Coronavirus cases in the united states. More than 46,000 deaths worldwide worldwide i should say, more than 2. 6 million cases and more than 180,000 deaths. The director of the cdc, dr. Robert redfield at the White House Coronavirus press briefing tonight appearing to be under pressure from the president to walk back his remarks to the Washington Post that there will be a second wave of the virus this coming winter. And that combined with the flu season it may be worse than what were experiencing now. Dr. Redfield actually telling reporters he was quoted accurately but clarifying the combination of the coronavirus and the flu would make more complicated. President trump breaking with an ally, telling he told georgias Governor Brian Kemp that he strongly disagrees with reopening some businesses on friday. I want to bring in john harwood and daniel dale. Hello to both. John, you first. Over 46,000 people have now died in this country because of the coronavirus. Tonight we saw the preside
Will surely add fuel to the fire around that debate about how and when to safely reopen the economy. The New York Times writes this, quote, the latest figure from the Labor Department reflecting last weeks initial claims underscores how the down draft has spread to every core of our economy, hotels and restaurants, mass retailers, manufacturers and white collar strongholds like law firms. Theres nowhere to hide according to an con meconomist d by the times, this is the deepest, fastest, most broadbased recession weve ever seen. Ever increasing wing flapping from the president who just this week claimed he had total authority to reopen the economy and then said, no, the governors will submit their plans for reopening their states economies to him. But the reality of anyone reopening the economy is in serious doubt as testing remains inadequa inadequate. The New York Times, quote, as President Trump pushes to reopen the economy, most of the country is not conducting nearly enough testing
Good to have you all on board. That was a bit disturbing. Something is happening. Whats the angle there . Theres an angle. Well be asking this morning whats exactly going on. Its very interesting, willie. Yesterday, i dont know if you saw this, but dr. Oz and dr. Phil, tv doctors, were going out, basically saying, people are going to die. Theyre going to die. Something is going on here. It is interesting that i saw a tweet this morning from morton. Notice how the people who, at first, didnt take this pandemic seriously, and then tried to gaslight you about understanding it sooner than anyone. Now that mitigation works, theyre the first people who are saying we shouldnt take it seriously again. A lot of the same people that mocked the medical experts and said it was the medias new hoax to overplay this pandemic, at the same time, donald trump was saying it is 15 people and soon itll be down to zero. Then came around and said, yeah, we knew this before anybody else. Now, theyre trying to
Degrees, in an aerosol environment it could live two hours, and that, i suppose on one level, is that something to feel good about, that that is less than in colder temperatures or is that something to be concerned about but still in any kind of crowded situation in the summer you could have pure aerosol with coronavirus for up to two hours . We know the virus is spread by both droplets and aerosol. What i would say is Everyone Needs a mask when they go out. Wherever you go into a public place, you need a mask to protect mostly your community but also to a certain degree yourself. Wear a mask. And doctor ray, let me give you a chance to respond to that. How much calm should we attack if all this bears out . This is what theyre putting forth. It would still live in summer temperatures, aerosol for two hours . I mean, two hours is a long time. Right . If youre going to the Grocery Store and someone coughs or sneezes directly on you, you dont have two hours to wait. If im working in my Em
Far coronavirus has claimed 1,109 americans. Across the nation the death toll now stands at nearly 40,000 who have died from coronavirus so far. We will bring you the governors announcements as they come live here in the fox news channel. Hello, everyone, welcome to americas news headquarters. Im eric sean. Arthel and im arthel neville. As we wait from the latest from Governor Cuomo, the white house is promoting its 3phase plan to reopen the economy, as the president tells us that some states are already making preparations to get the country safely up and running. Since we released the guidelines to open up america again, two days ago, the number of states led by both democrat and republican governors have announced concrete steps to begin a safe gradual and phase opening. Texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions. Arthel Mark Meredith live at the white house with this. Mark, good afternoon. Mark g