United states, 1. 5 million cases reported globally. As cnns erica hill reports for us now, despite the revised model projection deaths across the country are currently rising daily. Reporter empty streets, shuttered businesses, lives on hold. Science of a long road ahead. The flattening of the curve last night happened because of what we did yesterday. If we stop acting the way were acting, you will see those numbers go up. Reporter californias early efforts gaining praise for slowing the spread as one Northern County says sports are likely on hold through thanksgiving. In chicago, more than 400 cases are linked to the cook county jail, making it one of the countrys largest sources of infection. As the city opens up a 66,000 square foot refrigerated warehouse to ease overcrowding at morgues, positive case aboard three aircraft carriers and the National Guard deployed to two new jersey veterans homes with dozens of positive cases and at least 12 deaths. Meantime, the city of philadelph
Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Hope tonight has been an educational experience. Want to take a minute before we go introduce you to some special people who fought the virus and won. They survived. World war ii veteran william is one of them. He recovered from the coronavirus, just in time to celebrate his 104th birthday. Take a look. Thanks, everybody, for coming. Love you, grandpa. Love you. Well wishers, including his daughter, had to maintain proper distance. Not only a coronavirus survivor, he is old enough that he lived through the 1918 flu, which hit america when he was 2 years old. Thats pretty remarkable. Rosney daniel, an er doctor, contracted the disease in march. Not only was he mildly asthmatic, he told snnpr he als had type one diabetes. He knew frtd beginning he had to maintain his distance when greeting people. So taking a cue from the marvel movie black panther he insixth insisted usin
Dismissed and ignored. And this hour, the hope holds Easter Sunday mass via livestream as christians around the world celebrate under lockdown. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And all around the world. Happy easter. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Easter is supposed to be a day of hope. It will be remembered this year for the covid19 pandemic. Johns hopkins reports more than 1. 7 million cases across the world with more than 108,000 people killed. And the u. S. Enters a holiday withholidaywith the highest num of deaths. New york state alone has more infections than any other country on the planet. Catholics around the world are waiting to hear from pope franchise as francis as he livestreams his mass. This is live video. He told people they should not yield to fear. This comes as many Christians Mark the day isolated in their homes instead of going to church. Our top story, you may recall that u. S. President trump touted easter as t
Make their debut as husband and wife. The secret details coming in tonight. Good evening and thank you for joining us this sunday evening. Im cecilia vega. We begin with those damaging storms slamming yet again an area already drenched, the southwest. In phoenix, winds up to 75 miles an hour shaking even the airport. And take a look at this, giant pieces of roof littering the tarmac. Cars standing no chance with the torrential rain. Some spots select collecting an inch and a half in 30 minutes. And this at the public library, a visitor climbing under a tree to get to the door. Well have the forecast in just a moment. First, abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano leads us off with the storm on the move tonight. Reporter so much for the desert southwest. At round of heavy rain and severe rains and storms this weekend. Yesterday, so much rain fell, even the interstates were flooding. This month alone, phoenix has received ten inches of rain. That is ten times the average amount. And yeste
The latest cnn electoral map has shifted, dropping Hillary Clinton to just shy of the needed 270 electoral votes, but the princeton professor who called 49 of 50 states in the last election says donald trump has virtually no chance to win and hes here. So what do the campaigns need to do in the final days . Ill speak to rnc chief strategist sean spicer and David Axelrod who ran both of president obamas campaigns. Plus, while clinton is getting celebrities like jayz and beyonce as well as president obama to motivate her base, donald trump is basically going it alone. And by the way, i didnt have to bring j. Lo or jayz, the only way she gets anybody. Im here all by myself. And with charges of election rigging and voter suppression, many are siting this scene of alleged intimidation in my hometown of philadelphia in 2008. Ive gone back to the scene to find the real story. But first, it used to be that elections were an end point, someone celebrated, another licked their wounds and the nat