Leaders face welcome im neil cavuto so good to have you this very very busy saturday. Lets get a read right now over at the white house, how they are digesting all of this , and the recommendations, so far, david from the white house, has been governors can do so far what they want to do. Thats been pretty much the call , what changes or could change now . Neil, good morning to you, President Trump said that yesterday at his Coronavirus Task force briefing hes going to leave things up to governors and not going to overstep them however he feels if he does need to step in and give his counsel and his advice he will do so now President Trump says that he is hopeful that the economy can be opened back up by may 1 but its something hes going to listen to scientists and experts and see if thats going to happen however he is hopeful things will open up by may 1. The president said he will talk to Airline Executives this weekend, one of the hardest hit industries by covid19, and now weve just
Good tuesday morning, everybody. It is may 5th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning, as we always do. The president pushing states to relax social distancing guidelines. New scientific models are projecting sharp increases in the number of deaths from the coronavirus over the next few weeks and months. One projection from an internal Trump Administration document obtained by the new york times, the other from a Public University of washington model often cited by the white house. First, the government projections. I want to show you these. The data showing the daily death toll will nearly double from about 750 deaths currently to about 3,000 a day on june 1st. New cases are projected to go from about 25,000 a day to 200,000. The president was asked about the report in an interview with the New York Post and he said, quote, this. I know nothing about it. I dont know anything about it. Nobody told me that. I think its i think its false. I think its fake news. The
Grief and devastated survivors. As nations around the world slowly emerge from their lockdowns, we have hit another disturbing milestone in the spread of coronavirus. Johns Hopkins University reporting the number of cases around the world topped 4 million on saturday. Nearly 280,000 people have died. And it didnt take long to get to this point. You can see how fast the pandemic spread after the first million cases were confirmed early last month. It took less than two weeks to reach the next million. And the next and the next. About one third of those cases, 1. 3 million, are of course, in the United States. With more than 78,000 lives now lost. Almost every state in the u. S. Will be back in business by monday to some extent. People in los angeles allowed to golf and hike again this weekend. And, as the u. S. Balances opening back up with staying safe, the pandemic is hitting close to home. Some of the most prominent experts leading the administrations response to the crisis. It looks
York times. The other is from a Public University of washington model often cited by the white house. First, the government projections show the daily death toll there nearly double, from about 1,750 deaths currently to about 3,000 a day on june 1st. This is pretty dramatically different than where people were thinking. New cases are projected to go from about 25,000 a day to 200,000. The president was asked about the report in an interview with the New York Post. He said, quote, i know nothing about it. I dont know anything about it. Nobody told me that. I think its false. I think its fake news. The white house put out the following statement. This is not a white house document nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task force or gone through interagency vetting. This data is not reflective of any modeling, any of the modeling done by the task force or data that the task force has analyzed. The other set of data from the institute for health, metrics, and evaluation at the unive
Moments later, an officer seen with his knee pressed on floyds neck, and you can hear floyd saying, i cant breathe. Tonight, the mayor now calling for that officers arrest. All four officers tonight identified. And President Trump weighing in. Americas historic return to space scrubbed with just minutes to go. The drama playing out late today. The two astronauts and their families. And the history set to be made. When their liftoff is now planned. And the multistate manhunt at this hour for a fugitive College Student wanted for two murders in the northeast. New surveillance showing him at a Convenience Store. And where authorities are now looking. Good evening. Its great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. Weve marked these difficult moments together, and theyve come with astonishing speed. Just three months into the pandemic, and tonight america has just crossed that awful milestone, 100,000 lives lost in this country from coronavirus. And the numbers, weve said it so of