Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom Live 20200509 : comparemel

Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom Live 20200509

Newsroom. Our top story, a senior aide to u. S. Vice president mike pence is the latest instance of the coronavirus slipping into the inner circle of the trump administration. Katie miller who is married to trump steven adviser Stephen Miller serves as the Vice President s press secretary. She tested positive on friday, one day after a personal valet to President Trump also tested positive. And a personal assistant to e n ivan ivanka u ivanka trump also tested positive. And steven hawn is selfisolating is for two weeks after he had contact with someone who tested positive. Both the virus and unemployment are taking a heavy toll. The u. S. Government reports a staggering 20. 5 million americans lost their jobs in april. Wall street would normally take a dive on such news, but investors pushed the dow up more than 450 point, perhaps optimistic the u. S. Will soon reopen. We get the latest on that from nick watt. I have two teens to raise up, we have to keep up the good spirit, but were all scared. Reporter more than 20 million jobs vanished in april alone, the worst jobs report in american history. In only 15 states are new case counts consistently falling, but 47 states are at least partially reopening through the weekend. Some restrictions remain which not everyone likes. I have a right to buy groceries without being forced to participate in excuse me, you need to wear a mask. Do you understand that . Youre violating my constitutional rights. There is private property. Reporter some nonessential retame reopening, Curbside Pickup and delivery only. Soer were all trying to understand what curbside actually means. Reporter here it means that they have hired runners to bring merchandise to you in your car, but reopening places like this is not just about retail, it is about life. It is a community hangout, it is your local that you hit before you questiyou go home. One question is how long are we going to be Wearing Masks. I think a long time. Im not wearing one right now because im talking with you. Have you managed to survive . That is yet to be seen. Reporter roughly 70 of the economy can open with if i indicati modifications. Reporter tomorrow restaurants can open in nevada and camp xroungrounds in north dakota. In texas, hair salons. What is concerning is that this is an experiment, no one knows what will happen. Reporter there is a potential problem with such uneven openings. A new study found that after georgia started opening earlier than surrounding state, more than half a Million People traveled into georgia every day, a 13 spike. There is spread potential. As it tyson Meat Processing plant reopens in waterloo, iowa, the number of confirmed cases in workers more than doubled to over 1,000. One worker told cnn he has no choice but to return, i cant beat donald trump and tyson. Theyre billionaires. Im not. Im broke. Good new, the nfl laid out their schedule. And we can add to the social distancing. Reporter and clearly a work in progress. This arrest in new york city sparked an internal investigation. And brooklyns d. A. Tells cnn that of the 40 people arrested for not social distancing through monday, 35 were black, four hispanic, just one white person. When we see disbeparity, we address it. Reporter and remdesivir . Well, there are only about 200,000 courses available right now. I think that there was excitement and then there was sadness and disappointment. If you dont get a drug, it means that more patients potentially will do badly. Reporter california Just Announced that every edge sistered voter in the state will also get a mailin ballot for novembers president ial election. There will still inperson voting, but anybody can do it by mail if they want to. The secretary of state said this could be the most consequential election of our lifetime. Nick watt, cnn, los angeles. Testing is ramping up at the white houses as the coronavirus hits home. So why arent the president and his advisers Wearing Masks . Jik being jim acosta has that. Reporter a staffer has contracted the coronavirus, this time Vice President s press secretary katie miller. Shes a wonderful young woman. Katie tested very good for a long period of time and then all of a sudden today she tested positive. She hasnt come into contact with me. Reporter but the potential that the west wing has become a hot spot for the virus is now real. Miller is married to one of the top aides, Stephen Miller. Word of katies test results comes one day after the president acknowledged that one of his military valets came up positive too. Ive had very little contact. Mike had very little contact with hill. Reporte. Reporter the president greeted world war ii veterans without wearing a mask. We were very far away. And plus the wind was blowing so hard in such a direction that if the could have reached me too. You only worried about them, thats okay. Reporter and noted that they were tested before an event. 14. 