This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Its 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. Weve got the lathest on the coronavirus pandemic. There are nearly 1. 4 million cases of the virus here in the United States. Coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Now surpassing 84,000. As President Trump pushes for states to reopen, he is now putting some distance between himself and dr. Anthony fauci. The president saying fauci did not give an acceptable answer when he urged caution about schools reopening and suggested schools in some parts of the country should stay closed the in the fall. And sources at the white house saying the president is privately questioning whether the coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Is inflated. Fauci testified to the senate yesterday that he is almost certain that deaths from the coronavirus are being undercounted. Also the ousted vaccine chief dr. Rick bright testified before Congress Tomorrow and plans to say that the Trump Administration was not prepared for the coronavirus pandemic and that the u. S. Faces the darkest winter in modern history if a coordinated National Response is not put into place. Joining me now, cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and daniel dale. Good evening to both of you. John, over 84,000 people have now died from this virus in the United States. The World Health Organization is warning that it may never go away. President trump is spending his time undermining our countrys top Infectious Disease expert. What is going on . Whats going on is the president has, himself, psychologically, and hes trying to move his government past the issue of controlling the coronavirus and full bore on to the issue of reopening the economy. The president is running for reelection. He thinks the economy is the key to his reelection, restoring its growth. He also does not want to be blamed for having an economy with depressionlevel rates of unemployment, millions and millions of jobs lost, gdp apparently going down around 40 in the second quarter. Its a dismal situation. And hes decided that whatevers been done on the coronavirus so far is enough and hes going full on the economy. And that puts him in conflict with Anthony Fauci and other Public Health officials across the country who think we are at serious risk of falling back, seeing infections spike, and doing worse longrun damage to the economy later in the year. Don, heres the president trying to shoot down dr. Faucis concerns about schools reopening in the fall. I was surprised by his answer actually because, you know, its just to me its not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools. The only thing that would be acceptable, as i said, is professors, teachers, et cetera over a certain age. I think they should take it easy for another few weeks, five weeks, whatever it may be. But i think they have to be careful because this is a disease that attacks age and it attacks health. And if you have a heart problem, if you have diabetes, if youre a certain age, its certainly much more dangerous. But with the young children, i mean and students its really just take a look at the statistics. Its pretty amazing. Its not acceptable for a doctor to raise concerns about keeping children safe at school, or it just align with trumps push to reopen the economy . The latter. When he says its not an acceptable answer, what he means is its not an expedient answer. Donald trump has proven robustly over and over that his principle concern is donald trump. Anthony fauci was speaking on behalf of the School Children and the risk to them. Donald trump does not care about those School Children. Donald trump cares about what is in his own interest. He was just a couple of weeks ago suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant to cure the coronavirus. Thats why a vast majority of the American People dont believe what donald trump says on the coronavirus and they do believe Anthony Fauci. So, its inconvenient for donald trump to have Anthony Fauci giving his judgment about the risk for students, but that doesnt change the fact that Anthony Fauci is well motivated here in trying to figure out the best Public Health solution. Daniel, you just heard the president suggesting this virus isnt a problem for young children. What are the facts here . Don, there is truth here but theres important misinformation. The truth is the early data from around the world do show that children are significantly less likely to experience severe symptoms from Coronavirus Infections than adults are. Theyre less likely to be hospitalized, less likely to die. So, thats accurate. However, they do die. Some of them do need hospitalization. They can also pass the infection to others. In addition, dr. Fauci warned us yesterday that these are still early days. Theres a lot we dont know when he says we cant be cavalier in thinking we know how this will affect children. To that end, we know 17 states and d. C. Are looking into a mysterious inflammatory syndrome that experts think may well be linked to the coronavirus, and thats a syndrome seriously affecting children. Children are less affected. Theyre still affected. Theyre not immune. Were going to get more into the impact of coronavirus in children in just a minute. But the president also talked about testing today. I want you to take a listen to this. 10 million, we set an alltime record by far. If you look down here, these are other countries that have not done anywhere near what were doing. Were double if you add them up and double them, weve done more tests, but i cant get the press to print that unfortunately. They just dont want to print it. What are the facts, daniel . We dont want to print it because its not true at all. This is an example of this president taking a false claim and making it even falser. He used to say that the u. S. Leads the rest of the world combined. Thats not even true. Now he says were more than double the rest of the world come buned. Thats especially untrue. If you add up a bunch of other countries, again, the u. S. Is not number one compared to all of them combined. In addition, the u. S. Is not the leader per capita. Its way down the list if you look at tests per confirmed case. And again as i said on this program, the u. S. Was slow to get started in its testing which allowed the pandemic to spread further in this country than it did in other countries like south korea that the u. S. Has now passed in terms of per capita testing but lagged behind in those crucial early weeks. Daniel john daniel and john, sounds like the same person, thank you both. I want to bring in dr. Harvey