Cases. Despite the rising numbers, at least 42 states around the country will be partially reopened by the end of this week. Lets begin this hour at the white house. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is with us. Jim, very disturbing new numbers as the pandemic continues to grow. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump stayed behind closed doors as the white house pushed back on an internal projection that estimates as many as 3,000 deaths per day by the end of this month. Thats much higher, nearly double what the nation is going through right now. While the white house is pushing back on that report, one source from the Coronavirus Task force says these updated projections should be taken seriously. As President Trump appeared to be raising his own estimate of the number of americans expected to die from the coronavirus, new startling internal projections were circulating inside the administration, forecasting a sharp rise in lives lost. Were going to lose anywhere from 75, 80, to 100,000 people. Thats a horrible thing. We shouldnt lose one person over this. Reporter the Trump Administration document obtained by the New York Times and confirmed by cnn estimates as many as 3,000 deaths per day by june 1. One big reason, states ending stay at home restrictions and reopening businesses. Mr. Trump had been floating lower projections in the last few days, contradicting his own health experts. Our projections have always been 1 and 200,000 american lives lost, and thats with social distancing and stay at home regulations. Reporter the white house says this data is not reflective of any of the modeling that the task force has and. But a separate model often cited by the white house is upping its projections as well, nearly double earlier estimates. The president , who has been backing governors race to go in open, has blamed china. I think they made a horrible mistake. And they didnt want to admit it. They knew they had a problem. I think they were embarrassed by the problem. Reporter other parts of the administration are hitting china as well. The department of Homeland Security drafting a report that accuses beijing of concealing the severity of the outbreak while stockpiling medical supplies. Secretary of state mike pompeo said there is growing evidence that the virus somehow originated in a lab, although parts of the Intelligence Community say its possible covid19 simply began through contact with infected animals. There is enormous evidence that thats where this began. Weve said from the beginning that this was a virus that originated in wuhan, china. Reporter even with the pandemic raging, mr. Trump found time to take a swipe at former president george w. Bush who released a video message calling on americans to come together to confront the virus in a message of unity. In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. Were human beings. Reporter the president complained bush didnt come to his defense during the impeachment saga, tweeting, he was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest hoax in american history. At a town hall at the lincoln memorial, mr. Trump complained about the media, insisting hes been treated worst than honest abe, whom historians note was assassinated. Ive been greeted by a hostile press, the likes of which no one has ever seen. I believe i am treated worse than lincoln. Reporter even though the president and top aides touted their response to the coronavirus, the white house, were told, is trying to limit Coronavirus Task force members from congressional hearings. That means hearings featuring dr. Fauci or dr. Birx, although dr. Fauci is scheduled to appear before a Gopled Senate committee next week. He had been requested but the democraticled house and that request was denied. So the president says hes doing a spectacular job with this pandemic and the response to the pandemic, why wont they let dr. Fauci, dr. Birx and others on the task force say that on capitol hill . Theyre limiting what those doctors can say and how often they can say it at these upcoming hearings. Very interesting indeed. Jim acosta, thank you. Were hearing from California Governor Gavin Newsom that hes clearing the way for some shops in his state to reopen this story. Athena jones is working the story for us. Athena, there are big restrictions tied to these openings. Reporter hi, wolf, thats right. People across the country have been clamoring for an end to stayathome orders, eager to get outside and back to a semblance of normal life. Governor newsom announced today that real shops including clothe stores, floorists and book shops can begin to reopen on friday for Curbside Pickup. Theyll have to retain social or physical distancing. This is another example of loosening restrictions coasttocoast. In florida, restaurants and retail spaces allowed to open at 25 capacity. Elective surgeries once again allowed. Some state parks and beaches and popular exports spots like clearwater and panama city now open for at least some part of the day. Wow. Just wow. Its been great to see people just really happy to just be released. Reporter but schools, movie theaters, bars, gyms, and hair salons still shuttered. For now restrictions remain in place in the states three hardesthit counties. Being safe, smart, and step by step is the appropriate way to consider