I should say quickly, i reached out to white house i should say this. I got a text message from a task force official. They did not answer any questions regarding this reporting this morning, about the white house dropping the cdc guidelines. But they said this. On april 16th, President Trump released guidelines for opening america up again. Those guidelines made clear that each state should open up in a safe and responsible way based on the data and response efforts in those individual states. That breaking this morning. Nick, ill take it here. Interesting. Those guidelines are far different than the 17 pages that you first reported on. You broke the story last week. Very specific instructions for institutions about how to reopen safely. Im not sure i understand why they would be controversial. What was the move of the cdc official you spoke to when these things that they worked on pretty hard rejected or sidelined by the white house . I mean, pretty hard is a great characterization.
Had some angry eyes when you turned around. I think you got me if i was running across the bridge, it was right when my hat fell off. So i had a hat on and i had the mask on because you know people are people are looking for us to make sure were doing the right thing. And im always trying to run with a mask on not easy. I tried to do it with gloves on. Its just impossible. Its not easy. You were about 50 yards behind your fiance. And bella was like, i think thats don lemon. And i said, keep running, fat boy. And you went like this. Listen, on a serious note, i do it for people like you who have had the virus so that others dont get it, and i do it nose peop those people that you were cheering in your shower. I want to do the right thing. I dont care if its hard for me because i can only imagine how tough it is when your lungs were giving you, you know, the business when you were going through it. So a little a little jog with a mask on, every once in a while i take it down to catch my
Out very quickly. You heard from the president there. The goal of a vaccine by the end of the year. This is an aggressive time line that most Health Experts claim is unrealistic at best. At worse, potentially dangerous. Well have more in a moment from scientists about why they believe overpromising could be detrimental. Theres also a new warning on the number of people who potentially will die in the u. S. As the plans to reopen continue. The director of the cdc is forecasting more than 100,000 people will have died by the end of this month potentially, more on that in a moment as well. Were covering all angles. We want to start with Kristen Holmes whos with us from the white house right now. So the president said the country would return to normal with or without a vaccine. Walk us through what he said. Reporter good morning. Thats absolutely right. He kind of really stuck to this point in the rose garden, continuing to say that the virus is going to go away without a vaccine. This is
Projected that americans would spend up to 25 billion on mothers day gifts and festivities including 5. 2 billion in jewelry, 4. 6 billion on restaurant meals and on special outings, and 2. 6 billion on flowers. But due to the covid19 outbreak, nearly every single one of these industries instead is facing unprecedented economic challenges and financial hardship. With many of them struggling just it keep their doors open and pay their employees. There are now more than 1. 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus nationwide. And more than 79,000 confirmed deaths. And the staggering tragic death toll has gone hand and hand, what can only be described as a rolling economic collapse. More than 3. 2 million americans who lost their jobs, just in the last week, bringing the sevenweek unemployment total to more than 33 million. Great depression era numbers. Many Small Businesses have been forced to shut their doors, restaurants have turned to takeout and Delivery Service to tri and survive. An
Behind your fiance and i think that is don lemon. I said keep running fat boy. You went like this. On a serious note, i do it for people like you who have had the virus so others dont get it and for the people that you were cheering for in your shower. I want to do the right thing. I can only imagine how tough it is when your lungs were giving you, you know, the business when you were going through it. A little jog on with a mask. I take it down to catch my breath when i get in an open area where there are not people and when i see folks i put it right back on. Man, this quarantine put on a couple of extra pounds. You look good. You are a handsome man. Thank your mom for that. Thank you brother. I love you. Have a great weekend. I love you. Hope to see you soon. We will be watching. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. We have a lot of breaking news for you tonight on what the coronavirus is doing to the American People and to our economy. On the day the death toll in the country passes