Leading the way. New report says china delayed releasing critical information about the coronavirus. We have the details from shanghai ahead. So in just a matter of hours, the u. S. President donald trump will roll out new guidelines aimed at getting americans back to work even as the number of states and local Officials Say they are nowhere near reopening. Those new guidelines are set to be announced by mr. Trump later today. Part of his continued effort to get the economy open by may 1st. The governors, of course, will have the final say and it is likely mr. Trump will face push back from several states. Take a listen. I think the companies will determine that and the governors will determine that and the federal government. Were not happy, well take very strong action against a state or a governor if were not happy with the job a governor is doing, well let them know about it. We have very strong action we can take, including a closedown. We have the right to do whatever we want. We wouldnt do that. No, we have the right to close down what theyre doing if we want to do that, but we dont want to do that. And i dont think there will be any reason to do that, but we have the right to do that. Those comments could set up further clashes from governors about when and how to reopen. Mr. Trump pointed to recent stats. New cases are declining in the new york metro area. Cases in detroit and metro areas are flat. Washington, d. C. , philadelphia, baltimore, st. Louis are showing great signs of progress and new cases in houston and new orleans are declining. The battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases. But but, there are a number of states now bracing for their peak. Take a look at this map. And cases and deaths continue to rise. The death toll in the u. S. Has now climbed past 30,000 people. Now president trumps big show of reopening the economy is in stark contrast to the current economic reality. In just a few hours we expect to hear that another 5 million americans filed for unemployment benefits. Now that would bring the total of jobless cases to maybe 22 million in the last month and weak Bank Earnings and record decline in retail sales has brought the u. S. Markets on wednesday to their lowest point since april 1st as you can see from these numbers. The dow is once again 20 below februarys peak. Lets go to alison kosik. Alison joins me from new york. These numbers are hard to state. 22 million americans altogether filed for jobless claims just recently. There are some estimates that unemployment will be 50 . Yes. These are tough times. Reporter very tough times, robyn. Good morning. Hi. Reporter estimates are all over the place. Were seeing in a few hours it could be 3. 8 million to as high as 8 million. I think the consensus is what you said, another 5 million are expected to file for unemployment for the week ending april 11. And you said, you know, that puts the Unemployment Rate somewhere above 10 . Somewhere around 13 which is really mind blowing considering it was just february the Unemployment Rate in february in the u. S. Was 3. 5 . There are an additional 5 Million People who are expected to have filed for unemployment claims. That brings the total number to 22 Million People filing for unemployment in the past month. Thats 22 Million People, not just claims, this is 22 Million People trying to pay their bills. 22 Million People out of work. Now we do look at these numbers to get a really good snapshot of how the economy is fairing, the impact the coronavirus is having on the country. Right now economists believe the u. S. Economy is in a recession. Lets talk about those 22 Million People and others. In particular, Small Business owners, the mom and pop shops. Theyre still struggling to get access to loans. How are they managing . This is just a reminder that offers these forgivable loans to Small Businesses here in the u. S. Had problems from the start. Whether it was technical issues or lack of communication between lenders and then of course the lack of communication coming to businesses who need the money. So this was 349 billion up for grabs. It was a first come first serve basis where Business Owners would go online and apply for the loans and a lot of these Small Businesses, the owners, many whom ive talked to said they were just left in the dust. They couldnt even get any of these loans. The thing is, the money is almost out. Theres about 25 billion remaining so we have democrats and republicans, they want to add more to this program. Another 250 billion but the problem is theyre at an impasse. They cant seem to come together over whether to add restrictions to the funds. The good news is talks are still ongoing, but the reality is these businesses are desperate. The clock is ticking. These Business Owners are desperate to stay afloat. Desperate is well chosen there. Alison kosik, good to see you. Live in new york. Thank you. While President Donald Trump pushes foert u. S. Economy to start sooner rather than later, the leaders of several cities and states say dont expect major public gatherings to take place for months if not longer. Its difficult for us to imagine getting together any time soon. We have many, many miles to walk. Were taking it a step at a time but i think everyone should recognize that those big events should be one of the last things we bring back online. The last thing we should do is gather 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 people in one place. Thats the exact opposite of social distancing. We shouldnt do that. The longer people practice social distancing and in the state thousands of people protested in the capital. They are using the governors order to stay home until april 30th had gone too far. They say the protests put more lives at risk. I can give you one clear example how that is. It was a car protest, they were backed up to in front of a hospital. There was an ambulance that could not get into the bay for 10 minutes. They absolutely impacted peoples lives today and threatened peoples lives. Well never know the precise number of covid19 cases that come as a result of this gathering, but we know that there will be some. Michigan has more than 28,000 cases. Joining me now is mohamed meunier, virologist in england. Good to see you, sir. I know your job is essentially to study how viruses work, how they mutate. What do you make of these images of people protesting, deadlines, dates to reopen . Well, this is really unfortunate. In the last four months since the startup of the outbreak, we have gather any information. Any such gathering is certainly something that virus loves to breed in and that is why we have been avoiding social distances. I do understand but this is the situation. We have the virus driving us. Certainly such gathering should be condemned to the extent we can. You heard a number, and i know this is a conversation that is taking place around the world, this should be in place for a while. One study said from 2022. From your perspective as a virologist, how long do you think its going to be . One thing is clear, robyn, host pandemic is it would be shaped for a live extent. They are open. There will be new rules. Never been seen in history before. This will be complete and unprecedented. Its difficult to predict when this will end. Someone has to have a crystal ball to predict on that. The disease is at a different scale across the globe as we hear some countries are opening and it will risk the spread of the infection. Its difficult to predict when it will end. The rules put in place need to be carried on. And as i said, youve studied viruses for a living. There is a lot more known about