that. Reporter in georgia, this mall opening their doors. In colorado, nonessential offices can reopen today with increased cleaning and employee desks staying six feet apart while nevada began allowing Curbside Pickup at stores and expanded Outdoor Activities late last week. Everybodys kind of been respectful of giving everybody their space. Reporter in northern california, two counties are now defying the governors stay at home restrictions. If we see a large increase in hospitalizations we will certainly look to go the other direction. Reporter by the end of the week, more than 40 states will have begun lifting restrictions meant to stop the spread of the virus. This even as the picture across the country is mixed with cases rising in more states than they are falling. Its about 20 states, we see a rising number of new cases. Illinois, texas, maryland, indiana, virginia, north carolina, tennessee, have a lot enough cases on a daily basis. Reporter and the number of new cases confirmed daily remains stubbornly high at around 30,000. With the nations death toll surging past the 60,000 people he estimated just two weeks ago President Trump acknowledging the sobering reality. Were going to lose anywhere from 75, 80, to 100,000 people. Reporter even that number may be low. Our projections have always been between 100 and 240,000 american lives lost. And thats with full mitigation and us learning from each other how to social distance. Reporter in fact an influential model cited by the white house now projecting nearly 135,000 covid19 deaths in the u. S. Thats nearly double their previous estimate. And the New York Times citing an internal document reports the Trump Administration projects about 200,000 new cases per day and some 3,000 deaths a day by early june. Nearly double the current total. Were opening too early. Im being honest about that. Im not surprised at the projection. Its really based on how exponentially this virus can grow. Reporter and as warm, sunny weather brought crowds to parks in places like new york and washington, d. C. , and defiant sun seekers to beaches in california, federal Health Officials worry its all too much, too soon. There may soon be promising news on the vaccine front with Oxford University scientists predicting this fall. And the drug Company Roche saying it has emergency use authorization for its new Antibody Test that it says is nearly 100 accurate. The fda has not yet confirmed it gave emergency use authorization to the roche test. Testing is critical to reopening safely in the northeast. If you reopen too fast, then you have to stop. And nobody wants to have gone through all of this and then start just to stop again. Reporter and a little more on those new projections. The model from the university of washington cites of relaxation of stayathome orders and social distancing. Athena jones, thank you so much. Joining us, the mayor of boston, marty walsh. As you heard, mayor walsh, do you expect the daily death toll to double in boston as well . I certainly hope not. I think its hard to tell right now, looking at the numbers that came out today, privately, you know, its certainly concerning. There was a lot of different voices on the previous guests and segments you just played. For boston, and i can only speak to boston, we want to continue to move forward and practice physical and social distancing. My concern is a second surge. My concern is a rise in deaths. Weve seen our numbers pretty consistent over the last several days here. Weve had, you know, 100 to 200 new cases every day. Weve had, you know, anywhere from 10 to 20 deaths a day which generally seems the number is somewhat low for a city of 700,000 people. If the new projection is accurate, clearly our deaths will go up significantly. Massachusetts is going to go up significantly. Well have some major problems again. Lets talk about that, because youve suggested that you expect boston to surpass 10,000 confirmed cases today. Would a doubling in the death toll by early june overwhelm hospitals, emergency services, in boston . It certainly will. It will affect Emergency Rooms everywhere. I think right now, im on a call every morning, and the Hospital Capacity in boston is steady. At the Convention Center, theres 150 people there now being treated. Were seeing a little capacity in our hospitals. If the numbers spike the way theyre going to, if we lift regulations and restrictions too soon, were going to see our hospitals overwhelmed. We cant keep this up, as Governor Cuomo just mentioned. How long can we keep boston hope open, how long can we keep these additional places open, if we decide to open up our communities and our society, our Convention Center is going to want to open up. Were going to lose a lot of ground. Were going to lose a lot of opportunity here. And i think that right now is the time to double down. I know theres protests going on around the country, there was one in boston today at the statehouse. I appreciate that people are wanting to open up the economy. I want to open up the economy. I also want to save peoples lives. And i find that thats my job right now, and thats what every governor and every mayor in the United States of americas job should be right now, is saving lives and reducing the spread of the virus. But if all these modules tel are surfacing now, mayor, if theyre