Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day. Its monday, may 4th, 6 00 here in new york. Erica hill joins me this morning. Erica, youve been doing an amazing job every day reporting from the front lines of this pandemic here in new york. We really appreciate the work youve been doing. Thank you, my friend. I appreciate that. We have a heck of a team at this network, that we do. Breaking overnight, the president with a huge revision in the number of deaths he says he is expecting from coronavirus. He now says 100,000 deaths is a realistic number. Thats a far cry from what he said two weeks ago. We would have had millions of deaths. It looks like well be at a 60,000 mark, which is 40,000 less than the lowest number thought of. April 19th, he was predicting 60,000 deaths. Were already at 67,000 deaths. And the daily death count is stubbornly high. The new deaths being reported every day between 1300 and 2,000 every day. Its worth noting, this is witho
Nations first fatality . New safe guards, five of americas busiest airports are racing to roll out additional screening methods. Are they enough . Were going to be taking the temperatures of every passenger that comes from one of the three affected countries. If you answer positive or you test for a high fever, the passenger is immediately what if they lie . Immediately sent to the cdc. What if they lie . Well, thats why we want to erect as many check points as possible. And the rising tide of misery as Health Officials scramble, the death toll cliels ever higher. This morning, were learning more about the ebola epidemic, its global toll. And its urgency that has propelled one charity with a recordbreaking donation. The bill and Melinda Gates foundation has committed 50 million to ratchet up the worlds Emergency Response to the health crisis. So where will the money go and when . Cnns poppy harlow spoke to Melinda Gates, wife of the pioneer and cofounder of the foundation. I think we n
True . And onestate, twostate, the president backs away from longstanding american mid east policy, saying he wont insist that a separate palestinian state as part of a Peace Agreement with israel. But he does urge israels Prime Minister to hold back onset almighty construction. Will Benjamin Netanyahu list snen im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. Multiple sources tell cnn that highLevel Advisors and President Trump were in Constant Contact with russian official during the president ial campaign. That includes general nike l flynn fired from his job as National Security advisor by the president. But today mr. Trump was praising flynn, lashing out against leaks that led to his downfall. The president called the leaks criminal and questioned whether the nsa or fbi were behind them. Also breaking this hour, a defense official is telling cnn that the pentagon may propose sending u. S. Ground troops to syria to spe
To grab an historically republican seat. For republicans, the chance to say they can win despite Donald Trumps controversies. What would you say to President Trump today . I thank him for his support. I thank the voters of the 6th district for their support. Special elections are called special for a reason. This is essentially a jump ball. There are many in this community, myself among them, deep concerns about the direction of things in washington, about the integrity and the competence of this administration. And under the cover of darkness, Senate Democrats pull an all nighter in what could be a fruitless attempt to stop the republicans secret Health Care Bill. There is only one reason why republicans are doing this, theyre ashamed of their bill. Obamacare is collapsing around us, and the American People are desperately searching for relief. With a vote set for next week, even some republicans are still waiting for the big reveal. Have you seen the Republican Health care bill . I h
Which reportedly rattled buildings in china and russia. Pyongyang has been conducting weapon tests at a record pace this year, drawing new sanctions from the International Community. The Trump Administration is now threatening to toughen those penalties, potentially cutting off all trade with any country doing business with the north. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn. John, a stunning announcement earlier. Yeah, arthel, i mean, what you just talked about there was really just not even the half of what happened today. An extraordinary statement from the secretary of Defense James Mattis just down the driveway here at the white house, talk that we really havent heard from a public official in the United States since the october 1962 cuban missile crisis. The secretary of defense starting off by saying that the president gathered together a small group of his National Security advisors. It was secretary mattis chairman of the joint chiefs of staff,