Welcome, everyone. The patchwork of relaxed rules and restrictions, across the u. S. , is about to be put to the test. As Many Americans are expected to venture out for memorial day. That holiday weekend, coming as the number of confirmed deaths in the u. S. Grows ever closer to 100,000. There are fears that memorial day crowds could abandon social distancing. As they pack recently reopened beaches, more people could also return to church pews this weekend. After President Trump demanded that houses of worship be allowed to reopen. I call upon governors to allow our churches and places of worship to open, right now. If theres any question, theyre going to have to call me. But theyre not going to be successful in that call. The decision, ultimately, up to each governor, despite mr. Trumps claim that he can override them. Some faith organizations are welcoming the president s call. Others, though, say reopening now flies in the face of medical and scientific advice. So, as the nation wit
With a violent collision between what the president thinks and says and the more disciplined world of science and data. For two months President Trump has told that hydroxychloroquine is a game changer. It saves lives. The president himself is finishing up a round of hydroxychloroquine treatment. Sales of the drug has doubled driven by the president s praise. The lancet today said the drug did not help hospitalized coronavirus patients. Instead, that study said it made them more likely to die and it is likelihood that patients develop an irregular heart rhythm that puts them into cardiac arrest. Hospital data studied, take us inside the study. John, lets take a look at these numbers. The study that was done and published in the lancet today looked at patients in 671 hospitals with coronavirus on six continents, nearly 15,000 hospitalized patients who received hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, sometimes in dom bination with other drugs as well as patients in a controlled group and what
Yellow line. You can see the line in washington, dc and chicago and thats new york, boston, and many of the others. Providence is also up at per 100,000. We can understand it in relationship to populations. The other groups that have very low levels that once had a peak, this is detroit. Very low level now. This is boston in the gray. And then atlanta and miami. Next slide. I think sometimes, there have been publications about where the world was before we started the stop the spread and before many states shut down, and just to take you back to that moment, on march 14th before stop the spread, this is showing new york. I didnt even put march 14th on there because new york on march 14th had less than 50 cases reported. Chicago had less than 10 washington had less than 10. The large state with a significant number of cases was the washington area, washington state, which had 100 cases. On march 14th, we had about 500 cases distributed around the United States, not in any dramatic hot s
Hey, everybody. Im chris cuomo. Welcome back to a bonus hour of prime time. Were back to more bs from the president today that he has powers that are not granted to him by the constitution. Last month he declared total authority to liberate states. That was not true and neither is this. Some governors have deemed Liquor Stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship. Thats not right. So im correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential. I call upon governors to allow our churches and places of worship to open right now. If they dont do it, i will override the governors. Does he have the right . No, legal experts will tell you. Lets not spend that much time on that. Is it right . Now, remember, this is the same president who wanted churches packed by easter sunday. Tens of thousands have died since then. And by the way, a lot of people have gotten sick and worse from being in places of worship that werent following eno
Worship to reopen, this as millions of americans prepare to head outdoors for the memorial day holiday. Many states say theyre open, but there are restrictions. And brazil reaches a grim point in the pandemic. Cnn goes inside one of the forced areas where conditions make it almost impossible to contain the disease. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and, indeed, all around the world. Im michael holmes, cnn newsroom starts right now. Thanks for your company, everyone. This weekend marks a major task in how committed americans are to containing the coronavirus. All 50 states have begun relaxing restrictions and opening businesses in the u. S. For memorial day holiday to honor its war dead. With strong recommendations about social distancing, hygiene and face masks. Health experts fear new cases will spike if those guidelines are not followed. And there is plenty of reason to worry. The first covid19 fatality in the u. S. Was just