And by c this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc world new from new york citm laura trevelyan. Th u. S. Marks another grim milestone, 70,000 people have died in the coronavirus outbr hk as the whise downplays projections of worchester,. Clearing the air. How coronavirus reduced indias pollution problem and why there are worries about the smog returning. Hoplusto make a movie during a pandee. Of social distancing. You have your camera operator who has a dolly gri. For them to be six feet apart is impossible. Laura forf allu watching around the globe, welcome to world news america. 70,000 people have died of coronavirus in the u. S. , a staggering death toll that leaves many familiesin gri more than 40 stas are moving ndwards reopening their economieshe white house is talking about winding down the Coronavirus Task force area the human cost, says the governor of new york. The president is the road in izona. Compromise in the time of covid. At Clearwater Beach in florida, sunbathers use seaweed to social distance. More than ever, people wantou to enjoy thoors and police are on hand to conform control crowds. Thisst is the bargain manes are making wh anxious residents and businesses ready to lift lockdown. Some governors are doing so before fedele federal guidelines deem safe. It dsemma that dr. Fauci quys is answered by one a. G tito ep ht to get back to what you want to beomome form of reality normality iraq of more projections show the without proper care. Ening a new model shows34,000 americans could now die by august, nearly double the estimate last month. A draft government model obtained by the media shows the average daily death toll from the virus could reach 3000 by President Trump pushed back on the report on his way to arizona, his first across the country since the virus emerged. He remains convinced, despite e lack ofe a nationwan for testing and tracing, that the country can safely reopen. At the fact hey are out, they are mitigating, they are social distancing, they are washing their hands a lot, but we have to get our country open. We have to opur country. You have all reports, models have been very inaccurate. This summer will be closely watched for spikes in coronavirus cases and progress towards a vaccine. In the united states, pfizer announced human trials have been vaccine. D for their experimen the company says several million doses could be ready as earlyses ember. Laura for more on the president s trip and political nes, i am joined by katt kay. What is thpresident signaling on this trip to a mask facility in arizona as the caseload grows and he tries to reopen economy . A it riple whammy for the president. It isat a battleground in the election, a state he won by four points in the 2016 election so it is a state he wants to rally poltoically. Goin honeywell, a defense contractor normally that has n95 masks come a shows theeng pres paying tribute to a country that is in the effort to fight coronavirus, and beyond ,th getting out of washington and being around the country, he has beenrustrated, he has said he has been conduct upn the white house and he wants to get it out. He wants to be seen on the road. Getting out arizona is a chance shp he wte house intle washington. Laura lls of the president , like chris christie, are framing this debate as lives versus livelihood. How influential is that view with the president . That is something the governor of new york spoke about today, that they are touching on something. Everybody is thinking about the cost of the economy and the cost to people lost their jobs, the cost of the shutdown. We have had Anthony Fauci say he spoke to medical experts that are worried some people are not getting the medical advice and medical treatment they need because of the shutdown. That could cost lives. Forea anyr, there must be a constant balance between the need to shut down in order to stop the coronavirus and protect the vealth care service and sa lives, against the devastation caused by shutting down, to people losing their jobs and ially being hurt in thei health the cousin of the shutdown. It is clear from the president s he wants to get ba to opening the economy. He said it on h way to arizona. He talked about it in arizona. His focus now is on the economy. He knows this is a political issue and the question is, how does he do with while he has the pandemic going through the untry . Laura why ishehite house talking about winding down the Coronavirus Task force . At ts point, in the middle o the outbreak . Speaking in arizona, the president said it will be replaced with something different. He spoke about some kind of grouping that is looking at safety and reopening the economy. He wants to push forward looking at reopening the economy rather than being caught up in the isis moment of the early days of the pandemic. Ere is also a political factor, because these ratings he was loving that he touted on Coronavirus Task force briefings actually dont seem ton e well accoavrding h to opinion polls. Maybe this is a chance to reframe alsnof this. It t sound like it is as doning white house is ab corona it is shifting focus, and this may look a little different. Laura katty kay, thank you. There are nearly 1. 2 million coronavirus cases in the u. S. For more, lets turn to dr. William shaffer at vanderbilt university. Thanks for joining us. Does it surprise you the u. S. Is seeing5,0 new coronavirus cases per day . It is and it isnt. The reason is, we are testing so muchore. Still not as much as we would like, but the more you test, the re you will find. There are many cases out there that still gondiagnosed. For a period of me as we expand testing, we will find new cases. That will complicate the evaluation of opening things up. Because we want to make sure that people are not spreading the virus out in the population while people are out walking about and getting reacquainted laura what is happening in your own state of tennessee . The economy is reopening. Caseload . Pening to the ate he moment cr state is opening up in the rural areas, but the cities are shutdown. Ng pretty close we are trying to do a balancing act. At the moment, our cases have plateaued. They were up a little, down a little depending on th day, but andta i aing principally about hospitalized cases, that we are clearly finding new cases during our expanded testing. In tennessee, anybody who wants a testan now receive a test. Laa are we close having the outbreak under control in the u. S. . No. I wish. And the next several weeks will really tell the tale. H been decided to open up in a more or less gradual phase, and we will be watching that very closely. This is an extraordinarily contagious virus, and as people go about their nowexpanded business, if they dont tend to the social distancing recommendations, im afraid thi vill start to spread again. And we will see not only more cases, but unfortunately, more hospitalizations. Laura are you encouraged by this vaccineews, that it could potentially be ready for emergency use by the fall . Crocs im encouraged by two things. One is, the antngipation of ha vaccine. R, everything goes right, by this fall or wine may have one or more Vaccines Available to us. That would be fabulous. The other thing that is encouraging is that there are many trials going on of therapies. We need treatments, and we have heard about remdesivir, and there are other trials assessing other drugs alone and in combination. Iti hopen the next several months, we have positive results from those. My fingers are crossed. Laura thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Laura letsk l at india, which has been in lockdown for more than a month and a half. Pollution levels have dropped in cities that were trapped by smog. As the restrictions are slowly lifted, there are fearbad air could return. A blanket of smog so thick, it was hiding delhi landmarks. One of t worlds most polluted cities, it is breathing easy now. The horrifying pictus from are fading away post lockdown to for some, this has been a precious breath of fresh air. Abrina has been taking medication for bronchitis for five years. When i step out t days, i really feel that freshness and i reallyeel that air inside my lungs and i can see that, y can breathe properly, and the frequency of coughing and sneezingas h lessened. Rv apart from essential es like police, delhi has seen all snow traffic as schools, offices and industries were shot. I have lived here most of my life. The summer is dusty, the sky is white, but it is less polluted. T this is something else. It is like we have had a deep cleanse. Airquyal never blener. For residents in some northern indian cities, it was like rediscovering their neighborhood. One morning, they woke up to the vi of himalayan peaks. We looked and there is a cleansing, and a dome in your troposphere. But in the not only to the surface buthe in troposphere. Emergency admissions for almost halved. Doctors fear this could change quickly. If everything returns to business as usual and we have as many vehicles on the roads, the pollution levels will deteriate rapidly. Pollution damages the lungs. It is, damaged lungs are more prone to cid a more prone to die when covid happens. It is not just the air that has benefited. Rivers are running cleaner than ever. This may change soon, and International Studies suggest high levels of air pollution would raise the risk of dying from covid19. As the country restarts, it may have to pause to prepareor this challenge. Laura in other news, airbnb is cutting nearly 1900 jobs as it battles with the downturn in the Global Travel industry. That is one quarter of their workfoe. E firm says revenues this year will be about half what they were in 2019. President trump spake to be the new director of National Intelligence insists he will take a nonpartisan approach to the role. That is despite his fierce inbacking of mr. Trump dthe impeachment hearings. Congressman John Ratcliffe rick withdrew his nomination. He is expected to be approved for the job. China launched a new rocket. It is capable of lifting 25 metric tons to a lower lowearth orbit. It will carry part of the proposed space station into orbit, ferrying astronas to ace and is typical of getting them to the moon. Capable of gettinghe to the moon. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come laura f the power music. A choir in the u. K. I uplifting people with special needs, even from afar. The Eu Health Commissioner ss they are better equipped to provide Member States with ppear for healthstaff following criticism it was reliant on china for supplies. The eu depended, and other countries come on china for personal protective equipment because china produced over 50 of that globally. Affected by t. Their factories closedfo dow over two months. It was clear there was going to be a problem in the supply chain, but what has happened is, we have woed closely with dustry, production has increased within europe as well, and industry has diversifd, producing personal protective equipmentnd we are now in a position to support members Member States because this is a situation that needs to be tsafeguarded in future. Laura hollywood if makebelieve where fantasy comes to life. Social distancing is keeping the dream ctory closed. California is looking to reopens are figuring out how to get tinseltown shining again. I have done crazy things in my day. This is the latest american cop drama. Las finest. This is how it is made. One more time. Cast and crew crammed together. Action. Los angeles was once a hotbev of cre activity. Now, iconic locations where films and Television Series are set live empty. Lie empty. While beaches could reopen to theubc, it is unlikely ll be allowed to roll caytime soonwis. There are so many micro industes built within one production. For instance, wewh have filming h requires the crew and you have the camera operator who has a dolly grip that pushes the dolly the cameraemits on. For o be six feet apart is almost impossible. As film sets lie deserted, empty like the streets they will replicate, several scenarios circulate as to hul production fution in the future. One project i heard about was considering quarantining the entire crew because it is interesting, and a uque way to do it. Sounds like everyone would get tested beforehand, going to quarantine together,ake the movie tother. That would mean a lot of challenges for people, not seeingamy, depending on how long that is, that could be tricky. He is finessing his swing, confident they have the ability to great a safe environment. Lo when we should love scenes we try to keep ad set. This is the new normal. Actors are more valuable than i ha to say it, but they are i think we have to do everything we can to make them feel comfortable and safe and thats going to take time, to get them back on set feeling comfortable they do. O they can do with she gets too hungry t work may have halted but many here were born to perform. In the absce of theaters, every balcony has become a stage. While much of the city itself a film set, lies empty, the Creative Community is confident e wheels of producgaon will turn. Laura hollywood will ha a cond act. For peopl with special needs and their families, the pandemic has been incredibly difficul t especially fse who have been selfisolating because of their lnerablemmune systems. In the u. K. , music made the lockdown more bearable. A choir in oxford used onli gatherings to support its singers. Amazing grace how sweet the sound a voice from deep confinement. Music helps make isolation bearable for sam,ge 37. He has a vulnerable immune system and cant leave home. Am found. Ce was lost, but now i d,was blut now i see when you are singing together, what is the feeling . I feel powerful when i am singing. I feel the power of music. F now it has got to thith beat. It is different for him his mother keeps a video diary am a filming his daily t ercise. T lovely. He is in her 70s. Her husband, in his 80s. Both with Severe Health conditions. The carers who once visited sam every day cant come the carer will say on the phone, you have to get in the bath, you have to get washed, things lmee that. Is facetoface sessions with his beloved choir, founded last year by a charity, and at center of life for dozens of special needs people in oxford. For different families, different challenges. The choir drummer wasd born blid nable to speak. He cherishes the human touch of his brother cj, his parents. But matthew ves in support of accommodatn and because of th virus, canhave visitors. His mother and father bring freshly baked bread, which they child. At the entrance for their he likes to give you a big hug and a kiss. I must be honest a say i do miss him. I miss him because also, not knowing how long the ckdown will be for, you think, if it is a few weeks, which is what i wit as be able to see him. Now, we dont know long it is goingo be. In a time of anxiety, what is striking about the choir families is their optimism and good humor. 14 years ago, edward was too weak to cry. Listen to m now. W choir mean to you . F a it chand my life. I think i am just what does it mean to you . E meansverything. Drives me insane. There is another reason for laughter. Using video conference, the choir overcomes isolation and reunites. Matthew hears the sound of his mothers laughter. Matthew, hope you have a really good day lily, blind witiospecial educl needs, taught herself piano and leads the choirs version of an anthem for our times. [singing] [applaus laura the comfort of the choir in oxford. Before we go, an update on President Trumps visit to arizona. Heby h honeywell international. Floor. E ctorytour without a mask. His Vice President found himself in a hot water after he refused to wear protective gear. Mr. Trump is on his first major trip since the outbreak to hold. He said the White House Task force will be wound down. Thank you so much for joining us watching bbc world news america. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Nah oranrrd bamo reat. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from vik ers like you. Thu. Narrator yo re watching pbs. 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