Hes not a leader, hes a follower, but hes talking the talk about masks because its a big deal. Wash your hands, stay away when you can and when you cant, wear a mask. Its all we have going for us. That and surrendering the me to the we, counselor coates. Have to join the bandwagon. You heard what harry was talking about with these issue. I get a macha latte from starbucks, i just say medium or large. I do it with a mask on at the drivethru for the record. Putting a mask on that face is a crime. Lets not argue. Ill disagree tonight. Thank you. Im laura coates in for don lemon. Coronavirus cases increasing in state after state after state. Now you have the governor of texas ordering 95 of all texans to now where masks in public. Governor greg abbott had previously barred local officials from penalizing people who didnt do that. Now texas is reporting its highest number of cases in a single day just yesterday. Thats not all. Los angeles reporting more than 2,000 new cases for not even the
Talks to former president obama about who he will endorse. Cases of the virus jumped to over two dozen over the weekend, bringing this number to at least 89. Worldwide there are almost 90,000 confirmed cases and more than 3,000 people have died. Washington states governor declaring a Health Emergency after the state recorded the first two deaths in the u. S. And there is growing concerns the virus has been present in a Nursing Home Community there for weeks. President trump saying today that a previously planned meeting with Pharmaceutical Company executives will now focus on accelerating the timeline to find a coronavirus vaccine. There is so much left to cover. We have a lot to talk over. Lets bring in cnns Elizabeth Cohen who is in atlanta and has been following this coronavirus exclusively. Lets start, elizabeth, with this spike in cases over the weekend. Do we believe this is because of growing Community Spread, or an increase in testing, or both . Brianna, it looks like its both.
We would not have a vaccine that would even be ready to start to deploy for a year to a year and a half, that is the timeframe. Now, anyone who thinks theyre going to go more quickly than that, i believe will be cutting corners that would be detrimental. What does that tell us . That tells us now, the next month, the next several months, were going to have to rely on Public Health measures to contain this outbreak. That, of course, contradicts something the president said just days ago, that a vaccine was coming soon. U. S. Cases have now topped 1,000, and it is changing how more and more people live their lives. An entire new york city suburb will be under containment, this includes restrictions on events with 250 or more people. The National Guard has been called in to help disinfect areas there. Well, on the opposite side of the country in Washington State, today, the Seattle Times is reporting that the governor, governor jay inslee, plans to ban any gatherings larger than 250 peopl
The count surpassed italys death toll in the last few hours. America has lost 20,000 people to the disease. The deaths are more than a half million cases of coronavirus in the u. S. Each one is a family and community dealing with with pandemic. This hour, we will take you across america and into some of the communities with help of reporters covering the story nationwide. Let us begin here in new york. The epicenter of the outbreak. Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a status update. More than 173,000 cases, 783 people died in last day. New yorks total death toll is 8. 600 people. He pushed back on when the states should not reopen. He said now is the time for policy, not politics. And bill delade blasio said thal students will finish the year at home. And the decision affects more than just new york city. The mayors position, he wants to close them until june. And we may do that. But were going to do it in a coordinated sense with the other localities. It makes no sense for one localit
That would put the number well north of 20 million americans. Over 123,000 people have lost their lives thus far. Tonight trump was asked about the impact of the pandemic during a town hall on fox news, and he once again made the erroneous connection between the rate of testing and the surge in cases. We have more cases because we do the greatest testing. If we didnt do testing, wed have no cases. When you do 30 million, youre going to have a kid with the sniffles and theyll say its coronavirus, whatever you want to call it. If we didnt do tests, wed look great. But you know what . Its not the right thing to do. Treatment, vaccine, where are we . Were going to have an answer very soon, very soon indeed. I think it will be even before the end of the year well have a vaccine. This virus, of course, is not done with us, and as many Health Experts and even some officials now note, the numbers in a majority of the states are going in the wrong direction. Right now over half the states are s