obert: as you look at the map, yasmeen, where do you see emerging hot spots in the u.s.?> so health experts are concernedbout citie you would expect as hot spots. you know, major metropolitan cities. the death rate in new orleans is the high glest he country a in the world. boston is emerging as another h potentia spot. chicago, miami. it's making its way through the country and you would expect to through. thing spreading quickly rt: what are the biggest problems for health professionals? we hear a lot about ventilators. is thathessue? yasmeen: there's a lot of panic ether there will be enough sven lay or thes to see the crush of patients that hospitals expect to see in the coming days and weeks. not justhe ventilators but the workers who can operate them. that's a specialized skill. that's a big cone'rn. and hearing these desperate pleas from healthcare rkers about facemasks, about gowns and the protective uipment they need. they keep sing they're sent to war without protection, without equipment. and equating themselves to that sort of thing. robert: so so many america

joining us is one of the reports, yasmeen abutaleb a reporter for "the washington post."hanks for being here. what is the significance of ted untates surpassing china in terms of the number of cases? yasmeen: i think it signals the epicenter of the outbreakrtas of jumped around the world. it was in china. then it was italy. then it was europe. states. eems to be the the number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus in the united states still lags behind italy and spain. but of course, that could quickly changeexn t couplef days. i think it signals the o seriousnes which the united states is and needs to take the outbreak -- you know, this isth new epicenter and how quickly it's been able to spread all over the world. robert: as you look at the map, een, where do you see emerging hot spots in the u.s.? >>ealth experts are concerned about cities you would expect as hot spots. you know, major metropolitan cities. the death rate new orleans is the high glest the country and in the world. boston is emerging asnother potential hot spot. chicago, miami. it's making its way through

joining us now is yasmeen abutaleb reporter for "the washington pet." where he cracks inside the top ranks of this administration as they deal with the crisis? president downplay the risk of the virus even as we've seen the number of caseshe in u.s. climb and pop up in more than a dozen states. i think ve president pence and theealth officials who are briefing the public have been pretty clear that they expect to see more cases, but they still believe the risk to the american publ and then you have president trump who has sought to say that a vaccine will be available sooner than tonyau has said it will be. and that he's even questioned the mortality rate that the w.h.o. has put out about the virus based on what we know so of. and the cases that we know bert: what do you make of vice of itent pence's handling so far? what are your reviews with your topes sou >> even from some democrats, vice president pence hasotn pretty good reviews. they feel the government is trying to give them the bes information. the are some people who wish professionalike burks

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