Epidemic at the same time, end quote. The fda commissioner agreed today theres a concern for whats ahead. I think that its certainly a possibility, and the whole task force set of doctors is concerned about the second wave. And dr. Redfields concern is that there also might be flu at the same time, but thats why we have built into the plan the surveillance mechanisms to look for the respiratory illnesses and then to do the appropriate testing at that time. On top of that, the president is praising the governor of georgia for opening some nonessential businesses this friday, a move that goes against this justupdated model from experts often cited by the white house. It shows georgia among 12 states that should wait until at least june 8th or later to relax social distancing rules. Want to turn to our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabe elizabeth, this new modeling from the institute of health, metrics and evaluation, which is the group the white house has often cited.
Welcome, whether you are in the united states, or anywhere else around the world. Im christi paul. And im victor blackwell. It is good to be with you this saturday. This morning, states are beginning to reopen. And theyre trying to balance the data about health and the coronavirus. And the economy. Right now, according to Johns Hopkins university, at least 51949 americans have been killed by covid19. And yesterday, we got our first glimpse of what reopening looks like. There was a barrage of criticism over this. The Georgia Governor Brian Kemp moved ahead with the most farreaching attempt to reach out to the economy that weve seen. Several mayors in his state not happy about it but his plan is to models inside the white house, those models show that georgia shouldnt even begin to reopen until june 22nd. But the governor says theyre ready. Weve laid our plan out to meet the phase one criteria. I think its the right move at the right time. Im appreciative of all theyre doing for us, ive
Little more than that. Im going to back into a little bit of a whatif scenario and then take you to what weve seen in iowa over the past 48 hours and what were seeing in colorado and try to make sense of this, rwpokay. What a scenario, 5545 is your opening mark, right . It is generally believed youre going West Virginia blue to red, same for south dakota and same for montana, right . Weve been saying that for almost a month. Pretty much a done deal. Heads to south dakota for a little while but so now youre at 48. Arkansas is polling well toward the republicans. So for the sake of this scenario were going to go ahead and give arkansas. Tom cotton at get you to 51 . Remember, republicans have a lot of ways to do it. Qr6s democrats have a few ways to prevent them from doing that. Back here to iowa now. All right, joni ernst running a pretty good campaign. This is what we picked up over the weekend. Okay. You have a solid Des Moines Register poll. The final nq poll by the de moines regist
Weekend it looked like they might be pulling ahead in iowa, too. But just a couple hours ago a brand new poll on the senate race in iowa showing a dead heat. It doesnt get any closer than that. Many political observers think the gop will go the distance tomorrow and paint that senate mostly red. Wait, though, says Vice President joe biden. He tells cnn dont bet on it. First of all, i dont agree with the odds makers. I predict were going to keep the senate. You do . Ive been into 67 races all told and i dont get the feeling that the odds makers have it. These last couple of day there iss going to be a mad dash to the finish line. It might not end tomorrow, though. A runoff in georgia could drag this election cycle into january. So weve got you covered all day at this hour. Our anna cabrera is covering the race in colorado, pamela brown is in iowa. And jim acosta is in washington. 16 sophomore at the white house. Pamela, well start with u. This brand new quinnipiac poll. Everyone looks a
By 9 . But a sliver of hope for democrats in the senate race in georgia. Our poll shows Republican David Perdue leading Michelle Nunn by four points. Thats in the margin of error as they seek to get out the africanamerican vote in the senate. And speaking of kansas it was an emotional situation yesterday as republican icon and former president ial bob dole turned out to campaign despite being 91 and frail. He held court for more than an hour there. Still hitting the campaign trail today Michelle Obama attends a get out the vote rally this afternoon for Maryland Democratic candidate for governor and bill clinton campaigns in florida. President obama made his last Campaign Appearance yesterday for the candidate for governor of connecticut and pennsylvania and could this be the key for the gop . The headline in the hill newspaper. Quote, republicans get what they want of Midterm Election about obama. Joining me now live is the assistant democratic leader in the house congressman James Cly