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i m laura jarrett. it s wednesday, july 22nd, 5:00 a.m. here iran new york and u.s. hit 1,000 deaths on tuesday but any white house plan to slow the pandemic was completely missing as the president resumed his coronavirus briefings. no doctors up either just trump claiming the virus will eventually suddenly disappear and stating the obvious. some areas of our country are doing very well. others are doing less well. it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. something i don t like saying about things but that s the way it is. it s what we have. it s now july and the president for the first time embraced wearing a mask for other people. he wasn t wearing one just like monday when he shared a photo of himself in a mask and then went to a republican event at his hotel without a mask. what comes next? we are in the process of developing a strategy that s going to be very, very powerful. we develop as we go along. so 142,000 americans are dead ....
state and local officials, because they may believe that it s too soon to get back to business safely. yeah, and the staggering number this morning, more than 20,000 americans killed by the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. is now number one worldwide in coronavirus deaths. all 50 states are under a federal disaster declaration for the first time in history, and it comes as the irs announces it s beginning to send out or deposit, we should say, the first wave of stimulus checks. and this easter morning, most of the country is being asked to follow the advice to continue to stay socially distant, or practice social distancing, i should say, and worship and celebrate the holiday from home. there are some churches in the u.s., and those leaders have said they re not going to listen to local officials. instead, they re going to go on with services as usual. and just moments ago, pope francis leading easter sunday mass from a pretty empty st. peter s basilica, telling fol ....
dm but the president is pushing ahead with efforts to reopen the economy, proclaiming, i m quoting him now, vaccine or no vaccine, we re back. nearly every state in the u.s. has loosened some restrictions as the overall rate of new cases and new deaths declines across much of the country. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, the president is raising serious hopes now that the search for a coronavirus vaccine could pay off by the end of the year. reporter: that s right, wolf. and president trump sent some conflicting signals today on the development of a coronavirus vaccine as the president and other top administration officials were touting what they re calling a warp speed effort to have a vaccine ready by the end of the year. mr. trump also said he wants to reopen the country with or without one. at one point the president told reporters he doesn t see a reopening as dependent on a vaccine. as president trump introduced ....
hello, everyone. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. great to see you. we are live, yes, live. this is cnn special live coverage of a big, big night in the presidential race. a race that has changed a lot over the last few hours. on the republican side, donald trump had a huge win in south carolina. now clearly the front-runner. seemingly by a lot. the democrats, hillary clinton reasserted herself in the race. she won the democratic caucuses in nevada, a decisive win there. looking at the republican field, it is leaner tonight. will that mean it s going to get even meaner? we ll see. jeb bush once considered the man to beat on the republican side with his multimillion dollar war chest is now out. announcing this evening, he s suspending his campaign in a way that couldn t be classier, quoting his parents, his quoting that is quoting a bush family representative. exactly. thank you very much. marco rubio, ted cruz, ....
shu chuck schumer and nancy pelosi pulled out after the president tweeted meeting with chuck and nancy about keeping government open and working. problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding in unchecked, are weak on crime and want to raise taxes. i don t see a deal. lots to discuss, but the white house and the republicans are responding. what do they say? the white house referring to this as pettiness. readers saying there is going to be a meeting and democrats need to be here. this is supposed to be a crucial meeting and there are no shortage of complicated issues that need to be wrapped up in the next couple of weeks. i want to read you the joint statement from paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell deciding to pull out of the meeting. they said we have important work to do and democratic leaders found new excuses not to meet to discuss these issues. democrats are putting government resources for the men and women on the battlefield at great risk. ....