accurate, should stayathome orders continue another month or so . That question has already passed us, we should have been stricter earlier across the board in the United States of america. We lost that opportunity. I think that unfortunately right now, as states begin to open, people are going to have to answer to their constituencies which they start seeing death tolls go up and these folks that want to open up society quickly, quicker, and with no restrictions, they have to take a good look at whats happening in this country, were going to lose hundreds of thousands of lives here and people impacted by the coronavirus. I quite hospital cant understand it. Watching your show at night, some of the segments i see, i scratch my said, i dont know what im missing. A lot of mayors around the country, theyre worried their residents are getting very tired, understandably so, of the quarantine, the stay at home measures. Cities across the u. S. Saw large crowds in parks over the weekend, not necessarily everyone practicing good associating social distancing or wearing a mask. What are you doing in boston to enforce social distancing while still allowing people to get outside, the weather is nice, for some exercise and the fresh air . The governor put in place on friday a mandatory mask order so people have to start Wearing Masks in massachusetts. What i noticed this weekend as compared to last week at least in boston, there were large groups of people walking out there but i saw a lot better social distancing going on. I would love to see more masks on people. But i saw people being more responsible, more respectful of each other by keeping that social distancing. Again, i think if we can do that respectfully, were going to see people out, were going to see people walking on paths and in beaches and in parks and things like that. A long as they continue to practice social physical distancing, thats the way to combat this. Again, its incumbent on each individual to understand, be aware of your surroundings and making sure youre keeping yourself and your families safe and jury helpiyoure helping pe safe that way. Even the president suggested last night right now 68,000 confirmed deaths in the United States, he says that could go up to 100,000. Dr. Deborah birx says it potentially could go up to 240,000. Those are current projections right now. So this crisis is by no means over. Good luck, mayor walsh, we appreciate your joining us. Thank you very much. Up next, more on that disturbing new model that almost doubles the projected u. S. Coronavirus death count. Ill speak with the doctor who leads the institute behind the new model. Also cnns dr. Sanjay gupta is standing by live to answer your questions. And there are significant questions about the coronavirus. The situation room with wolf blitzer brought to you by the new Fitbit Charge 4. If you have asthma or copd, these are challenging times, and you may have a lot on your mind. We want to help, with real questions from you, and real answers from experts. We can get through this together. Visit letsbreathetogether. Com. Show me what youre made of. So we showed it our people, sourcing and distributing more fresh food than anyone. We showed it our drivers helping grocers restock their shelves. We showed it how were donating millions of meals to those in need. We showed it how we helped thousands of restaurants convert to takeout and pop up markets. And how were encouraging all americans to take out to give back. Adversity came to town. So we looked it right in the eye. And it wont be us. That blinks first. I came across sofi and it was the best decision of my life. I feel cared about as a member. Were getting a super competitive Interest Rate on our money. Were able to invest through the same exact platform. I really liked that they didnt have any hidden or extra fees. Sofi has brought me peace of mind. Truly thank you for helping me prepare for whatever the future has in store. As President Trump encourages states to reopen businesses, new model from the centers for Disease Control and prevention projects a surge in new coronavirus cases. This comes as the white house is moving to limit the ability of congress to hear from members of the white house Coronavirus Task force. Joining us now, cnn special correspondent jamie gangel and chief Political Correspondent dana bash. Dana, were learning the white house is moving to limit Coronavirus Task force members like dr. Fauci, dr. Birx, among others, from appearing before committees in the house of representatives. How important is it to hear from these experts in that kind of a forum, a different forum, lets say, than the White House Briefing room . Incredibly important. That is one of the basic functions of congress. And now that congress is back for however long they are, they want to use the benefit of actually physically being in washington to do that job. Thats one of the reasons why leaders in both parties insisted that they needed to come back despite the obvious risks of being in that building and being at work. And so for americans to hear from these very important historic individuals about where we are in time, for the record, never mind for the american people, it is really, really crucial. Now, theyre limiting it in general, we believe, that at least Anthony Fauci will still be able to testify before the