In just three states, new york which has more than 92,000 cases with new jersey and california. We are also seeing disturbing surges in a number of other states weve been keeping an eye on and tracking including florida, michigan and louisiana. Here is the thing, the way this virus works is that not everyone will have exactly the same epidemic at the same time. The actual way the virus spreads in the community is the same everywhere. It the same virus. The same human bodies and that is why it is critical there is a cohesive federal national response. Last week the governor of alabama kay ivy who has taken some strong steps down there explained why she had not issued a shelter in place order for residents opting instead for less restrictive measures. He said quote, yall, are we not louisiana. We are not new york state and we are not california. Thats right. You are not. Yet. It is just a matter of time. New york city e. R. Doctor this morning offered a message to anyone that believes th
California. We are also seeing disturbing surges in a number of other states weve been keeping an eye on and tracking including florida, michigan and louisiana. Here is the thing, the way this virus works is that not everyone will have exactly the same epidemic at the same time. The actual way the virus spreads in the community is the same everywhere. Its the same virus. The same human bodies and that is why it is critical there is a cohesive federal national response. Last week the governor of alabama kay ivy who has taken some strong steps down there explained why she had not issued a shelter in place order for residents opting instead for less restrictive measures. She said quote, yall, we are not louisiana, we are not new york state and we are not california. Thats right. You are not. Yet. It is just a matter of time. New york city e. R. Doctor this morning offered a message to anyone that believes they might escape the worst of it. New york two weeks ago had only 300 cases. New yo
Patients who were spreading the virus. Today the head of the cdc Robert Redfield addressed concerns about the socalled silent carriers and warned the American Public not to let up on mitigation efforts. We are right now monitoring three live events across the country as governors from minnesota, michigan, and california are about to speak or speaking. And were going to keep an eye on those and well bring you any of the new details live. I want to start with our team of reporters. We have cnn nick watt live in los angeles. But well start with Kaitlan Collins who is live from the white house. Kaitlan, the president is really lashing out at these governors. This is just hours after he said they could make the decisions about when states would reopen. What happened here. And hes singling out the new york governor specifically after talking about the plan that the president unveiled yesterday that many people noted did not include a strategy for installing any kind of a nationwide testing s
So i told you theyre not cigarettes. Lets move on. Ooh. A little testy. Lets move on. I guess. So lets move on. Cigarettes or not. Nicorette. He grabs it every 15 minutes without failure. He is always chewing it. Who knows, mika. What do you think . Im with mike. Really interesting article on the front page of the New York Times about michelle obama. Whats that . The speeches hes been choosing to make where shes been choosing to make them in terms of speaking to young people and opening up about race and her success and also its an interesting piece. How she navigated all this and didnt enjoy all of it either but thats okay. Still tried to do so much. That high school was really a piece of herself talking. It was. It was her speaking to herself. Wow. To her years ago. A lot of news today. You say possibly some breaking news. I saw that piece. And also, of course, the big news the president sending more troops to iraq. So well start there. 4 auto 450 additional american troops prepare t
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. While russia is hosting the winter olympic violence is erupting next door, the former soviet republic of kiev. This is a live picture of kiev, a city of almost three million, where riot police are battling an estimated 20,000 protesters. The protesters are demanding closer economic ties to western europe, while the Ukrainian Government has been moving closer to moscow. Today, thousands of police stormed the protesters camp in kievs Independence Square. Tonight, it is chaos. Casualty figures are unreliable but the latest official number is 20 dead, 100 wounded. Katie stallard of Sky Television news is in kiev tonight. Katie, would you mind just katie, would you mind just having a look behind you and describing to me what you see going on in the square . In Independence Square as we speak. The fires are burning. There are remains of what were the protesters tents.