So to start, we heard governor gavin newsom with updates from pittsburgh. More than 6300 new cases in the past 24 hours. This comes just after yesterday when california broke the record with more than 8,000 hospitalizations and icu numbers continued to climb. Masks and face coverings. Theres heated discussions about masks and their efficacy. University of San Francisco researcher and founder of masks for all, by the way, viewers if you have questions for jeremy, regarding masks, what type of mask might work best, if you see data that confuses you, post them now on facebook and well try to get to some of them. Jeremy, this morning, dr. Anthony fauci and the cdc director robert redd field and warned america is going in the wrong direction. They both urged everyone to wear masks, any idea whats the percentage of the public thats complying . There is a lot state to state. The states that have mask mandates which now covers more than half of the country in terms of population, most people a
More extra cars but a nice quiet start. Over to you. Thank you. Lets get to that breaking news into the live desk out of tennessee. Overnight police arresting a school bus driver. He was behind the wheel in a tragic accident that killed five children in chattanooga. 24yearold now facing five counts of vehicular homicide, reck less endangerment and reckless drivingful hes being held on 20,000 bond. He was driving when that bus carrying 35 chdr side, literally wrapping around a tree. Those students reaking from kind garten to fifth grade. Our hearts go out as well as the hearts of people behind me to the family, the neighborhood, the school for all the people involved in this and we assure you were doing everything we can to make sure were as safe as you can and get the support you need. They are sending a team this remove the black box. Imreef counselors are going to be available there today. Glb reporter yeah good morning. Another lon the list of the change weve seen here. This parking
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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.
Businesses this friday. A move that goes against this just updated model from experts, often cited by the white house. This new model shows georgia among 12 states that should wait longer to relax social distancing rules. Also, stunning new development regarding deaths regarding coronavirus, specifically when and where the first death occurred. Nick watt with more. What can you tell us . Reporter it turns out some of the things we thought we knew about this outbreak were, in fact, false. Watch this. We thought the first coronavirus death in the u. S. Came the last day in february in washington state. Not true. Now we know covid19 killed someone in the bay area more than three weeks earlier. That is a very significant finding. The things we put into place in late january, the travel ban, the virus was already here by then and probably circulating quite widely. Reporter states are coming back but georgias governor forced to defend even on fox what he calls a measured step to open gyms, s