republicanled senate. You know, they dont want these officials to be in front of the democraticled house, which is a whole other conversation, its ridiculous. But we should also remember that the committee that fauci will go in front of, assuming that that stays the case, is led by Lamar Alexander who is no shrinking violet, and he is not a partisan when it comes to these issues. Hell ask the right questions and hell lead a hearing that is really fair. Lets just hope that hearing goes on as planned next week. Lets hope, good point. Jamie, as that key coronavirus model sharply raises its projection to 134,000 u. S. Deaths by august 4, what stands out to you about how the president is addressing the staggering loss of life still to come as a result of this pandemic . Reporter so i think, wolf, we have to say, this is not the time to take a victory lap. And thats what the president seems to be doing every day. And hes been doing it from the beginning. First it was in control. Then there was a miracle. Now hes saying that there is a Great Success story. We are in the middle, maybe the middle, but were somewhere in the first wave. And the reality is this is not a time to be its magical thinking to be talking about it as a Success Story right now. We have almost 68,000 confirmed covid cases. That number doesnt even take into consideration cases of people who may have died but were not tested yet. And the way the president talks about it, its either magical thinking or i think more likely it is just about his political fortunes. This is about his getting reelected. And there is very little empathy here, wolf. Dana, the president is placing the blame of the virus spreading around the world squarely on china. Whats behind the finger pointing . Because u. S. china relations are at stake right now and there are a lot of issues there. Reporter politics. I mean, you know, there is some truth to it. This virus did start in china. But beyond that, all the polling internally and some of the public polling, when i say internally i mean the republican polling, shows that it is, in the words of one source, off the charts when it comes to how much people who theyre trying to get to respond to them respond when the president and his allies say that this is all about china. The question is to what end . Because china is not on the ballot. Its joe biden who is on the ballot. And so the question is how are they going to kind of turn that around and be sure that they are going to start to do that and that the obama biden history with china, fair or not, that is going to happen. But one thing that is really interesting and that we havent seen very much with all of the kind of, you know, victory lapse th laps that we were talking about, that the president and governors need to be much more clear that the economy needs to reopen and that they need to be much more blunt about what it means. And it means that people are going to die but its a sacrifice that leaders say that americans need to just make. An important point as well. Jamie, the former president , george w. Bush, he released over the weekend a really powerful, beautiful message calling for unity during this pandemic. Let me play a little clip. Finally, let us remember how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat. In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of god. We rise or fall together and we are determined to rise. In response to that, the president tweeted that bush in his words was nowhere to be found during mr. Trumps impeachment trial. Why do you think the former president chose this time to speak out and why do you think the current president really railed against him in that tweet . Reporter so let me do the current president first. I dont think its much of a surprise when donald trump attacks people in tweets. So this was another attack. He sees everything personally. I think the question about why former president bush did this now is interesting. As we know, hes really kept a low profile and has not wanted to speak out. But i think its important to remember, he talked in 2005 about the dangers of a pandemic. He and former first lady mrs. Bush care a lot about world health. He did so much for aids in africa. And then lets face it, this is an unprecedented Public Health tragedy. So i think all of those things appealed to him. I reached out today to his office to ask for a comment. They said they were going to going to have any response to President Trumps comment and, quote, freddie ford, the president s chief of staff, said, quote, i hope those covering it will resist the temptation to use it as a call to divide. So clearly theyre trying to stay above it all, wolf. Jamie, thanks very much. Dana, thanks to you as well. Coming up, a frightening new model almost doubling the projected u. S. Coronavirus death count. Ill speak with a doctor who leads the institute behind the new model. And later, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, shell be here in the situation room taking our questions. Thats coming up live. A wonderful thing something that shines a light in the world a beautiful thing a wonderful thing that makes this life better for you and for me you can be a part of a beautiful thing right now with your gift of just 19 a month. Only 63 cents a day. Your monthly gift means that more children, just like luke, will get the help that they need to live a full and better life. When you call this special number and give just 19 a month, youll be a part of making wonderful things for other kids. Because of you, i can ride my bike. I can ski. I can play in the band. We can do anything. uplifting music when you visit loveshriners. 