Hello, welcome, im Anderson Cooper in new york. Hey anderson. Im sanjay gupta, and this is the cnn global town hall, coronavirus facts and fears. This broadcast is being seen around the globe, on cnn international, on cnn espanol, and streamed on cnn. Com. This is our 11th consecutive weekly gathering. Sanjay over that period weve gone from 12 lives lost to the virus to almost 86,000 in this country alone. More than fatalities in the vietnam and korean wars combined. On the clinical front, emergence of mysterious and deadly covid related syndrome in children. So theres a lot of very important medical variants. Tonight for the first time in 11 weeks were not going to be able to ask anybody from the White House Task force about them. The white house has declined to allow any science or doctor from thes task force to come on. In the past weve had dr. Fauci, dr. Birx, dr. Redfield, dr. Han. We know the reason cant be a Technology Thing because nearly all the staff were before the senate on
The sound of my voice, i have nothing up on the screen in this room. I hear you right now, don. You sound beautiful. And it is very important to hear from the mother. And this is a really important context add to that story. That we have a reasonable basis for belief, now, that the mcmichaels thought they knew who arbery was, before the 23rd. Thats why they took off after him outside their house. They thought he was the guy from the 11th, the Surveillance Video there. Even if theyre right, and we dont know that they were, even if they were right, it changes nothing except, probably, makes it a little bit worse for them because they had no authority to do what they did. Again, as we said, even if he did do whatever they thought he did, it is, still it does not condone the actions on that videotape. You dont have to be an attorney to see that. I know that you are a very smart attorney. Laura coates is a genius. Is a genius. And shes telling you doesnt warrant the behavior of that so we s
It. Were going to continue to follow this. Actually, we have a message from the mother tonight that youre you guys are going to want to hear about. Someone left a mysterious note on the makeshift memorial for arbery, saying i wish i could have stopped this. Well, the mother has a message tonight that she wants to hear. Anybody in the sound of my voice, i have nothing up on the screen. I hear you. In this room. I hear you right now, don. You sound beautiful. And it is very important to hear from the mother. And this is a really important context to add to that story. That we have a reasonable basis for belief now that the mcmichaels thought they knew who arbery was before the 23rd. Thats why they took off after him outside their house. They thought he was the guy from the 11th, the Surveillance Video there. Even if theyre right, and we dont know that they were, even if they were right, it change nothing except probably makes it a little bit worse for them because they had no authority t
Some 20,000 people will be indoors and in close quarters in tulsa, oklahoma, inside the bank of oklahoma sports arena for the president s First Campaign rally. It will also make for the nations largest single indoor event since the start of the pandemic, which again will be presided over by the president of the United States. Health experts fear that what trump wants and seems to need, an exuberant packed crowd, could lead to an explosion in new coronavirus infections. All week the president s been defending his decision to go ahead with this rally, praising oklahoma for reopening, claiming the virus is, quote, dying out or fading away even as cases and hospital admissions are still surging. He insisted this week, all evidence to the contrary, that the numbers were minuscule. This afternoon the Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a request to delay the rally or to even require the tulsa arena hosting it to enforce social distancing and make face masks mandatory. The Campaign Says they will b
Came out of his really straight face is a reason why. Too many are doing what the vp and his boss suggest. Open fast, ready or not. That man is the head of the White House Coronavirus task force. No wonder why the response has been as weak as it has. Every actual expert on the Task Force Says if you socially distance, wear masks, wash your hands, get tested, communities will get back to normal sooner. You keep others and yourself safe. You actually reduce deaths by the thousands, according to the estimates the white house relies on. And yet trump resists it because it sends a bad message. Think about that. That kind of crazy is incurable and it is literally making us sick. Can you tell me why you continue to do this, why the Campaign Continues to hold these rallies . Well, the freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the united states. In arizona, one of the hardesthit states, you packed a church with young people who werent wearing masks.