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Well have a live report from london just ahead. Now, in spain, the state of alarm, as it is called there, will now be extended until early may at least, making eight weeks of a Strict Lockdown. In italy, the pope is scheduled to hold mass outside the vatican, outside in a couple hours. That will be the First Time Since the crisis began. And in the United States, word that critical early delays in testing were likely caused by contamination at a lab of the cdc. And the u. S. President donald trum...

In new york city, the plan to test 120,000 City Employees for antibodies. Similar tests in l. A. And boston. Even as some question the reliability. We go inside the air force plan to dramatically increase testing. A do it yourself saliva swab they hope could be a game changer. Controlling the message. After touting his ratings, President Trump says hell pull back from the daily Coronavirus Task force briefing. Overseas and in china, mounting fears of a second wave. The new city under lockdown an...

Consistent, the last bill that they passed that only did Small Business help, and everybody supported Small Business help, should have included state and local. Now, when you say state and local, theres no personality to state and local. I get that. Dont say state and local. Say what the state and local Governments Fund police, fire, teachers, hospital workers. Fund Small Business, but also fund police, fire, School Teachers and hospital workers. How can you exclude them when youre talking about...

For weeks the Task Force Briefing that was on the books for today was cancelled and now were expecting this News Conference to be just the president. It comes as nbc news has learned the white house is now preparing for the president to push a more optimistic message moving forward focusing on economic revival while diminishing the public presence of Top Health Officials on the White House Coronavirus task force, including dr. Debra birx and dr. Anthony fauci. Sidelining the health experts, if t...

They passed that only did Small Business help, and everybody supported Small Business help, should have included state and local. Now, when you say state and local, there is no personality to state and local. I get that. Dont say state and local. Say what the state and local governments fund, police, fire, teachers, hospital workers. Funds more business, but also fund police, fire, School Teachers and hospital workers. How can you exclude them when you are talking about priorities . Yes, Small B...

One has ever seen anything like this. Seeing how many patients are still intubated, how many are flipped on their stomachs to help them try to get through this terrible disease. Its been a nightmare. We have a volume of sick people like you cant believe in one shifty pronounced six people dead. Too much detachment and you stop caring for your patients, you lose your humanity. Too much empathy and your humanity swallows you whole. Youre paralyzed by an ocean of tears and heartbreak. Wow. Its quit...

States that dont have many deaths should see spikes as they reopen. Reporter in new york, home to the nations largest covid hotspot, the governor signaled a pivot is coming as numbers flatten to a high plateau. May 15 is when the pause regulations expires statewide. I will extend them in many parts of the state. Some regions, you could make the case that we should unpause on may 15. But you have to be smart about it. Reporter being smart, says governor cuomo, means showing a 14day decline in cas...

Meanwhile, are squaring off over testing. In a Conference Call today the Vice President , mike pence, tried to reassure the nations governors that the administration is working to get them testing supplies as soon as possible while the president insists theres no shortage of testing and that its largely the responsibility of the states anyway. Tonight the u. S. Death toll has now surpassed 41,000 with more than 770,000 confirmed cases. Worldwide there are more than 2. 4 million cases right now, ...

After criticism over his disinfectant comments. And well look at how italy, one of europes worst affected countries, is now planning to start easing its lockdown. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Lets start with the Main Development we have seen throughout the day. On his first full day back at downing street after recovering from covid 19, the uks Prime Minister has urged people no...

Away. The fatalities continue to be significant each and every day. Were watching certain metrics and looking at a pattern of numbers before we make any decisions. Everything is going to be based on the numbers and the science. Were not going to do anything thats going to put anybody in more danger. On many of these things, im not really comfortable getting too far ahead of ourselves. There are also signs that after seven weeks of lockdowns, Many Americans are getting restless. In california, hu...