By Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will appear on a CNN town-hall broadcast Thursday evening, ending a short stand-off between the White House and the cable-news outlet over its recent coverage of the Trump administration’s daily coronavirus briefings.
CNN said Thursday afternoon that CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield had been booked for the town hall and that Dr. Robert Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert, was slated to appear Friday on “New Day.” CNN had been told earlier Thursday by a spokesman for Vice President Michael Pence that it could not have access to top government health officials grappling with the nation’s coronavirus pandemic unless it
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