We cannot forget the scope and scale of this. Despite this overwhelming scale of this virus and despite fears that a second wave is on the way, floridas republican governor just made a big announcement that hes lifting covid restrictions in a big way in his state. Lets get straight to randi kaye in florida with all of the details. Randi, what did the governor announce and why does he think it is safe now . Reporter he said that the threat has eased. He put it that simply. He thinks it is time to reopen. All of the businesses around the state, so hes lifting all restrictions on bars and restaurants and businesses statewide immediately. That means that restaurants are now in phase three, the state is in phase three so they could open to 100 capacity. This outside table is empty and people dont have to sit outside and right away they could sit inside up to 100 capacity. There might be a different approach here in south florida in doral and miamidade and broward county, the three hardest h
Daily case rate, 44,000 new cases reported in the last day. Why is that number important . Dr. Anthony fauci said we should be at 10,000 cases and were at 44,000. This morning, nearly half the country is seeing a spike in cases. I want to bring in cnns Senior Reporter and john harwood by friday, alisyn is sick of me by wednesday. I keep harping on this point. The president is telling his voters to vote by mail and the president is telling his voters in florida and michigan to go vote by mail. Isnt that all we need to know, mia . Isnt that all we need to know and that all the other crap thats been coming out of his mouth about voter integrity is nonsense because hes telling people he has enough faith in the system that he wants people to go do it now. Yeah, he wants his people to go and do it now. As you saw in that tweet. But hes telling his supporters any number of other things which is to vote by mail, also to go vote in person. Hes also this whole idea of well get rid of the ballots
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This is cnn tonight im don lemon. The United States passing a grim milestone as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. At least 500 new coronavirus deaths reported across the country today, and the most reported deaths, it is the most reported deaths in the u. S. In a single day since the outbreak of the virus. And as of this hour, there are more than 160,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus cases in the u. S. , more than 3,000 people have died from the virus in this country. Tonight more than 3 4 of americans are under orders to stay at home. At his press briefings in the rose garden President Trump saying that once the nation gets coronavirus under control, he hopes it does not return in the fall. But dr. Anthony fauci quickly countering that. He anticipates the virus will return, and dr. Fauci warning parts of the country with few cases theyd be making a mistake to let their guard down. Joining me now is cnns White House Correspondent john harwood and our resident fact checker daniel dale.
Promising in the sense of what it means for where we might be in two weeks or four weeks or six weeks from now, but it also means that what is happening now is as bad as it gets. More than 32,000 americans have died. We had our highest single day death total again today and that devastation is going to continue. It will be dark for awhile. Were going to talk to a doctor on the front lines of that battle in a bit. But the other side of this, of course, is just the unprecedented and very widespread economic devastation, right . Jpmorgan chase just predicted that unemployment will hit 20 . Thats Great Depression levels. The unemployment claims weve seen are off the chart in terms of filing. Retail sales fell 8. 7 in march, the largest monthly drop on record. And this is all we should say hitting low income households the hardest. The survey conducted at the end of march found 21 of low income workers lost their jobs compared to just 9 of high income workers. Weve seen seemingly endless li