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Anthony Fauci made on the "Today" show where he said that there was "no need" for people to change their lifestyles "at this moment," though Fauci also warned about the threat of "community spread" from the coronavirus and cautioned that the risk level "could change."

Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican also up for reelection, pointed to Feb. But he added: "When you're in a crisis situation, you have to inform people for their public health but you also don't want to create hysteria." Thom Tillis, a vulnerable Republican who is up for reelection, said he wants to see "the full context" of Trump's comments before fully weighing in. Several top Republicans defended President Donald Trump after revelations that he told Bob Woodward that he intentionally downplayed coronavirus in order to avoid creating a panic and gave the public a rosy assessment despite what he knew privately.

Other interviews: Woodward, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, conducted hundreds of hours of confidential background interviews with firsthand witnesses for "Rage." Trump's former top Cabinet officials are among his harshest critics in the book, providing some of the most brutal assessments of the commander in chief to date: "Dangerous." "Unfit." "No moral compass." "Doesn't know the difference between the truth and a lie.".

The interviews were recorded by Woodward with Trump's permission, and CNN has obtained copies of some of the audio tapes.

18 interviews: The startling revelations in "Rage" were made during 18 wide-ranging interviews Trump gave Woodward from Dec.

"I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." "I wanted to always play it down," Trump told Woodward on March 19, even as he had declared a national emergency over the virus days earlier.

"Play it down": In a March tape, Trump admitted he kept that knowledge hidden from the public.

Remember: This was 19 days before the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed first possible US case of "community spread." You know? So, this is deadly stuff," Trump said, according to the audio. This is five per- you know, this is five percent versus one percent and less than one percent. 7 tape, Trump said knew in early February coronavirus was dangerous, highly contagious, airborne and "deadly." Trump went on to say that coronavirus was maybe five times "more deadly" than the flu.

What Trump knew about coronavirus in February: According to a Feb.