fineberg. He is the chair of the Standing Committee on emerging Infectious Diseases and dr. Celine gounder. President trump said it is not acceptable that dr. Fauci raised concerns about sending cuds back to school in the fall. Are you worried about the kids spreading coronavirus at school . Any reasonable Public Health person would be concerned about children as potential spreaders of infection. And with the new evidence about this multisystem toxic syndrome also concern of risk to the children themselves. This kawasakilike disease youre referring to right now. Dr. Fineberg, another question, a new study out of the fash nal institutes of health is estimates that coronavirus could remain in the air for eight minutes after talking loudly for one minute. Does this mean we should be Wearing Masks out of the home even if no one is around . In general, this is a study that demonstrates that talking and particularly certain consonants that spread this virus can in fact produce droplets that can stay in the air for some minutes. This is especially important in closed spaces, in rooms. Its why Health Workers especially need to have that personal protective equipment when caring for patients. Out of doors, its important to wear a mask to help prevent anyone who is infected from inadvertently spreading the infection to others. But the risk out of doors is much less than it is within a closed indoor space. So, dr. Gounder, how can you open schools if droplets from talking can stay in the air for eight minutes . Well, i think we have to look at a few Different Things. One, do we is it safe to even open schools . I think secondly, is there a way to decrease the density of children in a classroom . Is there a way to improve ventilation in the classroom . And should all of the children and teachers and staff be Wearing Masks in these settings . And i think its one thing to ask maybe a child of the age of 13 or more to wear a mask and to abide by these things. But to ask a 5yearold to do this i think is going to be a lot more challenging. So, you know, i think theres what is medically advisable and then theres whats logistically possible and what is safe for the general public. What about school buses, dr. Gounder . I mean, loading kids, unloading kids, the proximity, sanitizing the buses. I mean, theres so many questions. Well, and the school bus is basically a really crowded environment. Youre not going to be able to do social distancing in that environment. The school bus driver, im certainly concerned about in that setting. Would you be able to open all the windows and vicinity late that way . Then theres the risk of what kids are bringing home to their parent, and their parents are the one who we know are at risk. And children, yes, are at risk too. But the parents are definitely at risk and the rest of their extended family. So, to me this looks like a vector of infection in the school buses. Dr. Fineberg, another question for you. This is a new study. It found cases of this we were talking about this inflammatory syndrome among children appear to increase 30 fold in the bergamo province of italy shortly after the Coronavirus Spread on to the region. Could it be more prevalent than we realized . This problem has expressed itself in italy, and frankly its also appeared now in new york where we had many cases of infection. The exact frequency with which it occurs is not really known mainly because we dont really have a good baseline of the total number of children infected. There are some who develop this syndrome without ever having previously ever shown the symptoms of being infected with coronavirus but now develop this syndrome and have had the infection. So, it is a real problem. The exact frequency remains to be determined, but something to be very concerned about. Dr. Gounder, cnn has learned that the cdc is prepared to learn doctors about this mysterious inflammatory syndrome that infects children that is believed to be linked to coronavirus. Your hospital has been dealing with some of these cases. What are you learning about this illness . So, kawasakis is basically a disease of two different pathways. Its the immune system is out of control, is attacking the body, and its also a disease of inflammation of the blood vessels. And that description is not just about kawasakis in children. Its really what coronavirus looks like in adults as well. So, its really a spectrum of disease, and this particular syndrome in children is part of this whole spectrum of covid that we see in people in general. So, its not surprising that were seeing this, but it is very concerning that were start rg to see this in children too. All right. Thank you both. Appreciate it. 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Reporter new york state is now investigating more than 100 cases, prompting new questions about what school could look like this fall if children can return to the classroom. Probably smaller classrooms, more distancing, teacher probably wearing a mask. I have 39 kids in my classroom one year. How are you going to socially distance 39 kids . Reporter across the Country Grocery prices rising to their highest levels in nearly 50 years. New cases in georgia and south carolina, two of the first states to reopen, mostly flat over the past week. South dakota posting some of the highest spikes along with arkansas and delaware. New orleans, once a major hot spot, allows some businesses to return this weekend. Restaurants to told keep customers act information for 21 days to aid with potential Contact Tracing as the push for a measured approach continues. Opening up prematurely just sets us up for big outbreaks which will force us to shutdown again. If you care about not being shut down, we should really let science drive how we open up safely. Washington, d. C. Extending its stayathome order today through june 8th. Colorados Tourism Office asking out of state visitors to stay home as miami beach plans to open more than 1,600 businesses and restaurants. Every day we keep businesses closed it prolongs the suffering of the families working in these establishments. Reporter arizona and florida. Major League Soccer may have their season in orlando, do it. We want to have you here. We want to have the basketball practicing again. We would love to have the major league baseball. Reporter new cnn polling Shows Americans are split on whether players should suit up. Locally, some players are experimenting with socially distant baseball. Its weird. Yeah, it doesnt feel normal. Disinfectant in the dugout, distant umpires and fans. Weird but worth it. Erica hill, cnn, new york. 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