Particularly when you cant socially distance, wearing a facial covering, we have advised that since the beginning of may, club, especially for facetoface businesses, and i think you have seen that. So far in the u. S. Theres only two states seize infections dro the death toll now well over 125,000 in the u. S. Cnns Sarah Westwood is in washington. Sarah, which is very different tone that were getting from the white house by way of the Vice President. He said multiple times, wear a mask. Wearing a mask is a good idea. Reporter thats right, fred, the strongest we have seen the Vice President urge people to wear masks since this crisis started. He leaned very far into it. Notably the Vice President was himself wearing a mask, nearly every time he appeared on camera, except when he was speaking in that church some other select times, thats significant because critics say the tone was not being set at the top, with president President Trump and Vice President pence, declining to wear masks.
Restaurants to 50 to 75 . But as states grapple with the virus spiking a rather rosie tone coming from the white house. Vice president mike pence saying at the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in two months now that the u. S. Is opening, quoting now safely and responsibly. We have all seen the encouraging news as we open up america again, more than 3 million jobs created in the last job report. Retail sales are rolling. And of course, the extraordinary progress in new york, new jersey, connecticut and new orleans, areas that just a matter of a month ago were struggling under the weight of this pandemic. We have a team of reporters around the country covering all the latest developments. Lets go to Polo Sandoval in new york. Polo, are stating really reopening safely . Is that the reality, according to pence . Reporter well, fred, you have to consider all the stats joust laid out for our viewers at the very beginning. They are certainly grim numbers here. When you hear from experts,