Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We are standing by for a briefing in the rose garden. The president is expected to announce a new task force on reopening the new economy as dr. Fauci is expected to start easing restrictions. I am not quoting him. And Andrew Comeau is rejecting the claim by the president that he has total authority on reopening the country. There are more than 125,000 deaths worldwide. A sobering new harvard study says americans may have to endure social distancing measures until 2022 unless a vaccine becomes available and
quickly. Dick is joining us from los angeles. Despite the president s taunts, the governors of new york and california are moving forward on regional talks on how and when to reopen their states. Absolutely, wolf. There is quite a bit of pushback from the governors towards President Trump may 1 opening dream. We heard from the governor of connecticut who said quite a few governors think it is premature. Anthony fauci says we need more testing a
Supposed to be a foster and he is putting out new member of the family. So i guess i am fostering another dog. Do you have a picture . Tomorrow night. I have to wait with everybody else . No, i will tell you. You have to wait. You have a lot of news. I do have a lot of news, but we are watching hot spots. Lets put them up. New orleans which is part of louisiana. They had the Fastest Growing rain per capita in the world. You know the city at the right, part of the state that your brother governs, the governor. The number of people here infected is amazing. The capitol hill they are voting and trying to get this stimulus package together. Taking too long. And the white house where the president is trying to decide capital is taking too long and the president is making it too short. Why do you say that . Science says the worst is yet to come. I know the projections. You will have the most hospitalizations at the same time the president wants to ease the restrictions. That is nonsensical.
Pandemic. Also new York Governor Andrew Cuomo will join us to talk about his state which is the current epicenter of this fight. This is our fifth global town hall. If youve seen our previous ones, you know the production has evolved to say the least, along with the guidance from health professionals. Theres no studio audience as we would normally have. Sanjay and i are in different studios as will be all of our guests. At the bottom of the screen youll see our social media scroll. Wed like you to tweet us your questions using the cnn town hall. Leave a comment on the cnn facebook page. A lot of you sent in video questions and were going to try and get to those, as many of those as we can tonight. We also have reports from across the country and around the globe on how those at home and abroad are fighting this virus. We start with where the country is in its fight against the virus. The death count increasing dramatically every day according to Johns Hopkins university, 713 people die
Partnership and cooperation with the president. If he wants a fight, hes not going to get it from me. Period. Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo pushing for unity as the president falsely claims he alone has the power to reopen the economy. Governors on both coasts banding together for a coordinated, sciencebased response. I still have an infection thats growing in most of the state. This is no time to relax. Reporter and warning life will not be the same for some time. You may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves, maybe a face mask, dinner where the menu is disposable. Reporter Governor Newsom also warning there wont be any large gatherings for a while, including sports. Minnesotas governor has a similar effort with neighboring wisconsin, stressing information will be key. The only way this can happen is if we have widespread testing. Reporter as researchers say some form of stayathome orders may need to continue into 2022, unless a vaccine becomes available. In south da
In chicago more than 400 cases are linked to the cook county jail. As the city opens up a 66,000 square foot refrigerate it had warehouse to ease overcrowding at morgues. Three cases aboard three aircraft carriers. The city of philadelphia is pushing back on claims it is a potential new hot spot. I am hopeful that the social distancing steps we have put in place a few weeks ago are showing signs of working. Reporter face coverings for all at essential businesses. Strict limits on capacity and gatherings. Nevada limiting the size of religious gatherings as alabama doubles down. There was no easter exemption from the tenperson limit. Reporter the kansas governor attempted to do the same, but it was claimed that it singled out one entity and limiting the free exercise of religion. We will hayssten reopening. Reporter they work on reopening as experts urge caution. I am concerned that we are setting dates and not listening to the virus. The virus will tell us when its safe to open up again