America’s mainstream media has gone “feral” by deliberately twisting President Donald Trump’s words during his latest COVID-19 press conferences, according to Outsiders host James Morrow.

President Trump has been rebuked by the media and medical groups after he asked Bill Bryan, an undersecretary at the Homeland Security Department, whether authorities should investigate whether some form of disinfectant could combat the deadly disease.

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President Trump’s musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID-19 horrified medical professionals and raised fresh concerns that his stream-of-consciousness briefings could push frightened people to poison themselves with untested treatments. Trump later said that he was being sarcastic.

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Some businesses in Georgia that were forced to close due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak are now allowed to reopen, despite the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. exceeding 50,000. This comes as President Donald Trump said his comments about using disinfectant for internal use in COVID-19 patients was “sarcastic.” He later made brief comments at Friday’s coronavirus task force briefing and then left without taking questions. NBC’s Sam Brock, Kelly O’Donnell, Geoff Bennett and Sarah Harman report for Weekend TODAY, and Dr. Kavita Patel joins with analysis.
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In the United States, there have been discussions within the White House about changing the format of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefings – and curtailing the his role in them. It comes after Trump held an unusually short briefing on Friday, and didn’t take any questions from reporters. The day before that, he caused alarm by suggesting people with coronavirus may be able to be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant — something that alarmed medical officials. He has since claimed his remarks were sarcastic and he wasn’t encouraging people to drink bleach.
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Donald Trump and members of the coronavirus task force brief reporters on-camera.

Controversy over a leaked Gilead Sciences document that stated studies of its hopeful coronavirus treatment, Remdesivir, have proven inconclusive. Gilead has come out saying the document contained inappropriate characterization blaming some of the issues on low enrollment in the study. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, member of the boards of Pfizer and biotech company Illumina and former FDA commissioner, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss.