Will tonight be the night that trump finally tells people to socially distance and wear a mask . Well see. Plus, youve likely seen this video, husband and wife taking up arms after protesters showed up if front of their house. What were they afraid of . Is this the portrait of where america is right now . Others talk about this, i say lets talk to the people in it. We have the husband who held that long rifle as his wife aimed a handgun at the crowd. What do you say . Lets get after it. Fact or fauci versus fiction. Thats where we are tonight. Heres dr. Fauci. One of the things that i would like to see is an appreciation on the part of our entire nation of the importance of responding as a nation as a whole and not have a situation when you have a challenge such as we have right now, we have very desperate responses. Weve got to do it in a coordinated way. Because we are all in this together. One, that tells you we have no coordinated national response. 100 plus days into this. Think a
Wrong direction. And i dont hear anyone saying other than the president that this is going to change for the better any time soon. States are responding. Some like california and arizona and texas including are tightening restrictions to try to keep people more socially distanced but are the moves enough to turn the tide . Well ask the experts but amid all of this uncertainty one thing is certain. The data if he is looking at it is not changing the president s mind. The crisis is being handled. Some areas that were very hard hit are now doing very well. Some were doing well and we thought they might be gone and flare up and we are putting out the fires. One of the fires right now in florida. Vice president mike pence is traveling there today and as the country hits a record new number of infections, florida is, too. More than 10,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. You brought us that news at the top of the last hour, boris. I wonder how and if that changes the mind of the govern nonon
Pausing or pulling back their reopening plans, a reminder, it did not have to be this way. The United States has about 4 of the worlds population. Yet a quarter of all coronavirus cases and deaths, at least official numbers say. And as we see cases spike at the highest level so far here in the u. S. , the European Union not to mention many other countries throughout the world has been able to drastically flatten the curve there. The United States is the only western and wealthy nation that has had such a disastrous and failed response. Now, as the official death toll in the u. S. Surpasses 127,000, a new study finds that the u. S. Likely has undercounted the total number of deaths linked to the pandemic. Cnns senior medical constituent Elizabeth Cohen joins us now. And this new study from the journal of the American Medical Association specifically looks at deaths between march and may. Why were so many deaths unaccounted for and by how much . Lets take a look at what the study authors
Coronavirus cases confirmed and this pandemic has become the deadliest this planet has seen in more than a century. More than half a Million People now dead. President Trumps Health secretary is warning that the window is closing for the u. S. To get this pandemic under contr control. The top Infectious Disease specialist says its unlikely to achieve herd immunity without the vaccine. First we go to randi kaye in palm beach county, florida. Cases continuing to rise in florida after state officials declared victory there. Next step, closing beaches july 4th. Reporter absolutely. Palm beach county gym the beaches will be closed for the july 4th holiday weekend, not good news for folks enjoying the beach, enjoying the water. Of course the beaches are a big draw for many who come to florida and many who live here. Miamidade beach is closing for the july 4th whole day weekend and broward county. Officials dont want to see a spike on top of the pike. Broward county officials held a press con
June 1st, 24 states showing doubledigit declines in new cases compared to the prior week. Now almost the entire country is the exact opposite. Look at that. The explosion is forcing 19 states to now pause or roll back reopening plans. One of them is california where the governor is said to announce new restrictions a little later today. In california, leading states with the number of new cases, just over 7,500. Texas, florida, arizona and georgia rounding out the top five. And as the nation begins the sixth full month of dealing with this crisis, President Trump remains largely silent. Even as a growing number of republicans are now breaking with him and urging americans to wearing a masks. Even as dr. Fauci warns we could see 100,000 new cases a day in this country. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo blasting trump saying the president denied reality of this situation from day one. And now one Health Expert says it will be cuomo along with other state and local officials who will have to