Chinese virus, china has more than quadruple the population of the United States, china did also go first, china is the place where the virus was first recognized, last year, they had this soaring epidemic in china, they have been contending with it for months already. But weve got double their number of cases. And rising. U. S. Deaths are now doubling roughly every three days. Nearly 3,000 americans have already been killed by this virus. Dr. Tony fauci, the nations leading Infectious Disease expert is now saying bluntly we should expect 100,000 to 200,000 americans to be killed by this virus. It was just a month ago that the president was saying weve got 15 cases, and its going to go down to zero case, were doing such a great job with this. Were now at 160,000 cases and climbing. 3,000 americans dead. The governments own experts telling us to brace for 100,000 to 200,000 american deaths. Still though, with the most out of control and largest by far epidemic on earth, still, there is
Terrifying prediction for the number of cases it in the state earlier today and announced some drastic steps. Reporter yeah, he did. One of the things he said about the cases, brooke, he talked about ventilators and the need for ventilators and he wants to have the stockpile ready when they are needed. He said of the people who end up on ventilators, about 20 of them will not get off that ventilator. Translation, they are likely not coming out of the hospital. He said the longer people are on ventilators, the more they could fall into that category. That is absolutely a sobering thought. He also talked about the number of cases here in new york and why it is important for people around the country to Pay Attention to what were seeing here. Take a listen. To the extent people watch their nightly news in kansas and say, well this is a new york problem, that is not what these numbers say. It says its a new york problem today. Tomorrow its a kansas problem and a texas problem and a new mex
The depth, the scope of this International Pandemic . I want to take you on a tour of the United States first using some of the nations front pages. Some of the local papers that are doing the important work covering whats happening at the hospitals. In san diego, the Union Tribune notes this grim milestone, 2,000 dead in the u. S. A number that doubled in two days. To st. Louis, the post dispatch reporting on how hospitals are rationing protective gear. And to baltimore, where the suns banner headline foreshadows much more to come. The headline is bracing for the surge. This crisis does conjure up a hurricane with warnings about the surge. In montgomery alabama, the paper says hospitals are bracing for impact. There are reports from the front lines. Thats what this front page says. The front lines are expecting the unknown. All across the United States from honolulu to waterloo, from tuscaloosa to chattanooga, cases continue to rise, especially in Nursing Homes and other vulnerable lo
Cases already that china had for the duration of its epidemic thus far. Think about that for a second. I mean the president wants to call this the chinese virus, right . The state department is trying to insist that it be called the wuhan virus, the chinese virus. China has more than quadrupled the population of the United States. China did also go first. China is the place where the virus was first recognized last year. They had this soaring epidemic in china. They have been contending with it for months already. But weve got double their number of cases and rising. U. S. Deaths are now doubling roughly every three days. Nearly 3,000 americans have already been killed by this virus. Dr. Tony fauci, the nations leading Infectious Disease expert is now saying bluntly that we should expect 100,000 to 200,000 americans to be killed by this virus. It was just a month ago that the president was saying, weve got 15 cases, and its going to go down to zero cases. Were doing such a great job wi
Michelle obama says why she can never forgive the president and President Trump says, hey, the feeling is mutual. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news in our politics lead. The wall street journal revealing the closest, most direct connection of donald trump so far to hush money payments made to silence porn star, Stormy Daniels and 1998 playboy playmate of the year, karen mcdougal. Clear indication President Trump and his team have been lying to the American People for years and he may, in fact, have also broken federal election laws. The the journal reporting federal prosecutors have evidence of trumps direct participation in those mampayme, finding trump was involved in or briefed on the payments nearly every step of the way. The journal also laying out connections including he intervened to suppress stories about his alleged sexual encounters with women, according to interviews with three dozen people who have direct knowledge of the events, or who have