TAPPER: We're back with our health lead and a new debate spilling out into the public from the White House on whether social distancing guidelines are worth the economic pain. Aides telling CNN that President Trump and some of his top economic officials are growing more and more anxious as the initial 15-day period continues. They want people to go back to work in a matter of days, despite warnings from top health officials that that may be premature and actually cause more deaths. CNN's Kaitlan Collins is live at the White House. Kaitlan, we just heard from the president's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow. He seemed to confirm that they're considering sending people back to work.</s>KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yes, he was backing up what the president said this morning, talking about, we don't want the cure to be worse than the problem itself. And this is one of the president's closest top economic advisers. And listen to how Larry Kudlow answered this question about whether or not they really are considering easing these guidelines they put in place just a week ago.</s>LARRY KUDLOW, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: We can't shut in the economy. The economic cost to individuals is just too great. So let's see how this thing plays out. More testing is essential. And we're loading up with tests now. That's going to be a big help. But the president is right. The cure can't be worse than the disease. And we're going to have to make some difficult trade-offs.</s>COLLINS: You notice there, Jake, he doesn't say exactly what he believes those difficult trade-offs are going to be.
Trump Suggests Social Distancing Measures May Be Too Extreme