312,085 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in USLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 3.05pm BST Washington governor Jay Inslee, whose state was hit with the first confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, blasted the Trump administration on Sunday for not helping states get the emergency equipment they need and fueling a bidding war among the states for that equipment.“This is ludicrous that we do not have a national effort in this. To say we are a backup … Can you imagine if Franklin Roosevelt said ‘I’ll be right behind you Connecticut, good luck building those battleships’?” Inslee said on NBC New’s Meet the Press.As you are aware, the Federal Government is merely a back-up for state governments. Unfortunately, your state needed far more of a back-up than most others.If he wants to be a wartime president, be a wartime president. Show some leadership. Mobilize the industrial base of the United States, that’s what we need.WATCH: @GovInslee says it is “ludicrous that we do not have a national effort” against the coronavirus. #MTPGov. Inslee: “To say we are a backup … Can you imagine if Franklin Roosevelt said ‘I’ll be right behind you Connecticut, good luck building those battleships.'” pic.twitter.com/uAudl3SxAU 2.45pm BST In his wide-ranging interview this morning with George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC News’ This Week, Biden described preparations the Obama administration took to handle a pandemic which he said Donald Trump had dismantled.“We did a lot to prepare, as you know George. We set up a pandemic office within the White House, we expanded CDC in other countries so we could be in fact, observe, see when things were coming, how things were moving,” Biden said.“We did a lot to prepare,” Biden tells @gstephanopoulos when pressed on whether the Obama admin should have “done more to prepare” for a potential pandemic. In 2014 DHS warned that a pandemic was the highest homeland security risk from a natural cause. https://t.co/IWEd5ppDTB pic.twitter.com/2P0CHEOPBO Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
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