Governor grisham we are working on a system that respects the instructions to stay at home. Its very clear about social distancing but we want to provide direct updates and today is an opportunity to do things a little bit differently. It will take a little longer. I really believe that the benefits of this kind of conversation with everyone in new mexico who has the opportunity to do now or later will be incredibly beneficial because in fact, we are all in this together. We will do a format that starts about where we are so you will get a case update from me. I want to talk about what we have done, kind of an accomplishment so you get a sense that things are happening all the time. And are still doing what to expect, what is the next several weeks or months and what to they look like and how do we know that . And then we are going to talk about any of the questions, we will have a dialogue and move got folks who provided questions in advance. I think there is an opportunity to ask que
Is get all of those supply lines working, get all of this testing that keeps being talked about actually functioning. I wish we would have enacted quarantining earlier. Theres no question earlier preparation would have saved lives today. We need to be conscious and careful and aware that just because the restrictions are lifted does not mean we are in the clear. This is a marathon, not a sprint. We are fighting for you on the front loons and the biggest thing you can do is stay home, wash your hands, make sure you dont end up in my hospital. These are our neighbors, our friends in these beds. And we dont want to see anyone else succumb to it. Welcome to thursday. Meet the press daily. Good evening. Im chuck todd with the breaking news of the coronavirus pandemic. You heard the voices from medical workers on the front lines of this fight. Something of a warning against easing social distancing restrictions too soon. Its a debate everyone in this country is going to be laser focused on i
Tone coming from the white house. Vice president mike pence saying at the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in two months that the u. S. Is opening safely and responsibly. Weve all seen the encouraging news as we open up america again. More than 3 million jobs created in the last jobs report, retail sales are rolling. Of course, the extraordinary progress in new york, new jersey, connecticut and new orleans, areas that just a matter of a month ago were struggling under the weight of this pandemic. We have a team of reporters covering the cases in hot spots emerging now around the country. Lets begin in florida with those staggering new case numbers. Cnns randi kaye is in riviera beach. Randi, how is the governoring explaining this almost daily recordbreaking spike of new cases . Reporter yeah, fred, we are now seeing 643 more cases today than we saw yesterday, more than 9,500 cases in all today as you said. The governor is explaining it away as basically calling it a test dump. He