This is cnn. Im don lemon. There are now more than 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus in the united states. More than 67,000 deaths. 3. 5 million cases worldwide. Today is the first sunday in may. And its a beautiful spring day in many part ofts could be country. Millions of americans spent the days outdoors. More than 30 states have started easing some social distancing restrictions. Ranging from reopening parks and beaches to allowing certain businesses to reopen their doors to customers. And that has medical experts worried. They fear that loosening stay at home orders or states moving too soon to reopen may result in a spike in numbers of cases of coronavirus and arise in the National Death toll from the disease. Joining me now is our White House Correspondent john harwood and daniel dale. So john, President Trump tonight is acknowledging that the coronavirus death toll is rising rapidly in this country. Hes now predicting up to 90,000 deaths. 67,000 people have already died in the
Thousands of american lives each day, will reopening work . White house Senior Adviser Kevin Hassett and illinois governor j. B. Pritzker are next. And race for a cure. Researchers rush to discover a Covid Vaccine which could be the key to ending the crisis. If we had a vaccine, that would be very helpful. When can americans expect a breakthrough . Regeneron pharmaceutical ceo dr. Renard schleifer coming up. Plus devastating tape. Two ga men arrested for murder months after a deadly shooting. Why did justice take so long for Ahmaud Arbery . Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is here. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is confused. This morning there are more than 1. 3 million cases of coronavirus in the u. S. And more than 78,000 americans dead. The grim metrics come as states across the country are beginning to loosen their restrictions and President Trump is urging americans to start resuming normal life. But the administration, to be frankly, cannot eve
Barely getting by. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. And this is ccnn newsroom. And thank you for joining us. Unless there is a vaccine or an effective twreereatment in the relatively near future, experts warn that the coronavirus pandemic is going to be with us for a long time. At least 18 months according to one new report. And it predicts 60 or more of the u. S. Population will eventually become infected. Right now it is a fraction of that. Johns Hopkins University has tracked 1. 1 million cases among americans and more than 65,000 deaths now. Mindful of what is at stake, the u. S. Government has given rapid approval for the sickest patients to get the antiviral drug remdesivir which has shown some promise in Clinical Trials. Yet even as new cases and deaths continue to climb nationwide, a huge portion of the country is relaxing stayathome restrictions and reopening some businesses. E
Breakthrough . Regeneron ceo dr. Leonard schleifer coming up. Plus two georgia men arrested for murder months after a deadly shooting. Why did justice take so long for ahmaudar bring . Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is here. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is confused. This morning there are more than 1. 3 million cases of coronavirus in the u. S. And more than 78,000 americans dead. The grim metrics come as states across the country are beginning to loosen their restrictions and President Trump is urging americans to start resuming normal life. But the administration, to be frankly, cannot even get control of this pandemic within the white house. Late saturday we learned three top members of the White House Coronavirus task force, dr. Redfield who heads the cdc, dr. Hahn who heads the fda, and dr. Fauci, will now go into some form of quarantine after exposure to a white house staffer who tested positive. There are now two confirmed cases of covid19
Of decisions is complicated. But youre right. I mean, obviously, if we had, right from the very beginning shut everything down, it may have been a little bit different, but there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then. There certainly was. And the possible effects of that pushback are in the numbers youre seeing on your screen, more than 550,000 confirmed cases here in the United States and a death toll nearing 22,000. Of course, no one can say how much lower the numbers would have been if the white house had taken action sooner. Meantime, the president is spending this Easter Sunday weighing what he calls the biggest decision of his presidency, when to reopen the country. Dr. Fauci explained to my colleague, jake tapper, what any sort of moves to open up the country might look like in the coming months. It is not going to be a light switch that we say, okay, it is now june, july or whatever, click, the light switch goes back on. Its going to be depending where you