Veterans affairs patients who took the drug calling it phony and claiming it was filed with a lot of filled with a lot of false information. President trump also reportedly going on a tirade against the cdc. Source telling us he was highly critical of the agency during lunch with republican senators claiming it botched early testing of coronavirus. These developments as Vice President pence announces that as of tomorrow all 50 states are partially reopening their economy. Cnn white house correspondents and resident fact checker. They both join me now. Good evening. John, we are just learning that a texas federal judge ruled that voters afraid of catching covid19 can vote by mail. This is exactly what the president feared. It is. And its what the Republican Party feared as well. One of the consistent things we have seen in american politics is republicans have been on the short side of Public Opinion getting shorter and shorter as the country changes demographically. They lost six of th
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,
In myrtle beach, South Carolina officials declared this weekend an extraordinary event, which is a type of executive order that authorizes Law Enforcement to take extra steps if needed to protect Public Health and safety. All of this ahead of the fda warning today the coronavirus is not yet contained, urging americans to protect themselves and their communities. The number of deaths in the u. S. Is closing in on a grim milestone. Approaching 100,000. Now, two states in the south are seeing cases spike. North carolina reporting its single highest oneday total on saturday. While arkansas governor says his state is seeing its second spike. Its clear and evident to me that we have one peak and then weve had a deep dip and then were having a second peak right now, and theyre really about 30 days apart. Cnn has reporters from beaches coast to coast and monitoring crowds gathering on the florida panhandle, live from Pensacola Beach, rosa flores. What are you hearing and seeing from people the
Unproven malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. This despite multiple studies warning not only it doesnt work, but it has dangers as well, diving into his playbook to discredit a va study calling it phony and a trump enemy statement. Reminder the va is the Veterans Affairs department. A lot to get to, but first lets get to cnns nick valencia for more on these new cdc guidelines. We have been waiting for them. There have been delays. What do they tell states even as theyre already ahead of the game here, reopening already. Thats right. Good morning, jim. Well get to that in a second. We cant emphasize enough how big of a deal this is at the cdc was allowed to post these guidelines. But they werent presented that way to the public. There was no announcement, very little fanfare. And this comes just a week after the white house shelved the 68 page draft recommendation from the cdc for being overly specific. What im having trouble understanding, though, is, you know, why they were allowed to pos
Far from savannah georgia. And this is the gulf of mexico. South padre island in texas. Largest groups. Tight groups of people. Very few if any of them Wearing Masks. The other side of the emergency today not so festive. Two states releasing alarming numbers about the number of new coronavirus cases. The governor of arkansas said his state heidi hit a second peak of new infections this weekend. North carolina more ethan 100 hundred people confirmed in one day. Also this weekend, Public Health experts are concerned that very large crowds of people will attend Worship Services tomorrow. That is after President Trump declared churches and houses of worship essential, adding sharp warning to state governors to not keep churches closed. Cnn is live right now on beaches and in california br despite the warks and precautions people are venturing out in large numbers. Natasha chen, you have been outs there all afternoon watch the crowds. Talking to people who are enjoying the sunshine. Even ca