecting data.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) held a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic a day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the governor's stay-at-home order. While asking people to continue mitigation measures in the state, the governor addressed the court's 4-3 ruling, saying, "Republican legislators have convinced four of our Supreme Court justices to throw our state into chaos." The governor added that while "the Supreme Court may have changed the rules for how we operate, they sure the heck didn't change how viruses operate."

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