Theyre under investigation in new york and Health Officials there say the condition may have caused the deaths of a 5yearold and a 7yearold. Even as we learn more about the virus, there are 47 states that will be partially opened by tomorrow. Today, more restrictions are easing, though, in five states including rhode island where retail shops are going to be open again now. There will be restrictions, we should point out. Driving the push to reopen the economy, we know a record 20. 5 million american jobs were lost in april. The Unemployment Rate at 14. 7 . And two positive cases of coronavirus among white house staff this week. Proves that there is no work place immune here. The press secretary for Vice President mike pence tested positive just yesterday. So, listen, we have a lot to get to this morning. First well start with former president barack obama and some of his criticisms of the Trump Administration. Cnns Kristen Holmes is at the white house. This is some of the most stingin
I want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. Chris . As always, coop, thank you for sharing the memories, man. Really such a mindsetter for all of us. Thank you. I am chris cuomo. Time for me to pick up the torch and my show, too, will be committed to giving respect to the memory of nose who athose wt by making sure they dont die in vain. So, welcome to prime time. Lets be clear with each other. Theres no time to pretend. We have not met the moment. We have not prevailed on testing. None of the states that have reopened, none, has the capacity to test and trace the way they need to. People still cant even get tested in too many hotspots. This is the reality, and until this president starts taking desperate actions instead of just makes desperate claims, you cant expect any of us to have the confidence we need in this country to reopen. That only comes with the truth that testing and tracing can provide. Also tonight, we will be finding facts in arberys murder in georgia. We ha
Of you celebrating. Im celebrating too. Im alex witt. Heres a live look at cincinnati, ohio. The phased reopening this week includes retail and service businesses, as we give you a slightly partly cloudy weather check there on cincinnati. Really pretty. But because Outdoor Dining for restaurants begins friday, cincinnati is closing parts of 25 streets. Thats so they can give restaurants more space for social distancing of tables. Lets now get to the facts at this hour. This morning, there are 1. 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across this country. More than 79,000 people have died. More states are gearing up to reopen and starting tomorrow, kentucky and New Hampshire will begin easing their lockdowns. Restaurants in arkansas, arizona, and indiana are going to be open for business with new restrictions, of course. While mississippi and most of florida will open salons and barbershops. Checking out tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed visitors yesterday fo
Political crime in america. Asked in the rose garden yesterday what crime he was referring, to here is what President Trump had to say. Obama gate, its been going on for a long time. Its been going on for from before i even got elected and its a disgrace that it happened. If you look at whats gone on and look at now all of this information thats being released and from what i understand its only the beginning. Griff this as we are learning the Senate Judiciary committee is taking heard look at previously replaced older Inauguration Day email that former National Security advisor susan rice sent herself first flagged by senator grassley in 2018. Now the committee has renewed interest in it because rices emailed documents to president obamas guidance in a january 5th meeting about how Law Enforcement should investigate russian collusion. We now know it was the same meeting that obama indicated his knowledge of the flynn wiretapping and unmasking. In that email rice writes. This. The pres
Grief and devastated survivors. As nations around the world slowly emerge from their lockdowns, we have hit another disturbing milestone in the spread of coronavirus. Johns Hopkins University reporting the number of cases around the world topped 4 million on saturday. Nearly 280,000 people have died. And it didnt take long to get to this point. You can see how fast the pandemic spread after the first million cases were confirmed early last month. It took less than two weeks to reach the next million. And the next and the next. About one third of those cases, 1. 3 million, are of course, in the United States. With more than 78,000 lives now lost. Almost every state in the u. S. Will be back in business by monday to some extent. People in los angeles allowed to golf and hike again this weekend. And, as the u. S. Balances opening back up with staying safe, the pandemic is hitting close to home. Some of the most prominent experts leading the administrations response to the crisis. It looks