From the Coronavirus Task force, and senator Marsha Blackburn, congressman steve scullys and lisa booth. As we been reporting President Trump now says hes no longer considering what he calls a mandatory quarantine for new york, new jersey and parts of connecticut. But talking with the cdc about a travel advisory at the moment. This just breaking. Joining me tonight from the White House Task force on coronavirus to assess that and more as a woman we have seen a lot over the past few weeks and we thank you for all of your hard work. She has been front and center in all of the response to this pandemic. Doctor deborah burke. Thank you so much for being with us tonight. What can you make of the news that just broke with President Trump saying there will not be mandatory quarantine for new york, new jersey and parts of connecticut. I think trump wanted the whole of america to know where the viruses and where it is expanding rapidly and really felt like everybody had to be aware and have a t
Somber occasion. I want america to understand, this week, its going to get b bad. Tucker this week, its going to get bad. Sobering words from a countrys top doctor. Was he right . How bad was it . This seems a good time to assess that. Any moment like this, events move bewilderingly fast. It becomes very hard to keep track of who you are relative to where you thought you would be. Perspective becomes impossible. But tonight, we are going to give it a try because we think it is important, clearheaded deadness is the First Casualty of crisis, thats how bad decisions get made right in the middle of. Here are some facts to consider as we move forward. When our show open monday night, there were just over 40,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States. Tonight, the end of the same week, the number has more than doubled to over 100,000 cases. Over the course of monday, all day, 141 americans died from coronavirus. Today, about twice as many died. And thats awful. Every death is a
We are checking the economic and medical coasttocoast tonight. Jeff paul covering the bases from our west coast news from peter Rick Leventhal joins us live from the nearempty streets of new york with some potentially encouraging signs. White house correspond kevin corke reporting on the president s take, but we begin tonight with lehman vendors for the latest from capitol hill, hey. Hi, there voting on the hill, the senate voting, the house will vote in a couple of days. The final bill, some 883 pages so in the words of a famous woman, we might have to pass it in order to see whats actually in it or certainly how it works. But here the big 6 for you at home. A payment in the next three weeks for anyone making less than 75,000 a year. That will be a 1200 payment whether youre out of work or not. Plus 350 billion of loan guarantees that essentially turn into grants for Small Businesses to incentivize them to keep paying people, but already conservatives are pointing out bigticket items,
Extraordinary scenes, this is as thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding justice for george floyd. A black man who died in Police Custody. The Police Department says the staff of the precinct, they were evacuated earlier. The mayor declaring a local emergency. Now, nearby, in saint paul, protesters clashing with police there, as well. Well into the night. Fires breaking out. Theres stores that are being looted. Police have responded to protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. The National Guard is now being deployed. More than 500 soldiers will be sent to st. Paul, minneapolis, and surrounding communities, to try to help keep the peace. Cnns Josh Campbell is in minneapolis for us. He joins us now on the line. First, the obvious, what are you seeing right now . I mean the idea of a Police Station on fire like this is just extraordinary. The local target on fire. What caused things to get so out of hand . Reporter michael, wherever you are in the world right now, what y