Of harvard the dean medical school. Of the reportr from last september, giving a grim warning of the impact of the pandemic. The phone lines are open. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. 202 7488001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. A line set aside for medical professionals, doctors, nurses, emts, 202 7488002. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Around the world, 3. 6 million confirmed cases and the global death toll approaching 257,000. Is joining us. Y he is the dean of Harvard Medical School. I want to start with a story you were quoted in in the wall street journal. You were working with chinese doctors privately for best practices and treatment. Dr. Daley we are. The current pandemic respects no international boundaries. Medicine and science are forces for International Diplomacy that transcend politics. In late january, when it was clear that the virus was ravaging china, coll
We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have toet to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are staying home. Tight sure that we hold is critically important for us to continue to get to a place where we can even start to have a public conversation about what coming out of these restricted measures may look like. You have been very critical of governor desantis. Saying god help us as he plans to reopen parts of florida. What is your concern . My concern ist the issue that i articulated. The only locality the only way to make progress is to have very high restrictions. It is those congregate settings, apart, a nursing home, a jail, other places that is a breeding ground for th
We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are staying home. Tight sure that we hold is critically important for us to continue to get to a place where we can even start to have a public conversation about what coming out of these restricted measures may look like. You have been very critical of governor desantis. Saying god help us as he plans to reopen parts of florida. What is your concern . My concern ist the issue that i articulated. The only locality the only way to make progress is to have very high restrictions. It is those congregate settings, apart, a nursing home, a jail, other places that is a breeding ground for
If you live in the eastern half of the country, those at west, this is your number. Yourt west, this is number. If you are a chicago resident, this is your number. ,e will begin how we always do with the numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Now 2. 4 million cases around the world in 185 countries. The total deaths, one of six 1000 69,000. Joining us from her office in chicago is the mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Thank you for being with here with us here on cspan. My pleasure. I want to begin with some concerns expressed by deborah birx on the White House Coronavirus task force. We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are
New documentary, food, inc. 2. Thank you. Thank you. Ou. Thank you. Coming up, less than 24 hours until opening arguments in the first ever criminal trial of former president of the United States. Ive assembled lawyers to tell us what we can expect and how it will collide with the campaign trail. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Donald Trumps claim of absolute immunity. It is a case that could make his legal troubles disappear. And breakthrough winfall, the United Auto Workers union as the tennessee Volkswagen Plant becomes the first auto factory to vote to unionize in the south, since the 1940s. We will talk about how the uaw broke through in a region where the Antiunion Sentiment has dominated for decades and what it means for this critical moment in the Labor Movement of america. Another hour of velshi begins now. Now. Now. Good morning, its sunday, april 21st. Opening statements will not begin in a formal. The republican partys presumptive nominee will be back in a ma