This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Beautiful start to the day across atlanta. Good morning to you. And this morning, were going to balance the happy talk and the sunny optimism were getting from the white house, with the reality in the race for this vaccine. Researchers around the world are rushing to develop this working coronavirus vaccine. President trump, though, formally unveiled his administrations operation warp speed. Its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine, as fast as possible. Again, wed love to see if we could do it prior to the end of the year. I think were going to have some very good results coming in very quickly. You hear the president there doubling down on his goal for a vaccine by the end of the year. Its an aggressive time line, most Health Experts are claiming its just unrealistic at best. Potentially dangerous at worse. More on my scientists believe overpromising could b
Out very quickly. You heard from the president there. The goal of a vaccine by the end of the year. This is an aggressive time line that most Health Experts claim is unrealistic at best. At worse, potentially dangerous. Well have more in a moment from scientists about why they believe overpromising could be detrimental. Theres also a new warning on the number of people who potentially will die in the u. S. As the plans to reopen continue. The director of the cdc is forecasting more than 100,000 people will have died by the end of this month potentially, more on that in a moment as well. Were covering all angles. We want to start with Kristen Holmes whos with us from the white house right now. So the president said the country would return to normal with or without a vaccine. Walk us through what he said. Reporter good morning. Thats absolutely right. He kind of really stuck to this point in the rose garden, continuing to say that the virus is going to go away without a vaccine. This is