Of days coronavirus cases worldwide will top 1 million, with 50,000 deaths globally. Cnns erica hill has more on the increasingly dire situation in new york, the current epicenter in the United States, as well as other states ramping up their efforts across the country. Reporter on the front lines, the need never seems to end. Everyone requires oxygen. Everyone is borderline critical. Reporter in new york, as the numbers grow, so does the warning. 16,000 deaths in new york. That means youre going to have tens of thousands of deaths outside of new york. Its a new york problem today. Tomorrow its a kansas problem and a texas problem and a new mexico problem. Reporter more than 30 states now have statewide stayathome orders. The latest, florida. The countrys third most populous state. The governor there reversing course today amid mounting pressure. At this point i think even though theres a lot of places in florida that have very low infection rates, it makes sense to make this move now.
Chris . Anderson, thank you so much. Always a pleasure to watch your show. And now its my turn. Im chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. Im doing the show in my basement in covid containment and im going to share some insights ive learned into what this virus is like in terms of fighting it. But the most important point for us to discuss tonight is that it is crazy that anything less than 100 of this country is under a stay home order. Are we really just going to wait for one community after the other to fall the same way, just keep repeating the same mistakes . You do not need 102 fever to get hot about what we learned today. Our death toll has doubled in just three days time. This is the best and only chance we have to mitigate the effects of the virus. Not mitigate the political fallout in red states. Theres only one choice. Selfisolation. All of us, together, as ever, as one. Lets get after it. Anybody who has ever seen me spar will tell you my first round is never my best. And this
Joins me to discuss in moments. Plus economic pain. More than 10 million americans file for unemployment as Small Businesses vie for federal loans to stay afloat. We have to open our country again. What will federal money get to struggling americans . Ill speak to House Democratic whip jim clyburn, next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is bracing ourselves. Today marks the beginning of what President Trump says may be the toughest two weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Announcing at a press conference saturday that there will be, quote, a lot of death. It is hard to fathom since the numbers are already so overwhelming and so bleak. Over a million cases worldwide. And the virus has killed more than 8,500 in the United States alone. Last sunday, the u. S. Death toll was around 2,000. The week before, just over 300. As the crisis worsens, the president is also taking advantage of a distracted nation, choosing this moment to fire the I
Covid19. All of this is just kind of the Initiative People are taking and ingenuity people are exhibiting. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Great to have you with us this morning. Governors, mayors, doctors across the country are hoping today will be different after days of new record numbers of people who died from covid19. Friday became the deadliest day in the u. S. Since the pandemic started. 1,169 people died yesterday alone. We lost more than 7100 americans to the virus now. Right now almost the entire country is in a shelterinplace order despite recommendations from top officials the president will not issue a national order. You see some of the states, eight states who have not done so yet. President also defined new guidelines from Top Health Officials to wear face masks noting hell not wear one. Theres another angle of the effort to stop the spread of the virus. Attorney general william barr are telling officials to expand their Early Release pr
Rrt all right. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Its nonew day, monday, april 6th. Its 6 00. Theyre warning the country to brace for disaster on the scale of september 11th or pearl harbor. Its clear that the saddest, hardest days are still ahead. Dr. Anthony fauci is warning that the outbreak is not yet contained and caution that is as many as half the people infected with coronavirus may be asymptomatic. Deaths in the country are about to surpass 10,000. The u. S. Is losing more than 1,000 people a day. Dr. Deborah birx of the Coronavirus Task force is asking people to avoid the pharmacy or the Grocery Store this week. New york is actually reporting its first drop in deaths. Governor cuomo warns its too early to tell if that will stick. Well take you inside an emergency room to witness the fight firsthand in a moment. John, President Trump continues to push for the use of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine despite Scientific Evidence of the effect