As the United States racked up its 4 millionth case of covid19 on thursday, the u. S. President insisted most of the country is in fine shape and School Children should return to the classroom. President trump said hes asked congress for 105 billion to help schools minimize the risk. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention have said most schools should be reopening except in places where it is spreading. They said the rates of infection are rising in a dozen major u. S. Cities. As for the president s showcase acceptance of the republican nomination next month in jacksonville, florida, events there have been scrapped because of the coronavirus. Athena jones has more on the dramatic surge of cases across the country. Reporter 4 million ip be effect shuns nationwide. A grim milestone and perhaps the strongest signal that the coronavirus is still raging out of control across the country. Deaths nationwide topping 1,000 for the second straight day with total hospitalizations ba
The United States and all around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Im michael holmes. A warm welcome, everyone. Coronavirus cases are climbing. The crisis is deepening. And time is running out for millions of jobless americans now just days away from losing special Unemployment Benefits theyve been relying on during this pandemic. Senate republicans are set to roll out a 1 trillion relief package on monday, but theyve been fighting for weeks over the size and scope of any new unemployment aid, and there could be a lot more wrangling before any money actually gets to the people who need it. The u. S. Has about a quarter, as we said, of the 16 million covid19 cases worldwide, and this week the country could hit another mark no one wants to see, it marches towards 150,000 lives lost to the virus. On sunday, texas announced it had topped 5,000 deaths, and now parts of the state are facing yet another disaster, reeling from the aftermath of hurricane hanna. Florida is the second biggest epic
Im kim brunhuber. Day by day thousands around the world are finding out theyre infected with the coronavirus, but nowhere is the pandemic being felt more acutely than in the United States. Heres the latest. New daily infections are still on the rise in nearly half the states. The u. S. Accounts for about 1 4 of the worlds total coronavirus cases and about 1 5 of all deaths. More than 5,000 people are now reported dead in texas alone. The Trump Administration is acknowledging to cnn that its taking too long to get test results back. We after never gonna be happy with testing until we get turnaround times within 24 hours, and i would be happy with point of care testing everywhere. We are not there yet. We are doing everything we can to do that. What can we do . We can test everybody in a hospital within 24 hours so they can get the new treatments we develop. We are point of care testing in Nursing Homes or prioritizing all Nursing Homes because thats where 50 of the mortality are. Where
Whatever. Hes never been much of a science guy, hes a lifelong politician. His specialty is power and coercion so he does what he knows. Wearing a mask when you ride your bike alone could possibly save anyones life, he instead demand to forget about your socalled rights as an american and obey his orders, no questions allowed otherwise youre unpatriotic. If it sounds familiar, thats because we sing a lot of this lately. Terrified, unhappy populations want change and thats welcome news to the party trying to take power, thats why they are doing it. Whats the cost to the rest of us, to america . Its profound. Thanks to restrictions rooted in politics rather than science, children cant go to school, parents cant go to work, people cant get married or attend funerals. Human contact has been drastically curtailed, these are not small things. They are essential human needs. Without them, we cant live. In may, we talked to a father whose teenage son killed himself we he believed because of is
Hes never been much of at science guy. Hes a lifelong politician. His specialty is power and coercion, so he does what he knows. Wearing a mask when you ride your bike alone could possibly save anyones life, he instead demanded to forget about yourne socalled rights as an american and obey his orders, no questions allowed otherwise youre unpatriotic. If it sounds familiar, thats because were seeing a lot of this lately. Terrified, unhappy populations want change and thats welcome news to the party trying to take power, thats why they are doing it. Whats the cost to the rest of us, to america . Its profound. Thanks to restrictions rooted in politics rather than science, children cant go to school, parents cant go to work, people cant get married or attend funerals. Human contact has been drastically curtailed, these are not small things. They are essential human needs. Without them, we cant live. In may we talked to a father whose teenage son killed himself he believed because of isolat