Fortunate enough to remain untouched by this virus because the devastation is happening all over the country and behind closed doors. We dont see images of the devastation because of Health Privacy issues. Funerals are kept very small. And we should note these are confirmed coronavirus deaths. The actual death toll, we are told by officials, is assuredly higher than 100,000. President trump framed the 100,000th death, apparently a pending milestone, around the projection of 1. 5 to 2 Million Deaths if the u. S. Had done nothing. And that is a way to look at it. There is another way to look at it, and that is if the president and governors had acted even just one week sooner, tens of thousands of lives in the u. S. Could have been saved according to a study from columbia university. And we still do not have the kind of widespread surveillance testing and Contact Tracing programs that Health Experts say we need nationally, the kind that the white house has to keep its officials safe. But
If dr. Fauci says wear a mask, you wear a mask. He also reacted to this new headline today that france has banned the use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients completely. That is the drug the president has not only touted but, jim, taken himself. The French Health Ministry Said their data does not provide sufficient evidence to support the use of it. I asked dr. Fauci his view. Heres what he had to say. Im not so sure it should be banned, but clearly, the Scientific Data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy for it and even the possibility that there could be, not could be, but theres a likelihood that on under Certain Circumstance might be rare but you would see it, adverse events, particularly with regard to cardiovascular and arrythmias associated with it. There was suspicion of that for a while, but as data comes in, it becomes more clear. Im not so sure you would want to ban it, but certainly, the data are clear right now. Lets speak about all of these m
The global death toll from the coronavirus has surged past 350,000 people. Nearly 100,000 of those deaths are in the United States. And you can see the hotspots around the country here. Johns Hopkins University says there are more than 1. 6 million confirmed cases in the u. S. , and this comes as the centers for Disease Control and prevention warns antibody tests could be wrong up to half the time. Antibody tests are used to determine if people have been infected in the past with the virus. But the cdc says they could be generating false positive results and are not Accurate Enough to make important policy decisions. Across the americas, the virus is raging. Latin america has overtaken the u. S. And europe as the new epicenter of the pandemic. Regional Health Officials say they are particularly worried about brazil, where for two days now, the daily number of deaths surpassed those in the United States. And we will have much more on brazil just a little later. But first, states in the
We begin with breaking news. Inside the reporting that Political Correspondents kill for and they did it with the blockbuster game change and done it again. The new book is called double down, game change 2012 and loaded with details how the Obama Campaign explained dumping joe biden and harry reid got the idea reid didnt pay income tax and more. The book doesnt come out until next week but Jonathan Martin has all the inside details and joins us now. Its fascinating on your reporting in this. How serious were they looking into having Hillary Clinton be the Vice President . It was serious, not that it was intentionally polled and focused grouped. Campaigns dont spend the money on focusing and polling groups unless they are seriously exploring something. It was only known but about a half dozen of the top obama senior advisors, people like David Axlerod and most notably the chief of staff william daley, then chief of staff who became close to joe biden. They are similar age, similar back
The new book is called double down, game change 2012 and loaded with details how the Obama Campaign explained dumping joe biden and reed got the idea reid didnt pay income tax and more. The book doesnt come out until next week but Jonathan Martin has all the incite details and joins us now. Its fascinating on your reporting in this. How serious were they looking into having Hillary Clinton be the Vice President . It was serious, not that it was intentionally polled and focused grouped. Campaigns dont spend the money unless they are seriously exploring something. It was only known but about a half dozen of the top obama senior advisors, people like david axle rod and most notably the chief of staff william daily, then chief of staff who became close to joe biden. They are similar age, similar background. Similar background. You talked to him . I talked to him on the phone and he confirmed saying he thought it was his Due Diligence as chief of staff to explain the possibility of what she