Nurses, everybody. Theyre excellent. [ cheers and applause ] i want people to know if your loved ones in the hospital, were holding their hand. Were celebrating the Little Things with them. Were making sure they get to facetime you. Nobody is alone in this. We start the show tonight with more uplifting moments from medical workers. Not just telling you about the tough times on the front lines, but some of the uplifting moments where patients get out and survive. And hopefully thrive. Welcome to friday. It is mtp daily. We are in what you might call Opening Weekend in america. Roughly 20 states have begun to ease some restrictions. Some more quickly than others. Several more states are planning to begin easing restrictions soon. Of course it raises two major questions. Are we ready . And if not, what are we willing to tolerate as a society . Some of these states have seen a decline in cases but others have their single largest day of confirmed cases just yesterday. Its worth noting in a
The infection rate for a period of time because kids are going to be kids. I think you are right. How are we going to manage all this and they dont have money for this right now for more classrooms . You could not build more classrooms for summer schools or the fall. Money is going to be tight depending what washington does. Theyre doing Remote Learning and physical consequences because of this period. Some ways theyll save or cost money. Do you anticipate a decision on this week in terms of businesses . May 15th. You are announcing prior to that. It has been two months since the first cases reported and can you spoke of what we have accomplished and at least 18,000 people and at least 300,000 people sick. How would you evaluate your performance during this crisis . I try my best. Should new yorkers expect it to happen here as well . Well, we are aware of what new jersey is doing and what connecticut is doing. We are trying to coordinate with those states from day one. You will not hav
Die of coronavirus. Now, i spoke with Michael Oster holm, one of the authors of this new study. He told me this is whats going to happen unless, a, theres a vaccine, or b, unless the Trump Administration begins what weve been discussing now for weeks, an intense program of testing hundreds of millions of americans repeatedly and then Contact Tracing and isolating those infected. But there has been little indication that the Trump Administration is attempting anything remotely like that. A stark warning as today marks more states reopening nonessential businesses. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn that communities can expect to see local spikes of coronavirus cases, and again emphasizing the need for widespread testing. But consider this. Today, on may 1, there is not even enough Testing Available for all of the 100 u. S. Senators who are returning to the capital to try to lead the nation out of the pandemic. The capitol physician says testing is limited and only available for those feeling
Kushner, calling the federal response a Great Success story. But lets go to the latest facts. As of this hour, there are more than 1. 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 65,000 people have died. Several states are open for business this weekend, new jersey among the latest to ease stayathome orders, reopening state and county parks and golf courses while still enforcing social distancing measures the usns comfort returned to norfolk after spending a month in new york city helping to ease the strain on hospitals. The comfort treated 182 patients. Fda granted emergency use to remdesivir, to be made available to help combat covid19. Remdesivir will be used to treat the mostly severe ill patients. Gilead says millions of treatment courses may by available by the end of the year. The white house blocked dr. Anthony fauci from testifying before the House Appropriations committee about the add mrlgss response to the crisis. However, the white house says it w
Take a look at the large crowd in Huntington Beach yesterday, theyre protesting the governors orders to close all beaches in orange county. So, as we look ahead to whats coming in may, we also look at key moments in march that led to us this point. Theres a new cdc report on the key factors that accelerated the spread of the virus in the early days here in the u. S. Some of them, international travel. A look of testing, asymptomatic spreaders. Theres optimistic news on the treatment of covid19. The fda giving authorization to extend the drug remdesivir. This is allowing them to treat hospitalized patients in some cases. Some governors are concerned about holding back on easing restrictions. Others are going ahead with it loosening rules in phases, its clear theres not one single lane or strategy that states are taking to reopen their communities. Cnns alison kosik is with us. Alison, i know youre looking at some of these different approaches. Is there anything that stands out to you .