Good to have you with us. The world is fast approaching 5 million cases of the coronavirus, with most here in the United States, but thats not stopping the country from continuing its push to reopen. In the coming hours, every u. S. State will have partially lifted their stayathome measures. And while infection rates are slowing across most of the u. S. , cases continue to rise in at least 17 states. But President Donald Trump says thats not necessarily a bad thing. Take a listen. When we have a lot of cases, i dont look at that as a bad thing. I look at that in a certain respect as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better. So, if we were testing a Million People instead of 14 Million People, we would have far fewer cases, right . So, i view it as a badge of honor. Really, its a badge of honor. Well, despite what mr. Trump says, the u. S. Is nowhere near the worlds leader in testing per capita. Data shows several countries are ahead of the u. S. As states reopen,
They tell cnn that politics and not science has been the driving force behind the administrations pandemic response. The cdcs pushback comes as friction with the white house is playing out in a very public way and as the agency finally releases guidelines on how states can reopen safely. It is something the white house has been holding back for weeks. And it comes as the u. S. Hits an important milestone. Today, all 50 states will now be reopened in one way or another. Were covering all of it this hour. Lets get to nick valencia who joins us. Nick, you have been tracking and in touch with folks at the cdc throughout all of this. Talk to us about what these officials are saying is happening. Yeah, we have been speaking to multiple officials throughout the agency. This is a 73yearold agency. The Gold Standard for Public Health, which has been at the center of every Public Health crisis since their start. With the exception of this one. You mentioned that, you know, our sources telling us
You can go to a restaurant. This as a reminder of what is an economic tragedy. 2. 4 more million americans say now they do not have a job. The nineweek total, more than 38 million shoved to the unemployment roles by this virus. Testing is still a backtowork challenge. Experts define the work as unorganized and in need of National Coordination and riddled with mistakes that gave us a picture of just how difficult it is for the country to reopen. One puts a number on the weight to tell americans to stay home. It cost 6,000 lives. Thats the number that columbian researchers say would not have died if social distance measures had been put in place just a week earlier. Two weeks earlier, 80 of all u. S. Deaths could have been avoided, those researchers say. Whether the president and governors and mayors should have acted sooner is one of the debates across america. The president says, quote, we have prevailed. The urgent need now, he says, is to reopen quickly to save american businesses. B
On. Good sunday morning to you. It is june 28th. Im victor blackwell. Im Bianna Golodryga in for christi paul for day two this morning. Good to have you. This is cnn breaking news. Just in the last couple of minutes, this breaking news into the cnn newsroom from Johns Hopkins university. 10 million now total cases of coronavirus and almost 500,000 deaths across the world. The United States has more than 42,000 cases. That was just yesterday alone. Only two states now in the u. S. Two states. Connecticut and rhode island are reporting a decline in daily new cases. Leading the wrong way again is florida with more than 9500 new cases adding up to 18,000 in 48 hours. Meantime, the Trump Campaign says it is postponing two events featuring Vice President mike pence in florida and arizona out of an abundance of caution. Also this morning, the Trump Administration is being criticized for its response or lack of a response to the disturbing report that russian Intelligence Officers offered cash
Out their gains by reopening too quickly . Theres a lot of question and criticism at the local level in certain states about reopening too quickly. Heres what we do know. Were learning more about bhooz getting infected, more young people. And we knew about underlying conditions, the elderly and those morbidly obese. The cdc saying anyone with a bmi of 30 or higher is at higher risk and thats some 42 of the population. Reporter in the nations three most population states, things are going from bad to worse. I dont think the history is going to look back kindly on americans going through this. Reporter Governor Greg Abbott pausing additional reopening in texas where hospitalization records are being set too. At Texas Medical Center there are just two available icu beds in the greater houston area. Two out of more than 1300. Were running out of that time with the runway short and our Health Care System is filling up. And we need to do everything we can as a community to fight this pandemi