Were waiting to see if the president takes questions. If he does, ill bring that to you. The president s visit comes as tens of thousands of firefighters are working all around the clock to get these flames under control. In addition to the nearly three dozen deaths, dozens more are missing. Millions of acres are burned and the weather could make it all worse. That is not the only Severe Weather threat facing the country right now. You have hurricane sally, which is rapidly gaining strength, it is slowly creeping toward the gulf coast. Evacuation orders are underway in parts of louisiana and mississippi with hurricane warnings extending all the way to that alabama florida border. Lets start there, ed lavendera is live in new orleans to see how people there are preparing for the storm. But jennifer gray, im starting with you, our cnn meteorologist tracking this hurricane. Just bring us up to speed as far as where sally is headed and how strong it is when she makes landfall. The storm is
Mitigation. Wide arent we getting control of the pandemic . Because it is a contagious virus, just like the flu. Why not make efforts to contain it . We are making efforts. We are running around the country not Wearing Masks . Were getting into the backandforth. What we need to do is make sure we have the proof therapy factors to make sure people dont die from this. The white house is on cleanup duty today after that statement. The president denied it before his rally in pennsylvania. No, not at all. In fact the opposite. Absolutely the opposite. Weve done an injob, weer doing a great jo been. Other than the fake news that wants to scare everything, were rounding the corner. Just based on these numbers we seeing, fact check that for us. Brianna, the first fact check is he has said were rounding the corner so many times i have lost count. How many corners are there to round . Obviously were not rounding the corner. The states that are in orange or dark red is where the rates of coronavi
73 million ballots already cast so far. There are still several days left to return your mailin ballots. But democrats now worried about postal delays and urging voters Still Holding those ballots, find an election dropbox. How much of the country votes this year is different thanks to the coronavirus pandemic now entering its most dangerous stretch. 73 new cases on tuesday, nearly 72,000 cases per day now is a record daily average across the United States. The end of 2021, that, dr. Fauci says, is when we can expect to return to normal, not around the turn as the president says now every day. The president insists these rising case numbers are fake because of increased testing. The countrys testing czar says its wrong. He said rising hospitalization cases shows its real. Nationwide map, almost nothing going right. Cases increasing in 40 of the 50 states. Only one state moving the covid needle in the right direction right now. An official white house document asserts its ending. Number
Tonight, the coronavirus in the u. S. Experts now warning of the risks of states trying to open too quickly. And the new data. The virus not just attacking the lungs, but the kidneys and the heart. What we now know. And news tonight. The first deaths here in the u. S. Were weeks earlier than first thought. What weve learned about those cases, and where. And the reality inside hospitals across this country. The startling images just outside new york city. The Emergency Room filled, even as Authorities Say were past the peak. Doctors and nurses trying to revive patients. In new york, 474 lives lost in just the past 24 hours. And tonight, the next chapter of this. Governor cuomo and his call for a Contact Tracing army. Thousands of people who will help trace any signs of a second outbreak. Also tonight, some states starting to reopen without meeting the guidelines from the white house. In georgia, where gyms, hair salons, and Bowling Alleys are set to open friday, restaurants next week, t
All the medical people, weve kept our fatality rate very, very low compared to other countries. My administration is closely monitoring the data on the viruses impact on our cherished africanamerican communities. Because theyve been hit hard, and the Surgeon General will be sharing more of that information right after we finished here, coming up and saying exactly whats happening because its really troublesome, i will tell you that. Id also like to provide clarity on the important point for Many Americans on elective surgeries. While weve asked hospitals to cancel surgeries and procedures that do not take place at this time, just not to do them now, the choice to delay any treatment still remains between the patient and the doctor. The point where you can start to think about doing that surgery. Yesterday, i elected sonny perdue did to expedite aid to American Farmers and secretary perdue will be using all of the tools at his disposal to develop a program very quickly to provide relief