Testing to test phase one for reopening. Well have more on that, here now the president in the rose garden taking media questions. Social distancing, yet were still seeing about 20,000 new cases a day, 12,000 deaths. Is there anything else the administration is planning to do to get these new cases under control . Because we seem to be on a plateau. Well, excuse me, 20,000 the numbers are way down from what they were two weeks ago. I mean, the numbers are really coming down and very substantially. This weekend was one of the lowest weve had. This is, you know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way. There may be one exception, but all throughout the country the numbers are coming down rapidity. I think you see that, admiral. [inaudible] 130,000 cases that go through august. Is that, do you agree with those models . Is that your expectation . Well, the models havent been exactly accurate. You look at some of the models, theyve been way off. A few
23,000 americans have been killed by the wuhan virus. President trump sparked a furious reaction from the political establishment when he tweeted the decision to reopen the country will be his or his alone. President trump wrote this. For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion some in the fake be news media are saying its the governors decision to open up the states, not that of the president of the United States and the federal government. Let it be fully understood this is incorrect. It is the decision the president and for many good reasons. The administration and i are working closely with the governors and this will continue. A decision by me in conjunction with the governors and input from others will be made shortly. The date to reopen the economy is may 1. But as dr. Hahn puts it, while cases may be plateauing, the conditions will need to be just right. Its a target. We are hopeful about that target. But its tooer to be able to tell that. He see light at the end of the
Have contracted the disease. 23,000 americans have been killed by the wuhan virus. President trump sparked a furious reaction from the political establishment when he tweeted the decision to reopen the country will be his or his alone. President trump wrote this. For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion some in the fake be news media are saying its the governors decision to open up the states, not that of the president of the United States and the federal government. Let it be fully understood this is incorrect. It is the decision the president and for many good reasons. The administration and i are working closely with the governors and this will continue. A decision by me in conjunction with the governors and input from others will be made shortly. The date to reopen the economy is may 1. But as dr. Hahn puts it, while cases may be plateauing, the conditions will need to be just right. Its a target. We are hopeful about that target. But its tooer to be able to tell that. He
Have contracted the disease. 23,000 americans have been killed by the wuhan virus. President trump sparked a furious reaction from the political establishment when he tweeted the decision to reopen the country will be his or his alone. President trump wrote this. For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion some in the fake be news media are saying its the governors decision to open up the states, not that of the president of the United States and the federal government. Let it be fully understood this is incorrect. It is the decision the president and for many good reasons. The administration and i are working closely with the governors and this will continue. A decision by me in conjunction with the governors and input from others will be made shortly. The date to reopen the economy is may 1. But as dr. Hahn puts it, while cases may be plateauing, the conditions will need to be just right. Its a target. We are hopeful about that target. But its tooer to be able to tell that. He
Reporter hi there, melissa, with all of this talk about the potential reopening of the economy maybe here in the upcoming weeks President Trump took to twitter today to suggest he is the one who will have the ultimate say when and where that will happen. This was the tweet from the president earlier today. He wrote, quote, it is the decision of the president and for many good reasons, with that being said, the administration and i are working closely with the governors and this will continue. A decision by me in conjunction with the governors and input from others will be made shortly. However the constitution says that neither the president nor the congress has the authority to regulate for any authority rather, to regulate for health, safety, welfare or morality within a state. This afternoon new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo said governors from the northeast would be working together to form a reopening plan in their area. Each state is going to name a Public Health official for that