7 unemployment rate, highest on record since the great depression. Larry kudlow noted wall street doesnt seem to be too worried. If you had told me that i would go on the air on a day when we lost 20 million jobs and the stock market would go up 400 points, that would have been very interesting. Reporter but Kevin Hassett said more devastating numbers are on the way. How heart breaking it is to see a report like this. Probably the next number will be a little higher. What is the president s plan to get this country out of the ditch . This president is the jobs president. This president got us to a place where we had the lowest employment rate in the history of this country. Whats the plan . There are a lot of proposals being entertained. Reporter the administration has another big problem as the Investigative Office found that dr. Rick bright may have been retaliated against for raising questions about the white house response to the virus. Brights brights lawyers say that the whistleblower protection act was violated. The president brushed off the bright case. To me he looks like a disgruntled employee. Reporter but the president is not denying that the number of dead in the u. S. From the virus willbi. We may be talking about 95,000 people ultimately, we may be talking about something more than that. Reporter as for the Vice President s press secretary testing positive for the coronavirus, a senior white house official said other staffers who are in contact with katie miller have been tested and so far all have come back negative. Jim acosta, cnn, the white house. President trump and many others would like to see a speedy return to normal daily activities. But a senior official at the World Health Organization cautions it is unlikely until there is a cure. There is a path out, but we must remain ever vigilant. And we may have to have a significant alteration to our lifestyles until we get to a point where we have an effective vaccine and effective treatments. Lets bring in a virologist, thank you for coming on. Good morning. And we just heard from the World Health Organization saying that the world could face significant alteration to our lifestyles until there is a vaccine. And then we just saw the encouragement from the president that he wants to open the economy. It is the push and the pull because how can there be a quick fix, as much as people would want that, when there are so many unknowns with this virus to safely say lets just go back out there . Absolutely. I think the World Health Organization statement about lifestyle alteration until the vaccine, i think that we need to take it even beyond that because even if the vaccine would become available, still we need to follow some of these restrictions and effective social distancing measures because vaccine is really a long term thing. But coming back to Boris Johnson and the opening up in the uk, i think a full proportion of people are affected and this is not an appropriate time to open up at the scale were already thinking of. And the primary reason is that we still dont know what portion are immunized. In the uk, we dont have 40 of people already having antibodies, we cant for sure say that the transmission will be stopped. And until we get to 60 of the community in the population, the chances for it to come back would be significantly higher and we cant afford a second wave of the outbreak. Right. Hes expected to address the country, the Prime Minister, and very likely will not expect changes from the coronavirus lockdown right now. I want to talk about the fact that youre a virologist, you collaborate with the research. The u. S. Has resisted joining the eu and the World Health Organization in a coordinated international response. Is that hurting getting ahead of this and trying to get toward a cure . Well, this is not really a time for national policies. What we need to do is have International Cooperation so that we can tackle this infection which is not specific to any country, but it is a common enemy. And the matter of the fact is that if the disease were to be staying in any country of the world, for example if the virus can travel from china to the rest of the world, it can travel deep into africa. So the effort has to be at such a scale that not only a country would be separated but also have a Global Response in such a way that if the treatment or the vaccine would become available, it would be deployed at the international level. And right now there is a certain level of National Efforts and this is a good time to emphasize the fact that we need that. Absolutely. Because this virus continues to trick doctors, the twist and turns it keeps bringing about of more things that are unexpected, what do you think about that aspect of this virus . The thing is that although we are four months into this disease, still there are a lot of things that need to be explored. For example now we are he sare that 20 of the patients were not having respiratory signs, but they can still show cardiac injuries. And this is really something that weve been looking before is that the receptors which are the molecules that are required to allow the virus to enter into the cells, those are leblgtsoca into the heart, blood vessels. So if the virus has a chance to enter into that system, multi or began failure would be a more prominent feature that could lead to more damage than we anticipated. So certainly a lot more needs to be explored and we dont have all that information, so difficult to assess the impact on the body. And as you say, never a more important time for a cohesive coordinated International Effort on this. We thank you so much for your expertise. Thank you very much. Well, much of spain gets the green light to begin lifting more restrictions. Were live in madrid next as the country chips away at its strict coronavirus lockdown. And people around the world used social media friday to pay tribute to Ahmaud Arbery, a black jogger gunned down in georgia. 