Good tuesday morning, everybody. It is may 5th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning, as we always do. The president pushing states to relax social distancing guidelines. New scientific models are projecting sharp increases in the number of deaths from the coronavirus over the next few weeks and months. One projection from an internal Trump Administration document obtained by the new york times, the other from a Public University of washington model often cited by the white house. First, the government projections. I want to show you these. The data showing the daily death toll will nearly double from about 750 deaths currently to about 3,000 a day on june 1st. New cases are projected to go from about 25,000 a day to 200,000. The president was asked about the report in an interview with the New York Post and he said, quote, this. I know nothing about it. I dont know anything about it. Nobody told me that. I think its i think its false. I think its fake news. The
Neck tie was in here. Did you sneak in my closet . No, i just never gave it back. I was hoping you wouldnt remember. I have not worn it sense. I said, if he came into this office, he better have worn gloves. Im the covid kid. Im negative and i have the antibodies. I dont feel bad now. This is as close as i could get because it was blue. So im really happy that you are back. You are always better dressed. You are always better looking. I couldnt even find a pocket square. Did you take my pocket square . No, this is my dads. I actually gave you a pocket square. You have been a tremendous friend. You always have been. I love you for who you are and how you are. You really took care of my family. Ill never forget it. Well, thank you very much. Can i Say Something as they work on there we go. Its up now, you can go now. Im kidding. They were working on my teleprompter. Can i Say Something sure, its your show. Were looking at these new models that are coming out and they should be concerning
Also coverage of the tara reade accusations, the president ial nominee, two prominence in the democrats calling for independent reviews of the 27yearold Sexual Harassment allegations biden denies the dnc chassis it is just like allegations against Hillary Clintons emails, theres nothing to see. We begin with kevin cork kicking us off with more on the debbie projections, the white house distances itself from the numbers. The bottom line is there are a lot of estimates and projections about what might befall the country in terms of new cases as we all begin to venture out from the nationwide quarantine but a possible scenario has many asking questions tonight about the safety and timing of reopening the country. Was in a word shocking, interagency report from fema showing in the next month a number of coronavirus deaths could rise to 3000 per day in the number of infections could rise to 200,000 per day, up from the current 25,000. In a statement the white house said this is not a white
Been just the last hour, the governor of new jersey announcing schools in the state will stay closed for the remainder of the academic year. And jay crew has filed for bankruptcy. The first retailer to do so during this pandemic. We have our nbc news team of reporters spread across the nation, on the ground, ready to help break down todays stories. One question this month is how state leaders will continue to grapple with the mounting public pressure to reopen, particularly in this struggling economy. Warm temperatures and sup this weekend brought people from the country to come outside in many places. We saw bustling malls and businesses around atlanta, georgia, all the way out to central park and new york city. Meanwhile, in states like virginia, testing has been ramping up. Hospital admissions are relatively stable. All eyes on the governor to see how he may extend the ban on nonessential businesses. Joining us now is katie beck. Katie . Reporter thats right, ari. Its supposed to ex
New york tiles first reported today a leaked draft from the centers for Disease Control that suggest 3,000 deaths per day by the beginning of june. That is nearly twice the daily death rate were currently experiencing and forecast 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month up from 25,000 cases a day currently. Now, that sounds very high and we should note here modelling the future course of the virus has been notoriously difficult. You never really know what to make of anything that comes out of the Trump Administration. Today the white house distanced itself from that document saying this is not a white house document nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task force or gone inter agency vetting. This is not done by the task force or data the task force analyzed and the numbers are unfinished, projections shown to the cdc as a work in progress. While the exact numbers and charts in the cdc document may differ from the final results, they show accurately how covid19 cases