Topping 14,000. We have Fox Team Coverage tracking all angles of this worsening epidemic. We want to begin with steve harrigan. Steve . Jon, the u. S. Numbers have been rising all day. Right now they are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the u. S. The death toll in the u. S. Has now topped 400. Weve seen a number of state governors order all nonessential workers to remain at home. This morning there were five states on that list. Now its up to eight, with ohio and louisiana joining the list of people now ordered to go out only for food or medicine. The cdc former head was on Fox News Sunday this morning. He was critical of the administration saying it had basically side lined the cdc during this crisis. Fighting this without cdc central to the response has never been done with an Infectious Disease threat in the u. S. Before and it is Like Fighting with one hand tied behind your back. Some potential positive news on the horizon, the fda has approved an on site testing for the
Tonight, then you know nothing but good news. The president says it will be open very soon, businesses will be open very soon and we should await the okay to get going. He says the vaccines are coming along very quickly. They are fixing the problem. He emphasized this is a medical problem, not economic, and he said the mortality rate number may be lower than people think. Now, we should point out in the real world, the u. S. Has the highest rate of increase in the world and our numbers rocketed up again today. And, again, we dont know how many people have it in this country because people cant get tested so much of the time. Of those tested, we know we have over 43,000. And the number of deaths just went up by at least 137 just today. As we come on the air tonight, the death toll currently stands at 533. The u. S. Remains way behind where we should be in this fight right now. Our economy is going into a forced kind of sleep mode, and unemployment claims are higher than they have ever b
Confirmed case in the u. S. Senate, kentucky senator rand paul. And response from the government and white house, some say not enough. Some comparing the fight for medical supplies among the states as we the wild west. We are competing against other states. In some ways were savaging other states. Im trying to buy masks competing with california, illinois, florida. Thats not the way it should be, frankly. Were all competing against each other. This should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government and the National Defense authorization that the president has to, you know, to essentially push this manufacturing, really it hasnt gone into effect in any way and so, yes. Were competing against each other. Were competing against other countries. You know, its a wide, a wild west, i would say, out there. All right. Lets turn now to cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. So, lauren, we just heard that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is delaying a key vote. What are you hearing
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Emergency package that theyre working on right now. So thats one of the issues that Senate Republicans are concerned about right now, is the probation sximity to senator pag that time period, during some of those lunches, where we often sit next to one another. I will note over the course of the last several days, the tables have moved further apart from each other, the senators have been telling us theyve been sitting further apart. The bigger concern with something that was brought out at todays Senate Republican lunch, im told, behind closed doors, senator paul was not at todays lunch, because he had found out he tested positive this morning. However, senator jerry miran, told colleagues during that lunch that he had told senator paul at the gym that morning. Senator paul had been seen swimming in the Swimming Pool that morning. I have several of senator mirans colleagues come to me after that lunch, which was behind closed doors and express serious concern about just their proximit