Study how and when to properly reopen. Though not all states are taking that approach, it is a stark contrast to what the president said at the latest Coronavirus Task force briefing, where he said governors would get in line behind whatever he says. When somebody is the president of the united states, the authority is total. And thats the way its got to be. Your authority is total . Total. It is total. The governors know that. Cue the tenth amendment, which that frankly ignores, the amendment about powers reserved for states. It means outside of the National Parks and other federal properties, most scholars, constitutional experts, say the president doesnt have the power to tell states when to reopen, jim. And as many have pointed out, it is why the very document was written. Lets begin with new york in new york with athena jones, so, athena, you know, on the good side here, the worst predictions or forecasts have not panned out for the last week. What are authorities there saying now
Out front next. The president wanted to reopen the country by sunday. Now, he is weighing his, quote, biggest decision yet. Vowing to listen to Public Health officials warning against easing restrictions too soon, though. And the death toll soaring in americas third most populous state. So why is floridas governor now floating the idea of reopening schools and soon . Miamis mayor weighs in. He, of course, has coronavirus. And some grim, new projections of what could happen if National Stay at home orders are lifted as planned. Lets go out front. And out front tonight, half a million cases now in the United States as of about an hour ago. More than 2,000 lives taken by this virus in the past 24 hours in this country. That is the most in a single day. It brings the total death toll, known, now to more than 18,000. Today, the president saying he will listen to his top medical experts before committing to starting the country up again in may. New yorks governor argues sufficient testing wi
This is a live picture from phoenix, where a protest is underway near the Arizona State capital. These have been mostly organized groups, latest in a series of demonstrations that have taken place over the past few days, getting a lot of attention, a lot of these protesters have been selfidentified trump protesters. About one of them, the president about them, the president has said, i think theyll listen to me. They seem to like me. Though they are protesting his administration guidelines. Protesters also took to the streets today outside statehouses in pennsylvania, tennessee, and the state of maine. Well have more on that in just a moment. But first, here are the latest facts, as we know them. Over 400,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus with well over 750,000 confirmed cases across this country. Thats just with a tiny percentage of americans tested. And some states move to reopen while former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb is warning against a widespread reopening wit
I want to share what a nurse says she has to deal with. Its caused suffering, death, dying, going on to the next one. Doing your best, doing everything you went to school for, sometimes everything you do is not enough. We dont see an end. Obviously this is not just about new cases. According to the washington post, at least seven states have seen hospitalizations jump to brandnew highs. You wouldnt know it in arizona where thousands of people packed in to see President Trump, most of them without wearing masks. During the president s Campaign Event he repeated the false claim otherwise known as a lie that the only reason we have more cases is because of more tests. When you have all those tests, you have more cases. So the news says they have more cases look, we want to do testing. We want to do everything. But they use it to make us look bad. Nope, that came just hours after dr. Anthony fauci fact checked the president during his congressional testimony. Yet an increase in the percent
2. 3 million, and more than 121,000 americans have died from complications of the disease. Dr. Anthony fauci is telling congress, were now seeing a disturbing surge of infections, and if the nation doesnt get the coronavirus pandemic under control by the fall, then were essentially chasing after a forest fire. The next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that were seeing in florida, in texas, in arizona and in other states. Theyre not the only ones that are having a difficulty. And despite the president claiming that he wants to see a slowdown in testing, fauci telling the Committee Just the opposite, that the u. S. Will see an increase in testing going forward, not less of it. So, joining me now, cnns White House Correspondent john harwood and our political commentator bakari sellers. Hes at author of the new memoir, my vanishing country. Harwood and sellers. Tuesday nights on cnn. Sounds like a band. No, its a tuesday night like a buddy c