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The coronavirus outbreak. Well, it ended in a very different place. One that revolves around the president , his grievances, and the credit he believes he deserves but is not getting with more than 23,000 people in this country now dead, and many hundreds still dying every single day. Certainly, focus on the new effort of states to slowly get back to normal, tempered by the enormous challenges that remain and the deep wounds the country continue to suffer day in and day out. But the president co...

Of this crisis. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state is now flattening the curve in the number of cas cases. We are optimistic that we are slowing the infection rate. Thats what the numbers say, thats what the data suggests to us. Dagen amid all this, a new fox news poll mack shows that President Trumps Approval Rating hitting its highest level ever in his presidency, coming out the white house and the briefing more. Kristin . Dagen, the president says are getting an earlier than usual ...

Were just kind of like bracing ourselves for this wave of patients that potentially are coming. Being very careful about c conservations of ppe. The he source depletion in one of the wealthiest cities in the world reminds me a lot about the limitations when i was providing care for war rounded refugees in the middle east. Overwhelming fear that despite doing everything we can for these patients, sometimes its just not enough. We begin our show once again with just a glimpse of what life is like ...

Unquote. President trump yesterday claimed in a stunningly frenzied briefing that he has total authority to decide when and how that return to work will happen, which is factually correcting, according to the u. S. Constitution he does not have that authority. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, told cnn today he would defy such an order if he thought it would endanger Public Health in his state. President trump took to twitter to attack cuomo for simultaneously asking for help while also as...

To get one and we will find out. But first, things are moving so fast in the country right now that its often hard to see whats really happening. So its important to pause and compare our past assumptions against what we know is actually happening. Periodically it gives you clarity. You might remember a month ago that the country began to lock down, we were told mass quarantines were necessary not for a specific reason. In the lockdowns were designed to flatten the curve. Coronavirus patients we...

Governments. Its conclusions largely undercut President Trumps attacks on the organization. A decade of job gains have now been wiped out by the covid19 crisis. Another 5. 2 million americans applied for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total number of jobless claims for the last four weeks to more than 22 million. And the program created to keep Small Businesses afloat has run out of money. The Paycheck Protection Program is no longer taking applications. It has exhausted its fundin...

Mark meredith is standing by at the white house with more. Mark . Reporter good evening, jon. The white house says its up to americas governors to decide if and when they can reopen, but governors say until more testing is available, that is an extremely difficult decision for them to make. Vice president mike pence, he was on Fox News Sunday today, and he tried to reassure americans that more testing is coming both on a federal and state level. Now weve cleared four million overall. But in 150,...

Good evening. The breaking news, President Trump saying tonight hes determined to reopen the economy, against saying he has absolute power over the states. We have the right to do whatever we want, but we wouldnt do that. No, we would have the right to close down what theyre doing if we want to do that, but we dont want to do that. I dont think there will be any reason to do that, but we have the right to do that. This coming just 24 hours after the president retreated from that position. Tonigh...

Back to again, i watch epidemics around the world. The level of transparency and communication that you need, you have to overcommunicate. You have to communicate even the small nuances. Were following the rulesul of our poll that worry twothirds of americans are worried that government will open too fast. Thank you so much for being here. I want to start with you and get your reaction to that latest news. Another example of the white house not heeding the warnings of the w. H. O. We have the pr...

Politics nation. In about 45 minutes, were expecting an update from the White House Coronavirus task force in the Briefing Room. Once it gets started, well take you there live. While we wait, tonights lead, six feet apart or six feet under. That is the decision facing the country in the weeks ahead. As President Trump pushes some states to reopen their economies, while at the same time telling governors that he wants them to decide when and how to ease social distancing restrictions. This week t...