Nationally . Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. The deadly wave that is covid19 is steadily growing bigger every day. Consider this. One month ago today only two people in the u. S. Had died from the virus. Tonight the death toll is more than 5100. Men, women and children. More and more, states across the country are now hiding the danger signs, issuing stay at home restrictions. But tonight we take you inside the battle brewing between faith, the federal government and covid19. People are the church, not the building. Reporter its a warm spring evening in louisiana, and parishioners are gathering to worship at Life Tabernacle church outside baton rouge. The pastor welcomes his congregants. We are the good samaritans. The good, faithful members of this church. Reporter but in recent days he has come under fire by Holding Services. We continue to worship and practice our First Amendment rights. Reporter this past sunday, pastor spell says more than 1200 people gathered at his
With the pandemic. Governor larry hogan is joining us from annapolis. And we will talk with the mayor of seattle, washington. First we will talk with an Infectious Disease specialist from Boston University school of medicine and Public Health, and we want to hear from you. Open. One lines are if you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. Send us a tweet and we will read it. Or on facebook. Good tuesday evening. We will walk through the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, indicating there were 785 deaths in the single day in the u. S. The total confirmed cases around the world, 855,000, more than 42,000 deaths in the u. S. , leading the world with well over 180 6000 cases of coronavirus. Is dr. Us in boston benjamin linus, an Infectious Disease physician and a professor of medicine in epidemiology at the Boston School of Public Health. Thank you for being with us. Let me begin with the numbers that again, between 100,000, 240,000 potential deaths in the u. S. Alo
Of the last tools inour arsenal, we reach the point where. The cases have exploded in the washington region here in mayland, virginia and the District Of Columbia more than quadrupled just a couple of days experts on the White House Coronavirus task force say even if the number of cases drops over the warm summer months we could see a resurgence in the fall. Although by then Authorities Say they hope to be equipped with thsupplies d the knowledge needed to better manage another wave of cases in washington, im whitney wild cnn anchor chris cuomo has been diagnosed with the coronavirus the news came out earlier today in a memo to cnn employees. Its as though that hes feeling well and still plans to anchor his show from his home. The vast majority of cnn employees have been working from home for the past several weeks with acres broadcasting from small studios and home offices. As well work to curb the spread of the coronavirus the efrt to treat those already infected is getting harder ne
Governor hogan, thank you for joining us. How is your state doing . Weve had one of our biggest tolls in the number of people getting the virus and weve had some pretty difficult situations but like the rest of the country, we are come to deal with the best we can. President said earlier today we are in for a painful two weeks ahead. You are talking to the experts. How painful . I think it is going to be pretty painful, and we believe here in the maryland, d, and virginia area, maybe about two weeks behind new york and we think we are going to see some pretty dramatic escalating numbers in our region, and we are dealing with the same kinds of issues everyone around the country is faced with with looking at hospital surges and the lack of availability of ventilators and personal protective equipment and masks, testing. We are working around tk with a dedicated team of incredible we are working around the clock with a dedicated team of incredible people that are trying their best to save
Just how painful . Guest i think it will be pretty painful. We believe that here in the maryland, d. C. , and virginia area, we are about two weeks behind. We think we are going to see some dramatically escalating numbers in our region and we are dealing with the same issues that everybody around the country is faced with, looking at hospital surges and the lack of availability of ventilators and personal protective equipment and masks, testing. We are working around the clock with a dedicated team of incredible people that are trying their best to save as may lives as we possibly can and keep people from getting sick. Host there was a story in the Baltimore Sun that at least one pastor is going to continue to hold Services Despite the order you put in place this week in maryland. What do you tell that pastor and others who defy the order, the stayathome order . Guest i havent heard that report, but we will make sure that does not happen, because it is against the law for them to hold