With covid19. Patients who took the drug that the president has been taking. And a positive note today, the cdc says youre unlikely to catch the virus just from touching surfaces like package deliveries. And the defense secretary telling the today show that he is now completely confident of having a vaccine this year. Joining us now Nbcs Carol Lee at the white house. Pbs newshour White House Correspondent amisyamiche alcin charlie sykes, editor at large at the ball wark, and Emergency Room Physician and coordinator threats with the department of health and human services. Lets talk right now about the president. Hes in the blue room balcony of the white house looking out over some members of the memorial day funders, outpouring for the memorial thunder. Hes just indicated the cdc will have an announcement later today Opening Church and religious services. This has been a dispute between the cdcs restrictions on religious services and white house pushback. What do we know . It has, andr
Experts who warn the virus can spread among people in close proximity. You dont know whos infected so we really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical. And if you cant social distance and youre outside, you must wear a mask. Meantime, churches in the u. S. Have slowly started to reopen. Days after President Donald Trump called them essential. And while some people attended sunday mass wearing face masks, mr. Trump was seen spending the day on the golf course in virginia without a mask. Well, myrtle beach, south carolina, one of many places in the u. S. Where crowds gather for the Holiday Weekend, even as state Health Authorities announced that coronavirus numbers hit 10,000 for the first time. The pandemic did not seem to be on peoples minds. Natasha chen talked to beeach goers and has the latest. Reporter people are for the most part practicing social distancing by keeping apart from the next party. The city manager tells me for the most part this
Or would russia prefer to realign with the United States, with other western countries, and middle east countries who are seeking to resolve the Syrian Crisis . Bill kevin corke leading coverage from the white house with the latest from the north lawn. Good morning to you. A very high stakes game were talking about here from the russian perspective you are a major stakeholder in syria. You want to have something moving forward even if it isnt the assad regime. The rest of the world is simply saying what are you doing backing a killer of his own people . And thats essentially the message that we expect secretary of state Rex Tillerson to take directly to the kremlin as he meets with his russia counterpart. House officials have been consistent in saying this. Russia needs to get on board with the rest of the world or be left behind. When you see the very decisive, resolute actions of President Trump late last week after he said exactly what he said he would do on the campaign trail, with
Around the world. Im Rosemary Church at cnn headquarters in atlanta. This is cnn newsroom. Well, after threats, provocations, and mixed signals, there is cautious optimism the u. S. And north korea could be getting closer to sitting at the negotiating table. South korea announced on sunday the north is willing to hold talks with the United States. The white house responded saying pyongyang must agree to give up its nuclear weapons. But that has been considered a nonstarter. Meanwhile, president trumps daughter ivanka has left south korea. She represented the u. S. At the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Officials say ivanka did not interact with the north korean delegation, even though they were sitting close to each other. Our Paula Hancocks joins us now live from pyeongchang. So paula, south korea says the north is now willing to hold direct talks with the u. S. , but the u. S. Is insisting north korea give up its nuclear weapons. Thats something pyongyang has said it wont do
Evolution of Sarah Sanders. Some say she is losing her focus. Live from laentatlanta, im e howell. And im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. And we begin with a development from one hour ago, moscow is now expelling 23 british diplomatic staff from russia and closing the British Council, all in retaliation for the expulsion of 23 Russian Diplomats from the uk. Thats right, this move comes as relations between the west and russia grow worse after the poise onk of a formoning of a f spy. The ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign ministry and are heres what he had to say after leaving that meeting. We thank for the opportunity to explain. We ask russia to declare the material [ inaudible ] russia denied it. Russia has informed me steps that russia will be taking. As the Prime Minister made clear, we have no dispute with the russian people and [ inaudible ] but we will always do what is necessary to defend ourselves, our allies and our values against an attack of this s