House and the swift backlash from democrats. Fays fury. The Tropical Storm makes landfall near new jerseys Atlantic City with some shore towns underwater. Drivers rescued. Strong winds toppling trees. New york city drenched and the new Severe Weather threat moving in. And disney worlds big day. The phased reopening. Magic kingdom and Animal Kingdom ready for rope drop this morning. Should Walt Disney World be opening right now . Absolutely. Your exclusive look at the Safety Measures. Hey, good morning, everybody. Happy saturday. President trump commuting the sentence of his longtime adviser roger stone, leading to backlash from democrats. Well have much more in a moment. First here, the latest on the pandemic as the number of new daily cases climbs to a record of nearly 67,000. With florida now reporting its numbers, hospitalizations have topped 51,000 nationwide showing the strain this latest increase is having on the hospitals across the country. With cases surging in many states, wh
More cheers for hospital workers, new york city firefighters joined residents in saluting staffers during shift change at a facility in manhattan in what has become a nightly ritual. Turning to the new hope on the front lines in the race for a vaccine. Only a few Human Vaccine studies are under way in the world but one of them at university of philadelphia is showing new promise. Brian taft has that story. Reporter the race to develop a covid19 vaccine in philadelphia is kicking into high gear. Dr. Pablo tevas is leading the second u. S. Vaccine study in people at university of pennsylvania, one of only five Human Vaccine studies around the world. This is the most important study that i have done in my life. Reporter he is testing a skindeep shot on 40 volunteers and says phase one should be wrapped up by july. You have a vaccine that can be distributed in the general population, vaccinating largest amount of people. It would probably take a year to 18 months from now. Reporter more th
Hall, coronavirus facts and fears. Its been seen around the world. It comes at perhaps the most Difficult Public Health moment this countrys seen since the 1918 influenza pandemic. There were 66,273 new confirmed cases yesterday. Exactly one month ago, writing in the wall street journal that we were, quote, winning the fight against the invisible enemy. Now, the daily count is more than triple that. And anderson, today in texas and arizona, they started bringing in refrigerated trailers. The same as we saw in new york, in the spring. Because then, as now, the morgues are overflowing. Sad thing is, we saw all this coming. We saw all of this, the moment the cases started ticking up. We knew what would follow after this. First, itd be hospitals. Then, it would be icus filling up. Then, people dying. And now we see too many for Funeral Homes to handle. 129 people died. New high in florida today as well where 156 people have died and nearly 14,000 more have tested positive. Just to put in p
Die of coronavirus. Now, i spoke with Michael Oster holm, one of the authors of this new study. He told me this is whats going to happen unless, a, theres a vaccine, or b, unless the Trump Administration begins what weve been discussing now for weeks, an intense program of testing hundreds of millions of americans repeatedly and then Contact Tracing and isolating those infected. But there has been little indication that the Trump Administration is attempting anything remotely like that. A stark warning as today marks more states reopening nonessential businesses. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn that communities can expect to see local spikes of coronavirus cases, and again emphasizing the need for widespread testing. But consider this. Today, on may 1, there is not even enough Testing Available for all of the 100 u. S. Senators who are returning to the capital to try to lead the nation out of the pandemic. The capitol physician says testing is limited and only available for those feeling
Capacity. In montana, bars and breweries and some stores can start letting customers in monday under strict social distancing rules. We also have some optimistic news on the treatment front this weekend. The fda has approved an experimental drug to fight the coronavirus. It is called remdesivir, and researchers say it may help patients who have covid19 recover more quickly. The fda issued an emergency use authorization for this drug just yesterday. Now, lets begin in washington, d. C. , where despite a stayathome order still in place there, large crowds flocked to the National Mall to witness the flyover of the blue angels and the Thunder Birds honoring the essential workers. Sarah westwood is on the scene for us at the National Mall. The blue angels and Security Officials asked people not to go there, not to congregate, yet the crowds were substantial. Reporter thats right, ana. Pictures do appear to show a fairly significant crowd did gather here on the National Mall behind me. As yo