Dismissed and ignored. And this hour, the hope holds Easter Sunday mass via livestream as christians around the world celebrate under lockdown. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And all around the world. Happy easter. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Easter is supposed to be a day of hope. It will be remembered this year for the covid19 pandemic. Johns hopkins reports more than 1. 7 million cases across the world with more than 108,000 people killed. And the u. S. Enters a holiday withholidaywith the highest num of deaths. New york state alone has more infections than any other country on the planet. Catholics around the world are waiting to hear from pope franchise as francis as he livestreams his mass. This is live video. He told people they should not yield to fear. This comes as many Christians Mark the day isolated in their homes instead of going to church. Our top story, you may recall that u. S. President trump touted easter as t
Preferred to spend your time during the press conference the way i did. Mika was downstairs. We heard the droning. I went upstairs. It was grotesque. I turned on rolling stones, very loud. I had to make sure it was loud enough. Mika will put on every tv in the house. Smart play. I went through exile, my favorite cuts from while, main street, let it bleed. That was good. Got some of my 90s favorite hits, right here, right now. The 90s. Ended up with u2, all that you cant leave behind. Good. I have to say, at the end of the one and a half, two hours, i was in a better mood. Youre right. Than mika. Its true. Because i have the twitter, i knew everything he said in five minutes instead of having it wash up having to endure it. Like sludge for two hours. I feel bad for the people, willie, who stand around him. I recommend watching it that way. You can get the important stuff from the doctors later. Pick out the facts the doctors are presenting. Thats a great night. Ive been thinking a lot a
His response. Because of his press coverage, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo, hes expected to meet with donald trump this hour as the New York Times front page today carries the story when new york captures its precoronavirus glory. To cut through the fog of politics, rhetoric and on and off again rivalry thats emerged between the president and the governor of the hardesthit state. Addressing the crisis around testing hopefully once and for all. Theres been a lot of discussion about testing. But i dont know that people have really i think in many ways were talking past each other. I understand the federal governments point that its up to the states and i believe its largely up to the states. But then even the federal government will stand there and do a whole presentation on what theyre doing on testing, lets coordinate who does what. What do the states do . What does the federal government . Ill do whatever im supposed to do. Just tell me what i do and what are you going to do . Were w
Soon. If you look at the numbers it could be that we are getting very close. And they said 5 million . Well, we will be there. But i didnt say it. I didnt say it. Somebody came out with a report saying 5 million. It sounds like a lot. Sure it would be nice. And we will be there. But again, we didnt say it. Who said sit a report. I heard the 5 million is totally unnecessary. That doesnt mean we are not going to hit it pretty easily. Again i think it is a media trap. On tuesday, admiral brett ju waugh who runs the task force Testing Program told the Time Magazine there is no way we can do 20 million tests a day or even 5 million test as day. The concern for the demand on testing comes amid one of the starkest pictures to emerge, the economic devastation. The nations gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced shank 4. 8 the First Quarter of this year. A bigger drop is expected during the second quarter, which is under way now and which lasts until the end of june
From governor rick desantis. The United States death toll has topped 60,000 with more than 1 million confirmed cases. Globally there are more than 3 million cases and more than 225,000 confirmed deaths. Lets go to our National Correspondent erica hill, joining us from new york. Erica, grim new numbers coming out, but also a glimmer of hope tonight. Reporter thats right, you mentioned that glimmer of hope, dr. Anthony fauci talking about that earlier today from the white house. There is a lot of focus on what dr. Fauci had to say as were seeing more states make decisions about whats coming next for their residents. A drug can block this virus. Reporter an optimistic dr. Anthony fauci on new findings about a potential coronavirus treatment. Remdesivir has a clearcut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recover. Reporter offering hope as more states enter a new phase. Haircuts in georgia, one of the first signs of that states reopening. While in california, any professio