I am neil cavuto, its very good to have all of you with us here as we pick apart what have been some growing fights right now between protesters in states where theyre not opening things up as swiftly or certainly not nearly as swift as they would like to see and were also going to be hearing from Peter Navarro at the white house, and what he is saying about how china has complicated this picture, and can we still trust china to make good on promises, if it hasnt really been enough when it comes to the coronavirus . All that coming up first right now to steve herrigan outside the cdc on how georgia is now slowly and i mean very slowly getting back to business. Steve . Reporter neil that reopening has been a controversial decision even here inside georgia it began yesterday, Governor Kemp allowing certain kinds of nonessential businesses to reopen including hair salons, bowling allies, as well as some gyms and monday theres going to be even more opening up with movie theaters and restau
Craig melvin here. We want to start this hour by getting you up to date with the latest facts as we know them. We have crossed a terrible threshold in this pandemic now. We have now lost more than 50,000 fellow americans to this virus, and for some perspective, thats approaching the number of americans we lost in the entire two decades of the vietnam war which was more than 58,000. About 30 minutes from now well hear from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo in his Daily Briefing. Meanwhile, in d. C. About an hour from now, President Trump will be signing that nearly 500 billion plan for Coronavirus Relief that just passed congress. That bill will help small businesses. It will also help hospitals and expand testing as well. Also this morning, some states including georgia and texas are starting to reopen parts of their economies, but there are some Major Concerns that it may be too soon to go back to business as usual. This hour, were putting the sharp focus on texas, and were doing that wi
Combat the coronavirus and that was false. Now axios reporting that trump is planning to perhaps change or curtail his role in the briefings. Meanwhile, piece of medical news came out today about a new fda approved home testing kit. The fda approved the first athome covid19 test kit. We authorized the first athome test by a Company Called labcorp. This is a test where under certain circumstances with the doctors supervision, a test can be mailed to the patient and the patient can perform the selfswab and mail it back and get the results. We begin with our experts ron clain, former chief of staff to biden and oversaw ebola. He has unique circumstances and we are joined by an emergency physician at brown university. Good evening to you both. Well get to the news coming out of the white house with the president clearly in freefall and backing off something that everyone knows he prizes, which is his television time. His Briefing Time and his time to take questions from reporters and often
Hospitals. Australia closes its beaches again after hundreds ignore social distancing rules. Here in the United States, the state of georgia right now is the new case study. Beauty salons, barbers, bowling alleys set to reopen. At least eight states are unwinding the coronavirus shutdown in limited ways. In texas retail to go is the new way to shop. In illinois, greenhouses and pet groomers can again take customers. Nearly 870,000 confirmed cases, more than 50,000 americans dead. The other relevant number, 26. 5 million. Thats the number of americans who lost their jobs in what is now a coronavirus depression. The tugofwar between economics and science is right now the defining american dynamic. The president again exacerbating these tensions, though it would be wrong to suggest his latest recommendation has anything to do with science. The president asked aloud whether there might be a way to fight coronavirus by injecting or ingesting disinfectant. An idea so dangerous that the Compa
And news committees. On that call, they will reportedly share the classified details of findings regarding last weeks chemical weapons attack that Opposition Forces say killed more than 1,000 people. At least some of those details will be made public as well. We should note that the ap quotes intelligence officials as saying the evidence linking president assad to the attack is, quote, no slam dunk. Remember that phrase . Nevertheless, while speaking on pbs last night, the president said there has to be consequences. But that doesnt mean there has to be an allout war. If, in fact, we can take limited, tailored approaches, not getting drawn into a long conflict, not a repetition of, you know, iraq, which i know a lot of people are worried about. But if we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow saying stop doing this, this can have a positive impact on our National Security over the long term. But many members of congress arent on board. At