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Need a clear, consistent message from the government and whats become clear so far is from a testing, messaging and an Economic Perspective we need more funding, coordination and preparation. This hour the number of coronavirus cases has passed 500 in the u. S. 21 people have died. Congress acted this week to give 8. 3 billion in extra funding but that comes after years of grinding away at the Public Health infrastructure. Its not as though we didnt have any warning. First, it was asia. Now 16 M...

Just after half past midnight, it is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk from south africa where my guest has been described as one of the world s greatest living artists. He is William Kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town. William kentridge is versatile, ha rd hitting and town. William kentridge is versatile, hard hitting and his talents spanning many different genres. But how has south africas violent and racist past influenced his work as a white artist . Welco...

Now topped o1,000. In addition to a new ban on nonessential travel between the u. S. And canada, President Trump announced he has invoked the defense production act which gives the federal government the authority to mobilize the private sector to respond. Feechla has declared the coronavirus a level 1 disaster, one that requires an extreme amount of federal funding to combat it. I will be invoking the defense production act just in case we need it. In other words, i think you raul know what it ...

This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. So grateful to have you with us today. As youre waking up this morning, we have to tell you, there are more than 121,000 americans now who tested positive for the coronavirus and 2,000 people have died because of it. Now, just to give you some context here, thats an increase of more than 20,000 cases in 24 hours. The u. S. Is the global hot spot for the virus. More than 669,000 people around the world have tested positive. Its kille...

Prevent asymptomatic spread. Despite those recommendations, the president says hell forgo wearing a mask himself. The shift comes as more people become infected. Johns Hopkins University now has the total number of u. S. Cases at over 278,000 and more than 7,100 deaths. Nearly 96 of the country is under stayathome orders covering 42 states. And were expecting to hear more about this pandemic when the white house hosts its press briefing a few hours from now. We have a team of correspondents stan...

Time. They managed to slow the spread even though they were two of the first states hit by the virus. We begin with Casey Stegall and thats reports live in dallas. The latest numbers from louisiana are hot off the press and the fatality account now climbing to 273 across the state. It is a 15 increase from yesterday, although it is down a little bit considering the last previous recorded. Was a 30 climb in just 24 hours. We expect the governor who is holding a press conference at any minute at t...

Than 160 hospital workers have tested positive for coronavirus along with more than 350 Police Officers and more than 200 new york firefighters. Governors in some of the most heavily impacted areas are filling the leadership vacuum created by Donald Trumps uneven response to the crisis and his ongoing refusal to use the defense production act to surge resources to increasingly overwhelm hospitals. And instead of pledging limitless support to First Responders and the hospital impact impacted, the...

With this is, again, in multiple ways. First is repeated call for personnel. Mayor de blasio calling for an additional 45,000 Additional Health care professionals to bolster the citys medical capacity. We received an alert on our phones yesterday, calling for licensed health care professionals, again to help the citys fight on the front lines and alleviate some pressure from the frontline workers. Fdny also mentioned earlier this week that 500emts and paramedics were traveling from around the co...

While nearly every state is ordering residents to stay home, the president said he doesnt want to issue a National Shelter in place order, the president said hes leaving it to the governors. Americans are looking for hope this morning, hoping that today will not be like yesterday and the day before, another record setting day for covid19 deaths. The u. S. Reported 1,169 deaths yesterday. And so far america has lost 7,100 people to the virus. Cnn National Correspondent Kristen Holmes is at the wh...

There are people everywhere, of course. But when youre in the red zone of infection and you want to stay well, you pray for this. Emptiness. This is a journey into the center of the coronavirus epidemic. A journey to see how people cope with an illness you cant beat with medicine. An illness thats changing the entire world. Killing people. Destroying society, infrastructure, and business. What was normal doesnt disanymore. What reassured us of human kinds advancement lies empty. As the virus spr...