5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast, thank you so much for joining us. Our top story, the world is about to pass two pandemic milestones, almost simultaneously. Thats when the global total of documented cases hits 10 million and the global total of deaths marks a half million. A big reason those numbers are going up is the United States. Americans are less than 5 of the global population but account for 25 of all the worlds infections and deaths. The u. S. Recorded 87,000 new cases in just the past two days. Among the worst hit are states that reopened in may. A month later, they are facing alarming spikes in new cases and hospitalizations. Many young people are falling ill, and now the cdc says the true number of infected americans is many times higher than previously thought. To date, Johns Hopkins university has documented 2. 5 million cases of covid19 in the u. S. , but the cdc says the actual number of infections among americans is at least six times higher. And as mind boggling as
Happening on the ground. I dont think thats fooling anybody. I think everybody recognizes that although russia has legitimate interests in what happens in a neighboring state, that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside of that state. We condemn the Russian Federations act of aggression. It is clear that russia has been working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade further. Russia has talked about russianspeaking minority citizens who are under siege. Theyre not. And in fact this government has acted remarkably responsibly by urging total calm. Now, today mr. Putin would not acknowledge to reporters that Russian Troops were even in crimea, but he did say his intentions are not a takeover of crimea. We are not going to go to wor with ukraine, but you crepe has the army. I want you to understand clearly. If we do this, it will only be to protect local people. Now, russia plans to meet with nato tomorrow but russia has rejected a meetin
April 3rd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Looming questions about russias alleged collusion in the campaign. It kicks off a week of diplomatic meetings, nominations and fate of his thats all. The former National Security adviser Michael Flynns quote to tell his story in exchange for immunity. Reporter good morning, weve said this a lot during the Trump Administration, but this could be one of the biggest weeks of donald trump Donald Trumps presidency, he has a lot on the Table Including a whole host of meetings with important foreign leerds thats going to be capped with a summit of president xi ping. He really lays it on the line telling them they need to get in line to deal with the problems in the korean peninsula. Neil gorsuch the nominee for the Supreme Court is expect today get a week sometime this week. Republicans confident theyll be able to get him confirmed. The question is will they do it with the 60 votes customary for a vote like this. All this as a cloud of russia continues to ov
Boris sanchez joins me from palm beach, florida, near trumps maralago resort. Boris a lot going on this morning. Reporter yes. Certainly a rapid fire series of responses from both trump, his team and russian leader Vladimir Putin. Just in the past hour or so a look at the letter Vladimir Putin sent to donald trump today expressing a deep desire for bilateral work to be done between the United States and russia when it came to a series of diplomatic issues around the world. Trump then put out his response and he writes in part, a very nice letter from Vladimir Putin. His thoughts are so correct. I hope both sides are able to live up to these thoughts and we do not have to travel an ultimate path. The language at the end there, fascinating. Especially when you consider the rhetoric from trump just about 24 hours ago in that tweet you mentioned that he put out, specifically talking about expanding American Nuclear capabilities. Initially the trump camp came out and said that he was talkin
Crackdown on russia. Reporter you are right. Yesterday was the kremlin and the white house going back and forth about those accusations of cyber intrusions, trying to influence the u. S. Election. Today it was the russians pulling punches. It was a scene that unfolded from coast to coast. From washington to san francisco. Nearly three dozen russian operatives working to leave the United States ahead of a deadline imposed by president obama in retaliation for what the white house called russian cyber intrusion during the runup to the 2016 election. Its all together 11 people, including three kids. They have to pack and leave within hours. Reporter even as the Administration Closed russian facilities in new york and maryland, russian president Vladimir Putin fired off what could best be described as his own when they go low, we go high statement. Saying although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy but will plan further steps to restore re