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Why has the model been so drastically revised, the death projection, upward . The big driver here, the big change, is that were taking into account the states that are relaxing social distancing. And were also seeing in the mobility data that was collected through anonymized cellphone use, people are already increasing their mobility even before the mandates have come off, even in states that still have mandates in place. So thats driving up, you know, transmission. And thats driving up our numbers. And thats the key determinant of this big shift. We had previously assumed that the mandates were going to stay in place until the end of may. That was going to bring transmission really down to a very low level. Now that, you know, people are out and active, states are taking off the mandates. Were seeing a very different story going forward. 68,000 confirmed deaths in the United States right now. And youre now projecting its going to go up to 134,000 by august 4 which is not that far down the road. So the projections, i take it, have changed because the underlying assumptions of the model, the social distancing, seems to be going away in a lot of states. Is there also the issue of new data youre getting . Yeah, theres other things driving some of the increase as well. Were seeing many states reporting on presumptive deaths that were missed in the official death data. And now theyre going back, finding deaths that were in nursing homes, elder care facilities, and reporting, you know, large numbers of those deaths on a given day which we then have to go back and try to figure out when they occurred in the past. But that just means that more deaths occurred. That means the trajectory of the epidemic is also bigger. The third factor thats happening is were seeing rising case numbers, these sort of small, consequential epidemics in meat packing plants and other factories, a number of them in the midwest, iowa, south dakota, even nebraska showing increases. Thats also feeding into some of the expected increases in those states. How do you think policymakers should interpret the forecasts, nearly doubling the number of deaths by early august . I assume you would believe, it would only make sense, that they should consider imposing new restrictions. You know, i think the challenge for us all, wolf, is to figure out whats the trajectory of relaxing social distancing on a measured pace that will protect us from big increases or even a full scale resurgence, a new yorkstyle epidemic. And thats what every state needs to figure out. The things that are going to drive up transmission are people getting out and interacting more. People can protect themselves a bit by wearing, you know, cloth Face Coverings, masks, that will help. They can avoid as much contact as humanly possible. But there are some things in our favor. States can scale up faster testing and contact tracing. The faster they do that, the more we can reduce the risk of these resurgences. Its just a balancing act between keep people to reduced contact but also doing the proactive things like testing and contact tracing. All right, dr. Christopher murray, thanks to you and your team for all the important work youre doing, were really appreciative. Thanks, wolf. Coming up, thousands of social distancing and Face Covering violations as miami beach opens its parks, public spaces. Well get a live update. And later well talk about the pandemic and the governments response with the House Speaker nancy pelosi. Shes standing by live to join us here in the situation room. T. Well, we used to. 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Truly thank you for helping me prepare for whatever the future has in store. Show me what youre made of. So we showed it our people, sourcing and distributing more fresh food than anyone. Our drivers helping grocers restock their shelves. How were helping restaurants open popup markets. And encouraging all americans to take out to give back. Adversity came to town. So we looked it in the eye. And it wont be us. That blinks first. Motor . Nope. Not motor . Its pronounced motaur. For those who were born to ride, theres progressive. Today florida, the third most populous state in the country, started the first phase of reopening its economy. Restaurants, shops, parks, beaches are opening up, except, except, in the states three biggest counties. Lets go to cnns randi kaye, joining us right now. What are you seeing where you are, randi . Reporter wolf, were seeing new cases. Thats whats happening in florida according to the department of health. Weve seen 819 new cases of the coronavirus today in florida and about 20 new deaths. Yet the state is still reopening, phase i is happening. Its now under way. Well see the popular beaches reopen like destin, pensacola and clearwater. As some are celebrating, there is a grim milestone the states reached, thats more than 1 million new unemployment claims now in this state. And theyre having a very hard time paying out that