That, for heading down. On a daytoday Coronavirus Task force breathing covered every imaginable topic from expanded testing to a flattening curve of new cases to Easter Services and yes even exotic, a new controversy arose over possible government surveillance of virus positive americans. Ive not heard about that. I dont know if i would be okay. I have to see it but it sounds very scientific. The president was referring to Health Policy concert being floated by the task force spearheaded by Jared Kushner that would potentially give the government near realtime information of the whereabouts of people who were or had been treated for coronavirus and whether hospitals that serve them had the capacity to do so but thinking is such information would allow the government to pinpoint medical resources where they are most needed. Critics and privacy advocates compare it to the patriot act which was enacted after 9 11 when the government expanded surveillance power. A system they argue has bee
Swirling collection of thunderstorms off the coast of florida, but it wont be for long. And with the 4th on the way, the timing couldnt be worse. Forecasters are predicting a hurricane with 90 mile an hour winds at the core, just as the core is predicted to pass by the shore of the outer banks of north carolina, moving right on up the atlantic coastline, kicking up rain, high surf and winds as it goes right through vacation corridor for tens of millions of americans who are about to head to the coast line from florida to maine, if they arent there already. Its the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season. Its where we begin tonight with Weather Channel meteorologist mike seidel on the beach in melbourne, florida. Mike, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Today the bahamas took a battering, gusty winds over 40 miles an hour, and heavy rain. Thats what were expecting here along the Florida East Coast beaches tonight and tomorrow. Here is the latest from are the National Hur
Remarks. Nascar legend Darryl Waltrip at the podium now. This mornings company note speaker and also in attendance the dalai lama. Good morning. Im jose diazbalart. Is a busy morning. A massive cyber attack. An update on that deadly commuter train crash just outside new york city. Full Service Restored this morning as investigators for the National Transportation safety board return to the scene where a metro north train plowed into an suv during the tuesday evening rush hour. We now know the identities of the six People Killed in the crash including the 49yearold driver ellen brody. An eyewitness in a car directly behind is giving a chilling account of what happened saying brody was stuck in traffic on the tracks when the crossing gates came down. It comes down and hits the top of her car. The back of the roof and actually slides a little down the back towards the back window. I full expect her to back up so i look behind me and luckily no one behind me. Im able to back up and wait fo
Transportation secretary anthony fox. And Bernie Sanders is picking up at a town hall meeting in perry. We are monitoring both of the candidates, and we will let you know any news that is is make, and it is getting increasingly more bitter between the two candidate, and maybe that is because of the latest poll numbers. An nbc news wall street journal marrist poll is showing that Hillary Clinton is at 48 , and berna saie sanders at a 45 . And those are both very, very close numbers there in iowa, and certainly within the polls margins of error. The Clinton Campaign, meanwhile, is stepping up the attacks against Bernie Sanders and especially on the issues of gun coll troeshlgs and electability. A Bernie Sanders Spokesman Says that Hillary Clinton and her team are getting increasingly nervous, and nasty. This is an Important Development right now, only three weeks, only three weeks before the iowa caucus, and four weeks before the New Hampshire primary. And lets bring in the panel. Bakari
This is cnn breaking news. 10 00 p. M. , all right everyone on the east coast, brace yourself. This is our breaking news, more than 85 Million People in the path of a storm with life or death implications. Im don lemon. This is cnn tonight. This is a storm so enormous it could shut down much of the east including baltimore, including washington, philadelphia, and new york and we are live on each of the cities for you. The air traffic is at a stand still. Thousands of flights cancelled. If you got to out on a flight tonight you very, very lucky, at least 7500 flights cancelled tonight and through the weekend. Residents are warned to stay off the roads and shelter in place in the face of a recordbreaking storm. The reporters are in the midst of it in the region. And chad myers is tracking this. He is our meteorologist. He knows everything there is to know about storms. A lot to talk about. When i checked with you an hour ago you said we are at the beginning of this. Where are we now . We