I don’t watch CNN, no idea, but during WH news conference that what he was saying.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/b09b868ec468-breaking-news-wuhan-doctor-blows-whistle-on-manipulation-of-virus-patient-numbers.html
Wuhan’s virus patient numbers manipulated for Xi visit: local doctor
I don’t watch CNN either. I watched a clip, maybe from Breitbart.