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So in barely half of this country on monday, stores, churches, restaurants, terraces, they will all be allowed to open at limited capacity. People will even be allowed to have small gathers of 10 or less. As spain gradually starts to ease its restrictions, spaniards may find it tough to make sense of the constantly changing rules. On a recent trip, we found that some of the rules when it came to travel were plainly contradictory. There is less than 300 miles between madrid and this island, but in the age of coronavirus, it took our crew two flights and a lot of bureaucracy to get there. This is an authorization. And as we got to the airport, they asked us to fill out this form. Reporter which asked if we had had any coronavirus symptoms. Amid the worst outbreak, walking along at the wrong time of day will surely get you fined. Yet cramming yourself on a hot airplane is still okay. Were on the plane, we have our goggles and mask on because there is not a lot of social distancing going on. Reporter the real crime we fu found out was documenting it. After we landed, a Flight Attendant gave my producer say a choice, to leave the videos or hed call the police. Sure enough, a uniformed Spanish Civil Guard officer was waiting for us on the tarmac. The iata says there is little evidence of koichd spreadicovid aircraft. But there is nothing that is applicable to all airplanes. That is true. Spanish transport ministry told us it merely encourages airlines to ensure the maximum possible separation between passengers. Failing that, everyone must wear a mask. On our ferry trip to the island, the paperwork was the same, the rest could not have been more different. Weve been told that we have to go to the main port again to get some kind of test. Me and the team just got the coronavirus test. It was just a finger brick and they drew a little bit of blood. Reporter moments later, the result results. S wias spain slowly moves towar the new normal, it seems like safety first on the streets and water, and much different experience in the sky. So natalie, as you mentioned, madrid, barcelona and large swathes of the rest of the country will be stuck in what the government is calling phase zero, that means that the stayathome order remains in effect with exemptions for specific times to walk outdoors or to exercise. Health Officials Say that the reason these regions arent allowed to move to the next phase of reopening is because they havent met the health criteria, they havent had a low number of cases, the ability to track new cases and the Health Care Capacity to deal with a possible second spike. And at least in theory, even on monday when spain moves toward this new phase in some parts, travel between regions will still not be allowed regardless of what phase each region is in. All right. Phases are important right now for sure. Scott mclean, thank you so much. The british Prime Minister is expected to speak sunday about the countrys next steps in dealing with the pandemic there. The uk is reporting the most coronavirus deaths in europe. Boris johnson has said that he will outline which restrictions the government is going to lift, but some ministers are trying to manage expectations. Hadas gold is joining me from london, shell be watching to see any hint of what is expected from the Prime Minister . Reporter well, natalie, on thursday i think a lot of hopes were raised with a bunch of newspaper headlines saying that monday was going to be essentially freedom day, that the lockdown would be severely lifted. But then we saw a walkback, ministers trying to tampg do don expectations. Now were hearing that tomorrow evenings address by were ris jo were ris johnson will lift some measures, but that they will be pretty minor. For example, were expecting that garden shopping wis will b. People want it start planting their flowers and vegetables, that will be allowed. So will potentially exercising more than once a day. Right now were only allowed to go out once a day for exercise. That could potentially be increased. Were also waiting to see whether the recommendation that people wear masks in public and at workplaces will be put out there. Were not expecting that to be a requirement like weve seen in other places, but it is possible that the uk could finally actually put forth some sort of opinion on face masks because thus far they have resisted saying that face masks are a good idea for people to wear out in public. But one of the biggest consternations here in the United Kingdom is the possibility that anybody entering the uk will be forced do a 14 day selfisolation quarantine. Were seen reports that when entering at an airport, that people have to give a specific address and say this is where i will quarantine for 14 days. The Airline Associations have been telling Media Outlets that this will severely affect their already hurting industry and they hope epe it wont happen. But it is pretty clear that if people were hoping that this would be a freedom day, that clearly is not going to happen. Right. Well wait and see what the Prime Minister has to say. Hadas gold for us. On coming up, taking advantage during a crisis as states become ripe targets for pandemic profiteers. And 2 1 2 months after a black jogger was killed, two white men charged with his death appear in court. And now questions are being raised about another man at the scene. Well have the latest. This Mountain Bike for only 11. Dealdash. Com, the fair and honest bidding site. An ipad worth 505, was sold for less than 24; a playstation 4 for less than 16; and a schultz 4k television for less than 2. I won these bluetooth headphones for 20. I got these three suitcases for less than 40.

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