Governors begging the federal government for more supplies, more ventilators, while the president says nearly 10,000 are being held back because the surge is coming. Part of that holdup this morning, Companies Say theyre just not getting guidance from the federal government on where to send critical supplies. After they were told by the government to make the equipment. Where does it go now . And now staying at home, at least 80 of american, imagine that, 8 in 10, the question on many of their minds is how much longer and will the shutdown soon go nationwide. Those are pictures live from times square. You never see it like that. Lets begin here in new york or in new york, rather, with cnn National Correspondent brynn gingras. Tell us what youre seeing. You have been following the experience of a hospital up there throughout. Tell us what the latest is. Yeah, well, the latest is, listen, we have heard Health Officials saying it. The White House Task force has been saying it. Mitigation
Fight. The Chinese Government is facilitating the donation of 1,000 ventilators set to arrive at jfk airport today. The state of oregon is also lending new york 140 ventilators. Today the governor of new jersey phil murphy said his state has lost nearly 100 more of its residents than it did in the september 11th attacks. Let that sink in for just a moment, he tweets. This pandemic is riding one of the greatest tragedies in our states history. Now to help stop the spread of the virus the cdc is now recommending all americans wear cloth Face Covering is out in public though its guidance the president says he himself will not be following. What will people gain from wearing a mask and why are you opposed to wearing one yourself . I just dont want to wear one myself. It is a recommendation. They recommend it. Im feeling good. I just dont want to be doing, i dont know, somehow sitting in the oval Office Behind that beautiful, resolute desk, the great, resolute desk, i think wearing a facema
Upcoming surge. Doctors say they need them now. The director of the cdc believes as many as 25 of those infected may not show any symptoms. But they can still spread the virus. That may be why dr. Anthony fauci says hes leaning towards recommending that everyone wear homemade masks. Lets begin our coverage with Brynn Gingras who is live outside one of new yorks hardest hit hospitals. Brynn . Reporter yeah. Alisyn, good morning. According to cnn sources, part of the reason why the president may have changed his tune a little bit in yesterdays press briefing is because he saw pictures of whats happening inside this hospital, elmhurst hospital near where he grew up. I can tell you, weve been hearing what doctors say is happening. They say the conditions inside are beyond belief. Within the last 48 hours, guys, 19 people had to be intubated. That means 19 people had to be put on ventilators. Of course, this is very similar to whats happening at hospitals all across this city and day by day
The gun on himself. He was quiet, he was sitting there, everyone was talking. All of a sudden i see him stand up, pulled something out of his pocket, and at first, i thought it was just someone making a really loud noise with a bag, like a loud pop. Until i heard four more after that, and i saw three kids just fall from the table, like they were falling to the ground, dead. I jumped under the table as fast as i could. When it stopped, i looked back up and i saw he was trying to reload. It looked like his gun had jammed. And thats when i he started messing with it, and i ran out. I think his gun jammed and he got it back to working and he popped off a couple more shots after that. He had a blank stare. He was just calm during the whole thing. Four other people were injured, three of them critically. For hours after the shooting, students were holed up inside the school, waiting for police to clear them from their classrooms. Parents gathered at a nearby church waiting desperately for ne
Deblasio reiterated new yorkers should remain calm. I want to repeat what i said last night. There is no cause for alarm. New yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled and handled well. Theres no kaz for every day new yorkers to be alarmed. Rick leventhal is at the hospital where dr. Spencer is being treated. Whats the doctors condition right now . Gretchen, were told that he is stable, that he is talking on the phone, and that he is being treated, but they wont go into specifics because of privacy concerns. As you heard the mayor and other city officials continuing to reassure the public, which is understandably nervous because dr. Craig spencer has been riding on subway trains on numerous occasions. He visited numerous restaurants, and he also went bowling in brooklyn on wednesday night roughly 12 hours before calling officials to let them know he had symptoms of ebola. They say that he didnt develop his fever until thursday morning, and it was 100. 3, which is still