Today is what the nations top scientists have to deal with every day, a president who now uses these briefings as a reelection platform, an opportunity to lie, to deflect, to attack, to bully, and cover up his own deadly dismissals of the virus for crucial weeks. According to the president today, all governors are getting everything they need and testing is now and always has been great. Reporters who asked fair questions but didnt kowtow or suck up to this president were attacked and belittled and a special convenient i am was reserved for career official at hhs who he doesnt even know who released a nonpolitical study with extensive interviews with doctors and hospitals across the country describing the lack of the supplies and insufficient testing, and mixed messages theyve budget getting from the federal government, all things that have been reported on. I just have to point out this is not normal. And it matters because this is life and death. If you look at the chart, by the way,
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
Medical supplies, President Trump announcing a deal with three m. The company will provide additional 55 million n 95 masks every month for healthcare workers on the front lines. Joins me now white house correspondent. And resident fact checker. Tonight President Trump combative, threatening reporters. Denying the legitimacy of questions about his performance during this crisis. Alarming to say the least. It was alarming. And what we saw from the president was behavior in which he questioned the legitimacy of reporters asking questions. Questioned the legitimacy of the Inspector General at the health and Human Services to survey hospitals and report that cast the administration in a negative light. This was the way authoritarian leaders behave. They say you cant question me. Im the head of the state. In a democracy we have checks ask balances, reporters hold the government to account. Others in the government, congress or Inspector General within the executive branch hold the goth to a
Daily new cases may be starting to flatten even as the dust owners 11,000, the number of infected news 370,000. Americas epicenter a glimmer of hope. New yorks democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo says the new data shows the entire state could be flattening its curve. Heartedly is showing similar early signs of improvement. I am Shannon Bream in washington. There are reasons for longterm optimization as the Coronavirus Task force issues grim warnings about what is immediately ahead of us and urges the American People to stick to the guidelines saying this is how we will get through this. This is what the governor is telling us about the situation. Reporter promising news and signs of hope and recovery so badly needed in a city with hospitals and morgues nearly fool of coronavirus victims. The governor of new york saying it appears the curve of new cases has flattened, the total number of hospitalization down from intensive care admissions down and incubation is down. The governor says hes
That hardhit italy is hitting early signs of improvement. The task force issues grim warnings about whats immediately ahead of us and urges American People to stick to the guideline saying this is how we will get through this. Rick leventhal from new york with what the governor is telling us about the situation there. Good evening. Signs of hope and recovery so badly needed in a city with hospitals and morgues in nearly full of coronavirus victims. As you mentioned the governor of new york saying today it appears that the curve of new cases has flattened. The total number of hospitalizations is down. Intensive care admissions are down and incubation is down. Governor says hes hopeful we are on our way back but he says the pause keeping people off the street unless its essentially important must continue. People cant work any harder. The staff cant work any harder and staying at this level is problematic. And, if we are plateauing its because social distancing is working. So we have to