Brad wenthrup. Your reaction to this seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods, but it seems like its good news. You want to see the numbers go down. The goal all along was to beat the models. You saw the models happen in other countries where it went right up, very high. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. Starting to see the trend go down. Liz will be do you think the United States has answered the wakeup call . You saw the warnings about pandemic. Now the president is saying one of the toughest decisions of his life is reopening the country possibly on may. Americans may wake up to a brandnew world of having to wear masks, and maybe tests for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to track them if they are near somebody who has coronavirus. Do you think congress has answered the wakeup call that has been ringing for years. We are in an able of a
Brad wenthrup. Your reaction to this seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods, but it seems like its good news. You want to see the numbers go down. The goal all along was to beat the models. You saw the models happen in other countries where it went right up, very high. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. Starting to see the trend go down. Liz will be do you think the United States has answered the wakeup call . You saw the warnings about pandemic. Now the president is saying one of the toughest decisions of his life is reopening the country possibly on may. Americans may wake up to a brandnew world of having to wear masks, and maybe tests for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to track them if they are near somebody who has coronavirus. Do you think congress has answered the wakeup call that has been ringing for years. We are in an able of a
Im julie haener. Im Frank Somerville tonight working from home. Lots of new developments to tell you about this evening. Governor newsom has put out an urgent call for doctors to help treat the expected surge of coronavirus patients. The governor says the number of people in the hospital in california has now doubled and the number of icu patients has tripled in just the past four days. Across the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the outbreak. Among them the first u. S. Service member, a new Jersey National guardsman. Today the Navy Hospital ship comfort arrived at new york harbor to ease the burden on hospitals by caring for people not suffering from covid19. At the White House Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said the u. S. Has tested more than 1 million coronavirus samples, more than any other country. He also says the u. S. Is now testing nearlysamples a day. Experts say the u. S. To test between 100,000 and 150,000 patients a day to contain the virus. S
Laez mayor made a similar announcement overnight. And the white house is considering making that recommendation in hot spots across the country. It is a dramatic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. And it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. Nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u. S. More than 5,000 have died across the country. And theres another stunning number, 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. Take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. Earlier this year, weekly claims numbered in the thousandss. Tonight, they reach into the millions. In the outbreaks epicenter, new york and new jersey, some hospitals are now diverting patients as those i. C. U. S fill up. Our team is covering all of the headlines, and well get to that new guidance on the mask in just a moment, but Mark Strassmann leads us off
Your reaction to the seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods. But it seems like its good news. The goal is to defeat the models. You saw the models in other countries where it went right up. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. We are starting to see the trend go down. Liz do you think the United States finally answered the wakeup call . The government has been warned about and deputy nicks sars, mers and ebola and zika. Americans may wake up to a brandnew word of having to wear masks to go into work and maybe tested for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to rack them . Do you think congress and the government has answered the wakeup call, that we arean and i of a jet stream of viruses going around the world . If we dont learn lessons from this, i dont think we ever will. We need to know whats coming across our border if we are going to protec