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Trump's CDC visit turns into scattershot defense on virus

by Associated Press
| March 8, 2020 12:07 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump's visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday turned into a scattershot defense of his administration's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, veering into political score-settling, exaggerations and talk harking back to his impeachment.

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