Right now a community in the dark. Its downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Calls coming in if you for water rescues, fires and building collapses in oak island and oak isles beach. Heavy rainfall, flash flooding, storm surge, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. In garden city, south carolina, flood waters submerging parking lots and streets. This morning 112 Million People. 112 Million People face some kind of threat from this storm. Up the coast, new york city bracing for what could be the strongest winds to hit the city since super storm sandy. At this hour the storm is churning north. Lets get live to Virginia Beach and bring in cnns brian todd. What are you seeing there . Reporter well, boris, this storm is really just starting to grind into Virginia Beach now. We got a tornado watch and we got a Tornado Warning just northwest of the city around yorktown, virginia. There are a cluster of storms. Theyre telling people to take shelter in the Virginia Beach area and around yorktown. Th
Thanks for joining us. And we begin in the u. S. Where President Donald Trump is defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic despite the death toll rising in 30 states. I think were doing very well and i think that we have done as well as any nation. If you really look, if you take a look at whats going on, especially now with all of these flairups. Mr. Trump attacked and contradicted the nations Top Health Experts during his briefing monday. He again tauted the drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the virus even though multiple officials from his own administration have repeatedly debunked that claim. More than 4. 7 million americans have been infected with covid19 and more than 155,000 people have died from the virus nationwide. The Trump Campaign appears to recognize the growing crisis. The Trump Campaign sent an email asking supporters to wear facemasks, something mr. Trump is seldom seen doing himself. The top u. S. Infectious diseases expert says the nation
Americans safe. Ominous warnings from a top member of the White House Coronavirus task force. She says the u. S. Has reached a new phase of the pandemic. I want to be very clear. What were seeing today is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread. Its into the rural as equal urban areas. And to everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or presented from this virus. And thats why we keep saying no matter where you live in america, you need to wear a mask and socially distance. Now while the number of infections in 27 states has plateaued, the overall figures are still very high. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention projects another 19,000 deaths in just the next three weeks. Now, we can often get overwhelmed by statistics, but listen to this. Covid19 has killed about 1,000 americans every day for almost a week. Florida and california in red remain the most dangerous hot spots. Theyre seeing a sharp and steady rise in new infections. A
Exactly three months to the election, christine. America could have another opportunity to slow the pandemic in the meantime. Biggest question, will citizens get it right. New cases down or steady. The twoweek average is down about 8 . Cases only rising in a handful of states. The number of americans in hospital beds is trending lower. A big part of this is numbers heading down in states that desperately needed to turn a corner. Covidrelated deaths very much a lagging indicator. They are still up in 30 states. The cdc is now forecasting 173,000 deaths by august 22nd. Thats 1,000 deaths per day for almost three weeks. White House Coronavirus Task force coordinator dr. Deborah birx says the fight against the pandemic has now entered a new phase. I think the federal government reset five to six weeks ago when we saw this starting to happen across the south. This epidemic right now is different and its more widespread and its both rural and urban. We have gone to very specific state, city
Welcome, everyone. With the start of the Republican National Convention Just hours away, the u. S. President donald trump touting a possible treatment in the fight against covid19. But already there is debate over whether enough data is out there to prove it will work and his credibility, of course, in this area is suspect already. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma for treating patients hospitalized with coronavirus. Now, the plasma would come from those who have already recovered from the virus and have antibodies which might help fight the infection. President trump made the announcement on sunday lauding how significant the treatment would be. Today im pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the china virus that will save countless lives. This is a powerful therapy that transfuses very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current in