cases that they ve ever had. only four states are seeing a decrease. one month ago on memorial day 18 states had rising cases. compared to the 31 who have them today. 10 states were seeing a decline, again, only four of them today. this is whatsy this is what a failure to contain a virus looks like as opposed to this chart from the european union which has a successful effort to contain the virus. that means european lives will be saved and american lives will be lost. now health secretary alex azar is warning americans that the window is closing to get the pandemic under control in the u.s. and in a new interview with cnn dr. fauci, the nation s top infectious disease expert said fuelling surge are americans not wearing masks, not practicing social or physical distancing, causing a, quote, recipe for disaster. cnn s randi kaye is live in palm beach county, florida, leading the nation in new cases. things have gotten so bad in florida, mayors are shutting down beaches for t
down the government again? the pop culture lead. bill cosby s netflix special canceled scrapped as a supermodel adds her name to the growing list of women publicly accusing one of the nation s best-loved comedians of drugging best-loved comedians of drugging and raping her. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, everyone. welcome to the lead. six people dead in one of the worst snowstorms to ever hit buffalo, new york, and its suburbs, an area that knows of snow. crews found one man s body, he was inside his car buried under snow. three other people had heart attacks while shoveling snow and another person died in a car accident in these very dangerous conditions. to give you an idea of how much snow fell here, that s about 5,000 tons of snow. plows are working to clear roads that are impassable right now, people are trapped inside their homes because huge mounds of snow are blocking their doors. this weather system has dropped more than six feet of snow in western
there for those who don t buy the official explanation? good afternoon, we begin today with the politics lead and the president sort of, kind of, almost fulfilling a promise back in august, a public health emergency. stopping short of what he said he would do declaring it a national emergency. that designation would have lasted longer and would have immediately provided access to funds to help combat the crisis. this designation, it does not do that. what exactly does it do? jim acosta is at the white house for us, jim, why this designation a public health emergency and not what he promised a national emergency? reporter: all the tools it will need, president trump did take action to tackle the public health crisis of opioid addiction in the u.s. but he s not going far, not nearly as far as he promised both as a candidate and as president. for president trump, it was attempt to deliver on a promise that was long overdue. to crack down on the nation s opioid epidemic. it