money. The system has suffered a lot of snafus. There have been a lot of delays. The online application has been very, very difficult. And theres been some understaffing. There are lawyers trying to get those payments made immediately. So lots of folks are trying to get involved. But wolf, thats a big part of the reason why the governor has started with this phase i, because a lot of the unemployed are restaurant workers. Theyre now open to outdoor seethe and limited capacity inside. Retail workers are open as well. State parks are open. But the question is will people be social distancing. And that is required here. Masks are certainly required and expected in many parts of the state. And already, wolf, one of the parks in miami beach has been closed down. 8,000 violations for pineapple w people who are not social distancing and not wearing the required mask. So already some trouble here. But on a bright note, right now they have about 15,000 tests a day, the governor hopes to double that by june 15. Well see what happens down in florida. Randi kaye, thank you very much. Texas meanwhile of course ranks second in population ahead of florida, behind california. Its reopening, even though new coronavirus cases have been spiking. Cnns ed lavandera is in dallas for us right now. Ed, what are you seeing there, whats the situation . Reporter you can get a sense here, wolf, that the quarantine fatigue is really starting to settle in. As you drive around here in dallas, as weve done over the last few days, many more people out on the streets, especially throughout the day, than we have seen in the weeks previous. As you mentioned, the reports of new coronavirus cases being reported here in the state have been over a thousand per day, the last four days, except for today. And so there is a great deal of concern, because when you look at those, that jump in the number of cases weve seen in the four days before today, that didnt really take into account the effects of the reopening of the texas economy which many medical experts will tell you will take several weeks to get a full grasp of what this reopening will do to the flaring up of the infection throughout the state, because it will take that amount of time to kind of see the effects of that. So big city leaders here are very concerned that the opening up of the economy is going to cause all of this to slide backwards. So theres a great deal of concern with that. But the state continues to plow ahead with all of this. And depending on where you are, you kind of see a variety of reactions to how people are dealing with this. If you look at galveston, texas, the beaches in the Galveston Area are filled with cars over the area. If you look at popular shopping malls, they have a fraction of the visitors they normally have. Kind of a wide range of reaction to how people are handling all of this. By and large, you do get the sense that quarantine fatigue is settling in. Ed lavandera, thanks very much. Coming up, dr. Sanjay gupta is getting ready to answer your questions about the coronavirus pandemic. And later, my one on one interview with House Speaker nancy pelosi. We have lots to discuss about the pandemic and the governments response. For many of our members, being prepared. Wont be a new thing. And it wont be their First Experience with social distancing. Overcoming challenges is what defines the military community. 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Do the ability bodies protect you from carrying the virus or just from making you sick . You can still potentially carry the virus even if you have the antibody. Say if your body comes in contact with the virus again, there is a chance the virus could enter your body, but its less likely you get sick from that. Thats the real potential in that. You could be a carrier if you have the antibodies, but we dont know this yet. There is a lot we dont know. Here is another question from a viewer i have coronavirus but only showing mild symptoms. Could i still contract the more severe form of the virus . I hate to say that we dont know again, but i want to be honest. We are not sure. There have been situations in the past where certain infections, you get a more mild illness and the second one is more severe. Dengue fever is an example of that. Your body gets sense advertised. If this Novel Coronavirus behaves like others, once you are infected, even if you didnt have symptoms, you should have some level of protection so next time you encounter the illness it should be less severe, if any at all. Can the virus spread through water . There is good news. It doesnt appear to spread through water. So swimming pools, hot tubs. This appears to be a respiratory virus that people either breathe in these droplets with the particles inside them or the viral particles go to a surface and people touch that surface, their eyes, nose, mouth and get it that way. Dont go too far. We have more questions the next hour. There is a lot of news coming on the coronavirus as well. Also, new grim projections on how Many Americans will die of coronavirus. We will talk about the breaking news with House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is standing by to join us live in the situation room. Find out how your lexus dealer can service your individual needs. 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