In addition the cdc director is urging americans to take personal responsibility and wear masks in public. Specifically im addressing the younger members of our society, millennials and gen z. I ask those that are listening to spread the word. 36 states, 36 are trending upward when it comes to new cases. Only two states are seeing a decline. Yesterday 15 states saw the highest sevenday average for new daily cases, yet only 3 have statewide face mask requirements. And the e. U. Has announced countries allowed to travel there, including our neighbors to the north, canada, australia, new zealand, even china, once they reip row kate with the e. U and among those countries banned, brazil, russia and the United States. States within the u. S. Are also now currently imposing regulations on americans from other states where the virus is still spreading like wildfire. New york, new jersey and connecticut are all expanding travel advisory adding eight more states that will have to quarentine for
Pausing or pulling back their reopening plans, a reminder, it did not have to be this way. The United States has about 4 of the worlds population. Yet a quarter of all coronavirus cases and deaths, at least official numbers say. And as we see cases spike at the highest level so far here in the u. S. , the European Union not to mention many other countries throughout the world has been able to drastically flatten the curve there. The United States is the only western and wealthy nation that has had such a disastrous and failed response. Now, as the official death toll in the u. S. Surpasses 127,000, a new study finds that the u. S. Likely has undercounted the total number of deaths linked to the pandemic. Cnns senior medical constituent Elizabeth Cohen joins us now. And this new study from the journal of the American Medical Association specifically looks at deaths between march and may. Why were so many deaths unaccounted for and by how much . Lets take a look at what the study authors
Homeland Security Preparedness quote said this is going to be the disaster that defines our generation. The secretary of health tells cnn, quote, we are a couple days away of being out of masks. We are buying gowns on ebay. We are in the middle of a dire situation, hospitals in the u. S. Are becoming overwhelmed as an emergency physician told cnn, the sickest patients are terrified. They are air hungry, dropping their oxygen and confused, distressed. We can never show that, but it is terrifying. What would a Zombie Apocalypse look like if we only had verbal description of zombies, but could never show them. In new york, the epicenter of the pap demic, medical potential to e professionals from elm hurst in queens telling cnn they are burstling at the scenes and workers are in a constant statement of paranoia. Erica hill, tell us more. Reporter yeah, there is much concern about what is happening at the hospital behind me now. On the upside, can i tell you the lines sneaking around the bu
And the Trump White House now looking for a partial ban after vapingrelated illnesses claim another life. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with the politics lead. The Washington Post reporting this afternoon that it was, in fact, President Trump who instructed his staff to order the national oceany anityic and advertise administration or noaa to uncontradict the president s false forecast two sundays ago and that Hurricane Dorian was about to hit alabama much harder than anticipated and information from the president that was inaccurate and outdated and quickly corrected by the Weather Service. The New York Times said after talking to Mick Mulvaney, commerce secretary wilbur ross Whose Department overseas noaa threatened noaa leaders with firings if they didnt fix the contradiction. Now President Trump has always had a tenuous relationship with facts and truth and sometimes these are fringe, even racist beliefs such as his campaign to suggest the first africanamerican pres