The week of february 8, and this was after Mitch Mcconnell called for a twoweek delay in order to give the former president time to plan his legal defense. But those two weeks might yield more evidence against the former president. Just this weekend, the New York Times broke news, and nbc has confirmed it, of a new previously unknown scheme in which the former president wanted to oust his acting attorney general and install a doj lawyer in his place which would then use the power of the Justice Department to pressure the state of georgia to overturn its Election Results. Acting on that news, senator schumer and others overnight called on the department of justices Inspector General to investigate those allegations, but since then, even more damning reporting has emerged. The wall street journal adding to the story of the georgia scheme that the failed president also pushed the Justice Department to ask the Supreme Court to invalidate president bidens victory. Those efforts failed due t
Models earlier prediction. Thats where the somewhat good news is this morning. Its far lower than the more than 200,000 deaths said could happen. True. Still lots of words of caution. Just moments ago, dr. Anthony fauci said this would be a sobering week for deaths in this country. In new york city, for instance, in the last 24 hours, 806 deaths reported in one day alone. Also today, another report of an Early Warning within the Trump Administration long before the crisis hit the United States. Of course, long before the administration acknowledged it. This one from u. S. Intelligence back in november. Now, a new cnn poll, look at those numbers, shows a majority of americans, 55 , say the federal government in their opinion has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus throughout the United States. Lets fw gin with new numbers this morning. Do they show that we are making progress in fighting this virus init appears to be the case. Elizabeth cohen is with us. My only fear in
It is new day. It is wednesday, april 8th, 6 00 in new york. This morning, we try to see where the coronavirus hits next in the United States. As new york city grapples with its highest numbers of deaths yet, there are some signs that the worst projections of the death toll might be avoided. On tuesday, United States had its deadliest day so far. Coronavirus has now killed nearly 13,000 americans. But the cdc director believes that thanks to the stayathome orders and social distancing, we may, may see fewer fatalities than the Trump Administration projected. But still, this morning, many governors and mayors around the country are warning that they are still dangerously close to running out of medical supplies for whatever comes next. New statistics show the coronavirus is disproportionately killing black americans. Dr. Sanjay gupta investigates why and well bring you his findings in a moment. Also, developing overnight, the lockdown in wuhan, china, has been lifted. 11 Million People
Getting lugg getting plugged in. Something about florida. What were you all fired up about . Hiding the death numbers. And they put out a response about why and they say, well, you really only want to count deaths by residents. And if youre not a resident here, we dont really count that. Those people arent people . They dont matter . Yeah, it doesnt make any sense. First of all, if you have a situation in your midst, it doesnt matter if its coming from residents or nonresidents but ill tell you what it does explain. Why they were happy to let spring breakers go down there and do stupid stuff. Because they dont care about people who arent residents. Late to close. Early to open up. Well see. I hope those numbers dont go up for the states who are opening up now. But i got to tell you,it doesnt lo look good but i am praying. By the way, your brother was on fire today, talking about people politicizing this pandemic, and i think a lot of people agree with him. Thats all ill say. I got to g
Behind your fiance and i think that is don lemon. I said keep running fat boy. You went like this. On a serious note, i do it for people like you who have had the virus so others dont get it and for the people that you were cheering for in your shower. I want to do the right thing. I can only imagine how tough it is when your lungs were giving you, you know, the business when you were going through it. A little jog on with a mask. I take it down to catch my breath when i get in an open area where there are not people and when i see folks i put it right back on. Man, this quarantine put on a couple of extra pounds. You look good. You are a handsome man. Thank your mom for that. Thank you brother. I love you. Have a great weekend. I love you. Hope to see you soon. We will be watching. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. We have a lot of breaking news for you tonight on what the coronavirus is doing to the American People and to our economy. On the day the death toll in the country passes