Resort to sort of sticking their landings, shes shapelier than a speeding bullet. Jeanne moos, cnn. Hey, get your hands off her, gary. Is my wife going to see this . New york. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell. Its 8 00 on the east coast. 5 00 out west. Its good of you to start your day with us. We start with the next domino for the obama administration. Sources tell cnn that president obama is likely to nominate chuck hagel as deference secretary next week. Hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska who retired in 2009. Republican critics have noted that hagel has opposed sanctions against iran and the surge of troops in iraq under the bush administration. He would replace secretary leon panetta. Lance armstrongs fall from grace continues. New york times reports that hes contemplating publicly admitting that he did dope. Sources tell the paper hes considering an admission because he wants to persuade antidoping officials to get back into cycling. Armst
Officials in the u. S. Are confirming a growing number of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours alone. The total rose from 4500 to 6100. The death toll is also rising forcing officials to intensify containment efforts. Reporter confirmed cases now in all 50 states. More than 100 dead nationwide. Unprecedented times. Unprecedented measures. The president also has us inventorying what you all would understand as field hospitals, mash hospitals that can be deployed very quickly. Two Navy Hospital ships could be deployed defense officials tell us. Theres a Federal Reserve of medical supplies which is really our last best hope. You cant buy a ventilator, which is very important because most of these people have respiratory illnesses. Were shopping for ventilators all around the globe. There arent enough gloves, masks stockpiled. We would urge Construction Companies to donate their inventory of n 95 masks to your local hospital. Reporter in San Franciscos bay area, several million woke to a
Good to have you with us. Staying at home to save your life. That is the message from leaders all around the world as the number of coronavirus cases soares to 300,000 with 14,000 deaths globally. In the United States cases rose by at least 100 on monday. The biggest jump yet bringing the total to at least 42,000 cases. Right now there have been 541 deaths in the United States, a significant spike over the last week and new york is by far the hardest hit state with nearly 21,000 cases and 157 deaths. It is one of 16 u. S. States that have issued stayathome orders. Thats about 43 of the u. S. Population but with the dow jobbing again, jobs in jeopardy and lawmakers still adopting a stimulus package. President trump is appearing to put the economy before public health. He wants the u. S. Economy to recover even if it means going against the advice of his own Health Experts. America will again and soon be open for business, very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that somebody w
Of their economy. And Bernie Sanders drops out of the democratic race for 2020, why he gave up and the legacy he leaves behind. So there are encouraging signs here in the u. S. That social distancing is helping in the battle against the coronavirus. So according to new modeling put out by the white house, the measure is helping lower projections for the number of deaths, however, the nation has reported the largest number of deaths in a single day. Nearly 2,000 people died on wednesday, thats according to Johns Hopkins university. The total has passed 14,000 people. During a briefing on wednesday the u. S. President , donald trump, says he learned about the seriousness of the coronavirus just prior to enacting travel restrictions on china back in early february. A former military official tells cnn American Intelligence Agency were tracking the rise of the virus as early as november. Weeks before the information was included in the president s daily briefing. Some say the administratio
Of the United States, the authority is total, and thats the way its got to be. Total . In defense of President Trump, he makes his case on the handling of the coronavirus pandemic all the while the death toll continues to climb in the u. S. Europe are starting to see restrictions being lifted slowly. South korea getting ready to host local elections during the pandemic. What theyre doing to keep voters safe. So the u. S. President is fiercely defending his response to the coronavirus pandemic even as the death toll continues to rise at a high rate in the u. S. So according to Johns Hopkins university, the virus has now killed almost 24,000 people across the country. However, in some areas the outbreak appears to be leveling off and several governors are now discussing plans to gradually reopen their parts of the country. The u. S. Insists only he can make that call. Just to clarify your understanding of your authority visavis governors, just be very specific, for instance f a governor