Unfortunately, the strategy backfired, resulting in a heavy, heavy death toll. That and much more. Newsroom starts right now. Great to have you with me this hour. So, the u. S. President is once again downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic after yet another recordbreaking weekend. You can see here the steep climb in the sevenday average of new cases since june. But Donald Trump Blames the spike on increased testing, a tactic consistently debunked by health experts. During an interview with fox news, he falsely suggested the u. S. Had the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. When you talk about mortality rates, i think its the opposite. I think we have one of the lowest mortality rates. Thats not true, sir. Well, were going to take a look. We have 900 deaths in a single day this week. We will take a look. Ready . You can check it out. Will you please get me the mortality rate . Kayleighs right here. I heard we had one of the lowest, maybe lowest mortality rate anyw
Good morning, everyone. Im Ayman Mohyeldin in for hall lee jackson. We have got a lot of breaking news from capitol hill on the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Right now, the senate is coming back into session. We could learn any moment about a deal on a 2 trillion lifeline for workers and the economy. Mitch mcconnell, Chuck Schumer, and the white house all indicating within the last couple of hours that a deal could be reached as early as today. On wall street, stocks are soaring in the early going on hopes of a deal being reached. But will the president sign off on it . Hes taking aim at democrats in tweets this morning and overnight while also appearing to send mixed signals saying the country needs to reopen for business soon even as Health Experts warn that scaling back social distancing efforts too soon could be disastrous for the country as the number of new cases continues to skyrocket. More states are taking action by this time tomorrow, more than 40 of the country will
Guidelines the white house issued last week were meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. But they also shuttered businesses and put Many Americans out of work. With an eye on the economy, trump is now indicating he may ease them when they expire next week. For our country and very destabilizing for our country and we have to go back to work. Reporter but Public Health experts say that may be too soon. Doctors have warned that the nation could see a massive spike in coronavirus cases if americans return to crowded workplaces or events too quickly, advice that trump pushed back on today. Im sure that we have doctors that would say lets keep it closed for two years, okay . Lets close it up for two years. Now, we got to get it open. Reporter in and out president s advisers are scrambling to find a compromise that keeps the country safe and restarts the economy, including looking at a phased system thats based on age or geographic location, though one official cautioned that nothing has be
The virus yesterday alone, a single hospital in new york city reported 13 deaths within just 24 hours. Doctors and nurses in and around the city saying they dont have enough protective gear to keep themselves safe as they treat patients with a deadly disease. And this just in, local news outlets in boston are reporting more than 100 hospital workers have contracted the virus they are. So lets begin there in boston with molly line. Molly, this was very upsetting news to hear and im sure they are worried about it. It is startling news, you really kind of soul the headline there, 100 positive covid19 cases among hospital workers in the city of boston. Something that may offer a little bit of reassurance particularly for those at these elite institutions all across the city, one of the key points, the key takeaways, one hospital official telling us that its unlikely that the majority of these contracted covid19 during their work in hospitals. Its very likely that they contracted covid19 in
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