To show sign in the fight against the virus, those numbers say scientists will continue to rise. Many are wondering when theyll be able to return the lives they knew. Anthony fauci says gatherings may be a possibility. It can be in the cards and i say that with some caution. When we do that, when we pull back and try to open up the country as we often use that terminology, we have to be prepared when the infection start to reel in their heads again that we have in place of an aggressive and effective way to identify, isolate Contact Trace and make sure we dont have those spikes that we see now. The problem of course is we do not according to all the experts have that system in place state by state. Athena jones is with me now. Governor cuomo is urging residents not to get complacent and he announced new updates of coronavirus deaths. For the third day in a row, new york is posting its highest single day death toll, 799 people died on when. Even though the governor says everyday when he
Way. The number of coronavirus cases here more than any other country outside of the United States. And now with the u. S. Just days away from the projected peak of this pandemic, the white house is now pushing to reopen the u. S. Economy as soon as may 1st. On cnn this morning, dr. Anthony fauci said very clearly now is not the time. The virus kind of decides whether or not its going to be appropriate to open or not. Now is no time to back off. As they say so often, now is the time to actually put your foot on the accelerator, because were going in the right direction. Lets keep in that direction. Yes, lets do that and lets begin this hour in new york where hospitalizations are going down. But the number of deaths is going up. Our National Correspondent athena jones is with us. Good morning again to you, athena. What are the stats and just the state of affairs in new york, specifically new york city, this morning . Reporter good morning, poppy. Well, like you said, there is good news
Shut off at the moment. Millions of americans are filing for unemployment. Their stories and the Federal Reserves plan to help. So there has been another surge in reported deaths in the u. S. The United States is now the worlds epicenter for the coronavirus. More than 60,000 people have died according to Johns Hopkins university. Theres also signs of hope as the nations top Infectious Disease doctor explains. At the same time as were seeing the increase in deaths, were seeing rather dramatic increase in the need for hospitalizations. Like i think yesterday was Something Like 200 new hospitalizations and its been as high as 14 o00 at any given time. I say that and i always remind myself when i say that, that means that what we are doing is working and, therefore, we need to continue to do it. So theres also more hope for those hurting financially. The Federal Reserve is pledging to put trillions more into the u. S. Economy. Nick watt is tracking it all for us from the increase in deaths
There. Sometimes the positions are being cut. This is creating an atmosphere where folks really dont know what comes next. And its impossible for anyone to speculate, because weve never been through a situation like this. Weve never seen this before. So certainly things are being pushed back, things are being put on hold and no ones quite sure what the next step is going to be. All right. Thank you. Ive been reading axios a. M. In just a little bit. You too can sign up for the newsletter at signup. Axios. Com. That does it for us on this wednesday morning. Im yasmin. Morning joe starts right now. The world depends on are the w. H. O. To work with countries to ensure that Accurate Information about International Health threats is shared in a timely manner, and if its not, to infieldly te independently tell the world whats happened. They failed in this duty and must be held accountable. You have 15 people and 15 in a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. Thats a pretty goo
An even bigger heart. Her story changed policy about cannabis. States were inspired by the story of charlotte figi and made cbd more accessible around the states to treat epilepsy. In turn, scientists around the world wanted to study charlottes special cbd oil. Research they didnt seem interested in doing. I was begging researchers to work with us and they absolutely wouldnt talk to us. We were laughed out of rooms. Now they beg to research our product. Being outside. This is her day. Charlotte lived her short life to the fullest, and while she was almost this mythical miracle, she was also just a little girl who loved to go tandem biking with her mom. And while the last month was not easy, she had symptoms of covid19 while never testing positive, she eventually developed pneumonia which once again unleashed her seizures. Her mother paige said charlotte was still smiling and happy until the very end when a seizure became more than her fragile little body could handle. Charlottes life i