what we do know that president trump s approval numbers are going down as cases spike in 25 states. deaths surging in 19 states. that may partially explain the apparent u-turn by the president tweeting a picture of himself wearing a mask that s after a month of downplaying the use saying it looks unpresidential. mocking joe biden for wearing a mask. let s begin with cnn s john harwood at the white house for more on the briefing. if you don t have the experts will this be part political, part health related? what should we expect? well, certainly it will be substantially political if there are no experts there. and it would be dangerous for president trump because the more he talks uninterrupted himself about this issue, the worse he hurts himself politically. that s why even though right now we don t expect that coronavirus task forces, debby birx or anthony fauci will be there, i suspect by the time we get to 5:00, aides will persuade him that someone with authority on pub
san jarks thank you as always. thank you to bill gates for giving us not only his time to answer our questions but also our viewers as well. if you didn t get your question answered tonight, the conversation continues at cnn.com/coronavirus answers. the news continues right now with chris cuomo. how are you doing? i m chris cuomo and welcome to primetime. how could it not be safe enough to hold the ren convention in florida according to the president but safe enough to open schools there? i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right. it s just not right with what s happened recently, the flare-up in florida, to have a big convention. it s not the right time. i have to protect the american people. that s what i ve always done, that s what i always will do. so the timing s not right, but it is right for schools? look, trump has not protected you from covid. fact. trump wanted packed churches by easter. fact, trump wanted to slow down testing. fac
in public so people can see it happening. joining us now, cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, great to see you, but what horrible, horrible news we re waking up to. 3,656 deaths reported yesterday. i don t know. i know you ve been warning us, but that s higher, i think, than we thought. you know, we all had this in our head like, oh, gosh, we should get to 3,000 a day. suddenly, it s up to 3,656. yeah. yeah. no, i mean, it s tough to look at these numbers. and i m glad that we talk about them, because people need to understand how awful and how difficult the situation has been and may become. when we look at these models, because i was with you on this, alisyn. you kind of hope that the numbers are going to come down at some point and there s no specific reason or mitigation measure that would make that happen. when you look at the models, the numbers that we ve been constantly talking about have been sort of the scenario based on all of these trigg
some places got five to eight inches of rain. today, there were piles of wood where the homes stood. one person was killed, more than 65 hurt, and more severe storms are racing through the region tonight. adriana diaz is in bridge creek, oklahoma. reporter: scott, as you can see the rain is starting to pick up again. now, this overturned chair, this sink, all of this insulation around me didn t come from the building right behind me. it came from a trailer home across the street more than 70 yards away, giving you a sense of the power of this storm. the view from this drone camera brings the path of destruction into focus. this oklahoma city motel reduced to rubble. jimmie o quinn was a motel guest. kept coming, it kept coming. we lost everything. got nothing. reporter: just half a football field away, the scene wasn t any better. mobile homes tossed aside. fire chief keith bryant helped get people to safety. you know, r.v.s and mobile homes don t fare too well in the
concerning the military and concerning the attack and the u.s. military taking this threat very seriously. the u.s. military is raising the security level at every base across the country. as concerns grow over the threat from isis. it was a shooting in texas on sunday that prompted the increased security measures. and the military said the step is not tied to a specific credible threat saying we have the same concern about the potential threat posed by violent proem grown extremists. and the security level has increased to bravo, a ranking and increased predictable threat of terrorism. u.s. bases have not been at the level since the tenth anniversary of 9/11. you have to secure the access to the basis and ramp up security on the post itself. so this is going to be a big operation for the security forces of all of the services. the texas shooting is highlighting the threat from isis supporters hiding within the united states. groups like isil or al qaeda now are calli