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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/17

Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly news conference in the Capitol on March 26.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly news conference in the Capitol on March 26. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Tonight, we take you inside the Capitol to learn about what’s on lawmakers’ minds as the pandemic continues. We also look at the struggle to get more money to desperate hospitals, and a potential app that may help with contact tracing, a necessary step to reopening society.

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