5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. We appreciate you joining us. Our top story, infectious experts warn the coronavirus pandemic is going to be with us for 18 months or longer. Hoping to shorten that time line, the u. S. Government has given emergency approval for the antiviral drug remdesivir which has shown some promise in Clinical Trials for treating severely ill patients. So far, Johns Hopkins university has tracked 1. 1 million cases among americans and more than 65,000 deaths in this country. Yet, even as numbers soar, a huge portion of the country is relaxing stayathome restrictions and reopening some businesses. Experts fear, though, it is much too early. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention have spent the last couple of months trying to pin down exactly how the coronavirus got a foothold in the united states. And now they know. Heres cnns nick watt. Reporter limited testing but continued influx of infected travelers from overseas hot spots and cruise ships and
Good monday morning, everybody. It is monday, may 4th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with the Washington Post scorching look at the president s monthlong struggle to actually reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. In interviews with 82 administration officials, the post is outlining a story of, quote, desperation and dysfunction with a detailed look at what took place in the 34 days between march 29th, when trump actually agreed to extend social distancing guidelines to this past week. During that time, the post is noting that trump was so determined to extinguish the deadly virus that he repeatedly embraced fantasy curealls and tuned out both the reality that the first wave has yet to significantly recede and the possibility of a potentially worse second wave in the fall, as we have heard from many experts. According to the paper in early april, tensions were growing between the doctors and scientists advising the response and the president s economic and polit
1sizefitsall lockdown Necessary Force will be used and it was. This story breaking as tensions boil over in californias, images show protesters being led away in handcuffs. We give you a live update, protests expected from both sides. Some americans anxious about a second wave triggered by reopening too quickly and others anxious to get back to work. Justice Department Spokeswoman here live as the doj says it will be watching for state and local officials who overstepped their boundaries prompting prosecutors to step in to defend your constitutional rights. We are investigating records held by the university of delaware that can hold clues into the claim by former Senate Staffer tara reade that she was sexually assaulted by joe biden, the former Vice President unequivocally denying that. Records are sealed but others are not. After 20 days of rumors about kim jong uns health the north Korean Leader suddenly reportedly back on the scene, north korean state media releasing 21 photos of h
Plus, a picture perfect weekend as people came out of quarantine. The risk it all poses, though, with the first wave of covid still not over. Video diary. What its like to fly from one city to the other in the midst of a pandemic. Plus, american hero. A farmer who instead of letting his crops go to waste, is using them to feed hungry americans. Youll hear from him. A very good morning to all of you. Thanks for joining us. Were going to head out west and give you a live look at the santa monica pier in california. A skyhigh birds eye view. That thing dead center is the ferris wheel, lit 24 hours a day among the broad landscape of the california basin. In orange county, governor gavin newsom has a socalled hard closure in effect on all beaches after huge crowds turned out last weekend. The stayathome order remains indefinitely. As of this morning, 1. 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 66,000 people have died. And starting tomorrow, more than two dozen
Remain at a safe in a safe environment. And thats going to be up to businesses to come up with ways to reconfigure their workplace and their processes to make this work. And thats business by business. Government can say these are the standards, but a business is going to figure out how to do that. When you look at this state, there are some regions that right now by the numbers pose a lower risk, some that pose a higher risk. We can tell you by region right now, of those criteria that we went through, which ones are in place for which region, so which ones have the right hospitalization, the right testing regimen, the right Contact Tracing regimen, and which ones still have work to do in those areas. And this is going to be region by region. And each region has to put together the leaders in those respective areas who put together this system and monitor this system literally on a daily basis. So, theyre getting all that input, all those specifics, all that data, and then day by day,