Hospitals. President trump describes two desperate governors this way. I want them to be appreciative. If they dont treat me right, i dont call. The governors of washington and nebraska join me in a moment. Plus Congress Passes a bill to help workers. Every dollar we spend will make a difference in the lives of the american people. Will it be enough . Ill speak with House Speaker nancy pelosi, next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is staying at home. Today marks exactly one month since the first coronavirus death in the United States. There have now been more than 2,000 deaths in america, a Staggering Number thats doubled in the last two days. For some context, the current number of deaths is more than six times the number of deaths this time last week. More than six times. Overnight President Trump backed off an idea to put an enforceable quarantine on the new york region. Instead the cdc is issuing a Domestic Travel advisory recommending that resident
Whose jobs are being essential. President trump and said he was considering an enforceable quarantine of the states but later decided against it after pushback from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo and other governors from the tristate area, earlier today doctor Anthony Fauci said this is about the unpredictable nature of the deadly virus. Whenever the models come in, they give a worstcase scenario in a best case scenario. Generally the reality is somewhere in the middle. Looking at what we are seeing now, i would say between 100000 200000 cases. I dont want to be held to tha that excuse me deaths, will have millions of cases but i dont think that we really need to make a projection when it is such a moving target that you can so easily be wrong and mislead people. Arthel Mark Meredith is live at the white house. I want to give you a heads up, we may have to jump in and redirect to Governor Cuomo if he begins his press conference. But for now, take it away. Reporter we will start in new
Doing better, then he increased the number on the fly to 29. That of course is well over half the states in our country. He said, were a country thats getting better, and he is going to clear some states to open, as he continues to call it, before may 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all of that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new deaths. Tonight more than 32,000 americans have lost their lives. And despite the selfcongratulations at the white house, we have crossed an important milestone. Weve now tested 1 of our u. S. Population. Another way of putting thi
May 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new deaths. 2,492. Tonight more than 32,000 americans have lost their lives. And despite the selfcongratulations at the white house, we have crossed an important milestone. Weve now tested 1 of our u. S. Population. Another way of putting this is if we Start Testing a million americans a day for the next year we would then know with something closer to certainty how Many Americans have this virus. Worldwide cases now closing in on 2 million. Tonight we have breaking news of the gri
President ial election. At the white house today nothing but rosy scenarios in the rose garden. The president says, a lot of good things are happening. He is determined to start opening the country again. Today he said 20 states are doing better, then he increased the number on the fly to 29. That of course is well over half the states in our country. He said, were a country thats getting better, and he is going to clear some states to open, as he continues to call it, before may 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new d