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Michigan expands coronavirus testing but grapples with supply shortages

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended the state’s emergency order after its Republican legislature declined to do so. While the state has worked to ramp up testing, parts are still plagued by critical shortages in staffing and PPE, and some say the efforts to expand COVID-19 tests came too late. Adriana Diaz speaks to one woman who says her hospital worker mother died after being denied a test at the same hospital multiple times for our series, “State of Testing.” Source

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3 charged in fatal shooting of store security guard over face mask dispute

Three people have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, Michigan. Calvin Munerlyn, 43, was shot dead after an altercation May 1 when he refused to allow a customer’s daughter inside the store because she wasn’t wearing a face mask. CBS News’ Laura Podesta reports. Source

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Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale unfazed by falling poll numbers, report says

According to the New York Times, President Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale is not concerned about Mr. Trump’s polling numbers. Despite having to pivot to managing a campaign from home, Parscale is convinced the coronavirus pandemic will have no negative affect on the president’s numbers in the upcoming election. New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to explain what Parscale is doing to adapt. Source

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Trump says Dr. Fauci won’t testify before “haters” in the House

Members of the White House’s coronavirus task force will not be allowed to testify on Capitol Hill this month unless they are given permission by Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. President Trump defended the decision Tuesday saying, “The House is a bunch of Trump-haters.” CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes and congressional reporter for The Washington Post Mike DeBonis join CBSN’s Elaine Quijano with the latest on Capitol Hill. Source

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