this virus in the last four months, but what still needs to be understood . From your perspective, what is one big question . One of the questions is the contagiousness of this virus. The virus has had no differences in the surfaces. So we need to explore a lot how it came to be so contagious and spread lavishly, especially when it was asymptomatic which less we leave no room for it. Second thing is really understanding how it is replicating within our cellular organelles. Thats how we can decide how we can build resistance. Still so many questions. Thanks for all of your work that you are doing. I know so many people behind the scenes are trying to understand this, which will help us all. Thank you so much. Appreciate your expertise. Cnn is now reporting that u. S. Officials are looking into a widely held Conspiracy Theory that the coronavirus was started in a lab not in a wet market. U. S. Intelligence sources say they dont believe it was any bioweapons program. President trump talks about it at wednesdays briefing. I will tell you more and more were hearing the story and well see. When you say multiple sources, theres a case where you can use multiple sources but we are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation that happened. Stay with us for more on that story and chinas response. Were joined from shanghai just ahead. Youre watching cnn. Still to come, we will look at two different approaches in europe. Capacity, given more access to unlimited data. And provided free data for schools and students. Visit tmobile. Com to learn more. You can also manage your account, make payments, and find tmobile stores that are open near you. Weve been asking, are you with us . But we want you to know, were with you. We cant offer much during this time of crisis, but we can offer what we have. So from all of us working early mornings on the farm, long days in the plant, or late nights stocking shelves doing all we can to get you the milk you need. 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Local time in france. It was a tribute to the resilience and the Health Care Workers putting their lives on the line to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The work to rebuild the structure was suspended in march amid the outbreak. Staying in france, the countrys reporting that more than 600 sailors from one of its Aircraft Carrier groups have tested positive for covid19. Four u. S. Sailors have been assigned to that and two have tested positive and they are receiving excellent care. The peak my be in site but its not done yet. They say some form of restrictions will be in place until a vaccine is developed. Germany records the highest death toll of 315. Angela merkel says the country will scale back the lockdown as it tests. Cnns Nick Peyton Walsh is in london and Fred Pleitgen is in london. I want to talk about the different places. Fred to you first, a rather disturbing oneday death toll where you are. Reporter yeah, it certainly is a disturbing oneday death toll. It shows how a country like germany, which has been exemplary, how difficult it is going to be able to scale back to get control of it. One of the things the germans say is the number of new infections is a lot less. They are moving in the right direction. A country like germany has to move gradually when theyre scaling back. The physical distancing measures that have been in place will be in place until may 3rd. Large gatherings are not going to happen in this country until at least the end of august. Some smaller shops will be able to open. Angela merkel said all of the gains made so far are so fragile that the government wants to be really, really careful. The germans are saying with all of the things that she have done so far which are being praised so far, right now they are at a reproduction factor of one. One infected person affects one other person. If that factor even moves to 1. 1, even germanys very Robust Health care system could be overwhelmed in a matter of months. If it moves to 1. 2, it could be a matter of weeks. They are loosening some measures and being very careful and gradual and warning all of the gains made so far can still be reversed. It shows how difficult it is even for places that have a robust response to the pandemic, rosemary. Its robyn. Well go over to nick. What is the view from where you are . London taking a different approach . Reporter well, weve had a very different scale of death so far. This is a come parativelily good figures we had yesterday. That was still 767 dead reported in the last 24 hours. Got as high as 950. The problem the British Government have in the next few hours, they have essentially made clear theyre going to leave in place the restriction measures that have been here with the country. Theyre going to leave them in place for probably another three weeks. We dont know the details. Theyre doing this at a time where they have accepted the numbers look better. Still 767 dead a day is not good news. Its not as bad possibly as it has been in the previous days. Other good news, about 2,000 hospital beds are considered Spare Capacity here. The concern being if the death rate gets high juf, you may see the Health System possibly overwhelmed. That hasnt happened yet. Theyre still moving forward with the lockdown. Boris johnson is out of hospital. Both of complicating factors. The broader question is exactly what is the u. K. s exit strategy. Publicly, they dont have one. Junior minister suggesting we need a vaccine before social distancing can be eased. Epidemiologist making a similar noise. A similar strategy of this has to happen, this has to happen has not been laid out by the leaders. We may see that ahead. The challenge is to emphasize the seriousness of this by a government who has to tell the public that the numbers are looking better and try to get everyone to still stay home. Thats difficult, indeed. Back to you. Thanks so much. Nick peyton walsh there. 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To help speed up the availability of a vaccine for covid19. A vaccine may ultimately be instrumental in controlling the worldwide pandemic. We have a member who is part of the team who developed a vaccine within two weeks. Good to see you. You are racing to find a vaccine. Youve done pretty well so far. Where are you in your testing . Were just about to start Clinical Trials. They stud start the ding of june and so weve already gone from a discovery piece to first in human trials within six months, which is faster than, you know, usual. Were trying to push things as quickly as possible. Tell us about it. Talk about getting the sequence from china and starting and being able to go so fast. Well, you know, one of the reasons that we and many other groups are able to move quickly is because technology has changed so fast. Everybody is working from the sequence the chinese groups published and because of a lot of experience gained with previous coronavirus like sars and mers, it was very easy to identify what the surface protein on the virus was. It was appropriate to target with a vaccine. Thats what most groups are using in their vaccine candidates. I mean, youre not the only one. I read out that letter of collaboration. How much collaboration and how much competition is there . Theres a lot of collaboration and competition. Competition is healthy because it drives people to move quickly, but the coordinate is important as well because we ultimately want, you know, good quality vaccines that are safe and highly effective made available for the world. There needs to be rapid comparison of these approaches looking at the strerchts and weaknesses so we can then