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Pausing or pulling back their reopening plans, a reminder, it did not have to be this way. The United States has about 4 of the worlds population. Yet a quarter of all coronavirus cases and deaths, at least official numbers say. And as we see cases spike at the highest level so far here in the u. S. , the European Union not to mention many other countries throughout the world has been able to drastically flatten the curve there. The United States is the only western and wealthy nation that has h...

June 1st, 24 states showing doubledigit declines in new cases compared to the prior week. Now almost the entire country is the exact opposite. Look at that. The explosion is forcing 19 states to now pause or roll back reopening plans. One of them is california where the governor is said to announce new restrictions a little later today. In california, leading states with the number of new cases, just over 7,500. Texas, florida, arizona and georgia rounding out the top five. And as the nation beg...

Over 100,000 per day. Remember, a lot of cases are going undetected because not everybody can get testing and according to the cdc, the total number of cases is ten times of what we have been measuring. 19 states are pausing or changing the reopening plans in the face of this. In california many are closing beaches and canceling fireworks displays for the upcoming weekend as governor gavin newsom is considering more restrictions to stop the spread. Lets go there, cnns dan simon is in Pacific Pal...

36 states now entering the weekend with sharp increases in about the comparison to the last big holiday in america, the numbers are still all the more startling. The week of memorial day people getting together and the majority of the country was Holding Steady or declining. Now just 14 states. Here is dr. Anthony fauci. I think its pretty obvious how we are not going in the right direction. Right now if you look at the number of cases it is quite disturbing. We are setting records practically e...

Repeating this lie, that the increase in cases is due only to an increase in testing. His own task force contradicts that. There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent positivities are going up. Percent positivities. Thats the percent of people whose tests are coming back positive that means the infection is spreading. Its in the data. Today, the president goes to a celebration at mt. Rushmor...

Confederacy. This comes as the New York Times reports u. S. Intelligence identified an afghan contractor believed to be a key middleman in handling those Cash Payments from the russian gru to the terrorists targeting u. S. Service members. Cnns Jeremy Diamond joins us from the white house. Clarify when this russian bounty scheme or allegations of it came to the white houses attention and what did they do about it . Reporter jake, one source familiar with the matter tells cnn intelligence about t...

At this hour, more than 129,000 people have died from coronavirus in the u. S. And the cdc is now projecting almost 20,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. Lets get to cnns senior medical correspondent. Lets start with a bit of encouraging news. The fda has approved a new test that detects both the coronavirus and the flu. Explain why that is significant. Jake, once flu season hits, usually between november, december, january, you can bet there will be doctors all around the country having p...

All of this apparently lost on President Trump who claimed a short time ago that his administration, quote, did it all right when it comes to the pandemic and that the virus will, quote, sort of just disappear. We begin with cnn National Correspondent in new york. Disturbing developments in some of the countrys largest states tonight. Reporter despite what the president says, jim, you know more than anyone, this virus is not going away. It is not disappearing. In fact, it is getting worse in som...

President trump is heading for mt. Rushmore where 7500 people are expected to attend a holiday event tonight but with no social distancing and masks optional. This comes as the u. S. Set another record for new coronavirus cases, 52,000 in a single day, and 36 states are now suffering surges of new infections. President trump silent on all of this. But were learning he continues to stoke cultural wars and intends to do so tonight. Someone familiar with the speech said trump will focus on efforts ...

Running cities like chicago and so many others that we just had a News Conference and, unfortunately, thats the way it is. Thats the facts. When you look at chicago and you look at the job mayor lightfoot sent me a letter yesterday and i think in their own way they want us to go in. There will be a time when theyll want us to go in full blast but right now were sending extra people to help. Were arresting a lot of people that have been very bad as far as the coronavirus, as you say, i think weve...