Had kind of come out of the woods on this. reporter: now the cdc forecasts covid hospitalizations and deaths will rise over the next four weeks. that comes as the covid death toll in the u.s. climbs above 1 million. that number is devastating. reporter: dr. gidawani runs the cardiac icu at mount sinai hospital in new york the state s covid hospitalizations just topped 2,000 for the first time since february california has seen its rate of new covid cases increase nearly 70% in the past 2 weeks. and in seattle a carnival cruise ship docked this week after passengers say more than 100 were infected they were overwhelmed. reporter: u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive just days after attending the white house correspondents dinner. the nation s most distinguished superspreader event. reporter: that event is now facing growing scrutiny as more guests test positive, including several staffers from nbc news the dinner mandated
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i thought he was good. fun. he was speaking there, of course, of steve, who donald trump, the guy all his cognitive capabilities right there talked about steve, the next speaker of the house. also, trevor noah, i thought trevor noah actually i thought he was i thought he was pitch perfect. one of the better comedians to host the event. he didn t go too heavy on anybody. told the jokes. there were a few tough jokes in there. more importantly, he paid tribute to a free press, which, of course, is something we didn t see over the past five years. here is trevor noah telling a few jokes at the correspondents dinner. it is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation s most distinguished superspreader event. no, for real, people, what are we doing here? let s be honest, what are we doing? did none of you learn anything from the gridiron dinner? nothing, huh? like, do you read any of your own newspapers?
Are you a christian author with a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! last night a return to pre-pandemic washington. a packed downtown balance room, cabinet secretaries mingling with hollywood a-listers. it is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation s most distinguished superspreader event. dr. fauci dropped out. that should have been a pretty big sign. fauci thought it was too dangerous to come tonight. pete davidson thinks it s okay. and we all live with pete, okay. that was comedian trevor
That ronan farrow is not here tonight. it is my great honor to be speaking at the nation s most distinguished superspreader event. [laughs] , for real, people, what are we doing here? did none of you learn anything from the gridiron dinner. you read any of your newspapers? i expect this from sean hannity, but the rest of you, what are you doing here? you guys spent the last two years telling everyone the importance of wearing masks and avoiding large, indoor gatherings. the second someone offers you a free dinner, you will turn into joe rogan. [laughs] doctor fauci dropped out, that should ve been a pretty big sign. fauci thought it was too dangerous to come tonight. pete davidson thinks it s okay. [laughs] we all went with p, okay. all right then. enough for those who don t know me, my name is trevor noah, i m honored to be here. [applause] you could have