When. This is a war zone. Its a medical war zone. When i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. We feel we may not survive this pandemic. And the mounting economic shock. Millions of jobs gone. The fear is not being able to pay your rent. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Thank you for sharing your sunday. The coronavirus case count and death toll continues its depressing climb globally and here in the United States. 1. 2 million cases in the globe. More than 65,000 deaths. In the United States its more than 312 confirmed cases. More than 8,500 deaths so far. Isolation is everywhere you look. The popes sunday mass, look at that, an aerial view also of a deserted paris. In the uk, Queen Elizabeth delivers a rare televised address later today. Spain and italy have the most cases in europe, but some see evidence the rate of infection is beginning to slow. Here in the states, new york, detroit and new orleans should hit their peak in the next six or seven days and ther
Theres 114,000 cases of coronavirus confirmed here in new york state. There are more than 3,500 deaths just in new york state. There are, of course, other hot spots in other parts of the United States that are being carefully watched that are absolutely serious. But new york state and new york city remains the number one epicenter of this pandemic in the United States. So we will hear from the governor in a moment. Meantime, the Surgeon General of the United States, jerome adams, speaking on television this morning saying this coming week, the next seven days, will be the toughest, the saddest week in American History for many americans. Talking about in the lifetime of americans who are living today, he says this will be the hardest and saddest for most americans lives. He describes this moment as a pearl harbor moment and a 9 11 moment. Strong, important language from the Surgeon General, not always being matched by other federal government officials. Let me bring in the new yorker s
Were a long ways away from being out of the woods. Yeah. We have not got down to anywhere close to where we need to be to declare victory of this horrendous virus. This is going to be a bad week, unfortunately. If you look at the projection of the curves. Were going continue to see an escalation. The next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. Its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans and their entire lives. Good afternoon. Aim alicia menendez. Sobering warnings about whats ahead in the fight to contain the coronavirus. At this hour, doctors are dealing with 322,000 cases across the country. 9,000 people have died. Nearly 1500 in just the last day. New york is still the epicenter of the crisis where more than 4,000 people died statewide. Governor andrew cuomo pointed out today the number of deaths over the last 24 hours ticked down slightly. He says he hopes its an early sign of a state starting to turn the corner. Health care workers
Shut down is facing a lot of scrutiny. Zooms ceo will join me live. And fox news fingerprints are all over the trump white houses reaction to the crisis. I will show you how to spot the fingerprints and interview with the New York Times reporter who was diagnosed with covid19 and now recovered. First, leadership in crisis. This week President Trump was praised for his term. He sobberly told the country that the great shut down of 2020 is necessary because covid19 could claim the lives of 2. 2 million americans otherwise. So lets take quick look at what else he said and did this week. As we consider his tone. He celebrated the tv ratings for his briefings. He bragged about his popularity on facebook. He hyped up a drug despite concern about it from the governments top doctors. That was at saturdays briefing. You know, its happened in the briefings here. Theyve been taking up more and more time and trump has been taking up more and more time than the task forces medical experts have been
Good wednesday morning to you. Im jim sciutto. Im poppy harlow. A very tough two weeks ahead, the president finally leveling with the American People and warning that we could see up to 240,000 deaths in the United States from coronavirus. And that is even if all of these safety guidelines are followed to a t. We know these numbers are staggering. Yesterday 830 deaths, thats the most recorded in one 24hour period so far in the u. S. Total deaths in this country now approaching 4,000. As more and more patients fight for their lives, states are fighting for supplies, the president says nearly 10,000 are being held back because another surge is coming. This morning, companies enlisted by the government to produce critical equipment say theyre not really getting guidance on where to send those supplies. Can you imagine that . And the reality for 80 of americans, we are staying at home, the question many are asking, though, is how long and will the shutdown go national . Lets begin again in