Stance now pledging to cooperate with governors in reopening the country. The number of americans with coronavirus has now surpassed 608,000 as the fatalities near the 30,000 mark. In new york the death toll spiked by more than 3,700 after the state included people who have never tested positive but presumed to have died from it jooch residents will now be able to book the same day appointment. It is all thanks to increased testing and after being crippled by the pandemic major u. S. Airlines are getting a 25 million bailout. Carriers have grounded hundreds of jet liners because of the state at home orders dozens of masks have been donated. The staff got to thank her via face time. And employees will be the subjects of a major coronavirus stud different nearly 10,000 workers will take part in an anti body study. It is the First National study of its kind. Three churches are suing governor gavin newsom and others for banning religious gatherings the pastors claim religious services shou
Long as they let me have it. But having been on the air this long, i can tell you even in these weird times, there is sort of a constant i can describe to you. One thing that has progressed steadily and without change since i have been doing this, and its this shift that has happened in the news environment in which we work. Its that our friends and colleagues in the conservative media over the years, they have become more and more their own thing. Like i said, ive been doing this for more than a decade. At the beginning of me doing this show, i think it was fair to think of our friends at the Fox News Channel and conservative talk radio and in other conservative media i think it was sort of fair at that time to think of at least most of them as our, like, legit professional rivals. They were people who were coming at the news from a very pronounced rightwing view, perhaps a very partisan proRepublican Party view, but at least we were all doing the same kind of work. At least we were a
Was hoping. But since then, the numbers have been back up over 2,000 deaths each day for tuesday this week, wednesday, thursday, and now for today as well. It is just astonishing to be having that Many Americans killed every day now. More than 2,000 americans every day. But just look at how fast this thing has exploded. If you go back seven weeks ago to the last friday in february, that friday, february 28th, four americans had been killed by coronavirus. A week later, march 6th, it was 26 americans who had been killed. The week after that, march 13th, it was 55 americans dead. The week after that, march 20th, 247 americans dead. One week after that, we went from 247 to 1,574. And the month of april has just been astonishing since then. In that one week between friday, march 27th, and friday april 3rd, we went from about 1,500 americans dead to more than 7,000. By last friday, april 10, that number had more than doubled, and now since last friday we are having more than 2,000 americans
Numbers had maybe hit their peak, and would start to consistently drop, thats obviously what everybody was hoping. But since then, the numbers have been back up over 2,000 deaths each day. Or tuesday this week, wednesday, thursday, and now, for today as well. Its just astonishing to be having that Many Americans killed every day now. More than 2,000 americans every day. But just look at how fast this thing has exploded. If you go back seven weeks ago, to the last friday in february, that friday, february 28th, four americans had been killed by coronavirus. A week later, march 6th, it was 26 americans who had been killed. The week after that, march 13th, it was 55 americans dead. The week after that, march 20th, 247 americans dead. One week after that, we went from 247 to 1,574. And the month of april has just been astonishing since then. In that one week, between friday, march 27th and friday, april 3rd, we went from about 1,500 americans dead, to more than 7,000. Last friday, april 10
Known cases as of sunday when the plant was shut down. As of yesterday, it was up to 350 known cases associated with this facility. As of tonight, it is 545 known cases of coronavirus that are connected to this one plant so far. 545 cases. Again, this is sioux falls, south dakota. Now, Smithfield Foods has closed this plant indefinitely. That said, south dakota now has to figure out how theyre going to cope with having one of the largest clusters of coronavirus in the entire country with hundreds of confirmed cases all at once in their state. As of tonight, the cdc has dispatched a team to sioux falls to try to figure out what to do there. We confirmed that with the cdc this afternoon. South dakota of course is one of the states that has a republican governor, governor kristi noem, who has decided for whatever reason that everythings fine in her state. There doesnt need to be any stayathome order there. Last night we showed you the mayor of sioux falls where the smithfield plant is. Th