2 2236,000 236,000 have been infected. More Research Experts now say people can spread the coronavirus just by talking and even breathing. This hour ill speak with the doctor in the white house about the everyday. Thats coming up. We also have new reporting on the struck to him get desperately needed ventilators to hospitals across the country as thousands of machines remain on the side lines due to maintenance troubles. First, lets go to cnns nick watt. Give us the latest. Reporter well, washington, here in california, the case count still rising here in los angeles the mayor has turned over the enormous convention center, the National Guard has turned it into a Field Hospital and the mayor has also told Utility Companies that they can cut off water and power to any nonessential businesses that are still refusing to close. The epicenter still over there in new york. We are dying. We are getting sick. It doesnt matter how many ventilators we get if we are dead and cannot run the ventil
My brother is smart, he was acting out of love. Luckily we caught it early enough. But, it is my family and it is your family. It is all of our families. And, this virus is that insidious. We have to keep that in mind. Keep in mind matildas law and remember whos vulnerable here and protect them. If you want to go out and act stupid yourself, thats one thing. Your stupid action dont just affect you, you can affect someone else and and you can cause a serious illness or death by your action. People have to get this and internalize it. It can happen to anyone. Two weeks with my mother and christopher. Today is a different situation. Last point, there is nothing i have said different since i started these briefings. There is nothing that we have not learned thats different since i started these briefings. We know what to do. We just have to do it. It is individual discipline to stayathome. Thats what it is. It is discipline. No social distancing. It is discipline. Well, i am bored. I know.
In his words, much lower than the 200,000 predicted by some models thanks to people staying home. Lets begin our coverage at this hour with our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, there are very intriguing comments from cdc director Robert Redfield about his prediction involving the death toll here in the United States. Reporter thats right, wolf. The white house has yet to offer many details about how the Coronavirus Task force arrived at that estimate, that 100,000 to 240,000 americans would die from the coronavirus. But Public Health officials are cautioning that the eventual number of dead could fall well under that figure as americans are practicing social distancing. Were learning a key factor driving the large estimate was a crucial assumption discussed by Task Force Officials that only 50 of americans would observe the governments stringent social distancing guidelines. In reality a much larger, 90 , are observing those guidelines. The director of the centers for D
And, frankly, every night that weve listened to this briefing is that this president has been behind the curve in fighting this pandemic from the start. Which we are learning from now from new reporting could have been as far back as november of 2019. Abc news is reporting that a u. S. Intelligence report warned of the outbreak as early as that month. One official said that the analyst concluded it could be a cataclysmic event. Its the earliest known warning among several that the white house appeared to miss or ignore, which may explain why donald trump is trying so hard to deflect the blame. Trump again today alleged remarkably that the World Health Organization, whose Gold Standard approved coronavirus test, trump ordered for the centers for Disease Control to reject, hes now accusing that World Health Organization of minimizing the threat. I think they have to get their priorities right, and their priorities are that everybody has to be treated properly, every country. And it doesn
Thanks lawrence. Well, its all about testing now. Thats how the governor of new york sees it. For him, coronavirus testing is the number one issue. That is why mr. Cuomo went to washington today, to meet with the president of the United States. Heres what Governor Cuomo told Nicolle Wallace on msnbc immediately after his meeting with the president. The meeting went well. And i think it was productive. The big issue was testing, as Everybody Knows thats going to be the next step as we go forward. And how do we separate the responsibilities and the tasks on testing, visavis as stated in the federal government and the acknowledgement that we will need to Work Together on this. It has to be a real partnership. And i think we had a very good conversation. Governor cuomo maintaining diplomatic relations with donald trump. Did not mention anything specific that the president actually agreed to. And the president didnt mention anything specific that they agreed to when the president appeared l